1995 Atlanta Braves season

The 1995 Atlanta Braves season was the 125th season in the history of the franchise and 30th season in the city of Atlanta. The team finished the strike-shortened season with a record of 90–54, the best in the National League, en route to winning the World Series. For the sixth straight season, the team was managed by Bobby Cox.^[1]

1995 Atlanta Braves
World Series champions National League champions National League East champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fulton County Stadium
City	Atlanta
Record	90–54 (.625)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Ted Turner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	WTBS TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) SportSouth (Tim Brando, Ernie Johnson, Ernie Johnson, Jr.)
Radio	WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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The Braves started the season in mediocre fashion, posting a 20–17 record up to June 4, putting them in third place behind the Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos. The team went on to win twenty of the last twenty-five games before the All-Star Break to put themselves in first place by four and a half games. In the second half of the season, the Braves pulled away from the rest of the division by going 11–7 over the rest of July and 19–10 in August. The team went on to win the division by twenty-one games. The Braves' 90–54 record was second only to the American League's Cleveland Indians, who went 100–44 on the season.

In the postseason, the Braves beat the Colorado Rockies in the NL Division Series three games to one, then swept the Cincinnati Reds four games to zero to win the NL Championship Series. In the World Series, the Braves beat the Cleveland Indians four games to two, bringing the first World Series championship to the city of Atlanta.^[1]

Through completion of the 2019 MLB season, the Braves are one of three teams out of nine MLB franchises to have first swept their opponent in the League Championship Series (LCS), and subsequently go onto win the World Series; the other teams were the 2019 Washington Nationals and the 2022 Houston Astros. This two-decades-long milestone for Atlanta is based upon the (LCS) becoming a best-of-seven (games) format 10 years earlier, in 1985.

Opening Day starter Greg Maddux led the National League in wins (19) and earned run average (1.63) to secure his fourth consecutive Cy Young Award.^[2][3] Marquis Grissom won a Gold Glove for center field,^[4] and Greg Maddux won his sixth (of thirteen) consecutive Gold Gloves.^[5]

This would be the last World Series title for the Braves until the 2021 season.

1995 would also be the first full season for Chipper Jones as a full-time starter. Jones was scheduled to compete with Ron Gant for the starting Third Base position in 1994, however Gant broke his leg in a dirt bike accident while Jones himself tore his left knee during spring training, forcing the Braves to play veteran infielder Terry Pendleton at third base for the entire season. By the start of the season, Gant was traded to the Reds, while Pendleton was traded to the Marlins. The trades freed up Jones to become the Braves regular third baseman.

Offseason

The Braves 1995 season began without some of the regular contributors of 1994. The team lost Terry Pendleton, Dave Gallagher, and Bill Pecota to free agency. Roberto Kelly and Tony Tarasco were also traded with Esteban Yan to the Montreal Expos for Marquis Grissom. They signed free agents Mike Sharperson, Dwight Smith, and Mike Stanton. The Braves five starting pitchers remained the same from 1994.^[6]

The Braves would also be playing in the brand–new National League East in 1995. The division was formed through realignment prior to the 1994 Major League Baseball season, but division championships were not awarded in 1994 due to the 1994 strike. The division includes the Philadelphia Phillies, the Montreal Expos, the Florida Marlins, and the New York Mets.^[7]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• SS Jeff Blauser
• CF Marquis Grissom
• 3B Chipper Jones
• RF David Justice
• LF Mike Kelly
• 2B Mark Lemke
• C Javy López
• P Greg Maddux
• 1B Fred McGriff

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	54	.625	—	44‍–‍28	46‍–‍26
New York Mets	69	75	.479	21	40‍–‍32	29‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	69	75	.479	21	35‍–‍37	34‍–‍38
Florida Marlins	67	76	.469	22½	37‍–‍34	30‍–‍42
Montreal Expos	66	78	.458	24	31‍–‍41	35‍–‍37

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1995 v t e
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	8–5	9–4	10–3	6–6	5–4	9–4	5–8	7–6	4–2	5–2	7–1	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	3–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	7–5	3–5	4–3	6–1	8–5	5–7	5–7	9–4
Cincinnati	5–8	7–3	—	5–7	6–6	12–1	4–3	8–4	7–5	9–3	8–5	3–6	3–3	8–5
Colorado	4–9	7–6	7–5	—	5–7	4–4	4–9	7–1	5–4	4–2	8–4	9–4	8–5	5–7
Florida	3–10	4–8	6–6	7–5	—	8–4	3–7	6–7	7–6	6–7	5–8	3–2	5–3	4–3
Houston	6–6	8–5	1–12	4–4	4–8	—	3–2	9–3	6–6	5–7	9–4	7–4	5–3	9–4
Los Angeles	4–5	5–7	3–4	9–4	7–3	2–3	—	7–5	6–6	4–9	9–4	7–6	8–5	7–5
Montreal	4–9	5–3	4–8	1–7	7–6	3–9	5–7	—	7–6	8–5	4–4	7–5	7–6	4–3
New York	8–5	3–4	5–7	4–5	6–7	6–6	6–6	6–7	—	7–6	4–3	6–7	5–8	3–4
Philadelphia	6-7	1–6	3–9	2–4	7–6	7–5	9–4	5–8	6–7	—	6–3	6–6	6–6	5–4
Pittsburgh	2–4	5–8	5–8	4–8	8–5	4–9	4–9	4–4	3–4	3–6	—	4–8	6–6	6–7
San Diego	2–5	7–5	6–3	4–9	2–3	4–7	6–7	5–7	7–6	6–6	8–4	—	6–7	7–5
San Francisco	1–7	7–5	3–3	5–8	3–5	3–5	5–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	6–6	7–6	—	7–6
St. Louis	5–7	4–9	5–8	7–5	3–4	4-9	5–7	3–4	4–3	4–5	7–6	5–7	6–7	—

Game log

Legend
Braves Win	Braves Loss	Game Postponed

1995 Regular Season Game Log
April (4–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 1 April 26 Giants 12–5 Maddux (1–0) Mulholland (0–1) 32,045 2:46 1–0 2 April 27 Giants 6–4 Stanton (1–0) Burba (0–1) Clontz (1) 26,120 2:42 2–0 3 April 28 @ Dodgers 1–9 Daal (1–0) Avery (0–1) 51,181 3:08 2–1 4 April 29 @ Dodgers 4–3 McMichael (1–0) Murphy (0–1) 45,885 2:55 3–1 5 April 30 @ Dodgers 6–3 Smoltz (1–0) Martínez (1–1) Clontz (2) 40,785 3:00 4–1
May (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 6 May 2 @ Marlins 7–1 Maddux (2–0) Gardner (0–2) 23,476 3:11 5–1 7 May 3 @ Marlins 6–4 Glavine (1–0) Witt (0–2) Clontz (3) 21,918 3:17 6–1 8 May 4 @ Marlins 6–3 Woodall (1–0) Nen (0–1) McMichael (1) 23,550 2:24 7–1 9 May 5 Phillies 4–9 Green (1–1) Mercker (0–1) Borland (1) 33,296 2:45 7–2 10 May 6 Phillies 1–3 Mimbs (1–0) Smoltz (1–1) Slocumb (3) 37,850 2:57 7–3 11 May 7 Phillies 4–5 Schilling (2–0) Bedrosian (0–1) Slocumb (4) 34,166 2:30 7–4 12 May 8 Phillies 2–3 Abbott (1–0) Glavine (1–1) Slocumb (5) 27,266 2:57 7–5 13 May 9 @ Mets 3–2 McMichael (2–0) Manzanillo (0–1) Clontz (4) 14,882 2:21 8–5 14 May 10 @ Mets 2–5 Henry (1–1) Wohlers (0–1) Franco (3) 12,620 2:54 8–6 15 May 11 @ Mets 3–5 Jones (2–1) Smoltz (1–2) Franco (4) 13,073 2:44 8–7 16 May 12 Reds 4–5 (11) Brentley (1–0) Bedrosian (0–2) 33,106 2:57 8–8 17 May 13 Reds 9–6 Glavine (2–1) Smith (0–1) Borbón (1) 36,058 2:47 9–8 18 May 14 Reds 3–5 (10) Carrasco (1–3) Clontz (0–1) 28,860 3:12 9–9 19 May 15 Rockies 4–0 Mercker (1–1) Olivares (1–2) 27,009 2:24 10–9 20 May 16 Rockies 15–3 Smoltz (2–2) Acevedo (2–1) 25,516 2:35 11–9 21 May 17 Rockies 5–6 Holmes (3–0) Maddux (2–1) Ruffin (6) 27,070 2:41 11–10 22 May 18 Rockies 3–2 McMichael (3–0) Munoz (1–2) Borbón (2) 26,205 2:52 12–10 23 May 19 Marlins 4–0 Avery (1–1) Veres (0–1) 30,275 2:37 13–10 24 May 20 Marlins 8–7 Wohlers (1–1) Nen (0–3) 38,212 3:30 14–10 25 May 21 Marlins 5–1 Smoltz (3–2) Burkett (3–3) 35,141 2:39 15–10 26 May 23 @ Cardinals 7–1 Maddux (3–1) Jackson (0–5) 26,758 2:37 16–10 27 May 24 @ Cardinals 9–5 Glavine (3–1) Frascatore (1–1) 20,413 2:49 17–10 28 May 25 @ Cardinals 1–4 Hill (3–0) Avery (1–2) Henke (9) 23,807 2:26 17–11 29 May 26 @ Astros 8–3 Mercker (2–1) Swindell (3–2) 26,246 3:03 18–11 30 May 27 @ Astros 2–3 (10) Hudek (2–0) Stanton (1–1) 19,257 3:03 18–12 31 May 28 @ Astros 3–1 Maddux (4–1) Kile (1–4) 25,526 2:19 19–12 32 May 29 @ Cubs 2–1 Glavine (4–1) Castillo (3–2) 31,654 2:29 20–12 33 May 31 @ Cubs 1–4 Morgan (1–1) Avery (1–3) Myers (12) 27,372 2:28 20–13
June (15–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 34 June 1 Dodgers 3–6 Valdez (1–2) Mercker (2–2) 27,796 2:19 20–14 35 June 2 Astros 2–7 Drabek (2–3) Smoltz (3–3) 30,041 2:45 20–15 36 June 3 Astros 1–2 (10) Jones (3–0) Wohlers (1–2) Hudek (6) 41,967 2:54 20–16 37 June 4 Astros 2–6 Reynolds (2–4) Glavine (4–2) 29,507 2:46 20–17 38 June 5 Cubs 7–5 Bedrosian (1–2) Hickerson (0–2) Wohlers (1) 27,508 2:43 21–17 39 June 6 Cubs 17–3 Mercker (3–2) Trachsel (2–3) 32,402 2:48 22–17 40 June 7 Cubs 4–3 Smoltz (4–3) Perez (0–3) Wohlers (2) 30,731 2:31 23–17 41 June 9 Cardinals 3–2 (10) McMichael (4–0) Arocha (3–4) 33,231 2:18 24–17 42 June 10 Cardinals 3–7 DeLucia (2–3) Glavine (4–3) 44,956 2:50 24–18 43 June 11 Cardinals 4–8 Habyan (2–1) Avery (1–4) Henke (12) 32,515 2:45 24–19 44 June 13 @ Expos 2–11 Pérez (6–1) Mercker (3–3) 25,492 3:09 24–20 45 June 14 @ Expos 7–3 Smoltz (5–3) Fassero (7–3) 22,339 2:52 25–20 46 June 15 @ Expos 2–0 Maddux (5–1) Martínez (5–2) 25,013 2:25 26–20 47 June 16 @ Rockies 2–0 Glavine (5–3) Swift (1–2) 48,163 2:21 27–20 48 June 17 @ Rockies 7–1 Avery (2–4) Acevedo (3–6) 50,035 2:47 28–20 49 June 18 @ Rockies 9–4 Mercker (4–3) Freeman (2–4) 48,302 2:42 29–20 50 June 19 @ Reds 10–0 Smoltz (6–3) Schourek (4–4) 23,262 2:37 30–20 51 June 20 @ Reds 10–2 Maddux (6–1) Nitkowski (0–1) 23,418 3:14 31–20 52 June 21 @ Reds 1–3 Smiley (6–1) Glavine (5–4) Brantley (10) 23,571 2:22 31–21 53 June 22 @ Reds 8–9 Hernandez (5–0) Borbón (0–1) Brantley (11) 30,497 2:47 31–22 54 June 23 Mets 3–9 Saberhagen (4–2) Mercker (4–4) 38,000 2:17 31–23 55 June 24 Mets 5–4 Smoltz (7–3) Mlicki (4–4) Wohlers (3) 46,121 2:45 32–23 56 June 25 Mets 4–2 Maddux (7–1) Harnisch (1–5) Wohlers (4) 34,120 2:39 33–23 57 June 26 Expos 4–3 Glavine (6–4) Aquino (0–2) Wohlers (5) 31,399 2:25 34–23 58 June 27 Expos 0–3 Henry (3–5) Avery (2–5) Rojas (12) 32,916 1:56 34–24 59 June 28 Expos 4–3 Clontz (1–1) Rojas (1–2) 37,676 2:25 35–24 60 June 30 @ Phillies 1–3 Green (8–4) Smoltz (7–4) Slocumb (20) 32,821 2:40 35–25
July (20–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 61 July 1 @ Phillies 3–1 Maddux (7–1) West (2–2) 33,375 2:25 36–25 62 July 2 @ Phillies 5–3 Glavine (7–4) Mimbs (6–3) Wohlers (6) 35,648 2:44 37–25 63 July 3 @ Phillies 10–4 Avery (3–5) Schilling (5–4) 59,203 2:55 38–25 64 July 4 Dodgers 3–2 Clontz (2–1) Valdez (3–8) Wohlers (7) 49,104 2:26 39–25 65 July 5 Dodgers 4–1 Wohlers (2–2) Astacio (1–7) 36,922 3:01 40–25 66 July 6 Dodgers 1–0 McMichael (5–0) Seánez (1–2) 38,497 2:16 41–25 67 July 7 Giants 8–4 Glavine (8–4) Greer (0–1) 39,482 2:46 42–25 68 July 8 Giants 9–4 Avery (4–5) Portugal (5–3) 49,056 2:17 43–25 69 July 9 Giants 3–2 Wohlers (3–2) Beck (4–3) 37,741 2:33 44–25 – July 11 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas 70 July 12 @ Pirates 1–2 Parris (2–2) Smoltz (7–5) Miceli (11) 9,123 2:13 44–26 71 July 13 @ Padres 4–1 Maddux (9–1) Hamilton (3–3) 15,028 2:22 45–26 72 July 14 @ Padres 6–2 Glavine (9–4) Benes (3–6) 17,027 2:17 46–26 73 July 15 @ Padres 7–6 Clontz (3–1) Florie (2–1) Wohlers (8) 39,737 2:49 47–26 74 July 16 @ Padres 1–3 Dishman (2–2) Mercker (4–5) Hoffman (12) 23,925 2:49 47–27 75 July 18 Pirates 4–5 (10) Dyer (3–1) Wohlers (3–3) Miceli (14) 33,940 3:24 47–28 76 July 19 Pirates 3–2 Maddux (10–1) Loaiza (6–5) Wohlers (9) 35,736 2:20 48–28 77 July 20 Pirates 4–3 Clontz (4–1) Plesac (3–1) 31,661 2:30 49–28 78 July 21 Padres 6–9 Bochtler (1–0) McMichael (5–1) Hoffman (14) 39,888 3:33 49–29 79 July 22 Padres 3–2 Wohlers (4–3) Blair (2–1) 48,827 2:29 50–29 80 July 23 Padres 2–1 Smoltz (8–5) Hamilton (3–5) Wohlers (10) 37,109 2:14 51–29 81 July 24 @ Pirates 3–2 Clontz (5–1) Plesac (3–2) Wohlers (11) 16,142 2:55 52–29 82 July 25 @ Pirates 3–1 (10) Clontz (6–1) Gott (1–3) Stanton (1) 13,864 3:51 53–29 83 July 26 @ Dodgers 0–1 Valdez (7–6) Avery (4–6) Worrell (17) 37,491 2:19 53–30 84 July 27 @ Dodgers 4–9 Cummings (1–0) Mercker (4–6) 36,942 2:37 53–31 85 July 28 @ Giants 6–2 Clontz (7–1) Beck (4–5) 21,090 2:12 54–31 86 July 29 @ Giants 5–1 Maddux (11–1) Mulholland (2–10) 21,772 2:09 55–31 87 July 30 @ Giants 2–3 Brewington (2–0) Glavine (9–5) Beck (17) 32,154 2:38 55–32
August (19–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 88 August 1 Phillies 3–4 Fernandez (2–5) Avery (4–7) Slocumb (25) 38,579 3:05 55–33 89 August 2 Phillies 7–5 Mercker (5–6) Muñoz (0–2) Wohlers (12) 35,594 2:56 56–33 90 August 3 Phillies 5–4 Borbón (1–1) Slocumb (2–2) 37,971 2:24 57–33 91 August 4 @ Expos 4–3 Maddux (12–1) Martínez (9–7) Wohlers (13) 20,184 2:20 58–33 92 August 5 @ Expos 9–6 Glavine (10–5) Henry (6–9) Wohlers (14) 24,448 3:31 59–33 93 August 6 @ Expos 2–6 Pérez (10–3) Avery (4–8) 26,257 2:10 59–34 94 August 7 @ Expos 5–1 Mercker (6–6) Fassero (10–9) 19,480 2:43 60–34 95 August 8 Reds 5–4 Smoltz (9–5) McElroy (3–3) Wohlers (15) 38,252 2:29 61–34 96 August 9 Reds 3–9 Burba (6–2) Maddux (12–2) Brantley (24) 38,602 2:55 61–35 97 August 10 Reds 2–1 Wohlers (5–3) Carrasco (2–4) 42,748 2:24 62–35 98 August 11 Rockies 5–3 Avery (5–8) Reynoso (4–4) Wohlers (16) 47,408 1:56 63–35 99 August 12 Rockies 4–16 Leskanic (4–1) Mercker (6–7) 48,777 3:03 63–36 100 August 13 Rockies 3–2 Wohlers (6–3) Holmes (5–1) 43,279 2:42 64–36 101 August 14 Marlins 4–3 McMichael (6–1) Pérez (1–4) 34,375 2:30 65–36 102 August 15 Marlins 4–1 Glavine (11–5) Banks (0–4) Wohlers (17) 30,939 2:22 66–36 103 August 16 Marlins 5–8 Rapp (7–7) Avery (5–9) Nen (15) 35,244 2:41 66–37 104 August 18 @ Cardinals 3–4 Watson (5–4) Mercker (6–8) Henke (25) 32,027 2:36 66–38 105 August 19 @ Cardinals 4–5 Urbani (3–4) Murray (0–1) Henke (26) 35,475 2:38 66–39 106 August 20 @ Cardinals 1–0 Maddux (13–2) Morgan (4–7) 24,613 1:50 67–39 107 August 21 @ Astros 5–4 Glavine (12–5) McMurtry (0–1) Wohlers (18) 15,291 2:59 68–39 108 August 22 @ Astros 6–4 Avery (6–9) Brocail (4–2) Wohlers (19) 14,799 2:52 69–39 109 August 23 @ Astros 6–2 Mercker (7–8) Hampton (8–6) 21,112 2:46 70–39 110 August 25 @ Cubs 7–3 Smoltz (10–5) Castillo (8–7) 31,419 2:50 71–39 111 August 26 @ Cubs 7–2 Maddux (14–2) Trachsel (5–10) 39,775 2:25 72–39 112 August 27 @ Cubs 3–1 Glavine (13–5) Bullinger (10–5) Wohlers (20) 36,401 2:50 73–39 113 August 28 @ Cubs 5–7 Navarro (12–5) Avery (6–10) Myers (30) 17,072 2:45 73–40 114 August 29 Astros 9–11 (13) Swindell (8–9) Murray (0–2) 29,777 4:23 73–41 115 August 30 Astros 0–2 Reynolds (9–9) Smoltz (10–6) Jones (13) 29,671 2:34 73–42 116 August 31 Astros 5–2 Maddux (15–2) Drabek (7–8) 31,274 2:28 74–42
September (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 117 September 1 Cubs 5–7 Bullinger (11–5) Glavine (13–6) Myers (31) 36,424 2:59 74–43 118 September 2 Cubs 4–6 Navarro (13–5) Avery (6–11) Myers (32) 49,016 2:47 74–44 119 September 3 Cubs 2–0 Schmidt (1–0) Foster (9–10) Wohlers (21) 42,820 2:17 75–44 120 September 4 Cardinals 6–5 Wohlers (7–3) Parrett (3–6) 29,849 2:42 76–44 121 September 5 Cardinals 1–0 Maddux (16–2) Urbani (3–5) 27,072 1:57 77–44 122 September 6 Cardinals 6–1 Glavine (14–6) Petkovsek (5–5) 29,811 2:39 78–44 123 September 7 @ Marlins 1–5 Rapp (10–7) Avery (6–12) 20,788 1:54 78–45 124 September 8 @ Marlins 6–5 McMichael (7–1) Pérez (1–6) Wohlers (22) 21,897 3:01 79–45 125 September 9 @ Marlins 9–5 Clontz (8–1) Nen (0–6) Wohlers (23) 32,644 3:08 80–45 126 September 10 @ Marlins 4–5 (11) Mathews (4–3) Borbón (1–2) 24,874 3:36 80–46 127 September 11 @ Rockies 4–5 (12) Hickerson (3–3) Woodall (1–1) 48,056 3:35 80–47 128 September 12 @ Rockies 2–12 Painter (2–0) Avery (6–13) Ritz (2) 48,013 2:14 80–48 129 September 13 @ Rockies 9–7 Schmidt (2–0) Bailey (7–6) 48,011 3:12 81–48 130 September 15 @ Reds 3–1 Smoltz (11–6) McElroy (3–4) McMichael (2) 31,882 2:22 82–48 131 September 16 @ Reds 6–1 Maddux (17–2) Portugal (9–10) 37,821 2:45 83–48 132 September 17 @ Reds 4–1 Glavine (15–6) Smiley (12–4) Wohlers (24) 19,797 2:29 84–48 133 September 18 Mets 7–1 Avery (7–13) Jones (9–9) 29,635 2:03 85–48 134 September 19 Mets 3–10 Mlicki (9–6) Schmidt (2–1) 28,837 2:46 85–49 135 September 20 Mets 4–8 Isringhausen (8–2) Smoltz (11–7) Franco (26) 29,506 3:05 85–50 136 September 21 Mets 3–0 Maddux (18–2) Telgheder (1–2) Wohlers (25) 29,982 1:57 86–50 137 September 22 Expos 5–1 Glavine (12–11) Pérez (10–8) 43,547 2:36 87–50 138 September 23 Expos 2–5 Martínez (14–9) McMichael (7–2) Rojas (29) 48,998 2:29 87–51 139 September 24 Expos 5–4 (10) Borbón (2–2) Leiper (1–3) 45,461 3:00 88–51 140 September 26 @ Phillies 5–1 Smoltz (12–7) Quantrill (11–11) 21,476 2:24 89–51 141 September 27 @ Phillies 6–0 Maddux (19–2) Mimbs (9–7) 26,636 2:19 90–51 142 September 29 @ Mets 3–6 Jones (10–10) Glavine (16–7) Franco (28) 16,007 2:23 90–52 143 September 30 @ Mets 4–8 Minor (4–2) Schmidt (2–2) Franco (29) 21,659 3:03 90–53
October (0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 144 October 1 @ Mets 0–1 (11) Walker (1–0) Wade (0–1) 18,876 2:42 90–54

Notable transactions

• April 6, 1995: Roberto Kelly was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Tony Tarasco and Esteban Yan to the Montreal Expos for outfielder Marquis Grissom.
• April 12, 1995: Pitcher Mike Stanton signed up as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[8]
• July 31, 1995: Mike Stanton was traded by the Atlanta Braves along with a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for players to be named later. The Atlanta Braves sent Matt Murray (on August 31, 1995) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike Jacobs (minors) (on August 31, 1995) and Marc Lewis (minors) (August 31, 1995) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.^[8]
• August 11, 1995: Luis Polonia was traded by the New York Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Troy Hughes (minors).^[9]
• August 25, 1995: Mike Devereaux was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Andre King (minors).^[10]

Postseason

Legend
Braves Win	Braves Loss	Game Postponed

1995 Postseason Game Log
National League Division Series (3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 1 October 3 @ Rockies 5–4 Peña (1–0) Leskanic (0–1) Wohlers (1) 50,040 3:19 1–0 2 October 4 @ Rockies 7–4 Peña (2–0) Munoz (0–1) Wohlers (2) 50,063 3:08 2–0 3 October 6 Rockies 5–7 (10) Holmes (1–0) Wohlers (0–1) Thompson (1) 51,300 3:16 2–1 4 October 7 Rockies 10–4 Maddux (1–0) Saberhagen (0–1) 50,027 2:38 3–1
National League Championship Series (4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 1 October 10 @ Reds 2–1 (11) Wohlers (1–0) Jackson (0–1) McMichael (1) 40,382 3:18 1–0 2 October 11 @ Reds 6–2 (10) McMichael (1–0) Portugal (0–1) 44,624 3:26 2–0 3 October 13 Reds 5–2 Maddux (1–0) Wells (0–1) Wohlers (1) 51,424 2:42 3–0 4 October 14 Reds 6–0 Avery (1–0) Schourek (0–1) 52,067 2:54 4–0
World Series (4–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 1 October 21 Indians 3–2 Maddux (1–0) Hershiser (0–1) 51,876 2:37 1–0 2 October 22 Indians 4–3 Glavine (1–0) Martínez (0–1) Wohlers (1) 51,877 3:17 2–0 3 October 24 @ Indians 6–7 (11) Mesa (1–0) Peña (0–1) 43,584 4:09 2–1 4 October 25 @ Indians 5–2 Avery (1–0) Hill (0–1) Borbón (1) 43,578 3:14 3–1 5 October 26 @ Indians 4–5 Hershiser (1–1) Maddux (1–1) Mesa (1) 43,595 2:33 3–2 6 October 28 Indians 1–0 Glavine (2–0) Poole (0–1) Wohlers (2) 51,875 3:01 4–2

National League Division Series

Main article: 1995 National League Division Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Time	Attendance
1	Atlanta – 5, Colorado – 4	October 3	Coors Field	3:19	50,040
2	Atlanta – 7, Colorado – 4	October 4	Coors Field	3:08	50,063
3	Colorado – 7, Atlanta – 5	October 6	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	3:16	51,300
4	Colorado – 4, Atlanta – 10	October 7	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	2:38	50,027

Atlanta wins series, 3-1

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1995 National League Championship Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Time	Attendance
1	Atlanta – 2, Cincinnati – 1	October 10	Riverfront Stadium	3:18	40,382
2	Atlanta – 6, Cincinnati – 2	October 11	Riverfront Stadium	3:26	44,624
3	Cincinnati – 2, Atlanta – 5	October 13	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	2:42	51,424
4	Cincinnati – 0, Atlanta – 6	October 14	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	2:54	52,067

Atlanta wins series, 4-0

World Series

Main article: 1995 World Series

Game 1

October 21, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0
Atlanta	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3	3	2
WP: Greg Maddux (1-0)   LP: Orel Hershiser (0-1) Home runs: CLE: None ATL: Fred McGriff (1)

Game 2

October 22, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	2
Atlanta	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	4	8	2
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0)   LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Mark Wohlers (1) Home runs: CLE: Eddie Murray (1) ATL: Javy López (1)

Game 3

October 24, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Atlanta	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	6	12	1
Cleveland	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	7	12	2
WP: José Mesa (1-0)   LP: Alejandro Peña (0-1) Home runs: ATL: Fred McGriff (2), Ryan Klesko (1) CLE: None

Game 4

October 25, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	5	11	1
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	6	0
WP: Steve Avery (1-0)   LP: Ken Hill (0-1)   Sv: Pedro Borbón, Jr. (1) Home runs: ATL: Ryan Klesko (2) CLE: Albert Belle (1), Manny Ramírez (1)

Game 5

October 26, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	7	0
Cleveland	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5	8	1
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-1)   LP: Greg Maddux (1-1)   Sv: José Mesa (1) Home runs: ATL: Luis Polonia (1), Ryan Klesko (3) CLE: Albert Belle (2), Jim Thome (1)

Game 6

October 28, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	6	0
WP: Tom Glavine (2-0)   LP: Jim Poole (0-1)   Sv: Mark Wohlers (2) Home runs: CLE: None ATL: David Justice (1)

Roster

1995 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 33 Steve Avery 36 Steve Bedrosian 51 Pedro Borbón, Jr. 49 Terry Clark 52 Brad Clontz 47 Tom Glavine 31 Greg Maddux 34 Darrell May 38 Greg McMichael 50 Kent Mercker 34 Matt Murray 40 Rod Nichols 26 Alejandro Peña 46 Jason Schmidt 29 John Smoltz 30 Mike Stanton 49 Tom Thobe 36 Terrell Wade 43 Mark Wohlers 48 Brad Woodall		Catchers  8 Javy López 11 Charlie O'Brien 12 Eddie Pérez Infielders  2 Rafael Belliard  4 Jeff Blauser 30 Ed Giovanola 10 Chipper Jones 20 Mark Lemke 27 Fred McGriff 16 Mike Mordecai 45 José Oliva 26 Mike Sharperson		Outfielders 24 Mike Devereaux  9 Marquis Grissom 23 David Justice 25 Mike Kelly 18 Ryan Klesko 15 Brian Kowitz 17 Luis Polonia  7 Dwight Smith		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 37 Jim Beauchamp (bench) 39 Pat Corrales (first base) 28 Clarence Jones (hitting) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching) 22 Jimy Williams (third base) 52 Ned Yost (bullpen)

Player stats

Batting

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Regular starters

Note: POS = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

POS	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG
SS	Jeff Blauser	115	431	60	91	16	12	31	57	107	.211	.319	.341
CF	Marquis Grissom	139	551	80	142	23	12	42	47	61	.258	.317	.376
3B	Chipper Jones	140	524	87	139	22	23	86	73	72	.265	.353	.450
RF	David Justice	120	411	73	104	17	24	78	73	68	.253	.365	.479
LF	Ryan Klesko	107	329	48	102	25	23	70	47	72	.310	.396	.608
2B	Mark Lemke	116	399	42	101	16	5	38	44	40	.253	.325	.356
C	Javy López	100	333	37	105	11	14	51	14	57	.315	.344	.498
1B	Fred McGriff	144	528	85	148	27	27	93	65	99	.280	.361	.489

Other batters

Note: POS = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

POS	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg.	OBP	SLG
C	Charlie O'Brien	67	198	18	45	7	9	23	29	40	.227	.343	.399
INF	Rafael Belliard	75	180	12	40	2	0	7	6	28	.222	.255	.244
LF	Mike Kelly	97	137	26	26	6	3	17	11	49	.190	.258	.314
OF	Dwight Smith	103	131	16	33	8	3	21	13	35	.252	.327	.412
3B	Jose Oliva	48	109	7	17	4	5	12	7	22	.156	.207	.330
UT	Mike Mordecai	69	75	10	21	6	3	11	9	16	.280	.353	.480
OF	Mike Devereaux	29	55	7	14	3	1	8	2	11	.255	.281	.364
OF	Luis Polonia	28	53	6	14	7	0	2	3	9	.264	.304	.396
OF	Brian Kowitz	10	24	3	4	1	0	3	2	5	.167	.259	.208
IF	Ed Giovanola	13	14	2	1	0	0	0	3	5	.071	.235	.071
UT	Eddie Perez	7	13	1	4	1	1	4	0	2	.308	.308	.615
3B	Mike Sharperson	7	7	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	.143	.143	.286

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; CG = Complete games; SHO = Shutouts; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	CG	SHO	IP	BB	SO
Greg Maddux	19	2	1.63	28	28	0	10	3	209.2	23	181
Tom Glavine	16	7	3.08	29	29	0	3	1	198.2	66	127
John Smoltz	12	7	3.18	29	29	0	2	1	192.2	72	193
Steve Avery	7	13	4.67	29	29	0	3	1	173.1	52	141
Kent Mercker	7	8	4.15	29	26	0	0	0	143.0	61	102

Relief and other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; CG = Complete games; SHO = Shutouts; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	CG	SHO	IP	BB	SO
Mark Wohlers	7	3	2.09	65	0	25	0	0	64.2	24	90
Greg McMichael	7	2	2.79	67	0	2	0	0	80.2	32	74
Brad Clontz	8	1	3.65	59	0	4	0	0	69.0	22	55
Pedro Borbón	2	2	3.09	41	0	2	0	0	32.0	17	33
Steve Bedrosian	1	2	6.11	29	0	0	0	0	28.0	12	22
Jason Schmidt	2	2	5.76	9	2	0	0	0	25.0	18	19
Mike Stanton	1	1	5.59	26	0	1	0	0	19.1	6	13
Alejandro Peña	0	0	4.15	14	0	0	0	0	13.0	4	18
Matt Murray	0	2	6.75	4	1	0	0	0	10.2	5	3
Brad Woodall	1	1	6.10	9	0	0	0	0	10.1	8	5
Rod Nichols	0	0	5.40	5	0	0	0	0	6.2	5	3
Terrell Wade	0	1	4.50	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3
Darrell May	0	0	11.25	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	1
Terry Clark	0	0	4.91	3	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	2
Tom Thobe	0	0	10.80	3	0	0	0	0	3.1	0	2

Award winners

• Mike Devereaux, OF, NLCS Most Valuable Player
• Tom Glavine, P, Babe Ruth Award
• Tom Glavine, P, Silver Slugger
• Tom Glavine, P, World Series Most Valuable Player
• Marquis Grissom, OF, Gold Glove
• Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove
• Greg Maddux, P, National League Cy Young Award
• Greg Maddux, P, Pitcher of the Month, July
• Greg Maddux, Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Fred McGriff, 1B, starter
• Greg Maddux, P, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Grady Little
AA	Greenville Braves	Southern League	Bruce Benedict
A	Durham Bulls	Carolina League	Matt West
A	Macon Braves	South Atlantic League	Nelson Norman
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Paul Runge
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Max Venable
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Jim Saul

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