1987 Atlanta Braves Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 69–92 (.429), 5th place (20.5 games behind) in National League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1987 Albert Hall 92 296 54 83 20 4 3 24 38 36 33 10 .280 .365 .405 .770
1987 Andres Thomas 82 327 29 75 11 0 5 39 14 50 6 5 .229 .265 .309 .574
1987 Bruce Benedict 37 97 4 14 1 0 1 5 17 15 0 1 .144 .272 .186 .457
1987 Charlie Puleo 36 34 3 5 0 0 1 1 1 13 0 0 .147 .171 .235 .407
1987 Chuck Cary 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Dale Murphy 159 566 115 167 27 1 44 105 115 136 16 6 .295 .417 .580 .997
1987 Darryl Motley 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 David Palmer 28 56 4 6 1 0 1 5 1 15 0 0 .107 .123 .179 .301
1987 Dion James 134 499 80 154 37 6 10 61 70 63 10 8 .309 .394 .467 .861
1987 Doyle Alexander 16 41 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 .024 .048 .024 .072
1987 Ed Olwine 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Gary Roenicke 67 151 25 33 8 0 9 28 32 23 0 0 .219 .353 .450 .803
1987 Gene Garber 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
1987 Gerald Perry 142 536 77 144 35 2 12 74 48 63 42 16 .269 .327 .409 .736
1987 Glenn Hubbard 141 447 69 117 33 2 5 38 77 57 1 1 .262 .375 .378 .753
1987 Graig Nettles 112 177 16 37 8 1 5 33 22 25 1 0 .209 .294 .350 .644
1987 Jeff Dedmon 53 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .211 .250 .263 .513
1987 Jeff Blauser 51 166 11 40 6 3 2 15 18 34 7 3 .241 .326 .349 .676
1987 Jim Acker 68 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 .214 .267 .214 .481
1987 Ken Griffey 122 400 65 114 24 1 14 64 46 54 4 7 .285 .357 .455 .812
1987 Ken Oberkfell 135 513 59 142 29 2 3 48 48 29 3 3 .277 .339 .359 .698
1987 Kevin Coffman 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
1987 Larry McWilliams 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1987 Marty Clary 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Ozzie Virgil 123 431 57 106 13 1 27 72 47 81 0 1 .246 .329 .469 .798
1987 Paul Runge 27 49 9 10 1 0 3 8 5 10 0 1 .204 .278 .408 .686
1987 Paul Assenmacher 52 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
1987 Pete Smith 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
1987 Phil Niekro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Rafael Ramirez 56 183 22 47 12 0 1 21 8 16 6 3 .257 .294 .339 .633
1987 Randy O'Neal 17 20 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .100 .143 .100 .243
1987 Rick Mahler 40 72 4 11 4 0 0 5 2 19 0 0 .153 .176 .208 .384
1987 Ron Gant 21 84 9 22 4 0 2 9 1 11 4 2 .262 .267 .381 .648
1987 Ted Simmons 73 177 20 49 8 0 4 30 21 23 1 1 .277 .350 .390 .740
1987 Terry Bell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Tom Glavine 9 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .125 .176 .125 .301
1987 Trench Davis 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 Zane Smith 41 90 6 10 1 1 0 6 3 14 1 0 .111 .149 .144 .293
– – 161 5,514 747 1,401 284 24 152 696 641 834 135 68 .254 .334 .397 .731

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1987 Charlie Puleo 35 123.1 6 8 0 0 0 122 63 58 40 3 99 16 0 1 0 4.23 1.31
1987 Chuck Cary 13 16.2 1 1 1 0 0 17 7 7 4 1 15 0 0 0 0 3.78 1.26
1987 David Palmer 28 152.1 8 11 0 0 0 169 94 83 64 7 111 28 0 0 0 4.90 1.53
1987 Doyle Alexander 16 117.2 5 10 0 0 0 115 57 54 27 2 64 16 0 3 0 4.13 1.21
1987 Ed Olwine 27 23.1 0 1 1 0 0 25 16 13 8 1 12 0 0 0 0 5.01 1.41
1987 Gene Garber 49 69.1 8 10 10 0 0 87 39 34 28 1 48 0 0 0 0 4.41 1.66
1987 Jeff Dedmon 53 89.2 3 4 4 0 0 82 46 39 42 1 40 3 0 0 0 3.91 1.38
1987 Jim Acker 68 114.2 4 9 14 0 0 109 57 53 51 4 68 0 0 0 0 4.16 1.40
1987 Joe Boever 14 18.1 1 0 0 0 0 29 15 15 12 0 18 0 0 0 0 7.36 2.24
1987 Kevin Coffman 5 25.1 2 3 0 0 0 31 14 13 22 3 14 5 0 0 0 4.62 2.09
1987 Larry McWilliams 9 20.1 0 1 0 0 0 25 15 13 7 2 13 2 0 0 0 5.75 1.57
1987 Marty Clary 7 14.2 0 1 0 0 0 20 13 10 4 1 7 1 0 0 0 6.14 1.64
1987 Paul Assenmacher 52 54.2 1 1 2 0 0 58 41 31 24 1 39 0 0 0 0 5.10 1.50
1987 Pete Smith 6 31.2 1 2 0 0 0 39 21 17 14 0 11 6 0 0 0 4.83 1.67
1987 Phil Niekro 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 5 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 4.00
1987 Randy O'Neal 16 61.0 4 2 0 0 0 79 41 38 24 2 33 10 0 0 0 5.61 1.69
1987 Rick Mahler 39 197.0 8 13 0 0 0 212 118 109 85 2 95 28 0 3 1 4.98 1.51
1987 Steve Ziem 2 2.1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.71 2.14
1987 Tom Glavine 9 50.1 2 4 0 0 0 55 34 31 33 3 20 9 0 0 0 5.54 1.75
1987 Zane Smith 36 242.0 15 10 0 0 0 245 130 110 91 5 130 36 0 9 3 4.09 1.39
– – 161 1,427.2 69 92 32 0 0 1,529 829 735 587 39 837 161 0 16 4 4.63 1.48

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1987 Charlie Puleo P 35 6 10 0 16 0 1.000 0.46
1987 Chuck Cary P 13 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 0.31
1987 David Palmer P 28 9 25 1 35 2 .971 1.21
1987 Doyle Alexander P 16 6 10 0 16 1 1.000 1.00
1987 Ed Olwine P 27 0 3 1 4 0 .750 0.11
1987 Gene Garber P 49 4 19 1 24 2 .958 0.47
1987 Jeff Dedmon P 53 10 17 0 27 1 1.000 0.51
1987 Jim Acker P 68 6 23 0 29 2 1.000 0.43
1987 Joe Boever P 14 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.14
1987 Kevin Coffman P 5 1 9 0 10 1 1.000 2.00
1987 Larry McWilliams P 9 1 3 0 4 1 1.000 0.44
1987 Marty Clary P 7 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.29
1987 Paul Assenmacher P 52 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 0.10
1987 Pete Smith P 6 1 2 1 4 0 .750 0.50
1987 Phil Niekro P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Randy O'Neal P 16 4 15 0 19 1 1.000 1.19
1987 Rick Mahler P 39 13 42 1 56 2 .982 1.41
1987 Steve Ziem P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Tom Glavine P 9 1 13 1 15 0 .933 1.56
1987 Zane Smith P 36 15 43 0 58 4 1.000 1.61
1987 Bruce Benedict C 35 165 21 2 188 3 36 10 21.7% .989 5.31
1987 Ozzie Virgil C 122 654 74 8 736 12 133 42 24.0% .989 5.97
1987 Ted Simmons C 15 64 10 1 75 1 16 5 23.8% .987 4.93
1987 Gary Roenicke 1B 9 50 7 0 57 8 1.000 6.33
1987 Gerald Perry 1B 136 1,288 72 14 1,374 118 .990 10.00
1987 Graig Nettles 1B 6 49 10 0 59 7 1.000 9.83
1987 Ken Griffey 1B 3 24 1 1 26 2 .962 8.33
1987 Ted Simmons 1B 28 216 23 4 243 24 .984 8.54
1987 Glenn Hubbard 2B 139 284 478 11 773 114 .986 5.48
1987 Ken Oberkfell 2B 11 13 17 0 30 3 1.000 2.73
1987 Paul Runge 2B 2 2 4 0 6 1 1.000 3.00
1987 Ron Gant 2B 20 45 59 3 107 17 .972 5.20
1987 Graig Nettles 3B 40 12 46 3 61 6 .951 1.45
1987 Ken Oberkfell 3B 126 76 248 7 331 20 .979 2.57
1987 Paul Runge 3B 10 9 15 2 26 3 .923 2.40
1987 Rafael Ramirez 3B 12 7 11 1 19 3 .947 1.50
1987 Ted Simmons 3B 2 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1987 Andres Thomas SS 81 128 276 20 424 56 .953 4.99
1987 Jeff Blauser SS 50 65 166 9 240 28 .962 4.62
1987 Paul Runge SS 9 4 8 0 12 1 1.000 1.33
1987 Rafael Ramirez SS 38 59 99 9 167 30 .946 4.16
1987 Darryl Motley LF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1987 Dion James LF 29 48 2 0 50 0 1.000 1.72
1987 Gary Roenicke LF 40 55 0 2 57 0 .965 1.37
1987 Gerald Perry LF 7 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 1.29
1987 Ken Griffey LF 107 183 7 1 191 1 .995 1.78
1987 Albert Hall CF 68 149 3 3 155 1 .981 2.24
1987 Dion James CF 99 213 3 1 217 1 .995 2.18
1987 Ken Griffey CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Albert Hall RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1987 Dale Murphy RF 159 327 14 8 349 2 .977 2.14
1987 Gary Roenicke RF 4 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.25
– – 161 4,287 1,920 116 6,323 479 185 57 23.6% .982 38.55

Post-Season Stats

No stats available.

Awards

Player Award Stats
Ozzie Virgil All-Star (C) .246–27–72
Dale Murphy All-Star (CF) .295–44–105, 16 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1987 Atlanta Braves

Who had the most hits on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Dale Murphy led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with 167 hits in 159 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Dion James led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with a .309 batting average in 134 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Dale Murphy led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with 44 home runs in 159 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Dale Murphy led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with a .417 on-base percentage (OBP) in 159 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Dale Murphy led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with a .580 slugging percentage in 159 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Gerald Perry led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with 42 stolen bases in 142 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Zane Smith had a 4.09 earned-run average (ERA) in 36 games, the lowest on the 1987 Atlanta Braves.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Zane Smith had a 1.39 WHIP in 36 games, the lowest on the 1987 Atlanta Braves.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Zane Smith led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with 130 strikeouts in 36 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Zane Smith led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with 15 wins in 36 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1987 Atlanta Braves?

Jim Acker led the 1987 Atlanta Braves with 14 saves in 68 games.