List of Atlanta Braves team records
The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Atlanta. The Braves formed in 1876 as the Boston Red Stockings. After moving to Milwaukee for 12 years, the Braves relocated to Atlanta in 1966. Through 2010, the Braves have played 20,053 games, winning 9,945, losing 9,954, and tying 154, for a winning percentage of approximately .500.[1] This list documents the superlative records and accomplishments of team members during their tenures in MLB.
Hank Aaron holds the most franchise records as of the end of the 2010 season, with ten, including most career hits, doubles, and the best career on-base plus slugging percentage. Aaron also held the career home runs record from April 8, 1974[2] until August 8, 2007.[3] He is followed by Hugh Duffy, who holds eight records, including best single-season batting average and the best single-season slugging percentage record.[4]
Four Braves players currently hold Major League Baseball records. Duffy holds the best single-season batting average record, accumulating an average of .440 in 1894.[5] Bob Horner and Bobby Lowe are tied with 13 others for the most home runs in a game, with four, which they recorded on May 30, 1890, and July 6, 1986, respectively.[6] Red Barrett, a Brave for six years, holds the record for fewest pitches by a single pitcher in a complete game, with 58, which he achieved on August 10, 1944.[7]
Table key
RBI | Run(s) batted in |
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ERA | Earned run average |
OPS | On-base percentage plus slugging percentage |
* | Tie between two or more players/teams |
§ | Major League record |
Individual career records
Career batting records | ||||
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Statistic | Player | Record | Braves career | Ref |
Batting average | Billy Hamilton | .339 | 1896-1901 | [9] |
On-base percentage | Billy Hamilton | .456 | 1896-1901 | [9] |
Slugging percentage | Hank Aaron | .567 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
OPS | Hank Aaron | .944 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
Hits | Hank Aaron | 3,600 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
Total bases | Hank Aaron | 6,591 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
Singles | Hank Aaron | 2,171 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
Doubles | Hank Aaron | 600 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
Triples | Rabbit Maranville | 103 | 1912-1920 1929-1933, 1935 |
[11] |
Home runs | Hank Aaron | 733 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
RBI | Hank Aaron | 2,202 | 1954-1974 | [10] |
Bases on balls | Chipper Jones | 1,512 | 1993-2012 | [12] |
Strikeouts | Dale Murphy | 1,581 | 1976-1990 | [13] |
Stolen bases | Herman Long | 434 | 1890-1902 | [14] |
Career pitching records | ||||
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Statistic | Player | Record | Braves career | Ref |
Wins | Warren Spahn | 356 | 1942, 1946-1964 | [15] |
Losses | Phil Niekro | 230 | 1964-1983, 1987 | [16] |
Win–loss percentage | Russ Ortiz | .692 | 2003-2004 | [17] |
ERA | Tommy Bond | 2.21 | 1887-1881 | [18] |
Saves | Craig Kimbrel | 186 | 2010-2014 | [19] |
Strikeouts | John Smoltz | 3,011 | 1988–1999 2001–2008 |
[20] |
shutouts | Warren Spahn | 63 | 1942, 1946-1964 | [15] |
Games | Phil Niekro | 740 | 1964-1983, 1987 | [16] |
Innings | Warren Spahn | 5,046.0 | 1942, 1946-1964 | [15] |
Games started | Warren Spahn | 635 | 1942, 1946-1964 | [15] |
Complete games | Kid Nichols | 476 | 1890-1901 | [21] |
Walks | Phil Niekro | 1,458 | 1964-1983, 1987 | [16] |
Hits allowed | Warren Spahn | 4,620 | 1942, 1946-1964 | [15] |
Wild pitches | Phil Niekro | 200 | 1964-1983, 1987 | [16] |
Hit batsmen | Vic Willis | 133 | 1898-1905 | [22] |
Individual single-season records
Single-season batting records | ||||
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Statistic | Player | Record | Season | Ref(s) |
Batting average | Hugh Duffy | .440§ | 1894 | [5][23] |
Home runs | Andruw Jones | 51 | 2005 | [24] |
RBI | Hugh Duffy | 145 | 1894 | [23] |
Runs | Hugh Duffy | 160 | 1894 | [23] |
Hits | Hugh Duffy | 237 | 1894 | [23] |
Singles | Ralph Garr | 180 | 1971 | [25] |
Doubles | Hugh Duffy | 51 | 1894 | [23] |
Triples | Dick Johnston | 20* | 1887 | [26] |
Triples | Harry Stovey | 20* | 1891 | [27] |
Stolen bases | King Kelly | 84 | 1887 | [28] |
At bats | Marquis Grissom | 671 | 1996 | [29] |
Slugging percentage | Hugh Duffy | .694 | 1894 | [23] |
Extra-base hits | Hank Aaron | 92 | 1959 | [10] |
Total bases | Hank Aaron | 400 | 1959 | [10] |
On-base percentage | Hugh Duffy | .502 | 1894 | [23] |
OPS | Hugh Duffy | 1.196 | 1894 | [23] |
Walks | Bob Elliott | 131 | 1948 | [30] |
Strikeouts | B.J. Upton | 173 | 2014 | [31] |
Single-season pitching records | ||||
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Statistic | Player | Record | Season | Ref(s) |
Wins | John Clarkson | 49 | 1889 | [32] |
Losses | Jim Whitney | 33 | 1881 | [33] |
Strikeouts | Charlie Buffinton | 417 | 1884 | [34] |
ERA | Greg Maddux | 1.56 | 1994 | [35] |
Earned runs allowed | Charles Radbourn | 215* | 1887 | [36] |
Earned runs allowed | Kid Nichols | 215* | 1894 | [21] |
Hits allowed | John Clarkson | 589 | 1889 | [32] |
shutouts | Tommy Bond | 11 | 1879 | [18] |
Saves | John Smoltz | 55 | 2002 | [20] |
Games | Peter Moylan | 87 | 2009 | [37] |
Starts | John Clarkson | 72 | 1889 | [32] |
Complete games | John Clarkson | 68 | 1889 | [32] |
Innings | John Clarkson | 620.0 | 1889 | [32] |
Individual single-game records
Single-game batting records | |||
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Statistic | Player | Record | Date |
Hits | Félix Millán | 6 | July 6, 1970 |
RBI | Tony Cloninger | 9 | July 3, 1966 |
Walks | Dale Murphy | 5* | April 22, 1983 |
Walks | Dale Murphy | 5* | May 23, 1987 |
Home runs | Bobby Lowe | 4§[b] | May 30, 1894 |
Home runs | Bob Horner | 4§[b] | July 6, 1986 |
Runs | Chipper Jones | 5* | August 30, 1997 |
Runs | Chipper Jones | 5* | July 3, 2001 |
Stolen bases | Otis Nixon | 6 | June 16, 1992 |
Single-game pitching records | |||
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Statistic | Player | Record | Date |
Fewest pitches by a single pitcher in a complete game | Red Barrett | 58§ | August 10, 1944 |
Wild pitches | Phil Niekro | 6 | August 4, 1979 |
Strikeouts | John Smoltz | 15* | May 24, 1992 |
Strikeouts | John Smoltz | 15* | April 10, 2005 |
Team season records
- Source:[39]
Team season batting records | ||
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Statistic | Record | Season |
Home runs | 235 | 2003 |
Runs | 907 | 2003 |
Hits | 1,608 | 2003 |
Batting average | .284 | 2003 |
Walks | 641 | 1987 |
Extra base hits | 587 | 2003 |
Most runners left on base | 1,230 | 2004 |
Strikeouts | 1,169 | 2006 |
Stolen bases | 165 | 1991 |
Team season pitching records | ||
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Statistic | Record | Season |
Lowest ERA | 2.92 | 1968 |
Highest ERA | 4.85 | 1977 |
Strikeouts | 1,332 | 2011 |
shutouts | 24 | 1992 |
Wild pitches | 83 | 1966 |
Team all-time records
- Source:[1]
Team all-time records | |
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Statistic | Record |
Home runs | 12,523 |
Runs | 89,806 |
Hits | 179,516 |
Batting average | .260 |
ERA | 3.65 |
Runs allowed | 89,012 |
Notes
- b Lowe and Horner are two of 15 players in MLB history to hit four home runs in one game.[6]
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