2019 Atlanta Braves season

The 2019 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 54th season in Atlanta, 149th overall, and third season at SunTrust Park. The Braves clinched a playoff spot for the second consecutive year on September 14.^[1] They clinched their second consecutive National League East championship on September 20 but lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. On October 9, they became the first team to allow 10 runs in the first inning of an MLB playoff game, essentially clinching their tenth straight postseason series loss.

2019 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	SunTrust Park
City	Atlanta
Record	97–65 (.599)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Liberty Media/John Malone
General managers	Alex Anthopoulos
Managers	Brian Snitker
Television	Fox Sports Southeast Fox Sports South (Chip Caray, Jeff Francoeur, Tom Glavine, Paul Byrd, Joe Simpson)
Radio	680 The Fan Rock 100.5 Atlanta Braves Radio Network (Jim Powell, Joe Simpson)
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Offseason

October 2018

• On October 29, Ryan Flaherty, Brad Brach, Rene Rivera, Kurt Suzuki, Brandon McCarthy, Aníbal Sánchez, Peter Moylan, Nick Markakis, and Lucas Duda elected free agency.

November 2018

• On November 1, the Braves acquired Raffy Lopez for cash considerations.^[2]
• On November 20, the Braves selected the contracts of Alex Jackson, Jacob Webb, Patrick Weigel, and Huascar Ynoa.^[3]
• On November 26, the Braves signed Brian McCann to a 1-year, $2 million contract.^[4]
• On November 26, the Braves signed Josh Donaldson to a 1-year, $23 million contract.^[5]

January 2019

• On January 22, the Braves re-signed Nick Markakis to a 1-year $6 million contract.^[6]

March 2019

• On March 23, the Braves acquired Matt Joyce from the San Francisco Giants for cash considerations.^[7]

Regular season

April 2019

• On April 2, 2019, Ronald Acuña Jr and the Braves agreed to an eight-year contract worth $100 million. The extension included team options for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.^[8] Aged 21, Acuña became the youngest player in baseball history to sign a contract worth at least $100 million.^[9] Acuña's deal was the largest for any player with less than one year of major league service.^[10][11][12] By June 2019, Acuña had drawn attention for his power production.^[13]
• On April 11, 2019, Ozzie Albies signed a seven-year, $35 million extension to remain with the Braves. The deal includes options for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Both years are worth $7 million with a $4 million buyout.^[14]
• On April 28, the Braves acquired Jerry Blevins from the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations.^[15]

May 2019

• On May 20, the Braves acquired Anthony Swarzak and cash considerations from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Arodys Vizcaíno and Jesse Biddle.^[16][17]

June 2019

• On June 7, the Braves signed free agent Dallas Keuchel to a one-year deal worth $13 million.^[18][19]

July 2019

• On July 24, Shane Carle was designated for assignment and in a subsequent move the Braves added Jeremy Walker to the roster. The next day Carle was traded to the Texas Rangers for cash consideration.
• On July 30, the Braves traded minor league pitcher Kolby Allard to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Chris Martin.^[20]
• On July 31, the Braves traded Dan Winkler and Tristan Beck to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Mark Melancon.^[21]
• On July 31, the Braves traded Joey Wentz and Travis Demeritte to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Shane Greene.^[21]

August 2019

• On August 5, the Cincinnati Reds claimed pitcher Kevin Gausman off waivers.^[22]
• On August 15, the Braves added Adeiny Hechavarria due to an injury to starting shortstop Dansby Swanson and ineffectiveness from his replacements.^[23]
• On August 19, the Braves claimed outfielder Billy Hamilton off of waivers from the Kansas City Royals.^[24]
• On August 24, the Braves signed catcher Francisco Cervelli to add catching depth while Brian McCann is injured.^[25]
• On August 24, Ronald Acuna Jr. joined the 30/30 club (36 home runs and 30 stolen bases). Acuna was the first Brave to accomplish this feat since 1991. Acuna joins Hank Aaron (1963), Dale Murphy (1983) and Ron Gant (1990 and ’91) as the only Braves players to produce a 30-30 season. Acuna accomplished this feat through 130 team games, making him the fastest in franchise history to do so.^[26]

September 2019

• On September 5, the Braves activated relief pitcher Darren O'Day from the 60-day injured list and added him to the active roster along with Adam Duvall. O'Day was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles at the 2018 trade deadline^[27] but did not pitch for the Braves during the 2018 season due to a hamstring injury. O'Day had been sidelined for most of the 2019 season after experiencing right forearm discomfort during a spring training outing.^[28][29] To make room on the roster Alex Jackson was recalled from Gwinnett and placed on the 60-day injured list.^[30]
• On September 14, the Braves beat the Washington Nationals 10-1 clinching a playoff berth and decreasing their magic number to four. In a scary moment during the game Charlie Culberson had squared around to bunt when a pitch from Fernando Rodney struck him in the face. Culberson was unable to continue in the game and had to be taken to the hospital. He would not return for the remainder of the season.^[31]
• On September 19, Ronald Acuna hit his 40th home run against Aaron Nola and the Philadelphia Phillies. At 21 years-old Acuna is the youngest person ever to hit 40 home runs and steal 30 bases. Acuna has 37 stolen bases on the year needing only three more to reach the 40/40 club.^[32] The Braves went on to win the game and decrease their magic number to win the National League East to one game.
• On September 20, the Atlanta Braves clinched their 20th divisional title, capturing the NL East, and tying the MLB record for most divisional titles in the league, tied with the Yankees. The Yankees clinched their 20th divisional title on September 19, 2019. In capturing the division, Mike Foltynewicz pitched eight shutout innings in a 6-0 triumph over the San Francisco Giants, which eliminated them from the postseason.

Regular season

Game log

Source:^[33]

2019 Game Log: 97–65 (Home: 50–31; Away: 47–34)
March/April: 14–15 (Home: 9–9; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 March 28 @ Phillies 4–10 Nola (1–0) Teherán (0–1) — Citizens Bank Park 44,469 0–1 L1 2 March 30 @ Phillies 6–8 Morgan (1–0) Parsons (0–1) — Citizens Bank Park 44,597 0–2 L2 3 March 31 @ Phillies 1–5 Arrieta (1–0) Wright (0–1) — Citizens Bank Park 41,410 0–3 L3 4 April 1 Cubs 8–0 Parsons (1–1) Hendricks (0–1) — SunTrust Park 41,912 1–3 W1 5 April 3 Cubs 6–4 Jackson (1–0) Cishek (0–1) Vizcaíno (1) SunTrust Park 37,398 2–3 W2 6 April 4 Cubs 9–4 Fried (1–0) Darvish (0–1) — SunTrust Park 33,815 3–3 W3 7 April 5 Marlins 4–0 Gausman (1–0) López (0–1) — SunTrust Park 29,218 4–3 W4 8 April 6 Marlins 4–2 Romo (1–0) Minter (0–1) Conley (1) SunTrust Park 35,618 4–4 L1 9 April 7 Marlins 4–3 Vizcaíno (1–0) Conley (0–1) — SunTrust Park 32,551 5–4 W1 10 April 8 @ Rockies 8–6 Teherán (1–1) Freeland (1–2) Minter (1) Coors Field 25,199 6–4 W2 11 April 9 @ Rockies 7–1 Fried (2–0) Márquez (1–1) — Coors Field 26,124 7–4 W3 — April 10 @ Rockies Postponed (snow); rescheduled for August 26 12 April 11 Mets 3–6 Matz (1–0) Gausman (1–1) Díaz (5) SunTrust Park 24,015 7–5 L1 13 April 12 Mets 2–6 Wheeler (1–1) Wright (0–2) — SunTrust Park 33,334 7–6 L2 14 April 13 Mets 11–7 Toussaint (1-0) Oswalt (0-1) — SunTrust Park 40,117 8–6 W1 15 April 14 Mets 7–3 Teherán (2–1) De Grom (2–2) — SunTrust Park 23,385 9–6 W2 16 April 16 Diamondbacks 6–9 Hirano (1–1) Minter (0–2) Holland (3) SunTrust Park 22,407 9–7 L1 17 April 17 Diamondbacks 2–3 (10) Bradley (1–1) Biddle (0–1) Holland (4) SunTrust Park 22,356 9–8 L2 18 April 18 Diamondbacks 1–4 Weaver (1–1) Soroka (0–1) Hirano (1) SunTrust Park 24,193 9–9 L3 — April 19 @ Indians Postponed (rain); rescheduled for April 20 19 April 20 (1) @ Indians 4–8 Kluber (2–2) Teherán (2–2) — Progressive Field 23,035 9–10 L4 20 April 20 (2) @ Indians 8–7 Jackson (2–0) Cimber (1–1) Minter (2) Progressive Field 23,035 10–10 W1 21 April 21 @ Indians 11–5 Fried (3–0) Bieber (2–1) — Progressive Field 16,039 11–10 W2 22 April 23 @ Reds 6–7 Stephenson (2–0) Gausman (1–2) Iglesias (5) Great American Ball Park 12,789 11–11 L1 23 April 24 @ Reds 3–1 Soroka (1–1) Roark (1–1) Minter (3) Great American Ball Park 12,949 12–11 W1 24 April 25 @ Reds 2–4 Castillo (3–1) Teherán (2–3) Iglesias (6) Great American Ball Park 14,792 12–12 L1 25 April 26 Rockies 4–8 Senzatela (2–1) Fried (3–1) Davis (4) SunTrust Park 40,282 12–13 L2 26 April 27 Rockies 5–9 Shaw (1–0) Minter (0–3) — SunTrust Park 38,243 12–14 L3 27 April 28 Rockies 8–7 Webb (1–0) Oh (1–1) Jackson (1) SunTrust Park 33,919 13–14 W1 28 April 29 Padres 3–1 Soroka (2–1) Margevicius (2–3) Webb (1) SunTrust Park 19,353 14–14 W2 29 April 30 Padres 3–4 Paddack (2–1) Teherán (2–4) Yates (14) SunTrust Park 18,626 14–15 L1
May: 16–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 11–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/Streak 30 May 1 Padres 5–1 Fried (4–1) Quantrill (0–1) — SunTrust Park 20,394 15–15 W1 31 May 2 Padres 2–11 Strahm (1–2) Foltynewicz (0–1) — SunTrust Park 23,746 15–16 L1 32 May 3 @ Marlins 7–2 Toussaint (2-0) Ureña (1–5) — Marlins Park 7,198 16–16 W1 33 May 4 @ Marlins 9–2 Soroka (3–1) Anderson (0–1) — Marlins Park 10,229 17–16 W2 34 May 5 @ Marlins 3–1 (10) Tomlin (1–0) Guerrero (1–1) Jackson (2) Marlins Park 11,885 18–16 W3 35 May 6 @ Dodgers 3–5 Buehler (4–0) Gausman (1–3) Urías (1) Dodger Stadium 43,393 18–17 L1 36 May 7 @ Dodgers 0–9 Ryu (4–1) Fried (4–2) — Dodger Stadium 47,337 18–18 L2 37 May 8 @ Dodgers 4–9 Kershaw (2–0) Foltynewicz (0–2) — Dodger Stadium 53,707 18–19 L3 38 May 9 @ Diamondbacks 2–3 (10) Duplantier (1–0) Minter (0–4) — Chase Field 17,751 18–20 L4 39 May 10 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Winkler (1–0) López (0–1) Jackson (3) Chase Field 21,932 19–20 W1 40 May 11 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Gausman (2–3) Kelly (3–4) Venters (1) Chase Field 33,168 20–20 W2 41 May 12 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Fried (5–2) Godley (1–3) Jackson (4) Chase Field 27,460 21–20 W3 42 May 14 Cardinals 3–14 Flaherty (4–3) Foltynewicz (0–3) — SunTrust Park 23,718 21–21 L1 43 May 15 Cardinals 4–0 Soroka (4–1) Wacha (3–1) Jackson (5) SunTrust Park 23,367 22–21 W1 44 May 16 Cardinals 10–2 Teherán (3–4) Wainwright (3–4) — SunTrust Park 28,783 23–21 W2 45 May 17 Brewers 12–8 Fried (6–2) Chacín (3–5) Jackson (6) SunTrust Park 36,222 24–21 W3 46 May 18 Brewers 4–3 (10) Webb (2–0) Hader (0–3) — SunTrust Park 39,121 25–21 W4 47 May 19 Brewers 2–3 (10) Hader (1–3) Parsons (1–2) — SunTrust Park 36,548 25–22 L1 48 May 20 @ Giants 4–1 Soroka (5–1) Suarez (0–1) Newcomb (1) Oracle Park 29,815 26–22 W1 49 May 21 @ Giants 3–4 Gott (2–0) Jackson (2–1) — Oracle Park 28,030 26–23 L1 50 May 22 @ Giants 9–2 Fried (7–2) Samardzija (2–3) — Oracle Park 31,042 27–23 W1 51 May 23 @ Giants 5–4 (13) Jackson (3–1) Moronta (1–4) — Oracle Park 32,463 28–23 W2 52 May 24 @ Cardinals 5–2 Foltynewicz (1–3) Mikolas (4–5) — Busch Stadium 44,630 29–23 W3 53 May 25 @ Cardinals 3–6 Miller (2–2) Winkler (1–1) Hicks (10) Busch Stadium 45,760 29–24 L1 54 May 26 @ Cardinals 4–3 Webb (3–0) Webb (0–1) Jackson (7) Busch Stadium 45,152 30–24 W1 55 May 28 Nationals 4–5 Strasburg (5–3) Fried (7–3) Doolittle (10) SunTrust Park 27,573 30–25 L1 56 May 29 Nationals 4–14 Sánchez (1–6) Gausman (2–4) McGowin (1) SunTrust Park 37,726 30–26 L2 57 May 31 Tigers 2–8 Turnbull (3–4) Foltynewicz (1–4) — SunTrust Park 35,524 30–27 L3
June: 20–8 (Home: 10–2; Away: 10–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/Streak 58 June 1 Tigers 10–5 Soroka (6–1) Norris (2–4) Jackson (8) SunTrust Park 37,108 31–27 W1 59 June 2 Tigers 7–4 Toussaint (3–0) Jiménez (2–3) — SunTrust Park 28,978 32–27 W2 60 June 4 @ Pirates 12–5 Winkler (2–1) Crick (2–2) — PNC Park 13,963 33–27 W3 61 June 5 @ Pirates 4–7 Musgrove (4–6) Gausman (2–5) — PNC Park 13,904 33–28 L1 62 June 6 @ Pirates 1–6 Archer (3–5) Foltynewicz (1–5) Vázquez (15) PNC Park 18,232 33–29 L2 63 June 7 @ Marlins 7–1 Soroka (7–1) Ureña (4–7) — Marlins Park 8,589 34–29 W1 64 June 8 @ Marlins 1–0 Teherán (4–4) Richards (3–6) Jackson (9) Marlins Park 9,771 35–29 W2 65 June 9 @ Marlins 7–6 (12) Winkler (3–1) Conley (1–6) Tomlin (1) Marlins Park 10,959 36–29 W3 66 June 10 Pirates 13–7 Newcomb (1–0) McRae (0–2) Webb (2) SunTrust Park 21,822 37–29 W4 67 June 11 Pirates 7–5 (8) Toussaint (4–0) Archer (3–6) Swarzak (4) SunTrust Park 31,305 38–29 W5 68 June 12 Pirates 8–7 (11) Webb (4–0) Feliz (2–3) — SunTrust Park 24,428 39–29 W6 69 June 13 Pirates 6–5 Teherán (5–4) Musgrove (4–7) Jackson (10) SunTrust Park 35,108 40–29 W7 70 June 14 Phillies 9–8 Blevins (1–0) Neris (1–3) — SunTrust Park 41,975 41–29 W8 71 June 15 Phillies 5–6 Ramos (1–0) Jackson (3–2) Neris (15) SunTrust Park 43,593 41–30 L1 72 June 16 Phillies 15–1 Foltynewicz (2–5) Velasquez (2–4) — SunTrust Park 40,855 42–30 W1 73 June 17 Mets 12–3 Soroka (8–1) Wheeler (5–5) — SunTrust Park 24,660 43–30 W2 74 June 18 Mets 2–10 deGrom (4–6) Teherán (5–5) — SunTrust Park 24,791 43–31 L1 75 June 19 Mets 7–2 Fried (8–3) Matz (5–5) — SunTrust Park 37,104 44–31 W1 76 June 21 @ Nationals 3–4 Strasburg (8–4) Keuchel (0–1) Suero (1) Nationals Park 34,212 44–32 L1 77 June 22 @ Nationals 13–9 Minter (1–4) Ross (0–1) — Nationals Park 37,492 45–32 W1 78 June 23 @ Nationals 4–3 (10) Minter (2–4) Rainey (1–2) Jackson (11) Nationals Park 34,256 46–32 W2 79 June 24 @ Cubs 3–8 Lester (7–5) Teherán (5–6) — Wrigley Field 37,603 46–33 L1 80 June 25 @ Cubs 3–2 Fried (9–3) Montgomery (1–2) Jackson (12) Wrigley Field 37,333 47–33 W1 81 June 26 @ Cubs 5–3 Keuchel (1–1) Darvish (2–4) Minter (4) Wrigley Field 38,017 48–33 W2 82 June 27 @ Cubs 7–9 Chatwood (4–1) Tomlin (1–1) Kimbrel (1) Wrigley Field 39,823 48–34 L1 83 June 28 @ Mets 6-2 Soroka (9-1) deGrom (4–7) — Citi Field 36,421 49-34 W1 84 June 29 @ Mets 5–4 Newcomb (2–0) Lugo (3–2) Jackson (13) Citi Field 40,809 50–34 W2 85 June 30 @ Mets 5–8 Font (2–2) Newcomb (2–1) Díaz (17) Citi Field 31,743 50–35 L1
July: 14–10 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/Streak 86 July 2 Phillies 0–2 Nola (7–2) Keuchel (1–2) Neris (17) SunTrust Park 40,180 50–36 L2 87 July 3 Phillies 9–2 Wilson (1–0) Pivetta (4–3) — SunTrust Park 40,147 51–36 W1 88 July 4 Phillies 12–6 Minter (3–4) Eflin (7–8) — SunTrust Park 40,633 52–36 W1 89 July 5 Marlins 1–0 Jackson (4–2) Quijada (0–3) — SunTrust Park 41,102 53–36 W2 90 July 6 Marlins 4–5 Smith (4–4) Fried (9–4) Romo (16) SunTrust Park 37,216 53–37 L1 91 July 7 Marlins 4–3 Keuchel (2–2) Richards (3–10) Jackson (14) SunTrust Park 30,514 54–37 W1 90th All-Star Game: Cleveland, OH 92 July 12 @ Padres 5–3 Keuchel (3–2) Lamet (0–2) Jackson (15) Petco Park 34,692 55–37 W2 93 July 13 @ Padres 7–5 (10) Newcomb (3–1) Perdomo (1–2) Jackson (16) Petco Park 43,148 56–37 W3 94 July 14 @ Padres 4–1 Soroka (10–1) Wingenter (1–2) Minter (5) Petco Park 34,739 57–37 W4 95 July 15 @ Brewers 4–2 Fried (10–4) Houser (2–4) Jackson (17) Miller Park 31,850 58–37 W5 96 July 16 @ Brewers 1–13 Woodruff (11–3) Wilson (1–1) — Miller Park 31,599 58–38 L1 97 July 17 @ Brewers 4–5 Anderson (5–2) Keuchel (3–3) Hader (21) Miller Park 36,928 58–39 L2 98 July 18 Nationals 4–13 Strasburg (12–4) Wright (0–3) — SunTrust Park 39,363 58–40 L3 99 July 19 Nationals 4–3 Jackson (5–2) Rodney (0–3) — SunTrust Park 39,344 59–40 W1 100 July 20 Nationals 3–5 Sánchez (6–6) Soroka (10–2) Doolittle (21) SunTrust Park 42,467 59–41 L1 101 July 21 Nationals 7–1 Gausman (3–5) Ross (0–2) — SunTrust Park 31,848 60–41 W1 102 July 23 Royals 4–5 Hill (1–0) Swarzak (2–3) Kennedy (18) SunTrust Park 36,570 60–42 L1 103 July 24 Royals 0–2 Keller (7–9) Teherán (5–7) Kennedy (19) SunTrust Park 38,863 60–43 L2 104 July 26 @ Phillies 9–2 Newcomb (4–1) Arrieta (8–8) — Citizens Bank Park 31,268 61–43 W1 105 July 27 @ Phillies 15–7 Fried (11–4) Eflin (7–11) — Citizens Bank Park 39,340 62–43 W2 106 July 28 @ Phillies 2–9 Nola (9–2) Gausman (3–6) — Citizens Bank Park 37,037 62–44 L1 107 July 29 @ Nationals 3–6 Corbin (9–5) Keuchel (3–4) — Nationals Park 24,292 62–45 L2 108 July 30 @ Nationals 11–8 Teherán (6–7) Fedde (1–2) — Nationals Park 26,566 63–45 W1 109 July 31 @ Nationals 5–4 (10) Newcomb (5–1) Doolittle (6–3) Tomlin (2) Nationals Park 31,576 64–45 W2
August: 19–9 (Home: 11–4; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/Streak 110 August 1 Reds 4–1 (7) Fried (12–4) DeSclafani (6–6) — SunTrust Park 28,677 65–45 W3 111 August 2 Reds 2–5 Wood (1–0) Gausman (3–7) Iglesias (21) SunTrust Park 37,743 65–46 L1 112 August 3 Reds 5–4 (10) Jackson (6–2) Hughes (3–4) — SunTrust Park 42,085 66–46 W1 113 August 4 Reds 4–6 (10) Stephenson (3–2) Greene (0–3) Hernandez (2) SunTrust Park 33,083 66–47 L1 114 August 5 @ Twins 3–5 May (5–3) Martin (0–3) — Target Field 26,722 66–48 L2 115 August 6 @ Twins 12–7 Foltynewicz (3–5) Berríos (10–6) — Target Field 36,721 67–48 W1 116 August 7 @ Twins 11–7 Fried (13–4) Perez (8–5) — Target Field 35,682 68–48 W2 117 August 8 @ Marlins 2–9 Hernández (2–4) Keuchel (3–5) — Marlins Park 8,948 68–49 L1 118 August 9 @ Marlins 8–4 Teherán (7–7) Smith (7–6) — Marlins Park 8,057 69–49 W1 119 August 10 @ Marlins 6–7 (10) Brigham (2–1) Newcomb (5–2) — Marlins Park 29,720 69–50 L1 120 August 11 @ Marlins 5–4 Foltynewicz (4–5) Noesí (0–2) Jackson (18) Marlins Park 12,338 70–50 W1 121 August 13 Mets 5–3 Fried (14–4) Wheeler (9–7) Melancon (2) SunTrust Park 27,627 71–50 W2 122 August 14 Mets 6–4 Martin (1–3) Lugo (5–3) Blevins (1) SunTrust Park 23,582 72–50 W3 123 August 15 Mets 8–10 Stroman (7–11) Teherán (7–8) Díaz (25) SunTrust Park 25,424 72–51 L1 124 August 16 Dodgers 3–8 Kolarek (5–3) Newcomb (5–3) Urías (4) SunTrust Park 41,413 72–52 L2 125 August 17 Dodgers 4–3 Newcomb (6–3) Ryu (12–3) Melancon (3) SunTrust Park 43,619 73–52 W1 126 August 18 Dodgers 5–3 Swarzak (3–3) May (1–2) Melancon (4) SunTrust Park 37,617 74–52 W2 127 August 20 Marlins 5–1 Keuchel (4–5) Kinley (1–1) — SunTrust Park 37,217 75–52 W3 128 August 21 Marlins 5–0 Teherán (8–8) Smith (8–7) — SunTrust Park 23,537 76–52 W4 129 August 22 Marlins 3–2 Melancon (5–2) Stanek (0–3) — SunTrust Park 23,967 77–52 W5 130 August 23 @ Mets 2–1 (14) Jackson (7–2) Familia (4–2) Melancon (5) Citi Field 31,437 78–52 W6 131 August 24 @ Mets 9–5 Tomlin (2–1) Brach (4–4) — Citi Field 38,300 79–52 W7 132 August 25 @ Mets 2–1 Keuchel (5–5) Matz (8–8) Melancon (6) Citi Field 30,170 80–52 W8 133 August 26 @ Rockies 1–3 Díaz (5–3) Swarzak (3–4) — Coors Field 29,803 80–53 L1 134 August 27 @ Blue Jays 1–3 Godley (4–5) Soroka (10–3) Giles (17) Rogers Centre 24,578 80–54 L2 135 August 28 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Jackson (8–2) Waguespack (4–2) — Rogers Centre 23,112 81–54 W1 136 August 30 White Sox 10-7 Fried (15–4) Nova(9-11) Melancon (7) SunTrust Park 39,097 82-54 W2 137 August 31 White Sox 11-5 Keuchel (6-5) Lopez (8-12) — SunTrust Park 36,664 83-54 W3
September: 14–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/Streak 138 September 1 White Sox 5–3 Teherán (9–8) Giolito (14–8) Melancon (8) SunTrust Park 41,397 84–54 W4 139 September 2 Blue Jays 6–3 Soroka (11–3) Waguespack (4–3) Melancon (9) SunTrust Park 28,987 85–54 W5 140 September 3 Blue Jays 7–2 Foltynewicz (5–5) Font (3–4) — SunTrust Park 25,427 86–54 W6 141 September 5 Nationals 4–2 Fried (16–4) Strasburg (16–6) — SunTrust Park 28,831 87–54 W7 142 September 6 Nationals 4–3 Keuchel (7–5) Corbin (11–7) Greene (23) SunTrust Park 37,181 88–54 W8 143 September 7 Nationals 5–4 Teherán (10–8) Voth (1–1) Melancon (10) SunTrust Park 40,467 89–54 W9 144 September 8 Nationals 4–9 Scherzer (10–5) Soroka (11–4) — SunTrust Park 31,789 89–55 L1 145 September 9 @ Phillies 7–2 Foltynewicz (6–5) Nola (12–5) — Citizens Bank Park 25,071 90–55 W1 146 September 10 @ Phillies 5–6 Parker (3–2) Fried (16–5) Neris (25) Citizens Bank Park 24,220 90–56 L1 147 September 11 @ Phillies 3–1 Keuchel (8–5) Eflin (8–12) Melancon (11) Citizens Bank Park 23,243 91–56 W1 148 September 12 @ Phillies 5–9 Hughes (5–5) Teherán (10–9) — Citizens Bank Park 27,022 91–57 L1 149 September 13 @ Nationals 5–0 Soroka (12–4) Scherzer (10–6) — Nationals Park 39,730 92–57 W1 150 September 14 @ Nationals 10–1 Foltynewicz (7–5) Suero (5–8) — Nationals Park 39,664 93–57 W2 151 September 15 @ Nationals 0–7 Sánchez (9–8) Fried (16–6) — Nationals Park 29,350 93–58 L1 152 September 17 Phillies 4–5 Velasquez (7–7) Keuchel (8–6) Neris (27) SunTrust Park 28,843 93–59 L2 153 September 18 Phillies 1–4 Eflin (9–12) Teherán (10–10) Neris (28) SunTrust Park 27,937 93–60 L3 154 September 19 Phillies 5–4 Soroka (13–4) Nola (12–6) Melancon (12) SunTrust Park 33,223 94–60 W1 155 September 20 Giants 6–0 Foltynewicz (8–5) Beede (5–10) — SunTrust Park 37,419 95–60 W2 156 September 21 Giants 8–1 Fried (17–6) Cueto (1–1) — SunTrust Park 40,899 96–60 W3 157 September 22 Giants 1–4 Webb (2–2) Keuchel (8–7) Smith (34) SunTrust Park 33,674 96–61 L1 158 September 24 @ Royals 6–9 Duffy (7–6) Teherán (10–11) — Kauffman Stadium 16,688 96–62 L2 159 September 25 @ Royals 10–2 Jackson (9–2) Barnes (1–4) — Kauffman Stadium 16,931 97–62 W1 160 September 27 @ Mets 2–4 Stroman (10–13) Keuchel (8–8) Lugo (6) Citi Field 26,264 97–63 L1 161 September 28 @ Mets 0–3 Matz (11–10) Foltynewicz (8–6) Díaz (26) Citi Field 32,210 97–64 L2 162 September 29 @ Mets 6–7 (11) Mazza (1–1) Dayton (0–1) — Citi Field 31,523 97–65 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Braves team member

Standings

National League East

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
Washington Nationals	93	69	0.574	4	50–31	43–38
New York Mets	86	76	0.531	11	48–33	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	16	45–36	36–45
Miami Marlins	57	105	0.352	40	30–51	27–54

National League Wild Card

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	0.654
Atlanta Braves	97	65	0.599
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	0.562

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Washington Nationals	93	69	0.574	+4
Milwaukee Brewers	89	73	0.549	—
New York Mets	86	76	0.531	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77	0.525	4
Chicago Cubs	84	78	0.519	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	8
San Francisco Giants	77	85	0.475	12
Cincinnati Reds	75	87	0.463	14
Colorado Rockies	71	91	0.438	18
San Diego Padres	70	92	0.432	19
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	0.426	20
Miami Marlins	57	105	0.352	32

Postseason

Game log

2019 postseason game log: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–1)

NLDS: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 3 Cardinals 6–7 Martínez (1–0) Melancon (0–1) — 42,631 0–1 2 October 4 Cardinals 3–0 Foltynewicz (1–0) Flaherty (0–1) Melancon (1) 42,911 1–1 3 October 6 @ Cardinals 3–1 Newcomb (1–0) Martínez (1–1) Melancon (2) 46,701 2–1 4 October 7 @ Cardinals 4–5 (10) Mikolas (1–0) Teherán (0–1) — 42,203 2–2 5 October 9 Cardinals 1–13 Flaherty (1–1) Foltynewicz (1–1) — 43,122 2–3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

National League Division Series Pitchers: 15 Sean Newcomb 19 Shane Greene 26 Mike Foltynewicz 32 Josh Tomlin 36 Mark Melancon 40 Mike Soroka 49 Julio Teherán (Games 2–5) 51 Chris Martin (Game 1) 54 Max Fried 56 Darren O'Day 60 Dallas Keuchel 77 Luke Jackson Catchers: 16 Brian McCann 25 Tyler Flowers 45 Francisco Cervelli Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 7 Dansby Swanson 20 Josh Donaldson 24 Adeiny Hechavarria Outfielders: 9 Billy Hamilton 13 Ronald Acuña Jr. 14 Matt Joyce 18 Rafael Ortega 22 Nick Markakis 23 Adam Duvall

Record vs. opponents

2019 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	4–3	2–4	3–3	9–10	8–11	3–4	2–5	2–5	4–2	6–1	11–8	10–9	3–3	4–3	14–6
Atlanta	3–4	—	5–2	3–4	3–3	2–4	15–4	3–3	11–8	9–10	5–2	5–2	5–2	4–2	11–8	13–7
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	3–4	6–1	9–10	5–2	2–5	11–8	4–3	4–2	9–10	2–4	12–8
Cincinnati	3–3	4–3	11–8	—	3–3	1–5	6–1	8–11	3–4	3–4	7–12	5–2	4–3	7–12	1–5	9–11
Colorado	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	—	4–15	5–2	5–2	2–4	3–4	2–5	11–8	7–12	2–5	3–4	8–12
Los Angeles	11–8	4–2	4–3	5–1	15–4	—	5–1	4–3	5–2	5–2	6–0	13–6	12–7	3–4	4–3	10–10
Miami	4–3	4–15	1–6	1–6	2–5	1–5	—	2–5	6–13	10–9	3–3	4–2	3–3	3–4	4–15	9–11
Milwaukee	5–2	3–3	10–9	11–8	2–5	3–4	5–2	—	5–1	4–3	15–4	3–4	2–4	9–10	4–2	8–12
New York	5–2	8–11	2–5	4–3	4–2	2–5	13–6	1–5	—	7–12	5–1	3–3	3–4	2–5	12–7	15–5
Philadelphia	2–4	10–9	5–2	4–3	4–3	2–5	9–10	3–4	12–7	—	4–2	3–3	3–4	4–2	5–14	11–9
Pittsburgh	1–6	2–5	8–11	12–7	5–2	0–6	3–3	4–15	1–5	2–4	—	6–1	5–2	5–14	3–4	12–8
San Diego	8–11	2–5	3–4	2–5	8–11	6–13	2–4	4–3	3–3	3–3	1–6	—	9–10	4–2	4–3	11–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	4–3	2–5	10–9	—	3–4	1–5	11–9
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	10–9	12–7	5–2	4–3	4–3	10–9	5–2	2–4	14–5	2–4	4–3	—	5–2	9–11
Washington	3–4	8–11	4–2	5–1	4–3	3–4	15–4	2–4	7–12	14–5	4–3	3–4	5–1	2–5	—	14–6

Roster

 

Max Fried in 2019.

2019 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 19 Jesse Biddle 50 Jerry Blevins 51 Shane Carle 75 Grant Dayton 26 Mike Foltynewicz 54 Max Fried 45 Kevin Gausman 19 Shane Greene 77 Luke Jackson 60 Dallas Keuchel 51 Chris Martin 36 Mark Melancon 33 A. J. Minter 15 Sean Newcomb 56 Darren O'Day 52,67 Wes Parsons 61 Chad Sobotka 40 Mike Soroka 38 Anthony Swarzak 49 Julio Teherán 32 Josh Tomlin 62 Touki Toussaint 48 Jonny Venters 38 Arodys Vizcaíno 63 Jeremy Walker 71 Jacob Webb 66,46 Bryse Wilson 58 Daniel Winkler 65,30 Kyle Wright 73 Huascar Ynoa		Catchers 45 Francisco Cervelli 25 Tyler Flowers 70, 12 Alex Jackson 16 Brian McCann 55 John Ryan Murphy Infielders  1 Ozzie Albies 17 Johan Camargo  5 Freddie Freeman 20 Josh Donaldson 24 Adeiny Hechavarria  7 Dansby Swanson		Outfielders 13 Ronald Acuña Jr.  8 Charlie Culberson 23 Adam Duvall  9 Billy Hamilton 11 Ender Inciarte 14 Matthew Joyce 22 Nick Markakis 18 Rafael Ortega 27 Austin Riley		Manager 43 Brian Snitker Coaches 59 José Castro (assistant hitting) 60, 57 Sal Fasano (catching coach) 57, 39 Rick Kranitz (pitching) 97 Jimmy Leo (bullpen catcher) 98 Tomás Pérez (batting practice pitcher) 34 Marty Reed (bullpen) 28 Kevin Seitzer (hitting) 37 Ron Washington (third base)  4 Walt Weiss (bench) 99 José Yepez (bullpen catcher)  2 Eric Young (first base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Ozzie Albies	160	640	102	189	43	8	24	86	15	54	.295	.500
Ronald Acuña Jr.	156	626	127	175	22	2	41	101	37	76	.280	.518
Freddie Freeman	158	597	113	176	34	2	38	121	6	87	.295	.549
Josh Donaldson	155	549	96	142	33	0	37	94	4	100	.259	.521
Dansby Swanson	127	483	77	121	26	3	17	65	10	51	.251	.422
Nick Markakis	116	414	61	118	25	2	9	62	2	47	.285	.420
Brian McCann	85	277	28	69	9	0	12	45	0	31	.249	.412
Austin Riley	80	274	41	62	11	1	18	49	0	16	.226	.471
Tyler Flowers	85	271	36	62	11	3	11	34	0	31	.229	.413
Johan Camargo	98	232	31	54	12	1	7	32	1	15	.233	.384
Matt Joyce	129	200	32	59	10	0	7	23	0	38	.295	.450
Ender Inciarte	65	199	30	49	11	2	5	24	7	26	.246	.397
Charlie Culberson	108	135	14	35	5	2	5	20	0	6	.259	.437
Adam Duvall	41	120	17	32	4	1	10	19	0	7	.267	.567
Rafael Ortega	34	88	7	18	3	0	2	10	3	8	.205	.307
Adeiny Hechavarria	24	61	14	20	5	1	4	15	0	6	.328	.639
Billy Hamilton	26	41	9	11	2	0	0	3	4	7	.268	.317
Francisco Cervelli	14	32	4	9	5	1	2	7	0	4	.281	.688
Alex Jackson	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
John Ryan Murphy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	307	16	31	6	0	0	14	0	8	.101	.121
Team Totals	162	5560	855	1432	277	29	249	824	89	619	.258	.452

Source:[1]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Michael Soroka	13	4	2.68	29	29	0	174.2	153	56	52	41	142
Julio Teherán	10	11	3.81	33	33	0	174.2	148	81	74	83	162
Max Fried	17	6	4.02	33	30	0	165.2	174	80	74	47	173
Mike Foltynewicz	8	6	4.54	21	21	0	117.0	109	65	59	37	105
Dallas Keuchel	8	8	3.75	19	19	0	112.2	115	50	47	39	91
Kevin Gausman	3	7	6.19	16	16	0	80.0	92	60	55	27	85
Josh Tomlin	2	1	3.74	51	1	2	79.1	82	35	33	7	51
Luke Jackson	9	2	3.84	70	0	18	72.2	76	34	31	26	106
Sean Newcomb	6	3	3.16	55	4	1	68.1	61	28	24	29	65
Touki Toussaint	4	0	5.62	24	1	0	41.2	44	28	26	26	45
Anthony Swarzak	1	2	4.31	44	0	1	39.2	38	19	19	19	35
Jerry Blevins	1	0	3.90	45	0	1	32.1	25	15	14	16	37
Jacob Webb	4	0	1.39	36	0	2	32.1	24	10	5	12	28
A. J. Minter	3	4	7.06	36	0	5	29.1	36	23	23	23	35
Chad Sobotka	0	0	6.21	32	0	0	29.0	28	22	20	19	38
Shane Greene	0	1	4.01	27	0	1	24.2	25	11	11	5	21
Dan Winkler	3	1	4.98	27	0	0	21.2	18	14	12	11	22
Mark Melancon	1	0	3.86	23	0	11	21.0	22	9	9	2	24
Bryse Wilson	1	1	7.20	6	4	0	20.0	26	18	16	10	16
Kyle Wright	0	3	8.69	7	4	0	19.2	24	19	19	13	18
Chris Martin	1	1	4.08	20	0	0	17.2	17	10	8	1	22
Wes Parsons	1	2	3.52	17	0	0	15.1	11	7	6	13	12
Grant Dayton	0	1	3.00	14	0	0	12.0	12	5	4	4	14
Jesse Biddle	0	1	5.40	15	0	0	11.2	18	11	7	10	11
Shane Carle	0	0	9.64	6	0	0	9.1	11	10	10	9	6
Jeremy Walker	0	0	1.93	6	0	0	9.1	9	2	2	4	6
Darren O'Day	0	0	1.69	8	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	1	6
Jonny Venters	0	0	17.36	9	0	1	4.2	9	13	9	8	7
Arodys Vizcaíno	1	0	2.25	4	0	1	4.0	3	1	1	3	6
Huascar Ynoa	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	3.0	6	6	6	1	3
Charlie Culberson	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	1
Team Totals	97	65	4.19	162	162	44	1450.2	1421	743	675	548	1393

Source:[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	International League	Damon Berryhill
AA	Mississippi Braves	Southern League	Chris Maloney
A-Advanced	Florida Fire Frogs	Florida State League	Barrett Kleinknecht
A	Rome Braves	South Atlantic League	Matt Tuiasosopo
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Anthony Nunez
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Angel Flores
Rookie	DSL Braves	Dominican Summer League	Jefferson Romero

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External links

• 2019 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference