1978 Atlanta Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 69-93
Finished 6th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 905,178, Avg. 12,069
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Manager: Bobby Cox (69-93)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1978 Atlanta Braves Roster
1978 Atlanta Braves Results

The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the 1978 season with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's West Division.

The Braves scored 600 runs and allowed 750 runs, most in the circuit. Bob Horner, Dale Murphy and Jeff Burroughs led Atlanta with 23 home runs apiece., while Gary Matthews walloped 20 or more, too. Dale Murphy drove in 79 runs. Jeff Burroughs paced all regular hitters by hitting .301. Phil Niekro topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.88 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bobby Cox coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Phil Niekro1918.5142.88444212241334.3295129107161025248133111389
Larry McWilliams93.7502.811515031099.38438311135442202417
Preston Hanna713.3505.1329281000140.3132898010935903211637
Adrian Devine54.5565.923161100365.3844543325526022294
Gene Garber44.5002.5343036002278.35826221113361223302
Dave Campbell44.5004.805303500169.367393710491245522322
Eddie Solomon46.4004.0837813002106.098524812501164215459
Mickey Mahler411.2674.6834213100134.7130827016666927312597
Craig Skok32.6004.354301100262.0643830827828014273
Jamie Easterly36.3335.65376800178.0915249945642207355
Rick Camp24.3333.75424900074.39942315321023311344
Dick Ruthven26.2504.111313021081.0784337828245003342
Tommy Boggs28.2006.711612211059.0804644826321113283
Jim Bouton13.2504.9755000029.0251816421110000129
Mike Davey000.003000002.710001000009
Duane Theiss001.423020006.3311030310024
Max Leon006.355010005.7644140110029
Frank LaCorte01.0003.6822000014.7966041700156
Totals6993.4264.10455162133297321440.31404750656132624828484218676261

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Jeff Burroughs1536114887214730623771211792.301.432.529.9612581600612
Jerry Royster1406005296713717823527175649.259.331.333.66417693842
Gary Matthews129542474751352051862876192.285.366.462.828219162142
Dale Murphy15158353066120143237911742145.226.284.394.679209153353
Rowland Office14643940440101131940862252.250.297.354.65114386432
Bob Horner8935932350861712363002442.266.313.539.85217472192
Rod Gilbreath1163563262280133331762651.245.300.331.63210860313
Barry Bonnell11732630436731131161262030.240.287.306.59393150201
Biff Pocoroba92327289217080634032914.242.312.332.64496152346
Darrel Chaney89274245275591320102548.224.295.306.6017510317
Joe Nolan95249213224973422323428.230.339.347.6867431105
Bob Beall108225185294580116453627.243.368.303.6705641210
Glenn Hubbard44179163154240213211020.258.309.319.6285222401
Brian Asselstine39122103112833213211116.272.339.417.7564312151
Cito Gaston60124118527101900320.229.244.263.5073140120
Phil Niekro451291205274001000325.225.248.258.5063131410
Pat Rockett551571426202004121312.141.212.155.3662260113
Chico Ruiz18484631330020024.283.313.348.6601610001
Bruce Benedict22585231320010066.250.328.288.6161500002
Preston Hanna29524949011100118.184.200.286.4861410200
Jamie Easterly3721191410010015.211.250.263.513510100
Eddie Solomon3830292400010008.138.167.138.305431000
Mickey Mahler3447414400010018.098.119.098.217410500
Tom Paciorek5992300000001.333.333.333.667300000
Jerry Maddox715141300010012.214.267.214.481310000
Larry Whisenton617161310020012.188.235.250.485400000
Tommy Boggs1619181300110004.167.167.333.500600100
Eddie Miller624215310023024.143.250.190.440401000
Craig Skok43881210000003.250.250.375.625300000
Dick Ruthven13272402000000011.083.083.083.167200300
Larry McWilliams15363212010000019.063.063.125.188400400
Rob Belloir21101100000001.0001.0002.0003.000200000
Adrian Devine3112110100010002.091.091.091.182100100
Gene Garber4412111100000015.091.167.091.258100000
Frank LaCorte2540000000002.000.000.000.000000100
Rick Camp421081000000015.000.111.000.111000100
Jim Bouton5870000000011.000.125.000.125000000
Duane Theiss3110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Hank Small1440000000000.000.000.000.000010000
Max Leon6000000000000000000
Mike Davey3000000000000000000
Dave Campbell53000000000000000000
Totals2149606653816001313191391235589065550874.244.315.363.677195114027614753


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Dale Murphy1B1291251108.31137922084.9849.9809.5270000
Bob Beall1B4030281.727524423.9879.5547.4750000
Cito Gaston1B4428.321211.9587.3065.7500000
Tom Paciorek1B2213.0210011.00014.5381.5000000
Hank Small1B119.0121011.00013.00013.0000000
Jerry Royster2B7573641.71861931039.9745.3165.0530000
Glenn Hubbard2B4444389.3102130530.9795.3635.2730000
Rod Gilbreath2B3935311.37487413.9764.6544.1280000
Chico Ruiz2B141095.0313115.9845.8744.4290000
Darrel Chaney2B103.012011.0009.0003.0000000
Bob Horner3B8988769.7811991317.9563.2743.1460000
Rod Gilbreath3B6252469.03411759.9682.8982.4350000
Barry Bonnell3B1514114.0152832.9353.3952.8670000
Darrel Chaney3B8339.028011.0002.3081.2500000
Jerry Maddox3B5433.03710.9092.7272.0000000
Chico Ruiz3B118.001001.0001.1251.0000000
Jerry Royster3B105.70000.000.0000000
Rob Belloir3B102.00000.000.0000000
Biff PocorobaC7977682.74544351.9906.5526.291120822523.4
Joe NolanC6153470.02952473.9796.1095.23014055914.1
Dale MurphyC2116146.7831330.9705.8914.57160131248.0
Bruce BenedictC2216141.0811411.9906.0644.31800161140.7
Jeff BurroughsOF1461471182.72241362.9751.8041.6230000
Gary MatthewsOF1271261076.72381080.9692.0731.9530000
Rowland OfficeOF13696912.0291432.9902.9112.1690000
Barry BonnellOF10559599.0172731.9842.6891.7050000
Brian AsselstineOF3526249.760120.9682.1991.7430000
Cito GastonOF2919179.745020.9572.2541.5520000
Eddie MillerOF5548.770001.0001.2951.4000000
Bob BeallOF8439.070001.0001.615.8750000
Larry WhisentonOF4333.750001.0001.3371.2500000
Phil NiekroP4442334.3176524.9762.2071.8640000
Preston HannaP2928140.31018011.0001.796.9660000
Mickey MahlerP3421134.7415011.0001.270.5590000
Eddie SolomonP378106.051621.9131.783.5680000
Larry McWilliamsP151599.31019011.0002.6281.9330000
Dick RuthvenP131381.091370.7592.4441.6920000
Gene GarberP43078.31111001.0002.528.5120000
Jamie EasterlyP37678.021411.9411.846.4320000
Rick CampP42474.381230.8702.422.4760000
Dave CampbellP53069.36911.9381.947.2830000
Adrian DevineP31665.310911.9502.617.6130000
Craig SkokP43062.039001.0001.742.2790000
Tommy BoggsP161259.05330.7271.220.5000000
Jim BoutonP5529.03310.8571.8621.2000000
Frank LaCorteP2214.701001.000.614.5000000
Duane TheissP306.320001.0002.842.6670000
Max LeonP505.701001.0001.588.2000000
Mike DaveyP302.70000.000.0000000
Darrel ChaneySS7757546.397189730.9764.7113.7140000
Jerry RoysterSS6060508.3981831327.9564.9754.6830000
Pat RockettSS5145383.76497516.9703.7773.1570000
Rob BelloirSS102.001001.0004.5001.0000000
Totals1953145712963.043211739153321.9754.2073.1033201665725.6




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