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2006 Atlanta Braves season

The 2006 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 136th for the franchise and 41st in Atlanta. During the season, the Braves attempted to win the National League East.

2006 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkTurner Field
CityAtlanta
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersTime Warner
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionTBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray, Ron Gant)
FSN South
(Jeff Torborg, Bob Rathbun)
RadioWGST
WKLS
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray)
WWWE
(Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
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Finishing with a 79–83 record, not only did the Braves miss the playoffs for the first time since 1990, but also their first losing season that same season. In failing to reach the postseason, Atlanta ended their streak of fourteen consecutive division titles.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League East

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 97 65 .599 — 50‍–‍31 47‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 85 77 .525 12 41‍–‍40 44‍–‍37
Atlanta Braves 79 83 .488 18 40‍–‍41 39‍–‍42
Florida Marlins 78 84 .481 19 42‍–‍39 36‍–‍45
Washington Nationals 71 91 .438 26 41‍–‍40 30‍–‍51


Record vs. opponents

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2006 National League record

Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona — 6–1 4–2 4–2 12–7 2–4 4–5 8–10 3–3 1–6 1–5 5–1 9–10 8–11 4–3 1–5 4–11
Atlanta 1–6 — 6–1 4–3 3–3 11–8 3–4 3–3 2–4 7–11 7–11 3–3 7–2 3–4 4–2 10–8 5–10
Chicago 2–4 1–6 — 10–9 2–4 2–4 7–8 4–2 8–8 3–3 2–5 6–9 0–7 2–4 11–8 2–4 4–11
Cincinnati 2–4 3–4 9–10 — 5–1 4–2 10–5 0–6 9–10 3–4 2–4 9–7 2–4 2–5 9–6 5–1 6-9
Colorado 7–12 3–3 4–2 1–5 — 3–3 4–2 4–15 2–4 1–5 3–4 3–3 10–9 10–8 2–7 8–0 11–4
Florida 4–2 8–11 4–2 2–4 3–3 — 3–4 1–5 7–0 8–11 6–13 5–2 3–3 3–3 1–5 11–7 9–9
Houston 5–4 4–3 8–7 5–10 2–4 4-3 — 3–3 10–5 2–4 2–4 13–3 3–3 1–5 9–7 4–4 7–11
Los Angeles 10–8 3–3 2–4 6–0 15–4 5–1 3–3 — 4–2 3–4 4–3 6–4 5–13 13–6 0–7 4–2 5–10
Milwaukee 3–3 4–2 8–8 10–9 4–2 0–7 5–10 2–4 — 3–3 5–1 7–9 4–3 6–3 7–9 1–5 6–9
New York 6–1 11–7 3–3 4–3 5–1 11–8 4–2 4–3 3–3 — 11–8 5–4 5–2 3–3 4–2 12–6 6–9
Philadelphia 5-1 11–7 5–2 4–2 4–3 13–6 4–2 3–4 1–5 8–11 — 3–3 2–4 5–1 3–3 9–10 5–13
Pittsburgh 1–5 3–3 9–6 7–9 3–3 2–5 3–13 4–6 9–7 4–5 3–3 — 1–5 6–1 6–9 3–3 3–12
San Diego 10–9 2–7 7–0 4–2 9–10 3–3 3–3 13–5 3–4 2–5 4–2 5–1 — 7–12 4–2 5–1 7–8
San Francisco 11–8 4–3 4–2 5–2 8–10 3–3 5–1 6–13 3–6 3–3 1–5 1–6 12–7 — 1–4 1–5 8–7
St. Louis 3–4 2–4 8–11 6–9 7–2 5-1 7–9 7–0 9–7 2–4 3–3 9–6 2–4 4–1 — 4–3 5–10
Washington 5–1 8–10 4–2 1–5 0–8 7-11 4–4 2–4 5–1 6–12 10–9 3–3 1–5 5–1 3–4 — 7–11


Transactions

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Roster

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2006 Atlanta Braves
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Infielders

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Game log

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2006 Game Log: 79–83 (Home: 40–41; Away: 39–42)
April: 10–14 (Home: 4–5; Away: 6–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 @ Dodgers 11–10 Villarreal (1–0) Lowe (0–1) Reitsma (1) 56,000 1–0
2 April 4 @ Dodgers 4–5 Penny (1–0) Smoltz (0–1) Baez (1) 36,249 1–1
3 April 5 @ Dodgers 9–8 Villarreal (2–0) Osoria (0–1) Reitsma (2) 35,292 2–1
4 April 6 @ Giants 4–6 Fassero (1–0) Sosa (0–1) Worrell (2) 42,795 2–2
5 April 7 @ Giants 14–6 Remlinger (1–0) Walker (0–1) — 39,737 3–2
6 April 8 @ Giants 6–12 Wright (1–0) Hudson (0–1) — 39,050 3–3
7 April 9 @ Giants 5–6 Worrell (1–0) Reitsma (0–1) — 37,321 3–4
8 April 10 Phillies 5–3 Villarreal (3–0) Franklin (0–1) Reitsma (3) 47,332 4–4
9 April 12 Phillies 5–7 Lidle (1–1) Sosa (0–2) Gordon (1) 37,107 4–5
10 April 13 Phillies 6–7 Floyd (1–1) Davies (0–1) Gordon (2) 22,911 4–6
11 April 14 Padres 5–4 Villarreal (4–0) Linebrink (0–1) Reitsma (4) 36,406 5–6
12 April 15 Padres 2–0 Smoltz (1–1) Peavy (1–2) — 40,151 6–6
13 April 16 Padres 3–4 Linebrink (1–1) Remlinger (1–1) Hoffman (1) 24,589 6–7
14 April 17 @ Mets 3–4 Martinez (3–0) Sosa (0–3) Wagner (4) 36,867 6–8
15 April 18 @ Mets 7–1 Davies (1–1) Zambrano (1–1) — 30,322 7–8
16 April 19 @ Mets 2–1 Hudson (1–1) Glavine (2–1) — 40,861 8–8
17 April 21 @ Nationals 3–7 Stanton (1–2) Cormier (0–1) — 24,597 8–9
– April 22 @ Nationals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 18
18 April 23 @ Nationals 3–1 Cormier (1–1) Majewski (1–1) Remlinger (1) 21,569 9–9
19 April 24 @ Brewers 2–3 Capuano (3–2) Davies (1–2) Turnbow (6) 11,660 9–10
20 April 25 @ Brewers 2–4 Ohka (2–1) Hudson (1–2) Turnbow (7) 16,276 9–11
21 April 26 @ Brewers 4–5 Sheets (1–2) Sosa (0–4) Turnbow (8) 18,511 9–12
22 April 28 Mets 2–5 Martinez (5–0) Smoltz (1–2) Wagner (6) 45,389 9–13
23 April 29 Mets 0–1 Glavine (3–2) Thomson (0–1) Wagner (7) 46,387 9–14
24 April 30 Mets 8–5 Davies (2–2) Trachsel (2–2) Reitsma (5) 35,245 10–14
May: 18–11 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
25 May 1 Rockies 2–0 Hudson (2–2) Jennings (1–2) — 19,212 11–14
26 May 2 Rockies 5–4 Cormier (2–1) King (1–2) Reitsma (6) 22,813 12–14
27 May 3 @ Phillies 4–5 Cormier (2–0) Remlinger (1–2) Gordon (9) 26,443 12–15
28 May 4 @ Phillies 3–6 Lidle (3–3) Thomson (0–2) Rhodes (1) 24,842 12–16
29 May 5 @ Mets 7–8 (14) Julio (1–1) Sosa (0–5) — 47,720 12–17
30 May 6 @ Mets 5–6 Fortunato (1–0) Hudson (2–3) Julio (1) 48,369 12–18
31 May 7 @ Mets 13–3 Smoltz (2–2) Lima (0–1) — 48,100 13–18
32 May 9 @ Marlins 10–2 Thomson (1–2) Moehler (0–4) — 6,079 14–18
33 May 10 @ Marlins 3–11 Johnson (3–2) Davies (2–3) — 6,299 14–19
34 May 11 @ Marlins 9–1 Hudson (3–3) Willis (1–4) — 8,717 15–19
35 May 12 Nationals 6–2 Smoltz (3–2) Ortiz (0–4) — 31,818 16–19
36 May 13 Nationals 8–5 Reitsma (1–1) Cordero (1–1) — 37,040 17–19
37 May 14 Nationals 1–8 Armas (4–2) Thomson (1–3) — 31,062 17–20
38 May 15 Marlins 11–8 Villarreal (5–0) Messenger (0–2) Reitsma (7) 19,254 18–20
39 May 16 Marlins 4–3 (11) McBride (1–0) Borowski (0–1) — 22,427 19–20
40 May 17 Marlins 6–4 (11) Villarreal (6–0) Messenger (0–3) — 25,647 20–20
41 May 18 Marlins 9–1 Sosa (1–5) Olsen (2–3) — 29,996 21–20
42 May 19 @ Diamondbacks 9–10 Valverde (2–1) Reitsma (1–2) — 25,056 21–21
43 May 20 @ Diamondbacks 0–13 Webb (7–0) Smith (0–1) — 35,382 21–22
44 May 21 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Hudson (4–3) Cruz (1–3) McBride (1) 33,102 22–22
45 May 22 @ Padres 3–1 Smoltz (4–2) Peavy (3–5) Reitsma (8) 25,869 23–22
46 May 23 @ Padres 1–2 Thompson (2–0) Sosa (1–6) Hoffman (8) 25,315 23–23
47 May 24 @ Padres 10–6 Thomson (2–3) Young (3–3) — 23,740 24–23
48 May 26 @ Cubs 6–5 Remlinger (2–2) Dempster (0–3) Ray (1) 40,865 25–23
49 May 27 @ Cubs 2–1 Ramirez (1–0) Marshall (3–3) Remlinger (2) 41,526 26–23
50 May 28 @ Cubs 13–12 (11) Villarreal (7–0) Eyre (0–1) Ray (2) 41,698 27–23
51 May 29 Dodgers 5–12 Beimel (2–0) Thomson (2–4) — 41,825 27–24
52 May 30 Dodgers 3–8 Baez (3–2) Remlinger (2–3) — 29,517 27–25
53 May 31 Dodgers 9–3 Hudson (5–3) Tomko (5–3) — 28,880 28–25
June: 6–21 (Home: 2–12; Away: 4–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54 June 1 Diamondbacks 1–2 Cruz (3–3) Ramirez (1–1) Julio (2) 23,376 28–26
– June 2 Diamondbacks Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 3
55 June 3 (1) Diamondbacks 2–4 Gonzalez (1–0) Smoltz (4–3) Julio (3) 27,126 28–27
56 June 3 (2) Diamondbacks 9–13 Vargas (6–2) Thomson (2–5) — 40,212 28–28
57 June 4 Diamondbacks 3–9 Batista (6–2) Sosa (1–7) — 29,141 28–29
58 June 5 Nationals 4–5 Hernandez (5–5) Hudson (5–4) Cordero (10) 20,702 28–30
59 June 6 Nationals 5–3 Ramirez (2–1) Hill (0–1) Ray (3) 23,497 29–30
60 June 7 Nationals 2–5 Ortiz (5–4) Smoltz (4–4) Cordero (11) 32,001 29–31
61 June 8 @ Astros 4–7 Pettitte (5–7) Thomson (2–6) Lidge (16) 35,752 29–32
62 June 9 @ Astros 2–7 Nieve (2–3) Sosa (1–8) — 37,097 29–33
63 June 10 @ Astros 4–2 Hudson (6–4) Buchholz (3–6) Ray (4) 41,808 30–33
64 June 11 @ Astros 4–14 Rodriguez (8–3) Ramirez (2–2) — 39,523 30–34
65 June 13 @ Marlins 1–4 Johnson (5–4) Smoltz (4–5) Borowski (9) 6,940 30–35
66 June 14 @ Marlins 5–6 (10) Tankersley (1–0) Villarreal (7–1) — 8,097 30–36
67 June 15 @ Marlins 2–3 Nolasco (5–3) Sosa (1–9) Borowski (10) 7,162 30–37
68 June 16 Red Sox 1–4 Lester (1–0) Hudson (6–5) Papelbon (21) 51,038 30–38
69 June 17 Red Sox 3–5 Beckett (8–3) Cormier (2–2) Papelbon (22) 49,364 30–39
70 June 18 Red Sox 7–10 Seanez (2–0) McBride (1–1) Papelbon (23) 48,826 30–40
71 June 20 Blue Jays 5–6 Schoeneweis (2–0) Yates (0–1) Ryan (18) 26,915 30–41
72 June 21 Blue Jays 3–6 Lilly (7–7) Hudson (6–6) Ryan (19) 26,232 30–42
73 June 22 Blue Jays 2–3 Taubenheim (1–4) Remlinger (2–4) Ryan (20) 26,829 30–43
74 June 23 @ Devil Rays 4–3 (11) Sosa (2–9) Harville (0–1) — 21,280 31–43
75 June 24 @ Devil Rays 2–3 Corcoran (1–0) Cormier (2–3) Harville (1) 26,686 31–44
76 June 25 @ Devil Rays 4–1 James (1–0) Hendrickson (4–8) Sosa (1) 20,556 32–44
77 June 26 @ Yankees 2–5 Johnson (9–6) Hudson (6–7) Rivera (17) 54,226 32–45
78 June 27 @ Yankees 5–2 Ramirez (3–2) Wright (4–5) — 53,763 33–45
79 June 28 @ Yankees 3–4 (12) Villone (1–1) Sosa (2–10) — 54,186 33–46
80 June 30 Orioles 5–3 James (2–0) Birkins (2–1) Sosa (2) 34,581 34–46
July: 14–10 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81 July 1 Orioles 4–7 Birkins (3–1) Hudson (6–8) — 38,414 34–47
82 July 2 Orioles 10–3 Ramirez (4–2) Benson (9–6) — 27,693 35–47
83 July 3 Cardinals 6–3 Smoltz (5–5) Reyes (1–3) Sosa (3) 40,011 36–47
84 July 4 Cardinals 3–6 Carpenter (7–4) Thomson (2–7) Isringhausen (25) 47,514 36–48
85 July 5 Cardinals 14–4 James (3–0) Suppan (6–5) — 28,705 37–48
86 July 6 Reds 8–7 (10) Ray (1–0) Coffey (3–4) — 28,446 38–48
87 July 7 Reds 5–10 Milton (5–4) Ramirez (4–3) — 32,315 38–49
88 July 8 Reds 4–1 Smoltz (6–5) Harang (9–6) Ray (5) 44,718 39–49
89 July 9 Reds 8–3 Villarreal (8–1) Arroyo (9–6) — 31,908 40–49
77th All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
90 July 14 @ Padres 15–12 (11) Sosa (3–10) Hensley (5–7) Yates (1) 42,869 41–49
91 July 15 @ Padres 11–3 Smoltz (7–5) Park (6–5) — 39,988 42–49
92 July 16 @ Padres 10–5 James (4–0) Peavy (4–9) — 31,650 43–49
93 July 17 @ Cardinals 15–3 Ramirez (5–3) Weaver (3–11) — 44,507 44–49
94 July 18 @ Cardinals 14–5 Hudson (7–8) Marquis (11–7) — 44,718 45–49
95 July 19 @ Cardinals 3–8 Carpenter (9–4) Shiell (0–1) — 43,991 45–50
96 July 21 @ Phillies 5–6 Lidle (7–7) Ray (1–1) Gordon (23) 32,833 45–51
– July 22 @ Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 2
97 July 23 @ Phillies 5–1 McBride (2–1) Myers (6–4) — 31,664 46–51
98 July 24 @ Phillies 10–8 Hudson (8–8) Hamels (2–5) Wickman (16) 28,864 47–51
99 July 25 Marlins 1–2 Sanchez (4–0) James (4–1) Borowski (21) 33,357 47–52
100 July 26 Marlins 6–5 Smoltz (8–5) Tankersley (1–1) Wickman (17) 32,209 48–52
101 July 27 Marlins 1–6 Olsen (9–4) Shiell (0–2) — 34,498 48–53
102 July 28 Mets 4–6 Martinez (8–4) Ramirez (5–4) Wagner (21) 53,943 48–54
103 July 29 Mets 3–11 Hernandez (7–8) Hudson (8–9) — 49,047 48–55
104 July 30 Mets 6–10 Oliver (4–0) James (4–2) Wagner (22) 40,526 48–56
August: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
105 August 1 @ Pirates 4–2 Smoltz (9–5) Snell (9–7) Wickman (18) 22,145 49–56
106 August 2 @ Pirates 3–2 Yates (1–1) Torres (3–5) Wickman (19) 21,064 50–56
107 August 3 @ Pirates 2–3 Chacon (6–3) Hudson (8–10) Gonzalez (19) 17,324 50–57
108 August 4 @ Reds 4–5 Harang (12–7) James (4–3) Guardado (12) 33,661 50–58
109 August 5 @ Reds 6–8 Weathers (4–3) Yates (1–2) Bray (2) 33,170 50–59
110 August 6 @ Reds 6–4 McBride (3–1) Majewski (4–4) Wickman (20) 29,660 51–59
111 August 7 Phillies 6–9 Myers (8–5) Ramirez (5–5) — 26,177 51–60
112 August 8 Phillies 3–1 Hudson (9–10) Hamels (4–6) Wickman (21) 30,714 52–60
113 August 9 Phillies 3–9 White (2–0) Yates (1–3) — 27,222 52–61
114 August 11 Brewers 2–1 Smoltz (10–5) Turnbow (4–8) — 31,336 53–61
115 August 12 Brewers 5–8 Sheets (3–4) Barry (0–1) F. Cordero (12) 40,480 53–62
116 August 13 Brewers 7–4 Paronto (1–0) Wise (5–6) Wickman (22) 34,718 54–62
117 August 14 @ Nationals 10–4 James (5–3) Ortiz (9–10) — 21,550 55–62
118 August 15 @ Nationals 0–5 Astacio (3–2) Cormier (2–4) — 24,036 55–63
119 August 16 @ Nationals 6–9 Traber (3–1) Smoltz (10–6) C. Cordero (22) 28,094 55–64
120 August 17 @ Nationals 5–0 Villarreal (9–1) Bergmann (0–1) — 29,007 56–64
121 August 18 @ Marlins 6–1 Hudson (10–10) Olsen (9–7) — 19,161 57–64
122 August 19 @ Marlins 5–3 James (6–3) Nolasco (11–8) Wickman (23) 21,428 58–64
123 August 20 @ Marlins 3–4 Willis (8–10) Yates (1–4) Borowski (27) 16,461 58–65
124 August 21 Pirates 3–0 Smoltz (11–6) Duke (8–11) Wickman (24) 21,898 59–65
125 August 22 Pirates 3–5 Marte (1–7) Baez (5–6) Gonzalez (22) 21,830 59–66
126 August 23 Pirates 4–5 Capps (4–1) Paronto (1–1) Gonzalez (23) 23,082 59–67
127 August 25 Nationals 6–7 Wagner (1–2) Paronto (1–2) Rivera (1) 33,621 59–68
128 August 26 Nationals 10–1 Smoltz (12–6) Astacio (3–4) — 38,610 60–68
129 August 27 Nationals 13–6 McBride (4–1) Traber (3–3) — 30,587 61–68
130 August 29 Giants 13–8 Hudson (11–10) Schmidt (10–8) — 23,756 62–68
131 August 30 Giants 5–3 James (7–3) Hennessey (5–4) Wickman (25) 24,952 63–68
132 August 31 Giants 6–8 Morris (10–11) Smoltz (12–7) Benitez (17) 24,748 63–69
September/October: 16–14 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
– September 1 @ Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 3
133 September 2 (1) @ Phillies 4–3 Yates (2–4) Rhodes (0–4) Wickman (26) 31,717 64–69
134 September 2 (2) @ Phillies 4–16 Brito (1–2) Davies (2–4) — 28,600 64–70
135 September 3 (1) @ Phillies 7–8 Geary (7–0) Wickman (1–5) — N/A 64–71
136 September 3 (2) @ Phillies 3–1 (11) Paronto (2–2) Geary (7–1) Wickman (27) 37,044 65–71
137 September 4 @ Mets 5–0 James (8–3) Trachsel (14–6) — 42,428 66–71
– September 5 @ Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 6
138 September 6 (1) @ Mets 1–4 Williams (5–3) Smoltz (12–8) Wagner (35) N/A 66–72
139 September 6 (2) @ Mets 0–8 O. Perez (3–11) Davies (2–5) — 40,536 66–73
140 September 8 Cubs 8–4 Hudson (12–10) Guzman (0–5) — 30,977 67–73
141 September 9 Cubs 7–3 James (9–3) Miller (0–1) — 40,584 68–73
142 September 10 Cubs 2–1 Cormier (3–4) Mateo (1–3) Wickman (28) 28,212 69–73
143 September 11 Cubs 3–8 Hill (5–6) Smoltz (12–9) — 19,444 69–74
– September 12 Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 13
144 September 13 (1) Phillies 5–6 White (4–1) Paronto (2–3) Gordon (29) N/A 69–75
145 September 13 (2) Phillies 2–7 Lieber (8–9) Hudson (12–11) — 22,233 69–76
146 September 14 Phillies 4–1 James (10–3) Moyer (8–14) Wickman (29) 19,352 70–76
147 September 15 Marlins 4–6 Willis (11–11) Cormier (3–5) Borowski (34) 25,340 70–77
148 September 16 Marlins 2–1 Smoltz (13–9) Sanchez (8–3) Wickman (30) 28,392 71–77
149 September 17 Marlins 8–7 (10) Barry (1–1) Borowski (3–3) — 27,192 72–77
150 September 18 @ Nationals 6–1 Davies (3–5) Armas (8–12) — 25,211 73–77
151 September 19 @ Nationals 2–9 B. Perez (1–0) James (10–4) — 20,596 73–78
152 September 20 @ Nationals 7–3 Cormier (4–5) Ortiz (10–15) — 19,027 74–78
153 September 21 @ Rockies 6–3 Smoltz (14–9) Kim (8–12) Wickman (31) 18,499 75–78
154 September 22 @ Rockies 4–6 Fogg (10–9) Hudson (12–12) Fuentes (27) 33,260 75–79
155 September 23 @ Rockies 9–10 Francis (13–11) Davies (3–6) Fuentes (28) 24,300 75–80
156 September 24 @ Rockies 8–9 Affeldt (8–7) Yates (2–5) Fuentes (29) 30,216 75–81
157 September 26 Mets 12–0 Smoltz (15–9) O. Perez (3–13) — 22,607 76–81
158 September 27 Mets 13–1 Hudson (13–12) Martinez (9–8) — 23,177 77–81
159 September 28 Mets 4–7 Hernandez (11–11) Davies (3–7) — 22,944 77–82
160 September 29 Astros 4–1 James (11–4) Clemens (7–6) Wickman (32) 31,034 78–82
161 September 30 Astros 4–5 Miller (2–3) Wickman (1–6) Wheeler (9) 40,123 78–83
162 October 1 Astros 3–1 Smoltz (16–9) Sampson (2–1) Wickman (33) 36,030 79–83
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Braves team member

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Brian McCann 130 442 147 .333 24 93
1B Adam LaRoche 149 492 140 .285 32 90
2B Marcus Giles 141 550 144 .262 11 60
SS Édgar Rentería 149 598 175 .293 14 70
3B Chipper Jones 110 411 133 .324 26 86
LF Ryan Langerhans 131 315 76 .241 7 28
CF Andruw Jones 156 565 148 .262 41 129
RF Jeff Francoeur 162 651 169 .260 29 103

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Matt Diaz 124 297 97 .327 7 32
Wilson Betemit 88 199 56 .281 9 29
Pete Orr 102 154 39 .253 1 8
Todd Pratt 62 135 28 .207 4 19
Scott Thorman 55 128 30 .234 5 14
Willy Aybar 36 115 36 .313 1 8
Brian Jordan 48 91 21 .231 3 10
Tony Peña Jr. 40 44 10 .227 1 3
Martin Prado 24 42 11 .262 1 9
Brayan Peña 23 41 11 .268 1 5
Daryle Ward 20 26 8 .308 1 7

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Smoltz 35 232.0 16 9 3.49 211
Tim Hudson 35 218.1 13 12 4.86 141
Chuck James 25 119.0 11 4 3.78 91
John Thomson 18 80.1 2 7 4.82 46
Horacio Ramírez 14 76.1 5 5 4.48 37
Kyle Davies 14 63.1 3 7 8.38 51
Jason Shiell 4 15.2 0 2 8.62 14
Travis Smith 1 4.1 0 1 4.15 1

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jorge Sosa 26 87.1 3 10 5.46 58
Lance Cormier 29 73.2 4 5 4.89 43

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Wickman 28 0 2 18 1.04 25
Macay McBride 71 4 1 1 3.65 46
Ken Ray 69 1 1 5 4.52 50
Chad Paronto 65 2 3 0 3.18 41
Óscar Villarreal 58 9 1 0 3.61 55
Tyler Yates 56 2 5 1 3.96 46
Mike Remlinger 36 2 4 2 4.03 19
Chris Reitsma 27 1 2 8 8.68 13
Kevin Barry 19 1 1 0 5.61 19
Peter Moylan 15 0 0 0 4.80 14
Danys Báez 11 0 1 0 5.40 10
Wayne Franklin 11 0 0 0 7.04 3
Joey Devine 10 0 0 0 9.95 10
Phil Stockman 4 0 0 0 2.25 4
Blaine Boyer 2 0 0 0 40.50 0
Anthony Lerew 1 0 0 0 22.50 1

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Brian Snitker
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Jeff Blauser
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville[4]

References

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1st Half: Atlanta Braves Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Atlanta Braves Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. ^ Ringolsby, Tracy. "Braves' run of division titles ends at 14 Baseball notebook". The Oklahoman. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Edgar Renteria Stats".
  3. ^ Bob Wickman Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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