2007 Atlanta Braves | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Turner Field | |
City | Atlanta | |
Record | 84–78 (.519) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Liberty Media | |
General managers | John Schuerholz | |
Managers | Bobby Cox | |
Television | FSN South SportSouth TBS Jon Sciambi, Chip Caray, Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Joe Simpson | |
Radio | WGST Jon Sciambi, Chip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Joe Simpson, Mark Lemke WUBL | |
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The 2007 Atlanta Braves season was the 42nd season in Atlanta and the 137th overall. They attempted to recapture the National League East, which they had relinquished in 2006 for the first time since joining the division in 1994. They opened their season with a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies.
The team had a great April to open the season, finishing the month with a 16–9 record. They also won both series against the rival Mets that month. Three of the four victories in those series were comeback wins. They were 2 games ahead of the Mets for first-place at the end of the month.
The Braves started off the month red-hot by winning 8 of their first 11 games, which included five straight wins from May 8–12. It was their first five-game winning streak since July 2006. The team finished out the month by winning just 6 of their final 17 games, however, which included a sweep at home at the hands of the Phillies (whom they had swept at the beginning of the season). The Braves ended with a .500 record for the month, at 14–14.
Interleague play during mid-June saw the Braves struggle, finishing with an NL-worst 4–11 record. The team lost 7 out of 8 games, including a stretch in which they scored just a single run in a five-game span. On June 24, the Braves fell to .500 for the first time during the season. The month ended on a positive note, however, as the Braves took five straight games from the Washington Nationals and the Florida Marlins. During those five games, the Braves scored 41 runs. The Braves finished the month four games behind the Mets in the divisional standings.
On July 5, Chipper Jones surpassed Dale Murphy for the Atlanta club record of 372 home runs by belting 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. [1] The Braves went into the All-Star break with a record of 47–42, 2 games behind the New York Mets. After the break, the Braves swept the Pirates in three games, then were immediately swept by the last-place Cincinnati Reds.
On July 18, Julio Franco was signed as a free agent. [2] On July 21, Willie Harris went 6-for-6 with 6 RBIs to become the seventh player in franchise history to go 6-for-6 in a 14–6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. [3]
On July 31, the Braves acquired 1B Mark Teixeira and LHP Ron Mahay from the Texas Rangers for C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus, LHP Matt Harrison, RHP Neftalí Feliz, and LHP Beau Jones. [4] Saltalamacchia, Andrus, and Harrison were rated as the top three prospects in the organization at the start of the season by Baseball America . [5] Later in the day, they acquired RHP Octavio Dotel from the Kansas City Royals for RHP Kyle Davies. [6] In the final deal before the deadline, Atlanta traded LHPs Wilfredo Ledezma and Will Startup to the San Diego Padres for LHP Royce Ring. [7]
The Braves went through a disappointing August going 13–15. They suffered a terrible loss on August 2 losing to the Houston Astros 12–11 in 14 innings in which Édgar Rentería left with an ankle sprain which kept him out for a month. Yunel Escobar took his spot and fared similarly to Rentería and on August 5, he hit a walk-off single against the Colorado Rockies in 10 innings. On August 16, Jeff Francoeur, wore a jersey with his name misspelled on it. The "e" and "u" in his name switched, went 0-for-4 with the Braves in a game against the Giants. [8] At the end of the month, they were 5+1⁄2 games back of the Mets for first place.
After dropping the first two games of September to the rival New York Mets, the Braves won 14 of their next 20 games to pull within only three games of the wild card. The Braves could not keep up this blistering pace however, dropping four of their last five games, eliminating themselves from playoff contention. The Braves did use the late season roster expansion to bring up young OF prospect Brandon Jones, a possible replacement for outfielder Andruw Jones, whose contract expired in 2007, and won't be renewed because his batting statistics tumbled in 2007. The Braves final game of the season took place on September 30, and the Braves lost to the Houston Astros, 3–0. This was also the final Braves game broadcast nationally by TBS, ending more than 30 years of nationally televised Atlanta Braves baseball.
On October 11, John Schuerholz gave up the GM job after 17 years to become team president, signing a four-year contract. The new GM Frank Wren, signed a four-year contract after eight years as Assistant GM. [9]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 47–34 | 42–39 |
New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | 41–40 | 47–34 |
Atlanta Braves | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 | 44–37 | 40–41 |
Washington Nationals | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Florida Marlins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 18 | 36–45 | 35–46 |
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–7 |
Atlanta | 2–4 | — | 5–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 | 4–11 |
Chicago | 2–4 | 4–5 | — | 9–9 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–7 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 11–5 | 6–1 | 8–4 |
Cincinnati | 4–2 | 6–1 | 9–9 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–11 | 2–4 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–9 | 1–6 | 7-11 |
Colorado | 10–8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–8 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–8 |
Florida | 1–6 | 8–10 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 |
Houston | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 11–4 | 4–3 | 3-2 | — | 4–3 | 5–13 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 7–9 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 3–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–10 |
Milwaukee | 5–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 7–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 13–5 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 10–6 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
New York | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 5–5 | 4–2 | — | 6–12 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 8–7 |
Philadelphia | 1-5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–6 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 12–6 | 8–7 |
Pittsburgh | 4–5 | 1–5 | 7–8 | 7–9 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–5 | 2–5 | 6–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
San Diego | 8–10 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 4–14 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 5–10 |
St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 4-2 | 9–7 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 1–4 | — | 1–5 | 6–9 |
Washington | 1–6 | 7–11 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 10-8 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 9–9 |
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Note: PA=Plate appearances; AB=At bats; H=Hits; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; SB=Stolen bases; AVG=Batting average; OBP=On-base percentage; SLG=Slugging percentage.
Player | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
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Jeff Francoeur | 696 | 642 | 188 | 19 | 105 | 5 | .293 | .338 | .444 |
Andruw Jones | 659 | 572 | 127 | 26 | 94 | 5 | .222 | .311 | .413 |
Kelly Johnson | 608 | 521 | 144 | 16 | 68 | 9 | .276 | .375 | .457 |
Chipper Jones | 600 | 513 | 173 | 29 | 102 | 5 | .337 | .425 | .604 |
Brian McCann | 552 | 504 | 136 | 18 | 92 | 0 | .270 | .320 | .452 |
Édgar Rentería | 543 | 494 | 164 | 12 | 57 | 11 | .332 | .390 | .470 |
Willie Harris | 391 | 344 | 93 | 2 | 32 | 17 | .270 | .349 | .392 |
Matt Diaz | 384 | 358 | 121 | 12 | 45 | 4 | .338 | .368 | .497 |
Yunel Escobar | 355 | 319 | 104 | 5 | 28 | 5 | .326 | .385 | .451 |
Scott Thorman | 307 | 287 | 62 | 11 | 36 | 1 | .216 | .258 | .394 |
Mark Teixeira* | 240 | 208 | 66 | 17 | 56 | 0 | .317 | .404 | .615 |
Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 153 | 141 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .284 | .333 | .411 |
Chris Woodward | 151 | 136 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .199 | .252 | .279 |
Pete Orr | 69 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .235 | .215 |
Martín Prado | 62 | 59 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .288 | .323 | .339 |
Craig Wilson | 69 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .172 | .304 | .259 |
Ryan Langerhans | 52 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .068 | .192 | .091 |
Julio Franco | 45 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .250 | .311 | .325 |
Brayan Peña | 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .303 |
Corky Miller | 29 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .259 | .310 | .444 |
Brandon Jones | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .158 | .190 | .211 |
Clint Sammons | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 |
Pitcher Totals | 352 | 302 | 45 | 1 | 20 | 64 | .149 | .179 | .179 |
Team Totals | 6374 | 5689 | 1562 | 176 | 781 | 64 | .275 | .339 | .435 |
*With Atlanta.
Note: G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; W=Wins; L=Losses; IP=Innings pitched; H/9=Hits per 9 IP; R=Runs allowed; ER=Earned runs allowed; BB/9=Walks per 9 IP; SO/9=Strikeouts per 9 IP; ERA=Earned run average
Player | G | GS | W | L | IP | H/9 | R | ER | BB/9 | SO/9 | ERA |
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Tim Hudson | 34 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 224 1⁄3 | 8.87 | 87 | 83 | 2.13 | 5.30 | 3.33 |
John Smoltz | 32 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 205 2⁄3 | 8.58 | 78 | 71 | 2.06 | 8.62 | 3.11 |
Chuck James | 30 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 161 1⁄3 | 9.15 | 77 | 76 | 3.24 | 6.47 | 4.24 |
Buddy Carlyle | 22 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 107 | 9.84 | 67 | 62 | 2.69 | 6.22 | 5.21 |
Peter Moylan | 80 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 6.50 | 27 | 18 | 3.10 | 6.30 | 1.80 |
Kyle Davies | 17 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 9.63 | 61 | 55 | 4.60 | 6.17 | 5.76 |
Óscar Villarreal | 51 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 76 1⁄3 | 8.84 | 40 | 36 | 3.77 | 6.84 | 4.24 |
Rafael Soriano | 71 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 5.88 | 26 | 24 | 1.88 | 8.75 | 3.00 |
Tyler Yates | 75 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 8.73 | 44 | 38 | 4.23 | 9.41 | 5.18 |
Jo-Jo Reyes | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 50 2⁄3 | 9.77 | 39 | 35 | 5.33 | 4.80 | 6.22 |
Lance Cormier | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 45 2⁄3 | 11.04 | 38 | 36 | 4.34 | 5.32 | 7.09 |
Bob Wickman | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 43 2⁄3 | 9.89 | 22 | 19 | 4.12 | 7.21 | 3.92 |
Chad Paronto | 41 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 40 1⁄3 | 10.49 | 20 | 16 | 4.24 | 3.12 | 3.57 |
Ron Mahay | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6.11 | 8 | 7 | 5.14 | 7.39 | 2.25 |
Manny Acosta | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 2⁄3 | 4.94 | 6 | 6 | 5.32 | 8.37 | 2.28 |
Mark Redman | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 2⁄3 | 15.78 | 29 | 28 | 4.57 | 5.40 | 11.63 |
Mike González | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7.94 | 3 | 3 | 4.24 | 6.88 | 1.59 |
José Ascanio | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9.56 | 11 | 9 | 3.38 | 7.31 | 5.06 |
Macay McBride | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8.40 | 9 | 6 | 9.00 | 10.20 | 4.20 |
Jeff Bennett | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9.69 | 5 | 5 | 2.08 | 9.69 | 3.46 |
Anthony Lerew | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 2⁄3 | 10.80 | 10 | 10 | 5.40 | 6.94 | 7.71 |
Wil Ledezma | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 1⁄3 | 11.6 | 10 | 8 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 7.71 |
Joey Devine | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 1⁄3 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 1.08 |
Octavio Dotel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 2⁄3 | 5.9 | 5 | 4 | 1.2 | 14.1 | 4.70 |
Blaine Boyer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 1⁄3 | 16.9 | 3 | 2 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 3.38 |
Royce Ring | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 0.00 |
Steve Colyer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 2⁄3 | 22.1 | 2 | 2 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 4.91 |
Kevin Barry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.0 | 5 | 5 | 9.0 | 18.00 | 22.50 |
Team Totals | 162 | 162 | 84 | 78 | 14561⁄3 | 8.9 | 733 | 665 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 4.11 |
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The 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 131st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 63rd season in Los Angeles, California. They played their home games at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers went 43–17 during the COVID-19 shortened regular-season, and went on to win their first World Series championship since 1988 and seventh overall, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4 games to 2.
The 2021 Atlanta Braves season was the 151st season of the Atlanta Braves franchise, the 56th Season in Atlanta, and the Braves' 5th season at Truist Park. The Braves were managed by Brian Snitker, in his sixth season as the team’s manager. The Braves clinched their fourth consecutive National League East title. They defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS and faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS for the second straight year. They defeated the Dodgers in six games to reach the World Series for the first time since 1999. They would go on to defeat the Houston Astros in six games, winning their first World Series since 1995, their second since moving to Atlanta, and their fourth in franchise history. Jorge Soler won the Most Valuable Player award in the World Series.
The 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 132nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 64th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 59th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium.
The 2022 San Francisco Giants season was the 140th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 65th year in San Francisco, and their 23rd at Oracle Park. This was the third season under manager Gabe Kapler and also the first season since 2008 without longtime catcher Buster Posey, who retired the previous November.
The 2023 Colorado Rockies season was their 31st in Major League Baseball and 29th season at Coors Field. Bud Black returned as Manager for his seventh year in 2023. The Rockies failed to improve on their 68–94 record from the previous season. They ended up finishing the season with the worst record in the National League at 59–103 (.364) due to a leaky defense despite scoring more runs than the playoff-bound Miami Marlins.
The 2023 San Francisco Giants season was the 141st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 66th year in San Francisco, and their 24th at Oracle Park. The team was managed by Gabe Kapler until September where with three games remaining, the Giants relieved Kapler of his duties.