1997 Atlanta Braves
101 - 61
1996 / 1998 (Organization)
1st place in the NL East
Home Record:
Away Record: 		50 - 31 (.617)
51 - 30 (.630)		 +6.6 wins
+13.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 791 / 731 ( +60 )
Allowed/Expected: 581 / 741 ( +160 )
Pyth Record: 103 - 59 (-2)
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Turner Field
Attendance: 3,464,488 Avg Att: 42,771 (1.52)
Att Rank: 2 / 14 Lg Avg: 28,118
       
Park Factor: 0.98    
HR Factor: 0.95 R/L HR: 0.96 / 0.93
Notes:
- East Division Champions
- Defeated Houston Astros in the NLDS
- Lost to Florida Marlins in the NLCS

Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Chipper Jones
3B
152
1,300.7
 
-16.8
-12.9
-16.8
 
-13.2
-13.2
2 Fred McGriff
1B
149
1,263.7
 
-8.7
-6.9
-8.7
 
-2.7
-2.7
3 Jeff Blauser
SS
149
1,235.0
 
-17.0
-13.7
-17.0
 
-12.2
-12.2
4 Kenny Lofton
CF
122
1,047.3
 
2.1
2.0
-0.1
2.2
 
8.9
9.3
-0.4
5 Ryan Klesko
LF
130
991.3
 
-11.7
-11.8
-10.9
-0.8
 
-11.4
-8.8
-2.7
6 Javy Lopez
C
117
951.0
 
3.2
3.4
6.1
-2.9
 
-3.3
0.1
-0.3
-0.1
-3.1
7 Mark Lemke
2B
104
849.7
 
15.2
17.9
15.2
 
23.3
23.3
8 Michael Tucker
RF
102
827.0
 
-2.1
-2.5
-0.6
-1.5
 
-1.1
0.8
-1.9
9 Andruw Jones
RF
95
554.7
 
13.0
23.5
11.7
1.3
 
15.1
13.7
1.4
10 Tony Graffanino
2B
75
475.7
 
14.0
29.5
14.0
 
15.7
15.7
11 Eddie Perez
C
64
469.7
 
4.0
8.6
1.0
3.1
 
-2.4
-2.5
-2.5
-5.0
2.6
12 Andruw Jones
CF
57
415.3
 
11.9
28.8
10.0
1.9
 
17.6
14.7
2.9
13 Michael Tucker
LF
53
243.3
 
1.1
4.4
1.0
0.0
 
3.9
3.8
0.1
14 Rafael Belliard
SS
53
219.7
 
-2.2
-10.1
-2.2
 
-3.1
-3.1
15 Danny Bautista
LF
48
189.0
 
1.7
9.1
2.2
-0.5
 
4.0
4.3
-0.2
16 Keith Lockhart
2B
20
116.3
 
1.0
8.8
1.0
 
0.4
0.4
17 Mike Mordecai
3B
19
89.7
 
-0.7
-8.1
-0.7
 
-3.4
-3.4
18 Ryan Klesko
1B
22
78.0
 
-0.8
-10.2
-0.8
 
-3.6
-3.6
19 Greg Colbrunn
1B
14
63.3
 
0.8
12.1
0.8
 
-0.5
-0.5
20 Danny Bautista
RF
10
63.0
 
-0.0
-0.7
0.1
-0.1
 
-0.7
-0.3
-0.3
21 Keith Lockhart
3B
11
57.7
 
-0.2
-3.7
-0.2
 
-0.4
-0.4
22 Tim Spehr
C
7
36.0
 
0.0
0.2
-0.2
0.2
 
1.2
-0.5
1.3
0.7
0.5
23 Tommy Gregg
LF
5
24.3
 
-0.3
-11.3
-0.3
-0.0
 
-1.7
-1.5
-0.1
24 Randall Simon
1B
6
23.0
 
-0.1
-2.9
-0.1
 
-0.9
-0.9
25 Eddie Perez
1B
6
22.3
 
-0.1
-4.0
-0.1
 
0.3
0.3
26 Chipper Jones
RF
3
18.0
 
-0.1
-6.5
-0.1
0.0
 
-0.5
-0.4
-0.1
27 Chipper Jones
LF
3
14.7
 
-0.0
-2.3
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
28 Ed Giovanola
3B
8
14.3
 
0.1
8.0
0.1
 
0.0
0.0
29 Mike Mordecai
1B
3
11.3
 
0.0
2.3
0.0
 
0.7
0.7
30 Rafael Belliard
2B
7
10.7
 
0.2
17.7
0.2
 
0.9
0.9
31 Mike Mordecai
2B
4
9.3
 
-0.1
-6.8
-0.1
 
-0.5
-0.5
32 Greg Myers
C
2
9.0
 
0.0
2.4
-0.0
0.0
 
0.6
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.1
33 Mike Mordecai
SS
4
7.0
 
-0.0
-0.7
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
34 Ed Giovanola
2B
1
4.0
 
0.0
10.6
0.0
 
0.4
0.4
35 Tony Graffanino
3B
2
3.3
 
-0.0
-5.0
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
36 Tommy Gregg
1B
1
3.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
37 Andruw Jones
LF
2
3.0
 
0.0
2.2
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
-0.0
38 Danny Bautista
CF
1
3.0
 
0.0
7.0
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.4
-0.0
39 Ed Giovanola
SS
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-0.6
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
40 Tommy Gregg
RF
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-3.7
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
41 Tony Graffanino
SS
2
2.0
 
0.0
3.0
0.0
 
0.6
0.6
42 Tony Graffanino
1B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-0.6
-0.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
43 Mike Mordecai
RF
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-2.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
  21        
7.7
0.7
-2.1
2.5
6.9
0.4
  
31.0
36.3
-1.5
-2.4
-1.5
-3.9
-0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James