The Atlanta Braves went 89-73 in 2011, a .549 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 641 runs and allowed 605, a run differential of +36. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.53 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Brian McCann led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and Tim Hudson the rotation at a 3.22 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL East, 13 games back. They spent 2 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on March 31 and were as far as 13 games back on September 28. Their best month was June at 17-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 9-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 1 to May 6 and a 5-game losing streak from September 24 to September 28. They were 47-34 at home and 42-39 on the road, 29-26 in one-run games and 28-32 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Nationals on July 15; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Phillies on July 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
15
.464
110
91
+19
May
17
11
.607
106
94
+12
June
17
9
.654
105
92
+13
July
16
11
.593
118
109
+9
August
17
9
.654
115
104
+11
Sept/Oct
9
18
.333
87
115
-28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
29-26
.527
Extra innings
14-12
.538
Within the division
36-36
.500
Against .500+ clubs
28-32
.467
Decided by 5+ runs
17-15
.531
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League East standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2011. 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
79
30,037
30,701
13,865
51,331
Night
57
29,192
30,142
13,865
51,331
Day
22
32,227
32,932
21,085
46,763
Weekend
38
36,946
36,212
23,085
51,331
Weekday
41
23,634
22,108
13,865
45,350
On the road
80
31,095
30,187
13,302
46,017
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
27,993
May
18
24,002
Jun
10
30,180
Jul
17
30,414
Aug
12
31,009
Sep
13
34,002
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:48
136 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:36
26 of them
Longest
6:39
2011-07-26, 19 inn
Shortest
2:12
2011-08-31
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
2:56
2:50
2:12
6:39
Regulation
136
2:48
2:47
2:12
3:35
Extra innings
26
3:36
3:26
2:59
6:39
Home
81
2:59
2:54
2:12
6:39
Road
81
2:52
2:49
2:17
3:57
Day
46
2:56
2:53
2:20
3:52
Night
116
2:56
2:49
2:12
6:39
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:46
May
18
3:00
Jun
10
2:54
Jul
17
3:10
Aug
12
2:46
Sep
13
3:12
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 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +36 run differential implies .526. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
