Atlanta Braves’ opening day pitchers from 1966 to now

Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves’ opening day pitchers from 1966 to now

Since 1966, 20 different pitchers have opened the Braves’ 54 seasons of baseball in Atlanta.

April 4, 2016 Atlanta - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran (49) pitches at Turner Field during the Opening Day game against the Nationals. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

050801- ATLANTA, GA -- The Braves closed out a four game home series with the Pirates with a loss. Braves pitcher Hudson throws in the early innings.
(W.A. BRIDGES JR./STAFF)

041216 ATLANTA: Atlanta Braves right handed pitcher Tommy Hanson, making his third start of the season, delivers a pitch against the New York Mets during 1st inning action at Turner Field in Atlanta, Monday, April 16, 2012. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Derek Lowe walks to the dugout at the end of the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Philadelphia. Lowe pitched eight shutout innings in the Braves 4-1 win. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

John Smoltz on the mound in 1991. Jonathan Newton / AJC

030729. ATLANTA. Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros at Turner Field. Braves pitcher Russ Ortiz cq goes for his 15th win of the season. First inning action. RICH ADDICKS/STAFF

020922 ATLANTA, GA: Braves Braves pitcher Greg Maddux (cq) pitches well enough to get his 15th win of the season for the 15th consecutive year in a row Sunday 9/22/02 against the Marlins. The Braves won, 4-1. (Kimberly Smith/staff)

000401 ATLANTA, GA: Atlanta fans get their first look at John Burkett pitching for the first time since being acquired by the Braves. He may be the fifth starter. STAFF PHOTO BY: MARLENE KARAS

22 Apr 1992: Pitcher Tom Glavine of the Atlanta Braves prepares to throw the ball during a game against the San Diego Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Dunn /Allsport

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Zane Smith (41) hurls in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves in game five of the NLCS, Monday, Oct. 14, 1991, Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

Braves pitcher Rick Mahler gets complete game against Giants. (Rick Addicks/AJC staff)

PITTSBURGH - 1984: Pitcher Len Barker #39 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates during a Major League Baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

FILE--Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro throws in this 1970 file photo. Niekro, the only knuckleballer to win 300 games, found his way into the Hall of Fame on his fifth try, the lone player elected to the shrine Monday Jan. 6, 1997. Niekro, the top vote-getter last year when no one was elected, was named on 380 of the 473 ballots. He got 80.34 percent of the vote, easily above the required 75 percent. (AP Photo/file)

Flatbead scan. Caption: The Braves Tommy Boggs pitched for several innings Wednesday 9/2/81 By Andy Sharp

Undated photo of Andy Messersmith, the pitcher who became a free agent in 1976 and killed the 'reserve clause.' (Special to the AJC)

Circa 1973: Gary Gentry of the Atlanta Braves. (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

Pat Jarvis, (Photo by Chuck Vollertsen/Staff)

Baseball: Atlanta Braves Denny Lemaster (23) on mound during game vs Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles, CA 7/10/1966
CREDIT: Neil Leifer (Photo by Neil Leifer /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)
(Set Number: X11749 TK1 R16 F31 )

Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger on the mound, pitching against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first Major League Baseball game in the southeast at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on April 12, 1966. The Pirates won, 3-2, in 13 innings, before a crowd of 50,671.
MANDATORY CREDIT: MARION CROWE / THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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April 4, 2016 Atlanta - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran (49) pitches at Turner Field during the Opening Day game against the Nationals. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

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