1989 Atlanta Braves

63-97 • .394 Win% • 6th in NL W

The 1989 Atlanta Braves went 63-97 (.394) finishing 6th in the NL W division. The club scored 584 runs, allowed 680, and played home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Team leaders included Lonnie Smith (21 HR, 79 RBI) and Tom Glavine (14-8, 3.68 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
97 Losses
.394 Win %
6th Rank
584 R 680 RA
Diff -96

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584 Runs Scored
680 Runs Allowed
-96 Run Diff
1,034K Attendance

📈 vs. 1989 NL Average

Batting Avg .234 5% below the 1989 league average (.246)
OBP .297 5% below the 1989 league average (.312)
SLG .349 4% below the 1989 league average (.365)
Team ERA 3.70 6% worse than the 1989 league average (3.50)
Runs Scored 584 9% below the 1989 league average (639 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,034,808
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Avg per Game 13,098

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1989

Batting Avg

1 Lonnie Smith 0.315 2 Oddibe McDowell 0.304 3 Jeff Treadway 0.277 4 Jeff Blauser 0.270 5 Geronimo Berroa 0.265

Home Runs

1 Lonnie Smith 21 2 Dale Murphy 20 3 Andres Thomas 13 4 Jeff Blauser 12 5 Darrell Evans 11

RBI

1 Dale Murphy 84 2 Lonnie Smith 79 3 Andres Thomas 57 4 Jeff Blauser 46 5 Jeff Treadway 40
1989 Atlanta Braves — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dale Murphy 154 574 60 131 16 0 20 84 65 142 3 0.228
Andres Thomas 141 554 41 118 18 0 13 57 12 62 3 0.213
Lonnie Smith 134 482 89 152 34 4 21 79 76 95 25 0.315
Jeff Treadway 134 473 58 131 18 3 8 40 30 38 3 0.277
Jeff Blauser 142 456 63 123 24 2 12 46 38 101 5 0.270
Oddibe McDowell 76 280 56 85 18 4 7 24 27 37 15 0.304
Darrell Evans 107 276 31 57 6 1 11 39 41 46 0 0.207
Tommy Gregg 102 276 24 67 8 0 6 23 18 45 3 0.243
Gerald Perry 72 266 24 67 11 0 4 21 32 28 10 0.252
Ron Gant 75 260 26 46 8 3 9 25 20 63 9 0.177
Jody Davis 78 231 12 39 5 0 4 19 23 61 0 0.169
Dion James 63 170 15 44 7 0 1 11 25 23 1 0.259
Bruce Benedict 66 160 12 31 3 0 1 6 23 18 0 0.194
John Russell 74 159 14 29 2 0 2 9 8 53 0 0.182
Geronimo Berroa 81 136 7 36 4 0 2 9 7 32 0 0.265
Ed Whited 36 74 5 12 3 0 1 4 6 15 1 0.162
Tom Glavine 30 67 6 10 0 1 0 4 5 20 0 0.149
Derek Lilliquist 36 63 5 12 1 0 0 4 0 12 0 0.190
John Smoltz 33 62 6 7 1 1 1 6 6 23 0 0.113
Mark Lemke 14 55 4 10 2 1 2 10 5 7 0 0.182
David Justice 16 51 7 12 3 0 1 3 3 9 2 0.235
Jeff Wetherby 52 48 5 10 2 1 1 7 4 6 1 0.208
Pete Smith 29 41 2 4 0 1 0 3 4 9 0 0.098
Drew Denson 12 36 1 9 1 0 0 5 3 9 1 0.250
Terry Blocker 26 31 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0.226
Marty Clary 18 31 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.161
Zane Smith 21 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.179
John Mizerock 11 27 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.222
Kelly Mann 7 24 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.208
Ed Romero 7 19 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.263
Francisco Cabrera 4 14 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.214
Tommy Greene 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.100
Jim Acker 59 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Gary Eave 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jose Alvarez 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rusty Richards 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Paul Assenmacher 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mark Eichhorn 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jay Aldrich 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Boever 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Castillo 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kent Mercker 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Puleo 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sergio Valdez 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Dwayne Henry 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Stanton 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1989

ERA

1 Jim Acker 2.67 2 Jose Alvarez 2.86 3 John Smoltz 2.94 4 Marty Clary 3.15 5 Paul Assenmacher 3.59

Wins

1 Tom Glavine 14 2 John Smoltz 12 3 Derek Lilliquist 8 4 Mark Eichhorn 5 5 Pete Smith 5

Strikeouts

1 John Smoltz 168 2 Pete Smith 115 3 Tom Glavine 90 4 Derek Lilliquist 79 5 Jim Acker 68
1989 Atlanta Braves — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
John Smoltz 12 11 2.94 29 29 0 208.0 160 68 72 168
Tom Glavine 14 8 3.68 29 29 0 186.0 172 76 40 90
Derek Lilliquist 8 10 3.97 32 30 0 165.2 202 73 34 79
Pete Smith 5 14 4.75 28 27 0 142.0 144 75 57 115
Marty Clary 4 3 3.15 18 17 0 108.2 103 38 31 30
Zane Smith 1 12 4.45 17 17 0 99.0 102 49 33 58
Jim Acker 0 6 2.67 59 0 2 97.2 84 29 20 68
Joe Boever 4 11 3.94 66 0 21 82.1 78 36 34 68
Mark Eichhorn 5 5 4.35 45 0 0 68.1 70 33 19 49
Paul Assenmacher 1 3 3.59 49 0 0 57.2 55 23 16 64
Jose Alvarez 3 3 2.86 30 0 2 50.1 44 16 24 45
Sergio Valdez 1 2 6.06 19 1 0 32.2 31 22 17 26
Charlie Puleo 1 1 4.66 15 1 0 29.0 26 15 16 17
Tommy Greene 1 2 4.10 4 4 0 26.1 22 12 6 17
Mike Stanton 0 1 1.50 20 0 7 24.0 17 4 8 27
Gary Eave 2 0 1.31 3 3 0 20.2 15 3 12 9
Dwayne Henry 0 2 4.26 12 0 1 12.2 12 6 5 16
Jay Aldrich 1 2 2.19 8 0 0 12.1 7 3 6 7
Tony Castillo 0 1 4.82 12 0 0 9.1 8 5 4 5
Rusty Richards 0 0 4.82 2 2 0 9.1 10 5 6 4
Kent Mercker 0 0 12.46 2 1 0 4.1 8 6 6 4
Terry Blocker 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 2 0
John Russell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (46)

Jim Acker Jay Aldrich Jose Alvarez Paul Assenmacher Bruce Benedict Geronimo Berroa Jeff Blauser Terry Blocker Joe Boever Francisco Cabrera Tony Castillo Marty Clary +34 more

46 players

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The 1989 Atlanta Braves in brief

The 1989 Atlanta Braves finished 63-97, a .394 winning percentage, placing 6th in the NL West. Runs came in at 584 scored against 680 allowed (-96). Against a league average of .246, the 1989 Atlanta Braves batted .234. Pitchers allowed 3.70 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 3.50. The 1989 Atlanta Braves scored 9% fewer runs than the average club (584 against 639). Attendance at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium totaled 1,034,808 for the year.

For power, Lonnie Smith led the way with 21 homers. Dale Murphy led in RBI with 84. On the mound, Tom Glavine won 14 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was John Smoltz with 168. Joe Boever closed out 21 saves. The 1989 roster runs to 46 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1989 Atlanta Braves

What was the 1989 Atlanta Braves record?
The 1989 Atlanta Braves finished 63-97 (.394 win pct).
Who led the 1989 Atlanta Braves in home runs?
Lonnie Smith led the 1989 Atlanta Braves with 21 home runs.
What was the 1989 Atlanta Braves team ERA?
The 1989 Atlanta Braves posted a team ERA of 3.70.
Did the 1989 Atlanta Braves win the World Series?
No. The 1989 Atlanta Braves did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1989 Atlanta Braves play?
The 1989 Atlanta Braves played home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Who led the 1989 Atlanta Braves in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Lonnie Smith (21 HR, 79 RBI) and Tom Glavine (14-8, 3.68 ERA).
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