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2008 Atlanta Braves  (2007)  (2009) 63-99, 3rd in NL Eastern Division Scored 739 runs, Allowed 818 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .670 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 79-83   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 72-90 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B #Mark Teixeira        28  147  552   98  149  27   1  44  115   2   0   77   98  .270  .362  .562  108   6.8  1e5       -39  
 3B #Chipper Jones        36  123  445   73  138  17   4  23   68   1   1   82   64  .310  .416  .521   97   8.1  3e19     -107  
 C  *Brian McCann         24  147  479   60  149  45   1  18   77   0   0   42   52  .311  .363  .522   87   6.6  3(+1)e1   -11  
 OF  B.J. Upton           23  146  518   86  134  34   3   9   57  48   7   84  123  .259  .361  .388   83   5.6  2(-2)e8   -35  
 2B *Kelly Johnson        26  144  535   67  146  31   3  11   65   1   1   48  100  .273  .337  .404   73   4.8  3e17      -54  
 SS  Yunel Escobar        25  143  493   62  140  15   5   4   46   2   1   59   62  .284  .367  .359   64   4.6  2e21      -40  
 OF  Hunter Pence         25  119  419   67  106  21   1  17   60   0   0   34   89  .253  .311  .430   52   4.3  2(-3)e1   -42  
 OF *Shin-Soo Choo        25   78  246   46   75  19   1  10   36   4   1   31   63  .305  .392  .512   52   8.0  4(-2)e5   -42  
 OF  Jeff Francoeur       24  143  455   50  105  27   5  11   56   0   0   20   91  .231  .272  .385   42   3.1  2(-4)e4     3  
 UT  Martin Prado         24   76  202   27   67  24   3   3   30   1   1   19   26  .332  .389  .525   40   7.7             76  
 SS  Jose Castillo        27   73  210   21   57  14   3   5   25   0   0   15   38  .271  .317  .438   26   4.3  4e21       87  
 OF *Gregor Blanco        24   93  228   18   42   7   4   1   15   3   3   31   75  .184  .292  .263   19   2.7  2(+1)e3  -121  
 1B *Chad Tracy           28   37  116   15   27   5   0   7   14   0   0    9   28  .233  .294  .457   14   4.0  4e11       28  
 C  *Paul Bako            36   64  168   11   27   2   2   4   15   1   0   13   60  .161  .224  .268   10   1.9  3(0)e1   -134  
 OF *Brandon Jones        24   79  110   10   21   7   0   1    6   0   0    9   33  .191  .258  .282    8   2.5  4(0)e6   -168  
 3B  Brent Lillibridge    24   35   56   10   13   4   0   1   10   0   0    2   19  .232  .267  .357    4   2.9  4e37       48  
 OF  Matt Diaz            30    7    7    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .286  .286  .286    0   3.1  4(+1)e5     3  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           786                  -38

     * - 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  Tim Hudson           32   8  11  .421  33  22   0   2   0   0   0  132.0  150   74   70  13   43   82  4.77   76   5.3   74  
  P  Jair Jurrjens        22   8  14  .364  36  32   1   2   0   1   1  177.0  202  101   91  16   53  148  4.63  106   5.4   27  
  P *Jo-Jo Reyes          23   7   8  .467  48  18   3   7   3   0   1  126.0  154   80   72  18   53   67  5.14   92   6.6  -54  
  P  Sidney Ponson        31   7   8  .467  44  24   2   9   3   0   0  151.1  185   80   73   9   44   68  4.34   90   5.4  -90  
  P  Shawn Chacon         30   5   6  .455  27  21   0   2   1   0   0  116.2  127   81   77  18   52   84  5.94   80   6.2  -36  
  P  Jorge Campillo       29   5   9  .357  37  23   0   8   1   0   0  138.0  154   71   63  19   38   91  4.11   84   5.5   33  
  P  D.J. Carrasco        31   4   3  .571  34   0   0  13   1   3   0   41.2   37   16   13   6   11   38  2.81   16   3.6   16  
  P  Adam Eaton           30   4   4  .500  23   4   1   7   0   1   0   56.0   62   34   33   5   30   30  5.30   35   5.6 -118  
  P  Manny Acosta         27   3   3  .500  63   0   0  10   2   1   0   53.0   43   24   20   4   19   33  3.40   21   3.6 -132  
  P  Jason Grilli         31   3   6  .333  82   0   0  43  16   4   0   75.2   67   29   28   5   40   74  3.33   36   4.4   -9  
  P  Mike Lincoln         33   2   3  .400  53   0   0  10   1   2   0   69.2   79   42   37  11   26   63  4.78   43   5.6   44  
  P  Keiichi Yabu         39   2   4  .333  40   0   0  11   1   2   0   66.2   66   26   19   3   34   64  2.56   30   4.1  -52  
  P *Royce Ring           27   1   1  .500  30   0   0   2   0   1   0   19.2   24   18   18   3   11   10  8.24   18   8.3  -32  
  P *Trever Miller        35   1   3  .250  57   0   0  10   2   1   0   43.1   43   28   25   8   19   51  5.19   24   5.2   54  
  P  Ryan Speier          28   1   3  .250  46   0   0   9   0   0   0   48.2   60   34   32   3   28   35  5.92   35   6.7   44  
  P  John Smoltz          41   1   5  .167  21   0   0   5   0   2   0   36.2   41   20   17   5   13   48  4.17   25   6.4  108  
  P  Charlie Morton       24   1   8  .111  23  18   0   3   0   0   0   95.0   98   58   55   8   37   62  5.21   54   5.2 -113  
  P *Chuck James          26   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   0   0   0    4.0    2    2    2   1    3    6  4.50    1   3.8 -386  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      877        -16

     * - 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 1010 115 121 805 51 9 6 .990 74 20 Paul Bako 437 47 64 352 31 2 1 .995 36 12 Chad Tracy 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Teixeira 1288 143 147 1344 148 3 141 .998 10.42 Chad Tracy 163 19 19 167 14 3 17 .984 9.99 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kelly Johnson 1223 137 141 284 428 13 102 .982 5.24 Martin Prado 172 19 22 33 67 3 15 .971 5.24 Jose Castillo 57 6 9 10 12 0 5 1.000 3.47 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chipper Jones 1040 117 117 40 231 10 19 .964 2.35 Martin Prado 188 20 24 12 43 1 0 .982 2.64 Chad Tracy 88 10 12 3 9 2 0 .857 1.23 Brent Lillibridge 87 10 13 2 16 5 1 .783 1.85 Jose Castillo 48 5 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.68 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Yunel Escobar 1057 114 130 148 439 18 94 .970 5.00 Jose Castillo 379 48 48 46 131 5 28 .973 4.20 Martin Prado 8 0 4 3 2 2 0 .714 5.87 Brandon Jones 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 Brent Lillibridge 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shin-Soo Choo 467 52 63 104 10 3 1 .974 2.20 Hunter Pence 432 50 52 103 2 0 0 1.000 2.19 Gregor Blanco 392 43 56 84 3 1 0 .989 2.00 Brandon Jones 124 14 17 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Brian McCann 19 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 B.J. Upton 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Martin Prado 6 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.84 Jeff Francoeur 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- B.J. Upton 1270 142 142 337 18 11 6 .970 2.52 Gregor Blanco 163 18 19 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 Hunter Pence 18 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeff Francoeur 916 103 105 173 8 3 1 .984 1.78 Hunter Pence 489 56 58 95 6 0 0 1.000 1.86 Shin-Soo Choo 25 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Gregor Blanco 16 0 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.60 Brandon Jones 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 B.J. Upton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#17):	Mark Teixeira
Round 4 (#85):	Jason Grilli
Round 5 (#104):	Sidney Ponson
Round 6 (#120):	Paul Bako
Round 7 (#132):	Keiichi Yabu
Round 8 (#142):	Jose Castillo
Round 9 (#150):	D.J. Carrasco
Round 10 (#155):	Chad Tracy
Round 11 (#159):	Mike Lincoln
Round 12 (#162):	Ryan Speier
Round 13 (#164):	Trever Miller
Round 14 (#165):	Shawn Chacon

Transactions

• 2008 preseason: released rookies James Parr, Clint Sammons
• 2008-20: acquired Adam Eaton as a free agent
• 2008 postseason: released Mike Lincoln

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