1994 Atlanta Braves season

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1994  Atlanta Braves
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
City Atlanta
Record68–46 (.596)
Divisional place2nd
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)
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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.

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Maddux pitching for the Braves in 1994 Greg Maddux pitching.jpg
Maddux pitching for the Braves in 1994

Offseason

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). [7]

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). [8]

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

May 29, 1994: Deion Sanders was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Cincinnati Reds for Roberto Kelly and Roger Etheridge (minors). [10]

Roster

1994 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Montreal Expos 74400.649—32–2042–20
Atlanta Braves 68460.596631–2437–22
New York Mets 55580.48718½23–3032–28
Philadelphia Phillies 54610.47020½34–2620–35
Florida Marlins 51640.44323½25–3426–30
Division leaders		 W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 74400.649
Cincinnati Reds 66480.579
Los Angeles Dodgers 58560.509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 68460.597—
Houston Astros 66490.57421⁄2
New York Mets 55580.487121⁄2
San Francisco Giants 55600.478131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 54610.470141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals 53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates 53610.46515
Colorado Rockies 53640.453161⁄2
Florida Marlins 51640.444171⁄2
Chicago Cubs 49640.434181⁄2
San Diego Padres 47700.402221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —4–25–58–28–43–36–04–55–46–33–96–15–15–7
Chicago 2–4—5–76–64–54–83–32–41–41–65–56–35–45–5
Cincinnati 5–57–5—4–47–54–63–64–22–44–29–38–27–22–2–1
Colorado 2–86–64–4—3–95–54–64–25–12–42–35–53–78–4
Florida 4–85–45–79–3—2–43–32–76–44–61–65–12–43–7
Houston 3–38–46–45–54–2—1–82–43–35–18–45–58–28–4
Los Angeles 0–63–36–36–43–38–1—3–96–67–53–36–45–52–4
Montreal 5–44–22–42–47–24–29–3—4–35–48–212–05–77–3
New York 4–54–14–21–54–63–36–63–4—4–64–56–66–66–3
Philadelphia 3-66–12–44–26–41–55–74–56–4—5–44–84–84–3
Pittsburgh 9–35–53–93–26–14–83–32–85–44–5—3–31–55–5
San Diego 1–63–62–85–51–55–54–60–126–68–43–3—5–24–2
San Francisco 1–54–52–77–34–22–85–57–56–68–45–12–5—2–4
St. Louis 7–55–52–2–14–87–34–84–23–73–63–45–52–44–2—

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Javy López 8027768.2451335
1B Fred McGriff 113424135.3183494
2B Mark Lemke 104350103.294331
SS Jeff Blauser 9638098.258645
3B Terry Pendleton 7730978.252730
LF Ryan Klesko 9224568.2781747
CF Roberto Kelly 6325573.286624
RF David Justice 104352110.3131959

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Deion Sanders 4619155.288421
Dave Gallagher 8915234.224214
Charlie O'Brien 5115237.243828
Tony Tarasco 8713236.273519
Rafael Belliard 4612029.24209
Bill Pecota 6411224.214216
Mike Kelly 307721.27329
José Oliva 195917.288611
Jarvis Brown 17152.13311
Mike Mordecai 441.25013

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Greg Maddux 25202.01661.56156
Tom Glavine 25165.11393.97140
Steve Avery 24151.2834.04122
John Smoltz 21134.26104.14113
Kent Mercker 20112.1943.45111
Brad Woodall 16.0014.502
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Greg McMichael 5146213.8447
Mark Wohlers 517214.5958
Mike Stanton 493133.5535
Steve Bedrosian 460203.3343
Mike Bielecki 192004.0018
Gregg Olson 160219.2010
Milt Hill 100007.9410

Award winners

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Grady Little
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Bruce Benedict
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Matt West
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Leon Roberts
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Paul Runge
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Saul
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Max Venable

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Richmond [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jerry Willard Stats".
  2. ↑ "Marvin Freeman Stats".
  3. ↑ "Jarvis Brown Stats".
  4. ↑ "Francisco Cabrera Stats".
  5. ↑ Charlie O'Brien Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Mike Bielecki Stats".
  7. ↑ "1994 National League Season Summary".
  8. ↑ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  9. ↑ 1994 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac
  10. ↑ Deion Sanders Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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