1981 Atlanta Braves

50-56 • 0.472 Win% • 5th in NL W

📊 Season Record

50 Wins
56 Losses
0.472 Win %
5th Rank
395 R 416 RA
Diff -21

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395 Runs Scored
416 Runs Allowed
-21 Run Diff
534K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 NL Average

Batting Avg .243 5% below the 1981 league average (.255)
OBP .304 5% below the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .295 3% below the 1981 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.45 1% better than the 1981 league average (3.49)
Runs Scored 395 6% below the 1981 league average (420 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 50
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Total Attendance 534,107
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Avg per Game 10,682

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Cecil Cooper 0.320 2 Charlie Moore 0.301 3 Claudell Washington 0.291 4 Bob Horner 0.277 5 Mark Brouhard 0.274

Home Runs

1 Gorman Thomas 21 2 Bob Horner 15 3 Ben Oglivie 14 4 Ted Simmons 14 5 Dale Murphy 13

RBI

1 Ben Oglivie 72 2 Gorman Thomas 65 3 Ted Simmons 61 4 Cecil Cooper 60 5 Chris Chambliss 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Cecil Cooper 106 416 70 133 0 0 12 60 28 30 5 0.320
Chris Chambliss 107 404 44 110 0 0 8 51 44 41 4 0.272
Ben Oglivie 107 400 53 97 0 0 14 72 37 49 2 0.242
Ted Simmons 100 380 45 82 0 0 14 61 23 32 0 0.216
Robin Yount 96 377 50 103 0 0 10 49 22 37 4 0.273
Dale Murphy 104 369 43 91 0 0 13 50 44 72 14 0.247
Gorman Thomas 103 363 54 94 0 0 21 65 50 85 4 0.259
Glenn Hubbard 99 361 39 85 0 0 6 33 33 59 4 0.235
Jim Gantner 107 352 35 94 0 0 2 33 29 29 3 0.267
Claudell Washington 85 320 37 93 0 0 5 37 15 47 12 0.291
Rafael Ramirez 95 307 30 67 0 0 2 20 24 47 7 0.218
Bob Horner 79 300 42 83 0 0 15 42 32 39 2 0.277
Bruce Benedict 90 295 26 78 0 0 5 35 33 21 1 0.264
Rufino Linares 78 253 27 67 0 0 5 25 9 28 8 0.265
Paul Molitor 64 251 45 67 0 0 2 19 25 29 10 0.267
Roy Howell 76 244 37 58 0 0 6 33 23 39 0 0.238
Mark Brouhard 60 186 19 51 0 0 2 20 7 41 1 0.274
Don Money 60 185 17 40 0 0 2 14 19 27 0 0.216
Charlie Moore 48 156 16 47 0 0 1 9 12 13 1 0.301
Eddie Miller 50 134 29 31 0 0 0 7 7 29 23 0.231
Brett Butler 40 126 17 32 0 0 0 4 19 17 9 0.254
Biff Pocoroba 57 122 4 22 0 0 0 8 12 15 0 0.180
Thad Bosley 42 105 11 24 0 0 0 3 6 13 2 0.229
Jerry Royster 64 93 13 19 0 0 0 9 7 14 7 0.204
Ed Romero 44 91 6 18 0 0 1 10 4 9 0 0.198
Larry Hisle 27 87 11 20 0 0 4 11 6 17 0 0.230
Brian Asselstine 56 86 8 22 0 0 2 10 5 7 1 0.256
Terry Harper 40 73 9 19 0 0 2 8 11 17 5 0.260
Sal Bando 32 65 10 13 0 0 2 9 6 3 1 0.200
Marshall Edwards 40 58 10 14 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 0.241
Phil Niekro 22 52 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0.077
Gaylord Perry 24 48 5 12 0 0 1 7 0 10 0 0.250
Tommy Boggs 25 46 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.152
Luis Gomez 35 35 4 7 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 0.200
Matt Sinatro 12 32 4 9 0 0 0 4 5 4 1 0.281
Rick Mahler 34 27 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.148
Paul Runge 10 27 2 7 0 0 0 2 4 4 0 0.259
Ned Yost 18 27 4 6 0 0 3 3 3 6 0 0.222
Larry Owen 13 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
John Montefusco 26 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.067
Bob Porter 17 14 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0.286
Bill Nahorodny 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.231
Rick Camp 48 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Mike Lum 10 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.091
Brook Jacoby 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.200
Larry McWilliams 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.100
Bob Walk 12 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.143
Gene Garber 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Larry Whisenton 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.200
Preston Hanna 20 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Ken Smith 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Steve Bedrosian 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Albert Hall 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Larry Bradford 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Al Hrabosky 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rick Matula 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Augustine 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dwight Bernard 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Caldwell 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Reggie Cleveland 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank DiPino 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Easterly 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rollie Fingers 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Moose Haas 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rickey Keeton 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Lerch 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob McClure 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Donnie Moore 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Willie Mueller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck Porter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Slaton 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Vuckovich 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Rollie Fingers 1.04 2 Al Hrabosky 1.07 3 Rick Camp 1.78 4 Gene Garber 2.61 5 Rick Mahler 2.80

Wins

1 Pete Vuckovich 14 2 Mike Caldwell 11 3 Moose Haas 11 4 Rick Camp 9 5 Rick Mahler 8

Strikeouts

1 Pete Vuckovich 84 2 Tommy Boggs 81 3 Moose Haas 64 4 Phil Niekro 62 5 Rollie Fingers 61
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gaylord Perry 8 9 3.94 23 23 0 150.2 24 60
Pete Vuckovich 14 4 3.55 24 23 0 149.2 57 84
Mike Caldwell 11 9 3.93 24 23 0 144.1 38 41
Tommy Boggs 3 13 4.10 25 24 0 142.2 54 81
Phil Niekro 7 7 3.10 22 22 0 139.1 56 62
Moose Haas 11 7 4.46 24 22 0 137.1 40 64
Jim Slaton 5 7 4.37 24 21 0 117.1 50 47
Rick Mahler 8 6 2.80 34 14 2 112.1 43 54
Randy Lerch 7 9 4.31 23 18 0 110.2 43 53
Rollie Fingers 6 3 1.04 47 0 28 78.0 13 61
John Montefusco 2 3 3.49 26 9 1 77.1 27 34
Rick Camp 9 3 1.78 48 0 17 76.0 12 47
Reggie Cleveland 2 3 5.15 35 0 1 64.2 30 18
Jamie Easterly 3 3 3.19 44 0 4 62.0 34 31
Jerry Augustine 2 2 4.26 27 2 2 61.1 18 26
Gene Garber 4 6 2.61 35 0 2 58.2 20 34
Bob Walk 1 4 4.57 12 8 0 43.1 23 16
Larry McWilliams 2 1 3.11 6 5 0 37.2 8 23
Preston Hanna 2 1 6.37 20 1 0 35.1 23 22
Rickey Keeton 1 0 5.09 17 0 0 35.1 11 9
Al Hrabosky 1 1 1.07 24 0 1 33.2 9 13
Larry Bradford 2 0 3.71 25 0 1 26.2 12 14
Steve Bedrosian 1 2 4.44 15 1 0 24.1 15 9
Bob McClure 0 0 3.52 4 0 0 7.2 4 6
Rick Matula 0 0 6.43 5 0 0 7.0 2 0
Dwight Bernard 0 0 3.60 6 0 0 5.0 6 1
Chuck Porter 0 0 4.15 3 0 0 4.1 1 1
Donnie Moore 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 4.0 4 2
Frank DiPino 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 3 3
Jose Alvarez 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 2
Willie Mueller 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 1
Luis Gomez 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0

👥 Roster (73)

Jose Alvarez Brian Asselstine Jerry Augustine Sal Bando Steve Bedrosian Bruce Benedict Dwight Bernard Tommy Boggs Thad Bosley Larry Bradford Mark Brouhard Brett Butler +61 more

73 players

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