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Top Braves Players of the Nineties

1991 - NL Champs (Lost to Twins in World Series)

1992 - NL Champs (Lost to Blue Jays in World Series)

Pitchers:

1993 - NL West Champs (Lost to Phillies in NLCS)

Tom Glavine (45.05) - 118

1995 - World Champs (Beat Indians in World Series)

Greg Maddux (48.81) - 93

1996 - NL Champs (Lost to Yankees in World Series)

John Smoltz (39.91) - 88

1997 - NL East Champs (Lost to Florida in NLCS)

Steve Avery (13.58) - 44

1998 - NL East Champs (Lost to Padres in NLCS)

Mark Wohlers (3.23) - 29

1999 - NL Champs (Lost to Yankees in World Series)

Charlie Leibrandt (9.7) - 23

Denny Neagle (6.78) - 23

BallPark:

Kevin Millwood (7.17) - 22

Atlanta Fulton County Stadium (1990-1995)

Kent Mercker (7.35) - 15

Turner Field (1996-1999)

Greg McMichael (5.6) - 10

John Rocker (3.23) - 10

Team Name:

Braves

Catchers:

Javier Lopez (12.46) - 54

Owner:

Greg Olson (2.17) - 13

Ted Turner

First Basemen:

General Managers:

Fred McGriff (11.07) - 36

Bobby Cox (1990)

John Schuerholz (1991-1999)

Second Basemen:

Mark Lemke (6.25) - 28

Managers:

Jeff Treadway (1.42) - 16

Russ Nixon (1990)

Bobby Cox (1991-1999)

ShortStop:

Jeff Blauser (18.9) - 46

Hall of Famers:

Greg Maddux

Third Base:

John Smoltz

Chipper Jones (26.98) - 41

Tom Glavine

Terry Pendleton (12.26) - 26

Chipper Jones

Fred McGriff

Outfield:

David Justice (24.24) - 62

MVP:

Andruw Jones (17.94) - 47

1991 - Terry Pendleton

Ryan Klesko (10.67) - 42

1999 - Chipper Jones

Ron Gant (17.6) - 41

Otis Nixon (8.19) - 34

Rookie of the Year:

Marquis Grissom (5.69) - 25

1990 - David Justice

Deion Sanders (4.88) - 18

Lonnie Smith (7.9) - 14

Cy Young

Kenny Lofton (4.96) - 12

1991 - Tom Glavine

1993 - Greg Maddux

Notable Events:

1994 - Greg Maddux

1995 - Greg Maddux

1991 - Hard hitting OF Ryan Klesko, 21, comes up as a rookie. He was a fifth

1996 - John Smoltz

round draft choice in '89

1998 - Tom Glavine

1991 - The management team of GM John Schuerholz and Manager Bobby

No Hitters:

Cox is formed as Cox, in an unusual move, steps down as GM to become

1991 (Mercker, Wohlers, Pena)

Field Manager making room for Schuerholz as GM . Pitching coach Leo

1994 - Kent Mercker

Mazzone arrived on the scene the previous year. This is one of the great

all time management teams, if not the greatest.

Notable Events:

1992 - Hard hitting catcher Javier Lopez, 21, is a rookie. Javy was

1990 - The team continues to flounder. However, there are a number of

an IFA in '87. Lopez will be a mainstay in the Braves lineup for

players on the '90 roster that GM Bobby Cox put together who will be

the next dozen seasons and one of the top backstops in the

part of their future success:

National League over that period of time.

□ John Smoltz, 23, righthander one of the rotation's big 3 in the nineties

□ Tom Glavine, 24, lefthander one of the rotation's big 3 in the nineties

1993 - Twenty seven year old righthander, Greg Maddux, a sure fire

□ Steve Avery, 20, fireballing lefty

Hall of Famer, signs with the Braves as a free agent. He leads one of the

□ Kent Mercker, 22, hard throwing righty reliever

all time great starting rotations for over a decade which was the backbone

□ Tommy Greene, 23, hard throwing righty

of the Braves dynasty of Nineties and early Oughts.

□ David Justice, 24, slugging lefty outfielder

□ Jeff Blauser, 24, shortstop

1995 - Atlanta wins their only World Series title in their

□ Ron Gant, 25, slugging outfielder

fifteen year run. In a battle of redmen, the Braves beat the Indians.

1990 - Third Baseman Chipper Jones is selected by the Braves in the

1996 - Andruw Jones, an IFA, comes up as a nineteen year old centerfielder.

first round of the Amateur draft (first overall pick). Chipper comes up as a

He is an exceptional defensive outfielder and is a big time power hitter who

rookie in '93 and is a vital cog in Atlanta's lineup for twenty years.

ends up with over four hundred career home runs. Jones initially steals a lot

of bases, as well. One thing that's interesting is Andruw's career arc. He

1991 - The Braves had pieced together the elements of their

plays like a twenty five year old when twenty and plays like a thirty five

dynasty in the previous decade, but had nothing to show for it.

year old when thirty. Regardless, Andruw is a vital part of Atlanta's lineup

In 1991, they picked up free agent third baseman Terry

for the next dozen years as one of the Braves' Jones boys.

Pendleton from St. Louis and picked up veteran lefthander

Charlie Leibrandt from Kansas City in a lopsided deal for Gerald

1996 - The Braves move into Turner field at mid season. It

Perry. These were the pieces of the puzzle that lifted the Braves

improves their already high attendance. In their fifteen year run,

to a 55-28 finish to overtake the Dodgers and win the Western

the Braves topped 2 million nine times and 3 million the other six

Division. It marked the beginning of a run of fifteen Division titles

broken only by 1994 when the season ended prematurely due

1999- Atlanta completes the ninth year of their fifteen year run of

to the Player Strike that season. This streak is unprecedented in

Division titles (save for the 1994 season). They average 97 wins

big league history by a large margin and, if not for post season

during full seasons in the stretch. A truly remarkable run - second

failure, would have certainly marked the Braves of the Nineties and

only to the Yankees run of fourteen pennants in sixteen years

early 2000's as the greatest dynasty in baeball history.

(including nine world championships) from 1949 to 1964