The Atlanta Braves went 72-90 in 2008, a .444 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 753 runs and allowed 778, a run differential of -25. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.54 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Chipper Jones led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Jair Jurrjens the rotation at a 3.68 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 20 games back. They spent 1 of 185 days in first place and were as far as 20 games back on September 22. Their best month was May at 17-12, their worst August at 9-20. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 2 to May 8 and a 6-game losing streak from June 6 to June 12. They were 43-38 at home and 29-52 on the road, 11-30 in one-run games and 45-57 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-3 at the Padres on July 13; the heaviest defeat, 18-3 at the Cardinals on August 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
15
.444
129
107
+22
May
17
12
.586
136
105
+31
June
11
16
.407
109
122
-13
July
10
15
.400
119
141
-22
August
9
20
.310
127
176
-49
Sept/Oct
13
12
.520
133
127
+6
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
11-30
.268
Extra innings
3-10
.231
Within the division
31-41
.431
Against .500+ clubs
45-57
.441
Decided by 5+ runs
28-25
.528
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2008. 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
31,270
30,503
16,706
50,124
Night
57
30,735
30,319
16,706
50,124
Day
24
32,539
30,995
18,113
49,222
Weekend
38
36,438
36,197
24,169
50,124
Weekday
43
26,702
26,917
16,706
45,269
On the road
79
34,101
36,001
10,465
56,039
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
45,269
Apr
11
28,008
May
17
30,662
Jun
13
32,302
Jul
13
34,156
Aug
13
29,188
Sep
13
31,908
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, 2008.
Regulation
2:48
149 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:41
13 of them
Longest
5:35
2008-07-06, 17 inn
Shortest
2:14
2008-06-23
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
2:52
2:50
2:00
5:35
Regulation
149
2:48
2:48
2:00
3:44
Extra innings
13
3:41
3:22
2:53
5:35
Home
81
2:58
2:53
2:14
5:35
Road
81
2:47
2:48
2:00
3:46
Day
52
3:00
2:56
2:14
5:35
Night
110
2:49
2:50
2:00
4:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
4:28
Apr
11
2:57
May
17
2:50
Jun
13
2:52
Jul
13
3:05
Aug
13
2:52
Sep
13
3:07
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 72-90, a .444 win rate, while their -25 run differential implies .485. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
