1990 Atlanta Braves season

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1990 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record65–97 (.401)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Ted Turner
General manager(s)Bobby Cox, John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Russ Nixon, Bobby Cox
Local televisionWTBS
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton)
SportSouth
(Ernie Johnson)
Local radioWSB
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Dave O'Brien)
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The 1990 Atlanta Braves season was the team's 25th season in Atlanta, the 115th in franchise history as a member of the National League and the 120th season overall. The Braves went 65–97, en route to their sixth-place finish in the NL West, 26 games behind the World Champion Cincinnati Reds, and ending up with the worst record that year. On June 23, Bobby Cox replaced Russ Nixon as the team's manager, a job Cox would hold for the next two decades.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

  • July 4, 1990: Ron Gant had 6 RBIs in one game against the New York Mets.
  • David Justice won the National League Rookie of the Year Award.

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

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NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 91 71 0.562 — 46–35 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 86 76 0.531 5 47–34 39–42
San Francisco Giants 85 77 0.525 6 49–32 36–45
Houston Astros 75 87 0.463 16 49–32 26–55
San Diego Padres 75 87 0.463 16 37–44 38–43
Atlanta Braves 65 97 0.401 26 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents[]

1990 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 6–6 8–10 5–13 6–12 6–6 4–8 5–7 5–7 8–10 5–13 7–5
Chicago 6–6 — 4–8 6–6 3–9 11–7 9–9 11–7 4–14 8–4 7–5 8–10
Cincinnati 10–8 8–4 — 11–7 9–9 9–3 6–6 7–5 6–6 9–9 7–11 9–3
Houston 13–5 6–6 7–11 — 9–9 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7 4–14 10–8 6–6
Los Angeles 12–6 9–3 9–9 9–9 — 6–6 5–7 8–4 4–8 9–9 8–10 7–5
Montreal 6–6 7–11 3–9 7–5 6–6 — 8–10 10–8 13–5 7–5 7–5 11–7
New York 8–4 9–9 6–6 7–5 7–5 10–8 — 10–8 10–8 5–7 7–5 12–6
Philadelphia 7-5 7–11 5–7 7–5 4–8 8–10 8–10 — 6–12 7–5 8–4 10–8
Pittsburgh 7–5 14–4 6–6 7–5 8–4 5–13 8–10 12–6 — 10–2 8–4 10–8
San Diego 10–8 4–8 9–9 14–4 9–9 5–7 7–5 5–7 2–10 — 7–11 3–9
San Francisco 13–5 5–7 11–7 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 4–8 4–8 11–7 — 9–3
St. Louis 5–7 10–8 3–9 6–6 5–7 7–11 6–12 8–10 8–10 9–3 3–9 —


Notable transactions[]

  • April 30, 1990: Sergio Valdez was selected off waivers from the Braves by the Cleveland Indians.[4]
  • May 2, 1990: Greg Tubbs was traded by the Braves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rico Rossy.[5]
  • July 12, 1990: Derek Lilliquist was traded by the Braves to the San Diego Padres for Mark Grant.[6]
  • July 23, 1990: Marvin Freeman was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Braves for Joe Boever.[7]
  • August 3, 1990: Dale Murphy was traded by the Braves with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later and Jeff Parrett. The Braves sent Tommy Greene (August 9, 1990) to the Phillies to complete the trade. The Phillies sent Jim Vatcher (August 9, 1990) and Víctor Rosario (September 4, 1990) to the Braves to complete the trade.[8]
  • August 16, 1990: Billy Taylor was signed as a Free Agent by the Braves.[9]

Draft picks[]

  • June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Chipper Jones was drafted by the Braves in the 1st round.[10]
    • Joe Ayrault was drafted by the Braves in the 5th round.[11]

Roster[]

1990 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  6 Bobby Cox (June 23rd-end of season)
  •  2 Russ Nixon (through June 22)

Coaches

  • 39 Bruce Dal Canton (pitching) (through June 22)
  • 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching) (June 23rd-end of season)
  • 22 Jimy Williams (third base)
  • 28 Clarence Jones (hitting)
  • 26 Roy Majtyka (assistant)
  • 55 Brian Snitker (bullpen)
  •  9 Bobby Wine (first base) (through June 22)
  • 39 Pat Corrales (first base) (June 23-end of season)

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 Greg Olson 100 298 78 .262 7 36
1B David Justice 127 439 124 .282 28 78
2B Jeff Treadway 128 474 134 .283 11 59
SS Jeff Blauser 115 386 104 .269 8 39
3B Jim Presley 140 541 131 .242 19 72
LF Lonnie Smith 135 466 142 .305 9 42
CF Ron Gant 152 575 174 .303 32 84
RF Dale Murphy 97 349 81 .232 17 55

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Oddibe McDowell 113 305 74 .243 7 25
Andres Thomas 84 278 61 .219 5 30
Mark Lemke 102 239 54 .226 0 21
Tommy Gregg 124 239 63 .264 5 32
Ernie Whitt 67 180 31 .172 2 10
Francisco Cabrera 63 137 38 .277 7 25
Jimmy Kremers 29 73 8 .110 1 2
Mike Bell 36 45 11 .244 1 5
Nick Esasky 9 35 6 .171 0 0
Alexis Infante 20 28 1 .036 0 0
Jody Davis 12 28 2 .071 0 1
Kelly Mann 11 28 4 .143 1 2
Jim Vatcher 21 27 7 .259 0 3
Víctor Rosario 9 7 1 .143 0 0
Geronimo Berroa 7 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Smoltz 34 231.1 14 11 3.85 170
Tom Glavine 33 214.1 10 12 4.28 129
Charlie Leibrandt 24 162 9 11 3.16 76
Pete Smith 13 77 5 6 4.79 56
Derek Lilliquist 12 61.2 2 8 6.28 34
Paul Marak 7 39 1 2 3.69 15

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Marty Clary 33 101.2 1 10 5.67 44
Steve Avery 21 99 3 11 5.64 75
Tommy Greene 5 12.1 1 0 8.03 4

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tony Castillo 52 5 1 1 4.23 64
Rick Luecken 36 1 4 1 5.77 35
Kent Mercker 36 4 7 7 3.17 39
Dwayne Henry 34 2 2 0 5.63 34
Joe Boever 33 1 3 8 4.68 35
Mark Grant 33 1 2 3 4.64 40
Joe Hesketh 31 0 2 5 5.81 21
Charlie Kerfeld 25 3 1 2 5.58 27
Jeff Parrett 20 1 1 1 3.00 17
Marvin Freeman 9 1 0 0 1.72 12
Mike Stanton 7 0 3 2 18.00 7
Sergio Valdez 6 0 0 0 6.75 3
Doug Sisk 3 0 0 0 3.86 1
Rusty Richards 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Award winners[]

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Greg Olson, Catcher

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League

[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Gerald Perry page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ricky Trlicek page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Sergio Valdez page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Derek Lilliquist page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Marvin Freeman page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Dale Murphy page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ 1990 MLB Draft Round 1 at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Joe Ayrault page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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