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.Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference 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).Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference August 12, 1989: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference 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.Francisco Cabrera page at Baseball Reference 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.Paul Assenmacher page at Baseball Reference
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 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: RichmondJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
1989 Atlanta Braves team page at Baseball Reference Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac