Then in 1991, the two pitchers were part of the team that went from worst to first. At that time, the accomplishment seemed special, but nobody could've predicted what was in store for the former doormats.

In that memorable season the Braves began a historical ride that carried them to a professional sports record 10 straight division titles. While cruising into the record books, the Braves have won one World Championship and made five trips to the World Series.

The World Series title came in 1995 and was highlighted when Glavine one-hit the Indians over eight innings in the clinching sixth game. A seventh-inning Dave Justice solo homer into the right field seats at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium provided the Braves their only run in that 1-0 win.

While that game will forever be remembered by Braves fans, so too, will Kirby Puckett's 11th-inning solo shot off Charlie Leibrandt in Game Six of the 1991 Fall Classic. The homer propelled the Twins into Game 7 where Jack Morris' 10-inning effort led the Twins to the title.

A year later, the Braves again found themselves in the World Series facing Morris, this time as a member of the Blue Jays. The Braves beat Morris twice but Toronto took the Series in six games.

On their way to the '92 Fall Classic, the Braves beat the Pirates in the NLCS for the second straight season. Francisco Cabrera's game-winning single in Game 7 scored Sid Bream just ahead of Barry Bonds' throw from left field. The slide by Bream, hobbled by bad knees, is forever etched in Braves lore.

Bream and the Braves ran out of miracles in 1993 when the Phillies ended their two-year run of World Series appearances. Despite Fred McGriff's .435 NLCS batting average, it took the Phils six games to dispose of the Braves.

After winning the '95 Series, the Braves returned to the Series in 1996, but their entry wasn't easy. Javy Lopez's .542 NLCS batting average helped the Braves overcome a three-games-to-one deficit against the Cardinals. In the final three games, the Braves outscored the Cards 32-1.

In the '96 Fall Classic, rookie Andruw Jones blasted two solo homers in his first two Series at-bats to help the Braves take a two-game lead over the Yankees as the teams headed to Atlanta. But the Yanks took the next four games -- highlighted by a Jim Leyritz home run off Mark Wohlers in Game 4 -- to claim the title.

After falling to the Marlins and Padres in the NLCS the next two seasons, the Braves again met the Yankees in the 1999 World Series. This time, it took the Yanks just four games to end the Braves hopes of winning the World Series.

On their way to that Series, the Braves played in two of the most exciting playoff series ever played. In the '99 Division Series, the Braves dropped the opening game to the Astros and then ran off three straight wins to advance to the NLCS.

Walt Weiss's glove proved the difference in the bottom of the 11th inning in the third game of the Astros series. He snared a base-loaded, nobody-out, screamer off of Tony Eusebio's bat to prevent the Astros from taking a two games to one lead. His heroics allowed Brian Jordan to connect on a two-RBI double in the 12th that gave the Braves a 5-3 win and Jordan his fifth RBI of the day.

The 1999 NLCS against the Mets was one of the greatest ever played. At one point the Braves were within four outs of a sweep and then later, the Mets were within three outs of forcing a seventh game. A series that included two, two-run victories and four one-run verdicts ended in the 11th inning of Game 6 when Andruw Jones drew a bases-loaded walk.

But that was the last victory the Braves have had in postseason play. In the '99 World Series the Yankees swept the Braves and then the Cardinals did the same in the 2000 Division Series.

With their unprecedented playoff run, most of this year's team has playoff experience. Dave Martinez, who will have played in 1,918 games without making it to the postseason, is the only veteran performer lacking playoff experience. In contrast, Glavine and Smoltz have been with the Braves every step of the way.

Mark Bowman is the site reporter for AtlantaBraves.com, Kirk Dominic, site manager, contributed to this report.

ATLANTA BRAVES POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE

C	Javy Lopez

Year	Stats	Series Played
1992	Only one AB	NLCS
1995	.300, 12 H, 4 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
1996	.365, 19 H, 13 R, 3 HR, 8 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
1997	.125, 3 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 4 RBI	DS, NLCS
1998	.296, 8 H, 3 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI	DS, NLCS
2000	.091, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI	DS

C	Eddie Perez

Year	Stats	Series Played
1996	.200, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
1997	.000, 6 AB	DS, NLCS
1998	.444, 4 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI	DS, NLCS
1999	.388, 14 H, 3 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI	DS, NLCS

C

Paul Bako

Year	Stats	Series Played
2000	.000, 1 AB	DS

1B	Julio Franco

Year	Stats	Series Played
1996	.133 AVG, 15 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI	DS (AL)

1B	Dave Martinez

Year	Stats	Series Played
	No postseason experience

2B	Marcus Giles

Year	Stats	Series Played
	No postseason experience

2B	Keith Lockhart

Year	Stats	Series Played
1997	.363, 8 H, 4 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI	DS, NLCS
1998	.276, 8 H, 4 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI	DS, NLCS
1999	.308, 4 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	.125, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI	DS

SS	Mark DeRosa

Year	Stats	Series Played
	No postseason experience

SS	Jesse Garcia

Year	Stats	Series Played
	No postseason experience

SS	Rey Sanchez

Year	Stats	Series Played
1997	.200 AVG, 3 H, 1 R, 1 RBI	DS (NYY - AL)

3B	Chipper Jones

Year	Stats	Series Played
1995	.364, 20 H, 10 R, 3 HR, 8 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
1996	.345, 19 H, 11 R, 1 HR, 9 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
1997	.344, 11 H, 8 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI	DS, NLCS
1998	.206, 7 H, 4 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI	DS, NLCS
1999	.244, 11 H, 7 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	.333, 4 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI	DS

3B	Ken Caminiti

Year	Stats	Series Played
1996	.300, 3 H, 3 R, 3 HR, 3 RBI	DS (SD)
1998	.200, 10 H, 6 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS (SD)
1999	.471, 8 H, 3 R, 3 HR, 8 RBI	DS (HOU)

LF	B. J. Surhoff

Year	Stats	Series Played
1996	.321, 9 H, 3 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI	DS, ALCS (BAL)
1997	.222, 8 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI	DS, ALCS (BAL)
2000	.500, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 AB	DS

CF	Andruw Jones

Year	Stats	Series Played
1996	.344, 10 H, 7 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
1997	.286, 4 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI	DS, NLCS
1998	.193, 6 H, 5 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI	DS, NLCS
1999	.259, 14 H, 7 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	.111, 1 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI	DS

RF	Brian Jordan

Year	Stats	Series Played
1996	.270, 10 H, 7 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI	DS, NLCS
1999	.254, 14 H, 6 R, 3 HR, 13 RBI	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	.364, 4 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 4 RBI	DS

RHP	John Burkett

Year	Stats	Series Played
1996	1-0, 2.00 ERA, 9 IP, 7 K, 1 BB	DS
1998	Did not pitch	DS
1999	Did not pitch	DS
2000	0-0, 6.75 ERA, 1.1 IP, 0 K, 0 BB	DS

LHP	Tom Glavine

Year	Stats	Series Played
1991	1-3, 2.99 ERA, 27.1 IP, 19 K, 13 BB	NLCS, WS
1992	1-3, 4.85 ERA, 24.1 IP, 10 K, 7 BB	NLCS, WS
1993	1-0, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 5 K, 0 BB	NLCS
1995	2-0, 1.61 ERA, 28 IP, 19 K, 9 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
1996	2-2, 1.72 ERA, 26.2 IP, 24 K, 6 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
1997	2-1, 5.18 ERA, 19.1 IP, 13 K, 16 BB	DS, NLCS
1998	0-2, 1.98 ERA, 18.2 IP, 16 K, 10 BB	DS, NLCS
1999	1-0, 2.70 ERA, 20 IP, 9 K, 4 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	0-1, 27.00 ERA, 2.1 IP, 2 K, 1 BB	DS

RHP	Greg Maddux

Year	Stats	Series Played
1989	0-1, 13.50 ERA, 7.1 IP, 5 K, 4 BB	NLCS (Cubs)
1993	1-1, 4.97 ERA, 12.2 IP, 11 K, 7 BB	NLCS
1995	3-1, 2.84 ERA, 38 IP, 19 K, 7 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
1996	2-2, 1.72 ERA, 26.2 IP, 24 K, 6 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
1997	1-2, 1.22 ERA, 22 IP, 22 K, 5 BB	DS, NLCS
1998	1-1, 2.77 ERA, 13 IP, 8 K, 3 BB	DS, NLCS
1999	1-2, 2.25 ERA, 28 IP, 17 K, 9 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	0-1, 11.25 ERA, 4 IP, 5 K, 5 BB	DS

RHP	Kevin Millwood

Year	Stats	Series Played
1999	2-1, 4.05 ERA, 22.2 IP, 20 K, 3 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	0-1, 7.71 ERA, 4.2 IP, 3 K, 3 BB	DS

RHP	Jason Marquis

Year	Stats	Series Played
	No postseason experience

RHP	Steve Karsay

Year	Stats	Series Played
1999	9.00 ERA, 3 IP, 3 K, 1 BB	DS (AL - Cle)

RHP	Steve Reed

Year	Stats	Series Played
1995	0.00 ERA, 2.7 IP, 3 K, 1 BB	DS (Col - NL)
1999	11.25 ERA, 2.4 IP, 1 K, 2 BB	DS (AL - Cle), ALCS
1999	30.86 ERA, 2.3 IP, 8 ER, 1 K, 1 BB	DS (AL - Cle)

LHP	Mike Remlinger

Year	Stats	Series Played
1999	0-2, 6.70 ERA, 9.4 IP, 8 K, 7 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
2000	0-0, 2.70 ERA, 3.1 IP, 3 K, 0 BB	DS

RHP	Rudy Seanez

Year	Stats	Series Played
1998	0-0, 4.50 ERA, 4 IP, 4 K, 1 BB	DS, NLCS

LHP	Odalis Perez

Year	Stats	Series Played
1998	1-0, 18.00 ERA, 1 IP, 1 K, 2 BB	DS, NLCS

RHP	Kerry Ligtenberg

Year	Stats	Series Played
1997	0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 IP, 4 K, 0 BB	DS, NLCS
1998	0-1, 4.28 ERA, 6.3 IP, 8 K, 6 BB	DS, NLCS
2000	0-0, 5.40 ERA, 1.2 IP, 3 K, 1 BB	DS

RHP	John Smoltz

Year	Stats	Series Played
1991	2-0, 1.54 ERA, 29.2 IP, 26 K, 4 BB	NLCS, WS
1992	3-0, 2.71 ERA, 33.2 IP, 31 K, 17 BB	NLCS, WS
1993	0-1, 0.00 ERA, 6.1 IP, 10 K , 5 BB	NLCS
1995	0-0, 6.92 ERA, 14.3 IP, 12 K, 5 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
1996	4-1, 0.95 ERA, 38 IP, 33 K, 13 BB	DS, NLCS, WS
1997	1-1, 3.60 ERA, 15 IP, 20 K, 6 BB	DS, NLCS
1998	1-0, 3.09 ERA, 20.4 IP, 19 K, 6 BB	DS, NLCS
1999	1-1, 5.27 ERA, 22.2 IP, 22 K, 6 BB	DS, NLCS, WS

DS - Division Series
NLCS - National League Championship Series
ALCS - American League Championship Series
WS - World Series