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2009 Atlanta Braves  (2008)  (2010) 83-79, 2nd in NL Eastern Division Scored 728 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .693 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-76 Manager(s): Rick Field

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Shin-Soo Choo        26  124  407   69  127  27   4  17   57   7   0   50  103  .312  .403  .523   89   8.4  3(-3)e8    44  
 SS  Yunel Escobar        26  130  443   72  140  26   2  15   67   1   4   58   58  .316  .399  .485   86   7.3  2e16       72  
 C  *Brian McCann         25  147  413   59  123  37   1  19   74   0   0   40   69  .298  .364  .530   74   6.4  3(+1)e8    60  
 OF  Matt Diaz            31  126  358   63  112  15   5  12   49   1   0   46   95  .313  .408  .483   73   7.7  4(0)e5     13  
 OF  Hunter Pence         26  142  527   75  141  24   7  21   77   2   0   50   84  .268  .331  .459   73   4.8  2(-3)e5   -28  
 1B *Adam LaRoche         29  106  393   55  100  27   1  15   59   3   0   46   99  .254  .330  .443   58   5.2  3e2       -71  
 3B #Chipper Jones        37  143  467   57  107  20   3  11   55   2   0   77   97  .229  .335  .355   58   4.2  4e28     -127  
 2B  Martin Prado         25  131  435   50  122  37   0   5   48   0   3   31   60  .280  .327  .400   51   4.0  3e11      -95  
 OF  B.J. Upton           24  147  469   59  106  29   5   7   33  32   8   41  130  .226  .286  .354   49   3.4  2(-3)e5   -46  
 1B  Ron Belliard         34   89  257   38   72  19   0  10   26   0   0   24   54  .280  .340  .471   38   5.3  4e30       35  
 2B *Kelly Johnson        27   99  284   29   67  20   4   5   34   6   0   22   48  .236  .303  .387   35   4.4  3e22       -3  
 OF #Melky Cabrera        24   45  151   28   46  14   1   6   22   2   0   10   26  .305  .354  .530   29   7.3  3(-2)e4   131  
 SS  Alex Gonzalez        32   67  238   17   56   7   0   5   25   0   0    6   46  .235  .257  .328   19   2.8  3e10      -50  
 C   Ramon Castro         33   52  149   15   29   6   0   7   21   0   0   14   40  .195  .264  .376   14   3.3  3(0)e6    -59  
 3B *Chad Tracy           29   62  154   12   28   7   1   2   14   0   0    6   23  .182  .211  .279    8   1.7  4e15     -204  
 C   Lou Marson           23   23   70    8   18   8   0   0   11   0   0    6   25  .257  .312  .371    8   3.9  4(0)e4    -25  
 3B #Brooks Conrad        29    6   16    3    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    3    9  .250  .400  .625    4   9.9  4e25      359  
 OF *Jordan Schafer       22   28   19    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .105  .227  .158    0   1.0  3(-2)e1  -215  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           776                  -20

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Javier Vazquez       32  12   8  .600  32  31   3   0   0   0   1  207.0  177   77   58  19   55  254  2.52   77   3.3  -13  
  P *Scott Kazmir         25  10  10  .500  27  26   1   1   0   0   1  140.0  128   68   65  18   59  121  4.18   68   4.4  -64  
  P  D.J. Carrasco        32   9   2  .818  53   0   0  26   9   3   0   91.0   82   30   23   3   25   81  2.27   29   2.9 -152  
  P  Kenshin Kawakami     34   8   7  .533  43  16   0  14   1   1   0  122.0  139   80   74  11   43   96  5.46   80   5.9    2  
  P  Jair Jurrjens        23   8  12  .400  32  31   3   0   0   0   1  199.2  173   78   69  15   72  162  3.11   86   3.9  -21  
  P  Nelson Figueroa      35   7   1  .875  42   0   0  16   6   2   0   73.1   72   23   23   5   17   62  2.82   27   3.4 -204  
  P  Matt Palmer          30   7   3  .700  45   9   0  12   1   3   0   96.1   86   53   52  13   49   55  4.86   57   5.4   48  
  P  Tommy Hanson         22   7   6  .538  22  20   0   1   0   0   0  125.0  100   45   43  11   54  120  3.10   56   4.0  -15  
  P *Clay Zavada          25   4   4  .500  37   0   0  11   3   0   0   49.2   27   15   15   4   30   43  2.72   14   2.5 -180  
  P  Esmerling Vasquez    25   2   0 1.000  18   0   0   9   2   0   0   28.0   25   18   17   5   16   20  5.46   16   5.4  -16  
  P  Kevin Hart           26   2   2  .500  17   1   0   7   2   2   0   38.0   43   20   19   5   15   19  4.50   22   5.3 -136  
  P  Tim Hudson           33   2   2  .500   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   24.2   34   17   15   4   12   16  5.47   18   6.7   82  
  P  Jeff Suppan          34   2   6  .250  20  18   0   1   0   0   0  106.1  127   74   69  16   47   50  5.84   74   6.4  -97  
  P  Mike MacDougal       32   1   1  .500   6   0   0   2   0   0   0    7.2   10    5    5   1    9    4  5.87    7   8.6  217  
  P  Manny Acosta         28   1   3  .250  31   0   0  13   3   0   0   41.1   53   31   26   6   16   35  5.66   32   7.0  -34  
  P  Kris Medlen          23   1   7  .125  45   0   0  22   4   5   0   66.0   74   31   26   7   31   64  3.55   42   5.8   43  
  P  Steven Jackson       27   0   1  .000   7   0   0   3   1   1   0   11.1    9    5    5   0    6    3  3.97    4   3.3 -114  
  P *Jo-Jo Reyes          24   0   2  .000  12   3   0   4   2   0   0   29.1   31   22   21   8   11   24  6.44   20   6.0    8  
  P  Kerry Wood           32   0   2  .000  24   0   0  13   9   3   0   16.2   21   13   12   3   12   22  6.48   16   8.7  188  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      753        -38

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Brian McCann 933 105 113 808 51 6 3 .993 61 23 Ramon Castro 375 40 49 368 19 2 3 .995 18 11 Lou Marson 164 17 22 160 13 1 0 .994 12 4 Adam LaRoche 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Adam LaRoche 916 101 103 894 85 2 87 .998 9.62 Ron Belliard 401 45 45 372 32 9 39 .978 9.07 Martin Prado 155 16 20 134 10 0 7 1.000 8.36 Chad Tracy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Martin Prado 745 82 89 157 226 3 54 .992 4.63 Kelly Johnson 634 72 79 139 177 10 38 .969 4.49 Ron Belliard 95 8 12 20 30 2 5 .962 4.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chipper Jones 1052 122 123 47 188 18 16 .929 2.01 Chad Tracy 319 35 42 34 61 2 7 .979 2.68 Ron Belliard 51 0 26 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.10 Brooks Conrad 40 5 5 1 11 1 0 .923 2.70 Martin Prado 12 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Yunel Escobar 939 101 107 168 350 12 65 .977 4.96 Alex Gonzalez 534 61 61 96 182 2 35 .993 4.68 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Matt Diaz 733 86 87 122 9 2 0 .985 1.61 Hunter Pence 625 69 70 116 3 2 0 .983 1.71 Melky Cabrera 69 7 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.31 Shin-Soo Choo 41 0 21 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 Jordan Schafer 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Chad Tracy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- B.J. Upton 1192 130 132 311 6 10 0 .969 2.39 Melky Cabrera 277 32 32 77 4 2 1 .976 2.63 Matt Diaz 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jordan Schafer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shin-Soo Choo 889 98 98 178 11 2 2 .990 1.91 Hunter Pence 572 64 64 114 5 0 3 1.000 1.87 Matt Diaz 9 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Martin Prado 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2009 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Javier Vazquez
Round 2 (#27):	Adam LaRoche
Round 3 (#50):	Matt Palmer
Round 4 (#73):	Kerry Wood
Round 5 (#94):	Scott Kazmir
Round 6 (#113):	Ramon Castro
Round 7 (#129):	Ron Belliard
Round 8 (#144):	Clay Zavada
Round 9 (#157):	Alex Gonzalez
Round 10 (#168):	Jeff Suppan
Round 11 (#178):	Lou Marson
Round 12 (#186):	Nelson Figueroa

Transactions

• 2009-16: traded Kerry Wood, ATN#2 to NYA for Melky Cabrera, Steven Jackson
• 2009-20: acquired Esmerling Vasquez as a free agent
• 2009-21: acquired Kevin Hart as a free agent
• 2009-24: released Clay Zavada
• 2009-24: acquired Mike MacDougal as a free agent
• 2009 postseason: released Ron Belliard, Diory Hernandez, Scott Kazmir, Matt Palmer, Esmerling Vasquez

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