2007 Atlanta Braves season

The 2007 Atlanta Braves season was the 42nd season in Atlanta and the 137th overall. They attempted to recapture the National League East, which they had relinquished in 2006 for the first time since joining the division in 1994. They opened their season with a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies.

2007 Atlanta Braves
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Liberty Media
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	FSN South SportSouth TBS Jon Sciambi, Chip Caray, Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Joe Simpson
Radio	WGST Jon Sciambi, Chip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Joe Simpson, Mark Lemke WUBL
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Offseason

December

• December 3: Signed RHP Tanyon Sturtze to a one-year deal. Sturtze, who had rotator cuff surgery on May 23, 2006, was expected to join the bullpen about a month after the season started.
• December 7 Archived December 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine: Traded LHP Horacio Ramírez to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for RHP Rafael Soriano. Ramirez, viewed by many within the organization as having great potential, had not lived up to expectations in Atlanta. With this trade, John Schuerholz showed he was going to be aggressive in upgrading the bullpen, a big part of the Braves' struggles in 2006. Soriano owned a 65/21 SO/BB ratio in 60 innings for the Mariners in 2006.
• December 9: Signed OF Willie Harris to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. At the time, it was assumed that Harris would either be a reserve outfielder in Atlanta or stay in Richmond the entire year. Few people, if any, foresaw the kind of production Harris would have with the Braves after earning playing time due to Ryan Langerhans' departure in a trade with the Oakland Athletics. Many of Harris' previous struggles can be attributed to his playing in the American League, which does not focus as much on "small ball" as the National League. Harris' talents, which center around his speed and his ability to hit for contact, have led him to become a valuable member of the club in 2007.
• December 12 Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine: Declined to tender 2007 contract offers to 2B Marcus Giles and RHP Chris Reitsma. Not having received any favorable trade offers for Marcus Giles, the Braves were forced to decline him arbitration, believing that their best option at second base for 2007 was Kelly Johnson, an outfielder in 2005 who did not play at all in 2006 due to Tommy John surgery. Despite many critics' claims that his defense would be abysmal, Johnson has played a fine second base and has proven to be one of the majors' best hitters at his position.
• December 20 Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine: Signed UTIL Chris Woodward to a one-year contract. Woodward was expected to be a "super-utility" player for the bench, as he had experience not only at each position in the infield, but had played in the outfield as well.

January

• January 18 Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine: Agreed to terms with OF/1B Craig Wilson on a one-year contract. Wilson was thought mainly to have been added as part of a platoon at first base with rookie Scott Thorman; Thorman is a left-handed batter, while Wilson bats right-handed. He was also available for use as an extra outfielder.
• January 19 Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine: Acquired LHP Mike González and nonroster SS Brent Lillibridge from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for 1B Adam LaRoche and nonroster OF Jamie Romak. With Thorman as the heir apparent at first base for the Braves, Schuerholz continued the trend of strengthening the weak bullpen by trading for a reliever in González who, by all accounts, had been a shut-down closer for Pittsburgh in 2006. Notable statistics for González in that year: 64/31 SO/BB ratio, converted all 24 save opportunities, and allowed 1 home run in 54 innings. Lillibridge ranked #93 in Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects Archived April 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine list for the 2007 season.

March

• March 9 Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine: Agreed to terms with LHP Mark Redman on a one-year contract. Schuerholz decided to take a chance on free agent Redman, a former All-Star with the Kansas City Royals, to shore up the back end of the rotation.
• March 22 Archived March 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine: Signed C Brian McCann to a six-year contract with a club option for a seventh season. As is becoming the case ever more frequently with many major league clubs, the Braves opted to lock up a promising young player in McCann with a long-term deal to avoid both arbitration and free agency hassles.
• March 23 Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine: Acquired RHP Erik Cordier from the Royals in exchange for INF Tony Peña Jr. Peña was out of options in Atlanta, meaning that if he did not make the Braves' 25-man roster out of Spring training, he would have had to clear waivers to be assigned to the minor leagues. At that point, any other club would have had the opportunity to claim him off waivers. By acquiring Cordier, a once-highly regarded prospect before having Tommy John surgery, the Braves at least gained some value for Peña, who was not likely earn a spot on the 25-man roster.

Regular season

Season summary

April

The team had a great April to open the season, finishing the month with a 16–9 record. They also won both series against the rival Mets that month. Three of the four victories in those series were comeback wins. They were 2 games ahead of the Mets for first-place at the end of the month.

May

The Braves started off the month red-hot by winning 8 of their first 11 games, which included five straight wins from May 8–12. It was their first five-game winning streak since July 2006. The team finished out the month by winning just 6 of their final 17 games, however, which included a sweep at home at the hands of the Phillies (whom they had swept at the beginning of the season). The Braves ended with a .500 record for the month, at 14–14.

June

Interleague play during mid-June saw the Braves struggle, finishing with an NL-worst 4–11 record. The team lost 7 out of 8 games, including a stretch in which they scored just a single run in a five-game span. On June 24, the Braves fell to .500 for the first time during the season. The month ended on a positive note, however, as the Braves took five straight games from the Washington Nationals and the Florida Marlins. During those five games, the Braves scored 41 runs. The Braves finished the month four games behind the Mets in the divisional standings.

July

On July 5, Chipper Jones surpassed Dale Murphy for the Atlanta club record of 372 home runs by belting 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[1] The Braves went into the All-Star break with a record of 47–42, 2 games behind the New York Mets. After the break, the Braves swept the Pirates in three games, then were immediately swept by the last-place Cincinnati Reds.

On July 18, Julio Franco was signed as a free agent.^[2] On July 21, Willie Harris went 6-for-6 with 6 RBIs to become the seventh player in franchise history to go 6-for-6 in a 14–6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

On July 31, the Braves acquired 1B Mark Teixeira and LHP Ron Mahay from the Texas Rangers for C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus, LHP Matt Harrison, RHP Neftalí Feliz, and LHP Beau Jones.^[4] Saltalamacchia, Andrus, and Harrison were rated as the top three prospects in the organization at the start of the season by Baseball America.^[5] Later in the day, they acquired RHP Octavio Dotel from the Kansas City Royals for RHP Kyle Davies.^[6] In the final deal before the deadline, Atlanta traded LHPs Wilfredo Ledezma and Will Startup to the San Diego Padres for LHP Royce Ring.^[7]

August

The Braves went through a disappointing August going 13–15. They suffered a terrible loss on August 2 losing to the Houston Astros 12–11 in 14 innings in which Édgar Rentería left with an ankle sprain which kept him out for a month. Yunel Escobar took his spot and fared similarly to Rentería and on August 5, he hit a walk-off single against the Colorado Rockies in 10 innings. On August 16, Jeff Francoeur, wore a jersey with his name misspelled on it. The "e" and "u" in his name switched, went 0-for-4 with the Braves in a game against the Giants.^[8] At the end of the month, they were 5+1⁄2 games back of the Mets for first place.

September

After dropping the first two games of September to the rival New York Mets, the Braves won 14 of their next 20 games to pull within only three games of the wild card. The Braves could not keep up this blistering pace however, dropping four of their last five games, eliminating themselves from playoff contention. The Braves did use the late season roster expansion to bring up young OF prospect Brandon Jones, a possible replacement for outfielder Andruw Jones, whose contract expired in 2007, and won't be renewed because his batting statistics tumbled in 2007. The Braves final game of the season took place on September 30, and the Braves lost to the Houston Astros, 3–0. This was also the final Braves game broadcast nationally by TBS, ending more than 30 years of nationally televised Atlanta Braves baseball.

Postseason

October

On October 11, John Schuerholz gave up the GM job after 17 years to become team president, signing a four-year contract. The new GM Frank Wren, signed a four-year contract after eight years as Assistant GM.^[9]

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	.549	—	47‍–‍34	42‍–‍39
New York Mets	88	74	.543	1	41‍–‍40	47‍–‍34
Atlanta Braves	84	78	.519	5	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍41
Washington Nationals	73	89	.451	16	40‍–‍41	33‍–‍48
Florida Marlins	71	91	.438	18	36‍–‍45	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2007
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Roster

2007 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 46 Manny Acosta 57 José Ascanio 30 Kevin Barry 30 Jeff Bennett 48 Blaine Boyer 38 Buddy Carlyle 37 Steve Colyer 40 Lance Cormier 26 Kyle Davies 27 Joey Devine 26 Octavio Dotel 51 Mike Gonzalez 15 Tim Hudson 36 Chuck James 49 Wilfredo Ledezma 50 Anthony Lerew 49 Ron Mahay 49 Macay McBride 58 Peter Moylan 54 Chad Paronto 19 Mark Redman 37 Jo-Jo Reyes 46 Royce Ring 29 John Smoltz 39 Rafael Soriano 56 Óscar Villarreal 28 Bob Wickman 33 Tyler Yates		Catchers 16 Brian McCann 27 Corky Miller  8 Brayan Peña 18 Jarrod Saltalamacchia 18 Clint Sammons Infielders 19 Yunel Escobar 14 Julio Franco  2 Kelly Johnson 10 Chipper Jones  4 Pete Orr 1 Martín Prado 11 Édgar Rentería 24 Mark Teixeira 20 Scott Thorman 38 Craig Wilson  5 Chris Woodward		Outfielders 23 Matt Diaz  7 Jeff Francoeur 22 Willie Harris 25 Andruw Jones 28 Brandon Jones 18 Ryan Langerhans		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 52 Chino Cadahia (bench) 59 Frank Fultz (conditioning) 17 Glenn Hubbard (first base) 45 Roger McDowell (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (hitting) 12 Eddie Pérez (bullpen) 43 Brian Snitker (third base)

Game log

2007 Regular Season Game Log
April (16–9) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record TV Radio 1 April 2 @ Phillies 5–3 (10) Wickman (1–0) Madson (0–1) Paronto (1) 44,742 2:57 1–0 TBS WGST/WUBL 2 April 4 @ Phillies 3–2 (11) McBride (1–0) Madson (0–2) Wickman (1) 41,516 3:16 2–0 FSN South WGST/WUBL 3 April 5 @ Phillies 8–4 James (1–0) Eaton (0–1) Soriano (1) 30,062 3:10 3–0 TBS WGST/WUBL 4 April 6 Mets 1–11 Pérez (1–0) Redman (0–1) 51,014 2:59 3–1 TBS WGST/WUBL 5 April 7 Mets 5–3 Smoltz (1–0) Glavine (1–1) Wickman (2) 43,156 3:13 4–1 FOX WGST/WUBL 6 April 8 Mets 3–2 Soriano (1–0) Heilman (0–1) Wickman (3) 24,832 2:59 5–1 TBS WGST/WUBL 7 April 10 Nationals 8–0 Hudson (1–0) Chico (0–1) 18,396 2:52 6–1 TBS WGST/WUBL 8 April 11 Nationals 8–3 James (2–0) Williams (0–2) 15,631 2:47 7–1 FSN South WGST/WUBL 9 April 12 Nationals 0–2 Colomé (1–0) Smoltz (1–1) Cordero (1) 23,897 2:42 7–2 TBS WGST/WUBL 10 April 13 Marlins 4–11 Willis (3–0) Redman (0–2) 33,212 2:52 7–3 TBS WGST/WUBL – April 14 Marlins Rescheduled for June 5 7–3 12 April 15 Marlins 8–4 Hudson (2–0) Olsen (2–1) 25,189 2:57 8–3 TBS WGST/WUBL 13 April 16 @ Nationals 1–5 Chico (1–1) James (2–1) 16,316 2:35 8–4 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 14 April 17 @ Nationals 6–4 Smoltz (2–1) Williams (0–3) Wickman (4) 17,791 3:10 9–4 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 15 April 18 Cubs 8–6 Villarreal (1–0) Eyre (0–1) Wickman (5) 26,837 3:09 10–4 FSN South WGST/WUBL 16 April 19 Cubs 0–3 Hill (3–0) Redman (0–3) Dempster (3) 31,603 2:27 10–5 TBS WGST/WUBL 17 April 20 @ Mets 7–3 Hudson (3–0) Pelfrey (0–1) 47,547 2:55 11–5 TBS WGST/WUBL 18 April 21 @ Mets 2–7 Pérez (2–1) James (2–2) 55,143 2:48 11–6 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 19 April 22 @ Mets 9–6 Yates (1–0) Heilman (1–2) Wickman (6) 55,671 3:21 12–6 TBS WGST/WUBL 20 April 23 @ Marlins 7–8 Willis (4–1) Davies (0–1) Pinto (1) 13,227 2:48 12–7 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 21 April 24 @ Marlins 11–6 Moylan (1–0) Lindstrom (0–1) 11,507 3:09 13–7 TBS WGST/WUBL 22 April 25 @ Marlins 3–4 Owens (1–0) Wickman (1–1) 13,310 2:23 13–8 FSN South WGST/WUBL 23 April 27 @ Rockies 9–7 James (3–2) Francis (1–3) Moylan (1) 25,079 3:09 14–8 TBS WGST/WUBL 24 April 28 @ Rockies 6–2 Smoltz (3–1) Hirsh (2–2) 28,178 2:29 15–8 TBS WGST/WUBL 25 April 29 @ Rockies 7–9 (11) Bautista (1–0) Colyer (0–1) 31,445 3:40 15–9 TBS WGST/WUBL 26 April 30 Phillies 5–2 González (1–0) Alfonseca (1–1) 20,354 2:24 16–9 SportSouth WGST/WUBL
May (14–14) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record TV Radio 27 May 1 Phillies 4–6 Hamels (3–1) Redman (0–4) Gordon (5) 19,670 3:18 16–10 FSN South WGST/WUBL 28 May 2 Phillies 4–3 Paronto (1–0) García (1–2) Soriano (2) 23,647 2:49 17–10 FSN South WGST/WUBL 29 May 4 Dodgers 4–0 Smoltz (4–1) Tomko (0–3) 38,263 2:39 18–10 TBS WGST/WUBL 30 May 5 Dodgers 3–6 Lowe (3–3) Hudson (3–1) Saito (9) 42,786 2:51 18–11 TBS WGST/WUBL 31 May 6 Dodgers 6–4 Paronto (2–0) Tsao (0–1) González (1) 33,350 2:57 18–12 TBS WGST/WUBL 32 May 7 Padres 2–4 Young (4–2) James (3–3) Hoffman (9) 19,189 3:00 19–12 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 33 May 8 Padres 3–2 González (2–0) Bell (0–1) Soriano (3) 21,748 2:13 20–12 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 34 May 9 Padres 3–2 Smoltz (5–1) Meredith (1–1) Soriano (4) 36,523 2:13 21–12 FSN South WGST/WUBL 35 May 10 Padres 5–3 Hudson (4–1) Wells (1–2) Soriano (5) 28,799 2:39 22–12 TBS WGST/WUBL 36 May 11 @ Pirates 4–1 Davies (1–1) Duke (1–4) González (2) 23,376 2:35 23–12 TBS WGST/WUBL 37 May 12 @ Pirates 9–2 James (4–3) Armas (0–3) 34,775 2:19 24–12 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 38 May 13 @ Pirates 2–13 Snell (3–2) Lerew (0–1) 19,484 2:45 24–13 TBS WGST/WUBL 39 May 14 @ Nationals 1–2 Bergmann (1–3) Smoltz (5–2) Colomé (1) 18,829 2:08 24–14 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 40 May 15 @ Nationals 6–2 Hudson (5–1) Williams (0–5) 21,258 2:40 25–14 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 41 May 16 @ Nationals 4–6 Traber (1–0) Davies (1–2) Rauch (2) 20,329 2:29 25–15 FSN South WGST/WUBL 42 May 17 @ Nationals 3–4 Chico (3–4) Paronto (2–1) Rauch (3) 24,631 2:36 25–16 TBS WGST/WUBL – May 18 @ Red Sox Rescheduled for May 19 25–16 43 May 19 @ Red Sox 3–13 Matsuzaka (6–2) Lerew (0–2) 36,358 3:02 25–17 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 44 May 19 @ Red Sox 14–0 Smoltz (6–2) Hansack (0–1) 36,792 3:01 26–17 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 45 May 20 @ Red Sox 3–6 Gabbard (1–0) Hudson (5–2) 36,140 3:05 26–18 TBS WGST/WUBL 46 May 22 Mets 8–1 Davies (2–2) Sosa (3–1) 32,587 2:29 27–18 TBS WGST/WUBL 47 May 23 Mets 0–3 Pérez (6–3) James (4–4) Wagner (11) 30,489 2:49 27–19 TBS WGST/WUBL 48 May 24 Mets 2–1 Smoltz (7–2) Glavine (5–2) Wickman (7) 36,660 2:33 28–19 TBS WGST/WUBL 49 May 25 Phillies 3–8 Moyer (5–3) Hudson (5–3) 35,402 2:58 28–19 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 50 May 26 Phillies 4–6 Eaton (5–3) Carlyle (0–1) Alfonseca (1) 40,122 2:51 28–20 FOX WGST/WUBL 51 May 27 Phillies 6–13 Hamels (7–2) Davies (2–3) 38,058 3:05 28–21 TBS WGST/WUBL 52 May 28 @ Brewers 2–1 James (5–4) Capuano (5–4) Wickman (8) 41,139 2:37 29–21 TBS WGST/WUBL 53 May 29 @ Brewers 4–5 Sheets (5–3) Moylan (1–1) Cordero (18) 27,559 3:01 29–22 FSN South WGST/WUBL 54 May 30 @ Brewers 9–3 Hudson (6–3) Turnbow (1–3) 32,758 2:44 30–22 TBS WGST/WUBL
June (13–15) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record TV Radio 55 June 1 @ Cubs 8–5 Davies (3–3) Zambrano (5–5) 39,523 2:58 31–22 TBS WGST/WUBL 56 June 2 @ Cubs 5–3 Yates (2–0) Ohman (0–3) Wickman (9) 40,290 2:40 32–22 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 57 June 3 @ Cubs 1–10 Marshall (1–2) Cormier (0–1) 40,155 2:36 32–23 TBS WGST/WUBL 58 June 4 Marlins 4–6 Obermueller (2–3) Hudson (6–4) Gregg (8) 22,175 2:44 32–24 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 11 June 5 Marlins 3–1 Carlyle (1–1) Pinto (0–3) Wickman (10) 20,863 2:20 33–24 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 59 June 5 Marlins 1–5 VandenHurk (1–1) Smoltz (7–3) 27,072 2:27 33–25 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 60 June 6 Marlins 4–7 Miller (1–0) Davies (3–4) Gregg (9) 28,026 3:10 33–26 FSN South WGST/WUBL 61 June 7 Cubs 1–2 Hill (5–4) James (5–5) Dempster (12) 32,902 2:14 33–27 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 62 June 8 Cubs 1–9 Marshall (2–2) Cormier (0–2) 37,123 2:58 33–28 TBS WGST/WUBL 63 June 9 Cubs 9–5 Moylan (2–1) Marquis (5–3) 51,816 3:09 34–28 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 64 June 10 Cubs 5–4 Paronto (3–1) Dempster (1–3) Wickman (11) 32,752 3:05 35–28 ESPN WGST/WUBL 65 June 12 @ Twins 3–7 Slowey (2–0) Davies (3–5) 25,868 2:39 35–29 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 66 June 13 @ Twins 0–6 Silva (4–7) James (5–6) 27,903 2:10 35–30 FSN South WGST/WUBL 67 June 14 @ Twins 2–3 Reyes (1–1) Wickman (1–2) 26,714 2:35 35–31 TBS WGST/WUBL 68 June 15 @ Indians 5–4 Soriano (2–0) Sabathia (9–2) Wickman (12) 34,848 2:58 36–31 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 69 June 16 @ Indians 6–2 Smoltz (8–3) Byrd (6–3) 35,153 2:48 37–31 FOX WGST/WBL 70 June 17 @ Indians 2–5 Carmona (8–2) Davies (3–6) Borowski (20) 33,429 2:51 37–32 TBS WGST/WUBL 71 June 18 Red Sox 9–4 James (6–6) Schilling (6–4) 47,562 3:11 38–32 ESPN WGST/WUBL 72 June 19 Red Sox 0–4 Beckett (10–1) Hudson (6–5) 47,910 2:57 38–33 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 73 June 20 Red Sox 0–11 Tavárez (5–4) Carlyle (1–2) 49,585 2:46 38–34 FSN South WGST/WUBL 74 June 22 Tigers 0–5 Rogers (1–0) Smoltz (8–4) 44,034 2:37 38–35 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 75 June 23 Tigers 1–2 Verlander (8–2) Davies (3–7) Jones (18) 49,074 2:51 38–36 FOX WGST/WUBL 76 June 24 Tigers 0–5 Miller (3–1) James (6–7) Durbin (1) 34,181 2:52 38–37 ESPN WGST/WUBL 77 June 25 Nationals 4–1 Hudson (7–5) Bergmann (1–4) Wickman (13) 25,375 2:29 39–38 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 78 June 26 Nationals 6–2 Carlyle (2–2) Bacsik (1–5) Wickman (14) 22,508 2:39 40–38 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 79 June 27 Nationals 13–0 Smoltz (9–4) Bowie (4–3) 29,144 3:08 41–38 FSN South WGST/WUBL 80 June 29 @ Marlins 12–3 James (7–7) Johnson (0–3) 17,181 3:16 42–38 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 81 June 30 @ Marlins 6–5 Hudson (8–5) Benítez (2–4) Yates (1) 24,229 3:25 43–38 TBS WGST/WUBL
July (13–13) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record TV Radio 82 July 1 @ Marlins 5–6 (10) Gardner (2–2) Soriano (2–1) 14,311 3:17 43–39 TBS WGST/WUBL 83 July 2 @ Dodgers 2–8 Beimel (2–1) Smoltz (9–5) 40,571 3:03 43–40 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 84 July 3 @ Dodgers 6–7 Seánez (5–1) Ledezma (0–1) Saito (23) 43,052 2:50 43–41 TBS WGST/WUBL 85 July 4 @ Dodgers 5–2 James (8–7) Hendrickson (2–4) Wickman (15) 56,000 3:08 44–41 FSN South WGST/WUBL 86 July 5 @ Dodgers 8–6 Moylan (3–1) Stults (0–1) Wickman (16) 41,052 3:28 45–41 TBS WGST/WUBL 87 July 6 @ Padres 7–4 Carlyle (3–2) Germano (5–3) 37,526 2:36 46–41 TBS WGST/WUBL 88 July 7 @ Padres 5–8 Bell (3–2) Yates (2–1) Hoffman (25) 41,419 2:52 46–42 FOX WGST/WUBL 89 July 8 @ Padres 5–4 Davies (4–7) Maddux (7–6) 41,026 2:34 47–42 ESPN WGST/WUBL – July 10 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco, California 90 July 13 Pirates 9–1 Hudson (9–5) Snell (7–6) 38,922 2:28 48–42 TBS WGST/WUBL 91 July 14 Pirates 5–4 Wickman (2–2) Chacón (4–2) 44,041 2:54 49–42 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 92 July 15 Pirates 5–1 Carlyle (4–2) Maholm (5–12) 30,756 2:17 50–42 TBS WGST/WUBL 93 July 16 Reds 3–10 Livingston (2–0) Davies (4–8) 24,442 3:16 50–43 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 94 July 17 Reds 5–6 Arroyo (4–10) Reyes (0–1) Weathers (18) 30,072 2:39 50–44 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 95 July 18 Reds 4–5 (15) Gosling (1–0) Ascanio (0–1) 33,789 4:31 50–45 TBS WGST/WUBL 96 July 19 Cardinals 10–1 Hudson (10–5) Maroth (5–5) 41,171 2:32 51–45 FSN South WGST/WUBL 97 July 20 Cardinals 2–4 Wainwright (9–7) Soriano (2–2) Isringhausen (19) 42,712 2:39 51–46 FSN South WGST/WUBL 98 July 21 Cardinals 14–6 Carlyle (5–2) Looper (7–8) 53,953 3:22 52–46 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 99 July 22 Cardinals 2–7 (10) Isringhausen (4–0) Yates (2–2) 39,181 3:25 52–47 ESPN WGST/WUBL 100 July 23 @ Giants 4–2 Smoltz (10–5) Cain (3–12) Wickman (17) 42,679 2:40 53–47 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 101 July 24 @ Giants 7–5 (13) Moylan (4–1) Sánchez (1–2) Yates (2) 43,072 4:08 54–47 TBS WGST/WUBL 102 July 25 @ Giants 1–2 Lowry (11–7) James (8–8) Hennessey (7) 42,834 2:27 54–48 TBS WGST/WUBL 103 July 26 @ Giants 2–4 Lincecum (6–2) Carlyle (5–3) Hennessey (8) 42,366 2:33 54–49 TBS WGST/WUBL 104 July 27 @ D-backs 7–8 (11) González (4–2) Ledezma (0–2) 27,151 3:40 54–50 TBS WGST/WUBL 105 July 28 @ D-backs 3–4 (10) Cruz (5–1) Yates (2–3) 33,664 3:08 54–51 FOX WGST/WUBL 106 July 29 @ D-backs 14–0 Hudson (11–5) Hernández (6–7) 30,535 2:34 55–51 TBS WGST/WUBL 107 July 31 Astros 12–4 James (9–8) Sampson (7–8) 32,315 2:41 56–51 SportSouth WGST/WUBL
August (13–15) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record TV Radio 108 August 1 Astros 12–3 Carlyle (6–3) Rodríguez (7–10) 30,785 2:52 57–51 FSN South WGST/WUBL 109 August 2 Astros 11–12 (14) McLemore (1–0) Villarreal (1–1) Moehler (1) 35,659 4:59 57–52 TBS WGST/WUBL 110 August 3 Rockies 2–9 Francis (12–5) Smoltz (10–6) 37,481 2:59 57–53 TBS WGST/WUBL 111 August 4 Rockies 6–4 Hudson (12–5) Jiménez (1–1) Wickman (18) 50,647 3:02 58–53 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 112 August 5 Rockies 6–5 (10) Villarreal (2–1) Buchholz (5–4) 37,089 3:28 59–53 TBS WGST/WUBL 113 August 7 @ Mets 7–3 Carlyle (7–3) Pérez (10–8) 52,177 2:45 60–53 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 114 August 8 @ Mets 3–4 Heilman (7–3) Soriano (2–3) Wagner (26) 51,749 2:48 60–54 FSN South WGST/WUBL 115 August 9 @ Mets 7–6 Hudson (13–5) Maine (12–7) Villarreal (1) 52,425 3:12 61–54 TBS WGST/WUBL 116 August 10 @ Phillies 4–5 Hamels (13–5) Moylan (4–2) Gordon (6) 40,844 2:24 61–55 TBS WGST/WUBL 117 August 11 @ Phillies 7–5 Mahay (1–0) Eaton (9–8) Wickman (19) 44,948 2:56 62–55 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 118 August 12 @ Phillies 3–5 Moyer (11–8) Carlyle (7–4) Myers (9) 45,053 2:38 62–56 ESPN WGST/WUBL 119 August 14 Giants 5–4 Wickman (3–2) Kline (0–2) 36,186 3:00 63–56 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 120 August 15 Giants 6–3 Hudson (14–5) Ortiz (2–3) Wickman (20) 33,841 2:45 64–56 FSN South WGST/WUBL 121 August 16 Giants 3–9 Lincecum (7–3) James (9–9) 36,419 2:31 64–57 TBS WGST/WUBL 122 August 17 D-backs 0–4 Webb (13–8) Cormier (0–3) 33,248 2:17 64–58 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 123 August 18 D-backs 6–12 Owings (6–6) Carlyle (7–5) 48,643 2:41 64–59 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 124 August 19 D-backs 6–2 Smoltz (11–6) Petit (2–4) 30,818 2:53 65–59 TBS WGST/WUBL 125 August 20 @ Reds 14–4 Hudson (15–5) Dumatrait (0–2) 24,477 2:50 66–59 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 126 August 21 @ Reds 7–8 Bray (3–0) Moylan (4–3) Weathers (26) 21,039 2:40 66–60 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 127 August 22 @ Reds 2–4 Arroyo (7–13) Cormier (0–4) Weathers (27) 22,924 2:36 66–61 FSN South WGST/WUBL 128 August 23 @ Reds 7–9 (12) Gosling (2–0) Wickman (3–3) 22,052 3:46 66–62 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 129 August 24 @ Cardinals 7–2 Smoltz (12–6) Wells (6–14) 44,032 2:53 67–62 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 130 August 25 @ Cardinals 4–5 Springer (7–1) Hudson (15–6) Isringhausen (26) 45,441 2:57 67–63 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 131 August 26 @ Cardinals 1–4 Wainwright (12–9) Reyes (0–2) Isringhausen (27) 43,934 2:27 67–64 TBS WGST/WUBL 132 August 27 @ Marlins 13–2 Cormier (1–4) Olsen (9–12) 11,716 2:39 68–64 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 133 August 28 @ Marlins 3–4 (11) Kim (7–6) Villarreal (2–2) 11,539 3:12 68–65 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 134 August 29 @ Marlins 7–4 Carlyle (8–5) Willis (8–14) Soriano (6) 12,633 2:52 69–65 FSN South WGST/WUBL 135 August 31 Mets 1–7 Maine (14–8) Hudson (15–7) 45,245 2:32 69–66 SportSouth WGST/WUBL
September (15–12) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record TV Radio 136 September 1 Mets 1–5 Pelfrey (1–7) James (9–10) Feliciano (2) 45,611 2:29 69–67 FOX WGST/WUBL 137 September 2 Mets 2–3 Glavine (12–6) Smoltz (12–7) Wagner (30) 46,242 2:47 69–68 TBS WGST/WUBL 138 September 3 Phillies 5–1 Cormier (2–4) Moyer (12–11) 31,592 2:51 70–68 TBS WGST/WUBL 139 September 4 Phillies 2–5 Lohse (8–12) Carlyle (8–6) Myers (14) 22,130 2:57 70–69 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 140 September 5 Phillies 9–8 Soriano (3–3) Myers (3–6) 22,115 3:46 71–69 TBS WGST/WUBL 141 September 7 Nationals 7–1 Smoltz (13–7) Hanrahan (4–2) 31,116 2:49 72–69 FSN South WGST/WUBL 142 September 8 Nationals 9–2 James (10–10) Chico (5–8) 36,940 2:45 73–69 TBS WGST/WUBL 143 September 9 Nationals 4–7 Bergmann (4–5) Cormier (2–5) Cordero (32) 31,582 2:59 73–70 TBS WGST/WUBL 144 September 10 @ Mets 2–3 Pérez (14–9) Hudson (15–8) Wagner (33) 48,557 2:36 73–71 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 145 September 11 @ Mets 13–5 Moylan (5–3) Hernández (9–5) 48,732 3:03 74–71 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 146 September 12 @ Mets 3–4 Mota (2–1) Acosta (0–1) Wagner (34) 51,648 2:54 74–72 FSN South WGST/WUBL 147 September 14 @ Nationals 8–5 (13) Ascanio (1–1) Colomé (4–1) 18,568 5:13 75–72 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 148 September 15 @ Nationals 4–7 Bergmann (5–5) Cormier (2–6) Cordero (34) 26,866 2:51 75–73 TBS WGST/WUBL 149 September 16 @ Nationals 3–0 Hudson (16–8) Hill (4–4) 23,935 2:24 76–73 TBS WGST/WUBL 150 September 17 Marlins 11–6 Smoltz (14–7) Kim (9–7) 20,957 2:51 77–73 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 151 September 18 Marlins 4–3 Reyes (1–2) Seddon (0–1) Soriano (7) 22,076 3:10 78–73 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 152 September 19 Marlins 5–1 James (11–10) Barone (1–3) 24,449 2:23 79–73 FSN South WGST/WUBL 153 September 20 Brewers 3–1 Bennett (1–0) Suppan (10–12) Soriano (8) 26,595 2:38 80–73 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 154 September 21 Brewers 1–4 Linebrink (5–6) T. Hudson (16–9) F. Cordero (44) 34,401 3:02 80–74 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 155 September 22 Brewers 4–3 (11) Devine (1–0) McClung (0–1) 42,378 3:28 81–74 FOX WGST/WUBL 156 September 23 Brewers 7–4 Acosta (1–1) Vargas (11–5) Soriano (9) 44,088 3:34 82–74 TBS WGST/WUBL 157 September 25 @ Phillies 10–6 Bennett (2–0) Moyer (13–12) 39,129 3:09 83–74 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 158 September 26 @ Phillies 2–5 Lohse (9–12) Hudson (16–10) Myers (20) 36,588 2:32 83–75 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 159 September 27 @ Phillies 4–6 Kendrick (10–4) Smoltz (14–8) Myers (21) 40,589 2:34 83–76 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 160 September 28 @ Astros 7–2 Reyes (2–2) Albers (4–11) 43,011 3:00 84–76 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 161 September 29 @ Astros 2–3 Backe (3–1) Bennett (2–1) Lidge (19) 43,624 2:35 84–77 SportSouth WGST/WUBL 162 September 30 @ Astros 0–3 Paulino (2–1) Carlyle (8–7) Borkowski (1) 43,823 2:25 84–78 TBS WGST/WUBL
Braves Win   Braves loss   Game Postponed

Player stats

Batting

Note: PA=Plate appearances; AB=At bats; H=Hits; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; SB=Stolen bases; AVG=Batting average; OBP=On-base percentage; SLG=Slugging percentage.

Player	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jeff Francoeur	696	642	188	19	105	5	.293	.338	.444
Andruw Jones	659	572	127	26	94	5	.222	.311	.413
Kelly Johnson	608	521	144	16	68	9	.276	.375	.457
Chipper Jones	600	513	173	29	102	5	.337	.425	.604
Brian McCann	552	504	136	18	92	0	.270	.320	.452
Édgar Rentería	543	494	164	12	57	11	.332	.390	.470
Willie Harris	391	344	93	2	32	17	.270	.349	.392
Matt Diaz	384	358	121	12	45	4	.338	.368	.497
Yunel Escobar	355	319	104	5	28	5	.326	.385	.451
Scott Thorman	307	287	62	11	36	1	.216	.258	.394
Mark Teixeira*	240	208	66	17	56	0	.317	.404	.615
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	153	141	40	4	12	0	.284	.333	.411
Chris Woodward	151	136	27	1	8	1	.199	.252	.279
Pete Orr	69	65	13	0	2	1	.200	.235	.215
Martín Prado	62	59	17	0	2	0	.288	.323	.339
Craig Wilson	69	58	10	1	2	0	.172	.304	.259
Ryan Langerhans	52	44	3	0	1	0	.068	.192	.091
Julio Franco	45	40	10	0	8	0	.250	.311	.325
Brayan Peña	33	33	7	1	3	0	.212	.212	.303
Corky Miller	29	27	7	1	4	0	.259	.310	.444
Brandon Jones	21	19	3	0	4	0	.158	.190	.211
Clint Sammons	3	3	2	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000
Pitcher Totals	352	302	45	1	20	64	.149	.179	.179
Team Totals	6374	5689	1562	176	781	64	.275	.339	.435

*With Atlanta.

Pitching

Note: G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; W=Wins; L=Losses; IP=Innings pitched; H/9=Hits per 9 IP; R=Runs allowed; ER=Earned runs allowed; BB/9=Walks per 9 IP; SO/9=Strikeouts per 9 IP; ERA=Earned run average

Player	G	GS	W	L	IP	H/9	R	ER	BB/9	SO/9	ERA
Tim Hudson	34	34	16	10	224 1⁄3	8.87	87	83	2.13	5.30	3.33
John Smoltz	32	32	14	8	205 2⁄3	8.58	78	71	2.06	8.62	3.11
Chuck James	30	30	11	10	161 1⁄3	9.15	77	76	3.24	6.47	4.24
Buddy Carlyle	22	20	8	7	107	9.84	67	62	2.69	6.22	5.21
Peter Moylan	80	0	5	3	90	6.50	27	18	3.10	6.30	1.80
Kyle Davies	17	17	4	8	86	9.63	61	55	4.60	6.17	5.76
Óscar Villarreal	51	0	4	2	76 1⁄3	8.84	40	36	3.77	6.84	4.24
Rafael Soriano	71	0	3	3	72	5.88	26	24	1.88	8.75	3.00
Tyler Yates	75	0	2	3	66	8.73	44	38	4.23	9.41	5.18
Jo-Jo Reyes	11	10	2	2	50 2⁄3	9.77	39	35	5.33	4.80	6.22
Lance Cormier	10	9	2	6	45 2⁄3	11.04	38	36	4.34	5.32	7.09
Bob Wickman	49	0	3	3	43 2⁄3	9.89	22	19	4.12	7.21	3.92
Chad Paronto	41	0	3	1	40 1⁄3	10.49	20	16	4.24	3.12	3.57
Ron Mahay	30	0	1	0	28	6.11	8	7	5.14	7.39	2.25
Manny Acosta	21	0	1	1	23 2⁄3	4.94	6	6	5.32	8.37	2.28
Mark Redman	6	5	0	4	21 2⁄3	15.78	29	28	4.57	5.40	11.63
Mike González	18	0	2	0	17	7.94	3	3	4.24	6.88	1.59
José Ascanio	13	0	1	1	16	9.56	11	9	3.38	7.31	5.06
Macay McBride	18	0	1	0	15	8.40	9	6	9.00	10.20	4.20
Jeff Bennett	3	2	2	1	13	9.69	5	5	2.08	9.69	3.46
Anthony Lerew	3	3	0	2	11 2⁄3	10.80	10	10	5.40	6.94	7.71
Wil Ledezma	12	0	0	2	9 1⁄3	11.6	10	8	3.9	6.8	7.71
Joey Devine	10	0	1	0	8 1⁄3	7.6	1	1	8.6	7.6	1.08
Octavio Dotel	9	0	0	0	7 2⁄3	5.9	5	4	1.2	14.1	4.70
Blaine Boyer	5	0	0	0	5 1⁄3	16.9	3	2	1.7	5.1	3.38
Royce Ring	11	0	0	0	5	3.6	0	0	5.4	7.2	0.00
Steve Colyer	7	0	0	1	3 2⁄3	22.1	2	2	9.8	9.8	4.91
Kevin Barry	1	0	0	0	2	27.0	5	5	9.0	18.00	22.50
Team Totals	162	162	84	78	14561⁄3	8.9	733	665	3.3	6.8	4.11

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Dave Brundage
AA	Mississippi Braves	Southern League	Phillip Wellman
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: Richmond^[10]