1979 Atlanta Braves

66-94 • 0.412 Win% • 6th in NL W

📊 Season Record

66 Wins
94 Losses
0.412 Win %
6th Rank
669 R 763 RA
Diff -94

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669 Runs Scored
763 Runs Allowed
-94 Run Diff
768K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .256 2% below the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .317 2% below the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .325 equal to the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 4.18 12% worse than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 669 2% below the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 768,737
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Avg per Game 9,730

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Paul Molitor 0.322 2 Sixto Lezcano 0.321 3 Bob Horner 0.314 4 Eddie Miller 0.310 5 Cecil Cooper 0.308

Home Runs

1 Gorman Thomas 45 2 Bob Horner 33 3 Ben Oglivie 29 4 Sixto Lezcano 28 5 Gary Matthews 27

RBI

1 Gorman Thomas 123 2 Cecil Cooper 106 3 Sixto Lezcano 101 4 Bob Horner 98 5 Gary Matthews 90
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gary Matthews 156 631 97 192 0 0 27 90 60 75 18 0.304
Jerry Royster 154 601 103 164 0 0 3 51 62 59 35 0.273
Cecil Cooper 150 590 83 182 0 0 24 106 56 77 15 0.308
Paul Molitor 140 584 88 188 0 0 9 62 48 48 33 0.322
Robin Yount 149 577 72 154 0 0 8 51 35 52 11 0.267
Gorman Thomas 156 557 97 136 0 0 45 123 98 175 1 0.244
Ben Oglivie 139 514 88 145 0 0 29 81 48 56 12 0.282
Bob Horner 121 487 66 153 0 0 33 98 22 74 0 0.314
Sal Bando 130 476 57 117 0 0 9 43 57 42 2 0.246
Pepe Frias 140 475 41 123 0 0 1 44 20 36 3 0.259
Sixto Lezcano 138 473 84 152 0 0 28 101 77 74 4 0.321
Jeff Burroughs 116 397 49 89 0 0 11 47 73 75 2 0.224
Dale Murphy 104 384 53 106 0 0 21 57 38 67 6 0.276
Barry Bonnell 127 375 47 97 0 0 12 45 26 55 8 0.259
Don Money 92 350 52 83 0 0 6 38 40 47 1 0.237
Charlie Moore 111 337 45 101 0 0 5 38 29 32 8 0.300
Dick Davis 91 335 51 89 0 0 12 41 16 46 3 0.266
Glenn Hubbard 97 325 34 75 0 0 3 29 27 43 0 0.231
Rowland Office 124 277 35 69 0 0 2 37 27 33 5 0.249
Joe Nolan 89 230 28 57 0 0 4 21 27 28 1 0.248
Mike Lum 111 217 27 54 0 0 6 27 18 34 0 0.249
Jim Gantner 70 208 29 59 0 0 2 22 16 17 3 0.284
Bruce Benedict 76 204 14 46 0 0 0 15 33 18 1 0.225
Buck Martinez 69 196 17 53 0 0 4 26 8 25 0 0.270
Jim Wohlford 63 175 19 46 0 0 1 17 8 28 6 0.263
Phil Niekro 44 123 10 24 0 0 0 12 1 19 0 0.195
Darrel Chaney 63 117 15 19 0 0 0 10 19 34 2 0.162
Eddie Miller 27 113 12 35 0 0 0 5 5 24 15 0.310
Larry Hisle 26 96 18 27 0 0 3 14 11 19 1 0.281
Charlie Spikes 66 93 12 26 0 0 3 21 5 30 0 0.280
Eddie Solomon 32 64 3 13 0 0 0 4 1 16 0 0.203
Rick Matula 28 53 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0.094
Ray Fosse 19 52 6 12 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.231
Biff Pocoroba 28 38 6 12 0 0 0 4 7 0 1 0.316
Larry Whisenton 13 37 3 9 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 0.243
Tony Brizzolara 20 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 14 0 0.029
Mickey Mahler 26 27 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0.111
Larry McWilliams 13 24 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.208
Bob Beall 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.133
Lenn Sakata 4 14 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Mike Macha 6 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.154
Joey McLaughlin 37 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.182
Brian Asselstine 8 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.100
Gene Garber 68 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.300
Adrian Devine 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Jim Wessinger 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Preston Hanna 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Bo McLaughlin 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Tommy Boggs 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Craig Skok 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Rick Mahler 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Tim Nordbrook 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Larry Bradford 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Frank LaCorte 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Augustine 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Boitano 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Caldwell 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Castro 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Reggie Cleveland 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Easterly 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Galasso 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Moose Haas 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob McClure 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Mitchell 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lance Rautzhan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Replogle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Slaton 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lary Sorensen 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Travers 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bill Castro 2.03 2 Joey McLaughlin 2.48 3 Adrian Devine 3.24 4 Mike Caldwell 3.29 5 Phil Niekro 3.39

Wins

1 Phil Niekro 21 2 Mike Caldwell 16 3 Jim Slaton 15 4 Lary Sorensen 15 5 Bill Travers 14

Strikeouts

1 Phil Niekro 208 2 Eddie Solomon 96 3 Moose Haas 95 4 Mike Caldwell 89 5 Jim Slaton 80
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Phil Niekro 21 20 3.39 44 44 0 342.0 113 208
Lary Sorensen 15 14 3.98 34 34 0 235.1 42 63
Mike Caldwell 16 6 3.29 30 30 0 235.0 39 89
Jim Slaton 15 9 3.63 32 31 0 213.0 54 80
Bill Travers 14 8 3.89 30 27 0 187.1 45 74
Eddie Solomon 7 14 4.21 31 30 0 186.0 51 96
Moose Haas 11 11 4.78 29 28 0 184.2 59 95
Rick Matula 8 10 4.15 28 28 0 171.1 64 67
Tony Brizzolara 6 9 5.28 20 19 0 107.1 33 64
Gene Garber 6 16 4.33 68 0 25 106.0 24 56
Mickey Mahler 5 11 5.85 26 18 0 100.0 47 71
Jerry Augustine 9 6 3.47 43 2 5 85.2 30 41
Paul Mitchell 3 3 5.76 18 8 0 75.0 10 32
Joey McLaughlin 5 3 2.48 37 0 5 69.0 34 40
Adrian Devine 1 2 3.24 40 0 0 66.2 25 22
Larry McWilliams 3 2 5.56 13 13 0 66.1 22 32
Reggie Cleveland 1 5 6.71 29 1 4 55.0 23 22
Craig Skok 1 3 3.98 44 0 2 54.1 17 30
Bob Galasso 3 1 4.38 31 0 3 51.1 26 28
Bob McClure 5 2 3.88 36 0 5 51.0 24 37
Bo McLaughlin 1 1 4.89 37 1 0 49.2 16 45
Bill Castro 3 1 2.03 39 0 6 44.1 13 10
Preston Hanna 1 1 2.96 6 4 0 24.1 15 15
Rick Mahler 0 0 6.14 15 0 0 22.0 11 12
Larry Bradford 1 0 0.95 21 0 2 19.0 10 11
Tommy Boggs 0 2 6.39 3 3 0 12.2 4 1
Frank LaCorte 0 0 7.56 6 0 0 8.1 5 6
Andy Replogle 0 0 5.63 3 0 0 8.0 2 2
Dan Boitano 0 0 1.50 5 0 0 6.0 3 5
Sal Bando 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 0
Lance Rautzhan 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 3.0 10 2
Jamie Easterly 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 2.2 3 3
Jim Gantner 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0
Buck Martinez 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0

👥 Roster (69)

Brian Asselstine Jerry Augustine Sal Bando Bob Beall Bruce Benedict Tommy Boggs Dan Boitano Barry Bonnell Larry Bradford Tony Brizzolara Jeff Burroughs Mike Caldwell +57 more

69 players

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