The Atlanta Braves went 94-68 in 2012, a .580 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 700 runs and allowed 600, a run differential of +100. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.38 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Jason Heyward led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and Kris Medlen the rotation at a 1.57 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL East, 4 games back. They spent 8 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on May 18 and were as far as 8.5 games back on September 12. Their best month was July at 18-8, their worst May at 14-15. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 5 to July 15 and an 8-game losing streak from May 21 to May 28. They were 48-33 at home and 46-35 on the road, 25-13 in one-run games and 45-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 at the Marlins on June 5; the heaviest defeat, 9-0 against the Giants on July 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
9
.609
116
95
+21
May
14
15
.483
135
138
-3
June
13
12
.520
102
95
+7
July
18
8
.692
126
99
+27
August
15
14
.517
119
91
+28
Sept/Oct
20
10
.667
102
82
+20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
25-13
.658
Extra innings
7-4
.636
Within the division
46-26
.639
Against .500+ clubs
45-41
.523
Decided by 5+ runs
31-17
.646
Last 10
7-3
.700
2012 postseason
In October the Atlanta Braves lost the Wild Card Series to the Cardinals 1-0.
Wild Card Series vs Cardinals0-1 L
Game 1, October 5 L 3-6 vs Cardinals
National League East standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2012. 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
29,879
28,474
16,161
51,910
Night
59
29,934
28,474
16,161
51,910
Day
22
29,729
28,164
17,909
50,635
Weekend
39
35,083
34,086
18,796
51,910
Weekday
42
25,046
23,022
16,161
48,938
On the road
81
31,936
30,388
15,009
45,729
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
28,958
May
13
29,095
Jun
14
32,421
Jul
16
29,116
Aug
13
25,928
Sep
15
33,036
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:51
151 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:50
11 of them
Longest
4:08
2012-07-18, 11 inn
Shortest
2:02
2012-05-03
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
2:55
2:51
2:02
4:27
Regulation
151
2:51
2:49
2:02
3:41
Extra innings
11
3:50
3:56
3:13
4:27
Home
81
2:56
2:55
2:02
4:08
Road
81
2:53
2:49
2:05
4:27
Day
47
2:54
2:52
2:02
3:33
Night
115
2:55
2:50
2:14
4:27
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:00
May
13
2:56
Jun
14
3:02
Jul
16
2:56
Aug
13
2:53
Sep
15
2:52
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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 94-68, a .580 win rate, while their +100 run differential implies .570. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
