- Team WAR
- 16.2 10.1 bat / 6.1 pitch
- Win %
- .414 pyth .374
- Run diff
- -187 3.54 / 4.69 per g
- wRC+
- 87
- ERA
- 4.58 FIP 4.37
- Home runs
- 114
The Atlanta Braves went 67-95 in 2015, a .414 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 573 runs and allowed 760, a run differential of -187. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.58 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 87 team wRC+ was 13% below league average — the worst in MLB. A.J. Pierzynski led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Shelby Miller the rotation at a 3.02 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,434 team hits
Batting
38 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| A.J. Pierzynski | C | 113 | 436 | 122 | 9 | 49 | 0 | .300 | .339 | .430 | .336 | 116 | 3.0 |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | 117 | 481 | 115 | 18 | 66 | 3 | .276 | .370 | .471 | .369 | 139 | 2.7 |
| Nick Markakis | RF | 156 | 686 | 181 | 3 | 53 | 2 | .296 | .370 | .376 | .330 | 112 | 2.2 |
| Cameron Maybin | CF | 137 | 555 | 135 | 10 | 59 | 23 | .267 | .327 | .370 | .310 | 97 | 2.1 |
| Juan Uribe | 3B | 118 | 397 | 91 | 14 | 43 | 2 | .253 | .320 | .417 | .323 | 106 | 1.7 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 147 | 583 | 142 | 4 | 44 | 5 | .265 | .321 | .338 | .292 | 84 | 1.6 |
| Kelly Johnson | 2B | 107 | 335 | 82 | 14 | 47 | 2 | .265 | .314 | .435 | .327 | 109 | 1.1 |
| Adonis García | 3B | 58 | 198 | 53 | 10 | 26 | 0 | .277 | .293 | .497 | .339 | 117 | 1.1 |
| Jace Peterson | 2B | 151 | 597 | 126 | 6 | 52 | 12 | .239 | .314 | .335 | .291 | 83 | 0.8 |
| Héctor Olivera | 3B | 24 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .253 | .310 | .405 | .315 | 100 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 35 | 106 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .191 | .283 | .319 | .271 | 69 | 0.2 |
| Jonny Gomes | LF | 95 | 262 | 48 | 7 | 26 | 1 | .213 | .313 | .347 | .298 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Sugar Ray Marimon | P | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .353 | 128 | 0.0 |
| Cody Martin | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| David Aardsma | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Andrew McKirahan | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Eury Pérez | LF | 44 | 133 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .269 | .331 | .303 | .287 | 80 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Castro | 2B | 32 | 100 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .240 | .263 | .344 | .266 | 66 | -0.0 |
| Jake Brigham | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .199 | 18 | -0.1 |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 3B | 79 | 151 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 4 | .261 | .275 | .352 | .272 | 70 | -0.1 |
| Manny Banuelos | P | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.2 |
| Joey Terdoslavich | 1B | 27 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .214 | .254 | .375 | .268 | 67 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Weber | P | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.2 |
| Nick Swisher | DH | 76 | 260 | 43 | 6 | 25 | 0 | .196 | .312 | .320 | .290 | 83 | -0.3 |
| Eric Stults | P | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .068 | -77 | -0.3 |
| Matt Wisler | P | 17 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .138 | .194 | .138 | .160 | -11 | -0.3 |
| Todd Cunningham | LF | 35 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .221 | .280 | .267 | .246 | 51 | -0.4 |
| Christian Bethancourt | C | 45 | 160 | 31 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .200 | .225 | .290 | .225 | 36 | -0.4 |
| Chris Johnson | 1B | 83 | 255 | 62 | 3 | 18 | 2 | .255 | .286 | .337 | .276 | 73 | -0.4 |
| Alex Wood | P | 27 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .164 | .220 | .200 | .196 | 15 | -0.4 |
| Williams Pérez | P | 17 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .106 | -49 | -0.5 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | P | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .071 | .069 | .107 | .074 | -72 | -0.5 |
| Eric Young Jr. | LF | 49 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .153 | .217 | .247 | .207 | 23 | -0.6 |
| Julio Teheran | P | 30 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .096 | .130 | .096 | .108 | -48 | -1.0 |
| Shelby Miller | P | 32 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .054 | .117 | .089 | .105 | -50 | -1.0 |
Pitching
35 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shelby Miller | 33 | 33 | 205.1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 171 | 3.02 | 3.45 | 1.25 | 7.5 | 3.4 |
| Alex Wood | 32 | 32 | 189.2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 139 | 3.84 | 3.69 | 1.36 | 6.6 | 2.6 |
| Julio Teheran | 33 | 33 | 200.2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 171 | 4.04 | 4.40 | 1.31 | 7.7 | 1.1 |
| Jason Grilli | 36 | 0 | 33.2 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 45 | 2.94 | 2.12 | 1.13 | 12.0 | 0.9 |
| Arodys Vizcaíno | 36 | 0 | 33.2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 1.60 | 2.48 | 1.19 | 9.9 | 0.8 |
| Jim Johnson | 72 | 0 | 66.2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 4.46 | 3.73 | 1.45 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Luis Avilán | 73 | 0 | 53.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 4.05 | 3.66 | 1.18 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Edwin Jackson | 47 | 0 | 55.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 3.07 | 3.82 | 1.17 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Weber | 5 | 5 | 28.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4.76 | 4.02 | 1.09 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Trevor Cahill | 26 | 3 | 43.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 5.40 | 3.92 | 1.38 | 7.5 | 0.3 |
| Andrew McKirahan | 27 | 0 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.93 | 3.79 | 1.83 | 7.2 | 0.2 |
| Peter Moylan | 22 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.48 | 2.84 | 1.16 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Jake Brigham | 12 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.64 | 4.09 | 2.16 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Cunniff | 39 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4.63 | 4.39 | 1.40 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| Michael Kohn | 6 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 5.28 | 1.29 | 7.7 | -0.0 |
| Nick Masset | 28 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4.68 | 4.57 | 1.56 | 6.5 | -0.0 |
| Matt Marksberry | 31 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5.01 | 4.63 | 1.63 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| Danny Burawa | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.23 | 4.83 | 1.23 | 7.6 | -0.1 |
| Williams Pérez | 23 | 20 | 116.2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 73 | 4.78 | 4.87 | 1.55 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| Juan Jaime | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 10.63 | 3.00 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Jonny Gomes | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 14.13 | 3.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Dana Eveland | 10 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5.40 | 7.33 | 2.40 | 10.8 | -0.1 |
| Matt Wisler | 20 | 19 | 109.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 4.71 | 4.93 | 1.46 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| David Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.36 | 7.50 | 1.64 | 12.3 | -0.1 |
| John Cornely | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 17.13 | 4.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| David Aardsma | 33 | 0 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4.70 | 4.86 | 1.27 | 10.3 | -0.2 |
| Manny Banuelos | 7 | 6 | 26.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5.13 | 5.37 | 1.59 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Sugar Ray Marimon | 16 | 0 | 25.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.36 | 5.20 | 1.71 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | 18 | 15 | 86.2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 5.71 | 5.05 | 1.63 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| Dan Winkler | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 18.13 | 1.80 | 10.8 | -0.3 |
| Eric Stults | 9 | 8 | 47.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 5.85 | 5.38 | 1.28 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Donnie Veal | 5 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.54 | 12.83 | 2.31 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Kelly | 17 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.02 | 6.91 | 1.62 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Cody Martin | 25 | 2 | 30.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 7.92 | 6.13 | 1.70 | 7.9 | -0.6 |
| Ross Detwiler | 41 | 7 | 58.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 7.25 | 6.12 | 2.02 | 6.3 | -1.1 |
Record versus run differential
Atlanta Braves are 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -187 run differential implies .374. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.