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1989 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990

63-97, Finished 6th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Russ Nixon (63-97)
Scored 584 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-91

Ballparks: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Attendance: 984,930 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102

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1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Jim Acker 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 24, 1958 7 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $688,000
Jay Aldrich 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Apr 14, 1961 2 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jose Alvarez 33 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 12, 1956 4 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $125,000
Paul Assenmacher 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 10, 1960 4 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $271,000
Bruce Benedict 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 18, 1955 12 66 56 66 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.6 $395,000
Geronimo Berroa 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 18, 1965 1st 81 26 81 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 34 51 0 0.7 $70,500
Jeff Blauser 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 8, 1965 3 142 113 142 138 0 0 0 39 78 30 0 2 0 2 11 2 1.2 $82,000
Terry Blocker 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Aug 18, 1959 3 26 1 26 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 20 0 -0.2 $
Joe Boever 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 4, 1960 5 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $167,000
Francisco Cabrera 22 R R 6' 4" 195 Oct 10, 1966 1st 4 3 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Tony Castillo 26 L L 5' 10" 177 Mar 1, 1963 2 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Marty Clary 27 R R 6' 4" 190 Apr 3, 1962 2 18 17 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $68,000
Jody Davis 32 R R 6' 4" 192 Nov 12, 1956 9 78 62 78 73 0 72 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.9 $886,667
Drew Denson 23 B R 6' 5" 210 Nov 16, 1965 1st 12 9 12 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gary Eave 25 R R 6' 4" 200 Jul 22, 1963 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Mark Eichhorn 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 21, 1960 5 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Darrell Evans 42 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 21 107 70 107 74 0 0 51 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 -1.1 $415,000
Ron Gant 24 R R 6' 0" 172 Mar 2, 1965 3 75 64 75 67 0 0 0 0 53 0 2 14 0 16 8 2 -0.7 $
Tom Glavine 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1966 3 30 29 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3 $117,500
Tommy Greene 22 R R 6' 5" 225 Apr 6, 1967 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tommy Gregg 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 29, 1963 3 102 60 102 83 0 0 37 0 0 0 7 2 41 50 29 1 -0.3 $82,000
Dwayne Henry 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 16, 1962 6 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dion James 26 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 9, 1962 6 63 46 63 54 0 0 8 0 0 0 26 1 23 50 17 0 0.5 $400,000
David Justice 23 L L 6' 3" 195 Apr 14, 1966 1st 16 14 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 16 0 1 0.2 $
Mark Lemke 23 B R 5' 10" 167 Aug 13, 1965 2 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Derek Lilliquist 23 L L 6' 0" 200 Feb 20, 1966 1st 36 30 36 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $68,000
Kelly Mann 21 R R 6' 3" 215 Aug 17, 1967 1st 7 7 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Oddibe McDowell 26 L L 5' 9" 165 Aug 25, 1962 5 76 66 76 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 68 8 2 2.0 $
Kent Mercker 21 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 1, 1968 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
John Mizerock 28 L R 5' 11" 190 Dec 8, 1960 4 11 7 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dale Murphy 33 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 12, 1956 14 154 151 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 70 152 3 0 1.4 $2,000,000
Gerald Perry 28 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 30, 1960 7 72 70 72 72 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $662,500
Charlie Puleo 34 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 7, 1955 8 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Rusty Richards 24 L R 6' 4" 200 Jan 27, 1965 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ed Romero 31 R R 5' 11" 160 Dec 9, 1957 11 7 5 7 7 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
John Russell 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Jan 5, 1961 6 74 37 74 63 1 45 2 0 2 0 1 0 14 15 19 5 -0.5 $145,000
Lonnie Smith 33 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 22, 1955 12 134 129 134 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 132 4 0 8.7 $400,000
Pete Smith 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1966 3 29 27 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.8 $275,000
Zane Smith 28 L L 6' 2" 185 Dec 28, 1960 6 21 17 21 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -1.3 $650,000
John Smoltz 22 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 2 33 29 33 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4.0 $86,000 All-Star
Mike Stanton 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 2, 1967 1st 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $68,000
Andres Thomas 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Nov 10, 1963 5 141 137 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.6 $510,000
Jeff Treadway 26 L R 5' 10" 170 Jan 22, 1963 3 134 121 134 127 0 0 0 123 6 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.8 $95,000
Sergio Valdez 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 7, 1964 2 19 1 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $68,000
Jeff Wetherby 25 L L 6' 2" 195 Oct 18, 1963 1st 52 2 52 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 9 45 0 0.1 $68,000
Ed Whited 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 9, 1964 1st 36 19 36 31 0 0 3 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 -0.6 $68,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Oddibe McDowell

Dale Murphy

Jeff Blauser

Ron Gant

John Russell

Jody Davis

Jody Davis
John Mizerock

Drew Denson

Dion James
Ed Whited

Darrell Evans

Jeff Wetherby

Andres Thomas

Jeff Treadway
Ed Whited

Tommy Gregg

Mark Lemke

Geronimo Berroa

Terry Blocker
Francisco Cabrera
Ed Romero

Bruce Benedict

Geronimo Berroa

David Justice

Derek Lilliquist

Pete Smith

Lonnie Smith

Gerald Perry

John Smoltz

Paul Assenmacher
Mike Stanton

Tommy Greene

Zane Smith
Sergio Valdez

Tony Castillo

Joe Boever

Jim Acker
Kelly Mann

Jose Alvarez

Jay Aldrich

Charlie Puleo

Dwayne Henry

Tom Glavine

Marty Clary
Gary Eave

Mark Eichhorn

Kent Mercker

Rusty Richards

1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers