The Atlanta Braves went 90-72 in 2018, a .556 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 759 runs and allowed 657, a run differential of +102. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.79 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% above league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Freddie Freeman led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and Mike Foltynewicz the rotation at a 2.85 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL East, 8 games clear. They spent 113 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 9.5 games on September 23 and were as far as 4 games back on April 15. Their best month was March/April at 16-11, their worst July at 10-13. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 8 to September 14 and a 4-game losing streak from July 3 to July 6. They were 43-38 at home and 47-34 on the road, 23-12 in one-run games and 38-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-2 against the Phillies on March 31; the heaviest defeat, 11-2 against the Giants on May 5.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
11
.593
151
113
+38
May
17
12
.586
131
111
+20
June
14
11
.560
125
102
+23
July
10
13
.435
98
110
-12
August
17
13
.567
130
102
+28
Sept/Oct
16
12
.571
124
119
+5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
23-12
.657
Extra innings
6-8
.429
Within the division
49-27
.645
Against .500+ clubs
38-40
.487
Decided by 5+ runs
27-17
.614
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League East standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2018. 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
31,553
33,132
16,049
42,143
Night
56
30,727
30,820
17,812
42,143
Day
25
33,403
33,794
16,049
40,862
Weekend
40
36,715
37,595
25,360
42,143
Weekday
41
26,517
25,250
16,049
40,706
On the road
81
27,827
27,557
6,587
52,718
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
37,703
Apr
9
27,061
May
13
30,914
Jun
15
34,341
Jul
11
34,016
Aug
15
27,979
Sep
15
32,551
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, 2018.
Regulation
2:59
148 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:56
14 of them
Longest
5:21
2018-06-22, 15 inn
Shortest
2:12
2018-06-13
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
2:58
2:12
5:21
Regulation
148
2:59
2:56
2:12
3:54
Extra innings
14
3:56
3:52
3:19
5:21
Home
81
3:05
2:59
2:12
5:21
Road
81
3:02
2:57
2:21
4:11
Day
53
3:05
3:06
2:12
4:00
Night
109
3:04
2:57
2:19
5:21
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
3:42
Apr
9
3:10
May
13
2:55
Jun
15
3:05
Jul
11
2:56
Aug
15
3:00
Sep
15
3:17
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +102 run differential implies .566. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
