The Braves have always been known for their top notch pitching. John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Warren Spahn, Johnny Sain, and Phil Niekro are a few notable stars that have pitched for the Braves franchise, and they definitely pitched well in that Braves uniform.
Throughout the history of this pitching rich franchise there have been countless clutch pitching performances in playoff games and regular season games alike.
In this slideshow I will show the five most clutch pitching performances since the team's inception in 1876 (Yeh, this country was only 100 years old when the Braves were founded, not really that easy finding five games to chose from). The list was complied not only from best overall pitching performances, but included were the circumstances in which they occurred. For instance, Dewayne Wise's catch last year saving Mark Buehrle' s no hitter is not the best catch ever, but when you consider the circumstances that he made the catch, it has to be considered.
Lets start off with some of the great performances in Braves history that did not make the list...
Tom Glavine's seven shutout innings leading to a 1-0 victory in game three of the NLCS against the New York Mets in New York City was left off.
John Smoltz's gem in one of the Braves' most memorable games, game seven of the 1992 NLCS, didn't quite cut it.
Lew Burdette's complete game shutout in game seven which lead to the Braves' second World Series in 1957 wasn't good enough to make this list.
Even Greg Maddux's eight inning, six-hit shutout against the New York Yankees in New York City in game two of the World Series was not able to crack to the top five.
The Braves have three World Series titles in their storied history and you can bet there are a few dominant outings from some Braves starters on this list. And so, without further ado here are the five most clutch performances in the history of the Braves franchise...
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