2006 Atlanta Braves season

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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.

LeagueNational League
BallparkTurner Field
Record79–83 (.488)
OwnersTime Warner
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2006 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkTurner Field
CityAtlanta
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersTime Warner
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionTBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray, Ron Gant)
FSN South
(Jeff Torborg, Bob Rathbun)
RadioWGST
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 9765 .599 — 50‍–‍31 47‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 8577 .525 12 41‍–‍40 44‍–‍37
Atlanta Braves 7983 .488 18 40‍–‍41 39‍–‍42
Florida Marlins 7884 .481 19 42‍–‍39 36‍–‍45
Washington Nationals 7191 .438 26 41‍–‍40 30‍–‍51
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Record vs. opponents

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2006 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2006

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS AL
Arizona—6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11
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Transactions

Roster

2006 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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2006 Game Log: 79–83 (Home: 40–41; Away: 39–42)
April: 10–14 (Home: 4–5; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Dodgers11–10Villarreal (1–0)Lowe (0–1)Reitsma (1)56,0001–0
2April 4@ Dodgers4–5Penny (1–0)Smoltz (0–1)Baez (1)36,2491–1
3April 5@ Dodgers9–8Villarreal (2–0)Osoria (0–1)Reitsma (2)35,2922–1
4April 6@ Giants4–6Fassero (1–0)Sosa (0–1)Worrell (2)42,7952–2
5April 7@ Giants14–6Remlinger (1–0)Walker (0–1)—39,7373–2
6April 8@ Giants6–12Wright (1–0)Hudson (0–1)—39,0503–3
7April 9@ Giants5–6Worrell (1–0)Reitsma (0–1)—37,3213–4
8April 10Phillies5–3Villarreal (3–0)Franklin (0–1)Reitsma (3)47,3324–4
9April 12Phillies5–7Lidle (1–1)Sosa (0–2)Gordon (1)37,1074–5
10April 13Phillies6–7Floyd (1–1)Davies (0–1)Gordon (2)22,9114–6
11April 14Padres5–4Villarreal (4–0)Linebrink (0–1)Reitsma (4)36,4065–6
12April 15Padres2–0Smoltz (1–1)Peavy (1–2)—40,1516–6
13April 16Padres3–4Linebrink (1–1)Remlinger (1–1)Hoffman (1)24,5896–7
14April 17@ Mets3–4Martinez (3–0)Sosa (0–3)Wagner (4)36,8676–8
15April 18@ Mets7–1Davies (1–1)Zambrano (1–1)—30,3227–8
16April 19@ Mets2–1Hudson (1–1)Glavine (2–1)—40,8618–8
17April 21@ Nationals3–7Stanton (1–2)Cormier (0–1)—24,5978–9
–April 22@ NationalsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 18
18April 23@ Nationals3–1Cormier (1–1)Majewski (1–1)Remlinger (1)21,5699–9
19April 24@ Brewers2–3Capuano (3–2)Davies (1–2)Turnbow (6)11,6609–10
20April 25@ Brewers2–4Ohka (2–1)Hudson (1–2)Turnbow (7)16,2769–11
21April 26@ Brewers4–5Sheets (1–2)Sosa (0–4)Turnbow (8)18,5119–12
22April 28Mets2–5Martinez (5–0)Smoltz (1–2)Wagner (6)45,3899–13
23April 29Mets0–1Glavine (3–2)Thomson (0–1)Wagner (7)46,3879–14
24April 30Mets8–5Davies (2–2)Trachsel (2–2)Reitsma (5)35,24510–14
May: 18–11 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Rockies2–0Hudson (2–2)Jennings (1–2)—19,21211–14
26May 2Rockies5–4Cormier (2–1)King (1–2)Reitsma (6)22,81312–14
27May 3@ Phillies4–5Cormier (2–0)Remlinger (1–2)Gordon (9)26,44312–15
28May 4@ Phillies3–6Lidle (3–3)Thomson (0–2)Rhodes (1)24,84212–16
29May 5@ Mets7–8 (14)Julio (1–1)Sosa (0–5)—47,72012–17
30May 6@ Mets5–6Fortunato (1–0)Hudson (2–3)Julio (1)48,36912–18
31May 7@ Mets13–3Smoltz (2–2)Lima (0–1)—48,10013–18
32May 9@ Marlins10–2Thomson (1–2)Moehler (0–4)—6,07914–18
33May 10@ Marlins3–11Johnson (3–2)Davies (2–3)—6,29914–19
34May 11@ Marlins9–1Hudson (3–3)Willis (1–4)—8,71715–19
35May 12Nationals6–2Smoltz (3–2)Ortiz (0–4)—31,81816–19
36May 13Nationals8–5Reitsma (1–1)Cordero (1–1)—37,04017–19
37May 14Nationals1–8Armas (4–2)Thomson (1–3)—31,06217–20
38May 15Marlins11–8Villarreal (5–0)Messenger (0–2)Reitsma (7)19,25418–20
39May 16Marlins4–3 (11)McBride (1–0)Borowski (0–1)—22,42719–20
40May 17Marlins6–4 (11)Villarreal (6–0)Messenger (0–3)—25,64720–20
41May 18Marlins9–1Sosa (1–5)Olsen (2–3)—29,99621–20
42May 19@ Diamondbacks9–10Valverde (2–1)Reitsma (1–2)—25,05621–21
43May 20@ Diamondbacks0–13Webb (7–0)Smith (0–1)—35,38221–22
44May 21@ Diamondbacks2–1Hudson (4–3)Cruz (1–3)McBride (1)33,10222–22
45May 22@ Padres3–1Smoltz (4–2)Peavy (3–5)Reitsma (8)25,86923–22
46May 23@ Padres1–2Thompson (2–0)Sosa (1–6)Hoffman (8)25,31523–23
47May 24@ Padres10–6Thomson (2–3)Young (3–3)—23,74024–23
48May 26@ Cubs6–5Remlinger (2–2)Dempster (0–3)Ray (1)40,86525–23
49May 27@ Cubs2–1Ramirez (1–0)Marshall (3–3)Remlinger (2)41,52626–23
50May 28@ Cubs13–12 (11)Villarreal (7–0)Eyre (0–1)Ray (2)41,69827–23
51May 29Dodgers5–12Beimel (2–0)Thomson (2–4)—41,82527–24
52May 30Dodgers3–8Baez (3–2)Remlinger (2–3)—29,51727–25
53May 31Dodgers9–3Hudson (5–3)Tomko (5–3)—28,88028–25
June: 6–21 (Home: 2–12; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Diamondbacks1–2Cruz (3–3)Ramirez (1–1)Julio (2)23,37628–26
–June 2DiamondbacksPostponed (rain); rescheduled for June 3
55June 3 (1)Diamondbacks2–4Gonzalez (1–0)Smoltz (4–3)Julio (3)27,12628–27
56June 3 (2)Diamondbacks9–13Vargas (6–2)Thomson (2–5)—40,21228–28
57June 4Diamondbacks3–9Batista (6–2)Sosa (1–7)—29,14128–29
58June 5Nationals4–5Hernandez (5–5)Hudson (5–4)Cordero (10)20,70228–30
59June 6Nationals5–3Ramirez (2–1)Hill (0–1)Ray (3)23,49729–30
60June 7Nationals2–5Ortiz (5–4)Smoltz (4–4)Cordero (11)32,00129–31
61June 8@ Astros4–7Pettitte (5–7)Thomson (2–6)Lidge (16)35,75229–32
62June 9@ Astros2–7Nieve (2–3)Sosa (1–8)—37,09729–33
63June 10@ Astros4–2Hudson (6–4)Buchholz (3–6)Ray (4)41,80830–33
64June 11@ Astros4–14Rodriguez (8–3)Ramirez (2–2)—39,52330–34
65June 13@ Marlins1–4Johnson (5–4)Smoltz (4–5)Borowski (9)6,94030–35
66June 14@ Marlins5–6 (10)Tankersley (1–0)Villarreal (7–1)—8,09730–36
67June 15@ Marlins2–3Nolasco (5–3)Sosa (1–9)Borowski (10)7,16230–37
68June 16Red Sox1–4Lester (1–0)Hudson (6–5)Papelbon (21)51,03830–38
69June 17Red Sox3–5Beckett (8–3)Cormier (2–2)Papelbon (22)49,36430–39
70June 18Red Sox7–10Seanez (2–0)McBride (1–1)Papelbon (23)48,82630–40
71June 20Blue Jays5–6Schoeneweis (2–0)Yates (0–1)Ryan (18)26,91530–41
72June 21Blue Jays3–6Lilly (7–7)Hudson (6–6)Ryan (19)26,23230–42
73June 22Blue Jays2–3Taubenheim (1–4)Remlinger (2–4)Ryan (20)26,82930–43
74June 23@ Devil Rays4–3 (11)Sosa (2–9)Harville (0–1)—21,28031–43
75June 24@ Devil Rays2–3Corcoran (1–0)Cormier (2–3)Harville (1)26,68631–44
76June 25@ Devil Rays4–1James (1–0)Hendrickson (4–8)Sosa (1)20,55632–44
77June 26@ Yankees2–5Johnson (9–6)Hudson (6–7)Rivera (17)54,22632–45
78June 27@ Yankees5–2Ramirez (3–2)Wright (4–5)—53,76333–45
79June 28@ Yankees3–4 (12)Villone (1–1)Sosa (2–10)—54,18633–46
80June 30Orioles5–3James (2–0)Birkins (2–1)Sosa (2)34,58134–46
July: 14–10 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Orioles4–7Birkins (3–1)Hudson (6–8)—38,41434–47
82July 2Orioles10–3Ramirez (4–2)Benson (9–6)—27,69335–47
83July 3Cardinals6–3Smoltz (5–5)Reyes (1–3)Sosa (3)40,01136–47
84July 4Cardinals3–6Carpenter (7–4)Thomson (2–7)Isringhausen (25)47,51436–48
85July 5Cardinals14–4James (3–0)Suppan (6–5)—28,70537–48
86July 6Reds8–7 (10)Ray (1–0)Coffey (3–4)—28,44638–48
87July 7Reds5–10Milton (5–4)Ramirez (4–3)—32,31538–49
88July 8Reds4–1Smoltz (6–5)Harang (9–6)Ray (5)44,71839–49
89July 9Reds8–3Villarreal (8–1)Arroyo (9–6)—31,90840–49
77th All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
90July 14@ Padres15–12 (11)Sosa (3–10)Hensley (5–7)Yates (1)42,86941–49
91July 15@ Padres11–3Smoltz (7–5)Park (6–5)—39,98842–49
92July 16@ Padres10–5James (4–0)Peavy (4–9)—31,65043–49
93July 17@ Cardinals15–3Ramirez (5–3)Weaver (3–11)—44,50744–49
94July 18@ Cardinals14–5Hudson (7–8)Marquis (11–7)—44,71845–49
95July 19@ Cardinals3–8Carpenter (9–4)Shiell (0–1)—43,99145–50
96July 21@ Phillies5–6Lidle (7–7)Ray (1–1)Gordon (23)32,83345–51
–July 22@ PhilliesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 2
97July 23@ Phillies5–1McBride (2–1)Myers (6–4)—31,66446–51
98July 24@ Phillies10–8Hudson (8–8)Hamels (2–5)Wickman (16)28,86447–51
99July 25Marlins1–2Sanchez (4–0)James (4–1)Borowski (21)33,35747–52
100July 26Marlins6–5Smoltz (8–5)Tankersley (1–1)Wickman (17)32,20948–52
101July 27Marlins1–6Olsen (9–4)Shiell (0–2)—34,49848–53
102July 28Mets4–6Martinez (8–4)Ramirez (5–4)Wagner (21)53,94348–54
103July 29Mets3–11Hernandez (7–8)Hudson (8–9)—49,04748–55
104July 30Mets6–10Oliver (4–0)James (4–2)Wagner (22)40,52648–56
August: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1@ Pirates4–2Smoltz (9–5)Snell (9–7)Wickman (18)22,14549–56
106August 2@ Pirates3–2Yates (1–1)Torres (3–5)Wickman (19)21,06450–56
107August 3@ Pirates2–3Chacon (6–3)Hudson (8–10)Gonzalez (19)17,32450–57
108August 4@ Reds4–5Harang (12–7)James (4–3)Guardado (12)33,66150–58
109August 5@ Reds6–8Weathers (4–3)Yates (1–2)Bray (2)33,17050–59
110August 6@ Reds6–4McBride (3–1)Majewski (4–4)Wickman (20)29,66051–59
111August 7Phillies6–9Myers (8–5)Ramirez (5–5)—26,17751–60
112August 8Phillies3–1Hudson (9–10)Hamels (4–6)Wickman (21)30,71452–60
113August 9Phillies3–9White (2–0)Yates (1–3)—27,22252–61
114August 11Brewers2–1Smoltz (10–5)Turnbow (4–8)—31,33653–61
115August 12Brewers5–8Sheets (3–4)Barry (0–1)F. Cordero (12)40,48053–62
116August 13Brewers7–4Paronto (1–0)Wise (5–6)Wickman (22)34,71854–62
117August 14@ Nationals10–4James (5–3)Ortiz (9–10)—21,55055–62
118August 15@ Nationals0–5Astacio (3–2)Cormier (2–4)—24,03655–63
119August 16@ Nationals6–9Traber (3–1)Smoltz (10–6)C. Cordero (22)28,09455–64
120August 17@ Nationals5–0Villarreal (9–1)Bergmann (0–1)—29,00756–64
121August 18@ Marlins6–1Hudson (10–10)Olsen (9–7)—19,16157–64
122August 19@ Marlins5–3James (6–3)Nolasco (11–8)Wickman (23)21,42858–64
123August 20@ Marlins3–4Willis (8–10)Yates (1–4)Borowski (27)16,46158–65
124August 21Pirates3–0Smoltz (11–6)Duke (8–11)Wickman (24)21,89859–65
125August 22Pirates3–5Marte (1–7)Baez (5–6)Gonzalez (22)21,83059–66
126August 23Pirates4–5Capps (4–1)Paronto (1–1)Gonzalez (23)23,08259–67
127August 25Nationals6–7Wagner (1–2)Paronto (1–2)Rivera (1)33,62159–68
128August 26Nationals10–1Smoltz (12–6)Astacio (3–4)—38,61060–68
129August 27Nationals13–6McBride (4–1)Traber (3–3)—30,58761–68
130August 29Giants13–8Hudson (11–10)Schmidt (10–8)—23,75662–68
131August 30Giants5–3James (7–3)Hennessey (5–4)Wickman (25)24,95263–68
132August 31Giants6–8Morris (10–11)Smoltz (12–7)Benitez (17)24,74863–69
September/October: 16–14 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–September 1@ PhilliesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 3
133September 2 (1)@ Phillies4–3Yates (2–4)Rhodes (0–4)Wickman (26)31,71764–69
134September 2 (2)@ Phillies4–16Brito (1–2)Davies (2–4)—28,60064–70
135September 3 (1)@ Phillies7–8Geary (7–0)Wickman (1–5)—N/A64–71
136September 3 (2)@ Phillies3–1 (11)Paronto (2–2)Geary (7–1)Wickman (27)37,04465–71
137September 4@ Mets5–0James (8–3)Trachsel (14–6)—42,42866–71
–September 5@ MetsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 6
138September 6 (1)@ Mets1–4Williams (5–3)Smoltz (12–8)Wagner (35)N/A66–72
139September 6 (2)@ Mets0–8O. Perez (3–11)Davies (2–5)—40,53666–73
140September 8Cubs8–4Hudson (12–10)Guzman (0–5)—30,97767–73
141September 9Cubs7–3James (9–3)Miller (0–1)—40,58468–73
142September 10Cubs2–1Cormier (3–4)Mateo (1–3)Wickman (28)28,21269–73
143September 11Cubs3–8Hill (5–6)Smoltz (12–9)—19,44469–74
–September 12PhilliesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 13
144September 13 (1)Phillies5–6White (4–1)Paronto (2–3)Gordon (29)N/A69–75
145September 13 (2)Phillies2–7Lieber (8–9)Hudson (12–11)—22,23369–76
146September 14Phillies4–1James (10–3)Moyer (8–14)Wickman (29)19,35270–76
147September 15Marlins4–6Willis (11–11)Cormier (3–5)Borowski (34)25,34070–77
148September 16Marlins2–1Smoltz (13–9)Sanchez (8–3)Wickman (30)28,39271–77
149September 17Marlins8–7 (10)Barry (1–1)Borowski (3–3)—27,19272–77
150September 18@ Nationals6–1Davies (3–5)Armas (8–12)—25,21173–77
151September 19@ Nationals2–9B. Perez (1–0)James (10–4)—20,59673–78
152September 20@ Nationals7–3Cormier (4–5)Ortiz (10–15)—19,02774–78
153September 21@ Rockies6–3Smoltz (14–9)Kim (8–12)Wickman (31)18,49975–78
154September 22@ Rockies4–6Fogg (10–9)Hudson (12–12)Fuentes (27)33,26075–79
155September 23@ Rockies9–10Francis (13–11)Davies (3–6)Fuentes (28)24,30075–80
156September 24@ Rockies8–9Affeldt (8–7)Yates (2–5)Fuentes (29)30,21675–81
157September 26Mets12–0Smoltz (15–9)O. Perez (3–13)—22,60776–81
158September 27Mets13–1Hudson (13–12)Martinez (9–8)—23,17777–81
159September 28Mets4–7Hernandez (11–11)Davies (3–7)—22,94477–82
160September 29Astros4–1James (11–4)Clemens (7–6)Wickman (32)31,03478–82
161September 30Astros4–5Miller (2–3)Wickman (1–6)Wheeler (9)40,12378–83
162October 1Astros3–1Smoltz (16–9)Sampson (2–1)Wickman (33)36,03079–83
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Eliminated
Bold = Braves team member
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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

More information Pos, Player ...
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBrian McCann130442147.3332493
1BAdam LaRoche149492140.2853290
2BMarcus Giles141550144.2621160
SSÉdgar Rentería149598175.2931470
3BChipper Jones110411133.3242686
LFRyan Langerhans13131576.241728
CFAndruw Jones156565148.26241129
RFJeff Francoeur162651169.26029103
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Other batters

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Matt Diaz12429797.327732
Wilson Betemit8819956.281929
Pete Orr10215439.25318
Todd Pratt6213528.207419
Scott Thorman5512830.234514
Willy Aybar3611536.31318
Brian Jordan489121.231310
Tony Peña Jr.404410.22713
Martin Prado244211.26219
Brayan Peña234111.26815
Daryle Ward20268.30817
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Smoltz35232.01693.49211
Tim Hudson35218.113124.86141
Chuck James25119.01143.7891
John Thomson1880.1274.8246
Horacio Ramírez1476.1554.4837
Kyle Davies1463.1378.3851
Jason Shiell415.2028.6214
Travis Smith14.1014.151
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Other pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jorge Sosa2687.13105.4658
Lance Cormier2973.2454.8943
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Relief pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Wickman2802181.0425
Macay McBride714113.6546
Ken Ray691154.5250
Chad Paronto652303.1841
Óscar Villarreal589103.6155
Tyler Yates562513.9646
Mike Remlinger362424.0319
Chris Reitsma271288.6813
Kevin Barry191105.6119
Peter Moylan150004.8014
Danys Báez110105.4010
Wayne Franklin110007.043
Joey Devine100009.9510
Phil Stockman40002.254
Blaine Boyer200040.500
Anthony Lerew100022.501
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
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
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