1979 Atlanta Braves
66 - 94
1978 / 1980 (Organization)
6th place in the NL West (23.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		34 - 45 (.430)
32 - 49 (.395)		 -8.6 wins
-5.3 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 669 / 733 ( -64 )
Allowed/Expected: 763 / 725 ( -38 )
Pyth Record: 70 - 90 (-4)
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Attendance: 769,465 Avg Att: 9,740 (0.45)
Att Rank: 11 / 12 Lg Avg: 21,811
       
Park Factor: 1.10    
HR Factor: 1.32 R/L HR: 1.31 / 1.36
Notes:


Fielding

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DRA
C
1B
2B
3B
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LF
CF
RF
 
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH
1 Larry Whisenton
LF
0.5
-0.1
0.1
 
8
5
2 Eddie Miller
CF
0.4
-0.1
-1.0
 
2
26
3 Mike Lum
1B
0.1
1.1
-0.1
-0.0
 
51
3
1
4 Pepe Frias
SS
0.1
-25.2
 
137
5 Jerry Royster
3B
0.0
-6.4
3.8
 
77
80
6 Bob Beall
1B
-0.0
-0.0
 
3
7 Brian Asselstine
LF
-0.0
-0.1
 
1
8 Biff Pocoroba
C
-0.1
0.2
 
7
9 Bruce Benedict
C
-0.1
4.4
 
76
10 Jim Wessinger
2B
-0.1
-0.1
 
2
11 Mike Macha
3B
-0.1
0.2
 
3
12 Darrel Chaney
SS
-0.1
-0.0
0.2
0.1
-0.4
 
1
5
4
39
13 Charlie Spikes
LF
-0.5
-1.1
-0.1
 
12
3
14 Joe Nolan
C
-0.6
-5.9
 
74
15 Gary Matthews
RF
-0.7
-4.8
 
156
16 Glenn Hubbard
2B
-0.8
3.7
 
91
17 Barry Bonnell
LF
-1.0
-0.0
-1.3
-6.6
 
1
78
74
18 Rowland Office
CF
-1.1
-2.9
 
97
19 Jeff Burroughs
LF
-1.2
-8.9
 
110
20 Bob Horner
3B
-1.5
2.1
2.6
 
45
82
21 Dale Murphy
1B
-1.8
-6.7
0.6
 
27
76

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James