Recent pitching outings by Atlanta Braves position players

Jim Morrison

Morrison pitched three separate times during the 1988 season for the Atlanta Braves.

On July 28, he made his first appearance on the mound against the San Francisco Giants, which the Braves fell in a 13-7 home loss.

Morrison pitched the final two and a third innings of the ball game, and oddly enough, had the best outing of the day for the Braves bullpen.

In his appearance, Morrison allowed three hits and no earned runs while walking one and striking out one.

Granted, his one strikeout was relief pitcher Craig Lefferts, who didn’t get a hit all season.

But, hey.  A strikeout’s a strikeout.

In his second and third appearances, Morrison pitched against the St. Louis Cardinals one week apart from each other.

Morrison took the mound on August 23, 1988 in Atlanta’s 7-0 loss to the Cardinals. He pitched the final inning, throwing 13 pitches while allowing no hits and a walk.

Exactly a week later, Morrison took the mound for the last time in his baseball career.

He pitched the final third of an inning against the Cardinals in the 7-0 loss, with the final out being a flyout from Braves Hall of Famer Terry Pendleton, who was on his first stint with the Cardinals before joining the Braves in 1990.

Luis Gomez

Of all of the outings on this list, Luis Gomez put together one for the books.

In the final season of the shortstop’s career, he was able to take the mound and pitch for an inning of work in the Braves’ 11-1 loss to the San Diego padres on May 30, 1981.

In the final inning of the contest, Gomez faced eight batters, piling up three hits, three earned runs and two walks.

After a single to right field from Luis Salazar scored Dave Edwards, Gomez was able to close out the inning with a fly ball to left field from Juan Bonilla.

With his retirement after the 1981 season, Gomez finished his baseball career with a career 27.00 ERA.