1990 Atlanta Braves season

The 1990 Atlanta Braves season was the team's 25th season in Atlanta, the 115th in franchise history as a member of the National League and the 120th season overall. The Braves went 65–97, en route to their sixth-place finish in the NL West, 26 games behind the World Champion Cincinnati Reds, and ending up with the worst record that year. On June 22, Bobby Cox replaced Russ Nixon as the team's manager, a job Cox would hold for the next two decades.

1990 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record65–97 (.401)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersTed Turner
General managersBobby Cox, John Schuerholz
ManagersRuss Nixon, Bobby Cox
Local televisionWTBS
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton)
SportSouth
(Ernie Johnson)
Local radioWSB
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Dave O'Brien)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9171 0.562 — 46–35 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 5 47–34 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8577 0.525 6 49–32 36–45
Houston Astros 7587 0.463 16 49–32 26–55
San Diego Padres 7587 0.463 16 37–44 38–43
Atlanta Braves 6597 0.401 26 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents
1990 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–68–105–136–126–64–85–75–78–105–137–5
Chicago 6–6—4–86–63–911–79–911–74–148–47–58–10
Cincinnati 10–88–4—11–79–99–36–67–56–69–97–119–3
Houston 13–56–67–11—9–95–75–75–75–74–1410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–69–39–99–9—6–65–78–44–89–98–107–5
Montreal 6–67–113–97–56–6—8–1010–813–57–57–511–7
New York 8–49–96–67–57–510–8—10–810–85–77–512–6
Philadelphia 7-57–115–77–54–88–108–10—6–127–58–410–8
Pittsburgh 7–514–46–67–58–45–138–1012–6—10–28–410–8
San Diego 10–84–89–914–49–95–77–55–72–10—7–113–9
San Francisco 13–55–711–78–1010–85–75–74–84–811–7—9–3
St. Louis 5–710–83–96–65–77–116–128–108–109–33–9—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1990 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CGreg Olson10029878.262736
1BDavid Justice127439124.2822878
2BJeff Treadway128474134.2831159
SSJeff Blauser115386104.269839
3BJim Presley140541131.2421972
LFLonnie Smith135466142.305942
CFRon Gant152575174.3033284
RFDale Murphy9734981.2321755

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 McDowell11330574.243725
Andres Thomas8427861.219530
Mark Lemke10223954.226021
Tommy Gregg12423963.264532
Ernie Whitt6718031.172210
Francisco Cabrera6313738.277725
Jimmy Kremers29738.11012
Mike Bell364511.24415
Nick Esasky9356.17100
Alexis Infante20281.03600
Jody Davis12282.07101
Kelly Mann11284.14312
Jim Vatcher21277.25903
Víctor Rosario971.14300
Geronimo Berroa740.00000

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 Smoltz34231.114113.85170
Tom Glavine33214.110124.28129
Charlie Leibrandt24162.09113.1676
Pete Smith1377.0564.7956
Derek Lilliquist1261.2286.2834
Paul Marak739.0123.6915

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
Marty Clary33101.21105.6744
Steve Avery2199.03115.6475
Tommy Greene512.1108.034

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 Boever331384.6835
Tony Castillo525114.2364
Rick Luecken361415.7735
Kent Mercker364773.1739
Dwayne Henry342205.6334
Mark Grant331234.6440
Joe Hesketh310255.8121
Charlie Kerfeld253125.5827
Jeff Parrett201113.0017
Marvin Freeman91001.7212
Mike Stanton703218.007
Sergio Valdez60006.753
Doug Sisk30003.861
Rusty Richards100027.000

Award winners

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Greg Olson, catcher

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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 Randy Ingle
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Procopio
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Steve Curry

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References
  1. "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. Gerald Perry page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ricky Trlicek page at Baseball Reference
  4. Sergio Valdez page at Baseball Reference
  5. Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference
  6. Derek Lilliquist page at Baseball Reference
  7. Marvin Freeman page at Baseball Reference
  8. Dale Murphy page at Baseball Reference
  9. Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference
  10. 1990 MLB Draft Round 1 at Baseball Reference
  11. Joe Ayrault page at Baseball Reference
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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