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Scariest Batters Atlanta Braves’ Pitchers Have Faced

By Alan Carpenter

Oct 30, 2015; Logan, UT, USA; A member of the Utah State Aggies band dresses up as a zombie for Halloween during the game against the Wyoming Cowboys at Romney Stadium. The Aggies won 58-27. Mandatory Credit: Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 30, 2015; Logan, UT, USA; A member of the Utah State Aggies band dresses up as a zombie for Halloween during the game against the Wyoming Cowboys at Romney Stadium. The Aggies won 58-27. Mandatory Credit: Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 24, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; A Syracuse Orange fan wears a Halloween mask during a game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome. Pittsburgh won 23-20. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 24, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; A Syracuse Orange fan wears a Halloween mask during a game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome. Pittsburgh won 23-20. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports /

Tom Glavine

For the southpaw, Barry Bonds was definitely scary.  120 times they faced off against one another, with Bonds getting a .309 average with 19 walks, just 11 K, 5 homers and 16 RBI.

All that said, that’s really not all that terrible a result.  But there were others…

Glavine didn’t appreciate seeing his former catcher Javy Lopez in the box:  that happened just 11 times but Javy was 6 for 9 against his old battery mate.

Aramis Ramirez hit .500 against this Hall of Famer:  13 for 26 with 4 home runs.

Bizarrely, Junior Spivey shows up on this list, too:  5 for 10 with 3 jacks.  Mind you, he only had 48 lifetime homers and hit .270 in just 5 major league seasons!

Tony Gwynn?  .303 in 105 PAs with 2 homers.  Glavine actually managed K him twice, though.

Barry Larkin, Jay Bell, Todd Zeile, and Mark Grace all hit Glavine hard:  .320, .314, .326, and .333 respectively – with all of them seeing Tom for 100+ plate appearances.

The running joke in the broadcast booth about Mike Redmond and his prowess against Glavine is well founded:  .438 in 51 PA (21 for 48) with 7 homers.  That’s over half of his major league total of 13 .

After going to the American League in 2005, Redmond only ever hit 2 more homers… because Tom Glavine wasn’t there!

One more name of note:  Dave Magadan.  44 trips against Glavine:  .425 hitting.  But at least he never went yard!

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