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special Assistants to baseball operations FRONT OFFICE

andruw jones Special Assistant, Baseball Operations

• Andruw Jones is in his sixth season as special assistant, • During his playing
baseball operations...He was named to the position in career, the former
February of 2016 after retiring from a 17-year major- outfielder won 10 MANAGER & STAFF
league career. Rawlings Gold Glove
• In his role, Jones instructs and assists minor-league awards, 1998-2007, tied
outfielders during spring training and the regular for the second most of
season, assists with major-league workouts during the any outfielder in baseball history...Jones was also a
spring and consults the baseball operations staff on five-time N.L. All-Star and finished as high as second
trades and transactions. in MVP voting in 2005, when he hit a franchise single-
season record 51 home runs.
• Jones, 43, played 12 seasons for Atlanta after signing PLAYER BIOS
with the Braves as an amateur free agent in 1993...
He played his final five seasons with four teams (Los
Angeles-NL, Texas, Chicago-AL, New York-AL).

Terry Pendleton Special Assistant, Baseball Operations SEASON IN REVIEW

• The 2021 season marks Terry Pendleton’s 25th in the • Pendleton began his
Atlanta Braves organization, including his third as special major-league career
assistant, baseball operations. with the St. Louis
• Since retiring from a 15-year major-league career, Cardinals, where he PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Pendleton served 16 seasons on the Braves coaching spent his first seven seasons...He also played for Florida
staff, 2002-17...He was the bench coach for the final (1995-96), Cincinnati (1997) and Kansas City (1998).
two seasons, moving into that role in May of 2016, • He was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame on
when Brian Snitker was named manager. January 18, 2019.
• Pendleton was also the club's first base coach for • Pendleton played collegiate baseball at Oxnard
five-plus seasons, 2011-16...He began his tenure on the Community College (CA) and Fresno State University...
Braves staff in 2002 as the hitting coach, a position he He was selected by the Cardinals in the seventh round
held for nine seasons. of the 1982 June draft after an All-America campaign BRAVES HISTORY
• During his playing career, Pendleton was the 1991 N.L. with the Bulldogs.
MVP, the 1992 runner-up in that award, an All-Star • He was also inducted into the California Community
and a three-time Gold Glove winner...He won the N.L. College Athletic Association Hall of Fame in March of
batting title in 1991 after hitting .319 with a league-best 2016.
303 total bases...He was also the Comeback Player of • Pendleton, 60, and his wife, Catherine, reside in
the Year that season. Snellville, Ga....The couple has three children,
• The switch-hitter played five seasons with Atlanta, Stephanie, Terry and Trinity. OPPONENTS
1991-94 and 1996, batting .287 with 71 home runs and
322 RBI in 593 games.

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