1977 Atlanta Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 61-101
Finished 6th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 872,464, Avg. 10,894
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Manager: Dave Bristol (8-21)
Manager: Ted Turner (0-1)
Manager: Vern Benson (1-0)
Manager: Dave Bristol (52-79)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1977 Atlanta Braves Roster
1977 Atlanta Braves Results

The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the 1977 season with a record of 61 wins and 101 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's West Division.

The Braves plated 678 runs and yielded 895 runs, most in the league. Jeff Burroughs walloped 41 home runs for Atlanta, while Gary Matthews and Willie Montanez swatted 20 or more, too. Jeff Burroughs accounted for 114 RBI. Willie Montanez paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .287. Phil Niekro topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 4.03 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Dave Bristol, Ted Turner, Vern Benson and Dave Bristol 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 Niekro	16	20	.444	4.03	44	43	1	20	2	0	330.3	315	166	148	26	164	12	262	8	3	17	1428
Dick Ruthven	7	13	.350	4.23	25	23	1	6	2	0	151.0	158	86	71	14	62	6	84	1	4	2	666
Rick Camp	6	3	.667	4.00	54	0	34	0	0	10	78.7	89	47	35	6	47	13	51	1	2	8	374
Eddie Solomon	6	6	.500	4.57	18	16	0	0	0	0	88.7	110	64	45	10	34	2	54	2	2	3	403
Buzz Capra	6	11	.353	5.36	45	16	7	0	0	0	139.3	142	88	83	28	80	12	100	4	0	7	633
Andy Messersmith	5	4	.556	4.40	16	16	0	1	0	0	102.3	101	54	50	12	39	5	69	2	0	5	447
Max Leon	4	4	.500	3.97	31	9	11	0	0	1	81.7	89	42	36	9	25	2	44	9	1	1	359
Don Collins	3	9	.250	5.09	40	6	8	0	0	2	70.7	82	43	40	8	41	8	27	1	3	3	324
Jamie Easterly	2	4	.333	6.14	22	5	6	0	0	1	58.7	72	46	40	5	30	4	37	3	0	0	275
Preston Hanna	2	6	.250	4.95	17	9	2	1	0	1	60.0	69	40	33	6	34	1	37	2	0	5	282
Mike Marshall	1	0	1.000	9.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	6	6	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	32
Duane Theiss	1	1	.500	6.53	17	0	7	0	0	0	20.7	26	16	15	1	16	5	7	1	0	0	102
Mickey Mahler	1	2	.333	6.26	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.0	31	19	16	4	9	0	14	1	0	1	109
Frank LaCorte	1	8	.111	11.68	14	7	1	0	0	0	37.0	67	51	48	10	29	1	28	2	0	0	205
Larry Bradford	0	0		3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
Mike Davey	0	0		5.06	16	0	7	0	0	2	16.0	19	9	9	1	9	4	7	0	0	1	75
Steve Kline	0	0		6.64	16	0	7	0	0	1	20.3	21	15	15	4	12	3	10	0	3	1	93
Mike Beard	0	0		9.64	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.7	14	11	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	33
Joey McLaughlin	0	0		15.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	10	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	31
Bob Johnson	0	1	.000	7.25	15	0	5	0	0	0	22.3	24	18	18	7	14	1	16	2	0	1	106
Steve Hargan	0	3	.000	6.87	16	5	3	0	0	0	36.7	49	31	28	3	16	1	18	0	1	6	172
Dave Campbell	0	6	.000	3.05	65	0	31	0	0	13	88.7	78	32	30	7	33	6	42	3	0	3	375
Totals	61	101	.377	4.87	489	162	134	28	4	31	1445.3	1581	895	782	169	701	86	915	42	19	64	6535

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
Gary Matthews	148	627	555	89	157	25	5	17	64	22	8	67	90	.283	.362	.438	.799	243	13	2	2	1	3
Jeff Burroughs	154	671	579	91	157	19	1	41	114	4	1	86	126	.271	.362	.520	.882	301	8	0	0	6	2
Willie Montanez	136	582	544	70	156	31	1	20	68	1	1	35	60	.287	.328	.458	.786	249	18	0	0	3	3
Barry Bonnell	100	403	360	41	108	11	0	1	45	7	5	37	32	.300	.368	.339	.706	122	7	2	3	1	8
Rowland Office	124	461	428	42	103	13	1	5	39	2	4	23	58	.241	.282	.311	.593	133	9	3	4	3	1
Rod Gilbreath	128	463	407	47	99	15	2	8	43	3	9	45	79	.243	.320	.349	.669	142	10	2	7	2	6
Jerry Royster	140	491	445	64	96	10	2	6	28	28	10	38	67	.216	.278	.288	.566	128	11	1	6	1	3
Junior Moore	112	408	361	41	94	9	3	5	34	4	5	33	29	.260	.323	.343	.667	124	13	1	12	1	0
Biff Pocoroba	113	387	321	46	93	24	1	8	44	3	4	57	27	.290	.394	.445	.840	143	9	1	4	4	15
Pat Rockett	93	297	264	27	67	10	0	1	24	1	2	27	32	.254	.330	.303	.633	80	7	3	3	0	2
Darrel Chaney	74	231	209	22	42	7	2	3	15	0	0	17	44	.201	.260	.297	.557	62	9	0	4	1	2
Tom Paciorek	72	164	155	20	37	8	0	3	15	1	0	6	46	.239	.262	.348	.611	54	1	0	0	3	2
Vic Correll	54	170	144	16	30	7	0	7	16	2	3	22	33	.208	.314	.403	.716	58	3	1	1	2	1
Brian Asselstine	83	134	124	12	26	6	0	4	17	1	0	9	10	.210	.263	.355	.618	44	2	0	1	0	1
Dale Murphy	18	76	76	5	24	8	1	2	14	0	1	0	8	.316	.316	.526	.842	40	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Nolan	62	96	82	13	23	3	0	3	9	1	0	13	12	.280	.375	.427	.802	35	2	0	0	1	1
Cito Gaston	56	93	85	6	23	4	0	3	21	1	0	5	19	.271	.301	.424	.725	36	3	0	0	3	0
Phil Niekro	44	123	109	2	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	15	.174	.180	.183	.364	20	3	1	12	1	0
Dick Ruthven	25	52	45	4	12	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	15	.267	.298	.400	.698	18	2	0	5	0	0
Max Leon	33	23	19	3	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.316	.300	.316	.616	6	1	0	3	1	0
Craig Robinson	27	30	29	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.207	.233	.241	.475	7	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Easterly	23	17	15	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.400	.667	6	0	0	2	0	0
Eddie Solomon	18	35	31	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.129	.206	.129	.335	4	0	0	1	0	0
Andy Messersmith	16	39	34	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	9	.118	.189	.265	.454	9	0	0	2	0	0
Buzz Capra	45	42	36	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.111	.179	.111	.291	4	0	0	3	0	0
Mickey Mahler	5	9	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.625	.667	1.292	4	0	0	1	0	0
Frank LaCorte	14	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Marshall	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	15	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Whisenton	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Campbell	65	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	2	0	0
Preston Hanna	17	18	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.071	.235	.071	.307	1	0	0	1	0	0
Duane Theiss	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Hargan	16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Belloir	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joey McLaughlin	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Camp	54	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Collins	40	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Davey	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Kline	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Beard	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Bradford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2196	6205	5534	678	1404	218	20	139	638	82	53	537	876	.254	.320	.376	.696	2079	135	17	83	34	50

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Willie Montanez	1B	134	134	1172.0	1129	70	10	88	.992	9.207	8.948	0	0	0
Tom Paciorek	1B	32	25	243.3	236	16	4	20	.984	9.321	7.875	0	0	0
Cito Gaston	1B	5	3	29.0	30	4	1	2	.971	1.552	6.800	0	0	0
Rowland Office	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Rod Gilbreath	2B	122	112	997.3	277	305	13	61	.978	5.252	4.770	0	0	0
Jerry Royster	2B	38	30	279.7	76	85	7	14	.958	5.181	4.237	0	0	0
Darrel Chaney	2B	24	20	166.3	40	66	4	13	.964	5.735	4.417	0	0	0
Junior Moore	2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Junior Moore	3B	104	92	811.7	86	189	17	10	.942	3.049	2.644	0	0	0
Jerry Royster	3B	56	38	358.0	46	76	6	6	.953	3.067	2.179	0	0	0
Barry Bonnell	3B	32	31	264.7	22	62	6	0	.933	2.856	2.625	0	0	0
Rod Gilbreath	3B	1	1	9.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000	0	0	0
Tom Paciorek	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Biff Pocoroba	C	100	86	798.3	542	78	7	8	.989	6.990	6.200	15	103	52	33.5
Vic Correll	C	49	46	372.7	247	38	8	2	.973	6.883	5.816	10	57	22	27.8
Dale Murphy	C	18	17	154.0	114	11	6	2	.954	7.305	6.944	5	25	5	16.7
Joe Nolan	C	19	13	120.3	80	7	0	2	1.000	6.507	4.579	4	20	4	16.7
Jeff Burroughs	OF	154	153	1346.0	249	9	7	3	.974	1.725	1.675	0	0	0
Gary Matthews	OF	145	145	1283.3	262	11	10	1	.965	1.915	1.883	0	0	0
Rowland Office	OF	104	99	860.7	249	8	3	3	.988	2.687	2.471	0	0	0
Barry Bonnell	OF	75	57	531.3	181	3	2	1	.989	3.117	2.453	0	0	0
Brian Asselstine	OF	35	20	204.0	57	1	1	0	.983	2.559	1.657	0	0	0
Cito Gaston	OF	9	8	71.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.775	1.556	0	0	0
Tom Paciorek	OF	9	4	36.7	12	0	1	0	.923	2.945	1.333	0	0	0
Jerry Royster	OF	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Phil Niekro	P	44	43	330.3	20	51	0	5	1.000	1.934	1.614	0	0	0
Dick Ruthven	P	25	23	151.0	10	16	5	1	.839	1.550	1.040	0	0	0
Buzz Capra	P	45	16	139.3	6	18	1	1	.960	1.550	.533	0	0	0
Andy Messersmith	P	16	16	102.3	5	15	2	1	.909	1.759	1.250	0	0	0
Eddie Solomon	P	18	16	88.7	5	12	1	0	.944	1.726	.944	0	0	0
Dave Campbell	P	65	0	88.7	0	9	1	0	.900	.914	.138	0	0	0
Max Leon	P	31	9	81.7	9	12	1	0	.955	2.314	.677	0	0	0
Rick Camp	P	54	0	78.7	4	10	2	1	.875	1.602	.259	0	0	0
Don Collins	P	40	6	70.7	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.019	.200	0	0	0
Preston Hanna	P	17	9	60.0	2	18	3	0	.870	3.000	1.176	0	0	0
Jamie Easterly	P	22	5	58.7	2	3	1	0	.833	.767	.227	0	0	0
Frank LaCorte	P	14	7	37.0	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.946	.571	0	0	0
Steve Hargan	P	16	5	36.7	3	11	1	0	.933	3.436	.875	0	0	0
Mickey Mahler	P	5	5	23.0	0	3	1	1	.750	1.174	.600	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	P	15	0	22.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.403	.067	0	0	0
Duane Theiss	P	17	0	20.7	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.177	.294	0	0	0
Steve Kline	P	16	0	20.3	0	2	1	0	.667	.885	.125	0	0	0
Mike Davey	P	16	0	16.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	.250	0	0	0
Joey McLaughlin	P	3	2	6.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Mike Marshall	P	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mike Beard	P	4	0	4.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.929	.250	0	0	0
Larry Bradford	P	2	0	2.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.375	.500	0	0	0
Pat Rockett	SS	84	82	694.7	152	209	23	38	.940	4.677	4.298	0	0	0
Jerry Royster	SS	51	37	343.7	60	106	15	20	.917	4.347	3.255	0	0	0
Darrel Chaney	SS	41	34	312.7	73	116	4	17	.979	5.440	4.610	0	0	0
Craig Robinson	SS	23	9	90.7	26	27	0	6	1.000	5.261	2.304	0	0	0
Rob Belloir	SS	3	0	3.7	1	2	0	0	1.000	7.364	1.000	0	0	0
Totals		1960	1458	13008.0	4336	1705	175	327	.972	4.180	3.082	34	205	83	28.8

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