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1989 Atlanta Braves season

Field	Value
name	Atlanta Braves
season	1989
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
city	Atlanta
record	63–97 (.394)
divisional_place	6th
owners	Ted Turner
general_managers	Bobby Cox
managers	Russ Nixon
television	WTBS
Superstation WTBS
radio	WSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton)

Superstation WTBS (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.
March 29, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Toronto Blue Jays.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Gerónimo Berroa
Jeff Blauser
Jody Davis
Ron Gant
Tom Glavine
Dale Murphy
Gerald Perry
Lonnie Smith
Andrés Thomas

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).
August 12, 1989: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Braves.
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.
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.

Roster

1989 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	78	231	39	.169	4	19
1B	72	266	67	.252	4	21
2B	134	473	131	.277	8	40
3B	142	456	123	.270	12	46
SS	141	554	118	.213	13	57
LF	134	482	152	.315	21	79
CF	154	574	131	.228	20	84
RF	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
	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
	81	136	36	.265	2	9
Ed Whited	36	74	12	.162	1	4
Mark Lemke	14	55	10	.182	2	10
	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
	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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansda01.shtml Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference]
"Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference.
"1989 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithza01.shtml Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cabrefr01.shtml Francisco Cabrera page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/assenpa01.shtml 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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