The Atlanta Braves went 79-83 in 2006, a .488 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 849 runs and allowed 805, a run differential of +44. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.67 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Chipper Jones led the position players at 5.3 WAR, and John Smoltz the rotation at a 3.49 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL East, 18 games back. They spent 2 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 5 and were as far as 21 games back on September 7. Their best month was May at 18-11, their worst June at 6-21. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 8 to July 18 and a 10-game losing streak from June 11 to June 22. They were 40-41 at home and 39-42 on the road, 19-33 in one-run games and 32-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 at the Cardinals on July 17; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 at the Diamondbacks on May 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
14
.417
115
115
0
May
18
11
.621
169
151
+18
June
6
21
.222
94
139
-45
July
14
10
.583
171
135
+36
August
15
13
.536
149
125
+24
Sept/Oct
16
14
.533
151
140
+11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
19-33
.365
Extra innings
8-3
.727
Within the division
35-38
.479
Against .500+ clubs
32-41
.438
Decided by 5+ runs
24-20
.545
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
80
31,882
30,651
19,212
53,943
Night
60
31,249
29,199
19,212
53,943
Day
20
33,780
31,485
24,589
49,364
Weekend
39
36,517
35,245
24,589
53,943
Weekday
41
27,472
25,647
19,212
47,514
On the road
79
30,538
30,322
6,079
56,000
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
37,280
May
12
28,291
Jun
14
32,846
Jul
15
37,620
Aug
15
28,915
Sep
15
25,441
Oct
1
36,030
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:47
151 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:40
11 of them
Longest
3:43
2006-06-18, 9 inn
Shortest
1:59
2006-08-21
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:50
2:48
1:59
4:47
Regulation
151
2:47
2:46
1:59
3:43
Extra innings
11
3:40
3:29
2:55
4:47
Home
81
2:51
2:49
1:59
3:43
Road
81
2:50
2:48
1:59
4:47
Day
48
2:52
2:52
1:59
3:59
Night
114
2:50
2:47
1:59
4:47
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
2:46
May
12
2:55
Jun
14
3:00
Jul
15
2:49
Aug
15
2:53
Sep
15
2:42
Oct
1
2:34
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 167 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Atlanta Braves are 79-83, a .488 win rate, while their +44 run differential implies .524. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
