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1994 Atlanta Braves season

Field	Value
name	Atlanta Braves
season	1994
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
city	Atlanta
record	68–46 (.596)
divisional_place	2nd
owners	Ted Turner
general_managers	John Schuerholz
managers	Bobby Cox
television	WTBS
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
SportSouth
(Ernie Johnson, Ernie Johnson, Jr.)
radio	WGST
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)

TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) SportSouth (Ernie Johnson, Ernie Johnson, Jr.) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) |}} The 1994 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 124th in existence and their 29th in Atlanta. After trading the two-sport athlete Deion Sanders, experts predicted that the Atlanta Braves were going to have their worst season since 1935. The Braves' records reflect just how successful that year was, although it was curtailed due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. The Braves played a total of 114 games; they won 68 and lost 46. The Braves finished their 1994 season with a winning percentage of .596, ranking the Braves third overall in MLB, although they were six games behind the Montreal Expos in the NL East.

Offseason

October 15, 1993: Jerry Willard was released by the Atlanta Braves.
October 25, 1993: Marvin Freeman was released by the Atlanta Braves.
November 18, 1993: Jarvis Brown was selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves from the San Diego Padres.
November 24, 1993: Francisco Cabrera was released by the Atlanta Braves.
November 26, 1993: Charlie O'Brien was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
February 10, 1994: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Braves had compiled a 68–46 record through 114 games. They were leading the 1994 NL Wildcard Race over the Houston Astros by 2.5 games. The Braves had scored 542 runs (4.75 per game) and allowed 448 runs (3.93 per game).

Braves' pitching was perhaps the best in the Majors in 1994: they gave up only 76 home runs in 114 games, the fewest home runs allowed among all 28 teams and they allowed only 929 hits, also the fewest among all 28 teams. Furthermore, they led the MLB in most strikeouts (865) and allowed the fewest runs (448) and earned runs (407).

Opening Day starters

Jeff Blauser
Ryan Klesko
Mark Lemke
Fred McGriff
Charlie O'Brien
Terry Pendleton
Deion Sanders
John Smoltz
Tony Tarasco

Notable transactions

May 29, 1994: Deion Sanders was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Cincinnati Reds for Roberto Kelly and Roger Etheridge (minors).

Roster

1994 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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	Javy López	80	277	68	.245	13	35
1B	Fred McGriff	113	424	135	.318	34	94
2B	Mark Lemke	104	350	103	.294	3	31
SS	Jeff Blauser	96	380	98	.258	6	45
3B	Terry Pendleton	77	309	78	.252	7	30
LF	Ryan Klesko	92	245	68	.278	17	47
CF	Roberto Kelly	63	255	73	.286	6	24
RF	David Justice	104	352	110	.313	19	59

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
Deion Sanders	46	191	55	.288	4	21
Dave Gallagher	89	152	34	.224	2	14
Charlie O'Brien	51	152	37	.243	8	28
Tony Tarasco	87	132	36	.273	5	19
Rafael Belliard	46	120	29	.242	0	9
Bill Pecota	64	112	24	.214	2	16
Mike Kelly	30	77	21	.273	2	9
José Oliva	19	59	17	.288	6	11
Jarvis Brown	17	15	2	.133	1	1
Mike Mordecai	4	4	1	.250	1	3

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
Greg Maddux	25	202.0	16	6	1.56	156
Tom Glavine	25	165.1	13	9	3.97	140
Steve Avery	24	151.2	8	3	4.04	122
John Smoltz	21	134.2	6	10	4.14	113
Kent Mercker	20	112.1	9	4	3.45	111
Brad Woodall	1	6.0	0	1	4.50	2

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
Greg McMichael	51	4	6	21	3.84	47
Mark Wohlers	51	7	2	1	4.59	58
Mike Stanton	49	3	1	3	3.55	35
Steve Bedrosian	46	0	2	0	3.33	43
Mike Bielecki	19	2	0	0	4.00	18
Gregg Olson	16	0	2	1	9.20	10
Milt Hill	10	0	0	0	7.94	10

Award winners

Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove
Greg Maddux, P, National League Cy Young Award
Greg Maddux, The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
Fred McGriff, 1B, Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

David Justice, OF, starter
Greg Maddux, P, starter
Fred McGriff, 1B, reserve

Farm system

References

"Jerry Willard Stats".
"Marvin Freeman Stats".
"Jarvis Brown Stats".
"Francisco Cabrera Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
"Mike Bielecki Stats".
"1994 National League Season Summary".
"1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=ATL 1994 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandede02.shtml Deion Sanders Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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