Carty, Tenney to be inducted into Braves Hall of Fame

Mar. 23—Rico Carty and Fred Tenney will be inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony Aug. 19, before the Braves host the San Francisco Giants.

The induction ceremony will be part of the Braves' alumni weekend.

Carty and Tenney will join 38 other former Braves in the Hall.

Carty played with the Braves from 1963-72. His career .317 average ranks tied for sixth in franchise history and tied for first in the Atlanta era with Ralph Garr. Carty was chosen as an All-Star in 1970, when he hit .366, which is the highest season batting average in Atlanta history and tied for sixth in franchise history.

Tenney played 15 seasons with the Boston Braves from 1894-1907. He ranks fifth in franchise history in runs (1,134), fourth in hits (1,994) and fifth in franchise history in stolen bases (260). Tenney also served as both a player and manager from 1905-07 and again in 1911.

Braves Hall of Fame Members Hank Aaron (1999) Eddie Mathews (1999) Phil Niekro (1999) Warren Spahn (1999) Dale Murphy (2000) Ted Turner (2000) Ernie Johnson (2001) Lew Burdette (2001) Bill Bartholomay (2002) John Sain (2002) Del Crandall (2003) Skip Caray (2004) Tommy Holmes (2004) Kid Nichols (2004) Pete Van Wieren (2004) Herman Long (2005) Paul Snyder (2005) Ralph Garr (2006) Bill Lucas (2006) David Justice (2007) Greg Maddux (2009) Bobby Cox (2010) Tom Glavine (2011) John Smoltz (2012) Chipper Jones (2013) Javy Lopez (2014) Rabbit Maranville (2014) Dave Pursley (2014) Don Sutton (2015) Andruw Jones (2016) John Schuerholz (2016) Tim Hudson (2018) Joe Simpson (2018) Hugh Duffy (2019) Terry Pendleton (2019) Joe Adcock (2020) Leo Mazzone (2020) Joe Torre (2020) 2020 Braves Hall of Fame class inducted in 2022.