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Nixon was unable to turn the Braves' fortunes around in 1989 and through the first 65 games of 1990, seasons in which the Braves lost 97 games each while seeing young pitchers such as Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Steve Avery make the roster. On June 22, 1990, Cox fired Nixon and took over as field manager himself.
The Brewers completed the deal by sending Jay Aldrich to the Braves on September 1. [5] August 24, 1989: Jim Acker was traded by the Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tony Castillo and Francisco Cabrera. [6] August 24, 1989: Paul Assenmacher was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for players to be named later.
Manager Notes Atlanta Braves: Russ Nixon: 2nd season as Braves manager Chicago Cubs: Don Zimmer: Won NL East Cincinnati Reds: Pete Rose, Tommy Helms: Houston Astros: Art Howe: First season as Astros manager Los Angeles Dodgers: Tommy Lasorda: Montreal Expos: Buck Rodgers: New York Mets: Davey Johnson: Philadelphia Phillies: Nick Leyva: First ...
The 138-game schedule will include 69 home dates, comprising 12 homestands. Columbus will host the following teams on these dates: Montgomery Biscuits on May 20-25, July 4-6 and Sept. 2-7
Joe Torre was the next manager to manage the Braves into the postseason, but like Harris, led the team into the NLCS with a losing result. [10] Bobby Cox was the manager of the Braves from 1990 till 2010. Under his leadership the Braves made the postseason 15 times, winning five National League championships and one World Series title in 1995. [11]
The 1991 Atlanta Braves season was the 26th in Atlanta and the 121st overall. They became the first team in the National League to go from last place one year to first place the next , doing so after remaining 9.5 games out of first at the All Star break.
Pages in category "Atlanta Braves managers" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Russ Nixon; R. Connie Ryan; S. Ken Silvestri; Brian ...
The Arizona Diamondbacks, who like the Braves and Mets finished 89-73 but lost tiebreakers to both teams, ensuring their reign as NL champions ends after one year. A look at the playoff field: