2007 Atlanta Braves season

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2007  Atlanta Braves
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place3rd
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.

Contents

Offseason

December

January

March

Regular season

Season summary

April

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.

May

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.

June

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.

July

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]

August

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.

September

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.

Postseason

October

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]

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 89730.549—47–3442–39
New York Mets 88740.543141–4047–34
Atlanta Braves 84780.519544–3740–41
Washington Nationals 73890.4511640–4133–48
Florida Marlins 71910.4381836–4535–46

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona —4–24–22–48–106–15–28–102–53–45–15–410–810–84–36–18–7
Atlanta 2–4—5–41–64–210–83–34–35–29–99–95–15–24–33–411–74–11
Chicago 2–44–5—9–95–20–68–72–59–62–53–48–73–55–211–56–18–4
Cincinnati 4–26–19–9—2–44–34–112–48–72–52–49–72–44–36–91–67-11
Colorado 10–82–42–54–2—3–33–412–64–24–24–34–311–810–83–44–310–8
Florida 1–68–106–03–43–3—2–34–32–57–119–93–43–41–62–48–109–9
Houston 2–53–37–811–44–33-2—4–35–132–53–35–104–32–47–92–59–9
Los Angeles 10–83–45–24–26–123–43–4—3–35–54–25–28–1010–83–35–15–10
Milwaukee 5–22–56–97–82–45–213–53–3—2–43–410–62–54–57–84–28–7
New York 4–39–95–25–22–411–75–25–54–2—6–124–22–44–25–29–98–7
Philadelphia 1-59–94–34–23–49–93–32–44–312–6—4–24–34–46–312–68–7
Pittsburgh 4–51–57–87–93–44–310–52–56–102–42–4—1–64–26–124–25–10
San Diego 8–102–55–34–28–114–33–410–85–24–23–46–1—14–43–44–26–9
San Francisco 8–103–42–53–48–106–14–28–105–42–44–42–44–14—4–13–45–10
St. Louis 3–44–35–119–64–34-29–73–38–72–53–612–64–31–4—1–56–9
Washington 1–67–111–66–13–410-85–21–52–49–96–122–42–44–35–1—9–9

Roster

2007 Atlanta Braves
Roster
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Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2007 Regular Season Game Log
April (16–9)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordTVRadio
1 April 2@ Phillies 5–3(10) Wickman (1–0) Madson (0–1) Paronto (1)44,7422:571–0TBSWGST/WUBL
2 April 4@ Phillies 3–2(11) McBride (1–0) Madson (0–2) Wickman (1)41,5163:162–0FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
3 April 5@ Phillies 8–4 James (1–0) Eaton (0–1) Soriano (1)30,0623:103–0TBSWGST/WUBL
4 April 6 Mets 1–11 Pérez (1–0) Redman (0–1)51,0142:593–1TBSWGST/WUBL
5 April 7 Mets 5–3 Smoltz (1–0) Glavine (1–1) Wickman (2)43,1563:134–1FOXWGST/WUBL
6 April 8 Mets 3–2 Soriano (1–0) Heilman (0–1) Wickman (3)24,8322:595–1TBSWGST/WUBL
7 April 10 Nationals 8–0 Hudson (1–0) Chico (0–1)18,3962:526–1TBSWGST/WUBL
8 April 11 Nationals 8–3 James (2–0) Williams (0–2)15,6312:477–1FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
9 April 12 Nationals 0–2 Colomé (1–0) Smoltz (1–1) Cordero (1)23,8972:427–2TBSWGST/WUBL
10 April 13 Marlins 4–11 Willis (3–0) Redman (0–2)33,2122:527–3TBSWGST/WUBL
–April 14 Marlins Rescheduled for June 57–3
12 April 15 Marlins 8–4 Hudson (2–0) Olsen (2–1)25,1892:578–3TBSWGST/WUBL
13 April 16@ Nationals 1–5 Chico (1–1) James (2–1)16,3162:358–4SportSouthWGST/WUBL
14 April 17@ Nationals 6–4 Smoltz (2–1) Williams (0–3) Wickman (4)17,7913:109–4SportSouthWGST/WUBL
15 April 18 Cubs 8–6 Villarreal (1–0) Eyre (0–1) Wickman (5)26,8373:0910–4FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
16 April 19 Cubs 0–3 Hill (3–0) Redman (0–3) Dempster (3)31,6032:2710–5TBSWGST/WUBL
17 April 20@ Mets 7–3 Hudson (3–0) Pelfrey (0–1)47,5472:5511–5TBSWGST/WUBL
18 April 21@ Mets 2–7 Pérez (2–1) James (2–2)55,1432:4811–6SportSouthWGST/WUBL
19 April 22@ Mets 9–6 Yates (1–0) Heilman (1–2) Wickman (6)55,6713:2112–6TBSWGST/WUBL
20 April 23@ Marlins 7–8 Willis (4–1) Davies (0–1) Pinto (1)13,2272:4812–7SportSouthWGST/WUBL
21 April 24@ Marlins 11–6 Moylan (1–0) Lindstrom (0–1)11,5073:0913–7TBSWGST/WUBL
22 April 25@ Marlins 3–4 Owens (1–0) Wickman (1–1)13,3102:2313–8FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
23 April 27@ Rockies 9–7 James (3–2) Francis (1–3) Moylan (1)25,0793:0914–8TBSWGST/WUBL
24 April 28@ Rockies 6–2 Smoltz (3–1) Hirsh (2–2)28,1782:2915–8TBSWGST/WUBL
25 April 29@ Rockies 7–9(11) Bautista (1–0) Colyer (0–1)31,4453:4015–9TBSWGST/WUBL
26 April 30 Phillies 5–2 González (1–0) Alfonseca (1–1)20,3542:2416–9SportSouthWGST/WUBL
May (14–14)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordTVRadio
27 May 1 Phillies 4–6 Hamels (3–1) Redman (0–4) Gordon (5)19,6703:1816–10FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
28 May 2 Phillies 4–3 Paronto (1–0) García (1–2) Soriano (2)23,6472:4917–10FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
29 May 4 Dodgers 4–0 Smoltz (4–1) Tomko (0–3)38,2632:3918–10TBSWGST/WUBL
30 May 5 Dodgers 3–6 Lowe (3–3) Hudson (3–1) Saito (9)42,7862:5118–11TBSWGST/WUBL
31 May 6 Dodgers 6–4 Paronto (2–0) Tsao (0–1) González (1)33,3502:5718–12TBSWGST/WUBL
32 May 7 Padres 2–4 Young (4–2) James (3–3) Hoffman (9)19,1893:0019–12SportSouthWGST/WUBL
33 May 8 Padres 3–2 González (2–0) Bell (0–1) Soriano (3)21,7482:1320–12SportSouthWGST/WUBL
34 May 9 Padres 3–2 Smoltz (5–1) Meredith (1–1) Soriano (4)36,5232:1321–12FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
35 May 10 Padres 5–3 Hudson (4–1) Wells (1–2) Soriano (5)28,7992:3922–12TBSWGST/WUBL
36 May 11@ Pirates 4–1 Davies (1–1) Duke (1–4) González (2)23,3762:3523–12TBSWGST/WUBL
37 May 12@ Pirates 9–2 James (4–3) Armas (0–3)34,7752:1924–12SportSouthWGST/WUBL
38 May 13@ Pirates 2–13 Snell (3–2) Lerew (0–1)19,4842:4524–13TBSWGST/WUBL
39 May 14@ Nationals 1–2 Bergmann (1–3) Smoltz (5–2) Colomé (1)18,8292:0824–14SportSouthWGST/WUBL
40 May 15@ Nationals 6–2 Hudson (5–1) Williams (0–5)21,2582:4025–14SportSouthWGST/WUBL
41 May 16@ Nationals 4–6 Traber (1–0) Davies (1–2) Rauch (2)20,3292:2925–15FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
42 May 17@ Nationals 3–4 Chico (3–4) Paronto (2–1) Rauch (3)24,6312:3625–16TBSWGST/WUBL
–May 18@ Red Sox Rescheduled for May 1925–16
43 May 19@ Red Sox 3–13 Matsuzaka (6–2) Lerew (0–2)36,3583:0225–17SportSouthWGST/WUBL
44 May 19@ Red Sox 14–0 Smoltz (6–2) Hansack (0–1)36,7923:0126–17SportSouthWGST/WUBL
45 May 20@ Red Sox 3–6 Gabbard (1–0) Hudson (5–2)36,1403:0526–18TBSWGST/WUBL
46 May 22 Mets 8–1 Davies (2–2) Sosa (3–1)32,5872:2927–18TBSWGST/WUBL
47 May 23 Mets 0–3 Pérez (6–3) James (4–4) Wagner (11)30,4892:4927–19TBSWGST/WUBL
48 May 24 Mets 2–1 Smoltz (7–2) Glavine (5–2) Wickman (7)36,6602:3328–19TBSWGST/WUBL
49 May 25 Phillies 3–8 Moyer (5–3) Hudson (5–3)35,4022:5828–19SportSouthWGST/WUBL
50 May 26 Phillies 4–6 Eaton (5–3) Carlyle (0–1) Alfonseca (1)40,1222:5128–20FOXWGST/WUBL
51 May 27 Phillies 6–13 Hamels (7–2) Davies (2–3)38,0583:0528–21TBSWGST/WUBL
52 May 28@ Brewers 2–1 James (5–4) Capuano (5–4) Wickman (8)41,1392:3729–21TBSWGST/WUBL
53 May 29@ Brewers 4–5 Sheets (5–3) Moylan (1–1) Cordero (18)27,5593:0129–22FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
54 May 30@ Brewers 9–3 Hudson (6–3) Turnbow (1–3)32,7582:4430–22TBSWGST/WUBL
June (13–15)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordTVRadio
55 June 1@ Cubs 8–5 Davies (3–3) Zambrano (5–5)39,5232:5831–22TBSWGST/WUBL
56 June 2@ Cubs 5–3 Yates (2–0) Ohman (0–3) Wickman (9)40,2902:4032–22SportSouthWGST/WUBL
57 June 3@ Cubs 1–10 Marshall (1–2) Cormier (0–1)40,1552:3632–23TBSWGST/WUBL
58 June 4 Marlins 4–6 Obermueller (2–3) Hudson (6–4) Gregg (8)22,1752:4432–24SportSouthWGST/WUBL
11 June 5 Marlins 3–1 Carlyle (1–1) Pinto (0–3) Wickman (10)20,8632:2033–24SportSouthWGST/WUBL
59 June 5 Marlins 1–5 VandenHurk (1–1) Smoltz (7–3)27,0722:2733–25SportSouthWGST/WUBL
60 June 6 Marlins 4–7 Miller (1–0) Davies (3–4) Gregg (9)28,0263:1033–26FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
61 June 7 Cubs 1–2Hill (5–4) James (5–5) Dempster (12)32,9022:1433–27SportSouthWGST/WUBL
62 June 8 Cubs 1–9 Marshall (2–2) Cormier (0–2)37,1232:5833–28TBSWGST/WUBL
63 June 9 Cubs 9–5 Moylan (2–1) Marquis (5–3)51,8163:0934–28SportSouthWGST/WUBL
64 June 10 Cubs 5–4 Paronto (3–1) Dempster (1–3) Wickman (11)32,7523:0535–28ESPNWGST/WUBL
65 June 12@ Twins 3–7 Slowey (2–0) Davies (3–5)25,8682:3935–29SportSouthWGST/WUBL
66 June 13@ Twins 0–6 Silva (4–7) James (5–6)27,9032:1035–30FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
67 June 14@ Twins 2–3 Reyes (1–1) Wickman (1–2)26,7142:3535–31TBSWGST/WUBL
68 June 15@ Indians 5–4 Soriano (2–0) Sabathia (9–2) Wickman (12)34,8482:5836–31SportSouthWGST/WUBL
69 June 16@ Indians 6–2 Smoltz (8–3) Byrd (6–3)35,1532:4837–31FOXWGST/WBL
70 June 17@ Indians 2–5 Carmona (8–2) Davies (3–6) Borowski (20)33,4292:5137–32TBSWGST/WUBL
71 June 18 Red Sox 9–4 James (6–6) Schilling (6–4)47,5623:1138–32ESPNWGST/WUBL
72 June 19 Red Sox 0–4 Beckett (10–1) Hudson (6–5)47,9102:5738–33SportSouthWGST/WUBL
73 June 20 Red Sox 0–11 Tavárez (5–4) Carlyle (1–2)49,5852:4638–34FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
74 June 22 Tigers 0–5 Rogers (1–0) Smoltz (8–4)44,0342:3738–35SportSouthWGST/WUBL
75 June 23 Tigers 1–2 Verlander (8–2) Davies (3–7) Jones (18)49,0742:5138–36FOXWGST/WUBL
76 June 24 Tigers 0–5 Miller (3–1) James (6–7) Durbin (1)34,1812:5238–37ESPNWGST/WUBL
77 June 25 Nationals 4–1 Hudson (7–5) Bergmann (1–4) Wickman (13)25,3752:2939–38SportSouthWGST/WUBL
78 June 26 Nationals 6–2 Carlyle (2–2) Bacsik (1–5) Wickman (14)22,5082:3940–38SportSouthWGST/WUBL
79 June 27 Nationals 13–0 Smoltz (9–4) Bowie (4–3)29,1443:0841–38FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
80 June 29@ Marlins 12–3 James (7–7) Johnson (0–3)17,1813:1642–38SportSouthWGST/WUBL
81 June 30@ Marlins 6–5 Hudson (8–5) Benítez (2–4) Yates (1)24,2293:2543–38TBSWGST/WUBL
July (13–13)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordTVRadio
82 July 1@ Marlins 5–6(10) Gardner (2–2) Soriano (2–1)14,3113:1743–39TBSWGST/WUBL
83 July 2@ Dodgers 2–8 Beimel (2–1) Smoltz (9–5)40,5713:0343–40SportSouthWGST/WUBL
84 July 3@ Dodgers 6–7 Seánez (5–1) Ledezma (0–1) Saito (23)43,0522:5043–41TBSWGST/WUBL
85 July 4@ Dodgers 5–2 James (8–7) Hendrickson (2–4) Wickman (15)56,0003:0844–41FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
86 July 5@ Dodgers 8–6 Moylan (3–1) Stults (0–1) Wickman (16)41,0523:2845–41TBSWGST/WUBL
87 July 6@ Padres 7–4 Carlyle (3–2) Germano (5–3)37,5262:3646–41TBSWGST/WUBL
88 July 7@ Padres 5–8 Bell (3–2) Yates (2–1) Hoffman (25)41,4192:5246–42FOXWGST/WUBL
89 July 8@ Padres 5–4 Davies (4–7) Maddux (7–6)41,0262:3447–42ESPNWGST/WUBL
–July 10 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco, California
90 July 13 Pirates 9–1 Hudson (9–5) Snell (7–6)38,9222:2848–42TBSWGST/WUBL
91 July 14 Pirates 5–4 Wickman (2–2) Chacón (4–2)44,0412:5449–42SportSouthWGST/WUBL
92 July 15 Pirates 5–1 Carlyle (4–2) Maholm (5–12)30,7562:1750–42TBSWGST/WUBL
93 July 16 Reds 3–10 Livingston (2–0) Davies (4–8)24,4423:1650–43SportSouthWGST/WUBL
94 July 17 Reds 5–6 Arroyo (4–10) Reyes (0–1) Weathers (18)30,0722:3950–44SportSouthWGST/WUBL
95 July 18 Reds 4–5(15) Gosling (1–0) Ascanio (0–1)33,7894:3150–45TBSWGST/WUBL
96 July 19 Cardinals 10–1 Hudson (10–5) Maroth (5–5)41,1712:3251–45FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
97 July 20 Cardinals 2–4 Wainwright (9–7) Soriano (2–2) Isringhausen (19)42,7122:3951–46FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
98 July 21 Cardinals 14–6 Carlyle (5–2) Looper (7–8)53,9533:2252–46SportSouthWGST/WUBL
99 July 22 Cardinals 2–7(10) Isringhausen (4–0) Yates (2–2)39,1813:2552–47ESPNWGST/WUBL
100 July 23@ Giants 4–2 Smoltz (10–5) Cain (3–12) Wickman (17)42,6792:4053–47SportSouthWGST/WUBL
101 July 24@ Giants 7–5(13) Moylan (4–1) Sánchez (1–2) Yates (2)43,0724:0854–47TBSWGST/WUBL
102 July 25@ Giants 1–2 Lowry (11–7) James (8–8) Hennessey (7)42,8342:2754–48TBSWGST/WUBL
103 July 26@ Giants 2–4 Lincecum (6–2) Carlyle (5–3) Hennessey (8)42,3662:3354–49TBSWGST/WUBL
104 July 27@ D-backs 7–8(11) González (4–2) Ledezma (0–2)27,1513:4054–50TBSWGST/WUBL
105 July 28@ D-backs 3–4(10) Cruz (5–1) Yates (2–3)33,6643:0854–51FOXWGST/WUBL
106 July 29@ D-backs 14–0 Hudson (11–5) Hernández (6–7)30,5352:3455–51TBSWGST/WUBL
107 July 31 Astros 12–4 James (9–8) Sampson (7–8)32,3152:4156–51SportSouthWGST/WUBL
August (13–15)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordTVRadio
108 August 1 Astros 12–3 Carlyle (6–3) Rodríguez (7–10)30,7852:5257–51FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
109 August 2 Astros 11–12(14) McLemore (1–0) Villarreal (1–1) Moehler (1)35,6594:5957–52TBSWGST/WUBL
110 August 3 Rockies 2–9 Francis (12–5) Smoltz (10–6)37,4812:5957–53TBSWGST/WUBL
111 August 4 Rockies 6–4 Hudson (12–5) Jiménez (1–1) Wickman (18)50,6473:0258–53SportSouthWGST/WUBL
112 August 5 Rockies 6–5(10) Villarreal (2–1) Buchholz (5–4)37,0893:2859–53TBSWGST/WUBL
113 August 7@ Mets 7–3 Carlyle (7–3) Pérez (10–8)52,1772:4560–53SportSouthWGST/WUBL
114 August 8@ Mets 3–4 Heilman (7–3) Soriano (2–3) Wagner (26)51,7492:4860–54FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
115 August 9@ Mets 7–6 Hudson (13–5) Maine (12–7) Villarreal (1)52,4253:1261–54TBSWGST/WUBL
116 August 10@ Phillies 4–5 Hamels (13–5) Moylan (4–2) Gordon (6)40,8442:2461–55TBSWGST/WUBL
117 August 11@ Phillies 7–5 Mahay (1–0) Eaton (9–8) Wickman (19)44,9482:5662–55SportSouthWGST/WUBL
118 August 12@ Phillies 3–5 Moyer (11–8) Carlyle (7–4) Myers (9)45,0532:3862–56ESPNWGST/WUBL
119 August 14 Giants 5–4 Wickman (3–2) Kline (0–2)36,1863:0063–56SportSouthWGST/WUBL
120 August 15 Giants 6–3 Hudson (14–5) Ortiz (2–3) Wickman (20)33,8412:4564–56FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
121 August 16 Giants 3–9 Lincecum (7–3) James (9–9)36,4192:3164–57TBSWGST/WUBL
122 August 17 D-backs 0–4 Webb (13–8) Cormier (0–3)33,2482:1764–58SportSouthWGST/WUBL
123 August 18 D-backs 6–12 Owings (6–6) Carlyle (7–5)48,6432:4164–59SportSouthWGST/WUBL
124 August 19 D-backs 6–2 Smoltz (11–6) Petit (2–4)30,8182:5365–59TBSWGST/WUBL
125 August 20@ Reds 14–4 Hudson (15–5) Dumatrait (0–2)24,4772:5066–59SportSouthWGST/WUBL
126 August 21@ Reds 7–8 Bray (3–0) Moylan (4–3) Weathers (26)21,0392:4066–60SportSouthWGST/WUBL
127 August 22@ Reds 2–4 Arroyo (7–13) Cormier (0–4) Weathers (27)22,9242:3666–61FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
128 August 23@ Reds 7–9(12) Gosling (2–0) Wickman (3–3)22,0523:4666–62SportSouthWGST/WUBL
129 August 24@ Cardinals 7–2 Smoltz (12–6) Wells (6–14)44,0322:5367–62SportSouthWGST/WUBL
130 August 25@ Cardinals 4–5 Springer (7–1) Hudson (15–6) Isringhausen (26)45,4412:5767–63SportSouthWGST/WUBL
131 August 26@ Cardinals 1–4 Wainwright (12–9) Reyes (0–2) Isringhausen (27)43,9342:2767–64TBSWGST/WUBL
132 August 27@ Marlins 13–2 Cormier (1–4) Olsen (9–12)11,7162:3968–64SportSouthWGST/WUBL
133 August 28@ Marlins 3–4(11) Kim (7–6) Villarreal (2–2)11,5393:1268–65SportSouthWGST/WUBL
134 August 29@ Marlins 7–4 Carlyle (8–5) Willis (8–14) Soriano (6)12,6332:5269–65FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
135 August 31 Mets 1–7 Maine (14–8) Hudson (15–7)45,2452:3269–66SportSouthWGST/WUBL
September (15–12)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordTVRadio
136 September 1 Mets 1–5 Pelfrey (1–7) James (9–10) Feliciano (2)45,6112:2969–67FOXWGST/WUBL
137 September 2 Mets 2–3 Glavine (12–6) Smoltz (12–7) Wagner (30)46,2422:4769–68TBSWGST/WUBL
138 September 3 Phillies 5–1 Cormier (2–4) Moyer (12–11)31,5922:5170–68TBSWGST/WUBL
139 September 4 Phillies 2–5 Lohse (8–12) Carlyle (8–6) Myers (14)22,1302:5770–69SportSouthWGST/WUBL
140 September 5 Phillies 9–8 Soriano (3–3) Myers (3–6)22,1153:4671–69TBSWGST/WUBL
141 September 7 Nationals 7–1 Smoltz (13–7) Hanrahan (4–2)31,1162:4972–69FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
142 September 8 Nationals 9–2 James (10–10) Chico (5–8)36,9402:4573–69TBSWGST/WUBL
143 September 9 Nationals 4–7 Bergmann (4–5) Cormier (2–5) Cordero (32)31,5822:5973–70TBSWGST/WUBL
144 September 10@ Mets 2–3 Pérez (14–9) Hudson (15–8) Wagner (33)48,5572:3673–71SportSouthWGST/WUBL
145 September 11@ Mets 13–5 Moylan (5–3) Hernández (9–5)48,7323:0374–71SportSouthWGST/WUBL
146 September 12@ Mets 3–4 Mota (2–1) Acosta (0–1) Wagner (34)51,6482:5474–72FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
147 September 14@ Nationals 8–5(13) Ascanio (1–1) Colomé (4–1)18,5685:1375–72SportSouthWGST/WUBL
148 September 15@ Nationals 4–7 Bergmann (5–5) Cormier (2–6) Cordero (34)26,8662:5175–73TBSWGST/WUBL
149 September 16@ Nationals 3–0 Hudson (16–8) Hill (4–4)23,9352:2476–73TBSWGST/WUBL
150 September 17 Marlins 11–6 Smoltz (14–7) Kim (9–7)20,9572:5177–73SportSouthWGST/WUBL
151 September 18 Marlins 4–3 Reyes (1–2) Seddon (0–1) Soriano (7)22,0763:1078–73SportSouthWGST/WUBL
152 September 19 Marlins 5–1 James (11–10) Barone (1–3)24,4492:2379–73FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
153 September 20 Brewers 3–1 Bennett (1–0) Suppan (10–12) Soriano (8)26,5952:3880–73SportSouthWGST/WUBL
154 September 21 Brewers 1–4 Linebrink (5–6) T. Hudson (16–9) F. Cordero (44)34,4013:0280–74SportSouthWGST/WUBL
155 September 22 Brewers 4–3(11) Devine (1–0) McClung (0–1)42,3783:2881–74FOXWGST/WUBL
156 September 23 Brewers 7–4 Acosta (1–1) Vargas (11–5) Soriano (9)44,0883:3482–74TBSWGST/WUBL
157 September 25@ Phillies 10–6 Bennett (2–0) Moyer (13–12)39,1293:0983–74SportSouthWGST/WUBL
158 September 26@ Phillies 2–5 Lohse (9–12) Hudson (16–10) Myers (20)36,5882:3283–75SportSouthWGST/WUBL
159 September 27@ Phillies 4–6 Kendrick (10–4) Smoltz (14–8) Myers (21)40,5892:3483–76SportSouthWGST/WUBL
160 September 28@ Astros 7–2 Reyes (2–2) Albers (4–11)43,0113:0084–76SportSouthWGST/WUBL
161 September 29@ Astros 2–3 Backe (3–1) Bennett (2–1) Lidge (19)43,6242:3584–77SportSouthWGST/WUBL
162 September 30@ Astros 0–3 Paulino (2–1) Carlyle (8–7) Borkowski (1)43,8232:2584–78TBSWGST/WUBL
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Player stats

Batting

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.

PlayerPAABHHRRBISBAVGOBPSLG
Jeff Francoeur 696642188191055.293.338.444
Andruw Jones 65957212794265.222.311.413
Kelly Johnson 60852114416689.276.375.457
Chipper Jones 600513173291025.337.425.604
Brian McCann 55250413618920.270.320.452
Édgar Rentería 543494164125711.332.390.470
Willie Harris 3913449323217.270.349.392
Matt Diaz 38435812112454.338.368.497
Yunel Escobar 3553191045285.326.385.451
Scott Thorman 3072876211361.216.258.394
Mark Teixeira*2402086617560.317.404.615
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 153141404120.284.333.411
Chris Woodward 15113627181.199.252.279
Pete Orr 696513021.200.235.215
Martín Prado 625917020.288.323.339
Craig Wilson 695810120.172.304.259
Ryan Langerhans 52443010.068.192.091
Julio Franco 454010080.250.311.325
Brayan Peña 33337130.212.212.303
Corky Miller 29277140.259.310.444
Brandon Jones 21193040.158.190.211
Clint Sammons 332000.667.6671.000
Pitcher Totals3523024512064.149.179.179
Team Totals63745689156217678164.275.339.435

*With Atlanta.

Pitching

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

PlayerGGSWLIPH/9RERBB/9SO/9ERA
Tim Hudson 34341610224 1⁄38.8787832.135.303.33
John Smoltz 3232148205 2⁄38.5878712.068.623.11
Chuck James 30301110161 1⁄39.1577763.246.474.24
Buddy Carlyle 2220871079.8467622.696.225.21
Peter Moylan 80053906.5027183.106.301.80
Kyle Davies 171748869.6361554.606.175.76
Óscar Villarreal 5104276 1⁄38.8440363.776.844.24
Rafael Soriano 71033725.8826241.888.753.00
Tyler Yates 75023668.7344384.239.415.18
Jo-Jo Reyes 11102250 2⁄39.7739355.334.806.22
Lance Cormier 1092645 2⁄311.0438364.345.327.09
Bob Wickman 4903343 2⁄39.8922194.127.213.92
Chad Paronto 4103140 1⁄310.4920164.243.123.57
Ron Mahay 30010286.11875.147.392.25
Manny Acosta 2101123 2⁄34.94665.328.372.28
Mark Redman 650421 2⁄315.7829284.575.4011.63
Mike González 18020177.94334.246.881.59
José Ascanio 13011169.561193.387.315.06
Macay McBride 18010158.40969.0010.204.20
Jeff Bennett 3221139.69552.089.693.46
Anthony Lerew 330211 2⁄310.8010105.406.947.71
Wil Ledezma 120029 1⁄311.61083.96.87.71
Joey Devine 100108 1⁄37.6118.67.61.08
Octavio Dotel 90007 2⁄35.9541.214.14.70
Blaine Boyer 50005 1⁄316.9321.75.13.38
Royce Ring 1100053.6005.47.20.00
Steve Colyer 70013 2⁄322.1229.89.84.91
Kevin Barry 1000227.0559.018.0022.50
Team Totals162162847814561⁄38.97336653.36.84.11

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Dave Brundage
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Phillip Wellman
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Rocket Wheeler
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Randy Ingle
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Paul Runge
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Luis Ortiz

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