Atlanta Braves 1979

In 1979 the Braves had a disappointing 66-94 record and a last place finish in the 6-team NL Western Division. Note: there were 12 total teams in 2 divisions in the National League in 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox

Batting Averages

Gary Matthews OF .304 with 27 Hr, 90 RBI in 156 games … Bob Horner 3B .314, with 33 Hr, 98 RBI in 121 g …  Dale Murphy C/CF .276 with 21 Hr, 57 RBI in 104 g … Rowland Office Of .249 with 2 Hr, 37 RBI in 124 g

Jerry Royster 2B/SS/IF .273 with 3 Hr, 51 RBI in 154 g … Jeff Burroughs OF .224 with 11 Hr, 47 RBI in 116 g … Mike Lum 1B/OF .249 with 6 Hr, 27 RBI in 111 g … Barry Bonnell 3B/OF .259 with 12 Hr, 45 RBI in 127 g

Bruce Benedict C .225 with 0 Hr, 15 RBI in 76 g … Darrel Chaney SS/2B/IF .162 with 10 RBI in 63 g … Pepe Frias IF .259 with 1 Hr, 44 RBI in 140 g … Glenn Hubbard 2B .231 with 3 Hr, 29 RBIs in 97 g

Joe Nolan C .248 with 4 Hr, 21 RBI in 89 G … Biff Pocoroba .316 with 4 RBI in 28 g … Charlie Spikes OF .280 with 3 Hr, 21 RBI in 66 g … Eddie Miller .310 with 5 RBI in 27 g

Brian Asseltine .100 in 8 g … Bob Beall .133, 1 RBI in 17 g … Jim Wessinger .000 in 10 g … Mike Macha .154 with 1 RBI in 6 g

Pitching Averages

Phil Niekro 21-20 with 3.39 ERA in 44 games … Tony Brizzolara 6-9 with 5.28 ERA in 20 g … Eddie Solomon 7-14 with 4.21 ERA in 31 g … Mickey Mahler 5-11 with 5.85 ERA in 26 g ... Rick Mahler (rookie) 0-0 with a 6.14 ERA in 15 games

Gene Garber 6-16 with 4.33 ERA in 68 g … Bo McLaughlin 1-1 with a 4.89 ERA in 37 g … Joey McLaughlin 5-3 with a 2.48 ERA in 37 g … Adrian Devine 1-2 with 3.24 ERA in 40 g … Tommy Boggs 0-2 with 6.39 ERA in 3 g

Rick Matula 8-10 with 4.15 ERA in 28 g … Craig Skok 1-3 with 3.98 ERA in 44 g … Frank LaCorte 0-0 with 7.56 ERA in 6 g … Larry McWilliams 3-2 with 5.56 ERA in 13 g

Larry Bradford 1-0 with 0.95 ERA in 21 g … Jamie Easterly 0-0 with 13.50 ERA in 4 g … Preston Hanna 1-1 with 2.96 ERA in 6 g

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