1989 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record63–97 (.394)
Divisional place6th
OwnersTed Turner
General managersBobby Cox
ManagersRuss Nixon
TelevisionWTBS
Superstation WTBS
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton)
Seasons

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.[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
San Francisco Giants 9270 0.568 — 53–28 39–42
San Diego Padres 8973 0.549 3 46–35 43–38
Houston Astros 8676 0.531 6 47–35 39–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 7783 0.481 14 44–37 33–46
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 17 38–43 37–44
Atlanta Braves 6397 0.394 28 33–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4–88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–82–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10—3–95–713–5
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–37–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–1310–25–7—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1989 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CJody Davis7823139.169419
1BGerald Perry7226667.252421
2BJeff Treadway134473131.277840
3BJeff Blauser142456123.2701246
SSAndrés Thomas141554118.2131357
LFLonnie Smith134482152.3152179
CFDale Murphy154574131.2282084
RFTommy Gregg10227667.243623

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 McDowell7628085.304724
Darrell Evans10727657.2071139
Ron Gant7526046.177925
Dion James6317044.259111
Bruce Benedict6616031.19416
John Russell7415929.18229
Gerónimo Berroa8113636.26529
Ed Whited367412.16214
Mark Lemke145510.182210
David Justice165112.23513
Jeff Wetherby524810.20817
Drew Denson12369.25005
Terry Blocker26317.22601
John Mizerock11276.22202
Kelly Mann7245.20801
Ed Romero7195.26311
Francisco Cabrera4143.21400

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 Smoltz29208.012112.94168
Tom Glavine29186.01483.6890
Derek Lilliquist32165.28103.9779
Pete Smith28142.05144.75115
Marty Clary18108.2433.1530
Zane Smith1799.01124.4558
Tommy Greene426.1124.1017
Gary Eave320.2201.319
Rusty Richards29.1004.824

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 Mercker24.10012.464

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 Boever66411213.9468
Jim Acker590622.6768
Paul Assenmacher491303.5964
Mark Eichhorn455504.3549
Jose Alvarez303322.8645
Mike Stanton200171.5027
Sergio Valdez191206.0626
Charlie Puleo151104.6617
Dwayne Henry120214.2616
Tony Castillo120104.825
Jay Aldrich81202.197
Terry Blocker10000.000
John Russell10000.000

Award winners

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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 Fred Koenig
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Procopio
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Cloyd Boyer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Richmond[8]

References

  1. ↑ Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "1989 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Francisco Cabrera page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Paul Assenmacher page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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