# 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.

## 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. 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. 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.
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. Saltalamacchia, Andrus, and Harrison were rated as the top three prospects in the organization at the start of the season by Baseball America. Later in the day, they acquired RHP Octavio Dotel from the Kansas City Royals for RHP Kyle Davies. In the final deal before the deadline, Atlanta traded LHPs Wilfredo Ledezma and Will Startup to the San Diego Padres for LHP Royce Ring.

#### 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. 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.

## Season standings
### National League East

vteNL 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 recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | 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 |

## Game log

2007 Regular Season Game Log :
April (16–9)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
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1April 2@ Phillies5–3 (10)Wickman (1–0)Madson (0–1)Paronto (1)44,7422:571–0TBSWGST/WUBL
2April 4@ Phillies3–2 (11)McBride (1–0)Madson (0–2)Wickman (1)41,5163:162–0FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
3April 5@ Phillies8–4James (1–0)Eaton (0–1)Soriano (1)30,0623:103–0TBSWGST/WUBL
4April 6Mets1–11Pérez (1–0)Redman (0–1)51,0142:593–1TBSWGST/WUBL
5April 7Mets5–3Smoltz (1–0)Glavine (1–1)Wickman (2)43,1563:134–1FOXWGST/WUBL
6April 8Mets3–2Soriano (1–0)Heilman (0–1)Wickman (3)24,8322:595–1TBSWGST/WUBL
7April 10Nationals8–0Hudson (1–0)Chico (0–1)18,3962:526–1TBSWGST/WUBL
8April 11Nationals8–3James (2–0)Williams (0–2)15,6312:477–1FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
9April 12Nationals0–2Colomé (1–0)Smoltz (1–1)Cordero (1)23,8972:427–2TBSWGST/WUBL
10April 13Marlins4–11Willis (3–0)Redman (0–2)33,2122:527–3TBSWGST/WUBL
–April 14MarlinsRescheduled for June 57–3
12April 15Marlins8–4Hudson (2–0)Olsen (2–1)25,1892:578–3TBSWGST/WUBL
13April 16@ Nationals1–5Chico (1–1)James (2–1)16,3162:358–4SportSouthWGST/WUBL
14April 17@ Nationals6–4Smoltz (2–1)Williams (0–3)Wickman (4)17,7913:109–4SportSouthWGST/WUBL
15April 18Cubs8–6Villarreal (1–0)Eyre (0–1)Wickman (5)26,8373:0910–4FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
16April 19Cubs0–3Hill (3–0)Redman (0–3)Dempster (3)31,6032:2710–5TBSWGST/WUBL
17April 20@ Mets7–3Hudson (3–0)Pelfrey (0–1)47,5472:5511–5TBSWGST/WUBL
18April 21@ Mets2–7Pérez (2–1)James (2–2)55,1432:4811–6SportSouthWGST/WUBL
19April 22@ Mets9–6Yates (1–0)Heilman (1–2)Wickman (6)55,6713:2112–6TBSWGST/WUBL
20April 23@ Marlins7–8Willis (4–1)Davies (0–1)Pinto (1)13,2272:4812–7SportSouthWGST/WUBL
21April 24@ Marlins11–6Moylan (1–0)Lindstrom (0–1)11,5073:0913–7TBSWGST/WUBL
22April 25@ Marlins3–4Owens (1–0)Wickman (1–1)13,3102:2313–8FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
23April 27@ Rockies9–7James (3–2)Francis (1–3)Moylan (1)25,0793:0914–8TBSWGST/WUBL
24April 28@ Rockies6–2Smoltz (3–1)Hirsh (2–2)28,1782:2915–8TBSWGST/WUBL
25April 29@ Rockies7–9 (11)Bautista (1–0)Colyer (0–1)31,4453:4015–9TBSWGST/WUBL
26April 30Phillies5–2González (1–0)Alfonseca (1–1)20,3542:2416–9SportSouthWGST/WUBL :
May (14–14)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
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27May 1Phillies4–6Hamels (3–1)Redman (0–4)Gordon (5)19,6703:1816–10FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
28May 2Phillies4–3Paronto (1–0)García (1–2)Soriano (2)23,6472:4917–10FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
29May 4Dodgers4–0Smoltz (4–1)Tomko (0–3)38,2632:3918–10TBSWGST/WUBL
30May 5Dodgers3–6Lowe (3–3)Hudson (3–1)Saito (9)42,7862:5118–11TBSWGST/WUBL
31May 6Dodgers6–4Paronto (2–0)Tsao (0–1)González (1)33,3502:5718–12TBSWGST/WUBL
32May 7Padres2–4Young (4–2)James (3–3)Hoffman (9)19,1893:0019–12SportSouthWGST/WUBL
33May 8Padres3–2González (2–0)Bell (0–1)Soriano (3)21,7482:1320–12SportSouthWGST/WUBL
34May 9Padres3–2Smoltz (5–1)Meredith (1–1)Soriano (4)36,5232:1321–12FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
35May 10Padres5–3Hudson (4–1)Wells (1–2)Soriano (5)28,7992:3922–12TBSWGST/WUBL
36May 11@ Pirates4–1Davies (1–1)Duke (1–4)González (2)23,3762:3523–12TBSWGST/WUBL
37May 12@ Pirates9–2James (4–3)Armas (0–3)34,7752:1924–12SportSouthWGST/WUBL
38May 13@ Pirates2–13Snell (3–2)Lerew (0–1)19,4842:4524–13TBSWGST/WUBL
39May 14@ Nationals1–2Bergmann (1–3)Smoltz (5–2)Colomé (1)18,8292:0824–14SportSouthWGST/WUBL
40May 15@ Nationals6–2Hudson (5–1)Williams (0–5)21,2582:4025–14SportSouthWGST/WUBL
41May 16@ Nationals4–6Traber (1–0)Davies (1–2)Rauch (2)20,3292:2925–15FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
42May 17@ Nationals3–4Chico (3–4)Paronto (2–1)Rauch (3)24,6312:3625–16TBSWGST/WUBL
–May 18@ Red SoxRescheduled for May 1925–16
43May 19@ Red Sox3–13Matsuzaka (6–2)Lerew (0–2)36,3583:0225–17SportSouthWGST/WUBL
44May 19@ Red Sox14–0Smoltz (6–2)Hansack (0–1)36,7923:0126–17SportSouthWGST/WUBL
45May 20@ Red Sox3–6Gabbard (1–0)Hudson (5–2)36,1403:0526–18TBSWGST/WUBL
46May 22Mets8–1Davies (2–2)Sosa (3–1)32,5872:2927–18TBSWGST/WUBL
47May 23Mets0–3Pérez (6–3)James (4–4)Wagner (11)30,4892:4927–19TBSWGST/WUBL
48May 24Mets2–1Smoltz (7–2)Glavine (5–2)Wickman (7)36,6602:3328–19TBSWGST/WUBL
49May 25Phillies3–8Moyer (5–3)Hudson (5–3)35,4022:5828–19SportSouthWGST/WUBL
50May 26Phillies4–6Eaton (5–3)Carlyle (0–1)Alfonseca (1)40,1222:5128–20FOXWGST/WUBL
51May 27Phillies6–13Hamels (7–2)Davies (2–3)38,0583:0528–21TBSWGST/WUBL
52May 28@ Brewers2–1James (5–4)Capuano (5–4)Wickman (8)41,1392:3729–21TBSWGST/WUBL
53May 29@ Brewers4–5Sheets (5–3)Moylan (1–1)Cordero (18)27,5593:0129–22FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
54May 30@ Brewers9–3Hudson (6–3)Turnbow (1–3)32,7582:4430–22TBSWGST/WUBL :
June (13–15)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
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55June 1@ Cubs8–5Davies (3–3)Zambrano (5–5)39,5232:5831–22TBSWGST/WUBL
56June 2@ Cubs5–3Yates (2–0)Ohman (0–3)Wickman (9)40,2902:4032–22SportSouthWGST/WUBL
57June 3@ Cubs1–10Marshall (1–2)Cormier (0–1)40,1552:3632–23TBSWGST/WUBL
58June 4Marlins4–6Obermueller (2–3)Hudson (6–4)Gregg (8)22,1752:4432–24SportSouthWGST/WUBL
11June 5Marlins3–1Carlyle (1–1)Pinto (0–3)Wickman (10)20,8632:2033–24SportSouthWGST/WUBL
59June 5Marlins1–5VandenHurk (1–1)Smoltz (7–3)27,0722:2733–25SportSouthWGST/WUBL
60June 6Marlins4–7Miller (1–0)Davies (3–4)Gregg (9)28,0263:1033–26FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
61June 7Cubs1–2Hill (5–4)James (5–5)Dempster (12)32,9022:1433–27SportSouthWGST/WUBL
62June 8Cubs1–9Marshall (2–2)Cormier (0–2)37,1232:5833–28TBSWGST/WUBL
63June 9Cubs9–5Moylan (2–1)Marquis (5–3)51,8163:0934–28SportSouthWGST/WUBL
64June 10Cubs5–4Paronto (3–1)Dempster (1–3)Wickman (11)32,7523:0535–28ESPNWGST/WUBL
65June 12@ Twins3–7Slowey (2–0)Davies (3–5)25,8682:3935–29SportSouthWGST/WUBL
66June 13@ Twins0–6Silva (4–7)James (5–6)27,9032:1035–30FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
67June 14@ Twins2–3Reyes (1–1)Wickman (1–2)26,7142:3535–31TBSWGST/WUBL
68June 15@ Indians5–4Soriano (2–0)Sabathia (9–2)Wickman (12)34,8482:5836–31SportSouthWGST/WUBL
69June 16@ Indians6–2Smoltz (8–3)Byrd (6–3)35,1532:4837–31FOXWGST/WBL
70June 17@ Indians2–5Carmona (8–2)Davies (3–6)Borowski (20)33,4292:5137–32TBSWGST/WUBL
71June 18Red Sox9–4James (6–6)Schilling (6–4)47,5623:1138–32ESPNWGST/WUBL
72June 19Red Sox0–4Beckett (10–1)Hudson (6–5)47,9102:5738–33SportSouthWGST/WUBL
73June 20Red Sox0–11Tavárez (5–4)Carlyle (1–2)49,5852:4638–34FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
74June 22Tigers0–5Rogers (1–0)Smoltz (8–4)44,0342:3738–35SportSouthWGST/WUBL
75June 23Tigers1–2Verlander (8–2)Davies (3–7)Jones (18)49,0742:5138–36FOXWGST/WUBL
76June 24Tigers0–5Miller (3–1)James (6–7)Durbin (1)34,1812:5238–37ESPNWGST/WUBL
77June 25Nationals4–1Hudson (7–5)Bergmann (1–4)Wickman (13)25,3752:2939–38SportSouthWGST/WUBL
78June 26Nationals6–2Carlyle (2–2)Bacsik (1–5)Wickman (14)22,5082:3940–38SportSouthWGST/WUBL
79June 27Nationals13–0Smoltz (9–4)Bowie (4–3)29,1443:0841–38FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
80June 29@ Marlins12–3James (7–7)Johnson (0–3)17,1813:1642–38SportSouthWGST/WUBL
81June 30@ Marlins6–5Hudson (8–5)Benítez (2–4)Yates (1)24,2293:2543–38TBSWGST/WUBL :
July (13–13)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
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82July 1@ Marlins5–6 (10)Gardner (2–2)Soriano (2–1)14,3113:1743–39TBSWGST/WUBL
83July 2@ Dodgers2–8Beimel (2–1)Smoltz (9–5)40,5713:0343–40SportSouthWGST/WUBL
84July 3@ Dodgers6–7Seánez (5–1)Ledezma (0–1)Saito (23)43,0522:5043–41TBSWGST/WUBL
85July 4@ Dodgers5–2James (8–7)Hendrickson (2–4)Wickman (15)56,0003:0844–41FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
86July 5@ Dodgers8–6Moylan (3–1)Stults (0–1)Wickman (16)41,0523:2845–41TBSWGST/WUBL
87July 6@ Padres7–4Carlyle (3–2)Germano (5–3)37,5262:3646–41TBSWGST/WUBL
88July 7@ Padres5–8Bell (3–2)Yates (2–1)Hoffman (25)41,4192:5246–42FOXWGST/WUBL
89July 8@ Padres5–4Davies (4–7)Maddux (7–6)41,0262:3447–42ESPNWGST/WUBL
–July 102007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco, California
90July 13Pirates9–1Hudson (9–5)Snell (7–6)38,9222:2848–42TBSWGST/WUBL
91July 14Pirates5–4Wickman (2–2)Chacón (4–2)44,0412:5449–42SportSouthWGST/WUBL
92July 15Pirates5–1Carlyle (4–2)Maholm (5–12)30,7562:1750–42TBSWGST/WUBL
93July 16Reds3–10Livingston (2–0)Davies (4–8)24,4423:1650–43SportSouthWGST/WUBL
94July 17Reds5–6Arroyo (4–10)Reyes (0–1)Weathers (18)30,0722:3950–44SportSouthWGST/WUBL
95July 18Reds4–5 (15)Gosling (1–0)Ascanio (0–1)33,7894:3150–45TBSWGST/WUBL
96July 19Cardinals10–1Hudson (10–5)Maroth (5–5)41,1712:3251–45FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
97July 20Cardinals2–4Wainwright (9–7)Soriano (2–2)Isringhausen (19)42,7122:3951–46FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
98July 21Cardinals14–6Carlyle (5–2)Looper (7–8)53,9533:2252–46SportSouthWGST/WUBL
99July 22Cardinals2–7 (10)Isringhausen (4–0)Yates (2–2)39,1813:2552–47ESPNWGST/WUBL
100July 23@ Giants4–2Smoltz (10–5)Cain (3–12)Wickman (17)42,6792:4053–47SportSouthWGST/WUBL
101July 24@ Giants7–5 (13)Moylan (4–1)Sánchez (1–2)Yates (2)43,0724:0854–47TBSWGST/WUBL
102July 25@ Giants1–2Lowry (11–7)James (8–8)Hennessey (7)42,8342:2754–48TBSWGST/WUBL
103July 26@ Giants2–4Lincecum (6–2)Carlyle (5–3)Hennessey (8)42,3662:3354–49TBSWGST/WUBL
104July 27@ D-backs7–8 (11)González (4–2)Ledezma (0–2)27,1513:4054–50TBSWGST/WUBL
105July 28@ D-backs3–4 (10)Cruz (5–1)Yates (2–3)33,6643:0854–51FOXWGST/WUBL
106July 29@ D-backs14–0Hudson (11–5)Hernández (6–7)30,5352:3455–51TBSWGST/WUBL
107July 31Astros12–4James (9–8)Sampson (7–8)32,3152:4156–51SportSouthWGST/WUBL :
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108August 1Astros12–3Carlyle (6–3)Rodríguez (7–10)30,7852:5257–51FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
109August 2Astros11–12 (14)McLemore (1–0)Villarreal (1–1)Moehler (1)35,6594:5957–52TBSWGST/WUBL
110August 3Rockies2–9Francis (12–5)Smoltz (10–6)37,4812:5957–53TBSWGST/WUBL
111August 4Rockies6–4Hudson (12–5)Jiménez (1–1)Wickman (18)50,6473:0258–53SportSouthWGST/WUBL
112August 5Rockies6–5 (10)Villarreal (2–1)Buchholz (5–4)37,0893:2859–53TBSWGST/WUBL
113August 7@ Mets7–3Carlyle (7–3)Pérez (10–8)52,1772:4560–53SportSouthWGST/WUBL
114August 8@ Mets3–4Heilman (7–3)Soriano (2–3)Wagner (26)51,7492:4860–54FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
115August 9@ Mets7–6Hudson (13–5)Maine (12–7)Villarreal (1)52,4253:1261–54TBSWGST/WUBL
116August 10@ Phillies4–5Hamels (13–5)Moylan (4–2)Gordon (6)40,8442:2461–55TBSWGST/WUBL
117August 11@ Phillies7–5Mahay (1–0)Eaton (9–8)Wickman (19)44,9482:5662–55SportSouthWGST/WUBL
118August 12@ Phillies3–5Moyer (11–8)Carlyle (7–4)Myers (9)45,0532:3862–56ESPNWGST/WUBL
119August 14Giants5–4Wickman (3–2)Kline (0–2)36,1863:0063–56SportSouthWGST/WUBL
120August 15Giants6–3Hudson (14–5)Ortiz (2–3)Wickman (20)33,8412:4564–56FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
121August 16Giants3–9Lincecum (7–3)James (9–9)36,4192:3164–57TBSWGST/WUBL
122August 17D-backs0–4Webb (13–8)Cormier (0–3)33,2482:1764–58SportSouthWGST/WUBL
123August 18D-backs6–12Owings (6–6)Carlyle (7–5)48,6432:4164–59SportSouthWGST/WUBL
124August 19D-backs6–2Smoltz (11–6)Petit (2–4)30,8182:5365–59TBSWGST/WUBL
125August 20@ Reds14–4Hudson (15–5)Dumatrait (0–2)24,4772:5066–59SportSouthWGST/WUBL
126August 21@ Reds7–8Bray (3–0)Moylan (4–3)Weathers (26)21,0392:4066–60SportSouthWGST/WUBL
127August 22@ Reds2–4Arroyo (7–13)Cormier (0–4)Weathers (27)22,9242:3666–61FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
128August 23@ Reds7–9 (12)Gosling (2–0)Wickman (3–3)22,0523:4666–62SportSouthWGST/WUBL
129August 24@ Cardinals7–2Smoltz (12–6)Wells (6–14)44,0322:5367–62SportSouthWGST/WUBL
130August 25@ Cardinals4–5Springer (7–1)Hudson (15–6)Isringhausen (26)45,4412:5767–63SportSouthWGST/WUBL
131August 26@ Cardinals1–4Wainwright (12–9)Reyes (0–2)Isringhausen (27)43,9342:2767–64TBSWGST/WUBL
132August 27@ Marlins13–2Cormier (1–4)Olsen (9–12)11,7162:3968–64SportSouthWGST/WUBL
133August 28@ Marlins3–4 (11)Kim (7–6)Villarreal (2–2)11,5393:1268–65SportSouthWGST/WUBL
134August 29@ Marlins7–4Carlyle (8–5)Willis (8–14)Soriano (6)12,6332:5269–65FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
135August 31Mets1–7Maine (14–8)Hudson (15–7)45,2452:3269–66SportSouthWGST/WUBL :
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136September 1Mets1–5Pelfrey (1–7)James (9–10)Feliciano (2)45,6112:2969–67FOXWGST/WUBL
137September 2Mets2–3Glavine (12–6)Smoltz (12–7)Wagner (30)46,2422:4769–68TBSWGST/WUBL
138September 3Phillies5–1Cormier (2–4)Moyer (12–11)31,5922:5170–68TBSWGST/WUBL
139September 4Phillies2–5Lohse (8–12)Carlyle (8–6)Myers (14)22,1302:5770–69SportSouthWGST/WUBL
140September 5Phillies9–8Soriano (3–3)Myers (3–6)22,1153:4671–69TBSWGST/WUBL
141September 7Nationals7–1Smoltz (13–7)Hanrahan (4–2)31,1162:4972–69FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
142September 8Nationals9–2James (10–10)Chico (5–8)36,9402:4573–69TBSWGST/WUBL
143September 9Nationals4–7Bergmann (4–5)Cormier (2–5)Cordero (32)31,5822:5973–70TBSWGST/WUBL
144September 10@ Mets2–3Pérez (14–9)Hudson (15–8)Wagner (33)48,5572:3673–71SportSouthWGST/WUBL
145September 11@ Mets13–5Moylan (5–3)Hernández (9–5)48,7323:0374–71SportSouthWGST/WUBL
146September 12@ Mets3–4Mota (2–1)Acosta (0–1)Wagner (34)51,6482:5474–72FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
147September 14@ Nationals8–5 (13)Ascanio (1–1)Colomé (4–1)18,5685:1375–72SportSouthWGST/WUBL
148September 15@ Nationals4–7Bergmann (5–5)Cormier (2–6)Cordero (34)26,8662:5175–73TBSWGST/WUBL
149September 16@ Nationals3–0Hudson (16–8)Hill (4–4)23,9352:2476–73TBSWGST/WUBL
150September 17Marlins11–6Smoltz (14–7)Kim (9–7)20,9572:5177–73SportSouthWGST/WUBL
151September 18Marlins4–3Reyes (1–2)Seddon (0–1)Soriano (7)22,0763:1078–73SportSouthWGST/WUBL
152September 19Marlins5–1James (11–10)Barone (1–3)24,4492:2379–73FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
153September 20Brewers3–1Bennett (1–0)Suppan (10–12)Soriano (8)26,5952:3880–73SportSouthWGST/WUBL
154September 21Brewers1–4Linebrink (5–6)T. Hudson (16–9)F. Cordero (44)34,4013:0280–74SportSouthWGST/WUBL
155September 22Brewers4–3 (11)Devine (1–0)McClung (0–1)42,3783:2881–74FOXWGST/WUBL
156September 23Brewers7–4Acosta (1–1)Vargas (11–5)Soriano (9)44,0883:3482–74TBSWGST/WUBL
157September 25@ Phillies10–6Bennett (2–0)Moyer (13–12)39,1293:0983–74SportSouthWGST/WUBL
158September 26@ Phillies2–5Lohse (9–12)Hudson (16–10)Myers (20)36,5882:3283–75SportSouthWGST/WUBL
159September 27@ Phillies4–6Kendrick (10–4)Smoltz (14–8)Myers (21)40,5892:3483–76SportSouthWGST/WUBL
160September 28@ Astros7–2Reyes (2–2)Albers (4–11)43,0113:0084–76SportSouthWGST/WUBL
161September 29@ Astros2–3Backe (3–1)Bennett (2–1)Lidge (19)43,6242:3584–77SportSouthWGST/WUBL
162September 30@ Astros0–3Paulino (2–1)Carlyle (8–7)Borkowski (1)43,8232:2584–78TBSWGST/WUBL :
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## 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

| 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