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Record: 66-94 .413.... 6th in National League West
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 769,465

Top Draft Pick: Brad Komminsk (#4) MLB
Manager - Bobby Cox

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

Team Leaders

HR: Horner [33]
RBI: Horner [98]
2B: Matthews [34]
SB: Royster [35]
W: Niekro [21]
SV: Garber [25]
SO: Niekro [208]

Oldest Player: Phil Niekro [40]
Youngest Player: Glenn Hubbard [21]
Longest Tenure: Phil Niekro [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mike Macha (Apr 20) Jim Wessinger (Aug 4)
Pitchers: Tony Brizzolara (May 19) Rick Mahler (Apr 20) Rick Matula (Apr 8)

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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	Bruce Benedict	23	76	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	0	3	2	2	4	.225	.331	.279	610
1B	Dale Murphy	23	104	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	1	38	67	2	5	0	5	12	.276	.340	.469	809
2B	Glenn Hubbard	21	97	325	34	75	12	0	3	29	0	6	27	43	1	2	2	2	3	.231	.290	.295	585
3B	Bob Horner	21	121	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	0	2	22	74	3	6	0	3	9	.314	.346	.552	898
SS	Pepe Frias	30	140	475	41	123	18	4	1	44	3	2	20	36	2	5	10	3	13	.259	.290	.320	610
OF	Gary Matthews	28	156	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	0	5	1	3	6	.304	.363	.502	865
OF	Barry Bonnell	25	127	375	47	97	20	3	12	45	8	7	26	55	3	2	7	1	10	.259	.311	.424	735
OF	Jeff Burroughs	28	116	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	2	2	73	75	3	7	0	2	14	.224	.347	.348	695

3B-2B	Jerry Royster	26	154	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	8	62	59	0	0	6	7	8	.273	.337	.349	686
P	Phil Niekro	40	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	2	0	7	1	1	.195	.213	.244	457
OF	Rowland Office	26	124	277	35	69	14	2	2	37	5	4	27	33	2	2	1	0	5	.249	.320	.336	656
P	Eddie Solomon	28	32	64	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	0	0	3	0	1	.203	.215	.250	465
C	Joe Nolan	28	89	230	28	57	9	3	4	21	1	3	27	28	3	3	0	1	5	.248	.333	.365	698
P	Mickey Mahler	26	26	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	.111	.143	.148	291
1B	Mike Lum	33	111	217	27	54	6	0	6	27	0	2	18	34	0	1	5	2	7	.249	.304	.359	663
P	Larry McWilliams	25	13	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	2	1	0	.208	.231	.292	523
SS	Darrel Chaney	31	63	117	15	19	5	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	0	2	0	1	2	.162	.277	.205	482
P	Gene Garber	31	68	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	0	0	.300	.462	.300	762
OF	Eddie Miller	22	27	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	2	1	3	0	1	.310	.350	.319	669
P	Adrian Devine	27	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF	Charlie Spikes	28	66	93	12	26	8	0	3	21	0	0	5	30	0	1	0	2	3	.280	.310	.462	772
P	Preston Hanna	24	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143
P	Rick Matula	25	28	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	0	6	0	2	.094	.111	.094	205
P	Tommy Boggs	23	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500
C	Biff Pocoroba	25	28	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	2	.316	.422	.421	843
P	Craig Skok	31	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250
OF	Larry Whisenton	22	13	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	.243	.300	.351	651
P	Frank LaCorte	27	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Tony Brizzolara	22	20	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	1	0	.029	.079	.029	108
P	Jamie Easterly	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1B	Bob Beall	31	17	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.263	.267	530
3B	Mike Macha	25	6	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368
P	Joey McLaughlin	22	37	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.273	455
OF	Brian Asselstine	25	8	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	.100	.182	.100	282
2B	Jim Wessinger	23	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125
P	Bo McLaughlin	25	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Rick Mahler	25	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
P	Larry Bradford	29	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Batting Totals			160	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	23	47	62	38	112	.256	.318	.377	695