List of Atlanta Braves Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Atlanta Braves Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Ref(s)

1966	Tony Cloninger	L	2–3	Pittsburgh Pirates	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1967	Denny Lemaster	L	1–6	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1968	Pat Jarvis	L	1–2	St. Louis Cardinals	Busch Stadium

1969*	Pat Jarvis (2)	ND (W)	5–4	San Francisco Giants	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1970	Phil Niekro	L	3–8	San Diego Padres	San Diego Stadium

1971	Phil Niekro (2)	ND (W)	7–4	Cincinnati Reds	Riverfront Stadium

1972	Phil Niekro (3)	L	5–6	San Diego Padres	San Diego Stadium

1973	Gary Gentry	ND (L)	1–2	Houston Astros	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1974	Carl Morton	ND (L)	6–7	Cincinnati Reds	Riverfront Stadium

1975	Phil Niekro (4)	L	2–6	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1976	Carl Morton (2)	L	2–8	San Diego Padres	San Diego Stadium

1977	Andy Messersmith	ND (L)	2–3	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1978	Phil Niekro (5)	L	4–13	Los Angeles Dodgers	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1979	Phil Niekro (6)	L	1–2	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1980	Phil Niekro (7)	L	0–9	Cincinnati Reds	Riverfront Stadium

1981	Tommy Boggs	ND (W)	5–3	Cincinnati Reds	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1982*	Rick Mahler	W	1–0	San Diego Padres	Jack Murphy Stadium

1983	Phil Niekro (8)	ND (L)	4–5	Cincinnati Reds	Riverfront Stadium

1984	Len Barker	L	0–5	Philadelphia Phillies	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1985	Rick Mahler (2)	W	6–0	Philadelphia Phillies	Veterans Stadium

1986	Rick Mahler (3)	W	6–0	Montreal Expos	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1987	Rick Mahler (4)	W	6–0	Philadelphia Phillies	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1988	Rick Mahler (5)	ND (L)	9–10	Chicago Cubs	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1989	Zane Smith	L	10–3	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1990	Tom Glavine	L	0–8	San Francisco Giants	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1991**	John Smoltz	L	4–6	Los Angeles Dodgers	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1992**	Tom Glavine (2)	W	2–0	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1993*	Greg Maddux	W	1–0	Chicago Cubs	Wrigley Field

1994	Greg Maddux (2)	W	4–1	San Diego Padres	Jack Murphy Stadium

1995†	Greg Maddux (3)	W	12–5	San Francisco Giants	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1996**	Greg Maddux (4)	W	10–8	San Francisco Giants	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1997*	John Smoltz (2)	L	1–2	Houston Astros	Astrodome

1998*	Greg Maddux (5)	ND (W)	2–1	Milwaukee Brewers	Turner Field

1999**	Tom Glavine (3)	L	4–7	Philadelphia Phillies	Turner Field

2000*	Greg Maddux (6)	W	2–0	Colorado Rockies	Turner Field

2001*	John Burkett	ND (W)	10–4	Cincinnati Reds	Cinergy Field

2002*	Tom Glavine (4)	W	7–2	Philadelphia Phillies	Turner Field

2003*	Greg Maddux (7)	L	2–10	Montreal Expos	Turner Field

2004*	Russ Ortiz	L	2–7	New York Mets	Turner Field

2005*	John Smoltz (3)	L	0–9	Florida Marlins	Dolphin Stadium

2006	Tim Hudson	ND (W)	11–10	Los Angeles Dodgers	Dodger Stadium

2007	John Smoltz (4)	ND (W)	5–3	Philadelphia Phillies	Citizens Bank Park

2008	Tim Hudson (2)	ND (L)	2–3	Washington Nationals	Nationals Park

2009	Derek Lowe	W	4–1	Philadelphia Phillies	Citizens Bank Park

2010*	Derek Lowe (2)	W	16–5	Chicago Cubs	Turner Field

2011	Derek Lowe (3)	W	2–0	Washington Nationals	Nationals Park

2012	Tommy Hanson	L	0–1	New York Mets	Citi Field

2013*	Tim Hudson (3)	ND (W)	7–5	Philadelphia Phillies	Turner Field

2014	Julio Teherán	L	0–2	Milwaukee Brewers	Miller Park

2015	Julio Teherán (2)	W	2–1	Miami Marlins	Marlins Park

2016	Julio Teherán (3)	ND (L)	3–4	Washington Nationals	Turner Field

2017	Julio Teheran (4)	ND (L)	0--6	New York Mets	Citi Field

2018	Julio Teherán (5)	ND (W)	8–5	Philadelphia Phillies	SunTrust Park

2019	Julio Teherán (6)	L	4–10	Philadelphia Phillies	Citizens Bank Park

Sentence(s)

Julio Teherán was the Braves' Opening Day starter for the first time, taking the loss in a 2–0 game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

final_sentence: Julio Teherán was the Braves' Opening Day starter for the first time, taking the loss in a 2–0 game against the Milwaukee Brewers.