1997 Atlanta Braves Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 101–61 (.623), 1st place in National League East
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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
1997 Andruw Jones 153 404 60 92 18 1 18 70 56 107 20 11 .228 .325 .411 .736
1997 Brad Clontz 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Chipper Jones 157 597 100 176 41 3 21 111 76 88 20 5 .295 .371 .479 .850
1997 Chris Brock 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
1997 Danny Bautista 64 105 14 25 3 2 3 9 5 24 2 0 .238 .277 .390 .667
1997 Denny Neagle 34 81 6 11 1 0 1 7 4 35 0 0 .136 .176 .185 .362
1997 Ed Giovanola 14 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
1997 Eddie Perez 73 192 20 41 5 0 6 18 10 35 0 1 .214 .257 .333 .591
1997 Fred McGriff 152 564 77 156 25 1 22 97 68 112 5 0 .277 .356 .441 .797
1997 Greg Myers 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
1997 Greg Maddux 33 73 3 7 2 0 0 4 5 21 1 0 .096 .154 .123 .277
1997 Greg Colbrunn 28 55 3 15 3 0 2 9 2 11 0 0 .273 .310 .436 .747
1997 Javy Lopez 123 415 52 122 28 1 23 68 40 82 1 1 .294 .360 .533 .892
1997 Jeff Blauser 151 524 90 160 31 4 17 70 70 101 5 1 .305 .401 .477 .878
1997 John Smoltz 36 85 10 18 3 0 0 4 9 22 1 1 .212 .287 .247 .534
1997 Keith Lockhart 96 150 25 41 5 3 6 32 14 17 0 0 .273 .331 .467 .798
1997 Kenny Lofton 122 495 90 164 20 6 5 48 64 83 27 20 .331 .408 .426 .834
1997 Kevin Millwood 12 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .071
1997 Mark Lemke 109 359 33 86 17 1 2 26 33 51 2 0 .240 .300 .309 .609
1997 Mark Wohlers 71 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Michael Tucker 138 503 80 141 25 7 14 56 44 116 12 7 .280 .345 .441 .786
1997 Mike Mordecai 61 82 8 14 2 1 0 3 6 16 0 1 .171 .225 .220 .444
1997 Mike Bielecki 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1997 Mike Cather 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Paul Byrd 31 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
1997 Rafael Belliard 72 75 9 15 3 0 1 3 1 17 0 1 .200 .208 .280 .488
1997 Randall Simon 13 14 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .429 .467 .500 .967
1997 Ryan Klesko 143 468 67 122 23 6 24 84 48 130 4 4 .261 .333 .489 .823
1997 Terrell Wade 12 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 .231 .333 .231 .564
1997 Tim Spehr 8 14 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 4 1 0 .214 .214 .500 .714
1997 Tom Glavine 33 80 6 14 0 0 0 7 7 13 0 0 .175 .250 .175 .425
1997 Tommy Gregg 13 19 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 .263 .300 .368 .668
1997 Tony Graffanino 104 189 33 48 9 1 8 20 26 46 6 4 .254 .339 .439 .779
– – 162 5,611 791 1,490 268 37 174 755 597 1,160 108 58 .266 .339 .420 .758

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1997 Alan Embree 66 46.0 3 1 0 0 0 36 13 13 20 2 45 0 0 0 0 2.54 1.22
1997 Brad Clontz 51 48.0 5 1 1 0 0 52 24 20 18 1 42 0 0 0 0 3.75 1.46
1997 Chad Fox 30 27.1 0 1 0 0 0 24 12 10 16 0 28 0 0 0 0 3.29 1.46
1997 Chris Brock 7 30.2 0 0 0 0 0 34 23 19 19 0 16 6 0 0 0 5.58 1.73
1997 Denny Neagle 34 233.1 20 5 0 0 0 204 87 77 49 6 172 34 0 4 4 2.97 1.08
1997 Greg Maddux 33 232.2 19 4 0 0 0 200 58 57 20 6 177 33 0 5 2 2.20 0.95
1997 Joe Borowski 20 24.0 2 2 0 0 0 27 11 10 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 3.75 1.79
1997 John Leroy 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1997 John Smoltz 35 256.0 15 12 0 0 0 234 97 86 63 1 241 35 0 7 2 3.02 1.16
1997 Kerry Ligtenberg 15 15.0 1 0 1 0 0 12 5 5 4 0 19 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.07
1997 Kevin Millwood 12 51.1 5 3 0 0 0 55 26 23 21 2 42 8 0 0 0 4.03 1.48
1997 Mark Wohlers 71 69.1 5 7 33 0 0 57 29 27 38 0 92 0 0 0 0 3.50 1.37
1997 Mike Bielecki 50 57.1 3 7 2 0 0 56 33 26 21 1 60 0 0 0 0 4.08 1.34
1997 Mike Cather 35 37.2 2 4 0 0 0 23 12 10 19 2 29 0 0 0 0 2.39 1.12
1997 Paul Byrd 31 53.0 4 4 0 0 0 47 34 31 28 4 37 4 0 0 0 5.26 1.42
1997 Terrell Wade 12 42.0 2 3 0 0 0 60 31 25 16 2 35 9 0 0 0 5.36 1.81
1997 Tom Glavine 33 240.0 14 7 0 0 0 197 86 79 79 4 152 33 0 5 2 2.96 1.15
– – 162 1,465.2 101 61 37 0 0 1,319 581 518 450 31 1,196 162 0 21 10 3.18 1.21

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1997 Alan Embree P 66 1 7 0 8 0 1.000 0.12
1997 Brad Clontz P 51 0 5 2 7 0 .714 0.10
1997 Chad Fox P 30 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.07
1997 Chris Brock P 7 6 9 0 15 0 1.000 2.14
1997 Denny Neagle P 34 9 35 1 45 1 .978 1.29
1997 Greg Maddux P 33 16 49 3 68 3 .956 1.97
1997 Joe Borowski P 20 4 3 0 7 2 1.000 0.35
1997 John Leroy P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 John Smoltz P 35 29 31 2 62 2 .968 1.71
1997 Kerry Ligtenberg P 15 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.07
1997 Kevin Millwood P 12 3 6 0 9 0 1.000 0.75
1997 Mark Wohlers P 71 7 2 1 10 0 .900 0.13
1997 Mike Bielecki P 50 4 7 1 12 1 .917 0.22
1997 Mike Cather P 35 1 7 0 8 0 1.000 0.23
1997 Paul Byrd P 31 6 4 1 11 0 .909 0.32
1997 Terrell Wade P 12 2 5 1 8 0 .875 0.58
1997 Tom Glavine P 33 15 35 1 51 4 .980 1.52
1997 Eddie Perez C 64 392 23 5 420 1 48 16 25.0% .988 6.48
1997 Greg Myers C 2 11 2 0 13 0 2 1 33.3% 1.000 6.50
1997 Javy Lopez C 117 792 56 6 854 7 72 33 31.4% .993 7.25
1997 Tim Spehr C 7 32 4 2 38 0 2 4 66.7% .947 5.14
1997 Eddie Perez 1B 6 25 1 0 26 0 1.000 4.33
1997 Fred McGriff 1B 149 1,191 96 13 1,300 111 .990 8.64
1997 Greg Colbrunn 1B 14 54 6 1 61 3 .984 4.29
1997 Mike Mordecai 1B 3 11 2 0 13 0 1.000 4.33
1997 Randall Simon 1B 6 16 2 0 18 2 1.000 3.00
1997 Ryan Klesko 1B 22 63 3 0 66 7 1.000 3.00
1997 Tommy Gregg 1B 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1997 Tony Graffanino 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1997 Ed Giovanola 2B 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1997 Keith Lockhart 2B 20 22 37 1 60 9 .983 2.95
1997 Mark Lemke 2B 104 191 309 10 510 65 .980 4.81
1997 Mike Mordecai 2B 4 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 1.25
1997 Rafael Belliard 2B 7 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 0.86
1997 Tony Graffanino 2B 75 88 178 5 271 29 .982 3.55
1997 Chipper Jones 3B 152 77 241 15 333 17 .955 2.09
1997 Ed Giovanola 3B 8 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.37
1997 Keith Lockhart 3B 11 2 11 2 15 1 .867 1.18
1997 Mike Mordecai 3B 19 9 11 0 20 2 1.000 1.05
1997 Tony Graffanino 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1997 Ed Giovanola SS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1997 Jeff Blauser SS 149 204 372 16 592 79 .973 3.87
1997 Mike Mordecai SS 4 3 2 0 5 2 1.000 1.25
1997 Rafael Belliard SS 53 36 64 1 101 14 .990 1.89
1997 Tony Graffanino SS 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1997 Andruw Jones LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1997 Chipper Jones LF 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1997 Danny Bautista LF 48 46 1 1 48 1 .979 0.98
1997 Michael Tucker LF 53 56 2 1 59 2 .983 1.09
1997 Ryan Klesko LF 130 183 3 6 192 0 .969 1.43
1997 Tommy Gregg LF 5 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1997 Andruw Jones CF 57 139 7 2 148 1 .986 2.56
1997 Danny Bautista CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Kenny Lofton CF 122 290 5 5 300 1 .983 2.42
1997 Andruw Jones RF 95 148 7 5 160 1 .969 1.63
1997 Chipper Jones RF 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1997 Danny Bautista RF 10 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 1.30
1997 Michael Tucker RF 102 181 4 4 189 0 .979 1.81
1997 Mike Mordecai RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Tommy Gregg RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
– – 162 4,399 1,669 114 6,182 368 124 54 30.3% .982 37.46

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1997 Alan Embree 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Andruw Jones 8 14 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
1997 Chipper Jones 9 33 8 11 1 0 3 6 5 5 1 0 .333 .410 .636 1.047
1997 Danny Bautista 5 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
1997 Denny Neagle 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Eddie Perez 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Fred McGriff 9 30 4 9 1 0 0 5 5 9 0 0 .300 .389 .333 .722
1997 Greg Maddux 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
1997 Greg Colbrunn 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500
1997 Javy Lopez 7 24 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 8 0 0 .125 .207 .250 .457
1997 Jeff Blauser 9 30 7 9 0 0 2 5 5 8 0 0 .300 .417 .500 .917
1997 John Smoltz 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Keith Lockhart 7 22 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 .364 .417 .500 .917
1997 Kenny Lofton 9 40 5 7 1 1 0 1 2 9 1 3 .175 .214 .250 .464
1997 Kerry Ligtenberg 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Mark Wohlers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Michael Tucker 7 16 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 .125 .263 .312 .576
1997 Mike Cather 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Ryan Klesko 8 25 4 6 1 0 3 5 2 5 0 0 .240 .296 .640 .936
1997 Tom Glavine 3 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
1997 Tommy Gregg 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Tony Graffanino 6 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .182 .308 .273 .580
– – 9 291 40 69 9 2 9 36 31 69 2 3 .237 .311 .375 .686

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1997 Alan Embree 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1997 Denny Neagle 2 12.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 9 1 0 1 1 0.00 0.50
1997 Greg Maddux 3 22.0 1 2 0 0 0 16 8 3 5 1 22 3 0 1 0 1.23 0.95
1997 John Smoltz 2 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 8 6 6 6 0 20 2 0 1 0 3.60 0.93
1997 Kerry Ligtenberg 2 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.33
1997 Mark Wohlers 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1997 Mike Cather 5 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.86
1997 Tom Glavine 3 19.1 2 1 0 0 0 18 11 11 16 1 13 3 0 0 0 5.12 1.76
– – 14 79.0 5 4 0 0 0 52 25 20 31 3 76 9 0 3 1 2.28 1.05

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1997 Alan Embree P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Denny Neagle P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1997 Greg Maddux P 3 1 8 0 9 1 1.000 3.00
1997 John Smoltz P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1997 Kerry Ligtenberg P 2 0 2 0 2 1 1.000 1.00
1997 Mark Wohlers P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Mike Cather P 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Tom Glavine P 3 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 2.00
1997 Eddie Perez C 3 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 6.67
1997 Javy Lopez C 7 58 3 0 61 2 0 0 0.0% 1.000 8.71
1997 Fred McGriff 1B 9 68 5 1 74 7 .986 8.11
1997 Keith Lockhart 2B 7 15 13 1 29 5 .966 4.00
1997 Tony Graffanino 2B 6 5 8 0 13 0 1.000 2.17
1997 Chipper Jones 3B 9 3 11 1 15 0 .933 1.56
1997 Jeff Blauser SS 9 8 29 1 38 6 .974 4.11
1997 Danny Bautista LF 5 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 0.80
1997 Ryan Klesko LF 8 8 0 1 9 0 .889 1.00
1997 Kenny Lofton CF 9 14 2 2 18 0 .889 1.78
1997 Andruw Jones RF 8 22 1 0 23 1 1.000 2.87
1997 Michael Tucker RF 6 9 1 0 10 1 1.000 1.67
– – 9 237 89 7 333 24 0 0 .979 36.22

Awards

Player Award Stats
Tom Glavine All-Star (P) 14–7, 152 SO, 2.96 ERA
Greg Maddux All-Star (P) 19–4, 177 SO, 2.20 ERA
Denny Neagle All-Star (P) 20–5, 172 SO, 2.97 ERA
Javy Lopez All-Star (C) .294–23–68, 1 SB
Chipper Jones All-Star (3B) .295–21–111, 20 SB
Jeff Blauser All-Star (SS) .305–17–70, 5 SB
Kenny Lofton All-Star (CF) .331–5–48, 27 SB
Greg Maddux Gold Glove (P) .956 FPct, 1.97 RF
Phil Niekro Hall of Fame (P) -
John Smoltz Silver Slugger (P) 15–12, 241 SO, 3.02 ERA
Jeff Blauser Silver Slugger (SS) .305–17–70, 5 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1997 Atlanta Braves

Who had the most hits on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Chipper Jones led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with 176 hits in 157 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Kenny Lofton led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with a .331 batting average in 122 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Ryan Klesko led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with 24 home runs in 143 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Kenny Lofton led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with a .408 on-base percentage (OBP) in 122 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Ryan Klesko led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with a .489 slugging percentage in 143 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Kenny Lofton led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with 27 stolen bases in 122 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Greg Maddux had a 2.20 earned-run average (ERA) in 33 games, the lowest on the 1997 Atlanta Braves.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Greg Maddux had a 0.95 WHIP in 33 games, the lowest on the 1997 Atlanta Braves.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

John Smoltz led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with 241 strikeouts in 35 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Denny Neagle led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with 20 wins in 34 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1997 Atlanta Braves?

Mark Wohlers led the 1997 Atlanta Braves with 33 saves in 71 games.