1979 Atlanta Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 66-94
Finished 6th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 769,465, Avg. 10,250
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Manager: Bobby Cox (66-94)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1979 Atlanta Braves Roster
1979 Atlanta Braves Results

The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the 1979 season with a record of 66 wins and 94 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's West Division.

The Braves tallied 669 runs and surrendered 763 runs, most in the league. Bob Horner walloped 33 home runs for Atlanta, while Dale Murphy and Gary Matthews swatted 20 or more as well. Bob Horner drove in 98 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .314. Phil Niekro led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.39 ERA, leading 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 Niekro	21	20	.512	3.39	44	44	0	23	1	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	8	208	11	4	18	1436
Rick Matula	8	10	.444	4.15	28	28	0	1	0	0	171.3	193	90	79	14	64	9	67	3	1	3	754
Eddie Solomon	7	14	.333	4.21	31	30	1	4	0	0	186.0	184	98	87	19	51	4	96	6	0	2	792
Tony Brizzolara	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	0	107.3	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487
Gene Garber	6	16	.273	4.33	68	0	55	0	0	25	106.0	121	66	51	10	24	9	56	5	0	0	461
Joey McLaughlin	5	3	.625	2.48	37	0	13	0	0	5	69.0	54	23	19	3	34	4	40	1	0	0	285
Mickey Mahler	5	11	.313	5.85	26	18	1	1	0	0	100.0	123	72	65	11	47	7	71	3	1	4	470
Larry McWilliams	3	2	.600	5.56	13	13	0	1	0	0	66.3	69	41	41	4	22	2	32	4	0	2	287
Larry Bradford	1	0	1.000	0.95	21	0	9	0	0	2	19.0	11	5	2	0	10	1	11	1	2	2	80
Preston Hanna	1	1	.500	2.96	6	4	1	0	0	0	24.3	27	11	8	1	15	1	15	0	0	1	112
Bo McLaughlin	1	1	.500	4.89	37	1	12	0	0	0	49.7	63	33	27	2	16	6	45	2	0	1	230
Adrian Devine	1	2	.333	3.24	40	0	10	0	0	0	66.7	84	28	24	8	25	5	22	2	1	2	302
Craig Skok	1	3	.250	3.98	44	0	19	0	0	2	54.3	58	26	24	7	17	2	30	3	0	2	232
Rick Mahler	0	0		6.14	15	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	28	16	15	4	11	2	12	0	1	1	101
Frank LaCorte	0	0		7.56	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.3	9	7	7	2	5	1	6	0	0	2	38
Jamie Easterly	0	0		13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	7	6	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	18
Tommy Boggs	0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.7	21	11	9	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	64
Totals	66	94	.413	4.18	443	160	128	32	1	34	1407.7	1496	763	654	132	494	62	779	45	10	45	6149

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	156	695	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	.304	.363	.502	.865	317	6	0	1	3	5
Jerry Royster	154	676	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	8	62	59	.273	.337	.349	.687	210	8	0	6	7	0
Bob Horner	121	515	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	0	2	22	74	.314	.346	.552	.898	269	9	3	0	3	6
Pepe Frias	140	510	475	41	123	18	4	1	44	3	2	20	36	.259	.290	.320	.610	152	13	2	10	3	5
Dale Murphy	104	429	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	1	38	67	.276	.340	.469	.809	180	12	2	0	5	5
Barry Bonnell	127	412	375	47	97	20	3	12	45	8	7	26	55	.259	.311	.424	.735	159	10	3	7	1	2
Jeff Burroughs	116	475	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	2	2	73	75	.224	.347	.348	.695	138	14	3	0	2	7
Glenn Hubbard	97	357	325	34	75	12	0	3	29	0	6	27	43	.231	.290	.295	.586	96	3	1	2	2	2
Rowland Office	124	307	277	35	69	14	2	2	37	5	4	27	33	.249	.320	.336	.656	93	5	2	1	0	2
Joe Nolan	89	261	230	28	57	9	3	4	21	1	3	27	28	.248	.333	.365	.699	84	5	3	0	1	3
Mike Lum	111	242	217	27	54	6	0	6	27	0	2	18	34	.249	.304	.359	.663	78	7	0	5	2	1
Bruce Benedict	76	241	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	.225	.331	.279	.610	57	4	0	2	2	3
Eddie Miller	27	123	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	.310	.350	.319	.669	36	1	2	3	0	1
Charlie Spikes	66	100	93	12	26	8	0	3	21	0	0	5	30	.280	.310	.462	.772	43	3	0	0	2	1
Phil Niekro	44	134	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	.195	.213	.244	.457	30	1	2	7	1	0
Darrel Chaney	63	137	117	15	19	5	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	.162	.277	.205	.483	24	2	0	0	1	2
Eddie Solomon	32	68	64	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.203	.215	.250	.465	16	1	0	3	0	0
Biff Pocoroba	28	46	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	.316	.422	.421	.843	16	2	0	1	0	1
Larry Whisenton	13	41	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	13	1	0	1	0	0
Larry McWilliams	13	28	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.208	.231	.292	.522	7	0	0	2	1	0
Rick Matula	28	60	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	.094	.111	.094	.205	5	2	0	6	0	0
Gene Garber	68	15	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.300	.462	.300	.762	3	0	0	2	0	0
Mickey Mahler	26	29	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.143	.148	.291	4	1	0	1	0	0
Joey McLaughlin	37	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Macha	6	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Beall	17	19	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.133	.263	.267	.530	4	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Mahler	15	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Boggs	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Asselstine	8	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	1	0	0	0	1
Tony Brizzolara	20	39	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.029	.079	.029	.108	1	0	0	1	1	0
Preston Hanna	6	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Bradford	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Skok	44	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank LaCorte	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bo McLaughlin	37	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Wessinger	10	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Devine	40	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Easterly	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2097	6035	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	.256	.318	.377	.695	2043	112	23	62	38	47

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Dale Murphy	1B	76	75	657.3	685	42	15	61	.980	9.954	9.566	0	0	0
Mike Lum	1B	51	42	378.0	414	30	1	36	.998	1.571	8.706	0	0	0
Bob Horner	1B	45	42	360.3	414	24	7	32	.984	1.940	9.733	0	0	0
Bob Beall	1B	3	1	12.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	7.500	3.333	0	0	0
Glenn Hubbard	2B	91	87	767.7	193	268	15	57	.968	5.405	5.066	0	0	0
Jerry Royster	2B	77	70	605.0	170	224	7	50	.983	5.861	5.117	0	0	0
Darrel Chaney	2B	5	2	22.0	2	5	0	1	1.000	2.864	1.400	0	0	0
Jim Wessinger	2B	2	1	13.0	2	3	1	0	.833	3.462	2.500	0	0	0
Bob Horner	3B	82	78	683.7	56	143	15	11	.930	2.620	2.427	0	0	0
Jerry Royster	3B	80	76	670.0	91	181	15	12	.948	3.654	3.400	0	0	0
Darrel Chaney	3B	4	3	29.0	3	10	1	0	.929	4.034	3.250	0	0	0
Mike Macha	3B	3	3	24.0	2	8	3	0	.769	3.750	3.333	0	0	0
Barry Bonnell	3B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Bruce Benedict	C	76	69	586.0	344	35	6	3	.984	5.821	4.987	8	65	22	25.3
Joe Nolan	C	74	58	534.0	328	27	6	2	.983	5.983	4.797	6	75	17	18.5
Dale Murphy	C	27	27	236.0	127	15	5	2	.966	5.415	5.259	11	32	6	15.8
Biff Pocoroba	C	7	6	51.3	39	3	3	0	.933	7.364	6.000	0	8	3	27.3
Darrel Chaney	C	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	1	0	0.0
Gary Matthews	OF	156	156	1362.7	292	12	8	4	.974	2.008	1.949	0	0	0
Jeff Burroughs	OF	110	110	899.3	175	8	7	1	.963	1.831	1.664	0	0	0
Barry Bonnell	OF	124	97	892.7	220	8	4	2	.983	2.299	1.839	0	0	0
Rowland Office	OF	97	64	608.0	164	4	2	0	.988	2.487	1.732	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	OF	27	27	240.0	79	1	1	0	.988	3.000	2.963	0	0	0
Charlie Spikes	OF	15	12	98.3	16	0	3	0	.842	1.464	1.067	0	0	0
Larry Whisenton	OF	13	10	90.0	28	3	0	0	1.000	3.100	2.385	0	0	0
Mike Lum	OF	3	3	24.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000	0	0	0
Brian Asselstine	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000	0	0	0
Phil Niekro	P	44	44	342.0	31	56	1	3	.989	2.289	1.977	0	0	0
Eddie Solomon	P	31	30	186.0	12	22	4	0	.895	1.645	1.097	0	0	0
Rick Matula	P	28	28	171.3	15	23	0	6	1.000	1.996	1.357	0	0	0
Tony Brizzolara	P	20	19	107.3	7	15	1	1	.957	1.845	1.100	0	0	0
Gene Garber	P	68	0	106.0	14	16	1	1	.968	2.547	.441	0	0	0
Mickey Mahler	P	26	18	100.0	4	13	1	1	.944	1.530	.654	0	0	0
Joey McLaughlin	P	37	0	69.0	4	8	2	0	.857	1.565	.324	0	0	0
Adrian Devine	P	40	0	66.7	1	12	4	1	.765	1.755	.325	0	0	0
Larry McWilliams	P	13	13	66.3	2	17	1	2	.950	2.578	1.462	0	0	0
Craig Skok	P	44	0	54.3	0	10	0	1	1.000	1.656	.227	0	0	0
Bo McLaughlin	P	37	1	49.7	2	2	1	0	.800	.725	.108	0	0	0
Preston Hanna	P	6	4	24.3	0	8	0	1	1.000	2.959	1.333	0	0	0
Rick Mahler	P	15	0	22.0	1	3	1	0	.800	1.636	.267	0	0	0
Larry Bradford	P	21	0	19.0	0	5	1	0	.833	2.368	.238	0	0	0
Tommy Boggs	P	3	3	12.7	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.132	1.000	0	0	0
Frank LaCorte	P	6	0	8.3	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jamie Easterly	P	4	0	2.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.375	.250	0	0	0
Pepe Frias	SS	137	136	1162.7	229	432	32	79	.954	5.117	4.825	0	0	0
Darrel Chaney	SS	39	24	245.0	40	80	7	15	.945	4.408	3.077	0	0	0
Totals		1870	1440	12669.0	4223	1781	183	385	.970	4.265	3.211	25	181	48	21.0

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