· They have also been known as the Redstockings, Beaneaters and Doves.
Eddie Mathews played fifteen seasons for the Braves as their best third baseman where he put numbers that speak for themselves that got him elected into the Hall of Fame in 1978 and they retired his number 41. He made all twelve of his All-Star appearances, led the NL in home runs twice and was on the 1957 World Series Championship team while there. He also finished in the top 10 for many offensive categories in Braves history like having the second most homeruns, second highest WAR for position players, second highest offensive WAR, third most hits, games played, at bats, plate appearances, runs scored, total bases, doubles, RBIs and extra bases hits to name some.
Rabbit Maranville played fifteen seasons for the Braves as their greatest shortstop where he put up numbers speak for themselves that got him elected into the Hall of Fame in 1954 and was on the 1914 World Series Championship team as well. He finished in the top 10 for many offensive categories in Braves history like the most triples, fifth most singles and the second highest defensive WAR to name some.
Chipper Jones played nineteen seasons for the Braves as their second greatest/longest tenured third basemen where he put numbers that speak for themselves that got him elected into the Hall of Fame in 2018 and the Braves retired his number 10. He made the All-Star game eight times, won two NL silver sluggers, won a batting title, won an NL MVP and was on the 1995 World Series Championship team while there. He also finished in the top 10 for many offensive categories in Braves history like having the most walk, second most singles, extra base hits, RBIs, doubles, total bases, hits, runs scored, at bats, plate appearances and games played.
Warren Spahn pitched twenty seasons for the Braves as their best pitcher where he put numbers that speak for themselves that got him elected into the Hall of Fame in 1973 and retired his number 21. He made all seventeen All-Star appearances, led the NL in wins eight times, led the NL in ERA three times, led the NL in strikeouts four times, pitched two no-hitters, won the NL CY Young award once and was on the 1957 World Series Championship team while there. He also finished as the franchise leader in many pitching categories in Braves history like wins, innings pitched, games started and shutouts to name some.
Greg Maddux pitched eleven seasons for the Braves where he put up numbers that speak for themselves that got him elected into the Hall of Fame in 2014 and both the Braves and Cubs retired his number 31. He made six of eight All-Star appearances, won three of four NL CY Young awards, won ten of his eighteen gold gloves, led the majors in wins twice, led the majors in ERA four times and was on the 1995 World Series Championship team while there. He also finished in the top 10 for many pitching categories in Braves history like having the fifth highest WAR for pitchers, fifth most strikeouts and the second best win loss percentage to name some.
Dale Murphy played fifteen seasons for the Braves as their second greatest outfielder where they retired his number 3, won two NL MVPs, made seven All Star games, won five gold gloves, won four silver sluggers, led the NL in home runs twice, led the NL in RBIs twice and won the Roberto Clemente award while there. He also finished in the top 10 for many offensive categories in Braves history like having the fourth most games played, at bats, plate appearances, total bases, homeruns, walks, RBIs and the fourth highest offensive WAR to name some.
Andruw Jones played twelve seasons in the outfield for the Braves as their greatest center fielder where he made all five of his All Star appearances, won ten straight gold gloves, won a silver slugger, led the NL in RBIs, led the majors in home runs once, won the NL Hank Aaron award, was on two NL Pennant teams, was on ten playoff teams and was elected into the Braves Hall of Fame while there. He also finished in the top 10 for many offensive categories in Braves history like having the highest defensive WAR, has the fourth most extra bases, doubles and the fourth highest WAR for position players to name some.
Fred McGriff played five seasons for the Brave as their greatest first basemen where he was on the 1995 World Series Championship team, made three of his five All Star appearances and won one of three his silver slugger awards while there. He also finished with the sixth highest slugging percentage and the seventh highest on base slugging percentage in Braves history. Hopefully he gets elected into the Hall of Fame via the Veterans Committee as his numbers speak for themselves.
Tommy Holmes played ten seasons all over the outfield for the Braves where he made both of his All-Star appearances, led the NL in home runs once, managed them for two seasons and was elected into their Hall of Fame as well while there. He also finished in the top 10 for many offensive categories in Braves history like having the eight most doubles, ninth highest offensive WAR and the eighth highest WAR for position players to name some. Other notable outfielders in Braves history have been Bill Bruton, Claudell Washington, David Justice, Ryan Klesko, Wally Berger, Jeff Francoeur and Hall of Famer Billy Hamilton.
Frank Bolling played six seasons for the Braves as their second best second basemen where he made all four of his All-Star appearances and led NL second basemen in fielding three times while there.
Jeff Blauser played eleven seasons for the Braves all over the infield where he made both of his All-Star appearances, won a silver slugger and was on the 1995 World Series Championship team while there. Other notable infielders in Braves history have been Fred Tenney, John Morrill, Tommy Tucker, Jack Burdock, Bobby Lowe, Herman Long, Glenn Hubbard, Mark Lemke, Ron Gant, Julio Franco, Johnny Logan, Rafael Furcal, Joe Adcock, Earl Torgeson, Freddie Freeman the current first basemen, Martin Prado, Chris Chambliss, Bob Elliot, Terry Pendleton, Gerald Perry and Bob Hoerner.
Del Crandall spent fifteen seasons behind the plate for the Braves as their longest tenured/second best catcher where he made all eleven of his All-Star appearances, won all four of his gold gloves, was on the 1957 World Series Championship team and was elected into their Hall of Fame while there. He also has the sixth highest defensive WAR and played in the tenth most games in Braves history. Other notable catchers in Braves history have been Joe Torre, Bruce Benedict, Ozzie Virgil, Phil Masi and Javy Lopez.
Gene Garber was the Braves closer for ten seasons where he famous for his submarine style and upon his retirement he was fifth all time in MLB history in career appearances. He also finished with the third most saves, fourth most games played and the most games finished in Braves history.
Mark Wohlers was the Braves closer for nine seasons where he made his only All-Star appearance, combined for a no-hitter and was on the 1995 World Series Championship while there. He also finished with the fourth most saves, third most games finished and ninth most games played in Braves history.
Cecil Upshaw was the Braves close for seven seasons where finished with the sixth most saves and the fifth most games finished in their history.
John Rocker was the Braves closer for four seasons where he finished with the fifth most saves and the eight most games finished in their history.
Rick Camp spent nine seasons as the Braves closer where finished with the seventh most saves, the eighth most games played and the sixth most games finished in their history. Other notable relievers in Braves history have been Mike Stanton, Jim Johnson, Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters whom both are active and Billy Wagner.
