National League East · 2020

Atlanta Braves 2020

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Team WAR: 20.3
Win %: .583
Run diff: +60
wRC+: 123
ERA: 4.27
Home runs: 103

The Atlanta Braves went 35-25 in 2020, a .583 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 348 runs and allowed 288, a run differential of +60. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.27 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 123 team wRC+ was 23% above league average — the best in MLB. Freddie Freeman led the position players at 3.6 WAR, and Max Fried the rotation at a 2.25 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished first in the NL East, 4 games clear. They spent 46 of 66 days in first place, led by as many as 6 games on September 23 and were as far as 2 games back on August 14. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 29 to August 2 and a 4-game losing streak from August 10 to August 14. They were 19-11 at home and 16-14 on the road, 11-6 in one-run games and 12-9 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 29-9 against the Marlins on September 9; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Orioles on September 14.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	5	3	.625	46	39	+7
August	15	11	.577	129	110	+19
Sept/Oct	15	11	.577	173	139	+34

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	19-11	.633
Road	16-14	.533
One-run games	11-6	.647
Extra innings	2-3	.400
Within the division	24-16	.600
Against .500+ clubs	12-9	.571
Decided by 5+ runs	13-11	.542
Last 10	6-4	.600

National League East standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League East, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Atlanta Braves	35	25	.583	—	348	288	+60	20.3
Miami Marlins	31	29	.517	4	263	304	-41	6.8
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	.467	7	306	311	-5	17.0
New York Mets	26	34	.433	9	286	308	-22	17.3
Washington Nationals	26	34	.433	9	293	301	-8	11.4

2020 Atlanta Braves roster

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.

Catchers 4

Travis d'ArnaudC · 44 G · 1.7 WAR
Tyler FlowersC · 22 G · 0.3 WAR
William ContrerasC · 3 G · 0.1 WAR
Alex JacksonC · 3 G · -0.0 WAR

Infielders 7

Freddie Freeman1B · 60 G · 3.6 WAR
Dansby SwansonSS · 60 G · 2.1 WAR
Ozzie Albies2B · 29 G · 0.7 WAR
Austin Riley3B · 51 G · 0.5 WAR
Adeiny Hechavarría2B · 24 G · 0.0 WAR
Johan Camargo2B · 35 G · -0.1 WAR
Charlie Culberson1B · 6 G · -0.1 WAR

Outfielders 6

Ronald Acuña Jr.RF · 46 G · 2.4 WAR
Adam DuvallLF · 54 G · 1.0 WAR
Nick MarkakisRF · 36 G · 0.2 WAR
Scott ScheblerRF · 1 G · -0.0 WAR
Cristian PacheLF · 1 G · -0.0 WAR
Ender InciarteCF · 39 G · -0.3 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Marcell OzunaDH · 60 G · 3.2 WAR
Matt AdamsDH · 16 G · -0.4 WAR

Starting pitchers 11

Max Fried11 GS · 1.6 WAR
Ian Anderson6 GS · 1.1 WAR
Michael Soroka3 GS · 0.3 WAR
Huascar Ynoa5 GS · 0.1 WAR
Cole Hamels1 GS · 0.1 WAR
Kyle Wright8 GS · -0.1 WAR
Tucker Davidson1 GS · -0.2 WAR
Robbie Erlin5 GS · -0.3 WAR
Sean Newcomb4 GS · -0.3 WAR
Mike Foltynewicz1 GS · -0.4 WAR
Touki Toussaint5 GS · -0.4 WAR

Relief pitchers 17

Tyler Matzek21 G · 1.0 WAR
Chris Martin19 G · 0.5 WAR
A.J. Minter22 G · 0.5 WAR
Josh Tomlin17 G · 0.5 WAR
Darren O'Day19 G · 0.4 WAR
Shane Greene28 G · 0.4 WAR
Mark Melancon23 G · 0.3 WAR
Grant Dayton18 G · 0.3 WAR
Jacob Webb8 G · 0.3 WAR
Luke Jackson19 G · 0.2 WAR
Bryse Wilson6 G · 0.1 WAR
Chad Sobotka4 G · 0.1 WAR
Charlie Culberson1 G · 0.0 WAR
Jhoulys Chacín2 G · -0.1 WAR
Patrick Weigel1 G · -0.1 WAR
Chris Rusin1 G · -0.1 WAR
Will Smith18 G · -0.4 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

556 team hits

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.

Batting

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Freddie Freeman	1B	60	262	73	13	53	2	.341	.462	.640	.459	192	3.6
Marcell Ozuna	DH	60	267	77	18	56	0	.338	.431	.636	.446	183	3.2
Ronald Acuña Jr.	RF	46	202	40	14	29	8	.250	.406	.581	.416	163	2.4
Dansby Swanson	SS	60	264	65	10	35	5	.274	.345	.464	.350	118	2.1
Travis d'Arnaud	C	44	184	53	9	34	1	.321	.386	.533	.394	148	1.7
Adam Duvall	LF	54	209	45	16	33	0	.237	.301	.532	.349	117	1.0
Ozzie Albies	2B	29	124	32	6	19	3	.271	.306	.466	.330	104	0.7
Austin Riley	3B	51	206	45	8	27	0	.239	.301	.415	.308	90	0.5
Tyler Flowers	C	22	80	15	1	5	0	.217	.325	.348	.306	89	0.3
Nick Markakis	RF	36	141	33	1	15	0	.254	.312	.392	.309	90	0.2
William Contreras	C	3	10	4	0	1	0	.400	.400	.500	.390	145	0.1
Adeiny Hechavarría	2B	24	63	15	0	2	0	.254	.302	.305	.273	66	0.0
Alex Jackson	C	3	7	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.304	87	-0.0
Scott Schebler	RF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-118	-0.0
Cristian Pache	LF	1	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.221	31	-0.0
Johan Camargo	2B	35	127	24	4	9	0	.200	.244	.367	.263	60	-0.1
Charlie Culberson	1B	6	7	1	0	1	0	.143	.143	.286	.177	1	-0.1
Ender Inciarte	CF	39	131	22	1	10	4	.190	.262	.250	.236	41	-0.3
Matt Adams	DH	16	51	9	2	9	0	.184	.216	.347	.240	44	-0.4

Pitching

28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Max Fried	11	11	56.0	7	0	0	50	2.25	3.10	1.09	8.0	1.6
Ian Anderson	6	6	32.1	3	2	0	41	1.95	2.54	1.08	11.4	1.1
Tyler Matzek	21	0	29.0	4	3	0	43	2.79	1.92	1.14	13.3	1.0
Chris Martin	19	0	18.0	1	1	1	20	1.00	2.36	0.61	10.0	0.5
A.J. Minter	22	0	21.2	1	1	0	24	0.83	2.82	1.11	10.0	0.5
Josh Tomlin	17	5	39.2	2	2	0	36	4.76	4.02	1.21	8.2	0.5
Darren O'Day	19	0	16.1	4	0	0	22	1.10	2.76	0.80	12.1	0.4
Shane Greene	28	0	27.2	1	0	0	21	2.60	3.81	1.12	6.8	0.4
Mark Melancon	23	0	22.2	2	1	11	14	2.78	3.72	1.28	5.6	0.3
Grant Dayton	18	0	27.1	2	1	0	32	2.30	4.07	1.21	10.5	0.3
Michael Soroka	3	3	13.2	0	1	0	8	3.95	3.78	1.32	5.3	0.3
Jacob Webb	8	0	10.0	0	0	0	10	0.00	2.69	1.20	9.0	0.3
Luke Jackson	19	0	26.1	2	0	0	20	6.84	4.37	1.97	6.8	0.2
Huascar Ynoa	9	5	21.2	0	0	0	17	5.82	4.90	1.66	7.1	0.1
Cole Hamels	1	1	3.1	0	1	0	2	8.10	2.89	1.20	5.4	0.1
Bryse Wilson	6	2	15.2	1	0	1	15	4.02	4.85	1.72	8.6	0.1
Chad Sobotka	4	0	3.2	0	0	0	2	12.27	3.74	2.18	4.9	0.1
Charlie Culberson	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	0.00	0.0	0.0
Jhoulys Chacín	2	0	5.0	1	0	0	3	7.20	6.39	1.80	5.4	-0.1
Patrick Weigel	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	27.00	16.69	7.50	0.0	-0.1
Chris Rusin	1	0	3.1	0	0	0	3	8.10	7.99	2.70	8.1	-0.1
Kyle Wright	8	8	38.0	2	4	0	30	5.21	5.90	1.55	7.1	-0.1
Tucker Davidson	1	1	1.2	0	1	0	2	10.80	15.79	4.20	10.8	-0.2
Robbie Erlin	9	5	26.2	0	0	0	25	8.10	6.23	1.50	8.4	-0.3
Sean Newcomb	4	4	13.2	0	2	0	10	11.20	7.51	1.90	6.6	-0.3
Mike Foltynewicz	1	1	3.1	0	1	0	3	16.20	16.69	2.40	8.1	-0.4
Will Smith	18	0	16.0	2	2	0	18	4.50	7.38	0.94	10.1	-0.4
Touki Toussaint	7	5	24.1	0	2	0	30	8.88	7.05	1.77	11.1	-0.4

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	26	0	0	0	0
Day	4	0	0	0	0
Weekend	13	0	0	0	0
Weekday	17	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:09
All games: 3:13
Extra innings: 4:01
Longest: 4:14
Shortest: 1:58

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	60	3:13	3:14	1:58	4:48
Regulation	55	3:09	3:09	1:58	4:14
Extra innings	5	4:01	3:59	3:21	4:48
Home	30	3:14	3:18	1:58	4:14
Road	30	3:12	3:04	2:25	4:48
Day	12	3:07	3:08	2:25	3:52
Night	48	3:15	3:17	1:58	4:48

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	3	3:12
Aug	13	3:03
Sep	14	3:24

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 35-25, a .583 win rate, while their +60 run differential implies .586. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.