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. 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.Gerald Perry page at Baseball Reference December 17, 1989: Ricky Trlicek was traded by the Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Ernie Whitt and Kevin Batiste.Ricky Trlicek page at Baseball Reference

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 30, 1990: Sergio Valdez was selected off waivers from the Braves by the Cleveland Indians.Sergio Valdez page at Baseball Reference May 2, 1990: Greg Tubbs was traded by the Braves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rico Rossy.Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference July 12, 1990: Derek Lilliquist was traded by the Braves to the San Diego Padres for Mark Grant.Derek Lilliquist page at Baseball Reference July 23, 1990: Marvin Freeman was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Braves for Joe Boever.Marvin Freeman page at Baseball Reference 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.Dale Murphy page at Baseball Reference August 16, 1990: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference

Draft picks June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball draft Chipper Jones was drafted by the Braves in the 1st round.1990 MLB Draft Round 1 at Baseball Reference Joe Ayrault was drafted by the Braves in the 5th round.Joe Ayrault page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1990 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Player 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Oddibe McDowell 113 305 74 .243 7 25 Andres Thomas 84 278 61 .219 5 30 Mark Lemke 102 239 54 .226 0 21 Tommy Gregg 124 239 63 .264 5 32 67 180 31 .172 2 10 Francisco Cabrera 63 137 38 .277 7 25 Jimmy Kremers 29 73 8 .110 1 2 Mike Bell 36 45 11 .244 1 5 Nick Esasky 9 35 6 .171 0 0 Alexis Infante 20 28 1 .036 0 0 Jody Davis 12 28 2 .071 0 1 Kelly Mann 11 28 4 .143 1 2 21 27 7 .259 0 3 9 7 1 .143 0 0 Geronimo Berroa 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO John Smoltz 34 231.1 14 11 3.85 170 Tom Glavine 33 214.1 10 12 4.28 129 24 162.0 9 11 3.16 76 Pete Smith 13 77.0 5 6 4.79 56 Derek Lilliquist 12 61.2 2 8 6.28 34 Paul Marak 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Marty Clary 33 101.2 1 10 5.67 44 Steve Avery 21 99.0 3 11 5.64 75 Tommy Greene 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Joe Boever 33 1 3 8 4.68 35 Tony Castillo 52 5 1 1 4.23 64 36 1 4 1 5.77 35 Kent Mercker 36 4 7 7 3.17 39 Dwayne Henry 34 2 2 0 5.63 34 Mark Grant 33 1 2 3 4.64 40 Joe Hesketh 31 0 2 5 5.81 21 Charlie Kerfeld 25 3 1 2 5.58 27 Jeff Parrett 20 1 1 1 3.00 17 Marvin Freeman 9 1 0 0 1.72 12 Mike Stanton 7 0 3 2 18.00 7 6 0 0 0 6.75 3 Doug Sisk 3 0 0 0 3.86 1 Rusty Richards 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

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1990 Atlanta Braves team page at Baseball Reference Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac