Braves — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1995, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$47M

Surplus $M

-6

Win %

0.625

TAB

+8.5

WAB

+13.2

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

41.8

Dead money %

Depth Players

9.0

Dead WAR

-2.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJavy Lopez93

RCharlie O'Brien64

REddie Pérez5

1B

LFred McGriff144

RMike Mordecai9

LRyan Klesko4

REddie Pérez1

2B

BMark Lemke115

RRafael Belliard32

RMike Mordecai21

LEd Giovanola7

3B

BChipper Jones123

RJose Oliva⇄48

RMike Mordecai6

LEd Giovanola3

RMike Sharperson1

SS

RJeff Blauser115

RRafael Belliard40

RMike Mordecai6

LEd Giovanola1

LF

LRyan Klesko102

RMike Kelly58

LLuis Polonia⇄26

BChipper Jones15

LDwight Smith11

RMike Devereaux⇄3

LBrian Kowitz2

CF

RMarquis Grissom136

RMike Kelly8

RMike Devereaux⇄4

LBrian Kowitz1

LLuis Polonia⇄1

RMike Mordecai1

RF

LDavid Justice120

RMike Devereaux⇄21

RMike Kelly17

LDwight Smith14

LBrian Kowitz5

BChipper Jones5

LLuis Polonia⇄1

DH

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Starters

RGreg Maddux7.9 WAR

LTom Glavine4.7 WAR

RJohn Smoltz4.6 WAR

LSteve Avery2.9 WAR

LKent Mercker1.2 WAR

RJason Schmidt0.1 WAR

RMatt Murray⇄-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMark Wohlers25 sv

RGreg McMichael0 h

RBrad Clontz0 h

LPedro Borbon0 h

RSteve Bedrosian0 h

LMike Stanton⇄0 h

RAlejandro Pena⇄0 h

LBrad Woodall0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1994)

Player	fWAR
Chipper Jones Jr.	2.9
Marquis Grissom	1.4
Brad Clontz	0.7
Mike Devereaux	0.5
Pedro Borbon Jr.	0.4
Alejandro Pena	0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Player	1994 fWAR
Deion Sanders	1.2
Roberto Kelly	0.6
Bill Pecota	0.5
Terry Pendleton	0.5
Tony Tarasco	0.2
Mike Bielecki	0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Braves. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1995; everyone else is shown as a 1995 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Greg Maddux	1995	+7.9	+158.6	6.5	+152.1	$0.8M	2.50×	–
Tom Glavine	1995	+4.7	+83.0	4.8	+78.3	$1.0M	2.19×	–
John Smoltz	1995	+4.6	+80.1	4.9	+75.2	$1.1M	2.19×	–
Mark Wohlers	1995	+2.6	+52.7	0.2	+52.5	$0.1M	2.57×	–
David Justice	1995	+3.5	+50.2	5.2	+45.0	$1.5M	1.79×	–
Steve Avery	1995	+2.9	+44.8	4.0	+40.8	$1.4M	1.96×	–
Chipper Jones Jr.	1995	+2.9	+25.7	0.1	+25.5	$0.0M	1.12×	–
Ryan Klesko	1995	+2.1	+20.3	0.2	+20.1	$0.1M	1.22×	–
Javy Lopez	1995	+1.9	+11.8	0.1	+11.7	$0.1M	0.76×	–
Fred McGriff	1995	+2.2	+14.4	4.3	+10.1	$1.9M	0.81×	–
Mark Lemke	1995	+1.7	+11.2	1.2	+10.0	$0.7M	0.82×	–
Kent Mercker	1995	+1.2	+9.8	2.2	+7.5	$1.9M	1.02×	–
Marquis Grissom	1995	+1.4	+9.1	5.0	+4.2	$3.6M	0.83×	–
Brad Clontz	1995	+0.7	+3.9	0.1	+3.8	$0.1M	0.67×	–
Greg McMichael	1995	+0.7	+3.9	0.3	+3.6	$0.4M	0.67×	–
Charlie O'Brien	1995	+0.9	+3.8	0.6	+3.2	$0.6M	0.52×	–
Mike Devereaux↔	1995	+0.5	+3.1	0.3	+2.8	$0.7M	0.83×	–
Pedro Borbon Jr.	1995	+0.4	+1.9	0.1	+1.8	$0.3M	0.67×	–
Alejandro Pena↔	1995	+0.3	+1.6	0.1	+1.5	$0.5M	0.67×	–
Jeff Blauser	1995	+1.0	+4.9	3.4	+1.5	$3.4M	0.61×	–
Mike Mordecai	1995	+0.3	+1.3	0.1	+1.1	$0.4M	0.56×	–
Eddie Pérez	1995	+0.1	+0.5	0.1	+0.4	$1.0M	0.52×	–
Jason Schmidt	1995	+0.1	+0.5	0.1	+0.4	$1.1M	0.67×	–
Terry Clark↔	1995	-0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	–	0.67×	–
Luis Polonia↔	1995	-0.0	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	–	0.83×	–
Mike Sharperson	1995	-0.1	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	–	0.58×	–
Rafael Belliard	1995	-0.0	-0.2	0.6	-0.7	–	0.61×	–
Mike Kelly	1995	-0.1	-0.6	0.1	-0.8	–	0.83×	–
Dwight Smith	1995	-0.1	-1.0	0.3	-1.3	–	0.83×	–
Mike Stanton↔	1995	-0.1	-0.4	0.8	-1.3	–	0.67×	–
Steve Bedrosian	1995	-0.4	-2.4	0.8	-3.1	–	0.67×	–
Jose Oliva↔	1995	-0.7	-3.4	0.1	-3.5	–	0.58×	–
Brad Woodall	1995	-0.1	-0.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Brian Kowitz	1995	-0.1	-0.8	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Darrell May	1995	+0.1	+0.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Ed Giovanola	1995	-0.3	-1.1	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Matt Murray↔	1995	-0.3	-1.7	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Rod Nichols	1995	-0.3	-1.7	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Terrell Wade	1995	-0.1	-0.8	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Tom Thobe	1995	+0.1	+0.3	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+42.1	+582.8	47.3	+541.1	—

Trades

Every graded 1995 deal involving the Braves — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

1995 · ATL / WSN

ATL · John Schuerholz +$47.2M

Marquis Grissom

WSN · Kevin Malone −$47.2M

Tony Tarasco, Esteban Yan, Roberto Kelly

ATL came out ahead by $47.2M

1995 · ATL / BOS

ATL · John Schuerholz +$24.8M

Mike Jacobs, Marc Lewis

BOS · Dan Duquette −$24.8M

Mike Stanton, Matt Murray

ATL came out ahead by $24.8M

1995 · ATL / BAL

ATL · John Schuerholz +$10.4M

Joe Borowski, Chaad Stewart

BAL · Roland Hemond −$10.4M

Kent Mercker

ATL came out ahead by $10.4M

1995 · CHW / ATL

CHW · Ron Schueler +$3.2M

Andre King

ATL · John Schuerholz −$3.2M

Mike Devereaux

CHW came out ahead by $3.2M

1995 · MIA / ATL

MIA · Dave Dombrowski +$0.8M

Chris Seelbach

ATL · John Schuerholz −$0.8M

Alejandro Peña

MIA came out ahead by $0.8M

1995 · NYY / ATL

NYY · Gene Michael +$8.0M

Troy Hughes

ATL · John Schuerholz −$8.0M

Luis Polonia

NYY came out ahead by $8.0M

1995 · ATL / STL

ATL · John Schuerholz +$4.0M

Anton French

STL · Walt Jocketty −$4.0M

José Oliva

ATL came out ahead by $4.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

1995 payroll

$47.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (20)

Player	Age	Svc	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Greg Maddux	29	9.000	$6.5M	$6.7M	$6.8M	$9.6M	$10.6M	$11.1M	$12.5M
David Justice	29	6.000	$5.2M	$6.2M	FREE AGENT
Marquis Grissom	28	6.000	$5.0M	$4.8M	FREE AGENT
John Smoltz	28	7.000	$4.9M	$6.0M	$7.0M	$7.8M	$7.8M	FREE AGENT	$8.0M
Tom Glavine	29	8.000	$4.8M	$5.3M	$5.0M	$7.0M	$7.0M	$9.5M	$9.5M
Fred McGriff	31	9.000	$4.3M	$5.0M	$5.5M	FREE AGENT
Jeff Blauser	29	8.000	$3.4M	$3.5M	$4.0M	FREE AGENT
Kent Mercker	27	6.000	$2.2M	FREE AGENT
Mark Lemke	29	7.000	$1.2M	$1.5M	$2.0M	FREE AGENT
Mike Stanton	28	6.000	$812k	FREE AGENT
Steve Bedrosian	37	14.000	$750k	FREE AGENT
Charlie O'Brien	35	10.000	$550k	FREE AGENT
Rafael Belliard	33	13.000	$550k	$575k	$250k	$250k	FREE AGENT
Luis Polonia	31	8.000	$442k	$181k	FREE AGENT
Mike Devereaux	32	8.000	$324k	FREE AGENT
Dwight Smith	31	6.000	$300k	$455k	FREE AGENT
Mike Sharperson	33	8.000	$255k	FREE AGENT
Alejandro Pena	36	14.000	$143k	FREE AGENT
Terry Clark	34	7.000	$10k	FREE AGENT
Rod Nichols	30	7.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Player	Age	Svc	1995	1996	1997	1998
Steve Avery	25	5.000	$4.0M	FREE AGENT
Mark Wohlers	25	4.000	$202k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ryan Klesko	24	3.000	$190k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Javy Lopez	24	3.000	$150k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Pedro Borbon Jr.	27	3.000	$112k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

Player	Age	Svc	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Greg McMichael	28	2.000	$305k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Chipper Jones Jr.	23	2.000	$114k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Kelly	25	1.000	$112k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jason Schmidt	22	0.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brad Clontz	24	0.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Eddie Pérez	27	0.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Mordecai	27	1.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jose Oliva	24	1.000	$76k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ed Giovanola	26	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brian Kowitz	25	–	—
Darrell May	23	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Matt Murray	24	–	—
Tom Thobe	25	–	—
Terrell Wade	22	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brad Woodall	26	1.000	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	289	52.2	30.1	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	309	56.8	63.1	19.1	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	262	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

How each 1995 acquisition stacked onto Braves's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Braves ATL

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1994)

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (20)

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Pre-arbitration (15)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Braves ATL

Overview

Front Office

Offense All positionsC1B2B3BSSOF (LF/CF/RF)LFCFRFINF (1B/2B/3B/SS)Middle infield (2B/SS)C/DH

Pitching & Defense ALL SP RP

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1994)

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (20)

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Pre-arbitration (15)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Offense

Pitching & Defense