1989 Atlanta Braves season
The 1989 Atlanta Braves season was the 119th in franchise history and their 24th in Atlanta.
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Record | 63–97 (.394) |
Divisional place | 6th |
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Owners | Ted Turner |
General managers | Bobby Cox |
Managers | Russ Nixon |
Local television | WTBS Superstation WTBS |
Local radio | WSB (Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton) |
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Offseason
- December 23, 1988: Darrell Evans was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[1]
- March 29, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Toronto Blue Jays. [2]
Regular season
Season standings
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — | 53–28 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 3 | 46–35 | 43–38 |
Houston Astros | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 6 | 47–35 | 39–41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 83 | 0.481 | 14 | 44–37 | 33–46 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 17 | 38–43 | 37–44 |
Atlanta Braves | 63 | 97 | 0.394 | 28 | 33–46 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–10 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–13 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 13–5 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 12–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–2 | 5–7 | — |
Opening Day starters
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).[4]
- August 12, 1989: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[5]
- 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.[5]
- August 24, 1989: Jim Acker was traded by the Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tony Castillo and Francisco Cabrera.[6]
- 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.[7]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Jody Davis | 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 | 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Richmond[8]
References
- Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference
- "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- "1989 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference
- Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
- Francisco Cabrera page at Baseball Reference
- Paul Assenmacher page at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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