ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves Hall-of-Famer Chipper Jones has joined the club's coaching staff as a part-time hitting consultant.
Jones spent his entire 19-year major league career with the Braves, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Jones started with the club in 1993 as a 21-year-old shortstop, after the Braves drafted him three years earlier.
According to the team, Jones, a native of DeLand, Florida, played in 2,499 games over the course of his career and retired in 2012 at the age of 40.
He was an eight-time All-Star and the 1999 National League MVP, finishing his career with a .303 career average, 468 home runs and 1,623 runs batted in.
Recently, Jones worked for the Braves as a special assistant to Baseball Operations as well as a broadcaster with ESPN.