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The 1996 Atlanta Braves season was the 126th season in the history of the franchise and 31st season in the city of Atlanta.They secured a regular season record of 96–66 and reached the World Series, where they lost to the underdog New York Yankees in six games, failing to defend its championship in 1995.
This gives the Atlanta Braves' Opening Day starting pitchers a combined home record 7–9 with eight no decisions. Their away record is 8–14 with eleven no decisions. The Braves went on to play in the World Series in 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2021, winning the 1995 and 2021 iterations.
The 1996 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1996 season.The 92nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Atlanta Braves and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees.
April 11 – Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux ends his major league record for consecutive road victories with a 2–1 loss to the San Diego Padres. Maddux is 18-0 with an 0.99 earned run average in 20 regular-season road starts since losing to the Montreal Expos on June 27, 1994.
Marvin Freeman (born April 10, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1986 to 1996 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies. He worked as both a starting pitcher and a reliever in his career.
Joseph Tucker Davidson (born March 25, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Lotte Giants of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Baltimore Orioles. Davidson played college baseball at Midland College.
Max Fried is the best Braves pitcher since the “Big Three” of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. Fried’s 3.03 earned run average in his 139 games (122 starts) for the Braves is bested ...
John Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967), nicknamed "Smoltzie" [1] and "Marmaduke", [2] is an American former baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2009, all but the last year with the Atlanta Braves.