1989 Atlanta Braves season explained

Atlanta Braves
Season:	1989
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
City:	Atlanta
Record:	63–97 (.394)
Divisional Place:	6th
Owners:	Ted Turner
General Managers:	Bobby Cox
Managers:	Russ Nixon
Television:	WTBS Superstation WTBS
Radio:	WSB (Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton)

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.^[1]
March 29, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Toronto Blue Jays. ^[2]

July 2, 1989: Zane Smith was traded by the Braves to the Montreal Expos for Sergio Valdez, Nate Minchey, and Kevin Dean (minors).^[4]
August 12, 1989: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Braves.^[5]
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.^[6]
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.^[7]

1989 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	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

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
76	280	85	.304	7	24
107	276	57	.207	11	39
75	260	46	.177	9	25
63	170	44	.259	1	11
66	160	31	.194	1	6
74	159	29	.182	2	9
81	136	36	.265	2	9
36	74	12	.162	1	4
14	55	10	.182	2	10
16	51	12	.235	1	3
52	48	10	.208	1	7
12	36	9	.250	0	5
26	31	7	.226	0	1
11	27	6	.222	0	2
7	24	5	.208	0	1
7	19	5	.263	1	1
4	14	3	.214	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
29	208.0	12	11	2.94	168
29	186.0	14	8	3.68	90
32	165.2	8	10	3.97	79
28	142.0	5	14	4.75	115
18	108.2	4	3	3.15	30
17	99.0	1	12	4.45	58
4	26.1	1	2	4.10	17
3	20.2	2	0	1.31	9
2	9.1	0	0	4.82	4

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

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
66	4	11	21	3.94	68
59	0	6	2	2.67	68
49	1	3	0	3.59	64
45	5	5	0	4.35	49
30	3	3	2	2.86	45
20	0	1	7	1.50	27
19	1	2	0	6.06	26
15	1	1	0	4.66	17
12	0	2	1	4.26	16
12	0	1	0	4.82	5
8	1	2	0	2.19	7
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansda01.shtml Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference
Web site: Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics . Baseball Reference. 16 February 2018.
Web site: 1989 Atlanta Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithza01.shtml Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cabrefr01.shtml Francisco Cabrera page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/assenpa01.shtml Paul Assenmacher page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997