Английская Википедия:1979 Atlanta Braves season
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1979 Atlanta Braves season was the 109th season for the franchise and their 14th in Atlanta.
Offseason
- January 9, 1979: Brook Jacoby was drafted by the Braves in the 7th round of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.[1]
- February 22, 1979: Mike Davey was purchased from the Braves by the Seattle Mariners.[2]
- March 31, 1979: Dave Campbell was traded by the Braves to the Montreal Expos for Pepe Frías.[3]
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Шаблон:1979 NL Record vs. opponents
Death of GM Bill Lucas
On May 5, 1979, the Braves were staggered by the sudden death, at 43, of the club's general manager, Bill Lucas. The first African-American general manager in Major League Baseball, and the highest-ranking black executive in the game at the time of his death, he had been stricken at home May 2 with a massive cerebral hemorrhage, after watching a Braves' road-game victory on television.[4]
Lucas had been the Braves' top baseball operations official since September 17, 1976, and on his watch the team introduced players who would be integral parts of its early 1980s contending teams—such as Dale Murphy, Bob Horner and Glenn Hubbard. During Lucas' term, the club had also hired Bobby Cox for his first term (1978–81) as manager. Lucas had been a player and executive with the Braves since 1957; his sister, Barbara, also was the former wife of Hall of Famer and Braves' legend Henry Aaron.[5]
Lucas was succeeded May 16 by John Mullen, 54, a vice president with the Houston Astros since 1967 but previously a longtime member of the Braves' management team in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. Mullen would serve as the Braves' general manager until his replacement, by Cox, in October 1985.[6]
Notable transactions
- April 3, 1979: Buzz Capra was released by the Braves.[7]
- June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball draft
- Paul Runge was drafted by the Braves in the 9th round.[8]
- Brett Butler was drafted by the Braves in the 23rd round. Player signed June 11, 1979.[9]
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Bruce Benedict | 76 | 204 | 46 | .225 | 0 | 15 |
| 1B | Шаблон:Sortname | 104 | 384 | 106 | .276 | 21 | 57 |
| 2B | Шаблон:Sortname | 97 | 325 | 75 | .231 | 3 | 29 |
| 3B | Шаблон:Sortname | 121 | 487 | 153 | .314 | 33 | 98 |
| SS | Шаблон:Sortname | 140 | 475 | 123 | .259 | 1 | 44 |
| LF | Jeff Burroughs | 116 | 397 | 89 | .224 | 11 | 47 |
| CF | Rowland Office | 124 | 277 | 69 | .249 | 2 | 37 |
| RF | Шаблон:Sortname | 156 | 631 | 192 | .304 | 27 | 90 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Royster | 154 | 601 | 164 | .273 | 3 | 51 |
| Barry Bonnell | 127 | 375 | 97 | .259 | 12 | 45 |
| Joe Nolan | 89 | 230 | 57 | .248 | 4 | 21 |
| Mike Lum | 111 | 217 | 54 | .249 | 6 | 27 |
| Darrel Chaney | 63 | 117 | 19 | .162 | 0 | 10 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 27 | 113 | 35 | .310 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Spikes | 66 | 93 | 26 | .280 | 3 | 21 |
| Biff Pocoroba | 28 | 38 | 12 | .316 | 0 | 4 |
| Larry Whisenton | 13 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Beall | 17 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Macha | 6 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 8 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Wessinger | 10 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Sortname | 44 | 342.0 | 21 | 20 | 3.39 | 208 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 31 | 186.0 | 7 | 14 | 4.21 | 96 |
| Rick Matula | 28 | 171.1 | 8 | 10 | 4.15 | 67 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 20 | 107.1 | 6 | 9 | 5.28 | 64 |
| Larry McWilliams | 13 | 66.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.56 | 32 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 3 | 12.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.39 | 1 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Mahler | 26 | 100.0 | 5 | 11 | 5.85 | 71 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 6 | 24.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.96 | 15 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Sortname | 68 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 4.33 | 56 |
| Craig Skok | 44 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.98 | 30 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.24 | 22 |
| Joey McLaughlin | 37 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2.48 | 40 |
| Bo McLaughlin | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.89 | 45 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.95 | 11 |
| Rick Mahler | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 12 |
| Frank LaCorte | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 6 |
| Шаблон:Sortname | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 |
Farm system
Шаблон:MLB Farm SystemLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood
Awards and honors
League leaders
- Phil Niekro, National League leader, Losses[10]
Notes
References
- Шаблон:Cite book
- 1979 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference
- Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac
Шаблон:1979 MLB season by team Шаблон:Atlanta Braves
- ↑ Brook Jacoby at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Mike Davey at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Dave Campbell at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ The Associated Press, May 8, 1979
- ↑ Bryant, Howard, The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron. New York: Random House, 2010, page 446
- ↑ Baseball America Executive Database
- ↑ Buzz Capra at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Paul Runge at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Brett Butler at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, Шаблон:ISBN
