1989 Atlanta Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Atlanta Braves 1989 National League West Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta 63–97 (.394) 6th Ted Turner Bobby Cox Russ Nixon WTBSSuperstation WTBS WSB(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton) The 1989 Atlanta Braves season was the 119th in franchise history and their 24th in Atlanta. Offseason December 23, 1988: Darrell Evans was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference March 29, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Toronto Blue Jays.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eichhma01.shtml Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 16 February 2018 Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents ATL Opening Day starters Gerónimo Berroa Jeff Blauser Jody Davis Ron Gant Tom Glavine Dale Murphy Gerald Perry Lonnie Smith Andrés Thomashttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1989&t=ATL 1989 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac Notable transactions July 2, 1989: Zane Smith was traded by the Braves to the Montreal Expos for Sergio Valdez, Nate Minchey, and Kevin Dean (minors).Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference August 12, 1989: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference August 23, 1989: Ed Romero was traded by the Braves to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Jay Aldrich to the Braves on September 1. August 24, 1989: Jim Acker was traded by the Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tony Castillo and Francisco Cabrera.Francisco Cabrera page at Baseball Reference August 24, 1989: Paul Assenmacher was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for players to be named later. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Kelly Mann and Pat Gomez to the Braves on September 1.Paul Assenmacher page at Baseball Reference Roster 1989 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers 38 Jim Acker 43 Jay Aldrich 40 Jose Alvarez 30 Paul Assenmacher 37 Joe Boever 36 Tony Castillo 48 Marty Clary 32 Gary Eave 49 Mark Eichhorn 47 Tom Glavine 33 Tommy Greene 46 Dwayne Henry 24 Derek Lilliquist 50 Kent Mercker 45 Charlie Puleo 52 Rusty Richards 25 Pete Smith 34 Zane Smith 29 John Smoltz 30 Mike Stanton 34 Sergio Valdez Catchers 20 Bruce Benedict  7 Jody Davis 38 Kelly Mann  8 John Mizerock  6 John Russell Infielders 4,32 Jeff Blauser 10 Francisco Cabrera 31 Drew Denson 11 Darrell Evans  5 Ron Gant 17 Mark Lemke 28 Gerald Perry 19 Ed Romero 14 Andrés Thomas 15 Jeff Treadway 10 Ed Whited Outfielders 22 Gerónimo Berroa 19 Terry Blocker 16 Tommy Gregg 10 Dion James 23 David Justice  1 Oddibe McDowell  3 Dale Murphy 27 Lonnie Smith 12 Jeff Wetherby Manager  2 Russ Nixon Coaches 39 Bruce Dal Canton 54 Clarence Jones 11 Roy Majtyka 55 Brian Snitker  7 Bobby Wine Player stats Batting Starters by position 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 Jody Davis Jody Davis (baseball) 78 231 39 .169 4 19 1B Gerald Perry 72 266 67 .252 4 21 2B Jeff Treadway 134 473 131 .277 8 40 3B Jeff Blauser 142 456 123 .270 12 46 SS Andrés Thomas 141 554 118 .213 13 57 LF Lonnie Smith Lonnie Smith (baseball) 134 482 152 .315 21 79 CF Dale Murphy 154 574 131 .228 20 84 RF Tommy Gregg 102 276 67 .243 6 23 Other batters 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 Oddibe McDowell 76 280 85 .304 7 24 Darrell Evans 107 276 57 .207 11 39 Ron Gant 75 260 46 .177 9 25 Dion James 63 170 44 .259 1 11 Bruce Benedict 66 160 31 .194 1 6 John Russell 74 159 29 .182 2 9 Gerónimo Berroa 81 136 36 .265 2 9 Ed Whited 36 74 12 .162 1 4 Mark Lemke 14 55 10 .182 2 10 David Justice 16 51 12 .235 1 3 Jeff Wetherby 52 48 10 .208 1 7 Drew Denson 12 36 9 .250 0 5 Terry Blocker 26 31 7 .226 0 1 John Mizerock 11 27 6 .222 0 2 Kelly Mann 7 24 5 .208 0 1 Ed Romero 7 19 5 .263 1 1 Francisco Cabrera 4 14 3 .214 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO John Smoltz 29 208.0 12 11 2.94 168 Tom Glavine 29 186.0 14 8 3.68 90 Derek Lilliquist 32 165.2 8 10 3.97 79 Pete Smith 28 142.0 5 14 4.75 115 Marty Clary 18 108.2 4 3 3.15 30 Zane Smith 17 99.0 1 12 4.45 58 Tommy Greene 4 26.1 1 2 4.10 17 Gary Eave 3 20.2 2 0 1.31 9 Rusty Richards 2 9.1 0 0 4.82 4 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses' ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Kent Mercker 2 4.1 0 0 12.46 4 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Joe Boever 66 4 11 21 3.94 68 Jim Acker 59 0 6 2 2.67 68 Paul Assenmacher 49 1 3 0 3.59 64 Mark Eichhorn 45 5 5 0 4.35 49 Jose Alvarez 30 3 3 2 2.86 45 Mike Stanton 20 0 1 7 1.50 27 Sergio Valdez 19 1 2 0 6.06 26 Charlie Puleo 15 1 1 0 4.66 17 Dwayne Henry 12 0 2 1 4.26 16 Tony Castillo 12 0 1 0 4.82 5 Jay Aldrich 8 1 2 0 2.19 7 Terry Blocker 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 John Russell 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Award winners 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game John Smoltz, pitcher, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Richmond Braves International League Jim Beauchamp AA Greenville Braves Southern League Buddy Bailey A Durham Bulls Carolina League Grady Little A Burlington Braves Midwest League Jim Saul A Sumter Braves South Atlantic League Ned Yost Rookie Pulaski Braves Appalachian League Fred Koenig Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Procopio Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Cloyd BoyerLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: RichmondJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 1989 Atlanta Braves team page at Baseball Reference Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac 100% Category:Atlanta Braves seasons Atlanta Braves season