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    1979 Atlanta Braves

    1979 Atlanta Braves
    66 - 94, 6th place in the NL West, 23.5 GB
    1978 / 1980 (Team History)

    Runs Scored/Avg Tm:
    669 / 729 (-60)

    Runs Allowed/Avg Tm:
    763 / 721 (-42)


    Home:
    34 - 45 (.430)

    Away:
    32 - 49 (.395)

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    1979 Atlanta Braves

    Glossary

    Left Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Jeff Burroughs 475 0.4 1.5 -0.6
    Charlie Spikes 100 -0.4 0.2 -0.4
    Larry Whisenton 41 0.6 0.1 0.6
    Brian Asselstine 11 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0
    Center Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Barry Bonnell 412 -0.2 0.7 -0.5
    Rowland Office 307 -1.1 -0.0 -1.1
    Eddie Miller 123 0.9 0.5 0.4
    Right Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Gary Matthews 695 4.4 5.1 0.0
    Shortstop
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Pepe Frias 510 -0.9 -1.0 -0.8
    Darrel Chaney 137 -0.9 -0.8 -0.4
    Third Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Jerry Royster 676 1.7 1.6 -0.3
    Bob Horner 515 2.5 4.0 -1.4
    Mike Macha 14 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1
    Second Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Glenn Hubbard 357 -1.6 -0.9 -1.0
    Jim Wessinger 8 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1
    First Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Dale Murphy 429 0.3 2.1 -1.5
    Mike Lum 242 0.1 -0.0 0.4
    Bob Beall 19 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0
    Catcher
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Joe Nolan 261 -0.4 0.3 -1.0
    Bruce Benedict 241 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5
    Biff Pocoroba 46 0.3 0.3 -0.1
    Starting Pitcher
    Player Age IP WAR Pit Off
    Phil Niekro 40 342.0 7.7 7.4 0.3
    Eddie Solomon 28 186.0 2.7 2.6 0.1
    Rick Matula 25 171.1 2.2 2.7 -0.5
    Tony Brizzolara 22 107.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
    Mickey Mahler 26 100.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1
    Larry McWilliams 25 66.1 0.3 0.1 0.2
    Preston Hanna 24 24.1 0.5 0.5 -0.1
    Tommy Boggs 23 12.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
    Relief Pitcher
    Player Age IP WAR Pit Off
    Gene Garber 31 106.0 -0.5 -0.8 0.3
    Joey McLaughlin 22 69.0 1.9 2.0 -0.1
    Adrian Devine 27 66.2 1.4 1.5 -0.1
    Craig Skok 31 54.1 0.8 0.8 0.0
    Bo McLaughlin 25 49.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1
    Rick Mahler 25 22.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1
    Larry Bradford 29 19.0 0.6 0.6 -0.0
    Frank LaCorte 27 8.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0
    Jamie Easterly 26 2.2 -0.4 -0.4 0.0