The Atlanta Braves, on track for the worst season in the franchise's 130-year history, have fired manager Fredi Gonzalez.
Gonzalez will be replaced on an interim basis by Class AAA manager Brian Snitker..
Gonzalez, 52, managed the Braves to the 2013 National League East title and a 2012 wild-card game appearance, but could do little to prop up a rebuilding project the past two seasons as the club gears up for a move into a new, suburban stadium in 2017. The Braves are off to a 9-28 start, and their .243 winning percentage puts them on course for the worst season in club history since the 1935 Boston Braves finished 38-115 (.248).
The firing ends a period of great managerial stability, as Gonzalez took over in 2011 for the retired Bobby Cox, who managed the Braves from 1991 to 2010, a span in which the club reached the playoffs 15 times, won five NL pennants and the 1995 World Series.
9-28 Braves fire Manager Fredi Gonzalez
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Braves fire Fredi Gonzalez after 9-28 start, to name Brian Snitker interim manager
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