2006 Atlanta Braves season

The 2006 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 136th for the franchise and 41st in Atlanta. During the season, the Braves attempted to win the National League East.

2006 Atlanta Braves
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Time Warner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	TBS Superstation Turner South (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray, Ron Gant) FSN South (Jeff Torborg, Bob Rathbun)
Radio	WGST WKLS (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray) WWWE (Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
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Finishing with a 79–83 record, not only did the Braves miss the playoffs for the first time since 1990, but also their first losing season that same season. In failing to reach the postseason, Atlanta ended their streak of fourteen consecutive division titles.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	97	65	.599	—	50‍–‍31	47‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	.525	12	41‍–‍40	44‍–‍37
Atlanta Braves	79	83	.488	18	40‍–‍41	39‍–‍42
Florida Marlins	78	84	.481	19	42‍–‍39	36‍–‍45
Washington Nationals	71	91	.438	26	41‍–‍40	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2006
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	—	6–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	2–4	4–5	8–10	3–3	1–6	1–5	5–1	9–10	8–11	4–3	1–5	4–11
Atlanta	1–6	—	6–1	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	3–3	2–4	7–11	7–11	3–3	7–2	3–4	4–2	10–8	5–10
Chicago	2–4	1–6	—	10–9	2–4	2–4	7–8	4–2	8–8	3–3	2–5	6–9	0–7	2–4	11–8	2–4	4–11
Cincinnati	2–4	3–4	9–10	—	5–1	4–2	10–5	0–6	9–10	3–4	2–4	9–7	2–4	2–5	9–6	5–1	6-9
Colorado	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	—	3–3	4–2	4–15	2–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	10–9	10–8	2–7	8–0	11–4
Florida	4–2	8–11	4–2	2–4	3–3	—	3–4	1–5	7–0	8–11	6–13	5–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	11–7	9–9
Houston	5–4	4–3	8–7	5–10	2–4	4-3	—	3–3	10–5	2–4	2–4	13–3	3–3	1–5	9–7	4–4	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	3–3	2–4	6–0	15–4	5–1	3–3	—	4–2	3–4	4–3	6–4	5–13	13–6	0–7	4–2	5–10
Milwaukee	3–3	4–2	8–8	10–9	4–2	0–7	5–10	2–4	—	3–3	5–1	7–9	4–3	6–3	7–9	1–5	6–9
New York	6–1	11–7	3–3	4–3	5–1	11–8	4–2	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	5–4	5–2	3–3	4–2	12–6	6–9
Philadelphia	5-1	11–7	5–2	4–2	4–3	13–6	4–2	3–4	1–5	8–11	—	3–3	2–4	5–1	3–3	9–10	5–13
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–3	9–6	7–9	3–3	2–5	3–13	4–6	9–7	4–5	3–3	—	1–5	6–1	6–9	3–3	3–12
San Diego	10–9	2–7	7–0	4–2	9–10	3–3	3–3	13–5	3–4	2–5	4–2	5–1	—	7–12	4–2	5–1	7–8
San Francisco	11–8	4–3	4–2	5–2	8–10	3–3	5–1	6–13	3–6	3–3	1–5	1–6	12–7	—	1–4	1–5	8–7
St. Louis	3–4	2–4	8–11	6–9	7–2	5-1	7–9	7–0	9–7	2–4	3–3	9–6	2–4	4–1	—	4–3	5–10
Washington	5–1	8–10	4–2	1–5	0–8	7-11	4–4	2–4	5–1	6–12	10–9	3–3	1–5	5–1	3–4	—	7–11

Transactions

• December 8, 2005: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte.^[2]
• July 20, 2006: Bob Wickman was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramirez (minors).^[3]

Roster

2006 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 48 Danys Báez 27 Kevin Barry 48,78 Blaine Boyer 40 Lance Cormier 26 Kyle Davies 28,34 Joey Devine 50 Wayne Franklin 15 Tim Hudson 43 Chuck James 36 Anthony Lerew 49 Macay McBride 58,27 Peter Moylan 54 Chad Paronto 30 Horacio Ramírez 38 Ken Ray 37 Chris Reitsma 36 Mike Remlinger 35 Jason Shiell 57 Travis Smith 29 John Smoltz 34 Jorge Sosa 58 Phil Stockman 52 John Thomson 56 Óscar Villarreal 28 Bob Wickman 57 Tyler Yates		Catchers 16 Brian McCann  5 Todd Pratt Infielders 14 Willy Aybar 24 Wilson Betemit 22 Marcus Giles 10 Chipper Jones 19 Adam LaRoche  4 Pete Orr  8 Brayan Peña  1 Tony Peña Jr. 14,24 Martín Prado 11 Édgar Rentería 12 Daryle Ward		Outfielders 23 Matt Diaz  7 Jeff Francoeur 25 Andruw Jones 33 Brian Jordan 18 Ryan Langerhans 20 Scott Thorman		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 53 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 45 Fredi González (third base) 17 Glenn Hubbard (first base) 51 Roger McDowell (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (hitting)

Game log

2006 Game Log: 79–83 (Home: 40–41; Away: 39–42)
April: 10–14 (Home: 4–5; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ Dodgers 11–10 Villarreal (1–0) Lowe (0–1) Reitsma (1) 56,000 1–0 2 April 4 @ Dodgers 4–5 Penny (1–0) Smoltz (0–1) Baez (1) 36,249 1–1 3 April 5 @ Dodgers 9–8 Villarreal (2–0) Osoria (0–1) Reitsma (2) 35,292 2–1 4 April 6 @ Giants 4–6 Fassero (1–0) Sosa (0–1) Worrell (2) 42,795 2–2 5 April 7 @ Giants 14–6 Remlinger (1–0) Walker (0–1) — 39,737 3–2 6 April 8 @ Giants 6–12 Wright (1–0) Hudson (0–1) — 39,050 3–3 7 April 9 @ Giants 5–6 Worrell (1–0) Reitsma (0–1) — 37,321 3–4 8 April 10 Phillies 5–3 Villarreal (3–0) Franklin (0–1) Reitsma (3) 47,332 4–4 9 April 12 Phillies 5–7 Lidle (1–1) Sosa (0–2) Gordon (1) 37,107 4–5 10 April 13 Phillies 6–7 Floyd (1–1) Davies (0–1) Gordon (2) 22,911 4–6 11 April 14 Padres 5–4 Villarreal (4–0) Linebrink (0–1) Reitsma (4) 36,406 5–6 12 April 15 Padres 2–0 Smoltz (1–1) Peavy (1–2) — 40,151 6–6 13 April 16 Padres 3–4 Linebrink (1–1) Remlinger (1–1) Hoffman (1) 24,589 6–7 14 April 17 @ Mets 3–4 Martinez (3–0) Sosa (0–3) Wagner (4) 36,867 6–8 15 April 18 @ Mets 7–1 Davies (1–1) Zambrano (1–1) — 30,322 7–8 16 April 19 @ Mets 2–1 Hudson (1–1) Glavine (2–1) — 40,861 8–8 17 April 21 @ Nationals 3–7 Stanton (1–2) Cormier (0–1) — 24,597 8–9 – April 22 @ Nationals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 18 18 April 23 @ Nationals 3–1 Cormier (1–1) Majewski (1–1) Remlinger (1) 21,569 9–9 19 April 24 @ Brewers 2–3 Capuano (3–2) Davies (1–2) Turnbow (6) 11,660 9–10 20 April 25 @ Brewers 2–4 Ohka (2–1) Hudson (1–2) Turnbow (7) 16,276 9–11 21 April 26 @ Brewers 4–5 Sheets (1–2) Sosa (0–4) Turnbow (8) 18,511 9–12 22 April 28 Mets 2–5 Martinez (5–0) Smoltz (1–2) Wagner (6) 45,389 9–13 23 April 29 Mets 0–1 Glavine (3–2) Thomson (0–1) Wagner (7) 46,387 9–14 24 April 30 Mets 8–5 Davies (2–2) Trachsel (2–2) Reitsma (5) 35,245 10–14
May: 18–11 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Rockies 2–0 Hudson (2–2) Jennings (1–2) — 19,212 11–14 26 May 2 Rockies 5–4 Cormier (2–1) King (1–2) Reitsma (6) 22,813 12–14 27 May 3 @ Phillies 4–5 Cormier (2–0) Remlinger (1–2) Gordon (9) 26,443 12–15 28 May 4 @ Phillies 3–6 Lidle (3–3) Thomson (0–2) Rhodes (1) 24,842 12–16 29 May 5 @ Mets 7–8 (14) Julio (1–1) Sosa (0–5) — 47,720 12–17 30 May 6 @ Mets 5–6 Fortunato (1–0) Hudson (2–3) Julio (1) 48,369 12–18 31 May 7 @ Mets 13–3 Smoltz (2–2) Lima (0–1) — 48,100 13–18 32 May 9 @ Marlins 10–2 Thomson (1–2) Moehler (0–4) — 6,079 14–18 33 May 10 @ Marlins 3–11 Johnson (3–2) Davies (2–3) — 6,299 14–19 34 May 11 @ Marlins 9–1 Hudson (3–3) Willis (1–4) — 8,717 15–19 35 May 12 Nationals 6–2 Smoltz (3–2) Ortiz (0–4) — 31,818 16–19 36 May 13 Nationals 8–5 Reitsma (1–1) Cordero (1–1) — 37,040 17–19 37 May 14 Nationals 1–8 Armas (4–2) Thomson (1–3) — 31,062 17–20 38 May 15 Marlins 11–8 Villarreal (5–0) Messenger (0–2) Reitsma (7) 19,254 18–20 39 May 16 Marlins 4–3 (11) McBride (1–0) Borowski (0–1) — 22,427 19–20 40 May 17 Marlins 6–4 (11) Villarreal (6–0) Messenger (0–3) — 25,647 20–20 41 May 18 Marlins 9–1 Sosa (1–5) Olsen (2–3) — 29,996 21–20 42 May 19 @ Diamondbacks 9–10 Valverde (2–1) Reitsma (1–2) — 25,056 21–21 43 May 20 @ Diamondbacks 0–13 Webb (7–0) Smith (0–1) — 35,382 21–22 44 May 21 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Hudson (4–3) Cruz (1–3) McBride (1) 33,102 22–22 45 May 22 @ Padres 3–1 Smoltz (4–2) Peavy (3–5) Reitsma (8) 25,869 23–22 46 May 23 @ Padres 1–2 Thompson (2–0) Sosa (1–6) Hoffman (8) 25,315 23–23 47 May 24 @ Padres 10–6 Thomson (2–3) Young (3–3) — 23,740 24–23 48 May 26 @ Cubs 6–5 Remlinger (2–2) Dempster (0–3) Ray (1) 40,865 25–23 49 May 27 @ Cubs 2–1 Ramirez (1–0) Marshall (3–3) Remlinger (2) 41,526 26–23 50 May 28 @ Cubs 13–12 (11) Villarreal (7–0) Eyre (0–1) Ray (2) 41,698 27–23 51 May 29 Dodgers 5–12 Beimel (2–0) Thomson (2–4) — 41,825 27–24 52 May 30 Dodgers 3–8 Baez (3–2) Remlinger (2–3) — 29,517 27–25 53 May 31 Dodgers 9–3 Hudson (5–3) Tomko (5–3) — 28,880 28–25
June: 6–21 (Home: 2–12; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Diamondbacks 1–2 Cruz (3–3) Ramirez (1–1) Julio (2) 23,376 28–26 – June 2 Diamondbacks Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 3 55 June 3 (1) Diamondbacks 2–4 Gonzalez (1–0) Smoltz (4–3) Julio (3) 27,126 28–27 56 June 3 (2) Diamondbacks 9–13 Vargas (6–2) Thomson (2–5) — 40,212 28–28 57 June 4 Diamondbacks 3–9 Batista (6–2) Sosa (1–7) — 29,141 28–29 58 June 5 Nationals 4–5 Hernandez (5–5) Hudson (5–4) Cordero (10) 20,702 28–30 59 June 6 Nationals 5–3 Ramirez (2–1) Hill (0–1) Ray (3) 23,497 29–30 60 June 7 Nationals 2–5 Ortiz (5–4) Smoltz (4–4) Cordero (11) 32,001 29–31 61 June 8 @ Astros 4–7 Pettitte (5–7) Thomson (2–6) Lidge (16) 35,752 29–32 62 June 9 @ Astros 2–7 Nieve (2–3) Sosa (1–8) — 37,097 29–33 63 June 10 @ Astros 4–2 Hudson (6–4) Buchholz (3–6) Ray (4) 41,808 30–33 64 June 11 @ Astros 4–14 Rodriguez (8–3) Ramirez (2–2) — 39,523 30–34 65 June 13 @ Marlins 1–4 Johnson (5–4) Smoltz (4–5) Borowski (9) 6,940 30–35 66 June 14 @ Marlins 5–6 (10) Tankersley (1–0) Villarreal (7–1) — 8,097 30–36 67 June 15 @ Marlins 2–3 Nolasco (5–3) Sosa (1–9) Borowski (10) 7,162 30–37 68 June 16 Red Sox 1–4 Lester (1–0) Hudson (6–5) Papelbon (21) 51,038 30–38 69 June 17 Red Sox 3–5 Beckett (8–3) Cormier (2–2) Papelbon (22) 49,364 30–39 70 June 18 Red Sox 7–10 Seanez (2–0) McBride (1–1) Papelbon (23) 48,826 30–40 71 June 20 Blue Jays 5–6 Schoeneweis (2–0) Yates (0–1) Ryan (18) 26,915 30–41 72 June 21 Blue Jays 3–6 Lilly (7–7) Hudson (6–6) Ryan (19) 26,232 30–42 73 June 22 Blue Jays 2–3 Taubenheim (1–4) Remlinger (2–4) Ryan (20) 26,829 30–43 74 June 23 @ Devil Rays 4–3 (11) Sosa (2–9) Harville (0–1) — 21,280 31–43 75 June 24 @ Devil Rays 2–3 Corcoran (1–0) Cormier (2–3) Harville (1) 26,686 31–44 76 June 25 @ Devil Rays 4–1 James (1–0) Hendrickson (4–8) Sosa (1) 20,556 32–44 77 June 26 @ Yankees 2–5 Johnson (9–6) Hudson (6–7) Rivera (17) 54,226 32–45 78 June 27 @ Yankees 5–2 Ramirez (3–2) Wright (4–5) — 53,763 33–45 79 June 28 @ Yankees 3–4 (12) Villone (1–1) Sosa (2–10) — 54,186 33–46 80 June 30 Orioles 5–3 James (2–0) Birkins (2–1) Sosa (2) 34,581 34–46
July: 14–10 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Orioles 4–7 Birkins (3–1) Hudson (6–8) — 38,414 34–47 82 July 2 Orioles 10–3 Ramirez (4–2) Benson (9–6) — 27,693 35–47 83 July 3 Cardinals 6–3 Smoltz (5–5) Reyes (1–3) Sosa (3) 40,011 36–47 84 July 4 Cardinals 3–6 Carpenter (7–4) Thomson (2–7) Isringhausen (25) 47,514 36–48 85 July 5 Cardinals 14–4 James (3–0) Suppan (6–5) — 28,705 37–48 86 July 6 Reds 8–7 (10) Ray (1–0) Coffey (3–4) — 28,446 38–48 87 July 7 Reds 5–10 Milton (5–4) Ramirez (4–3) — 32,315 38–49 88 July 8 Reds 4–1 Smoltz (6–5) Harang (9–6) Ray (5) 44,718 39–49 89 July 9 Reds 8–3 Villarreal (8–1) Arroyo (9–6) — 31,908 40–49 77th All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 90 July 14 @ Padres 15–12 (11) Sosa (3–10) Hensley (5–7) Yates (1) 42,869 41–49 91 July 15 @ Padres 11–3 Smoltz (7–5) Park (6–5) — 39,988 42–49 92 July 16 @ Padres 10–5 James (4–0) Peavy (4–9) — 31,650 43–49 93 July 17 @ Cardinals 15–3 Ramirez (5–3) Weaver (3–11) — 44,507 44–49 94 July 18 @ Cardinals 14–5 Hudson (7–8) Marquis (11–7) — 44,718 45–49 95 July 19 @ Cardinals 3–8 Carpenter (9–4) Shiell (0–1) — 43,991 45–50 96 July 21 @ Phillies 5–6 Lidle (7–7) Ray (1–1) Gordon (23) 32,833 45–51 – July 22 @ Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 2 97 July 23 @ Phillies 5–1 McBride (2–1) Myers (6–4) — 31,664 46–51 98 July 24 @ Phillies 10–8 Hudson (8–8) Hamels (2–5) Wickman (16) 28,864 47–51 99 July 25 Marlins 1–2 Sanchez (4–0) James (4–1) Borowski (21) 33,357 47–52 100 July 26 Marlins 6–5 Smoltz (8–5) Tankersley (1–1) Wickman (17) 32,209 48–52 101 July 27 Marlins 1–6 Olsen (9–4) Shiell (0–2) — 34,498 48–53 102 July 28 Mets 4–6 Martinez (8–4) Ramirez (5–4) Wagner (21) 53,943 48–54 103 July 29 Mets 3–11 Hernandez (7–8) Hudson (8–9) — 49,047 48–55 104 July 30 Mets 6–10 Oliver (4–0) James (4–2) Wagner (22) 40,526 48–56
August: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 @ Pirates 4–2 Smoltz (9–5) Snell (9–7) Wickman (18) 22,145 49–56 106 August 2 @ Pirates 3–2 Yates (1–1) Torres (3–5) Wickman (19) 21,064 50–56 107 August 3 @ Pirates 2–3 Chacon (6–3) Hudson (8–10) Gonzalez (19) 17,324 50–57 108 August 4 @ Reds 4–5 Harang (12–7) James (4–3) Guardado (12) 33,661 50–58 109 August 5 @ Reds 6–8 Weathers (4–3) Yates (1–2) Bray (2) 33,170 50–59 110 August 6 @ Reds 6–4 McBride (3–1) Majewski (4–4) Wickman (20) 29,660 51–59 111 August 7 Phillies 6–9 Myers (8–5) Ramirez (5–5) — 26,177 51–60 112 August 8 Phillies 3–1 Hudson (9–10) Hamels (4–6) Wickman (21) 30,714 52–60 113 August 9 Phillies 3–9 White (2–0) Yates (1–3) — 27,222 52–61 114 August 11 Brewers 2–1 Smoltz (10–5) Turnbow (4–8) — 31,336 53–61 115 August 12 Brewers 5–8 Sheets (3–4) Barry (0–1) F. Cordero (12) 40,480 53–62 116 August 13 Brewers 7–4 Paronto (1–0) Wise (5–6) Wickman (22) 34,718 54–62 117 August 14 @ Nationals 10–4 James (5–3) Ortiz (9–10) — 21,550 55–62 118 August 15 @ Nationals 0–5 Astacio (3–2) Cormier (2–4) — 24,036 55–63 119 August 16 @ Nationals 6–9 Traber (3–1) Smoltz (10–6) C. Cordero (22) 28,094 55–64 120 August 17 @ Nationals 5–0 Villarreal (9–1) Bergmann (0–1) — 29,007 56–64 121 August 18 @ Marlins 6–1 Hudson (10–10) Olsen (9–7) — 19,161 57–64 122 August 19 @ Marlins 5–3 James (6–3) Nolasco (11–8) Wickman (23) 21,428 58–64 123 August 20 @ Marlins 3–4 Willis (8–10) Yates (1–4) Borowski (27) 16,461 58–65 124 August 21 Pirates 3–0 Smoltz (11–6) Duke (8–11) Wickman (24) 21,898 59–65 125 August 22 Pirates 3–5 Marte (1–7) Baez (5–6) Gonzalez (22) 21,830 59–66 126 August 23 Pirates 4–5 Capps (4–1) Paronto (1–1) Gonzalez (23) 23,082 59–67 127 August 25 Nationals 6–7 Wagner (1–2) Paronto (1–2) Rivera (1) 33,621 59–68 128 August 26 Nationals 10–1 Smoltz (12–6) Astacio (3–4) — 38,610 60–68 129 August 27 Nationals 13–6 McBride (4–1) Traber (3–3) — 30,587 61–68 130 August 29 Giants 13–8 Hudson (11–10) Schmidt (10–8) — 23,756 62–68 131 August 30 Giants 5–3 James (7–3) Hennessey (5–4) Wickman (25) 24,952 63–68 132 August 31 Giants 6–8 Morris (10–11) Smoltz (12–7) Benitez (17) 24,748 63–69
September/October: 16–14 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – September 1 @ Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 3 133 September 2 (1) @ Phillies 4–3 Yates (2–4) Rhodes (0–4) Wickman (26) 31,717 64–69 134 September 2 (2) @ Phillies 4–16 Brito (1–2) Davies (2–4) — 28,600 64–70 135 September 3 (1) @ Phillies 7–8 Geary (7–0) Wickman (1–5) — N/A 64–71 136 September 3 (2) @ Phillies 3–1 (11) Paronto (2–2) Geary (7–1) Wickman (27) 37,044 65–71 137 September 4 @ Mets 5–0 James (8–3) Trachsel (14–6) — 42,428 66–71 – September 5 @ Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 6 138 September 6 (1) @ Mets 1–4 Williams (5–3) Smoltz (12–8) Wagner (35) N/A 66–72 139 September 6 (2) @ Mets 0–8 O. Perez (3–11) Davies (2–5) — 40,536 66–73 140 September 8 Cubs 8–4 Hudson (12–10) Guzman (0–5) — 30,977 67–73 141 September 9 Cubs 7–3 James (9–3) Miller (0–1) — 40,584 68–73 142 September 10 Cubs 2–1 Cormier (3–4) Mateo (1–3) Wickman (28) 28,212 69–73 143 September 11 Cubs 3–8 Hill (5–6) Smoltz (12–9) — 19,444 69–74 – September 12 Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 13 144 September 13 (1) Phillies 5–6 White (4–1) Paronto (2–3) Gordon (29) N/A 69–75 145 September 13 (2) Phillies 2–7 Lieber (8–9) Hudson (12–11) — 22,233 69–76 146 September 14 Phillies 4–1 James (10–3) Moyer (8–14) Wickman (29) 19,352 70–76 147 September 15 Marlins 4–6 Willis (11–11) Cormier (3–5) Borowski (34) 25,340 70–77 148 September 16 Marlins 2–1 Smoltz (13–9) Sanchez (8–3) Wickman (30) 28,392 71–77 149 September 17 Marlins 8–7 (10) Barry (1–1) Borowski (3–3) — 27,192 72–77 150 September 18 @ Nationals 6–1 Davies (3–5) Armas (8–12) — 25,211 73–77 151 September 19 @ Nationals 2–9 B. Perez (1–0) James (10–4) — 20,596 73–78 152 September 20 @ Nationals 7–3 Cormier (4–5) Ortiz (10–15) — 19,027 74–78 153 September 21 @ Rockies 6–3 Smoltz (14–9) Kim (8–12) Wickman (31) 18,499 75–78 154 September 22 @ Rockies 4–6 Fogg (10–9) Hudson (12–12) Fuentes (27) 33,260 75–79 155 September 23 @ Rockies 9–10 Francis (13–11) Davies (3–6) Fuentes (28) 24,300 75–80 156 September 24 @ Rockies 8–9 Affeldt (8–7) Yates (2–5) Fuentes (29) 30,216 75–81 157 September 26 Mets 12–0 Smoltz (15–9) O. Perez (3–13) — 22,607 76–81 158 September 27 Mets 13–1 Hudson (13–12) Martinez (9–8) — 23,177 77–81 159 September 28 Mets 4–7 Hernandez (11–11) Davies (3–7) — 22,944 77–82 160 September 29 Astros 4–1 James (11–4) Clemens (7–6) Wickman (32) 31,034 78–82 161 September 30 Astros 4–5 Miller (2–3) Wickman (1–6) Wheeler (9) 40,123 78–83 162 October 1 Astros 3–1 Smoltz (16–9) Sampson (2–1) Wickman (33) 36,030 79–83
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Braves team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Brian McCann	130	442	147	.333	24	93
1B	Adam LaRoche	149	492	140	.285	32	90
2B	Marcus Giles	141	550	144	.262	11	60
SS	Édgar Rentería	149	598	175	.293	14	70
3B	Chipper Jones	110	411	133	.324	26	86
LF	Ryan Langerhans	131	315	76	.241	7	28
CF	Andruw Jones	156	565	148	.262	41	129
RF	Jeff Francoeur	162	651	169	.260	29	103

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Matt Diaz	124	297	97	.327	7	32
Wilson Betemit	88	199	56	.281	9	29
Pete Orr	102	154	39	.253	1	8
Todd Pratt	62	135	28	.207	4	19
Scott Thorman	55	128	30	.234	5	14
Willy Aybar	36	115	36	.313	1	8
Brian Jordan	48	91	21	.231	3	10
Tony Peña Jr.	40	44	10	.227	1	3
Martin Prado	24	42	11	.262	1	9
Brayan Peña	23	41	11	.268	1	5
Daryle Ward	20	26	8	.308	1	7

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Smoltz	35	232.0	16	9	3.49	211
Tim Hudson	35	218.1	13	12	4.86	141
Chuck James	25	119.0	11	4	3.78	91
John Thomson	18	80.1	2	7	4.82	46
Horacio Ramírez	14	76.1	5	5	4.48	37
Kyle Davies	14	63.1	3	7	8.38	51
Jason Shiell	4	15.2	0	2	8.62	14
Travis Smith	1	4.1	0	1	4.15	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jorge Sosa	26	87.1	3	10	5.46	58
Lance Cormier	29	73.2	4	5	4.89	43

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bob Wickman	28	0	2	18	1.04	25
Macay McBride	71	4	1	1	3.65	46
Ken Ray	69	1	1	5	4.52	50
Chad Paronto	65	2	3	0	3.18	41
Óscar Villarreal	58	9	1	0	3.61	55
Tyler Yates	56	2	5	1	3.96	46
Mike Remlinger	36	2	4	2	4.03	19
Chris Reitsma	27	1	2	8	8.68	13
Kevin Barry	19	1	1	0	5.61	19
Peter Moylan	15	0	0	0	4.80	14
Danys Báez	11	0	1	0	5.40	10
Wayne Franklin	11	0	0	0	7.04	3
Joey Devine	10	0	0	0	9.95	10
Phil Stockman	4	0	0	0	2.25	4
Blaine Boyer	2	0	0	0	40.50	0
Anthony Lerew	1	0	0	0	22.50	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Brian Snitker
AA	Mississippi Braves	Southern League	Jeff Blauser
A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League	Rocket Wheeler
A	Rome Braves	South Atlantic League	Randy Ingle
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Paul Runge
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Luis Ortiz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville^[4]