Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Atlanta Braves.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Braves went in with high expectations, and although they made the playoffs, they were swept in the opening round by the San Diego Padres.

There was one elevation and one new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a change based on the new structure:

1. Hank Aaron

2. Warren Spahn

3. Kid Nichols

4. Eddie Mathews

5. Greg Maddux

You can find the entire list here.

Ronald Acuna Jr. was injured a good chunk of the year, and remains at #28.

Ozzie Albies moved up three spots to #42.

Jeff Blauser returns to the list at #47 with the new algorithm.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Atlanta Braves.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Atlanta had a great year, but disappointed in the playoffs, which has been a pattern for them over the last 35 years.  The 2023 Season, gave us two new entrants and one elevation.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Hank Aaron

2. Warren Spahn

3. Kid Nichols

4. Greg Maddux

5. Eddie Mathews

You can find the entire list here.

Outfielder, Ronald Acuna, exploded on to the list with an MVP season, debuting at #24.  Think about this for a minute:  Acuna (who we had at #52 last year) comes in at #24 on a team with over a century of history!  

Second Baseman, Ozzie Albies, joins the list, debuting at #45.

Starting Pitcher, Max Fried, went to #47 from #50.

We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Kid Nichols played the entire 1890’s for the Boston Beaneaters, and there was a time when he was arguably the best Pitcher of the National League.  Nichols’s rookie season in 1890 would see him win 27 Games lead the NL in bWAR for Pitchers and he followed that up with four consecutive 30 Win seasons, which would have another league-leading bWAR campaign.

As good as he was in his first five seasons from 1896 to 1898, he would again win 30 Games, all of which topped the league.  In those last two seasons, he would again finish first in bWAR, and he was also the leader in WHIP.  In five of those seasons as a Beaneater, the team would win the National League pennant, a feat that likely would never have happened without Nichols.  Had there been a Pitcher of the Year Award in the 1890’s, Nichols could have easily won a few!

Nichols would leave Boston after the 1901 Season to become a Player/Manager in the Western League before returning to the National League in 1904 to play for the St. Louis Cardinals and finish out his career with Philadelphia.

Overall, as a member of what is now the Braves organization, Kid Nicholls would have a remarkable record of 329- 183 and 361 Wins overall.  At the time of his retirement, he was third all-time in Wins and is currently seventh, a position he will probably hold for many more years.

Nichols would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame when the Old Timers Committee chose him in 1949.