The Atlanta Braves went 84-78 in 2007, a .519 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 810 runs and allowed 733, a run differential of +77. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.13 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Chipper Jones led the position players at 7.1 WAR, and John Smoltz the rotation at a 3.11 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL East, 5 games back. They spent 34 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on April 11 and were as far as 9.5 games back on September 10. Their best month was March/April at 16-9, their worst June at 13-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 8 to May 12 and a 5-game losing streak from June 19 to June 24. They were 44-37 at home and 40-41 on the road, 18-25 in one-run games and 47-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 at the Red Sox on May 19; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 at the Pirates on May 13.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
9
.640
134
117
+17
May
14
14
.500
121
120
+1
June
13
15
.464
111
126
-15
July
13
13
.500
152
119
+33
August
13
15
.464
160
148
+12
Sept/Oct
15
12
.556
132
103
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
18-25
.419
Extra innings
6-9
.400
Within the division
39-33
.542
Against .500+ clubs
47-43
.522
Decided by 5+ runs
24-20
.545
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2007. 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
81
33,891
33,248
15,631
53,953
Night
60
33,595
33,230
15,631
53,953
Day
21
34,739
33,789
20,863
49,074
Weekend
38
39,512
38,593
24,832
53,953
Weekday
43
28,924
28,026
15,631
49,585
On the road
81
33,826
36,358
11,507
56,000
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
28,556
May
15
31,953
Jun
17
35,418
Jul
11
37,396
Aug
12
38,005
Sep
15
32,152
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, 2007.
Regulation
2:48
147 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:45
15 of them
Longest
4:59
2007-08-02, 14 inn
Shortest
2:13
2007-05-08
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
2:53
2:51
2:08
5:13
Regulation
147
2:48
2:48
2:08
3:46
Extra innings
15
3:45
3:28
2:57
5:13
Home
81
2:53
2:51
2:13
4:59
Road
81
2:53
2:50
2:08
5:13
Day
46
2:57
2:53
2:17
4:31
Night
116
2:52
2:49
2:08
5:13
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:51
May
15
2:46
Jun
17
2:48
Jul
11
2:59
Aug
12
3:00
Sep
15
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +77 run differential implies .546. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
