1980 Atlanta Braves Roster

The 1980 Atlanta Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1980 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1980 Atlanta Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1980 Atlanta Braves salary list, a 1980 Atlanta Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1980 Atlanta Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1980 Atlanta Braves



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
33 Doyle Alexander 6-03 205 Right Right 1950-09-04
40 Tommy Boggs 6-02 200 Right Right 1955-10-25
34 Larry Bradford 6-01 200 Left Right 1949-12-21
37 Rick Camp 6-00 198 Right Right 1953-06-10
26 Gene Garber 5-10 175 Right Right 1947-11-13
49 Preston Hanna 6-01 195 Right Right 1954-09-10
39 Al Hrabosky 5-11 185 Left Right 1949-07-21
42 Rick Mahler 6-01 202 Right Right 1953-08-05
29 Rick Matula 6-00 190 Right Right 1953-11-22
27 Larry McWilliams 6-05 180 Left Left 1954-02-10
35 Phil Niekro 6-01 180 Right Right 1939-04-01
20 Bruce Benedict 6-01 190 Right Right 1955-08-18
15 Bill Nahorodny 6-02 200 Right Right 1953-08-31
11 Joe Nolan 6-00 190 Right Left 1951-05-12
4 Biff Pocoroba 5-10 180 Right Both 1953-07-25
16 Larvell Blanks 5-08 167 Right Right 1950-01-28
10 Chris Chambliss 6-01 215 Right Left 1948-12-26
9 Luis Gomez 5-09 150 Right Right 1951-08-19
5 Bob Horner 6-01 210 Right Right 1957-08-06
17 Glenn Hubbard 5-07 180 Right Right 1957-09-25
47 Rafael Ramirez 6-00 185 Right Right 1958-02-18
1 Jerry Royster 6-00 165 Right Right 1952-10-18
14 Chico Ruiz 5-11½ 170 Right Right 1951-11-01
30 Brian Asselstine 6-01 175 Right Left 1953-09-23
7 Jeff Burroughs 6-01 200 Right Right 1951-03-07
22 Gary Cooper 6-03 175 Right Both 1956-12-22
19 Terry Harper 6-04 195 Right Right 1955-08-19
28 Mike Lum 6-00 180 Left Left 1945-10-27
36 Gary Matthews 6-03 190 Right Right 1950-07-05
45 Eddie Miller 5-09 175 Right Both 1957-06-29
3 Dale Murphy 6-05 215 Right Right 1956-03-12
46 Charlie Spikes 6-03 220 Right Right 1951-01-23
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The 1980 Atlanta Braves played 161 games during the regular season, won 81 games, lost 80 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Park Factors: 103/104) where 1,048,411 fans witnessed their 1980 Braves finish the season with a .503 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1980 Atlanta Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1980 Atlanta Braves salary list, a 1980 Atlanta Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1980 Atlanta Braves primary starters list:

1980 Atlanta Braves
Opening Day Starters


Brian Asselstine
Chris Chambliss
Luis Gomez
Bob Horner
Gary Matthews
Dale Murphy
Phil Niekro
Biff Pocoroba
Jerry Royster

1980 Atlanta Braves
Most Games by Position

C Bruce Benedict (120)
1B Chris Chambliss (158)
2B Glenn Hubbard (117)
3B Bob Horner (121)
SS Luis Gomez (119)
LF Jeff Burroughs (73)
CF Dale Murphy (129)
RF Gary Matthews (137)
  
SP Doyle Alexander
SP Tommy Boggs
SP Rick Matula
SP Larry McWilliams
SP Phil Niekro
  
RP Larry Bradford
RP Gene Garber
RP Preston Hanna
RP Al Hrabosky
CL Rick Camp


1980 Atlanta Braves
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1980 Atlanta Braves
Uniform Numbers

#1 Jerry Royster
#3 Dale Murphy
#4 Biff Pocoroba
#5 Bob Horner
#7 Jeff Burroughs
#9 Luis Gomez
#10 Chris Chambliss
#11 Joe Nolan
#14 Chico Ruiz
#15 Bill Nahorodny
#16 Larvell Blanks
#17 Glenn Hubbard
#19 Terry Harper
#20 Bruce Benedict
#22 Gary Cooper
#26 Gene Garber
#27 Larry McWilliams
#28 Mike Lum
#29 Rick Matula
#30 Brian Asselstine
#33 Doyle Alexander
#34 Larry Bradford
#35 Phil Niekro
#36 Gary Matthews
#37 Rick Camp
#39 Al Hrabosky
#40 Tommy Boggs
#42 Rick Mahler
#45 Eddie Miller
#46 Charlie Spikes
#47 Rafael Ramirez
#49 Preston Hanna

Did you know that a 1980 Atlanta Braves Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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