2008 Atlanta Braves
Record: 81-81
Finish: 4th in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 768
Runs Allowed: 792
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 3,161,502
Manager: Ed Sr

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-72, 12th in the National
AA: 74-64, 5th in the National
A: 78-60, 4th in the National
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B  Aaron Herr 30 156 618 109 191 25 2 26 81 3 4 46 113 .309 .356 .482 .838 101.9 19.0 4.2
RF *J.D. Drew 32 157 542 75 147 27 2 13 71 18 3 74 160 .271 .362 .400 .762 83.6 14.7 3.3
1B  Eli Marrero 34 152 552 75 148 22 2 18 95 7 8 36 113 .268 .312 .413 .725 66.1 8.8 2.8
3B *Scott Thorman 26 156 483 83 151 31 0 13 80 3 0 63 92 .313 .390 .458 .848 82.7 16.5 3.1
C *A.J. Pierzynski 31 132 498 67 139 28 0 4 47 1 0 26 106 .279 .320 .359 .680 53.5 6.0 6.9
SS #Rafael Furcal 29 103 424 60 125 36 4 6 45 36 23 33 49 .295 .345 .441 .786 60.5 9.8 4.5
1B *Adam Laroche 28 126 363 37 120 17 4 7 69 0 2 13 65 .331 .355 .457 .813 53.2 10.3 1.2
1B *Scott Thorman 26 114 291 41 83 10 1 7 44 0 1 26 50 .285 .351 .399 .750 39.3 6.2 0.9
3B #Wilson Betemit 26 103 236 34 68 14 3 5 27 9 2 15 37 .288 .331 .436 .767 33.0 5.5 1.1
CF *Ryan Langerhans 28 77 217 24 58 9 1 6 28 12 13 34 40 .267 .367 .401 .767 31.4 4.7 2.1
LF  Jay Payton 35 123 216 33 59 6 1 12 31 5 3 18 37 .273 .338 .477 .814 34.6 5.7 1.2
SS #Jose B. Reyes 25 56 230 30 70 12 5 1 22 28 16 6 17 .304 .319 .413 .732 28.7 4.0 3.1
RF  Luis Matos 29 59 190 34 51 5 3 12 32 5 4 19 45 .268 .338 .516 .854 33.0 5.7 1.2
C  Todd Jennings 26 48 128 15 28 6 0 1 5 0 0 6 26 .219 .268 .289 .557 9.5 0.0 2.0
CF  Torii Hunter 32 54 122 16 28 4 1 2 14 5 3 6 32 .230 .280 .328 .608 11.6 0.6 0.9
P  Livan Hernandez 33 35 66 7 12 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 10 .182 .211 .242 .454 4.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Jayson Werth 29 29 67 4 15 5 0 1 7 0 0 8 23 .224 .299 .343 .642 6.3 0.2 0.4
RF  Matt Esquivel 25 21 68 6 11 3 0 1 12 1 1 3 22 .162 .194 .250 .444 3.0 0.0 0.4
P *Brett Evert 27 32 63 3 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 22 .079 .132 .143 .275 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Aaron Heilman 29 34 63 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 .048 .063 .048 .110 -4.3 0.0 0.0
P  Trey Hodges 30 30 50 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 19 .120 .200 .120 .320 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Horacio Ramirez 28 23 50 5 12 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 11 .240 .283 .300 .583 3.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Clemente Montenegro 25 8 18 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 5 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.1
P  Charles Osbourn 26 28 16 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 .188 .278 .375 .653 2.0 0.2 0.0
RF  Mike Hessman 30 8 16 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .500 .750 2.0 0.3 0.1
P  Buddy Hernandez 29 60 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Grant Roberts 30 90 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Capellan 27 88 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Justin Speier 34 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Gryboski 34 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Andy Sisco 25 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 2241 5608 768 1540 269 29 138 736 133 85 455 1140 .275 .331 .407 .737 738.7 118.1 39.5
  Rank among 16 NL teams 11 10 5 13 8 13 10 11 9 11 5 5 8 10 10 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Livan Hernandez 33 9 12 .429 35 34 1 214.3 230 106 23 52 148 4.45 10.2
 Brett Evert 27 9 11 .450 32 32 0 195.3 181 105 27 73 201 4.84 6.7
 Aaron Heilman 29 11 15 .423 34 34 0 195.0 185 98 21 81 165 4.52 7.1
 Trey Hodges 30 10 8 .556 30 30 0 162.3 151 75 14 41 144 4.16 9.6
*Horacio Ramirez 28 9 7 .563 23 23 0 147.3 133 63 9 46 102 3.85 10.8
 Grant Roberts 30 6 7 .462 90 0 37 99.7 99 45 11 26 101 4.06 14.5
 Jose Capellan 27 7 5 .583 88 0 1 88.7 91 40 15 14 67 4.06 7.3
 Charles Osbourn 26 7 2 .778 28 9 0 81.0 73 30 9 27 61 3.33 7.9
 Buddy Hernandez 29 3 3 .500 60 0 3 72.7 76 37 9 35 36 4.58 3.9
 Kevin Gryboski 34 3 2 .600 72 0 2 63.0 73 37 12 24 46 5.29 2.3
 Justin Speier 34 3 2 .600 57 0 1 53.7 73 36 6 18 47 6.04 0.6
 Matt Wright 26 1 1 .500 33 0 0 30.0 30 12 1 14 29 3.60 2.6
*David Fuquay 22 2 4 .333 25 0 0 17.3 33 16 6 8 7 8.31 0.0
*Andy Sisco 25 1 1 .500 10 0 0 13.3 8 4 0 6 8 2.70 1.6
 Billy Sylvester 31 0 0 .000 4 0 1 4.3 4 2 0 4 6 4.16 0.4
 Clemente Montenegro 25 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.7 1 1 1 0 1 5.42 0.0
 Todd Jennings 26 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.4 81 81 .500 623 162 47 1440.6 1442 708 165 469 1169 4.42 85.4
Rank among 16 NL teams 7 7 5 7 16 6 7 8 7 8 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 30.1
A.Pierzynski 1081.7 122 126 896 93 10 3 .990 35.8
T.Jennings 345.3 39 41 287 32 10 0 .970 38.4
E.Marrero 10.7 1 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Laroche 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Payton 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1440.7 162 172 1195 127 20 3 .985 36.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.02
A.Laroche 734.0 84 87 779 73 10 73 .988 10.45
S.Thorman 565.7 62 66 591 39 5 53 .992 10.02
E.Marrero 103.0 11 15 107 6 0 8 1.000 9.87
M.Hessman 34.0 5 5 43 3 0 4 1.000 12.18
T.Jennings 4.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1440.7 162 176 1525 121 15 138 .991 10.28
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.05
A.Herr 1333.7 149 154 275 469 23 102 .970 5.02
W.Betemit 57.0 7 7 14 20 0 5 1.000 5.37
C.Montenegro 49.0 6 6 8 8 0 2 1.000 2.94
T.Jennings 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 168 297 498 23 109 .972 4.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.59
S.Thorman 1113.7 123 139 77 246 22 15 .936 2.61
W.Betemit 318.0 39 44 15 65 11 8 .879 2.26
M.Hessman 5.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Laroche 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Jennings 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 188 93 313 33 23 .925 2.54
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.32
R.Furcal 890.7 102 103 115 322 22 52 .952 4.42
J.Reyes 462.2 53 55 76 181 8 40 .970 5.00
W.Betemit 67.0 7 8 11 14 1 4 .962 3.36
Team Total 1419.9 162 166 202 517 31 96 .959 4.56
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.88
E.Marrero 1045.3 120 120 192 8 4 1 .980 1.72
J.Payton 162.7 16 25 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
M.Esquivel 115.7 14 14 26 1 2 0 .931 2.10
J.Drew 107.0 12 13 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.36
L.Matos 68.0 7 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
W.Betemit 10.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1508.7 169 186 295 10 6 1 .981 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.36
R.Langerhans 581.7 71 72 149 4 0 2 1.000 2.37
T.Hunter 265.7 31 37 70 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
L.Matos 169.5 19 21 44 1 1 0 .978 2.39
J.Payton 165.0 15 30 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.24
E.Marrero 14.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Drew 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Reyes 2.8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
M.Esquivel 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Werth 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1204.3 136 169 309 6 1 2 .997 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.90
J.Drew 1154.7 132 137 220 7 2 1 .991 1.77
L.Matos 190.1 21 24 36 1 0 0 1.000 1.75
J.Werth 152.0 20 20 32 1 1 0 .971 1.95
E.Marrero 46.0 5 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.98
M.Esquivel 40.0 5 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Payton 34.0 0 9 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
R.Langerhans 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1623.8 183 206 306 10 3 1 .991 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.89
L.Hernandez 214.3 34 35 13 32 1 3 .978 1.89
B.Evert 195.3 32 32 6 23 0 0 1.000 1.34
A.Heilman 195.0 34 34 12 30 0 2 1.000 1.94
T.Hodges 162.3 30 30 9 12 2 0 .913 1.16
H.Ramirez 147.3 23 23 12 26 2 1 .950 2.32
G.Roberts 99.7 0 90 2 10 1 2 .923 1.08
J.Capellan 88.7 0 88 6 18 1 2 .960 2.44
C.Osbourn 81.0 9 28 4 6 2 0 .833 1.11
B.Hernandez 72.7 0 60 7 15 0 3 1.000 2.73
K.Gryboski 63.0 0 72 3 10 1 1 .929 1.86
J.Speier 53.7 0 57 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.68
M.Wright 30.0 0 33 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Fuquay 17.3 0 25 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.04
A.Sisco 13.3 0 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Sylvester 4.3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Montenegro 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42
T.Jennings 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.6 162 623 79 200 10 15 .965 1.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Thorman .313
On-Base Pct Thorman .390
Slugging Pct Herr .482
OPS Thorman .848
XR Herr 101.9
Games Drew 157
At-Bats Herr 618
Runs Herr 109
Hits Herr 191
Total Bases Herr 298
Singles Herr 138
Doubles Furcal 36
Triples Reyes 5
Homeruns Herr 26
RBIs Marrero 95
Stolen Bases Furcal 36
Caught Stealing Furcal 23
Walks Drew 74
Strikeouts Drew 160
ERA Hodges 4.16
Wins Heilman 11
Losses Heilman 15
Winning Pct Ramirez .563
Saves Roberts 37
Games Pitched Roberts 90
Games Started Heilman, Hernandez 34
Complete Games Hernandez, Hodges, Ramirez 1
Shutouts Ramirez 1
Innings Pitched Hernandez 214.3
Hits Allowed Hernandez 230
Homeruns Allowed Evert 27
Strikeouts Evert 201
Walks Allowed Heilman 81
Walks per 9IP Hernandez 2.2
Hits per 9IP Evert 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Evert 9.3
WHiP Hodges 1.18
OAVG Evert .242
OOBP Hodges .297
OSLG Hodges .380
OOPS Hodges .676
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
J.D. Drew $ 9,100,000
Grant Roberts $ 7,000,000
A.J. Pierzynski $ 6,123,456
Luis Matos $ 4,750,000
Jose B. Reyes $ 4,742,857
Trey Hodges $ 4,700,000
Aaron Herr $ 3,542,857
Jayson Werth $ 3,500,000
Torii Hunter $ 3,340,000
Jay Payton $ 3,230,000
Eli Marrero $ 3,000,000
Livan Hernandez $ 2,950,000
Justin Speier $ 1,700,000
Kevin Gryboski $ 1,491,429
Adam Laroche $ 350,000
Billy Sylvester $ 300,000
Jose Capellan $ 300,000
Scott Thorman $ 300,000
Matt Esquivel $ 300,000
Brett Evert $ 300,000
David Fuquay $ 300,000
Ryan Langerhans $ 300,000
Aaron Heilman $ 300,000
Matt Wright $ 300,000
Andy Sisco $ 300,000
Mike Hessman $ 300,000
Charles Osbourn $ 300,000
Clemente Montenegro $ 300,000
Todd Jennings $ 300,000
Wilson Betemit $ 300,000
Scott Thorman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/28 Signed     Brandon Wunsch
7/17 Traded Jose Pedroza New York (A) Luis Matos
7/31 Traded Horacio Ramirez
Rafael Furcal
Seattle Jose B. Reyes
Evan Meek
11/11 Waived Buddy Hernandez Minnesota