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)
Seasons

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Montreal Expos 7440 0.649 — 32–20 42–20
Atlanta Braves 6846 0.596 6 31–24 37–22
New York Mets 5558 0.487 18½ 23–30 32–28
Philadelphia Phillies 5461 0.470 20½ 34–26 20–35
Florida Marlins 5164 0.443 23½ 25–34 26–30
Division leaders W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 7440 0.649
Cincinnati Reds 6648 0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856 0.509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves68460.597—
Houston Astros66490.57421⁄2
New York Mets55580.487121⁄2
San Francisco Giants55600.478131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies54610.470141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.453161⁄2
Florida Marlins51640.444171⁄2
Chicago Cubs49640.434181⁄2
San Diego Padres47700.402221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —4–25–58–28–43–36–04–55–46–33–96–15–15–7
Chicago 2–4—5–76–64–54–83–32–41–41–65–56–35–45–5
Cincinnati 5–57–5—4–47–54–63–64–22–44–29–38–27–22–2–1
Colorado 2–86–64–4—3–95–54–64–25–12–42–35–53–78–4
Florida 4–85–45–79–3—2–43–32–76–44–61–65–12–43–7
Houston 3–38–46–45–54–2—1–82–43–35–18–45–58–28–4
Los Angeles 0–63–36–36–43–38–1—3–96–67–53–36–45–52–4
Montreal 5–44–22–42–47–24–29–3—4–35–48–212–05–77–3
New York 4–54–14–21–54–63–36–63–4—4–64–56–66–66–3
Philadelphia 3-66–12–44–26–41–55–74–56–4—5–44–84–84–3
Pittsburgh 9–35–53–93–26–14–83–32–85–44–5—3–31–55–5
San Diego 1–63–62–85–51–55–54–60–126–68–43–3—5–24–2
San Francisco 1–54–52–77–34–22–85–57–56–68–45–12–5—2–4
St. Louis 7–55–52–2–14–87–34–84–23–73–63–45–52–44–2—

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
CJavy López8027768.2451335
1BFred McGriff113424135.3183494
2BMark Lemke104350103.294331
SSJeff Blauser9638098.258645
3BTerry Pendleton7730978.252730
LFRyan Klesko9224568.2781747
CFRoberto Kelly6325573.286624
RFDavid Justice104352110.3131959

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 Sanders4619155.288421
Dave Gallagher8915234.224214
Charlie O'Brien5115237.243828
Tony Tarasco8713236.273519
Rafael Belliard4612029.24209
Bill Pecota6411224.214216
Mike Kelly307721.27329
José Oliva195917.288611
Jarvis Brown17152.13311
Mike Mordecai441.25013

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 Maddux25202.01661.56156
Tom Glavine25165.11393.97140
Steve Avery24151.2834.04122
John Smoltz21134.26104.14113
Kent Mercker20112.1943.45111
Brad Woodall16.0014.502
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 McMichael5146213.8447
Mark Wohlers517214.5958
Mike Stanton493133.5535
Steve Bedrosian460203.3343
Mike Bielecki192004.0018
Gregg Olson160219.2010
Milt Hill100007.9410

Award winners

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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
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