| HOW THE BRAVES WERE BUILT | 
| Player | How acquired | 
| Tom Glavine | Draft. 2nd round, 1984 (high school) | 
| Eddie Perez | Amateur free agent. Signed Sept. 27, 1986. | 
| John Smoltz | Trade. From Tigers for Doyle Alexander, Aug. 12, 1987 | 
| Javy Lopez* | Amateur free agent. Signed Nov. 6, 1987. | 
| Ryan Klesko | Draft. 5th round, 1989 (high school) | 
| Randall Simon | Amateur free agent. Signed July 17, 1992 | 
| Greg Maddux | Free agent. Signed Dec. 9, 1992 | 
| Kevin Millwood | Draft. 11th round, 1993 (high school) | 
| John Rocker | Draft. 18th round, 1993 (high school) | 
| Andruw Jones | Amateur free agent. Signed July 2, 1993 | 
| Kevin McGlinchy | Draft. 5th round, 1995 (high school) | 
| Keith Lockhart | Trade. With Michael Tucker from Royals for Jermaine Dye and Jamie Walker, March 27, 1997 | 
| Walt Weiss | Free agent. Signed Nov. 17, 1997 | 
| Andres Galarraga* | Free agent. Signed Nov. 21, 1997 | 
| Gerald Williams | Trade. From Brewers for Chad Fox, Dec. 11, 1997 | 
| Ozzie Guillen | Free agent. Signed May 8, 1998 | 
| Howard Battle | Minor league free agent. Signed June 9, 1998 | 
| Russ Springer | Trade. From Diamondbacks for Alan Embree, June 23, 1998 | 
| Bret Boone | Trade. With Mike Remlinger from Reds for Denny Neagle, Michael Tucker and Rob Bell, Nov. 10, 1998 | 
| Mike Remlinger | Trade. With Bret Boone from Reds for Denny Neagle, Michael Tucker and Rob Bell, Nov. 10, 1998 | 
| Brian Jordan | Free agent. Signed Nov. 23, 1998 | 
| Otis Nixon | Free agent. Signed Dec. 1, 1998 | 
| Brian Hunter | Free agent. Signed April 4, 1999 | 
| Greg Myers | Trade. From San Diego for Doug Dent, July 26, 1999 | 
| Terry Mulholland | Trade. With Jose Hernandez from Cubs for Micah Bowie, Ruben Quevedo and PTBNL | 
| Jose Hernandez | Trade. With Terry Mulholland from Cubs for Micah Bowie, Ruben Quevedo and PTBNL | 
| Jorge Fabregas | Free agent. Signed Aug. 31, 1999 |