The Atlanta Braves went 68-93 in 2016, a .422 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 649 runs and allowed 779, a run differential of -130. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.60 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 87 team wRC+ was 13% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Freddie Freeman led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Julio Teheran the rotation at a 3.21 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL East, 26.5 games back. They were as far as 32 games back on September 16. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-10, their worst March/April at 5-18. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 17 to September 23 and a 9-game losing streak from April 4 to April 14. They were 31-50 at home and 37-43 on the road, 21-22 in one-run games and 27-49 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 against the Phillies on September 28; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 against the Cubs on June 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
5
18
.217
75
122
-47
May
10
18
.357
86
115
-29
June
12
16
.429
103
131
-28
July
10
16
.385
96
130
-34
August
13
15
.464
140
155
-15
Sept/Oct
18
10
.643
149
126
+23
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
31-50
.383
Road
37-43
.463
One-run games
21-22
.488
Extra innings
11-11
.500
Within the division
36-39
.480
Against .500+ clubs
27-49
.355
Decided by 5+ runs
11-28
.282
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2016. 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
24,950
22,253
12,582
51,220
Night
60
23,714
21,336
12,582
50,247
Day
21
28,479
23,448
15,983
51,220
Weekend
39
30,904
30,547
12,582
51,220
Weekday
42
19,420
18,869
12,869
48,282
On the road
80
28,027
26,092
15,376
47,950
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
25,516
May
14
20,854
Jun
17
22,134
Jul
10
25,287
Aug
11
23,702
Sep
14
29,718
Oct
2
45,672
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 160 completed games, 2016.
Regulation
3:02
138 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:49
22 of them
Longest
5:18
2016-06-15, 13 inn
Shortest
2:20
2016-05-11
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
160
3:08
3:05
2:08
5:18
Regulation
138
3:02
3:00
2:08
3:55
Extra innings
22
3:49
3:37
3:04
5:18
Home
80
3:13
3:15
2:20
5:18
Road
80
3:03
3:02
2:08
4:46
Day
44
3:00
2:56
2:22
4:16
Night
116
3:11
3:11
2:08
5:18
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:14
May
14
3:10
Jun
17
3:12
Jul
10
3:12
Aug
11
3:22
Sep
13
3:12
Oct
2
2:49
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 68-93, a .422 win rate, while their -130 run differential implies .417. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
