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August 5, 2010

Glavine's number to be retired Friday

Submitted by the Atlanta Braves

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves will honor Tom Glavine on Aug. 6 by inducting him into the Braves Hall of Fame and retiring his uniform number.

The induction will take place at the Braves Hall of Fame Luncheon at the Omni Hotel at the CNN Center during the day and the uniform number retirement will occur in a pregame ceremony Friday night before the Braves take on the San Francisco Giants.

Thanks to an overwhelming response from fans, the Braves Hall of Fame Luncheon has sold out. Tickets for Friday evening’s game against the San Francisco Giants and the pregame number retirement ceremony are available at Braves.com/tickets, the ticket office at Turner Field, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or at all Ticketmaster outlets.

Glavine’s No. 47 will be the seventh Braves uniform number to be retired, joining Hank Aaron (44), Eddie Mathews (41), Dale Murphy (3), Phil Niekro (35), Warren Spahn (21) and Greg Maddux (31). The Braves also retired the number 42, along with all teams in Major League Baseball, to honor Jackie Robinson.

Glavine, who is currently a special assistant to team president John Schuerholz and a broadcaster on some Braves radio and TV broadcasts, spent 19 years in the Braves organization.

He was drafted by the Braves in 1984 and was with the team through the 2002 season before he was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets. After five seasons with the Mets, Glavine returned to the Braves in 2008.

He ranks 21st on the Major League Baseball’s career victory list, with 305, and he ranks fourth for most wins by a left-handed pitcher behind Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton and Eddie Plank. Glavine won the National League Cy Young Award in 1991 and again in 1998. In 1995 he was named World Series MVP after going 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in the Braves’ championship win over the Cleveland Indians. In 518 starts for the Braves, Glavine compiled a 244-147 record with a 3.41 ERA.

Glavine will join Hank Aaron, Bill Bartholomay, Lew Burdette, Skip Caray, Del Crandall, Ralph Garr, Tommy Holmes, Ernie Johnson, David Justice, Herman Long, Bill Lucas, Greg Maddux, Eddie Mathews, Dale Murphy, Kid Nichols, Phil Niekro, John Sain, Paul Snyder, Warren Spahn, Ted Turner and Pete Van Wieren in the Braves Hall of Fame.

Pregame ceremony will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m. (first pitch has been moved to 7:44 p.m.). Fans should plan on being in their seats no later than 7:15 p.m. to witness Glavine’s number retirement ceremony.

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