- Team WAR
- 24.5 15.2 bat / 9.3 pitch
- Win %
- .444 pyth .448
- Run diff
- -89 4.52 / 5.07 per g
- wRC+
- 95
- ERA
- 4.56 FIP 4.48
- Home runs
- 167
The Atlanta Braves went 72-90 in 2017, a .444 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 732 runs and allowed 821, a run differential of -89. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.56 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Freddie Freeman led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Jaime García the rotation at a 4.41 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,503 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | 117 | 514 | 135 | 28 | 71 | 8 | .307 | .403 | .586 | .412 | 161 | 4.3 |
| Ender Inciarte | CF | 156 | 718 | 201 | 11 | 57 | 22 | .304 | .350 | .409 | .330 | 105 | 2.9 |
| Tyler Flowers | C | 99 | 370 | 89 | 12 | 49 | 0 | .281 | .378 | .445 | .362 | 126 | 2.9 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 81 | 309 | 78 | 19 | 50 | 0 | .283 | .351 | .536 | .375 | 135 | 2.8 |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | 144 | 604 | 163 | 13 | 60 | 11 | .285 | .319 | .416 | .318 | 96 | 1.7 |
| Ozzie Albies | 2B | 57 | 244 | 62 | 6 | 28 | 8 | .286 | .354 | .456 | .351 | 119 | 1.5 |
| Nick Markakis | RF | 160 | 670 | 163 | 8 | 76 | 0 | .275 | .354 | .384 | .324 | 101 | 1.2 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 130 | 367 | 93 | 20 | 65 | 0 | .274 | .319 | .522 | .350 | 118 | 1.2 |
| Johan Camargo | 3B | 78 | 256 | 72 | 4 | 27 | 0 | .299 | .331 | .452 | .335 | 108 | 1.2 |
| Matt Kemp | LF | 115 | 467 | 121 | 19 | 64 | 0 | .276 | .318 | .463 | .331 | 105 | 1.0 |
| Lane Adams | LF | 78 | 122 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 10 | .275 | .339 | .468 | .347 | 116 | 0.6 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 141 | 551 | 113 | 6 | 51 | 3 | .232 | .312 | .324 | .279 | 69 | 0.3 |
| Aaron Blair | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .792 | 423 | 0.1 |
| David Freitas | C | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .353 | .252 | 51 | -0.0 |
| Ian Krol | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Tony Sanchez | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Sam Freeman | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Matt Wisler | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Luke Jackson | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Recker | C | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .125 | -37 | -0.1 |
| Jace Peterson | LF | 86 | 215 | 40 | 2 | 17 | 3 | .215 | .318 | .317 | .285 | 73 | -0.1 |
| Micah Johnson | PH | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | -2 | -0.1 |
| Adonis García | 3B | 52 | 183 | 41 | 5 | 19 | 4 | .237 | .273 | .347 | .270 | 63 | -0.1 |
| Max Fried | P | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .089 | -62 | -0.1 |
| Luiz Gohara | P | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.2 |
| Rio Ruiz | 3B | 52 | 173 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 1 | .193 | .283 | .307 | .264 | 59 | -0.3 |
| Jaime García | P | 16 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .152 | .176 | .273 | .194 | 11 | -0.3 |
| Lucas Sims | P | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .058 | -83 | -0.3 |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.5 |
| Danny Santana | LF | 77 | 178 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 7 | .202 | .243 | .357 | .258 | 55 | -0.5 |
| Emilio Bonifácio | PH | 35 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .132 | .150 | .211 | .155 | -16 | -0.5 |
| Sean Newcomb | P | 19 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .037 | .103 | .037 | .079 | -68 | -0.6 |
| Julio Teheran | P | 35 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .140 | .167 | .140 | .141 | -26 | -0.8 |
| R.A. Dickey | P | 30 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .129 | -34 | -0.9 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | P | 27 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .042 | -94 | -1.0 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jaime García | 27 | 27 | 157.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 129 | 4.41 | 4.25 | 1.41 | 7.4 | 1.7 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | 29 | 28 | 154.0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 143 | 4.79 | 4.33 | 1.48 | 8.4 | 1.5 |
| Sean Newcomb | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 108 | 4.32 | 4.19 | 1.57 | 9.7 | 1.2 |
| R.A. Dickey | 31 | 31 | 190.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 136 | 4.26 | 4.72 | 1.37 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| Sam Freeman | 58 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 2.55 | 3.34 | 1.25 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
| Luiz Gohara | 5 | 5 | 29.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4.91 | 2.75 | 1.36 | 9.5 | 0.8 |
| Arodys Vizcaíno | 62 | 0 | 57.1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 64 | 2.83 | 3.72 | 1.10 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| A.J. Minter | 16 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.00 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 15.6 | 0.6 |
| Julio Teheran | 32 | 32 | 188.1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 151 | 4.49 | 4.95 | 1.37 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Jim Johnson | 61 | 0 | 56.2 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 61 | 5.56 | 4.22 | 1.48 | 9.7 | 0.4 |
| Dan Winkler | 16 | 0 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.51 | 2.81 | 0.91 | 11.3 | 0.3 |
| Luke Jackson | 43 | 0 | 50.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4.62 | 4.24 | 1.46 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Rex Brothers | 27 | 0 | 23.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 7.23 | 3.66 | 1.48 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
| Akeel Morris | 8 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.23 | 2.34 | 1.36 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| Max Fried | 9 | 4 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3.81 | 4.81 | 1.62 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Lucas Sims | 14 | 10 | 57.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 5.62 | 5.07 | 1.51 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| Jason Hursh | 9 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.06 | 4.47 | 1.59 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| José Ramírez | 68 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 3.19 | 4.88 | 1.19 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| Ian Krol | 51 | 0 | 49.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 5.33 | 5.01 | 1.45 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| Matt Wisler | 20 | 1 | 32.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8.35 | 5.20 | 1.73 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Aaron Blair | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15.00 | 10.49 | 3.33 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| Eric O'Flaherty | 22 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7.85 | 5.83 | 1.58 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Jason Motte | 46 | 0 | 40.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.54 | 5.44 | 1.18 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| Josh Collmenter | 11 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9.00 | 7.45 | 2.06 | 9.5 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Atlanta Braves are 72-90, a .444 win rate, while their -89 run differential implies .448. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.