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April 1, 1986: Pascual Pérez was released by the Braves. [6] June 2, 1986: Ben McDonald was drafted by the Braves in the 27th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. [7] June 30, 1986: Claudell Washington and Paul Zuvella were traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Ken Griffey, Sr. and Andre Robertson. [8]
The Braves have retired uniform number 3 in honor of Dale Murphy (1974). [11] Kent Mercker (1986) threw a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1994. [12] Jason Marquis (1996) won the Silver Slugger Award in 2005. [13] Scott Thorman (2000) was the first player ever drafted out of Canada in the first round of the draft by any team.
May 1 – The Atlanta Braves ended the New York Mets' record tying 11-game winning streak 7–2. Some Braves experts call it the highlight of the Braves' 1986 season. The Braves hit 4 home runs by 3 different players including 1978 NL Rookie of the Year Bob Horner. May 2 – The Texas Rangers beat the New York Yankees 7–4.
After a record-setting NCAA College athletic career with the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team, Horner bypassed the minor leagues and moved directly to the major leagues where together with Dale Murphy, he formed a power-hitting tandem for the Atlanta Braves teams of the early 1980s.
1986 MLB season; League: Major League Baseball: Sport: Baseball: Duration: April 7 – October 27, 1986 ... Atlanta Braves: 72: 89 .447 23½ 41–40 31 ...
Truist Park, home field of the Braves since 2017. The Atlanta Braves have completed 152 years of professional baseball, the most in Major League Baseball.Through 2015, the Braves have played 20,994 regular season games in the National League and previously the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, winning 10,595 games and losing 10,399 games, for a winning percentage of .505.
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