1981 Atlanta Braves
50 - 56
1980 / 1982 (Organization)
5th place in the NL West (15 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		22 - 27 (.449)
28 - 29 (.491)		 -3.5 wins
+0.7 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 395 / 440 ( -45 )
Allowed/Expected: 416 / 436 ( +20 )
Pyth Record: 51 - 55 (-1)
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Attendance: 535,418 Avg Att: 10,708 (0.55)
Att Rank: 9 / 12 Lg Avg: 19,376
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 1.27 R/L HR: 1.29 / 1.22
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Phil Niekro
SP
42.3
1.2
9.0
4.5
18
Y
7
19
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Biff Pocoroba
3B
27.9
-0.8
0.9
-1.9
7
Y
6
8
1971
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 17
3 Preston Hanna
RP
26.8
-0.8
0.1
-1.6
7
Y
6
6
1972
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 11)
4 Brian Asselstine
RF
27.8
-0.2
1.3
-0.2
6
Y
1
10
1973
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 15)
5 Dale Murphy
CF
25.3
1.7
10.7
2.1
6
Y
6
5
1974
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 5)
6 Jerry Royster
3B
28.7
-0.7
0.7
-1.3
6
N
11
17
1975
 Trade LAN NL
7 Rick Camp
RP
28.1
2.6
13.9
10.0
5
Y
6
5
1974
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 7
8 Larry Bradford
RP
31.5
0.0
1.9
0.5
4
Y
6
5
1973
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 19
9 Larry McWilliams
SP
27.4
0.7
2.8
1.5
4
Y
1
9
1974
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 6)
10 Larry Whisenton
LF
25.0
-0.1
0.1
0.0
4
Y
6
3
1975
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
11 Glenn Hubbard
2B
23.8
1.1
9.4
0.5
4
Y
6
3
1975
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 20
12 Bruce Benedict
C
25.9
2.6
11.2
3.0
4
Y
6
8
1976
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
13 Tommy Boggs
SP
25.7
0.5
4.2
-0.4
4
N
12
8
1977
 Trade TEX AL
14 Eddie Miller
LF
24.0
0.6
1.9
-0.7
4
N
12
8
1977
 Trade TEX AL
15 Bob Horner
3B
23.9
2.0
10.4
3.7
4
Y
6
6
1978
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 1)
16 Gene Garber
RP
33.6
0.4
4.9
1.9
4
N
6
15
1978
 Trade PHI NL
17 Rick Mahler
SP
27.9
1.7
9.1
5.0
3
Y
6
16
1975
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Rick Matula
RP
27.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
3
Y
6
8
1976
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 14
19 Mike Lum
LF
35.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
3
N
2
15
1979
 Free Agency
20 Terry Harper
RF
25.9
0.3
2.2
0.6
2
Y
6
5
1973
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 16
21 Rafael Ramirez
SS
23.4
0.5
5.0
-3.1
2
Y
9
28
1976
 Free Agency (Amateur)
22 Al Hrabosky
RP
31.9
1.2
4.4
2.7
2
N
11
20
1979
 Free Agency
23 Bill Nahorodny
C
27.8
-0.2
0.2
-0.1
2
N
12
3
1979
 Trade CHA AL
24 Chris Chambliss
1B
32.5
1.3
12.1
4.1
2
N
12
5
1979
 Trade TOR AL
25 Luis Gomez
SS
29.9
-1.0
0.3
-0.7
2
N
12
5
1979
 Trade TOR AL
26 Rufino Linares
LF
30.3
0.7
3.7
-1.1
1
Y
12
30
1973
 Free Agency (Amateur)
27 Ken Smith
1B
23.4
-0.1
0.2
0.1
1
Y
6
8
1976
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 3)
28 Albert Hall
LF
23.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
6
7
1977
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 6
29 Larry Owen
C
26.1
-0.5
0.3
-0.1
1
Y
6
7
1977
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 17
30 Bob Porter
-
21.9
0.0
0.4
0.2
1
Y
6
7
1977
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
31 Jose Alvarez
RP
25.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
1
Y
6
6
1978
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 8
32 Steve Bedrosian
RP
23.6
-0.2
0.5
-0.6
1
Y
6
6
1978
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
33 Matt Sinatro
C
21.3
0.6
2.0
1.1
1
Y
6
6
1978
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
34 Brook Jacoby
3B
21.6
0.0
0.1
-0.1
1
Y
1
9
1979
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 7
35 Brett Butler
LF
24.0
0.5
4.0
1.2
1
Y
6
5
1979
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 23
36 Paul Runge
SS
23.1
0.0
0.6
-0.1
1
Y
6
5
1979
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 9
37 Claudell Washington
RF
26.8
1.6
9.3
2.9
1
N
11
15
1980
 Free Agency
38 John Montefusco
SP
31.1
0.7
4.3
1.4
1
N
12
12
1980
 Trade SFN NL
39 Gaylord Perry
SP
42.8
1.7
7.0
2.2
1
N
1
12
1981
 Free Agency
40 Bob Walk
SP
24.6
-0.3
0.7
-0.8
1
N
3
25
1981
 Trade PHI NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Jose Alvarez RP Tampa, FL (US)
Brian Asselstine RF Santa Ynez, CA (US)
Steve Bedrosian RP Methuen, MA (US)
Bruce Benedict C Birmingham, AL (USA)
Tommy Boggs SP Austin, TX (US)
Larry Bradford RP Chicago, IL (US)
Brett Butler LF Libertyville, IL (US)
Rick Camp RP Trion, GA (US)
Rick Camp RP Trion, GA (US)
Chris Chambliss 1B Oceanside, CA (US)
Gene Garber RP Elizabethtown, PA (US)
Luis Gomez SS Los Angeles, CA (US)
Albert Hall LF Birmingham, AL (US)
Preston Hanna RP Pensacola, FL (US)
Terry Harper RF Douglas County, GA (US)
Bob Horner 3B Glendale, AZ (US)
Al Hrabosky RP Anaheim, CA (US)
Glenn Hubbard 2B Ogden, UT (US)
Brook Jacoby 3B Ventura, CA (US)
Rufino Linares LF San Pedro de Macoris (D.R.)
Mike Lum LF Honolulu, HI (US)
Rick Mahler SP San Antonio, TX (US)
Rick Matula RP Wharton, TX (US)
Larry McWilliams SP Hurst, TX (US)
Eddie Miller LF Richmond, CA (US)
John Montefusco SP Middleton, NJ (US)
Dale Murphy CF Portland, OR (US)
Bill Nahorodny C Hamtramck, MI (US)
Phil Niekro SP Bridgeport, OH (US)
Larry Owen C New Carlisle, OH (US)
Gaylord Perry SP Williamston, NC (US)
Biff Pocoroba 3B Canoga Park, CA (US)
Bob Porter - Napa, CA (US)
Rafael Ramirez SS San Pedro de Marcoris (DO)
Jerry Royster 3B Sacramento, CA (US)
Paul Runge SS Kingston, NY (US)
Matt Sinatro C W Hartford, CT (US)
Ken Smith 1B Youngstown, OH (US)
Bob Walk SP Newhall, CA (US)
Claudell Washington RF Berkeley, CA (US)
Larry Whisenton LF St. Louis, MO (US)

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