1971 Atlanta Braves
82 - 80
1970 / 1972 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL West (8 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		43 - 39 (.524)
39 - 41 (.488)		 +0.4 wins
+0.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 643 / 696 ( -53 )
Allowed/Expected: 699 / 697 ( -2 )
Pyth Record: 75 - 87 (+7)
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Attendance: 1,006,320 Avg Att: 12,272 (0.69)
Att Rank: 11 / 12 Lg Avg: 17,824
       
Park Factor: 1.09    
HR Factor: 1.22 R/L HR: 1.20 / 1.25
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Hank Aaron
1B
37.4
7.3
32.4
22.0
18
Y
6
14
1952
 Free Agency (1st Tm)
2 Phil Niekro
SP
32.3
5.2
21.6
12.6
8
Y
7
19
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Tommie Aaron
1B
31.9
-0.6
0.4
-0.6
7
Y
5
28
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Pat Jarvis
SP
30.3
0.8
7.4
1.8
6
N
10
14
1963
 Trade DET AL
5 Felix Millan
2B
27.9
1.4
18.4
4.5
6
N
11
30
1964
 Draft (First Year) KC1 AL
6 Ron Reed
SP
28.7
2.2
13.4
6.2
6
Y
6
17
1965
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Mike Lum
RF
25.7
2.1
14.3
4.5
5
Y
6
21
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Cecil Upshaw
RP
28.7
1.4
10.3
5.9
5
Y
3
3
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 George Stone
SP
25.0
2.4
10.1
4.4
5
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
10 Clete Boyer
3B
34.4
0.6
3.2
1.0
5
N
11
29
1966
 Trade NYA AL
11 Gil Garrido
SS
30.0
-0.1
1.9
-1.6
4
N
5
5
1966
 Trade SFN NL
12 Dusty Baker
RF
22.0
-0.7
0.4
-0.8
4
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 26
13 Ralph Garr
LF
25.6
5.2
24.5
11.8
4
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
14 Sonny Jackson
CF
27.0
-1.6
10.0
-2.6
4
N
10
8
1967
 Trade HOU NL
15 Oscar Brown
CF
25.4
-0.3
0.5
-0.4
3
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 7)
16 Gary Neibauer
SW
26.7
0.5
2.7
1.8
3
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
17 Bob Didier
C
22.4
-0.8
1.5
-2.6
3
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 4
18 Mike McQueen
SW
20.8
0.9
4.5
2.1
3
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 4
19 Darrell Evans
3B
24.1
1.4
9.8
3.7
3
N
12
2
1968
 Draft (Rule 5) OAK AL
20 Orlando Cepeda
1B
33.8
0.6
6.7
1.8
3
N
3
17
1969
 Trade SLN NL
21 Bob Priddy
RP
31.6
-0.2
2.3
-1.1
3
N
9
8
1969
 Trade CAL AL
22 Earl Williams
C
23.0
3.3
17.5
5.7
2
Y
8
24
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 6)
23 Jim Breazeale
1B
21.7
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
2
Y
1
27
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 8)
24 Hal King
C
27.4
-0.1
3.3
-2.0
2
N
12
1
1969
 Draft (Rule 5) BOS AL
25 Jim Nash
SP
26.4
-0.9
3.9
-0.8
2
N
12
3
1969
 Trade OAK AL
26 Steve Barber
RP
33.4
0.1
2.7
-0.8
2
N
7
5
1970
 Free Agency
27 Tom House
RP
24.2
0.5
2.0
1.0
1
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
28 Leo Foster
SS
20.4
-0.5
0.1
-0.2
1
Y
6
5
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
29 Tom Kelley
SP
27.5
2.1
12.2
7.3
1
N
5
1
1970
 Free Agency
30 Marty Perez
SS
24.3
-1.6
4.9
-5.9
1
N
10
21
1970
 Trade CAL AL
31 Hoyt Wilhelm
RP
48.9
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
1
N
11
30
1970
 Trade CHN NL
32 Ron Herbel
RP
33.5
-0.2
0.6
-2.1
1
N
12
1
1970
 Trade NYN NL
33 Marv Staehle
2B
29.3
-0.2
0.7
-0.1
1
N
4
3
1971
 Free Agency
34 Zoilo Versalles
3B
31.5
-1.7
1.5
-3.1
1
N
5
31
1971
 Purchased Gomez Palacio (Mexican)
35 Tony LaRussa
2B
26.7
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
1
N
8
14
1971
 Purchased OAK AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Hank Aaron 1B Mobile, AL (US)
Tommie Aaron 1B Mobile, AL (US)
Dusty Baker RF Carmichael, CA (US)
Steve Barber RP Silver Spring, MD (US)
Clete Boyer 3B Alba, MO (US)
Jim Breazeale 1B Houston, TX (USA)
Oscar Brown CF Long Beach, CA (US)
Orlando Cepeda 1B Ponce (P.R.)
Bob Didier C Baton Rouge, MS (US)
Darrell Evans 3B Pasadena, CA (US)
Leo Foster SS Covington, KY (US)
Ralph Garr LF Ruston, LA (US)
Gil Garrido SS Panama City (Panama)
Ron Herbel RP Brighton, CO (US)
Tom House RP La Puente, CA (US)
Sonny Jackson CF Blair, MD (US)
Pat Jarvis SP Carlyle, IL (USA)
Tom Kelley SP Manchester, CT (USA)
Hal King C Oviedo, FL (US)
Tony LaRussa 2B Tampa, FL (US)
Mike Lum RF Honolulu, HI (US)
Mike McQueen SW Houston, TX (US)
Felix Millan 2B Yabucoa (P.R.)
Jim Nash SP Sprayberry, GA (US)
Gary Neibauer SW Billings, MT (USA)
Phil Niekro SP Bridgeport, OH (US)
Marty Perez SS Greenbrae, CA (US)
Bob Priddy RP McKees Rocks, PA (US)
Ron Reed SP Laporte, IN (US)
Marv Staehle 2B Oak Park, IL (US)
George Stone SP Ruston, LA (US)
Cecil Upshaw RP Bossier City, LA (US)
Zoilo Versalles 3B Veldado (Cuba)
Hoyt Wilhelm RP Cornelius, NC (US)
Earl Williams C Montclair, NJ (US)

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