1989 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 85-75
Finish: 3rd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 724
Runs Allowed: 638
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,683,265
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 9th in the National League
AA: 87-50, 2nd in the National League
A: 76-61, 3rd in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Billy Hatcher 28 154 634 95 193 40 7 6 46 52 9 33 56 .304 .346 .418 .764 89.8 17.8 3.2
1B *Will Clark 25 154 579 94 169 50 2 18 77 2 1 53 85 .292 .352 .478 .831 92.9 19.6 2.1
2B *Rance Mulliniks 33 148 562 82 174 41 1 9 78 2 0 48 62 .310 .361 .434 .795 80.3 15.6 6.6
LF  Kevin McReynolds 29 156 569 76 150 43 5 22 101 11 3 51 65 .264 .323 .473 .796 82.8 15.4 2.3
DH *Paul O'Neill 26 155 557 65 136 38 3 22 93 1 3 61 92 .244 .318 .442 .760 79.2 13.7 0.0
3B  Nick Esasky 29 151 532 51 100 30 1 18 61 3 2 34 111 .188 .237 .350 .586 43.9 1.2 5.3
C *Matt Nokes 25 147 512 75 143 17 1 29 97 1 0 42 61 .279 .331 .486 .817 77.7 14.0 8.6
LF *Dan Pasqua 27 149 484 62 112 35 1 14 55 4 1 45 119 .231 .299 .395 .694 56.5 7.9 3.0
SS #Ron Oester 33 115 345 35 88 12 1 3 23 4 0 22 48 .255 .298 .322 .620 34.2 3.6 4.8
2B #Julio Cruz 34 98 248 30 65 10 2 1 16 12 10 34 32 .262 .351 .331 .682 28.2 3.9 1.9
SS  Jody Reed 26 66 173 29 43 13 1 0 19 0 1 10 7 .249 .289 .335 .624 15.6 1.3 3.0
C  Benito Santiago 24 32 106 4 20 4 0 1 12 0 1 0 20 .189 .189 .255 .443 2.9 0.0 1.4
CF #Mike Young 29 31 74 9 13 3 0 1 4 0 0 14 24 .176 .303 .257 .560 6.5 0.2 0.3
LF *Benny Distefano 27 48 84 10 28 6 0 6 17 0 0 3 11 .333 .356 .619 .975 16.2 3.8 0.2
SS *Tim Flannery 31 39 41 5 10 3 0 0 3 1 1 7 6 .244 .347 .317 .664 4.7 0.3 0.6
C  Bob Johnson 29 4 16 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .313 .500 0.7 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 28.4 1647 5516 724 1447 347 25 150 702 93 32 457 803 .262 .319 .416 .735 712.0 118.2 43.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 5 6 4 4 10 2 6 8 5 7 1 4 6 3 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dwight Gooden 24 20 5 .800 33 33 0 237.3 132 52 16 119 312 1.97 26.6
 Andy Rincon 30 11 10 .524 34 34 0 233.3 221 80 5 70 146 3.09 17.3
 Mike Norris 34 10 12 .455 34 34 0 232.7 206 88 23 56 199 3.40 14.0
 Kelly Downs 28 16 8 .667 31 31 0 223.3 200 71 15 87 138 2.86 18.5
 Jim Beattie 34 8 6 .571 21 21 0 131.0 124 61 12 58 82 4.19 6.4
 Donnie Moore 35 5 9 .357 60 0 24 90.3 108 50 14 33 44 4.98 3.1
 John Smoltz 22 4 10 .286 66 2 14 79.3 78 44 10 31 55 4.99 3.8
 Luis Aponte 36 3 6 .333 57 0 2 78.7 88 49 12 23 53 5.61 0.5
 Chris Bosio 26 4 2 .667 36 0 1 64.3 73 34 9 11 29 4.76 2.5
*David Wells 26 3 7 .300 50 5 1 56.7 79 50 12 10 28 7.94 0.0
 Jay Baller 28 1 0 1.000 7 0 1 11.0 13 6 2 3 7 4.91 0.5
Team Totals 29.4 85 75 .531 429 160 43 1438.0 1322 585 130 501 1093 3.66 93.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 6 6 7 6 5 1 7 3 8 1 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 28.5
M.Nokes 1162.3 127 144 936 43 3 2 .997 34.5
B.Santiago 239.7 29 31 165 8 2 0 .989 40.0
B.Johnson 36.0 4 4 22 3 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1438.0 160 179 1123 54 5 2 .996 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
W.Clark 1329.7 147 153 1531 136 16 150 .990 11.28
J.Cruz 79.0 10 10 95 7 0 7 1.000 11.62
B.Distefano 25.0 3 4 40 2 0 2 1.000 15.12
D.Pasqua 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
T.Flannery 1.3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1438.0 160 170 1671 146 16 160 .991 11.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.55
R.Mulliniks 875.7 99 104 176 364 12 68 .978 5.55
J.Reed 397.3 46 47 87 187 1 43 .996 6.21
J.Cruz 110.0 11 14 22 49 0 13 1.000 5.81
T.Flannery 32.0 2 12 7 11 0 4 1.000 5.06
R.Oester 23.0 2 4 5 10 0 2 1.000 5.87
Team Total 1438.0 160 181 297 621 13 130 .986 5.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.61
N.Esasky 1292.0 148 150 70 278 12 23 .967 2.42
T.Flannery 87.0 7 16 3 22 1 1 .962 2.59
J.Cruz 49.0 5 9 0 12 0 0 1.000 2.20
R.Mulliniks 10.0 0 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1438.0 160 179 73 318 13 24 .968 2.45
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.12
R.Oester 922.0 109 110 130 395 15 76 .972 5.12
R.Mulliniks 325.0 37 38 53 138 6 28 .970 5.29
J.Cruz 118.3 9 26 26 41 0 12 1.000 5.10
J.Reed 62.0 4 13 13 22 1 5 .972 5.08
T.Flannery 9.7 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Distefano 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 192 222 596 22 121 .974 5.12
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.80
K.McReynolds 1281.0 144 147 208 5 3 2 .986 1.50
J.Cruz 90.0 10 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.70
B.Distefano 49.3 4 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.28
M.Young 16.0 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.69
D.Pasqua 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1438.0 160 173 226 5 4 2 .983 1.45
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.35
B.Hatcher 1300.0 146 152 274 7 2 2 .993 1.95
M.Young 120.0 14 19 25 0 1 0 .962 1.88
K.McReynolds 18.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1438.0 160 179 302 7 3 2 .990 1.93
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.95
D.Pasqua 1230.7 142 144 251 10 5 3 .981 1.91
J.Cruz 89.0 8 17 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.62
B.Distefano 70.7 7 14 13 0 1 0 .929 1.66
M.Young 31.0 3 8 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.16
P.O'Neill 14.7 0 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
K.McReynolds 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 190 284 13 6 4 .980 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.96
D.Gooden 237.3 33 33 14 32 1 0 .979 1.74
A.Rincon 233.3 34 34 22 30 3 2 .945 2.01
M.Norris 232.7 34 34 16 33 1 2 .980 1.90
K.Downs 223.3 31 31 13 34 3 2 .940 1.89
J.Beattie 131.0 21 21 11 26 0 1 1.000 2.54
D.Moore 90.3 0 60 9 21 1 2 .968 2.99
J.Smoltz 79.3 2 66 11 20 0 1 1.000 3.52
L.Aponte 78.7 0 57 4 14 1 1 .947 2.06
C.Bosio 64.3 0 36 5 12 0 3 1.000 2.38
D.Wells 56.7 5 50 3 8 1 0 .917 1.75
J.Baller 11.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
Team Total 1438.0 160 429 110 230 11 14 .969 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mulliniks .310
On-Base Pct Mulliniks .361
Slugging Pct Nokes .486
OPS Clark .831
XR Clark 92.9
Games McReynolds 156
At-Bats Hatcher 634
Runs Hatcher 95
Hits Hatcher 193
Total Bases Clark 277
Singles Hatcher 140
Doubles Clark 50
Triples Hatcher 7
Homeruns Nokes 29
RBIs McReynolds 101
Stolen Bases Hatcher 52
Caught Stealing Cruz 10
Walks O'Neill 61
Strikeouts Pasqua 119
ERA Gooden 1.97
Wins Gooden 20
Losses Norris 12
Winning Pct Gooden .800
Saves Moore 24
Games Pitched Smoltz 66
Games Started Norris, Rincon 34
Complete Games Rincon 4
Shutouts Downs, Gooden 2
Innings Pitched Gooden 237.3
Hits Allowed Rincon 221
Homeruns Allowed Norris 23
Strikeouts Gooden 312
Walks Allowed Gooden 119
Walks per 9IP Norris 2.2
Hits per 9IP Gooden 5.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Gooden 11.8
WHiP Gooden 1.06
OAVG Gooden .162
OOBP Gooden .271
OSLG Gooden .281
OOPS Gooden .551
Team All-Stars
Dwight Gooden
Kevin McReynolds
Paul O'Neill
Player Salaries
Rance Mulliniks $ 11,000,000
Mike Norris $ 8,740,000
Andy Rincon $ 7,490,000
Dwight Gooden $ 4,657,143
Jim Beattie $ 3,500,000
Nick Esasky $ 3,178,571
Matt Nokes $ 3,135,714
Kevin McReynolds $ 3,078,571
Luis Aponte $ 2,390,000
Kelly Downs $ 2,070,000
Ron Oester $ 2,020,000
Billy Hatcher $ 1,621,429
Julio Cruz $ 1,135,000
Rick Manning $ 1,040,000
Donnie Moore $ 650,000
Mike Young $ 350,000
Jay Baller $ 350,000
Paul O'Neill $ 300,000
Dan Pasqua $ 300,000
Tim Flannery $ 300,000
Jody Reed $ 300,000
Benito Santiago $ 300,000
Benny Distefano $ 300,000
John Smoltz $ 300,000
Will Clark $ 300,000
Chris Bosio $ 300,000
David Wells $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/4 Released John Cerutti    
3/4 Released John Leister    
3/4 Released Brian Meyer    
3/4 Released Rick Rodriguez    
3/4 Released Mike Gallego    
3/4 Released Don Heinkel    
3/4 Released Dave Schmidt    
3/4 Released Buddy Biancalana    
3/4 Released Mike Richardt    
3/4 Released Tim Hulett    
3/4 Released Doug Baker    
3/4 Released Eric Bullock