Wood earned two wins in the Divisional Series against the Atlanta Braves and was the starter in Game 3 of the 2003 National League Championship Series, which the Cubs won in extra innings.

Various injuries held him back until, when he was the team's Opening Day starter, shutting down the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field, 10 – 2.

The Braves sent Steve Avery, who had been largely ineffective as a starter over the previous few seasons, to the mound for the top of the tenth.

He repeated as an 18-game winner the following year, helping the Braves capture NL pennants in both 1957 and 1958 as the third starter behind Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette.

Pittsburgh center fielder Andy Van Slyke had a home run and a double off Braves starter and 1991 Cy Young Award winner Tom Glavine.

Pitching 16. 1 innings, the Braves starter did not allow a run, giving up nine hits and walking four while striking out seventeen.

Mets reliever Ron Taylor was credited with the win, as starter Jerry Koosman started off well, but had trouble holding back the Braves in the fifth, in which Hank Aaron belted a three-run homer and Clete Boyer knocked in two with a single.

After spending three seasons with the Reds as both a starter and reliever, the Atlanta Braves traded for him on March 26, 2004 to bolster their bullpen.

With the offseason departure of Franco, LaRoche became the Braves sole starter at first base in.

In 1948, Voiselle won 13 games for the Braves Champions Team as the third starter behind Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain.

Before the 2005 season, the Atlanta Braves returned closer John Smoltz to his original starter role to compensate for several losses in their pitching rotation.

He remained in the Braves ' rotation in as the number 3 starter.

On March 30,, Guzmán got the first hit in the history of Nationals Park, a broken bat single to right off Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson.

While he has two championship rings with the 1999 – 2000 Yankees, Clemens has also been on the losing end of four World Series ( 1986 Red Sox, 2001 and 2003 Yankees, and 2005 Astros ), which is tied with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz ( who were both on the Braves when they lost the ' 91, ' 92, ' 96 and ' 99 World Series ) for the most among active players.

On July 18, 2007, Griffey hit his 2, 500th hit, a first inning single off Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz.

The Braves relocated to San Diego ( as the renamed San Diego Clippers ) in 1978, and the Bills moved their training camp in 2000 to St. John Fisher College near Rochester, New York.

* John Joseph Mizerock ( born December 8, 1960 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania ) was a backup catcher for the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves.

* John Burkett, former MLB pitcher-Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins

Many well known major league players came from the Macon Braves, such as Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Rafael Furcal, Tony Graffanino, John Rocker, John Smoltz, and Marcus Giles.

Then Cincinnati Reds outfielder Adam Dunn strikes out swinging to Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz ( not pictured ).

John Franklin Sain ( September 25, 1917 – November 7, 2006 ) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who was best known for teaming with left-hander Warren Spahn on the Boston Braves teams from 1946 to 1951.

In 2002, then-Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz matched Eckersley's feat of having a 20-win season and a 50-save season.

Glavine was the ace on the 1991 Braves ' starting rotation that also included Steve Avery, Charlie Leibrandt, and another future NL Cy Young Award winner, John Smoltz.

On the date of his retirement, Glavine agreed to take a job as a special assistant to Braves president John Schuerholz starting in the 2010 season.

While with the Braves, Millwood was part of a pitching rotation which featured Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz.

Millwood formed a part of the Braves ' star pitching rotation, which also consisted of Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Tom Glavine, which at that time was regarded by many as the best in the National League.

" I love the Braves, so when president John Schuerholz looked me in my face and told me ' I'd bet my house and my family that you won't be traded ' that's good enough confidence for me coming from a General Manager, and then out of nowhere, one week later I'm gone.

After Pendleton was granted free agency on November 5, 1990, the Braves were undergoing a similar overhaul, as they acquired a new general manager in John Schuerholz.

* John S. Davis, American head college football coach for the Ottawa University Braves, 1930

The previous attendance record was May 24, 2008 when John Smoltz, then of the Atlanta Braves, made a rehab appearance with their Double-A affiliate Mississippi Braves.

* 1996: John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves

After finishing 26 games out of first place in, the 1993 Phillies ( featuring a cast of colorful characters including Darren Daulton, Lenny Dykstra, Dave Hollins, John Kruk, Danny Jackson, Curt Schilling, and Mitch Williams ) charged to 97 wins and then further shocked the baseball world by pulling off a major upset against the two-time defending NL Champion Atlanta Braves in six games in the League Championship Series.

The video of the song, Totally Committed featured frequent references to then-Atlanta Braves pitcher, Greg Maddux as well as an appearance at the very end by Maddux himself ( along with teammate, John Smoltz ).

The winning pitcher was New York's Andy Pettitte, defeating the Braves ' John Smoltz.

Color commentator John Salavantis is a former football coach with the Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Machine, and the Ottawa University Braves.

On September 17, 2010, Cox was ejected for the 158th time in his Major League coaching career during the second inning of a Braves game against the New York Mets ; he currently holds the all-time record for most ejections ( set on August 14, 2007 with his 132nd ), previously held by John McGraw.

After the Braves acquired Greg Maddux from the Chicago Cubs in 1993, Glavine, Maddux, and Smoltz formed one of the best pitching rotations in baseball history.

A slow start the next year resulted in his being traded to the Atlanta Braves, who dealt him in turn to the contending Detroit Tigers midway through the 1987 season for minor-leaguer John Smoltz.

In his first start for the Lookouts Williamson faced Atlanta Braves veteran John Smoltz, down with the Greenville Braves on a rehabilitation assignment.

The Braves entered the playoffs for the seventh straight season with a franchise-record 106 regular season wins, an offense that hit 215 home runs, and a pitching staff made up of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Denny Neagle, and Kevin Millwood to the playoffs.

With John Smoltz on the mound, the Braves were staked out to a 1 – 0 lead when Andruw Jones hit a solo home run to lead off the third inning off Andy Ashby.

* John Smoltz, pitcher for the Atlanta Braves

With Mark Lemke batting the Braves called for a sacrifice bunt, but Pettitte fielded the ball and threw out Smoltz at third.

In, with newly-acquired closer Danny Kolb getting off to a rough start, the Braves elected to use Reitsma as the closer rather than returning John Smoltz to that role.

** John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves ( NL )

The previous attendance record was May 24, 2008 when John Smoltz, then of the Atlanta Braves, made a rehab appearance with their Double-A affiliate Mississippi Braves.