1994 Atlanta Braves season

1994 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record68–46 (.596)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersTed Turner
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionWTBS
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
SportSouth
(Ernie Johnson, Ernie Johnson, Jr.)
RadioWGST
(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.

Maddux pitching for the Braves in 1994

Offseason

  • October 15, 1993: Jerry Willard was released by the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • October 25, 1993: Marvin Freeman was released by the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • November 18, 1993: Jarvis Brown was selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves from the San Diego Padres.[3]
  • November 24, 1993: Francisco Cabrera was released by the Atlanta Braves.[4]
  • November 26, 1993: Charlie O'Brien was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[5]
  • February 10, 1994: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[6]

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
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Montreal Expos 74 40 .649 — 32‍–‍20 42‍–‍20
Atlanta Braves 68 46 .596 6 31‍–‍24 37‍–‍22
New York Mets 55 58 .487 18½ 23‍–‍30 32‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies 54 61 .470 20½ 34‍–‍26 20‍–‍35
Florida Marlins 51 64 .443 23½ 25‍–‍34 26‍–‍30
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 74 40 .649
Cincinnati Reds 66 48 .579
Los Angeles Dodgers 58 56 .509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 68 46 0.597 —
Houston Astros 66 49 0.574 21⁄2
New York Mets 55 58 0.487 121⁄2
San Francisco Giants 55 60 0.478 131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 54 61 0.470 141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals 53 61 0.465 15
Pittsburgh Pirates 53 61 0.465 15
Colorado Rockies 53 64 0.453 161⁄2
Florida Marlins 51 64 0.444 171⁄2
Chicago Cubs 49 64 0.434 181⁄2
San Diego Padres 47 70 0.402 221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 4–2 5–5 8–2 8–4 3–3 6–0 4–5 5–4 6–3 3–9 6–1 5–1 5–7
Chicago 2–4 — 5–7 6–6 4–5 4–8 3–3 2–4 1–4 1–6 5–5 6–3 5–4 5–5
Cincinnati 5–5 7–5 — 4–4 7–5 4–6 3–6 4–2 2–4 4–2 9–3 8–2 7–2 2–2–1
Colorado 2–8 6–6 4–4 — 3–9 5–5 4–6 4–2 5–1 2–4 2–3 5–5 3–7 8–4
Florida 4–8 5–4 5–7 9–3 — 2–4 3–3 2–7 6–4 4–6 1–6 5–1 2–4 3–7
Houston 3–3 8–4 6–4 5–5 4–2 — 1–8 2–4 3–3 5–1 8–4 5–5 8–2 8–4
Los Angeles 0–6 3–3 6–3 6–4 3–3 8–1 — 3–9 6–6 7–5 3–3 6–4 5–5 2–4
Montreal 5–4 4–2 2–4 2–4 7–2 4–2 9–3 — 4–3 5–4 8–2 12–0 5–7 7–3
New York 4–5 4–1 4–2 1–5 4–6 3–3 6–6 3–4 — 4–6 4–5 6–6 6–6 6–3
Philadelphia 3-6 6–1 2–4 4–2 6–4 1–5 5–7 4–5 6–4 — 5–4 4–8 4–8 4–3
Pittsburgh 9–3 5–5 3–9 3–2 6–1 4–8 3–3 2–8 5–4 4–5 — 3–3 1–5 5–5
San Diego 1–6 3–6 2–8 5–5 1–5 5–5 4–6 0–12 6–6 8–4 3–3 — 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 1–5 4–5 2–7 7–3 4–2 2–8 5–5 7–5 6–6 8–4 5–1 2–5 — 2–4
St. Louis 7–5 5–5 2–2–1 4–8 7–3 4–8 4–2 3–7 3–6 3–4 5–5 2–4 4–2 —


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

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

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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]

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