The Atlanta Braves went 79-83 in 2014, a .488 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 573 runs and allowed 597, a run differential of -24. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.40 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Freddie Freeman led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Julio Teheran the rotation at a 2.89 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 2nd in the NL East, 17 games back. They spent 74 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on April 27 and were as far as 17 games back on September 26. Their best month was March/April at 17-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 7-18. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from June 27 to July 5 and an 8-game losing streak from July 29 to August 6. They were 42-39 at home and 37-44 on the road, 25-28 in one-run games and 28-34 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-2 against the Nationals on April 13; the heaviest defeat, 9-0 at the Marlins on April 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
9
.654
92
76
+16
May
13
16
.448
98
105
-7
June
15
13
.536
113
120
-7
July
13
13
.500
112
94
+18
August
14
14
.500
99
93
+6
Sept/Oct
7
18
.280
59
109
-50
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
25-28
.472
Extra innings
7-10
.412
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
28-34
.452
Decided by 5+ runs
16-19
.457
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League East standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2014. 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
29,065
28,175
16,055
48,815
Night
64
29,307
28,782
16,055
48,815
Day
17
28,156
26,960
19,347
48,501
Weekend
39
32,373
31,446
18,191
48,815
Weekday
42
25,995
23,441
16,055
48,501
On the road
81
30,804
30,770
15,558
51,163
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
28,425
May
18
27,824
Jun
9
33,683
Jul
16
29,225
Aug
13
29,733
Sep
13
27,316
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, 2014.
Regulation
2:57
145 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:57
17 of them
Longest
4:57
2014-06-14, 13 inn
Shortest
2:08
2014-04-22
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
3:04
3:00
2:07
4:57
Regulation
145
2:57
2:56
2:07
3:49
Extra innings
17
3:57
3:49
3:02
4:57
Home
81
3:05
3:02
2:08
4:57
Road
81
3:02
2:56
2:07
4:37
Day
45
3:02
3:01
2:18
4:37
Night
117
3:04
2:59
2:07
4:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:02
May
18
3:03
Jun
9
3:35
Jul
16
2:59
Aug
13
3:02
Sep
13
3:00
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 -24 run differential implies .481. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
