These are the members of the Braves organization who passed away in 2025.
Sandy Alomar, Sr.Second baseman, ShortstopOctober 19, 1943 – October 13, 2025MLB: 1964-1978Braves: 1964-66
Sandy Alomar, Sr., had a long career as both a player and a coach. Father of Sandy, Jr. and Hall of Fame second baseman, Roberto, Alomar, Sr. debuted with the Milwaukee Braves in 1964 and stayed with the team through its first season in Atlanta. He’d spent parts of 15 seasons in the big leagues, including an All-Star season with the California Angels in 1970. He only hit 13 home runs in his career but stole 227 bases in 1,481 games for six organizations. With the Braves, he appeared in 117 games hitting .210 with 13 stolen bases across three seasons.
Jim BreazealeFirst basemanOctober 3, 2025 – March 13, 2025MLB: 1969, 1971-72, 1978Braves: 1969, 1971-72
Jim Breazeale debuted as a 19-year-old with Atlanta in 1969, appearing in two games with two walks in three plate appearances. He’d see action in 10 games for the Braves in 1971 and a career-high 52 games in 1972 smashing five home runs in 85 at-bats. He wouldn’t appear in the big leagues again until 1978 with the Chicago White Sox, his last year in MLB.
Roy ClarkScout, ExecutiveMay 22, 1957 – August 22, 2025
Roy Clark was a long-time scout and executive with the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Royals, joining the Braves in 1989 and staying through 2008. He returned to the organization in 2015 and remained until 2018. For a full read on Clark’s career and impact on the Braves, you can read this obituary.
Jim ClancyPitcherDecember 18, 1966 – July 12, 2025MLB: 1977-1991Braves: 1991
Jim Clancy pitched for 15 seasons in the big leagues, 12 of which were with the Toronto Blue Jays. An All-Star in 1982, he twice lead the American League in starts. He appeared in 472 games, including 381 starts, with 11 shutouts and 10 saves. He made his last big league appearances with Atlanta in 1991 when he appeared in 24 games. Although he struggled during the regular season, he pitched in three games in the 1991 World Series and picked up the win for Atlanta in Game 3.
Jack CurtisPitcherJanuary 11, 1937 – May 12, 2025MLB: 1961-1963Braves: 1962
Jack Curtis finished third in the Rookie of the Year Award in 1961 with the Chicago Cubs when he appeared in 31 games, including 27 starts and 180.1 innings. He split the 1962 season between the Cubs and the Milwaukee Braves. He appeared in four games in 193 with the Cleveland Indians, which would be his last in the big leagues. With the Braves, he appeared in 30 games, making five starts and collecting his only career save.
Octavio DotelPitcherNovember 25, 1973 – April 8, 2025MLB: 1999-2013Braves: 2007
Octavio Dotel spent parts of 15 seasons in the majors, mainly as a reliever, collecting 109 career saves across 758 career games. He appeared for a whopping 13 different organizations, including a brief nine-game stint with the Atlanta Braves in 2007. For the Braves, he struck out 12 batters in 7.2 innings.
Lee EliaShortstopJuly 16, 1937 – July 9, 2025MLB: 1966, 1968Braves (front office): 2011-2012
Lee Elia had a brief career in the major leagues and was twice a big league manager. A long-time minor league manager, Elia was a big league coach for numerous organizations and spent 2011 and 2012 with the Atlanta Braves as a special assistant.
Albert HallOutfielderMarch 7, 1958 – December 16, 2025MLB: 1981-1989Braves: 1981-1988
Albert Hall was a reserve outfielder with the Atlanta Braves for most of the 1980s. Debuting in 1981, Hall didn’t get regular time with the big league team until 1984 when he saw action in 87 games. His best season was in 1987, when he stole 33 bases and hit .284 in 337 plate appearances across 92 games. He hit only five career home runs – including three in 1987 – but became the first Brave in seven decades to hit for a cycle when he did so against the Houston Astros on September 23, 1987. He appeared in 20 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1989. In parts of eight season with the Braves, he appeared in 355 games and swiped 64 bases.
Steve HarganPitcherSeptember 8, 1942 – October 30, 2025MLB: 1965-1972, 1974-1977Braves: 1977
An All-Star as a member of the Cleveland Indians in 1967 when he lead the American League with six shutouts, Steve Hargan pitched in parts of 12 seasons in the majors, including eight seasons with Cleveland. His final season in the big leagues was in 1977 when he appeared for three different organizations, including with the Atlanta Braves. For the Braves, he pitched in 16 games, including three starts with underwhelming results. For his career, he started 215 games and appeared in 354 games overall. He saved four games and pitched 17 shutouts.
Davey JohnsonSecond baseman, First basemanJanuary 30, 1943 – September 5, 2025MLB: 1965-1975, 1977-1978Braves: 1973-1975
Davey Johnson has a credible case for the Hall of Fame when combining his big league success as a manager – including winning the 1986 World Series as manager of the New York Mets – and his 13-year big league career as a player. As a player, Johnson debuted for the Baltimore Orioles in 1965 and was an All-Star in three consecutive season from 1968-1970. After eight seasons with Baltimore, he was traded to Atlanta and was an All-Star in his first season with the Braves in 1973.
It was a historic season for Johnson and the Braves when he stroked 43 home runs as the team’s second baseman joining third baseman Darrell Evans and Hall of Fame outfielder Henry Aaron as the first trio of teammates to hit 40-or-more home runs in the same season.
Johnson wasn’t able to follow-up his success in 1974, seeing his number return to career norms. After one game with the Braves in 1975, he went to Japan for two season before returning to MLB in 1977 for a final two-season run.
He was a three-time Gold Glove winner during his career. With Atlanta, he hit 58 home runs in 294 games.
He made his big league debut as a manager at age 41 for the Mets in 1984. He managed for five different organizations, finishing no worse than third only once in 17 seasons. He won six division titles and was twice named Manager of the Year. His last season as skipper came in 2013, when he led the Washington Nationals at age 70.
Bobby MalkmusInfielderJuly 4, 1931 – February 23, 2025MLB: 1957-196Braves: 1957
Bobby Malkmus made his MLB debut during the Milwaukee Braves’ 1957 World Series-winning campaign, appearing in 13 games. That would be his only action with the Braves, but he would play for parts of five more seasons, including in 1961 when he picked-up down-ballot votes for MVP with the Philadelphia Phillies when he played in a career-best 121 games.
Felix MantillaInfielder, OutfielderJuly 29, 1934 – January 10, 2025MLB: 1956-1966Braves: 1956-1961
Felix Mantilla debuted with the Milwaukee Braves at age 21 in 1956 and played with the Braves as a reserve infielder through the 1961 season. He was selected by the New York Mets in the 1962 expansion draft but would be traded to the Boston Red Sox prior to 1963 where he’s have his most career success including hitting 30 home runs in 1964 and then becoming an All-Star in his penultimate big league season in 1965. With the Braves, he played in the 1957 and 1958 World Series and appeared in 402 career regular season games.
Matt MurrayPitcherSeptember 26, 1970 – June 22, 2025MLB: 1995Braves: 1995
Matt Murray, a second round pick by the Braves in 1988, only spent one year in the big leagues – 1995 – debuting with Atlanta and making one start in four games with the Braves. He was dealt to the Boston Red Sox at the waiver trade deadline as Atlanta’s player to be named from an earlier trade of reliever Mike Stanton to Boston for two minor leaguers. Murray would pitch twice with Boston in what would be his last big league appearances. In an odd quirk, he lost three of the six games in which he appeared.
Rod NicholsPitcherDecember 29, 1964 – May 14, 2025MLB: 1988-1993, 1995Braves: 1995
Rod Nichols debuted with the Cleveland Indians in 1988 and pitched in parts of five seasons with the team working as both a starter and a reliever. He made four appearances with the Dodgers in 1993 before spending all of the 1994 season in Triple-A for the Royals. He signed with the Atlanta Braves prior to the 1995 season and pitched at Triple-A until the aforementioned Mike Stanton trade, when he was brought up to Atlanta. He pitched in five games with the Braves before returning to the minors. He pitched in Triple-A for Atlanta again in 1996 as the team’s closer but didn’t get an opportunity to return to Atlanta.
Johnny O’BrienInfielder, PitcherDecember 11, 1930 – June 13, 2025MLB: 1953; 1955-1959Braves: 1959
Johnny O’Brien debuted in 1953 with the Pittsburgh Pirates before missing the 1954 season due to military service. He returned an an infielder and pitcher with the Pirates until being traded to the Cardinals during the 1958 season. His final big league season was with the Braves in 1959, playing second base, and playing 44 games. For his career, he played in 339 games as a position player. He pitched in 25 career games – appearing in 16 games in 1957, including one start.
Bob UeckerCatcherJanuary 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025MLB: 1962-1967Braves: 1962-1963; 1967
Bob Uecker’s playing career was only the first chapter of what would be a legendary career as a broadcaster, actor and cultural icon. His playing career began with the Milwaukee Braves at age 28 in 1962 as a reserve catcher. He spent two years with the Braves before doing the same with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies before returning to the Braves in a trade to Atlanta during the 1967 season. He hit .200 for his career with 14 career home runs, but that was only the start to his story.
Uecker, after his on-field career ended, spent time doing stand-up and in 1969, worked in television with Atlanta Braves broadcasters Milo Hamilton and Ernie Johnson, Sr. In 1970, he made more than 100 appearances on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, who gave him the nickname “Mr. Baseball”. In 1971, he was named a radio and television broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers, with whom he would work until his passing.
He was also a star of the sitcom “Mr. Belveldere” and appeared on numerous television shows. In addition to his time as a commercial pitchman, he became known for his role in the movie “Major League” as the play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle.
A member of multiple Hall of Fames and a multi-time award winner for his work in broadcasting, he won the Ford C. Frick Award in Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 2003.
