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Record: 69-93 .426.... 6th in National League West
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 904,494

Top Draft Pick: Bob Horner (#1) MLB
Manager - Bobby Cox

Affiliates - AAA Richmond Braves AA Savannah Braves A Greenwood Braves Rk Kingsport Braves Rk Gulf Coast Braves

Team Leaders

HR: Murphy, Horner, Burroughs [23]
RBI: Murphy [79]
2B: Burroughs [30]
SB: Royster [27]
W: Niekro [19]
SV: Garber [22]
SO: Niekro [248]

Oldest Player: Jim Bouton [39]
Youngest Player: Glenn Hubbard [20]
Longest Tenure: Phil Niekro [13]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bruce Benedict (Aug 18) Bob Horner (Jun 16) Glenn Hubbard (Jul 14) Jerry Maddox (Jun 3) Chico Ruiz (Jul 29) Hank Small (Sep 27)
Pitchers: Larry McWilliams (Jul 17)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Biff Pocoroba	24	92	289	21	70	8	0	6	34	0	3	29	14	2	6	3	4	15	.242	.312	.332	644
1B	Dale Murphy	22	151	530	66	120	14	3	23	79	11	7	42	145	3	3	3	5	15	.226	.284	.394	678
2B	Jerry Royster	25	140	529	67	137	17	8	2	35	27	17	56	49	3	2	8	4	9	.259	.331	.333	664
3B	Bob Horner	20	89	323	50	86	17	1	23	63	0	0	24	42	2	2	1	9	7	.266	.313	.539	852
SS	Darrel Chaney	30	89	245	27	55	9	1	3	20	1	0	25	48	0	7	3	1	1	.224	.295	.306	601
OF	Jeff Burroughs	27	153	488	72	147	30	6	23	77	1	2	117	92	0	12	0	6	16	.301	.432	.529	961
OF	Rowland Office	25	146	404	40	101	13	1	9	40	8	6	22	52	6	2	4	3	8	.250	.297	.354	651
OF	Gary Matthews	27	129	474	75	135	20	5	18	62	8	7	61	92	2	2	1	4	16	.285	.366	.462	828

3B-2B	Rod Gilbreath	25	116	326	22	80	13	3	3	31	7	6	26	51	0	3	3	1	6	.245	.300	.331	631
P	Phil Niekro	39	45	120	5	27	4	0	0	10	0	0	3	25	1	0	4	1	3	.225	.248	.258	506
OF	Barry Bonnell	24	117	304	36	73	11	3	1	16	12	6	20	30	0	1	2	0	15	.240	.287	.306	593
P	Preston Hanna	23	29	49	4	9	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	18	0	0	2	0	1	.184	.200	.286	486
C	Joe Nolan	27	95	213	22	49	7	3	4	22	3	2	34	28	1	5	1	0	3	.230	.339	.347	686
P	Mickey Mahler	25	34	41	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	5	0	1	.098	.119	.098	217
1B	Bob Beall	30	108	185	29	45	8	0	1	16	4	5	36	27	1	0	2	1	4	.243	.368	.303	671
P	Eddie Solomon	27	38	29	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	3	.138	.167	.138	305
2B	Glenn Hubbard	20	44	163	15	42	4	0	2	13	2	1	10	20	2	1	4	0	2	.258	.309	.319	628
P	Dick Ruthven	27	13	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166
SS	Pat Rockett	23	55	142	6	20	2	0	0	4	1	2	13	12	0	3	1	1	6	.141	.212	.155	367
P	Jamie Easterly	25	37	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	.211	.250	.263	513
OF	Cito Gaston	34	60	118	5	27	1	0	1	9	0	0	3	20	0	0	1	2	4	.229	.244	.263	507
P	Rick Camp	25	42	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111
OF	Brian Asselstine	24	39	103	11	28	3	3	2	13	2	1	11	16	2	1	1	5	1	.272	.339	.417	756
P	Frank LaCorte	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
C	Bruce Benedict	22	22	52	3	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.328	.288	616
P	Duane Theiss	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2B	Chico Ruiz	26	18	46	3	13	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	.283	.313	.348	661
P	Dave Campbell	26	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Larry McWilliams	24	15	32	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	4	0	0	.063	.063	.125	188
P	Mike Davey	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Eddie Miller	21	6	21	5	3	1	0	0	2	3	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.190	440
P	Max Leon	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Tommy Boggs	22	16	18	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	500
OF	Larry Whisenton	21	6	16	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.250	485
3B	Jerry Maddox	24	7	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.267	.214	481
P	Adrian Devine	26	31	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182
P	Gene Garber	30	44	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	258
1B	Tom Paciorek	31	5	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666
P	Craig Skok	30	43	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625
P	Jim Bouton	39	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125
1B	Hank Small	24	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
SS-3B	Rob Belloir	29	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3000
Batting Totals			162	5381	600	1313	191	39	123	558	90	65	550	874	27	53	61	47	140	.244	.315	.363	678