opening day lineup for atlanta braves 1978

The 1978 roster for the Braves included Phil Niekro at pitcher, Biff Pocoroba at catcher, Dale Murphy at first baseman, Jerry Royster at second baseman and Bob Horner at third baseman.

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTDOBAGEBIRTHPLACE
1
Brian Asselstine
B. Asselstine
OF
6'1"
175
9/23/1953
24
Santa Barbara, CA
2
Bob Beall
B. Beall
1B
5'11"
180
4/24/1948
30
Portland, OR
3
Rob Belloir
R. Belloir
3B
5'10"
155
7/13/1948
29
Heidelberg, Germany
4
Bruce Benedict
B. Benedict
C
6'1"
190
8/18/1955
22
Birmingham, AL
5
Tommy Boggs
T. Boggs
P
6'2"
200
10/25/1955
22
Poughkeepsie, NY
6
Barry Bonnell
B. Bonnell
OF
6'3"
200
10/27/1953
24
Mariemont, OH
7
Jim Bouton
J. Bouton
P
6'0"
185
3/8/1939
39
Newark, NJ
8
Jeff Burroughs
J. Burroughs
OF
6'1"
200
3/7/1951
27
Long Beach, CA
9
Rick Camp
R. Camp
P
6'0"
195
6/10/1953
25
Trion, GA
10
Dave Campbell
D. Campbell
P
6'3"
210
9/3/1951
26
Princeton, IN
11
Darrel Chaney
D. Chaney
SS
6'1"
190
3/9/1948
30
Hammond, IN
12
Mike Davey
M. Davey
P
6'2"
190
6/2/1952
26
Spokane, WA
13
Adrian Devine
A. Devine
P
6'4"
205
12/2/1951
26
Galveston, TX
14
Jamie Easterly
J. Easterly
P
5'9"
180
2/17/1953
25
Houston, TX
15
Gene Garber
G. Garber
P
5'10"
175
11/13/1947
30
Lancaster, PA
16
Cito Gaston
C. Gaston
OF
6'4"
210
3/17/1944
34
San Antonio, TX
17
Rod Gilbreath
R. Gilbreath
3B
6'2"
185
9/24/1952
25
Laurel, MS
18
Preston Hanna
P. Hanna
P
6'1"
195
9/10/1954
23
Pensacola, FL
19
Bob Horner
B. Horner
3B
6'1"
210
8/6/1957
20
Junction City, KS
20
Glenn Hubbard
G. Hubbard
2B
5'8"
180
9/25/1957
20
Hahn Air Force Base, Germany
21
Frank LaCorte
F. LaCorte
P
6'1"
180
10/13/1951
26
San Jose, CA
22
Max Leon
M. Leon
P
5'11"
170
2/4/1950
28
Acula, Mexico
23
Jerry Maddox
J. Maddox
3B
6'2"
200
7/28/1953
24
Whittier, CA
24
Mickey Mahler
M. Mahler
P
6'3"
189
7/30/1952
25
Montgomery, AL
25
Gary Matthews
G. Matthews
OF
6'3"
190
7/5/1950
27
San Fernando, CA

More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

29

Olson

Matt Olson

RBI

95

Olson

Matt Olson

AVG

.290

Acuña

Ronald Acuña Jr.
Team Pitching Leaders

W

8

Elder

Bryce Elder

K

165

Sale

Chris Sale

ERA

2.58

Sale

Chris Sale
Team Rankings

HR

190

14th

R

724

13th

SO

1,416

9th

ERA

4.36

22nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
Braves Braves
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/27
@
7:15 PM
Sat
3/28
@
7:15 PM
Sun
3/29
@
1:35 PM
Mon
3/30
@
7:15 PM
Tue
3/31
@
7:15 PM
Last Game
PIT Pirates

71 - 91

1

Final

4

ATL Braves

76 - 86

Sun 28 Sep 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
1:15 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM
Thu
3/26
@
3:05 PM