You may not think so now, but Fredi Gonzalez was one of the better managers in Braves history.
With history written daily, a first attempt at placing Fredi Gonzalez on the continuum of Braves managers reveals both the weaknesses of distorted sample sizes and the difficulty of measuring a manager’s contribution to a team’s record. For example, Gonzalez served as Atlanta’s 17th manager, the 10th who managed for at least a complete season. However Bobby Cox managed 24.560 of the 50 seasons since the team arrived in Atlanta.
Gonzalez stands a distant second on the Braves managerial roster, with just 5.