2008 Atlanta Braves

72-90 • .444 Win% • 4th in NL E

The 2008 Atlanta Braves went 72-90 (.444) finishing 4th in the NL E division. The club scored 753 runs, allowed 778, and played home games at Turner Field. Team leaders included Brian McCann (23 HR, 87 RBI) and Jair Jurrjens (13-10, 3.68 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
90 Losses
.444 Win %
4th Rank
753 R 778 RA
Diff -25

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⚡ Quick Stats

753 Runs Scored
778 Runs Allowed
-25 Run Diff
2,532K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 NL Average

Batting Avg .270 4% above the 2008 league average (.260)
OBP .345 4% above the 2008 league average (.330)
SLG .407 1% below the 2008 league average (.412)
Team ERA 4.46 4% worse than the 2008 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 753 3% above the 2008 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTurner Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,532,834
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Avg per Game 31,269

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Chipper Jones 0.364 2 Martin Prado 0.320 3 Brian McCann 0.301 4 Josh Anderson 0.294 5 Omar Infante 0.293

Home Runs

1 Brian McCann 23 2 Chipper Jones 22 3 Mark Teixeira 20 4 Kelly Johnson 12 5 Jeff Francoeur 11

RBI

1 Brian McCann 87 2 Mark Teixeira 78 3 Chipper Jones 75 4 Jeff Francoeur 71 5 Kelly Johnson 69
2008 Atlanta Braves — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jeff Francoeur 155 599 70 143 33 3 11 71 39 111 0 0.239
Kelly Johnson 150 547 86 157 39 6 12 69 52 113 11 0.287
Yunel Escobar 136 514 71 148 24 2 10 60 59 62 2 0.288
Brian McCann 145 509 68 153 42 1 23 87 57 64 5 0.301
Chipper Jones 128 439 82 160 24 1 22 75 90 61 4 0.364
Gregor Blanco 144 430 52 108 14 4 1 38 74 99 13 0.251
Mark Teixeira 103 381 63 108 27 0 20 78 65 70 0 0.283
Mark Kotsay 88 318 39 92 17 3 6 37 25 34 2 0.289
Omar Infante 96 317 45 93 24 3 3 40 22 44 0 0.293
Martin Prado 78 228 36 73 18 4 2 33 21 29 3 0.320
Greg Norton 111 171 27 42 10 0 7 31 31 40 0 0.246
Casey Kotchman 43 152 18 36 4 1 2 20 18 16 0 0.237
Josh Anderson 40 136 21 40 7 1 3 12 8 33 10 0.294
Matt Diaz 43 135 9 33 2 0 2 14 3 32 4 0.244
Brandon Jones 41 116 16 31 10 1 1 17 7 28 1 0.267
Ruben Gotay 88 102 10 24 5 0 2 8 13 32 1 0.235
Brent Lillibridge 29 80 9 16 6 1 1 8 3 23 2 0.200
Corky Miller 31 60 4 5 0 0 1 5 5 15 0 0.083
Jair Jurrjens 37 58 7 6 0 1 0 0 6 18 0 0.103
Clint Sammons 23 54 2 8 0 0 1 4 5 12 0 0.148
Jorge Campillo 39 45 4 8 1 0 0 2 1 16 0 0.178
Tim Hudson 23 41 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 14 0 0.146
Jo-Jo Reyes 25 30 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 0.133
Mike Hampton 13 24 3 5 2 0 0 4 2 11 0 0.208
Tom Glavine 14 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.105
Charlie Morton 16 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.059
Jason Perry 4 17 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0.118
Brayan Peña 14 14 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.286
Jeff Bennett 72 9 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.222
Buddy Carlyle 45 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.222
Chuck James 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
James Parr 6 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.250
John Smoltz 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Manny Acosta 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Blaine Boyer 76 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Gonzalez 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vladimir Nunez 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Francisley Bueno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt DeSalvo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Elmer Dessens 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Julio 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Peter Moylan 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Will Ohman 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Chris Resop 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Ridgway 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Royce Ring 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Soriano 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Stockman 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Julian Tavarez 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Tim Hudson 3.17 2 Manny Acosta 3.57 3 Buddy Carlyle 3.59 4 Jair Jurrjens 3.68 5 Will Ohman 3.68

Wins

1 Jair Jurrjens 13 2 Tim Hudson 11 3 Jorge Campillo 8 4 Charlie Morton 4 5 Will Ohman 4

Strikeouts

1 Jair Jurrjens 139 2 Jorge Campillo 107 3 Tim Hudson 85 4 Jo-Jo Reyes 78 5 Jeff Bennett 68
2008 Atlanta Braves — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jair Jurrjens 13 10 3.68 31 31 0 188.1 188 77 70 139
Jorge Campillo 8 7 3.91 39 25 0 158.2 158 69 38 107
Tim Hudson 11 7 3.17 23 22 0 142.0 125 50 40 85
Jo-Jo Reyes 3 11 5.81 23 22 0 113.0 134 73 52 78
Jeff Bennett 3 7 3.70 72 4 3 97.1 86 40 47 68
Mike Hampton 3 4 4.85 13 13 0 78.0 83 42 28 38
Charlie Morton 4 8 6.15 16 15 0 74.2 80 51 41 48
Blaine Boyer 2 6 5.88 76 0 1 72.0 73 47 25 67
Tom Glavine 2 4 5.54 13 13 0 63.1 67 39 37 37
Buddy Carlyle 2 0 3.59 45 0 0 62.2 52 25 26 59
Will Ohman 4 1 3.68 83 0 1 58.2 51 24 22 53
Manny Acosta 3 5 3.57 46 0 3 53.0 48 21 26 31
Julian Tavarez 1 3 3.89 36 0 0 34.2 42 15 14 35
Mike Gonzalez 0 3 4.28 36 0 14 33.2 26 16 14 44
Vladimir Nunez 1 2 3.86 23 0 0 32.2 32 14 19 24
Chuck James 2 5 9.10 7 7 0 29.2 36 30 20 22
John Smoltz 3 2 2.57 6 5 0 28.0 25 8 8 36
James Parr 1 0 4.84 5 5 0 22.1 29 12 9 14
Royce Ring 2 1 8.46 42 0 0 22.1 32 21 10 16
Chris Resop 0 1 5.89 16 0 0 18.1 16 12 10 13
Rafael Soriano 0 1 2.57 14 0 3 14.0 7 4 9 16
Jorge Julio 3 0 0.73 12 0 0 12.1 9 1 8 19
Jeff Ridgway 1 0 3.72 10 0 0 9.2 7 4 1 8
Phil Stockman 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 7.1 2 0 4 9
Peter Moylan 0 1 1.59 7 0 1 5.2 5 1 1 5
Elmer Dessens 0 1 22.50 4 0 0 4.0 10 10 4 2
Francisley Bueno 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 2.1 5 2 1 1
Matt DeSalvo 0 0 31.50 2 0 0 2.0 11 7 2 2

👥 Roster (49)

Manny Acosta Josh Anderson Jeff Bennett Gregor Blanco Blaine Boyer Francisley Bueno Jorge Campillo Buddy Carlyle Matt DeSalvo Elmer Dessens Matt Diaz Yunel Escobar +37 more

49 players

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The 2008 Atlanta Braves in brief

A 72-90 record (.444) put the 2008 Atlanta Braves 4th in the NL East. With 753 runs scored and 778 given up, the 2008 differential was -25. At the plate the Atlanta Braves hit .270, 4% better than the league's .260. The Atlanta Braves staff finished with a 4.46 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.29. The 753 runs scored compare with a league average of 734 per club, 3% more.

Attendance at Turner Field totaled 2,532,834 for the year. The home run leader was Brian McCann, who hit 23. Chipper Jones collected the most hits, 160. Jair Jurrjens was the top winner, with 13 victories. Mike Gonzalez saved 14 games. The roster section lists 49 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Atlanta Braves

What was the 2008 Atlanta Braves record?
The 2008 Atlanta Braves finished 72-90 (.444 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Atlanta Braves in home runs?
Brian McCann led the 2008 Atlanta Braves with 23 home runs.
What was the 2008 Atlanta Braves team ERA?
The 2008 Atlanta Braves posted a team ERA of 4.46.
Did the 2008 Atlanta Braves win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Atlanta Braves did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Atlanta Braves play?
The 2008 Atlanta Braves played home games at Turner Field.
Who led the 2008 Atlanta Braves in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Brian McCann (23 HR, 87 RBI) and Jair Jurrjens (13-10, 3.68 ERA).
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