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Games Played: Aaron 3076
Hits: Aaron 3600
Doubles: Aaron 600
Home Runs: Aaron 733
RBIs: Aaron 2202
Stolen Bases: Aaron 240

Games: Niekro 740
Games Started: Spahn 635
Wins: Spahn 356
Innings: Spahn 5045
Saves: Smoltz 154
Strikeouts: Smoltz 3011

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Historical Draft Picks - Top 5 Rounds

2009 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	7	Michael Minor	LHP	A
3	87	David Hale	RHP	Rookie
4	118	Mycal Jones	SS	Rookie
5	148	Thomas Berryhill	RHP	Rookie
2009 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2008 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	40	Brett DeVall	P	A
2	64	Robert Stovall	P	-
2	70	Zeke Spruill	P	A
3	96	Craig Kimbrel	P	AAA
4	130	Braeden Schlehuber	C	A
5	160	Jacob Thompson	P	A+
2008 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2007 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	14	Jason Heyward	OF	AAA
1	33	Jon Gilmore	3B	A
2	69	Joshua Fields	P	AA
2	78	Freddie Freeman	1B/P	AA
3	108	Brandon Hicks	SS	AA
4	138	Cory Gearrin	P	AA
5	168	Dennis Dixon	OF	Rookie
2007 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2006 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	24	Cody Johnson	OF	AA
1	38	Cory Rasmus	P	Rookie
1	43	Steven Evarts	P	A
2	51	Jeffrey Locke	P	A+
2	68	Dustin Evans	P	AA
2	72	Chase Fontaine	SS	A+
3	100	Chad Rodgers	P	A+
4	130	Lee Hyde	P	AAA
5	160	Kevin Gunderson	P	AAA
2006 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2005 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	27	Joey Devine	P	MLB
1	41	Beau Jones	P	AA
2	75	Yunel Escobar	ss	MLB
2	77	Jeff Lyman	P	AAA
3	107	Jordan Schafer	OF	MLB
4	137	Mike Broadway	P	AA
5	167	Will Startup	P	AAA
2005 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2004 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
2	71	Eric Campbell	3B	AA
3	101	J.C. Holt	2B	AAA
4	131	James Parr	P	MLB
5	161	Van Pope	3B	AAA
2004 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2003 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	35	Luis Atilano	P	AAA
1	36	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	MLB
2	43	Jo-Jo Reyes	P	MLB
2	67	Paul Bacot	P	A
3	79	Jake Stevens	P	AAA
3	97	Matt Harrison	P	MLB
4	127	Jamie Romak	1B	AA
5	157	Chris Vines	P	A+
2003 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2002 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	23	Jeff Francoeur	OF	MLB
1	34	Dan Meyer	P	MLB
2	64	Brian McCann	C	MLB
2	65	Tyler Greene	SS	MLB
3	95	Charlie Morton	P	MLB
4	125	Steve Russell	P	A+
5	155	Kris Harvey	C	AA
2002 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2001 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	24	Macay Mcbride	P	MLB
1	29	Josh Burrus	3B	AAA
1	40	Richard Lewis	IF	AAA
2	52	J.P. Howell	P	MLB
2	73	Cole Barthel	3B-OF	A
3	105	Adam Stern	OF	MLB
4	135	Kyle Davies	P	MLB
5	165	Matt Esquivel	OF	AA
2001 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

2000 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	29	Adam Wainwright	P	MLB
1	30	Scott Thorman	IF	MLB
1	38	Kelly Johnson	P	MLB
1	40	Aaron Herr	IF	AAA
2	51	Bubba Nelson	P	AAA
2	70	Bryan Digby	P	AA
3	100	Blaine Boyer	P	MLB
4	106	Zach Miner	P	MLB
4	130	Brian Montalbo	P	A
5	160	Chris Waters	P	MLB
2000 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1999 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
2	81	Matt Butler	P	A+
3	114	Pat Manning	IF	A+
4	144	Alec Zumwalt	P	AAA
5	174	Matt McClendon	P	AAA
1999 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1998 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
2	52	Matt Belisle	P	MLB
3	101	Ryan Langerhans	OF	MLB
4	131	Johnny McGinnis	P	A-
5	161	Damien Jones	OF	AA
1998 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1997 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	29	Troy Cameron	SS	AAA
2	80	Joey Nation	P	MLB
3	112	Juan Velazquez	SS	AAA
4	142	Cory Aldridge	OF	MLB
5	172	Horacio Ramirez	P	MLB
1997 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1996 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	27	A.J. Zapp	1B	AAA
1	35	Jason Marquis	P	MLB
2	62	Eric Munson	OF	MLB
3	92	Junior Brignac	OF	AA
4	122	Joe Nelson	P	MLB
5	152	Josh Pugh	C	A+
1996 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1995 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	26	Chad Hutchinson	P	MLB
2	56	Jim Scharrer	1B	AA
3	85	Rob Bell	P	MLB
4	113	Jimmy Osting	P	MLB
5	141	Kevin McGlinchy	P	MLB
1995 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1994 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	27	Jacob Shumate	P	AA
2	46	Corey Pointer	C	AA
2	62	George Lombard	OF	MLB
3	91	Joe Giuliano	P	A
4	119	Eric Pickett	1B-OF	A-
5	147	Mike Russell	P	Rookie
1994 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1993 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
2	66	Andre King	OF	AA
3	96	Carl Schutz	P	MLB
4	124	James Franklin	OF	Rookie
5	152	Del Mathews	1B-P	AAA
1993 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1992 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	21	Jamie Arnold	P	MLB
2	59	Jamie Howard	P	A
3	89	Carey Paige	P	AA
4	117	Damon Hollins	OF	MLB
5	145	Sean Smith	C	A+
1992 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1991 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	2	Mike Kelly	OF	MLB
3	77	Blase Sparma	P	AA
4	102	Chris Seelbach	P	MLB
5	128	Vince Moore	OF	AA
1991 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1990 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	1	Chipper Jones	SS	MLB
3	74	Lance Marks	OF	A+
4	100	Johnny Walker	OF	-
5	126	Joe Ayrault	C	MLB
1990 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1989 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	2	Tyler Houston	C	MLB
2	32	Tab Brown	P	-
2	57	Brian Boltz	P	AA
3	62	Kevin Castleberry	2B	AAA
4	88	George Virgilio	2B	AA
5	114	Ryan Klesko	P-1B	MLB
1989 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1988 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	3	Steve Avery	P	MLB
2	33	Jimmy Kremers	C	MLB
2	41	Matt Murray	P	MLB
2	57	John Kupsey	3B	AA
3	60	Preston Watson	P	AA
4	86	Kevin Tyson	C	Rookie
5	112	Turk Wendell	P	MLB
1988 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1987 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	6	Derek Lilliquist	P	MLB
2	38	Mike Urman	C	A
3	64	Tom Redington	SS	AA
4	90	Keith Mitchell	OF	MLB
5	116	Dennis Burlingame	P	AAA
1987 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1986 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	5	Kent Mercker	P	MLB
2	33	Brian Champion	SS	AA
3	60	Chad Smith	P	A+
4	86	Mike Bell	1B	MLB
5	112	Andy Nezelek	P	AAA
1986 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1985 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	14	Tommy Greene	P	MLB
3	68	Tom Abrell	P	A
4	94	Dave Justice	1B	MLB
5	120	Ellis Roby	2B	AAA
1985 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1984 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	19	Drew Denson	1B-OF	MLB
2	47	Tom Glavine	P	MLB
3	73	Matt Rowe	P	A
4	99	Flavio Alfaro	SS	A+
5	125	Bob Pfaff	C	A+
1984 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1983 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
3	74	Marty Clary	P	MLB
4	100	Ron Gant	SS	MLB
5	126	Dera Clark	P	AAA
1983 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1982 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	9	Duane Ward	P	MLB
2	37	Joe Johnson	P	MLB
3	63	Zane Smith	P	MLB
4	89	Randy Johnson	P	MLB
5	115	Mike Campbell	P	MLB
1982 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1981 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	12	Jay Roberts	OF-P	A
4	89	Clint Brill	OF	A
5	115	Jerry Ragsdale	C	A
1981 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1980 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	3	Ken Dayley	P	MLB
1	21	Jim Acker	P	MLB
2	29	Brian Fisher	P	MLB
3	55	Harry McCulla	OF	-
4	81	Craig Jones	P	AAA
5	107	Ralph Giansanti	P	A
1980 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1979 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	4	Brad Komminsk	OF-1B	MLB
3	56	Dan Church	P	A
4	82	Ken Ames	P	A
5	108	Bob Luzon	P	AA
1979 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1978 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	1	Bob Horner	3B	MLB
2	27	Matt Sinatro	C	MLB
3	53	Steve Bedrosian	P	MLB
4	79	Rick Behenna	P	MLB
5	105	Michael Miller	SS	AAA
1978 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1977 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	4	Tim Cole	P	AAA
2	30	Tony Brizzolara	P	MLB
3	56	Bob Porter	OF	MLB
4	82	Allen Wesolowski	P	A-
5	108	Richard Wieters	P	AA
1977 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1976 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	3	Ken Smith	3B	MLB
2	27	Dom Chiti	P	AA
3	51	Dan Morogiello	P	MLB
4	75	Gordon Guzenski	P	-
5	99	Bruce Benedict	C	MLB
1976 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1975 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	18	Donald Young	C	-
2	42	Larry Whisenton	OF	MLB
3	66	Gary Cooper	OF	MLB
4	90	Hank Small	OF	MLB
5	114	Bob Skube	OF	MLB
1975 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1974 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	5	Dale Murphy	C	MLB
2	29	Joey McLaughlin	P	MLB
3	53	Bob Long	OF	MLB
4	77	Donald Fletcher	SS	-
5	101	Jim Hacker	3B	-
1974 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1973 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	10	Pat Rockett	2B-SS	MLB
2	34	Steve Stone	C	-
3	58	Jim Gaudet	C	MLB
4	82	Bill Downing	SS	-
5	106	Paul Wagner	SS	-
1973 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1972 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	11	Preston Hanna	P	MLB
2	35	George Lusic	P	AAA
3	59	Bobby Jack	1B	-
4	83	Mickey Lashley	P	AA
5	107	Denny Martindale	2B-P	-
1972 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1971 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	10	Taylor Duncan	SS	MLB
2	34	Jamie Easterly	P	MLB
3	56	Dennis Lewallyn	P	MLB
4	80	Pat McKean	P	-
5	104	Rob Pitre	P	-
1971 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1970 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	21	Ron Broaddus	P	-
2	45	Adrian Devine	P	MLB
3	69	Rod Gilbreath	SS-P	MLB
4	93	Rowland Office	OF	MLB
5	117	James Summers	P	-
1970 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1969 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	12	Gene Holbert	C	-
2	36	Leo Foster	SS	MLB
3	60	Larvell Blanks	SS	MLB
4	82	Russell Dillon	P	-
5	106	Howard Duckworth	C	-
1969 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1968 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	7	Curtis Moore	OF	-
2	27	Danny Landis	P	-
3	47	Clint Compton	P	MLB
4	67	Mike McQueen	P	MLB
5	91	Roger Reid	SS	-
1968 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1967 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	12	Andrew Finlay	OF	-
2	32	Dennis Dalton	P	-
3	52	Ralph Garr	2B	MLB
4	72	Bob Didier	C	MLB
5	92	Harold Ziegler	3B	-
1967 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1966 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	11	Al Santorini	P	MLB
2	31	Fabian Mang	P-1B	-
3	51	Frank Duffy	SS	MLB
4	71	John Laberrique	C	-
5	91	George Stone	P-1B	MLB
1966 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

1965 Draft

#	Ov	Name	Pos	HL
1	12	Dick Grant	1B	-
2	32	Don Johnson	C	-
3	52	Douglas King	OF	-
4	64	Charles Vaughn	P	-
5	84	William Bates	P	-
1965 Milwaukee Braves Draft Picks