2018 Atlanta Braves season

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2018  Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
Atlanta Braves Insignia.svg
League National League
Division East
Ballpark SunTrust Park
City Atlanta
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
Owners Liberty Media/John Malone
General managers Alex Anthopoulos
Managers Brian Snitker
Television Fox Sports Southeast
Fox Sports South
(Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy, Jeff Francoeur)
Radio 680 The Fan
Rock 100.5
Atlanta Braves Radio Network
(Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke, Jeff Francoeur)
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The 2018 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 53rd season in Atlanta, 148th overall, and second season at SunTrust Park. They completely reversed their 72-90 season in 2017, and made the postseason and won a division title for the first time since 2013. They lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games in the NLDS.

Contents

Offseason

October

On October 2, 2017, John Coppolella resigned as general manager of the Braves amid a Major League Baseball investigation into Atlanta's international signings, having committed what the Braves termed "a breach of MLB rules regarding the international player market". [1]

November

On November 13, 2017, the Braves announced Alex Anthopoulos as the new general manager and executive vice president. [2] John Hart was removed as team president and assumed a senior adviser role with the organization. [2] Braves chairman Terry McGuirk apologized to fans "on behalf of the entire Braves family" for the scandal. [2] McGuirk described Anthopoulos as "a man of integrity" and that "he will operate in a way that will make all of our Braves fans proud." [2] On November 17, 2017, the Braves announced that John Hart had stepped down as senior advisor for the organization. [3] Hart said in a statement that "with the hiring of Alex Anthopoulos as general manager, this organization is in great hands." [3]

On November 21, 2017, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the findings of the MLB investigation into Atlanta's international signings. [4] Manfred ruled that the Braves must forfeit 13 international prospects, including highly touted Kevin Maitan, an infielder from Venezuela who signed for $4.25 million in 2016. [4] The team also forfeited a third-round draft pick in the 2018 draft. Former Braves general manager John Coppolella was placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list. [4]

Additionally, the Braves shall be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019–20 signing period and their international signing bonus pool for the 2020–21 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent. [4]

December

The Braves traded outfielder Matt Kemp to the Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Charlie Culberson, first baseman Adrián González and pitchers Scott Kazmir and Brandon McCarthy on December 16, 2017. The Braves released Adrián González a few days later. [5]

Regular season

Game log

2018 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 43–38; Away: 47–34)
March/April: 16–11 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
1March 29 Phillies 8–5 Vizcaíno (1–0) Neris (0–1)—40,2081–0 W1
2March 30 Phillies 4–5 (11) Hutchison (1–0) Carle (0–1)—35,1231–1 L1
3March 31 Phillies 15–2 McCarthy (1–0) Velasquez (0–1)—37,7772–1 W1
4April 2 Nationals 1–8 Roark (1–0) Newcomb (0–1)—25,0542–2 L1
5April 3 Nationals 13–6 Carle (1–1) Cole (0–1)—26,7823–2 W1
6April 4 Nationals 7–1 Foltynewicz (1–0) Scherzer (1–1)—29,8344–2 W2
7April 6@ Rockies 8–3 McCarthy (2–0) Márquez (0–1)—48,2165–2 W3
8April 7@ Rockies 2–3 (10) Ottavino (2–0) Vizcaíno (1–1)—40,1205–3 L1
9April 8@ Rockies 4–0 Newcomb (1–1) Freeland (0–2)—42,0316–3 W1
10April 9@ Nationals 0–2 Scherzer (2–1) Teherán (0–1)—19,5286–4 L1
11April 10@ Nationals 1–4 Strasburg (2–1) Foltynewicz (1–1) Madson (1)19,3576–5 L2
12April 11@ Nationals 5–3 (12) Carle (2–1) Madson (0–1)—21,1097–5 W1
13April 13@ Cubs 4–0 Sánchez (1–0) Darvish (0–1)—29,7758–5 W2
14April 14@ Cubs 10–14 Wilson (1–0) Ramirez (0–1)—36,7888–6 L1
—April 15@ Cubs Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 14
15April 16 Phillies 2–1 Teherán (1–1) Nola (1–1) Vizcaíno (1)17,8129–6 W1
16April 17 Phillies 1–5 Neris (1–1) Ramirez (0–2)—17,9139–7 L1
17April 18 Phillies 7–3 McCarthy (3–0) Velasquez (1–2)—22,13510–7 W1
18April 19 Mets 12–4 Wisler (1–0) Harvey (0–2)—23,61011–7 W2
19April 20 Mets 3–5 (12) Gsellman (2–0) Ravin (0–1) Familia (8)39,01611–8 L1
20April 21 Mets 4–3 Biddle (1–0) Familia (1–1)—41,39612–8 W1
—April 22 Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 28
21April 23@ Reds 4–10 Romano (1–2) Freeman (0–1) Iglesias (3)9,46312–9 L1
22April 24@ Reds 7–9 (12) Hughes (1–2) Fried (0–1)—14,13912–10 L2
23April 25@ Reds 4–3 Winkler (1–0) Shackelford (0–1) Minter (1)13,11313–10 W1
24April 26@ Reds 7–4 Freeman (1–1) Peralta (1–1) Vizcaíno (2)11,91914–10 W2
25April 27@ Phillies 3–7 Nola (3–1) Fried (0–2)—27,07614–11L1
26April 28@ Phillies 4–1 Foltynewicz (2–1) Pivetta (1–1) Vizcaíno (3)27,79415–11W1
27April 29@ Phillies 10–1 McCarthy (4–0) Velasquez (1–4)—31,01016–11 W2
May: 17–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
28May 1@ Mets 3–2 Soroka (1–0) Syndergaard (2–1) Vizcaíno (4)22,52717–11 W3
29May 2@ Mets 7–0 Newcomb (2–1) Sewald (0–2)—23,52818–11 W4
30May 3@ Mets 11–0 Teherán (2–1) Vargas (0–2)—26,88219–11 W5
31May 4 Giants 4–9 Stratton (3–2) Foltynewicz (2–2)—41,80719–12 L1
32May 5 Giants 2–11 Blach (3–3) McCarthy (4–1)—38,26419–13 L2
33May 6 Giants 3–4 Suárez (1–1) Soroka (1–1) Strickland (8)37,89619–14 L3
34May 8@ Rays 1–0 Newcomb (3–1) Snell (4–2) Vizcaíno (5)15,38220–14 W1
35May 9@ Rays 5–2 Teherán (3–1) Yarbrough (2–2) Vizcaíno (6)12,08221–14 W2
36May 10@ Marlins 9–2 Foltynewicz (3–2) Smith (2–4) Gohara (1)8,27722–14 W3
37May 11@ Marlins 3–6 Straily (1–0) McCarthy (4–2) Ziegler (5)9,14922–15 L1
38May 12@ Marlins 10–5 Minter (1–0) Steckenrider (1–1)—12,38323–15 W1
39May 13@ Marlins 4–3 Newcomb (4–1) Ureña (0–6) Vizcaíno (7)7,43524–15 W2
40May 14@ Cubs 6–5 Teherán (4–1) Quintana (4–3) Minter (2)35,94625–15 W3
41May 15 Cubs 2–3 Edwards Jr. (2–0) Vizcaíno (1–2) Morrow (10)34,45225–16 L1
42May 16 Cubs 4–1 Minter (2–0) Edwards Jr. (2–1) Vizcaíno (8)28,26426–16 W1
—May 17 Cubs Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 30
43May 18 Marlins 0–2 Straily (2–0) Wisler (1–1) Ziegler (8)27,70526–17 L1
44May 19 Marlins 8–1 Newcomb (5–1) Ureña (0–7)—37,71527–17 W1
45May 20 Marlins 10–9 Minter (3–0) Guerrero (0–2)—28,35228–17 W2
46May 21@ Phillies 0–3 Pivetta (4–2) Foltynewicz (3–3) Neris (9)21,28428–18 L1
47May 22@ Phillies 3–1 McCarthy (5–2) Velasquez (4–5) Vizcaíno (9)18,54529–18 W1
48May 23@ Phillies 0–4 Arrieta (4–2) Gohara (0–1)—27,64729–19 L1
49May 25@ Red Sox 2–6 Rodríguez (5–1) Teherán (4–2)—37,00829–20 L2
50May 26@ Red Sox 6–8 Wright (1–0) Freeman (1–2) Kimbrel (16)36,51029–21 L3
51May 27@ Red Sox 7–1 Foltynewicz (4–3) Sale (5–2)—36,54330–21 W1
52May 28 (1) Mets 4–3 Carle (3–1) Lugo (1–1)—32,37731–21 W2
53May 28 (2) Mets 5–8 Gsellman (5-1) Minter (3-1) Familia (14)31,77931–22 L1
54May 29 Mets 7–6 Winkler (2–0) Bautista (0–1)—19,44332–22 W1
55May 30 Mets 1–4 Vargas (2–3) Teherán (4–3) Gsellman (2)21,44932–23 L1
56May 31 Nationals 4–2 Newcomb (6–1) Roark (2–5) Vizcaíno (10)22,38033–23 W1
June: 14–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
57June 1 Nationals 4–0 Foltynewicz (5–3) Strasburg (6–5)—33,84534–23 W2
58June 2 Nationals 3–5 (14) Miller (2–0) Socolovich (0–1) Doolittle (14)39,57834–24 L1
59June 3 Nationals 4–2 Vizcaíno (2–2) Roark (2–6)–33,13235–24 W1
60June 4@ Padres 4–11 Richard (4–6) Teherán (4–4)—19,41935–25 L1
61June 5@ Padres 14–1 Newcomb (7–1) Lyles (2–2) Jackson (1)21,04936–25 W1
62June 6@ Padres 1–3 Castillo (1–0) Foltynewicz (5–4) Hand (18)20,89836–26 L1
63June 8@ Dodgers 3–7 Buehler (4–1) McCarthy (5–3)—47,26236–27 L2
64June 9@ Dodgers 5–3 Sánchez (2–0) Wood (1–5) Vizcaíno (11)52,71837–27 W1
65June 10@ Dodgers 2–7 Stripling (5–1) Newcomb (7–2)—47,71137–28 L1
66June 12 Mets 8–2 Carle (4–1) Wheeler (2–5)—29,89238–28 W1
67June 13 Mets 2–0 Soroka (2–1) deGrom (4–2) Vizcaíno (12)32,01539–28 W2
68June 14 Padres 4–2 Sánchez (3–0) Ross (5–4) Vizcaíno (13)25,25040–28 W3
69June 15 Padres 3–9 Richard (6–6) Freeman (1–3)—41,49740–29 L1
70June 16 Padres 1–0 Newcomb (8–2) Lyles (2–4) Vizcaíno (14)41,91641–29 W1
71June 17 Padres 4–1 Teherán (5–4) Castillo (1–1) Vizcaíno (15)40,25142–29 W2
72June 19@ Blue Jays 11–4 Freeman (2–3) García (2–6)—32,46643–29 W3
73June 20@ Blue Jays 4–5 Happ (9–3) Sánchez (3–1) Tepera (5)45,56343–30 L1
74June 22 Orioles 7–10 (15) Wright (1–0) Moylan (0–1)—37,19243–31 L2
75June 23 Orioles 5–7 Bundy (6–7) Teherán (5–5) Britton (1)40,33343–32 L3
76June 24 Orioles 7–3 McCarthy (6–3) Hess (2–4)—33,79444–32 W1
77June 25 Reds 5–4 (11) Jackson (1–0) Floro (2–2)—27,85145–32 W2
78June 26 Reds 3–5 Harvey (3–5) Sánchez (3–2) Iglesias (14)28,35645–33 L1
79June 27 Reds 5–6 Stephens (2–0) Freeman (2–4) Iglesias (15)30,20745–34 L2
80June 29@ Cardinals 5–1 Teherán (6–5) Mikolas (8–3) Winkler (1)46,22646–34 W1
81June 30@ Cardinals 11–4 Fried (1–2) Weaver (4–7)—46,66747–34 W2
July: 10–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
82July 1@ Cardinals 6–5 Foltynewicz (6–4) Gant (2–3) Minter (3)46,44848–34 W3
83July 2@ Yankees 5–3 (11) Biddle (2–0) Robertson (5–3) Minter (4)43,79249–34 W4
84July 3@ Yankees 5–8 Cole (3–1) Newcomb (8–3) Chapman (24)45,44849–35 L1
85July 4@ Yankees 2–6 Sabathia (6–3) Teherán (6–6)—46,65849–36 L2
86July 5@ Brewers 2–7 Chacín (7–3) Fried (1–3) Jennings (1)27,55749–37 L3
87July 6@ Brewers 4–5 Peralta (4–1) Foltynewicz (6–5) Knebel (11)31,45249–38 L4
88July 7@ Brewers 5–1 Sánchez (4–2) Wilkerson (0–1)—38,81350–38 W1
89July 8@ Brewers 3–10 Guerra (6–5) Newcomb (8–4)—43,26250–39 L1
90July 10 Blue Jays 2–6 Stroman (2–6) Minter (3–2)—31,74750–40 L2
91July 11 Blue Jays 9–5 Foltynewicz (7–5) Gaviglio (2–3)—27,83951–40 W1
92July 13 Diamondbacks 1–2 Godley (11–6) Freeman (2–5) Boxberger (23)42,13051-41 L1
93July 14 Diamondbacks 0–3 Greinke (10–5) Newcomb (8–5) Boxberger (24)40,86251-42 L2
94July 15 Diamondbacks 5–1 Teherán (7–6) Corbin (6–4)—27,32352-42 W1
89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
95July 20@ Nationals 8–5 Sánchez (5–2) Strasburg (6–7) Minter (5)41,00853-42 W2
—July 21@ Nationals Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for August 7 as part of a doubleheader.
96July 22@ Nationals 2–6 Scherzer (13–5) Foltynewicz (7–6) Herrera (15)39,06353-43 L1
97July 23@ Marlins 12–1 Newcomb (9–5) Ureña (2–10)—8.25954–43 W1
98July 24@ Marlins 3–9 Chen (3–7) Teherán (7–7)—21,67354–44 L1
99July 26 Dodgers 2–8 Hill (4–4) Sánchez (5–3)—40,70654–45 L2
100July 27 Dodgers 1–4 Kershaw (4–5) Foltynewicz (7–7) Jansen (30)41,64754–46 L3
101July 28 Dodgers 1–5 Wood (7–5) Fried (1–4)–41, 75854–47 L4
102July 29 Dodgers 4–1 Newcomb (10–5) Stirpling (8–3)—40,30355–47 W1
103July 30 Marlins 5–3 Teherán (8–7) Chen (3–8) Minter (6)21,23056–47 W2
104July 31 Marlins 11–6 Allard (1–0) Straily (4–5)—18,62757–47 W3
August: 17–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
—August 1 Marlins Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for August 13 as part of a doubleheader.
105August 2@ Mets 4–2 Foltynewicz (8–7) Vargas (2–7) Minter (7)24,52558–47 W4
106August 3@ Mets 2–1 Sánchez (6–3) deGrom (5–7) Minter (8)25,10159–47 W5
107August 4@ Mets 0–3 Wheeler (6–6) Gausman (5–9) Gsellman (6)36,94659–48 L1
108August 5@ Mets 5–4 Minter (4–5) Bashlor (0–1) Biddle (1)27,13460–48 W1
109August 7 (1)@ Nationals 3–8 Rodríguez (1–0) Allard (1–1)—26,96560–49 L1
110August 7 (2)@ Nationals 3–1 Biddle (3–0) Herrera (2–3) Minter (9)28,97061–49 W1
111August 8@ Nationals 8–3 Foltynewicz (9–7) Milone (1–1)—30,20362–49 W2
112August 9@ Nationals 3–6 González (7–8) Parsons (0–1)—28,34762–50 L1
113August 10 Brewers 10–1 Gausman (6–9) Peralta (5–3)—36,51963–50 W1
114August 11 Brewers 2–4 Burnes (3–0) Biddle (3–1) Hader (9)40,29763–51 L1
115August 12 Brewers 8–7 Venters (2–1) Jennings (4–4) Minter (10)25,36064–51 W1
116August 13 (1) Marlins 9–1 Toussaint (1–0) López (2–3)—16,04965–51 W2
117August 13 (2) Marlins 6–1 Foltynewicz (10–7) González (2–1)—18,18666–51 W3
118August 14 Marlins 10–6 Biddle (4–1) Conley (3–3)—19,40967–51 W4
119August 15 Marlins 5–2 Gausman (7–9) García (1-2) Minter (11)19,04568-51 W5
120August 16 Rockies 3–5 Oh (5–3) Brach (1–3) Davis (33)23,42868-52 L1
121August 17 Rockies 5–11 Freeland (11–7) Newcomb (10–6)—28,96468-53 L2
122August 18 Rockies 3–5 (10) Ottavino (5–2) Jackson (1–1) Davis (34)42,14368-54 L3
123August 19 Rockies 2–4 Márquez (11–9) Sánchez (6–4) Davis (35)33,94268-55 L4
124August 20@ Pirates 1–0 Wilson (1–0) Archer (4–6) Winkler (2)16,44569-55 W1
125August 21@ Pirates 6–1 Gausman (8–9) Nova (7–8)—13,28070-55 W2
126August 22@ Pirates 2–1 Teherán (9–7) Crick (2–2) Venters (2)14,24971-55 W3
127August 23@ Marlins 5–0 Newcomb (11–6) Hernandez (2–7)—6,58772-55 W4
128August 24@ Marlins 0–1 Straily (5–6) Foltynewicz (10–8) Conley (2)7,79272-56 L1
129August 25@ Marlins 1–3 Chen (5–9) Sánchez (6–5) Steckenrider (2)7,82372-57 L2
130August 26@ Marlins 4–0 Gausman (9–9) López (2–4)—12,77073-57 W1
131August 28 Rays 9–5 Brach (2–3) Roe (1–3)—21,21674-57 W2
132August 29 Rays 5–8 Beeks (4–1) Newcomb (11–7) Alvarado (6)20,87674-58 L1
133August 30 Cubs 4–5 Kintzler (2–3) Foltynewicz (10–9) Strop (11)37,60374-59 L2
134August 31 Pirates 2–3 Taillon (11–9) Brach (2–4) Vázquez (29)36,65074-60 L3
September: 16–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
135September 1 Pirates 5–3 Venters (3–1) Kela (3–4) Minter (12)33,70575–60 W1
136September 2 Pirates 5–1 Venters (4–1) Brault (3–1)—37,47576–60 W2
137September 3 Red Sox 2–8 Workman (3–0) Toussaint (1–1)—40,39476–61 L1
138September 4 Red Sox 1–5 Porcello (16–7) Newcomb (11–8)—35,33376–62 L2
139September 5 Red Sox 8–9 Workman (4–0) Minter (4–3) Kimbrel (38)28,38676–63 L3
140September 6@ Diamondbacks 7–6 (10) Biddle (5–1) Boxberger (2–6) Brach (12)21,90377–63 W1
141September 7@ Diamondbacks 3–5 Corbin (11–5) Gausman (9–10) Boxberger(32)31,30877–64 L1
142September 8@ Diamondbacks 5–4 (10) Sobotka (1–0) Chafin (1–5) Minter (13)40,48278–64 W1
143September 9@ Diamondbacks 9–5 Freeman (3–5) Boxberger (2–7)—28,33979–64 W2
144September 10@ Giants 4–1 Newcomb (12–8) Rodríguez (6–3) Minter (14)35,99680–64 W3
145September 11@ Giants 4–1 Foltynewicz (11-9) Suarez (6–11)—35,28581–64 W4
146September 12@ Giants 2–1 Winkler (3-0) Smith (2-3) Venters (3)38,15682–64 W5
147September 14 Nationals 10–5 Gausman (10–10) Scherzer (17–7)—39,26883–64 W6
148September 15 Nationals 1–7 Rodríguez (3–2) Teherán (9–8)—36,05083–65 L1
149September 16 Nationals 4–6 Roark (9–15) Newcomb (12–9) Doolittle (24)33,40383–66 L2
150September 17 Cardinals 6–11 Mikolas (16–4) Foltynewicz (11–10)—24,30483–67 L3
151September 18 Cardinals 1–8 Gomber (6–1) Sánchez (6–6)—23,08383–68 L4
152September 19 Cardinals 7–3 Toussaint (2–1) Flaherty (8–8)—25,19584–68 W1
153September 20 Phillies 8–3 Biddle (6–1) Hunter (4–4)—27,47485–68 W2
154September 21 Phillies 6–5 Venters (5–1) Neshek (3–2) Minter (15)34,37086–68 W3
155September 22 Phillies 5–3 Foltynewicz (12-10) Arrieta (10-10) Vizcaino (16)35,61687–68 W4
156September 23 Phillies 2–1 Sánchez (7-6) Nola (16-6) Carle (1)34,21488–68 W5
157September 25@ Mets 7–3 Winkler (4–0) Gsellman (6–3)—21,94389–68 W6
158September 26@ Mets 0–3 deGrom (10–9) Jackson (1–2) Lugo (3)23,20589–69 L1
159September 27@ Mets 1–4 Vargas (7–2) Teherán (9–9) Gsellman (13)24,82489–70 L2
160September 28@ Phillies 10–2 Foltynewicz (13–10) Eickhoff (0–1)—24,30690–70 W1
161September 29@ Phillies 0–3 Nola (17–6) Venters (5–2) Domínguez (15)30,88690–71 L1
162September 30@ Phillies 1–3 Hunter (5–4) Gausman (10–11) Domínguez (16)34,20290–72 L2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Braves team member

Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9072.556—43‍–‍3847‍–‍34
Washington Nationals 8280.506841‍–‍4041‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies 8082.4941049‍–‍3231‍–‍50
New York Mets 7785.4751337‍–‍4440‍–‍41
Miami Marlins 6398.39126½38‍–‍4325‍–‍55

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers 9667.589
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271.564
Atlanta Braves 9072.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 9568.583+4
Colorado Rockies 9172.558—
St. Louis Cardinals 8874.5432½
Pittsburgh Pirates 8279.5098
Arizona Diamondbacks 8280.5068½
Washington Nationals 8280.5068½
Philadelphia Phillies 8082.49410½
New York Mets 7785.47513½
San Francisco Giants 7389.45117½
Cincinnati Reds 6795.41423½
San Diego Padres 6696.40724½
Miami Marlins 6398.39127

Record vs. opponents

2018 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
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Arizona —3–43–43–38–1111–86–11–52–54–26–112–78–113–32–510–10
Atlanta 4–3—3–33–42–52–514–53–413–612–75–14–33–34–210–98–12
Chicago 4–33–3—11–83–34–35–211–96–14–210–95–23–39–104–313–7
Cincinnati 3–34–38–11—2–46–12–56–133–33–45–143–44–27–121–610–10
Colorado 11–85–23–34–2—7–132–42–56–15–23–311–812–72–55–213–7
Los Angeles 8–115–23–41–613–7—2–44–34–23–45–114–510–93–45–112–8
Miami 1–65–142–55–24–24–2—2–57–128–111–42–54–33–36–139–11
Milwaukee 5–14–39–1113–65–23–45–2—4–33–37–124–26–111–84–213–7
New York 5–26–131–63–31–62–412–73–4—11–83–44–24–33–311–88–12
Philadelphia 2–47–122–44–32–54–311–83–38–11—6–13–34–34–38–1112–8
Pittsburgh 1–61–59–1014–53–31–54–112–74–31–6—3–44–38–112–515–5
San Diego 7–123–42–54–38–115–145–22–42–43–34–3—8–114–32–47–13
San Francisco 11–83–33–32–47–129–103–41–63–43–43–411–8—2–54–28–12
St. Louis 3–32–410–912–75–24–33–38–113–33–411–83–45–2—5–211–9
Washington 5–29–103–46–12–51–513–62–48–1111–85–24–22–42–5—9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Ronald Acuna Jr. (left) and Johan Camargo (right) signing autographs, September 18, 2018 Ronald Acuna Jr. and Johan Camargo signing autographs, Sept 18, 2018.jpg
Ronald Acuña Jr. (left) and Johan Camargo (right) signing autographs, September 18, 2018

Postseason

Game log

2018 postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
NLDS: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 4@ Dodgers 0–6 Ryu (1–0) Foltynewicz (0–1)—59,9470–1
2October 5@ Dodgers 0–3 Kershaw (1–0) Sánchez (0–1) Jansen (1)54,4520–2
3October 7 Dodgers 6–5 Toussaint (1–0) Wood (0–1) Vizcaíno (1)42,3851–2
4October 8 Dodgers 2–6 Madson (1–0) Venters (0–1)—39,5861–3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League Division Series

Roster

2018 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Source: [6]

Batting

Players in bold are on the active MLB roster as of the 2022 season.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGOBPSLGSB
Freddie Freeman 162618941914442398.309.388.50510
Nick Markakis 162623781854321493.297.366.4401
Ozzie Albies 1586391051674052472.261.305.45214
Ender Inciarte 156597831582761061.265.325.38028
Dansby Swanson 136478511142541459.238.304.39510
Johan Camargo 134464631262711976.272.349.4571
Kurt Suzuki 10534745942401250.271.332.4440
Preston Tucker 801291531100422.240.303.4110
Charlie Culberson 11329647801821245.270.326.4664
Ryan Flaherty 81161173560213.217.298.2924
Peter Bourjos 3644592114.205.239.3640
Tyler Flowers 82251345790830.227.341.3590
Ronald Acuña Jr. 111433781272642664.293.366.55216
Adam Duvall 3353871000.132.193.1510
Lane Adams 26251061026.240.345.5201
José Bautista 1235351025.143.250.3430
Carlos Pérez 821030000.143.182.1430
Danny Santana 1528453002.179.281.2861
Lucas Duda 2018142012.222.364.5000
Rio Ruiz 1412110000.083.267.0830
Chris Stewart 514330003.214.250.2140
Michael Reed 77120000.286.286.2860
Dustin Peterson 22000000.000.000.0000
Pitcher Totals162283132350112.081.106.1100
Team Totals1625582759143331429175717.257.324.41790

Pitching

Source: [7]

Players in bold are on the active MLB roster as of 2022.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBK
Sean Newcomb 1293.9031300164.013774711881160
Brandon McCarthy 634.921515078.2944543152165
Mike Foltynewicz 13102.8531310183.013065581768202
Julio Teherán 993.9431310175.212280772684162
Kevin Gausman 532.871010059.250231951844
Shane Carle 412.86530163.050222022743
A. J. Minter 433.236501561.157232232269
Aníbal Sánchez 762.8325240136.210648431542135
Dan Winkler 403.43690260.152272332069
Mike Soroka 213.5155025.23014101721
Arodys Vizcaíno 222.113901638.1309941540
Sam Freeman 354.29630050.141262433258
Jesse Biddle 613.11600163.250262263167
Luke Jackson 124.43350140.241222032146
Matt Wisler 115.4073026.23016166521
Rex Brothers 00inf1000.0011020
Touki Toussaint 214.0375029.018131312132
Brad Brach 121.52270123.222841922
Jonny Venters 413.54280220.1159801016
Chad Sobotka 101.88140014.15332921
Kolby Allard 1112.383108.0191211343
Bryse Wilson 106.433107.0855066
Evan Phillips 008.534006.1666343
Kyle Wright 004.504006.0433265
Wes Parsons 017.201005.0644133
Charlie Culberson 009.001001.0211000
Adam McCreery 0018.001001.0422002
Lucas Sims 007.8460010.112992810
Chase Whitley 0018.001001.0222111
Luiz Gohara 015.9591119.21613133818
Peter Moylan 014.45390028.132141441823
Josh Ravin 016.002003.0222021
Miguel Socolovich 0110.804005.0866024
Max Fried 142.94145033.226121132044
José Ramírez 0217.057006.191212087
Team Totals90723.75162162401456.212366576071536351423

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Gwinnett Stripers International League Damon Berryhill
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Chris Maloney
A-Advanced Florida Fire Frogs Florida State League Luis Salazar
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Ralph "Rocket" Wheeler
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Barrett Kleinknecht
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Nestor Pérez
Rookie DSL Braves Dominican Summer League Francisco Santiesteban

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