Top Ten Atlanta Braves Players of All Time
Henry Louis Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American Major League Baseball right fielder who served as the senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves. Aaron is definitely 1st! Numbers 2 through 9 can be debated, but anyone who doesn't rank Aaron as #1 is clearly basing their vote on something other than baseball.
The absolute best brave ever!
Chipper is one of my favorite players. He has been since I was a kid
Eddie and Hank we're the most famous 1-2 home run punch in Major League Baseball history. During the 1950s, many of the best hitters of all time come from this decade including Ernie Banks, Duke Snider, Frank Robinson and Mickey Mantle and Eddie Mathews. In 1953 Mathews teammate Warren Spahn said "Mathews is just as strong as Mantle. They don't hit the same - Mantle gets all his weight into his swing; Mathews uses his wrist more, like Ted Williams" Mathews even played in 10 All-Star Games.
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As a Brave, he was the franchise in the 1980s and led by example. This great deserves to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of a very select few to be named Most Valuable Player in back-to-back seasons. He was a fixture in those MLB All-Star Games in that decade. But it was 1982 that Murphy will be best remembered. It was in that time that Sports Illustrated called the Braves America's Team due to WTBS coverage of the Braves all across America instead of local. Murphy, a legend for all times.
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Lopez had the drive and talent to remain a Brave forever. But sometimes baseball happens, but when he was here, he was good. A member of the 1995 World Championship team, Lopez had a great arm and bat to boot and earned the Silver Slugger award in 2003 as the best hitting catcher in baseball. Yes, Lopez nearly single handedly carried the Braves to a 1996 World Series berth thanks to his outstanding performance in the League Championship Series.
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A great pitcher and even a greater fielder as a pitcher and even pitched a no-hitter on August 5, 1973. He's also a great man and a true Brave. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Jason Alias Heyward, nicknamed "The J-Hey Kid" and "J-Hey", is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball.Bob was the big spark plug that ignited the Atlanta Braves offense during the 1970s and 1980s. In his rookie voyage he hit 23 home runs and had a very impressive slugging average of .539 and walked away with the National League Rookie of the Year. In the next few years, he piled up very good numbers and then in 1982, he hit 32 home runs and had a very impressive slugging average of .501 as the Braves finally had a winner as the National League West Champions.
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