Atlanta Braves

Dave Bristol	Manager	10th season	512-567	.475
Vern Benson	Bench Coach
Chris Cannizzaro	Hitting Coach
Johnny Sain	Pitching Coach

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (51,500 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 6	358 6	385 6	402 6	385 6	358 6	330 6

1976 All-Stars:

SP Andy Messersmith / SP Dick Ruthven

Key Offseason Transactions:

Signed Gary Matthews as a free agent. Sold Jim Wynn to NYY. Traded Ken Henderson, Dave May, Carl Morton, Roger Moret, Adrian Devine and $250,000 to TEX for Jeff Burroughs. Signed Bob Johnson as a free agent. Sold Pablo Torrealba to OAK. Released Bruce Dal Canton.

Starting Pitching: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Phil Niekro Andy Messersmith Dick Ruthven Buzz Capra Jamie Easterly

38 31 26 29 24

13 9 4 6 3

B- B+ F F F

17 11 14 0 1

11 11 17 1 1

0 1 0 0 0

270.2 207.1 240.1 9.1 22.0

101 74 90 6 13

173 135 142 4 11

3.29 3.04 4.19 8.68 4.91

.239 .216 .272 .250 .280

Bullpen: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Mike Davey Bob Johnson Rick Camp Preston Hanna Mike Beard Mike Marshall

24 33 23 22 26 34

0 6 1 2 3 9

C+ D- C F C+ C+

0 0 0 0 0 6

0 0 1 0 2 4

0 0 0 0 1 14

0.0 0.0 11.1 8.0 33.2 99.1

0 0 2 4 14 39

0 0 6 3 8 56

0.00 0.00 6.35 4.50 4.28 3.99

.000 .000 .295 .333 .286 .256

Closer: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Max Leon

27

4

D+

2

4

3

36.0

15

16

2.75

.235

Infield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Biff Pocoroba Willie Montanez Rod Gilbreath Junior Moore Jerry Royster

23 29 24 24 24

2 8 5 1 4

C- C- F D+ F

174 650 383 26 533

42 206 96 7 132

16 74 57 1 65

0 11 1 0 5

14 84 32 2 45

.241 .317 .251 .269 .248

1 2 7 0 24

.313 .352 .329 .387 .313

Outfield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Gary Matthews Rowland Office Jeff Burroughs

26 24 26

5 4 7

B F+ F

587 359 604

164 101 143

79 51 71

20 4 18

84 34 86

.279 .281 .237

12 2 0

.359 .348 .315

Bench: F+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B SS LF CF

Joe Nolan Tom Paciorek Darrel Chaney Cito Gaston Barry Bonnell

25 30 29 33 23

2 7 8 9 0

B- F F+ F F

0 324 496 134 0

0 94 125 39 0

0 39 42 15 0

0 4 1 4 0

0 36 50 25 0

.000 .290 .252 .291 .000

0 2 5 1 0

.000 .333 .324 .354 .000

Outlook: 60-102. The