1990 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 67-93
Finish: 3rd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 683
Runs Allowed: 826
Exp W-L: 66-94
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 946,678
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 5th in the National League
AA: 61-76, 11th in the National League
A: 64-73, 9th 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
3B  Nick Esasky 30 154 533 62 116 26 0 21 69 3 1 38 126 .218 .270 .385 .655 58.0 6.5 2.9
CF  Billy Hatcher 29 137 522 82 174 34 6 15 72 41 11 44 47 .333 .389 .508 .897 93.7 24.7 1.6
C *Matt Nokes 26 143 509 55 116 16 1 13 62 0 0 48 56 .228 .298 .340 .638 50.0 4.6 5.4
LF *Benny Distefano 28 144 499 70 131 44 7 10 58 10 4 36 70 .263 .322 .439 .761 69.1 13.5 1.2
SS  Jody Reed 27 146 493 60 142 37 3 0 32 1 0 40 47 .288 .341 .375 .717 58.5 11.3 5.0
LF *Dan Pasqua 28 139 434 54 95 26 1 16 74 5 0 51 140 .219 .299 .394 .693 52.1 7.5 0.9
1B  Luis Medina 27 129 435 54 95 5 0 21 64 3 0 33 103 .218 .274 .375 .649 45.7 4.1 1.7
SS  Tony Perezchica 24 129 378 32 73 29 2 3 34 1 2 32 111 .193 .255 .304 .560 28.0 0.1 4.3
DH *Paul O'Neill 27 90 360 51 97 31 0 13 40 1 1 34 53 .269 .331 .464 .795 51.9 10.7 0.0
LF  Kevin McReynolds 30 78 290 39 85 22 2 10 42 5 0 34 30 .293 .368 .486 .854 48.1 11.4 0.7
2B #Rodney Scott 36 71 219 23 56 6 3 1 21 6 3 28 33 .256 .339 .324 .663 25.1 3.5 1.9
LF  Jerald Clark 26 75 222 31 53 11 1 5 23 11 0 9 44 .239 .274 .365 .638 22.9 2.7 0.1
C  Benito Santiago 25 64 208 22 47 8 0 6 25 1 0 10 31 .226 .264 .351 .615 19.3 1.6 1.8
SS *Tim Flannery 32 86 158 19 25 10 1 2 10 2 1 14 35 .158 .224 .272 .496 8.2 0.0 2.1
1B *Will Clark 26 24 92 12 31 7 0 5 19 1 0 15 12 .337 .430 .576 1.006 20.1 5.8 0.4
CF  Shawn Abner 24 30 81 8 24 10 0 1 10 0 0 0 8 .296 .296 .457 .753 9.2 1.7 0.2
CF #Mike Young 30 20 56 7 10 0 0 2 8 0 0 3 13 .179 .217 .286 .502 3.7 0.0 0.2
C  Dave Roberts 39 11 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .125 .160 .125 .285 -0.5 0.0 0.3
1B *Rob Nelson 26 11 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.1 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 1681 5522 683 1376 323 27 144 664 91 23 470 973 .249 .310 .396 .705 664.4 109.9 30.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 8 9 10 4 9 5 9 8 1 10 7 10 9 8 7 7  
* - 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
 Kelly Downs 29 10 11 .476 34 34 0 205.7 230 92 15 65 125 4.03 11.6
 John Smoltz 23 7 15 .318 33 33 0 193.7 211 115 27 58 132 5.34 4.5
 Kirk McCaskill 29 3 13 .188 31 31 0 174.0 203 100 25 70 105 5.17 2.3
*David Wells 27 6 14 .300 46 19 5 150.7 162 80 14 39 106 4.78 5.5
 Reggie Harris 21 3 6 .333 55 1 1 124.0 131 89 13 82 88 6.46 0.0
 Dwight Gooden 25 8 6 .571 17 17 0 110.3 75 37 12 48 145 3.02 9.3
 Tim Belcher 28 6 4 .600 33 7 2 109.7 117 48 9 36 61 3.94 6.2
 Chris Bosio 27 6 8 .429 77 4 4 107.0 122 61 13 45 54 5.13 3.6
*Eric Bell 26 8 11 .421 65 2 27 92.7 82 47 9 42 51 4.57 10.2
 Mike Norris 35 4 1 .800 11 3 0 62.3 54 26 6 21 43 3.75 4.4
 Jay Baller 29 4 1 .800 27 0 0 52.0 49 24 7 35 34 4.15 3.1
 Dave Eiland 23 2 3 .400 31 1 4 44.7 73 35 8 17 10 7.05 0.0
Team Totals 26.8 67 93 .419 460 152 43 1426.6 1509 754 158 558 954 4.76 60.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 11 11 9 11 9 12 10 11 9 6 12  
* - 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 .992 30.8
M.Nokes 1084.3 120 133 727 52 4 0 .995 33.6
B.Santiago 307.0 36 38 233 18 3 2 .988 30.6
D.Roberts 52.4 9 10 37 2 0 0 1.000 16.7
M.Young 2.3 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.1 165 182 1002 72 7 2 .994 32.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.27
L.Medina 1058.7 124 125 1251 92 7 129 .995 11.42
W.Clark 214.0 24 24 259 19 0 23 1.000 11.69
T.Flannery 50.0 6 7 62 7 2 8 .972 12.42
J.Clark 41.7 4 7 43 3 1 3 .979 9.94
B.Distefano 31.0 1 9 40 2 1 7 .977 12.19
D.Pasqua 19.7 1 7 27 1 0 1 1.000 12.82
R.Nelson 10.7 0 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 7.60
N.Esasky 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1426.6 160 185 1692 125 11 171 .994 11.46
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.58
J.Reed 756.7 89 92 161 330 9 72 .982 5.84
R.Scott 498.4 58 61 106 219 10 50 .970 5.87
T.Flannery 173.3 16 27 24 66 1 13 .989 4.67
T.Perezchica 39.0 4 6 12 24 0 8 1.000 8.31
D.Pasqua 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1476.4 168 187 303 639 20 143 .979 5.74
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.55
N.Esasky 1246.3 143 146 77 260 18 23 .949 2.43
T.Flannery 92.7 9 21 2 33 2 3 .946 3.40
T.Perezchica 56.7 6 9 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.91
R.Scott 5.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.16
D.Roberts 2.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Young 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1405.8 158 181 83 303 20 26 .951 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.13
T.Perezchica 824.7 99 101 120 362 15 73 .970 5.26
J.Reed 443.3 51 52 73 202 10 44 .965 5.58
T.Flannery 131.7 10 31 27 74 1 18 .990 6.90
R.Scott 8.0 0 2 1 3 1 1 .800 4.50
J.Clark 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Pasqua 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Medina 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Young 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Santiago 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.7 160 193 223 643 27 136 .970 5.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.79
K.McReynolds 597.3 67 68 107 4 2 0 .982 1.67
B.Distefano 463.3 55 55 78 4 0 2 1.000 1.59
D.Pasqua 233.3 26 28 34 1 2 1 .946 1.35
M.Young 42.0 5 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Hatcher 27.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
S.Abner 23.0 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
N.Esasky 21.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Clark 19.7 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.92
Team Total 1426.7 160 175 239 9 4 3 .984 1.56
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
B.Hatcher 1122.7 128 130 294 8 4 0 .987 2.42
S.Abner 101.0 11 14 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.23
K.McReynolds 61.0 6 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
M.Young 58.0 6 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
M.Nokes 34.3 4 4 5 0 2 0 .714 1.31
L.Medina 18.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
J.Reed 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Santiago 8.7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
B.Distefano 6.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Scott 4.6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
Team Total 1423.3 160 170 366 9 6 1 .984 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
D.Pasqua 687.3 74 91 141 1 1 1 .993 1.86
B.Distefano 638.7 75 79 137 3 5 2 .966 1.97
S.Abner 40.0 5 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Clark 28.7 3 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
M.Young 17.0 2 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71
P.O'Neill 8.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Roberts 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.6 159 190 298 5 6 3 .981 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
K.Downs 205.7 34 34 12 36 1 4 .980 2.10
J.Smoltz 193.7 33 33 18 33 2 4 .962 2.37
K.McCaskill 174.0 31 31 15 29 2 2 .957 2.28
D.Wells 150.7 19 46 12 20 1 2 .970 1.91
R.Harris 124.0 1 55 5 15 2 1 .909 1.45
D.Gooden 110.3 17 17 3 16 0 1 1.000 1.55
T.Belcher 109.7 7 33 2 17 3 1 .864 1.56
C.Bosio 107.0 4 77 5 14 2 1 .905 1.60
E.Bell 92.7 2 65 3 12 1 1 .938 1.46
M.Norris 62.3 3 11 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.17
J.Baller 52.0 0 27 4 4 0 2 1.000 1.38
D.Eiland 44.7 1 31 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.22
Team Total 1426.6 152 460 85 216 14 22 .956 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hatcher .333
On-Base Pct Hatcher .389
Slugging Pct Hatcher .508
OPS Hatcher .897
XR Hatcher 93.7
Games Esasky 154
At-Bats Esasky 533
Runs Hatcher 82
Hits Hatcher 174
Total Bases Hatcher 265
Singles Hatcher 119
Doubles Distefano 44
Triples Distefano 7
Homeruns Esasky, Medina 21
RBIs Pasqua 74
Stolen Bases Hatcher 41
Caught Stealing Hatcher 11
Walks Pasqua 51
Strikeouts Pasqua 140
ERA Downs 4.03
Wins Downs 10
Losses Smoltz 15
Winning Pct Downs .476
Saves Bell 27
Games Pitched Bosio 77
Games Started Downs 34
Complete Games Belcher, Gooden 1
Shutouts Belcher, Gooden 1
Innings Pitched Downs 205.7
Hits Allowed Downs 230
Homeruns Allowed Smoltz 27
Strikeouts Gooden 145
Walks Allowed Harris 82
Walks per 9IP Smoltz 2.7
Hits per 9IP Smoltz 9.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Smoltz 6.1
WHiP Smoltz 1.39
OAVG Smoltz .278
OOBP Smoltz .329
OSLG Downs .395
OOPS Downs .732
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Dwight Gooden $ 5,850,000
Rodney Scott $ 4,567,843
Kelly Downs $ 4,128,571
Matt Nokes $ 3,664,286
Kevin McReynolds $ 3,542,857
Dave Roberts $ 3,450,901
Nick Esasky $ 3,178,571
Billy Hatcher $ 2,907,143
Paul O'Neill $ 2,414,286
Chris Bosio $ 350,000
Benito Santiago $ 350,000
Mike Young $ 350,000
Benny Distefano $ 350,000
Jay Baller $ 350,000
David Wells $ 350,000
Eric Bell $ 300,000
Tim Belcher $ 300,000
Will Clark $ 300,000
Dave Eiland $ 300,000
Jerald Clark $ 300,000
Tim Flannery $ 300,000
Shawn Abner $ 300,000
Kirk McCaskill $ 300,000
Luis Medina $ 300,000
Rob Nelson $ 300,000
Dan Pasqua $ 300,000
Tony Perezchica $ 300,000
Jody Reed $ 300,000
John Smoltz $ 300,000
Reggie Harris $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Rance Mulliniks Indianapolis Mark Ross
6/1 Traded Mike Norris Pittsburgh Dave Eiland
6/1 Traded Andy Rincon Minnesota Rodney Scott
Dave Roberts
6/1 Released Mark Ross    
7/1 Released Mike Loynd    
7/1 Released Chris Gwynn    
7/1 Released Dann Howitt    
7/1 Released Jeff Sellers