1987 Atlanta Braves Statistics and Roster

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1987 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986/1988)
69-92, Finished 5th in NL Western Division
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Scored 747 runs, Allowed 829 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-88
Managed by Chuck Tanner

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,217,402 (11th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 110
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 Stats (1986/1988) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ozzie Virgil        30  123  429   57  106  13  1  27   72  47   81  .247  .331  .471   0   1  18   7   2   1   4  107
1B *Gerald Perry        26  142  533   77  144  35  2  12   74  48   63  .270  .329  .411  42  16  18   1   3   5   1   92
2B  Glenn Hubbard       29  141  443   69  117  33  2   5   38  77   57  .264  .378  .381   1   1  11   6   4   3  17   99
3B *Ken Oberkfell       31  135  508   59  142  29  2   3   48  48   29  .280  .342  .362   3   3  13   2   5   3   5   84
SS  Andres Thomas       23   82  324   29   75  11  0   5   39  14   50  .231  .268  .312   6   5   7   2   3   0   0   51
LF *Ken Griffey         37  122  399   65  114  24  1  14   64  46   54  .286  .358  .456   4   7  12   1   1   4  11  111
CF *Dion James          24  134  494   80  154  37  6  10   61  70   63  .312  .397  .472  10   8   8   2   5   3   2  126
RF  Dale Murphy         31  159  566  115  167  27  1  44  105 115  136  .295  .417  .580  16   6  11   7   0   5  29  157
   #Albert Hall         29   92  292   54   83  20  4   3   24  38   36  .284  .369  .411  33  10   5   2   4   1   3  104
    Rafael Ramirez      29   56  179   22   47  12  0   1   21   8   16  .263  .300  .346   6   3   3   2   4   1   0   68
   *Graig Nettles       42  112  177   16   37   8  1   5   33  22   25  .209  .294  .350   1   0   6   0   0   2   4   67
   #Ted Simmons         37   73  177   20   49   8  0   4   30  21   23  .277  .350  .390   1   1   4   0   0   2   5   93
    Jeff Blauser        21   51  165   11   40   6  3   2   15  18   34  .242  .328  .352   7   3   4   3   1   0   1   78
    Gary Roenicke       32   67  151   25   33   8  0   9   28  32   23  .219  .353  .450   0   0   4   1   0   3   0  108
    Bruce Benedict      31   37   95    4   14   1  0   1    5  17   15  .147  .277  .189   0   1   2   0   2   0   0   25
    Ron Gant            22   21   83    9   22   4  0   2    9   1   11  .265  .271  .386   4   2   3   0   1   1   0   69
    Paul Runge          29   27   47    9   10   1  0   3    8   5   10  .213  .288  .426   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   84
    Darryl Motley       27    6    8    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Trench Davis        26    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Terry Bell          24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mike Fischlin       31    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   *Zane Smith          26   41   76    6   10   1  1   0    6   3   14  .132  .175  .171   1   0   0   1  14   0   0   -9
    Rick Mahler         33   40   65    4   11   4  0   0    5   2   19  .169  .194  .231   0   0   1   0   7   0   0   11
    David Palmer        29   28   48    4    6   1  0   1    5   1   15  .125  .143  .208   0   0   1   0   8   0   0  -10
    Doyle Alexander     36   16   35    1    1   0  0   0    1   0   13  .029  .056  .029   0   0   0   1   6   0   0  -77
    Charlie Puleo       32   36   28    3    5   0  0   1    1   1   13  .179  .207  .286   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   27
    Randy O'Neal        26   17   19    4    2   0  0   0    1   1    4  .105  .150  .105   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -32
   *Jeff Dedmon         27   53   16    2    4   1  0   0    0   1    3  .250  .294  .313   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   59
   *Tom Glavine         21    9   16    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    4  .125  .176  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -19
    Jim Acker           28   68   14    1    3   0  0   0    1   1    8  .214  .267  .214   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   28
    Pete Smith          21    6   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -52
    Kevin Coffman       22    5   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .100  .182  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -24
   *Larry McWilliams    33    9    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5
   *Paul Assenmacher    26   52    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -42
    Gene Garber         39   49    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -42
   *Chuck Cary          27   13    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Marty Clary         25    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Phil Niekro         48    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Ed Olwine           29   27    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6  161 5428  747 1401 284 24 152  696 641  834  .258  .336  .403 135  68 133  38  86  34  82  100
    Rank among 12 NL teams        12    5    9   3 11   6        2   12     9     3     6   8   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Zane Smith          26  36   4.09  15  10  0  36   0   9   3  242.0  245  130  110  19   91  130 1035   5   5  1   6 106
SP  Rick Mahler         33  39   4.98   8  13  0  28   1   3   1  197.0  212  118  109  24   85   95  849   5   2  2   8  87
SP  David Palmer        29  28   4.90   8  11  0  28   0   0   0  152.3  169   94   83  17   64  111  687   5   7  0   4  88
SP  Doyle Alexander     36  16   4.13   5  10  0  16   0   3   0  117.7  115   57   54  21   27   64  481   2   2  0   5 105
SP  Randy O'Neal        26  16   5.61   4   2  0  10   2   0   0   61.0   79   41   38  12   24   33  279   9   2  0   3  77
SP *Tom Glavine         21   9   5.54   2   4  0   9   0   0   0   50.3   55   34   31   5   33   20  238   1   3  1   4  78
SP  Pete Smith          21   6   4.83   1   2  0   6   0   0   0   31.7   39   21   17   3   14   11  143   3   0  1   0  90
SP  Kevin Coffman       22   5   4.62   2   3  0   5   0   0   0   25.3   31   14   13   2   22   14  126   1   3  1   0  94

CL  Jim Acker           28  68   4.16   4   9 14   0  41   0   0  114.7  109   57   53  11   51   68  491   1   4  0   4 104
RP *Paul Assenmacher    26  52   5.10   1   1  2   0  10   0   0   54.7   58   41   31   8   24   39  251   0   1  0   4  85
RP  Jeff Dedmon         27  53   3.91   3   4  4   3  14   0   0   89.7   82   46   39   8   42   40  384   2   1  1   1 111
RP  Gene Garber         39  49   4.41   8  10 10   0  43   0   0   69.3   87   39   34   7   28   48  320   4   1  0  10  98
RP *Ed Olwine           29  27   5.01   0   1  1   0   9   0   0   23.3   25   16   13   4    8   12  104   1   1  0   1  86

    Charlie Puleo       32  35   4.23   6   8  0  16   2   1   0  123.3  122   63   58  11   40   99  524   0   3  1   0 102
   *Larry McWilliams    33   9   5.75   0   1  0   2   4   0   0   20.3   25   15   13   2    7   13   95   1   2  0   1  75
    Joe Boever          26  14   7.36   1   0  0   0  10   0   0   18.3   29   15   15   4   12   18   93   1   0  0   1  59
   *Chuck Cary          27  13   3.78   1   1  1   0   6   0   0   16.7   17    7    7   3    4   15   70   1   1  0   3 115
    Marty Clary         25   7   6.14   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   14.7   20   13   10   2    4    7   68   0   1  0   0  71
    Phil Niekro         48   1  15.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    6    5    5   0    6    0   20   0   0  0   0  29
    Steve Ziem          25   2   7.71   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    2.3    4    3    2   0    1    0   12   0   0  1   0  56
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 161   4.63  69  92 32 161 145  16   4 1427.0 1529  829  734 163  587  837 6270  42  39  9  55  93
    Rank among 12 NL teams         12  11   2 11           4  12     12   12   12        8    9   12
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- OVirgil 1046 119 122 654 74 8 12 .989 8 35 133 42 BBenedict 256 28 35 165 21 2 3 .989 1 5 36 10 TSimmons 125 14 15 64 10 1 1 .987 2 2 16 5 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1427 161 161 883 105 11 16 .989 11 42 185 57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GPerry 1116 125 136 1288 72 14 118 .990 10.96 TSimmons 198 23 28 216 23 4 24 .984 10.83 GRoenicke 49 6 9 50 7 0 8 1.000 10.47 GNettles 43 5 6 49 10 0 7 1.000 12.26 KGriffey 20 2 3 24 1 1 2 .962 11.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 1627 113 19 159 .989 10.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHubbard 1186 136 139 284 478 11 114 .986 5.78 RGant 166 19 20 45 59 3 17 .972 5.64 KOberkfell 65 5 11 13 17 0 3 1.000 4.11 PRunge 10 1 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 344 558 14 135 .985 5.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KOberkfell 1038 120 126 76 248 7 20 .979 2.81 GNettles 220 20 40 12 46 3 6 .951 2.37 RRamirez 88 11 12 7 11 1 3 .947 1.83 PRunge 70 9 10 9 15 2 3 .923 3.09 TSimmons 10 1 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 106 322 13 32 .971 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AThomas 703 80 81 128 276 20 56 .953 5.17 JBlauser 422 50 50 65 166 9 28 .962 4.93 RRamirez 273 29 38 59 99 9 30 .946 5.20 PRunge 29 2 9 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 256 549 38 115 .955 5.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KGriffey 880 97 107 183 7 1 1 .995 1.94 GRoenicke 283 35 40 55 0 2 0 .965 1.75 DJames 202 22 29 48 2 0 0 1.000 2.23 GPerry 53 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 DMotley 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 297 9 3 1 .990 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJames 858 96 99 213 3 1 1 .995 2.27 AHall 567 65 68 149 3 3 1 .981 2.41 KGriffey 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 362 6 4 2 .989 2.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurphy 1406 159 159 327 14 8 2 .977 2.18 GRoenicke 18 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 AHall 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 332 14 8 2 .977 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.19 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMurphy 1406 159 159 325 14 8 1 .977 2.17 DJames 1060 118 126 262 4 1 1 .996 2.26 KGriffey 882 97 107 181 7 1 1 .995 1.92 AHall 570 65 69 148 5 3 1 .981 2.41 GRoenicke 301 37 44 60 0 2 0 .968 1.79 GPerry 53 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 DMotley 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1427 161 161 987 30 15 4 .985 2.14 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ZSmith 242 36 36 15 43 0 4 1.000 2.16 RMahler 197 28 39 13 42 1 2 .982 2.51 DPalmer 152 28 28 9 25 1 2 .971 2.01 CPuleo 123 16 35 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.17 DAlexander 117 16 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.22 JAcker 114 0 68 6 23 0 2 1.000 2.28 JDedmon 89 3 53 10 17 0 1 1.000 2.71 GGarber 69 0 49 4 19 1 2 .958 2.99 RO'Neal 61 10 16 4 15 0 1 1.000 2.80 PAssenmache 54 0 52 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.82 TGlavine 50 9 9 1 13 1 0 .933 2.50 PSmith 31 6 6 1 2 1 0 .750 0.85 KCoffman 25 5 5 1 9 0 1 1.000 3.56 EOlwine 23 0 27 0 3 1 0 .750 1.16 LMcWilliams 20 2 9 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.77 JBoever 18 0 14 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.98 CCary 16 0 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.16 MClary 14 1 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.22 PNiekro 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SZiem 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 80 244 6 17 .982 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average James .312

On-base % Murphy .417

Slugging % Murphy .580

OPS Murphy .997

Games Murphy 159

At Bats Murphy 566

Plate Appearances (approx.) Murphy 693

Runs Murphy 115

Hits Murphy 167

Total Bases Murphy 328

Doubles James 37

Triples James 6

Home Runs Murphy 44

RBI Murphy 105

Bases on Balls Murphy 115

Strikeouts Murphy 136

Stolen Bases Perry 42

Singles Oberkfell 108

Adjusted OPS+ Murphy 157

Runs Created Murphy 143

Adjusted Batting Runs Murphy 51

Batting Wins Murphy 4.9

Extra-Base Hits Murphy 72

Times on Base Murphy 289

Offensive Win% Murphy .767

Hit By Pitch Murphy and Virgil 7

Sac. Hits Smith 14

Sac. Flies Murphy and Perry 5

Intentional Walks Murphy 29

Grounded into Double Plays Perry and Virgil 18

Caught Stealing Perry 16

Power/Speed Number Murphy 23.5

At Bats per Strikeout Oberkfell 17.5

At Bats per Home Run Murphy 12.9

Outs Perry 431

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Smith 4.09

Wins Smith 15

Won-Loss % Smith .600

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Smith 1.388

Hits Allowed/9IP Smith 9.11

Bases on Balls/9IP Smith 3.38

Strikeouts/9IP Smith 4.83

Games Acker 68

Saves Acker 14

Innings Smith 242.0

Strikeouts Smith 130

Games Started Smith 36

Comp. Games Smith 9

Shutouts Smith 3

Home Runs Allow. Mahler 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Smith 91

Hits Allowed Smith 245

SO to Walk Smith 1.43

Losses Mahler 13

Earned Runs Allow. Smith 110

Wild Pitches O'Neal 9

Hit Batsmen Palmer 7

Batters Faced Smith 1035

Games Finished Garber 43

Adjusted ERA+ Smith 106

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Dale Murphy $ 1,925,000

Ken Griffey $ 1,150,000

Rafael Ramirez $ 875,000

Gene Garber $ 786,667

Ozzie Virgil $ 760,000

Ken Oberkfell $ 725,000

David Palmer $ 725,000

Rick Mahler $ 695,000

Doyle Alexander $ 650,000

Joe Boever $ 625,000

Bruce Benedict $ 615,000

Glenn Hubbard $ 555,000

Ted Simmons $ 500,000

Gary Roenicke $ 380,000

Jim Acker $ 350,000

Jeff Dedmon $ 300,000

Zane Smith $ 250,000

Graig Nettles $ 219,500

Darryl Motley $ 210,000

Albert Hall $ 150,000

Gerald Perry $ 150,000

Dion James $ 120,000

Charlie Puleo $ 117,500

Paul Runge $ 95,000

Paul Assenmacher $ 80,000

Andres Thomas $ 75,000

Ed Olwine $ 70,000

Jeff Blauser $ 62,500

Tom Glavine $ 62,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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