- Team WAR
- 33.2 19.1 bat / 14.1 pitch
- Win %
- .547 pyth .584
- Run diff
- +134 4.91 / 4.07 per g
- wRC+
- 101
- ERA
- 3.87 FIP 4.04
- Home runs
- 193
The Atlanta Braves went 88-73 in 2021, a .547 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 790 runs and allowed 656, a run differential of +134. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.87 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Austin Riley led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Charlie Morton the rotation at a 3.34 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,123 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Austin Riley | 3B | 160 | 662 | 179 | 33 | 107 | 0 | .303 | .367 | .531 | .382 | 140 | 5.8 |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | 159 | 695 | 180 | 31 | 83 | 8 | .300 | .393 | .503 | .382 | 141 | 4.6 |
| Ozzie Albies | 2B | 156 | 686 | 163 | 30 | 106 | 20 | .259 | .310 | .488 | .338 | 111 | 3.9 |
| Ronald Acuña Jr. | RF | 82 | 360 | 84 | 24 | 52 | 17 | .283 | .394 | .596 | .416 | 164 | 3.8 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 160 | 653 | 146 | 27 | 88 | 9 | .248 | .311 | .449 | .325 | 102 | 3.4 |
| William Contreras | C | 51 | 185 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 0 | .215 | .303 | .399 | .306 | 90 | 0.8 |
| Travis d'Arnaud | C | 60 | 229 | 46 | 7 | 26 | 0 | .220 | .284 | .388 | .293 | 81 | 0.7 |
| Guillermo Heredia | CF | 105 | 347 | 67 | 5 | 26 | 0 | .220 | .311 | .354 | .296 | 83 | 0.5 |
| Ehire Adrianza | PH | 109 | 209 | 45 | 5 | 28 | 0 | .247 | .327 | .401 | .320 | 99 | 0.5 |
| Abraham Almonte | LF | 63 | 175 | 32 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .216 | .331 | .399 | .325 | 103 | 0.4 |
| Max Fried | P | 31 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .273 | .322 | .327 | .291 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Josh Tomlin | P | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .400 | 153 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Wright | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .417 | 164 | 0.0 |
| Huascar Ynoa | P | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .438 | .273 | 67 | -0.0 |
| A.J. Minter | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Edgar Santana | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Spencer Strider | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Sean Newcomb | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Jacob Webb | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Sean Kazmar Jr. | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Ender Inciarte | CF | 39 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .215 | .276 | .316 | .264 | 61 | -0.1 |
| Marcell Ozuna | LF | 48 | 208 | 40 | 7 | 26 | 0 | .213 | .288 | .356 | .287 | 76 | -0.1 |
| Pablo Sandoval | PH | 68 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .178 | .302 | .342 | .294 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Tucker Davidson | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Muller | P | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .133 | -27 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Mathis | C | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.2 |
| Touki Toussaint | P | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .085 | -59 | -0.3 |
| Orlando Arcia | LF | 36 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .198 | .258 | .309 | .247 | 50 | -0.3 |
| Johan Camargo | PH | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .081 | -62 | -0.3 |
| Kevan Smith | C | 32 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .168 | .248 | .200 | .198 | 17 | -0.5 |
| Cristian Pache | CF | 20 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .111 | .152 | .206 | .160 | -9 | -0.6 |
| Ian Anderson | P | 22 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .054 | .079 | .081 | .075 | -66 | -0.7 |
| Drew Smyly | P | 24 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .073 | .073 | .064 | -73 | -0.8 |
| Charlie Morton | P | 29 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .127 | .127 | .145 | .118 | -37 | -0.8 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Charlie Morton | 33 | 33 | 185.2 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 216 | 3.34 | 3.18 | 1.04 | 10.5 | 4.1 |
| Max Fried | 28 | 28 | 165.2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 158 | 3.04 | 3.31 | 1.09 | 8.6 | 3.4 |
| Ian Anderson | 24 | 24 | 128.1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 124 | 3.58 | 4.12 | 1.23 | 8.7 | 1.5 |
| Huascar Ynoa | 18 | 17 | 91.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 4.05 | 3.93 | 1.11 | 9.9 | 1.2 |
| A.J. Minter | 61 | 0 | 52.1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 3.78 | 2.69 | 1.22 | 9.8 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Matzek | 69 | 0 | 63.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 2.57 | 3.20 | 1.22 | 11.0 | 1.1 |
| Jesse Chavez | 30 | 4 | 33.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2.14 | 2.01 | 1.01 | 9.6 | 1.0 |
| Luke Jackson | 71 | 0 | 63.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 1.98 | 3.66 | 1.16 | 9.9 | 0.7 |
| Chris Martin | 46 | 0 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 3.95 | 3.47 | 1.27 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| Kyle Muller | 9 | 8 | 36.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 4.17 | 3.66 | 1.25 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Will Smith | 71 | 0 | 68.0 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 87 | 3.44 | 4.17 | 1.13 | 11.5 | 0.4 |
| Sean Newcomb | 32 | 0 | 32.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4.73 | 3.60 | 1.70 | 12.0 | 0.4 |
| Jacob Webb | 34 | 0 | 34.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 4.19 | 4.07 | 1.51 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Tucker Davidson | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.60 | 4.52 | 1.15 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Edgar Santana | 41 | 0 | 42.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.59 | 4.60 | 1.15 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Grant Dayton | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.23 | 4.40 | 1.62 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| Josh Tomlin | 35 | 0 | 49.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6.57 | 4.67 | 1.50 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Lee | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 6.67 | 1.50 | 13.5 | -0.0 |
| Jesse Biddle | 8 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8.44 | 5.14 | 1.69 | 9.3 | -0.0 |
| Drew Smyly | 29 | 23 | 126.2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 4.48 | 5.11 | 1.37 | 8.3 | -0.1 |
| Spencer Strider | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 10.03 | 1.29 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Jay Flaa | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.50 | 14.05 | 2.25 | 10.1 | -0.3 |
| Kyle Wright | 2 | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9.95 | 9.64 | 1.89 | 8.5 | -0.3 |
| Touki Toussaint | 11 | 10 | 50.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 4.50 | 5.79 | 1.30 | 8.6 | -0.4 |
| Shane Greene | 28 | 0 | 23.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7.23 | 6.72 | 1.65 | 9.1 | -0.5 |
| Nate Jones | 20 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5.68 | 8.54 | 1.47 | 6.6 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Atlanta Braves are 88-73, a .547 win rate, while their +134 run differential implies .584. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.