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January 9, 1979:Brook Jacoby was drafted by the Braves in the 7th round of the1979 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]
February 22, 1979:Mike Davey was purchased from the Braves by theSeattle Mariners.^[2]
March 31, 1979:Dave Campbell was traded by the Braves to theMontreal Expos forPepe Frías.^[3]

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	90	71	.559	—	48‍–‍32	42‍–‍39
Houston Astros	89	73	.549	1½	52‍–‍29	37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	.488	11½	46‍–‍35	33‍–‍48
San Francisco Giants	71	91	.438	19½	38‍–‍43	33‍–‍48
San Diego Padres	68	93	.422	22	39‍–‍42	29‍–‍51
Atlanta Braves	66	94	.412	23½	34‍–‍45	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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1979 National League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	6–12	7–11	12–6	1–9	4–8	7–5	4–8	6–12	11–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	—	7–5	6–6	5–7	6–12	8–10	9–9	6–12	9–3	8–4	8–10
Cincinnati	12–6	5–7	—	8–10	11–7	6–6	8–4	8–4	8–4	10–7	6–12	8–4
Houston	11–7	6–6	10–8	—	10–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	4–8	14–4	7–11	6–6
Los Angeles	6–12	7–5	7–11	8–10	—	6–6	9–3	3–9	4–8	9–9	14–4	6–6
Montreal	9–1	12–6	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	15–3	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	10–8
New York	8–4	10–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–15	—	5–13	8–10	4–8	8–4	7–11
Philadelphia	5–7	9–9	4–8	7–5	9–3	7–11	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	6–6	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	4–8	8–4	8–4	11–7	10–8	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	11–7
San Diego	12–6	3–9	7–10	4–14	9–9	5–7	8–4	3–9	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	7–11	4–8	12–6	11–7	4–14	5–7	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	8–10	11–7	11–7	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

Death of GM Bill Lucas

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On May 5, 1979, the Braves were staggered by the sudden death, at 43, of the club'sgeneral manager,Bill Lucas. The firstAfrican-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 massivecerebral 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 asDale Murphy,Bob Horner andGlenn Hubbard. During Lucas' term, the club had also hiredBobby Cox for his first term (1978–81) asmanager. 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' legendHenry Aaron.^[5]

Lucas was succeeded May 16 byJohn Mullen, 54, a vice president with theHouston 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

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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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1979 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 50Tommy Boggs 34Larry Bradford 43Tony Brizzolara 38Adrian Devine 45Jamie Easterly 26Gene Garber 49Preston Hanna 42Frank LaCorte 24Mickey Mahler 39Rick Mahler 29Rick Matula 32Bo McLaughlin 50Joey McLaughlin 27Larry McWilliams 35Phil Niekro 48Craig Skok 37Eddie Solomon		Catchers 20Bruce Benedict 11Joe Nolan 4Biff Pocoroba Infielders 25Bob Beall 15Darrel Chaney 9Pepe Frías 5Bob Horner 17Glenn Hubbard 28Mike Lum 31Mike Macha 3Dale Murphy 1Jerry Royster 16Jim Wessinger		Outfielders 30Brian Asselstine 2Barry Bonnell 7Jeff Burroughs 36Gary Matthews 14Eddie Miller 22Rowland Office 46Charlie Spikes 18Larry Whisenton		Manager 6Bobby Cox Coaches 23Tommie Aaron 48Cloyd Boyer 10Bobby Dews 8Alex Grammas

1979 Atlanta Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6Bobby Cox

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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	Dale Murphy	104	384	106	.276	21	57
2B	Glenn Hubbard	97	325	75	.231	3	29
3B	Bob Horner	121	487	153	.314	33	98
SS	Pepe Frías	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	Gary Matthews	156	631	192	.304	27	90

Other batters

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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
Eddie Miller	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
Brian Asselstine	8	10	1	.100	0	0
Jim Wessinger	10	7	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Phil Niekro	44	342.0	21	20	3.39	208
Eddie Solomon	31	186.0	7	14	4.21	96
Rick Matula	28	171.1	8	10	4.15	67
Tony Brizzolara	20	107.1	6	9	5.28	64
Larry McWilliams	13	66.1	3	2	5.56	32
Tommy Boggs	3	12.2	0	2	6.39	1

Other pitchers

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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
Preston Hanna	6	24.1	1	1	2.96	15

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Gene Garber	68	6	16	25	4.33	56
Craig Skok	44	1	3	2	3.98	30
Adrian Devine	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
Larry Bradford	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
Jamie Easterly	4	0	0	0	13.50	3

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Tom Burgess
AA	Savannah Braves	Southern League	Eddie Haas
A	Greenwood Braves	Western Carolinas League	Al Gallagher
Rookie	Kingsport Braves	Appalachian League	Gene Hassell
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Pedro González

Awards and honors

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League leaders

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Phil Niekro, National League leader, Losses^[10]

Notes

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^Brook Jacoby atBaseball-Reference
^Mike Davey atBaseball-Reference
^Dave Campbell atBaseball-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 atBaseball-Reference
^Paul Runge atBaseball-Reference
^Brett Butler atBaseball-Reference
^Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References

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Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1979 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference
Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac

1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

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