In 1999, Jones was voted NL Most Valuable Player. An eight-time All-Star, he won the NL batting title in 2008. Jones was ...

The Atlanta Braves selected Chipper Jones to be the No. 1 overall pick of ... He is an eight-time All-Star and was named MVP in 1999, besides getting more than 2700 base hits and 450 home runs.

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is seeking to become the first Braves player to have 100-plus RBIs in three consecutive seasons since Chipper Jones did it in eight straight from 1996-2003. First pitch: 4:10 p.m. ET The pitching ...

But the name most recognizable to Atlanta Braves fans is Chipper Jones. He was selected as the ... two more World Series appearances in 1996 and 1999. Very seldom does a player play his entire ...

1999: In a historic agreement ... Five games are played today in the inaugural World Baseball Classic. In Pool B, Derrek Lee and Chipper Jones hammer solo home runs powering the USA to a 2 - 0 win ...

He’d spend most of 1999 with the Nashville Sounds ... Adrian Beltré, Miguel Cabrera, Chipper Jones, Scott Rolen and David Wright. He was never that superstar many Pirates fans later imagined ...

There are legends in baseball. And then there’s Greg Maddux — a wizard on the mound, a Hall of Fame craftsman, and, according to his former teammate Chipper Jones, a devious, prank-pulling ...