1990 Atlanta Braves season explained

Atlanta Braves
Season:	1990
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
City:	Atlanta
Record:	65–97 (.401)
Divisional Place:	6th
Owners:	Ted Turner
General Managers:	Bobby Cox, John Schuerholz
Managers:	Russ Nixon, Bobby Cox
Television:	WTBS TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton) SportSouth (Ernie Johnson)
Radio:	WSB (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Dave O'Brien)

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 National League 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.

Offseason

November 20, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was released by the Atlanta Braves.^[1]
December 15, 1989: Gerald Perry and Jim LeMasters (minors) were traded by the Braves to the Kansas City Royals for Charlie Leibrandt and Rick Luecken.^[2]
December 17, 1989: Ricky Trlicek was traded by the Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Ernie Whitt and Kevin Batiste.^[3]

Regular season

July 4, 1990: Ron Gant had 6 RBIs in one game against the New York Mets.
David Justice won the National League Rookie of the Year Award.

Notable transactions

April 30, 1990: Sergio Valdez was selected off waivers from the Braves by the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
May 2, 1990: Greg Tubbs was traded by the Braves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rico Rossy.^[5]
July 12, 1990: Derek Lilliquist was traded by the Braves to the San Diego Padres for Mark Grant.^[6]
July 23, 1990: Marvin Freeman was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Braves for Joe Boever.^[7]
August 3, 1990: Dale Murphy was traded by the Braves with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later and Jeff Parrett. The Braves sent Tommy Greene (August 9, 1990) to the Phillies to complete the trade. The Phillies sent Jim Vatcher (August 9, 1990) and Víctor Rosario (September 4, 1990) to the Braves to complete the trade.^[8]
August 16, 1990: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent by the Braves.^[9]

Draft picks

June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball Draft
- Chipper Jones was drafted by the Braves in the 1st round.^[10]
- Joe Ayrault was drafted by the Braves in the 5th round.^[11]

Roster

1990 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	100	298	78	.262	7	36
1B	127	439	124	.282	28	78
2B	128	474	134	.283	11	59
SS	115	386	104	.269	8	39
3B	140	541	131	.242	19	72
LF	135	466	142	.305	9	42
CF	152	575	174	.303	32	84
RF	97	349	81	.232	17	55

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
113	305	74	.243	7	25
84	278	61	.219	5	30
102	239	54	.226	0	21
124	239	63	.264	5	32
67	180	31	.172	2	10
63	137	38	.277	7	25
29	73	8	.110	1	2
36	45	11	.244	1	5
9	35	6	.171	0	0
20	28	1	.036	0	0
12	28	2	.071	0	1
11	28	4	.143	1	2
21	27	7	.259	0	3
9	7	1	.143	0	0
7	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	231.1	14	11	3.85	170
33	214.1	10	12	4.28	129
24	162.0	9	11	3.16	76
13	77.0	5	6	4.79	56
12	61.2	2	8	6.28	34
7	39.0	1	2	3.69	15

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	101.2	1	10	5.67	44
21	99.0	3	11	5.64	75
5	12.1	1	0	8.03	4

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
33	1	3	8	4.68	35
52	5	1	1	4.23	64
36	1	4	1	5.77	35
36	4	7	7	3.17	39
34	2	2	0	5.63	34
33	1	2	3	4.64	40
31	0	2	5	5.81	21
25	3	1	2	5.58	27
20	1	1	1	3.00	17
9	1	0	0	1.72	12
7	0	3	2	18.00	7
6	0	0	0	6.75	3
3	0	0	0	3.86	1
1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Award winners

David Justice, Player of the Month, August
David Justice, National League Rookie of the Year Award

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Greg Olson, catcher

Farm system

References

Notes and References

Web site: Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics . Baseball Reference. 16 February 2018.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryge01.shtml Gerald Perry page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trlicri01.shtml Ricky Trlicek page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valdese01.shtml Sergio Valdez page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lillide01.shtml Derek Lilliquist page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml Marvin Freeman page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murphda05.shtml Dale Murphy page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/taylobi04.shtml Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1990&round=1&draft_type=junreg 1990 MLB Draft Round 1 at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ayraujo01.shtml Joe Ayrault page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997