Revisionist Baseball

1995 NL Pennant Race

The Atlanta Braves held a slim half-game lead over the Cincinnati Reds at the beginning of September. But a 6-1 week left them with a 4 game margin.  The Reds pulled back to within 2½ heading into a three game showdown series at Cincinnati.  But Atlanta's pitching (Smoltz, Maddux and Glavine) held the Reds to a single run in each game as the Braves swept the series.  Cincinnati never recovered, and finished 5 games out.

Here is a chart showing the pennant contenders over the last month of the season:

DATE ATL CIN
Sept 1 L Chi 74 43 .632 -- W Pit 73 43 .629 ½
Sept 2 L Chi 74 44 .627 -- L Pit 73 44 .624 ½
Sept 3 W Chi 75 44 .630 -- L Pit 73 45 .619 1½
Sept 4 W StL 76 44 .633 -- W Hou 74 45 .622 1½
Sept 5 W StL 77 44 .636 -- L Hou 74 46 .617 2½
Sept 6 W StL 78 44 .639 -- W Hou 75 46 .620 2½
Sept 7 L Fla 78 45 .634 --     75 46 .620 2
Sept 8 W Fla 79 45 .637 -- L Col 75 47 .615 3
Sept 9 W Fla 80 45 .640 -- L Col 75 48 .610 4
Sept 10 L Fla 80 46 .635 -- L Col 75 49 .605 4
Sept 11 L Col 80 47 .630 -- W Fla 76 49 .608 3
Sept 12 L Col 80 48 .625 -- L Fla 76 50 .603 3
Sept 13 W Col 81 48 .628 -- W Fla 77 50 .606 3
Sept 14 81 48 .628 -- W SD 78 50 .609 2½
Sept 15 W Cin 82 48 .631 -- L Atl 78 51 .605 3½
Sept 16 W Cin 83 48 .634 -- L Atl 78 52 .600 4½
Sept 17 W Cin 84 48 .636 -- L Atl 78 53 .595 5½
Sept 18 W NY 85 48 .639 -- W Mon 79 53 .598 5½
Sept 19 L NY 85 49 .634 -- L Mon 79 54 .594 5½
Sept 20 L NY 85 50 .630 -- W Mon 80 54 .597 4½
Sept 21 W NY 86 50 .632 --     80 54 .597 5
Sept 22 W Mon 87 50 .635 -- W Phi 81 54 .600 5
Sept 23 L Mon 87 51 .630 -- L Phi 81 55 .596 5
Sept 24 W Mon 88 51 .633 -- W Phi 82 55 .599 5
Sept 25 88 51 .633 -- L NY 82 56 .594 5½
Sept 26 W Phi 89 51 .636 --     82 56 .594 6
Sept 27 W Phi 90 51 .638 -- LL NY 82 58 .586 7½
Sept 28 90 51 .638 -- W Mon 83 58 .589 7
Sept 29 L NY 90 52 .634 -- W Mon 84 58 .592 6
Sept 30 L NY 90 53 .629 -- L Mon 84 59 .587 6
Oct 1 L NY 90 54 .625 -- W Mon 85 59 .590 5

Data source: 1996 Sporting News Baseball Guide

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