1989 Atlanta Braves season

The 1989 Atlanta Braves season was the 119th in franchise history and their 24th in Atlanta.

1989 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record63–97 (.394)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Ted Turner
General manager(s)Bobby Cox
Manager(s)Russ Nixon
Local televisionWTBS
Superstation WTBS
Local radioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton)
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Offseason
  • December 23, 1988: Darrell Evans was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[1]
  • March 29, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Toronto Blue Jays. [2]

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9270 0.568 — 53–28 39–42
San Diego Padres 8973 0.549 3 46–35 43–38
Houston Astros 8676 0.531 6 47–35 39–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 7783 0.481 14 44–37 33–46
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 17 38–43 37–44
Atlanta Braves 6397 0.394 28 33–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1989 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4-88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–82–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10—3–95–713–5
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–37–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–1310–25–7—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1989 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
CJody Davis7823139.169419
1BGerald Perry7226667.252421
2BJeff Treadway134473131.277840
3BJeff Blauser142456123.2701246
SSAndrés Thomas141554118.2131357
LFLonnie Smith134482152.3152179
CFDale Murphy154574131.2282084
RFTommy Gregg10227667.243623

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Darrell Evans10727657.2071139
Gerónimo Berroa8113636.26529
David Justice165112.23513

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Sergio Valdez191206.0626

Award winners

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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 Fred Koenig
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Procopio
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Cloyd Boyer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Richmond[8]

References
  1. Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference
  2. "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1989&t=ATL
  4. Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference
  5. Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
  6. Francisco Cabrera page at Baseball Reference
  7. Paul Assenmacher page at Baseball Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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