Atlanta Braves – Throwback Thursday Special – The First Basemen

Chris Chambliss as a Yankee. Edited from original; uncredited.

Chris Chambliss

Most people associate Chambliss with the Yankee teams of the 1970’s.  However, he was a regular with the Braves of the 1980’s, playing from 1980 through 1986 to essentially end his career.

Chambliss’ best seasons as a Braves came in 1980 and 1982 with a 2.7 fWAR in both years.  That was actually close to his peak as a Yankee as well, excepting 1976 (4.1).  After 1983, his production declined sharply, and his last three seasons in Atlanta were as replacement-level production in increasingly limited playing time.

Still, the 7 seasons ranks as the longest current streak of first basemen in Atlanta – at least so far – with 5900+ innings.