Longtime Atlanta Braves slugger Chipper Jones will enter baseball's Hall of Fame July 28.
Jones spent his entire two-decade career in Atlanta. He joins former pitchers John Smoltz, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, manager Bobby Cox and general manager John Schuerholz, who have been enshrined in the halls of Cooperstown, N.Y., since 2014.
Eligible for election in the upcoming years are a number of former players who spent time in a Braves uniform. Some were here just briefly, others started their careers or spent significant time in Atlanta.
Scan through this list of Atlanta playmakers and decide if they deserve enshrinement:
2019
DEREK LOWE
• Two-time All-Star pitched 17 seasons for the Mariners, Red Sox, Dodgers, Braves, Indians, Yankees and Rangers
• Led the American league with 42 saves for Red Sox in 2000
• Went 40-39 with a 4.57 ERA in 101 starts in three seasons in Atlanta
• Won a World Series with Red Sox in 2004
• Finished career with record of 176-157 with a 4.03 ERA and 86 saves
2020
RAFAEL FURCAL
• Three-time All-Star shortstop was the 2000 N.L. Rookie of the Year with the Braves
• Played 14 seasons for Braves, Dodgers, Cardinals and Marlins
• Led N.L. shortstops in putouts twice (2005-06) and assists twice (2003, 2006)
• Compiled .281 career batting average with 1,817 hits, 311 doubles and 314 stolen bases
2021
TIM HUDSON
• Four-time All-Star pitched 17 seasons with the Athletics, Braves and Giants
• Went 113-72 with a 3.56 ERA in 244 games over nine seasons with Braves
• Finished in Top 5 of Cy Young Award vote three times, including in 2010 with Braves
• One of only 16 pitchers with a .625 winning percentage (222-133)
• Won a World Series with San Francisco in 2014
ADAM LAROCHE
• Slugging first baseman played 12 seasons for Braves, Pirates, Red Sox, Diamondbacks, Nationals and White Sox
• Reached 20-homer mark in nine seasons and twice drove in 100 runs (2010, 2012)
• Played part of four seasons in Atlanta, finishing with a career .260 batting average, 1,452 hits, 255 home runs and 882 RBI
• Won N.L. Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award in 2012 when he finished sixth in N.L. MVP voting.
DAN UGGLA
• Three-time All-Star second baseman played 10 seasons for Marlins, Braves, Giants and Nationals
• Reached the 30-homer mark in five seasons (2007-11)
• Drove in at least 80 runs in six seasons (2006-11)
• Won N.L. Silver Slugger Award in 2010
2022
A.J. PIERZYNSKI
• Two-time All-Star played 19 seasons with Twins, Giants, White Sox, Rangers, Red Sox, Cardinals and Braves
• Played final two season in Atlanta
• One of only nine players to spend at least 50 percent of his games at catcher and tally at least 2,000 hits
• Won 2005 World Series with White Sox
• Batted .280 batting average, 188 home runs and 2,043 hits in his career
MARK TEIXEIRA
• Three-time All-Star first baseman played 14 seasons for Rangers, Braves, Angels and Yankees
• Hit .295 with 37 homers in parts of two seasons with his hometown Braves
• Five-time Gold Glove Award winner reached the 30-home run mark nine times, finishing with 409 in his career
• Won three Silver Slugger Awards at first base
• Won a World Series in 2009 with the Yankees
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