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1979 National League West
Team Record GB
Cincinnati Reds 90 - 71
Houston Astros 89 - 73 1.5
Los Angeles Dodgers 79 - 83 11.5
San Francisco Giants 71 - 91 19.5
San Diego Padres 68 - 93 22.0
Atlanta Braves 66 - 94 23.5

6th (NL West)
Runs Scored: 669
Runs Allowed: 763
Attendance: 769,465

1979 Atlanta Braves Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bruce Benedict C 23 76 204 14 46 11 0 0 15 33 3 18 1 3 2 0 4 .225 .331 .279 .610
Dale Murphy 1B 23 104 384 53 106 7 2 21 57 38 5 67 6 1 0 2 12 .276 .340 .469 .809
Glenn Hubbard 2B 21 97 325 34 75 12 0 3 29 27 2 43 0 6 2 1 3 .231 .290 .295 .585
Bob Horner 3B 21 121 487 66 153 15 1 33 98 22 6 74 0 2 0 3 9 .314 .346 .552 .898
Pepe Frias SS 30 140 475 41 123 18 4 1 44 20 5 36 3 2 10 2 13 .259 .290 .320 .610
Jeff Burroughs LF 28 116 397 49 89 14 1 11 47 73 7 75 2 2 0 3 14 .224 .347 .348 .695
Rowland Office CF 26 124 277 35 69 14 2 2 37 27 2 33 5 4 1 2 5 .249 .320 .336 .656
Gary Matthews RF 28 156 631 97 192 34 5 27 90 60 5 75 18 6 1 0 6 .304 .363 .502 .865

1979 Atlanta Braves Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jerry Royster 26 154 601 103 164 25 6 3 51 62 0 59 35 8 6 0 8 .273 .337 .349 .686
Barry Bonnell 25 127 375 47 97 20 3 12 45 26 2 55 8 7 7 3 10 .259 .311 .424 .735
Mike Lum 33 111 217 27 54 6 0 6 27 18 1 34 0 2 5 0 7 .249 .304 .359 .663
Joe Nolan 28 89 230 28 57 9 3 4 21 27 3 28 1 3 0 3 5 .248 .333 .365 .698
Charlie Spikes 28 66 93 12 26 8 0 3 21 5 1 30 0 0 0 0 3 .280 .310 .462 .772
Darrel Chaney 31 63 117 15 19 5 0 0 10 19 2 34 2 1 0 0 2 .162 .277 .205 .482
Biff Pocoroba 25 28 38 6 12 4 0 0 4 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 .316 .422 .421 .843
Eddie Miller 22 27 113 12 35 1 0 0 5 5 1 24 15 2 3 2 1 .310 .350 .319 .669
Bob Beall 31 17 15 1 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .263 .267 .530
Larry Whisenton 22 13 37 3 9 2 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 .243 .300 .351 .651
Jim Wessinger 23 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Brian Asselstine 25 8 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .182 .100 .282
Mike Macha 25 6 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368

1979 Atlanta Braves Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Phil Niekro P 40 44 123 10 24 6 0 0 12 1 0 19 0 0 7 2 1 .195 .213 .244 .457
Eddie Solomon P 28 32 64 3 13 3 0 0 4 1 0 16 0 0 3 0 1 .203 .215 .250 .465
Rick Matula P 25 28 53 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 0 0 6 0 2 .094 .111 .094 .205
Tony Brizzolara P 22 20 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 14 0 0 1 0 0 .029 .079 .029 .108
Mickey Mahler P 26 26 27 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .143 .148 .291
Larry McWilliams P 25 13 24 4 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 2 0 0 .208 .231 .292 .523
Gene Garber P 31 68 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .462 .300 .762
Joey McLaughlin P 22 37 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455
Adrian Devine P 27 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Preston Hanna P 24 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Bo McLaughlin P 25 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tommy Boggs P 23 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Craig Skok P 31 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Rick Mahler P 25 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Larry Bradford P 29 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank LaCorte P 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1979 Atlanta Braves Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Phil Niekro 40 44 44 21 20 .512 3.39 342.0 160 129 311 41 113 208 .237 11 18 23 1 0 4.43
Eddie Solomon 28 31 30 7 14 .333 4.21 186.0 98 87 184 19 51 96 .250 6 2 4 0 0 4.22
Rick Matula 25 28 28 8 10 .444 4.15 171.1 90 79 193 14 64 67 .281 3 3 1 0 0 4.45
Tony Brizzolara 22 20 19 6 9 .400 5.28 107.1 70 63 133 6 33 64 .295 3 5 2 0 0 3.54
Mickey Mahler 26 26 18 5 11 .313 5.85 100.0 72 65 123 11 47 71 .293 3 4 1 0 0 4.51
Larry McWilliams 25 13 13 3 2 .600 5.56 66.1 41 41 69 4 22 32 .264 4 2 1 0 0 3.99
Preston Hanna 24 6 4 1 1 .500 2.96 24.1 11 8 27 1 15 15 .278 0 1 0 0 0 4.15
Tommy Boggs 23 3 3 0 2 .000 6.39 12.2 11 9 21 0 4 1 .356 1 0 0 0 0 4.03

1979 Atlanta Braves Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Gene Garber 31 68 0 6 16 .273 4.33 106.0 66 51 121 10 24 56 .280 5 0 0 0 25 3.99
Craig Skok 31 44 0 1 3 .250 3.98 54.1 26 24 58 7 17 30 .274 3 2 0 0 2 4.67
Adrian Devine 27 40 0 1 2 .333 3.24 66.2 28 24 84 8 25 22 .305 2 2 0 0 0 5.12
Bo McLaughlin 25 37 1 1 1 .500 4.89 49.2 33 27 63 2 16 45 .297 2 1 0 0 0 2.80
Joey McLaughlin 22 37 0 5 3 .625 2.48 69.0 23 19 54 3 34 40 .216 1 0 0 0 5 3.93
Larry Bradford 29 21 0 1 0 1.000 0.95 19.0 5 2 11 0 10 11 .159 1 2 0 0 2 3.58
Rick Mahler 25 15 0 0 0 .000 6.14 22.0 16 15 28 4 11 12 .311 0 1 0 0 0 5.77
Frank LaCorte 27 6 0 0 0 .000 7.56 8.1 7 7 9 2 5 6 .273 0 2 0 0 0 6.48
Jamie Easterly 26 4 0 0 0 .000 13.50 2.2 6 4 7 0 3 3 .467 0 0 0 0 0 4.13