2013 Atlanta Braves season

The 2013 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 17th season of home games at Turner Field, 48th season in Atlanta, and 143rd season overall. The Atlanta Braves were the 2013 National League Eastern division champions with a record of 96-66. The Braves won their first game of the season (7–5) against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 1.[1] They finished the season in first place in the National League East, but lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series. This was also the Braves first division title since the “Baby Braves” in 2005.

2013 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
The Braves during a home game in April 2013
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersLiberty Media/John Malone
General managersFrank Wren
ManagersFredi González
Local televisionSportSouth
Fox Sports South
(Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy)
Local radioWCNN
WNNX
Atlanta Braves Radio Network
(Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke)
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Offseason

The Braves began the offseason with some major holes to fill. The Braves were losing future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones to retirement, and centerfielder and lead-off man Michael Bourn was lost to free agency. The idea going into the offseason was to get a center fielder and either a third baseman or left fielder, with Martín Prado playing either third base or left field depending which way they decided to go.

The Braves signed B. J. Upton to a 5-year $75.25 million contract very early in the offseason, filling the need in centerfield.[2] In January, they then acquired B.J.'s brother Justin Upton, a left fielder from the Diamondbacks, along with third baseman Chris Johnson, in exchange for Prado, Randall Delgado, and three minor league prospects.[3]

The Braves also traded Tommy Hanson to the Angels for relief pitcher Jordan Walden,[4] signed back-up infielder Ramiro Pena,[5] and signed Gerald Laird to replace back-up catcher David Ross, who signed with the Red Sox as a free agent.[6] They also brought back a former teammate by claiming outfielder Jordan Schafer off waivers from the Houston Astros.[7]

Offseason subtractions and additions

[8]

Subtractions Additions
RHS Tommy Hanson (traded to Angels)
RHS Jair Jurrjens (signed with Orioles)
RHR Peter Moylan (signed with Dodgers)
RHS Randall Delgado (traded to D'Backs)
RHR Chad Durbin (signed with Phillies)
C David Ross (signed with Red Sox)
C J. C. Boscán (signed with Cubs)
1B/OF Eric Hinske (signed with D'Backs)
1B Lyle Overbay (Signed with Yankees)
3B Chipper Jones (Retired)
INF Jeff Baker (signed with Rangers)
INF/OF Martín Prado (traded to D'Backs)
OF Michael Bourn (signed with Indians)
OF Matt Diaz (signed with Marlins)		 RHR Jordan Walden (acquired in trade with Angels)
C Gerald Laird (signed as free agent)
3B Chris Johnson (acquired in trade with D'Backs)
INF Ramiro Pena (signed as free agent)
INF Blake DeWitt (signed as free agent)
OF B. J. Upton (signed as free agent)
OF Justin Upton (acquired in trade from D'Backs)
OF Jordan Schafer (claimed off waivers)

Notable Moments
  • On April 6, down 5-4 in the ninth Melvin Upton Jr. (then known as B.J. Upton) hit a solo home run off of Carlos Mármol to tie the game at 5-5. His brother Justin came up 3rd in the inning and he hit the walk-off home run to dead center and the Braves won 6-5.
  • On April 23, 2013 against the Colorado Rockies, the Upton brothers hit back-to-back home runs, the first to do so since 1938.
  • On May 21 down 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th inning, Evan Gattis hit a two-out, solo homerun to tie the game. In the 10th inning, Freddie Freeman hit a bloop single scoring Jason Heyward from second base to win the game.
  • On June 1 against the Nationals, with the game tied at 1-1 in the 9th inning, the Nationals had runners at 3rd and 2nd with no outs and Craig Kimbrel pitching. Kimbrel came through, though. Ian Desmond struck out looking, Roger Bernadina hit a chopper to third, Chris Johnson fielded and threw Ryan Zimmerman out at home. Finally, Danny Espinosa flew out to Justin Upton to end the inning. In the bottom of the 10th, Melvin Upton Jr. singled and Jordan Schafer scored just ahead of Bernadina's throw for the win.
  • On June 4 against the Pirates, Andrelton Simmons hit a walk off triple in the 10th inning off of Mark Melancon for the 5-4 win.
  • On June 17 Dillon Gee took a shutout into the 9th inning. Looking for his first career complete game shutout, Freddie Freeman ruined the shutout bid with a walk off two-run home run with one out to win the game 2-1.
  • On July 29 the Braves beat the Rockies 9-8 in an epic game. The Rockies beat up Brandon Beachy who was making his first start since July 2012 due to Tommy John surgery. Down 5-0 in the bottom of the 3rd, the Braves struck for 6 runs to take a 6-5 lead. The Rockies scored two more in the fourth to retake the lead. In the Bottom of the 5th the Braves retook the lead at 8-7 on a Dan Uggla RBI double and a Joey Terdoslavich RBI single. In the top of the 9th the Rockies rallied to tie the game when Carlos González hit an RBI single off of Jordan Walden to score Dexter Fowler. With the bases loaded newly acquired reliever Scott Downs threw one pitch to Todd Helton. He hit a line-drive right back to Downs who speared it to end the inning. In the bottom of the 10th, Andrelton Simmons hit a triple scoring Dan Uggla for a 10-9 Braves win.
  • On August 16 Justin Upton hit a walk off homerun in the bottom of the 10th off of current Brave Ian Krol to win the game 3-2. It was his 23rd home run.
  • On August 28 against the Indians with the game tied at 2-2 in the bottom of the 9th inning Schafer stood at 2nd and Freeman at 1st with Chris Johnson at the plate. He hit the walk off single on a 2-2 count to score Schafer and win the game 3-2.
  • On August 31 Melvin Upton Jr. went 4 for 6 with the walk off single in the bottom of the 11th to win the game 5-4. He struck out in his first two at-bats before getting hits in the next four.
  • On September 14 Craig Kimbrel broke his personal single-season saves record of 46 with his 47th in a 2-1 win over the Padres.
  • On September 22 the Braves clinched the NL East with the Nationals loss to the Marlins. The Braves beat the Cubs that day 5-2. It was their first NL East title since 2005.
  • On September 24 Andrelton Simmons hit the walk off single with two outs in the bottom of 9th over Carlos Gómez to score Justin Upton and win the game 3-2.
  • The Braves lead the league with 24 wins in their last at-bat. They led the National League with 44 come-from-behind wins.
  • With the Braves opening day win they shared a tie with the Nationals for first place. The Braves shared at least a tie of first place every day from April 7 on and with their win over the Nationals on April 13 had sole possession of first place in the NL East for the rest of the season. On top of that, the Braves overall record was never at or under .500 at any point in the season.
  • The Braves lead the majors in team ERA at 3.18. Their bullpen lead the majors in bullpen ERA at 2.46 while their starters were at 3.51.
  • The Atlanta Braves won their 10th straight game with a 6–3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on April 16, their longest winning streak since the club won 15 straight between April 15 – May 2, 2000. With a 12–1 record up to that point, the Braves were off to their best start since they began the 1982 season 13–1. They also outhomered opponents 25–7 and outscored opponents 68–25 for the best run differential in the majors. After the Braves and Royals had a day off on April 15, players, managers and coaches for both teams wore No. 42 on their jerseys to honor Jackie Robinson on April 16. Like many teams, the Braves also held a moment of silence before the game for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.[9]
  • With Wade Davis pitching 7 scoreless innings, the Royals beat the Braves 1–0 on April 17 to end Atlanta's 10-game winning streak. Atlanta's 10-game winning streak, was one of only five such stretches within the first 13 games of a season since 1900. (2013 Braves 10 / 1982 Braves 13 / 1962 Pirates 10 / 1955 Dodgers 10 / 1938 Giants 11)[10]
  • On April 26, against the Detroit Tigers, Tiger pitcher Aníbal Sánchez struck out 17 Atlanta Braves' batters, setting a franchise record previously set by Tigers' left-hander Mickey Lolich in 1972.[11]
  • On April 30, Braves pitcher Tim Hudson became the 113th major league pitcher to reach 200 wins. Hudson also went two for three in the game, hitting a home run and a double as the Braves beat the Washington Nationals 8–1.[12]
  • On June 5, Julio Teherán pitched into the eighth inning with two outs without giving up a hit to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Teherán gave up the first (and only) hit of the game to Pirates pinch hitter Brandon Inge.[13]
  • On July 24, Tim Hudson was pitching a 4-hit shutout against the New York Mets when Eric Young, Jr. accidentally stepped on Hudson's ankle, resulting in a right ankle fracture that ended Hudson's 2013 season.[14]
  • From July 26 – August 9 the Braves won 14 straight games (including four consecutive series sweeps) and were one game away from tying the franchise record of 15 set in 2000; the winning streak was snapped after a 1-0 loss to the Miami Marlins on August 10.[15]
Opening Day Starting Lineup[1]
NamePosition
Andrelton SimmonsShortstop
Jason HeywardRight fielder
Justin UptonLeft fielder
Freddie FreemanFirst baseman
B. J. UptonCenter fielder
Dan UgglaSecond baseman
Chris JohnsonThird baseman
Gerald LairdCatcher
Tim HudsonStarting pitcher

Awards

All-Stars

NL Player of the Month

NL Rookie of the Month

NL Player of the Week

Season standings

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9666 0.593 — 56–25 40–41
Washington Nationals 8676 0.531 10 47–34 39–42
New York Mets 7488 0.457 22 33–48 41–40
Philadelphia Phillies 7389 0.451 23 43–38 30–51
Miami Marlins 62100 0.383 34 36–45 26–55

National League Division Champions
Division Winners W L Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 9765 0.599
Atlanta Braves 9666 0.593
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 9468 0.580 +4
Cincinnati Reds 9072 0.556 —
Washington Nationals 8676 0.531 4
Arizona Diamondbacks 8181 0.500 9
San Diego Padres 7686 0.469 14
San Francisco Giants 7686 0.469 14
Colorado Rockies 7488 0.457 16
Milwaukee Brewers 7488 0.457 16
New York Mets 7488 0.457 16
Philadelphia Phillies 7389 0.451 17
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 24
Miami Marlins 62100 0.383 28

Record vs. opponents
2013 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—2–44–33–412–710–94–26–13–43–43–37–127–124–32–411–9
Atlanta4–2—5–14–36–15–213–62–410–911–84–31–53–44–313–611–9
Chicago3–41–5—5–143–31–64–36–133–33–37–123–44–37–123–413–7
Cincinnati4–33–414–5—2–44–36–110–94–24–28–113–36–18–113–411–9
Colorado7–121–63–34–2—10–93–44–23–43–44–212–79–103–43–45–15
Los Angeles9–102–56–13–49–10—5–24–25–15–24–211–88–114–35–112–8
Miami2–46–133–41–64–32–5—1–511–87–122–43–44–32–45–149–11
Milwaukee1–64–213–69–102–42–45–1—4–35–27–123–45–25–143–46–14
New York4–39–103–32–44–31–58–113–4—10–92–54–34–22–57–1211–9
Philadelphia4–38–113–32–44–32–512–72–59–10—3–44–23–32–58–117–13
Pittsburgh3–33–412–711–82–42–44–212–75–24–3—3–44–310–94–315–5
San Diego12–75–14–33–37–128–114–34–33–42–44–3—8–112–42–58–12
San Francisco12–74–33–41–610–911–83–42–52–43–33–411–8—2–43–36–14
St. Louis3–43–412–711–84–33–44–214–55–25–29–104–24–2—6–010–10
Washington4–26–134–34–34–31–514–54–312–711–83–45–23–30–6—11–9

Game log
Legend
Braves Win Braves Loss Game Postponed
2013 Regular Season Game Log (96–66)
April (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordStreak
1April 1Phillies7–5Avilán (1–0)Hamels (0–1)Kimbrel (1)51,4562:561–0W1
2April 3Phillies9–2Maholm (1–0)Halladay (0–1)24,2893:182–0W2
3April 4Phillies0–2Lee (1–0)Medlen (0–1)Papelbon (1)18,2952:332–1L1
4April 5Cubs4–1Minor (1–0)Feldman (0–1)Kimbrel (2)33,4332:363–1W1
5April 6Cubs6–5O'Flaherty (1–0)Mármol (0–1)38,4983:124–1W2
6April 7Cubs5–1Hudson (1–0)Samardzija (1–1)45,8002:505–1W3
7April 8@ Marlins2–0Maholm (2–0)Slowey (0–2)Kimbrel (3)34,4392:336–1W4
8April 9@ Marlins3–2Medlen (1–1)LeBlanc (0–2)Kimbrel (4)14,2222:337–1W5
9April 10@ Marlins8–0Minor (2–0)Sanabia (1–1)13,8102:488–1W6
10April 12@ Nationals6–4 (10)O'Flaherty (2–0)Stammen (2–1)Kimbrel (5)33,1303:299–1W7
11April 13@ Nationals3–1Hudson (2–0)Strasburg (1–2)Kimbrel (6)41,9922:4210–1W8
12April 14@ Nationals9–0Maholm (3–0)González (1–1)39,3892:4411–1W9
13April 16Royals6–3O'Flaherty (3–0)Herrera (1–1)26,4002:3612–1W10
14April 17Royals0–1Davis (2–0)Minor (2–1)Holland (3)23,0182:3012–2L1
15April 18@ Pirates6–4Varvaro (1–0)Hughes (1–1)Kimbrel (7)11,2883:1513–2W1
16April 19@ Pirates0–6Rodríguez (2–0)Hudson (2–1)18,7052:4013–3L1
17April 20@ Pirates1–3McDonald (2–2)Maholm (3–1)Grilli (6)29,3132:3013–4L2
18April 21@ Pirates2–4Wilson (1–0)Medlen (1–2)Grilli (7)20,8733:3013–5L3
19April 23@ Rockies4–3Minor (3–1)Francis (1–2)Kimbrel (8)19,1242:3714–5W1
20April 23@ Rockies10–2Teherán (1–0)Garland (2–0)21,7242:5115–5W2
21April 24@ Rockies5–6 (12)Belisle (1–1)Ayala (1–1)35,2343:4815–6L1
22April 26@ Tigers0–10Sánchez (3–1)Maholm (3–2)35,1612:4115–7L2
23April 27@ Tigers4–7Porcello (1–2)Medlen (1–3)Valverde (2)42,8812:5515–8L3
24April 28@ Tigers3–8Fister (40)Minor (3–2)33,4692:4015–9L4
25April 29Nationals3–2Walden (1–0)Clippard (1–1)Kimbrel (9)22,8702:5216–9W1
26April 30Nationals8–1Hudson (3–1)González (2–2)19,2432:3217–9W2
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordStreak
27May 1Nationals0–2Zimmermann (5–1)Maholm (3–3)Soriano (8)22,4602:1517–10L1
28May 2Nationals1–3Haren (3–3)Medlen (1–4)Soriano (9)19,8062:2617–11L2
29May 3Mets5–7 (10)Parnell (2–0)Walden (1–1)Familia (1)30,8713:2917–12L3
–May 4MetsPostponed (rain). Makeup Date June 18.
30May 5Mets9–4Hudson (4–1)Niese (2–3)32,8493:0518–12W1
31May 6@ Reds7–4Maholm (4–2)Arroyo (2–4)Kimbrel (10)19,3083:2119–12W2
32May 7@ Reds4–5Broxton (1–1)Kimbrel (0–1)25,7302:5019–13L1
33May 8@ Reds7–2Minor (4–2)Leake (2–2)32,6403:0420–13W1
34May 9@ Giants6–3Teherán (2–0)Vogelsong (1–3)Kimbrel (11)41,6353:0621–13W2
35May 10@ Giants2–8Cain (2–2)Hudson (4–2)41,3872:3921–14L1
36May 11@ Giants1–10Bumgarner (4–1)Maholm (4–4)41,5303:0321–15L2
37May 12@ Giants1–5Lincecum (3–2)Medlen (1–4)42,2312:5721–16L3
38May 13@ Diamondbacks10–1Minor (5–2)Miley (3–2)25,0523:0222–16W1
39May 14@ Diamondbacks0–2Corbin (6–0)Teherán (2–1)Bell (5)30,1502:4822–17L1
40May 15@ Diamondbacks3–5Kennedy (2–3)Hudson (4–3)Bell (6)23,5243:0022–18L2
41May 17Dodgers8–5Maholm (4–4)Rodriguez (0–2)Kimbrel (12)43,2382:5323–18W1
42May 18Dodgers3–1Gearrin (1–0)Jansen (1–2)Kimbrel (13)38,6152:4024–18W2
43May 19Dodgers5–2Avilán (2–0)Jansen (1–3)Kimbrel (14)43,1183:2125–18W3
44May 20Twins5–1Teherán (3–1)Correia (4–4)Gearrin (1)20,1732:4326–18W4
45May 21Twins5–4 (10)Kimbrel (1–1)Duensing (0–1)28,6633:2527–18W5
46May 22Twins8–3Maholm (6–4)Worley (1–5)27,7982:5828–18W6
47May 24@ Mets7–5 (10)Varvaro (2–0)Lyon (1–2)Kimbrel (15)32,3253:5229–18W7
48May 25@ Mets6–0Minor (6–2)Gee (2–6)27,6223:0730–18W8
49May 26@ Mets2–4Hawkins (1–0)Gearrin (1–1)Parnell (7)27,2962:4730–19L1
50May 27@ Blue Jays3–9Buehrle (2–3)Hudson (4–4)22,8082:4130–20L2
51May 28@ Blue Jays7–6 (10)Gearrin (2–1)Weber (0–1)Kimbrel (16)45,2243:1831–20W1
52May 29Blue Jays0–3Pérez (1–0)Medlen (1–6)Janssen (11)22,4892:5531–21L1
53May 30Blue Jays11–3Minor (7–2)Dickey (4–7)29,9672:3132–21W1
54May 31Nationals2–3Stammen (3–1)Teherán (3–2)Soriano (15)36,3502:5932–22L1
June (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordStreak
55June 1Nationals2–1 (10)Walden (2–1)Rodríguez (0–1)46,9103:0733–22W1
56June 2Nationals6–3Maholm (7–4)Karns (0–1)Kimbrel (17)30,1342:5834–22W2
57June 3Pirates7–2Medlen (2–6)Burnett (3–6)19,5263:0535–22W3
58June 4Pirates5–4 (10)Varvaro (3–0)Melancon (1–1)28,6813:4436–22W4
59June 5Pirates5–0Teherán (4–2)Rodríguez (6–4)28,7032:5437–22W5
60June 6@ Dodgers0–5Greinke (3–1)Hudson (4–5)44,1962:3637–23L1
61June 7@ Dodgers1–2 (10)League (2–2)Varvaro (3–1)47,1643:0137–24L2
62June 8@ Dodgers2–1Medlen (3–6)Fife (1–1)Kimbrel (18)52,7163:0638–24W1
63June 9@ Dodgers8–1Minor (8–2)Magill (0–2)39,0283:0839–24W2
64June 10@ Padres6–7Marquis (8–2)Teherán (4–3)Thayer (1)21,1922:3139–25L1
65June 11@ Padres2–3Cashner (5–3)Hudson (4–6)Gregerson (3)22,3302:3339–26L2
66June 12@ Padres3–5Vólquez (5–5)Maholm (7–5)Vincent (1)22,3162:5439–27L3
67June 14Giants0–6Bumgarner (6–4)Medlen (3–7)45,8332:4439–28L4
68June 15Giants6–5Kimbrel (2–1)Romo (3–3)47,1783:1040–28W1
69June 16Giants3–0Teherán (5–3)Lincecum (4–7)Kimbrel (19)33,6812:5441–28W2
70June 17Mets2–1Carpenter (1–0)Gee (5–7)22,0482:2942–28W3
71June 18Mets3–4Harvey (6–1)Wood (0–1)Parnell (10)21,8573:1342–29L1
72June 18Mets1–6Wheeler (1–0)Maholm (7–6)21,0733:2442–30L2
73June 19Mets5–3Medlen (4–7)Marcum (0–9)Kimbrel (20)21,8523:0043–30W1
74June 20Mets3–4Hawkins (2–0)Minor (8–3)Parnell (11)33,8243:1043–31L1
75June 21@ Brewers0–2Peralta (5–8)Teherán (5–4)Henderson (10)32,5942:4943–32L2
76June 22@ Brewers0–2Badenhop (1–3)Hudson (4–7)Rodríguez (6)41,9742:4743–33L3
77June 23@ Brewers7–4Maholm (8–6)Fígaro (1–2)Kimbrel (21)41,2213:2244–33W1
78June 25@ Royals4–3Medlen (5–7)Collins (2–2)Kimbrel (22)29,9472:5945–33W2
79June 26@ Royals3–4 (10)Crow (4–3)Wood (0–2)22,2073:0845–34L1
80June 28Diamondbacks3–0Teherán (5–4)Delgado (0–2)Kimbrel (23)48,2823:0046–34W1
81June 29Diamondbacks11–5Walden (3–1)Hernandez (4–5)39,1803:4647–34W2
82June 30Diamondbacks6–2Maholm (9–6)Cahill (3–10)34,5743:0148–34W3
July (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordStreak
83July 2Marlins11–3Medlen (6–7)Jennings (0–1)28,0453:0549–34W4
84July 3Marlins3–6Nolasco (5–8)Minor (8–4)Cishek (16)26,1292:4649–35L1
85July 4Marlins3–4Ramos (3–2)Kimbrel (2–2)Cishek (17)35,4653:2849–36L2
86July 5@ Phillies4–5Lee (10–2)Maholm (9–6)Papelbon (18)42,0442:4749–37L3
87July 6@ Phillies13–4Hudson (5–7)Kendrick (7–6)37,0443:2250–37W1
88July 7@ Phillies3–7Pettibone (5–3)Medlen (6–8)38,1483:1350–38L1
89July 8@ Marlins7–1 (14)Carpenter (2–0)Hatcher (0–1)15,7054:1451–38W1
90July 9@ Marlins6–4Teherán (7–4)Álvarez (0–1)Kimbrel (24)17,3993:1252–38W2
91July 10@ Marlins2–6Turner (3–1)Maholm (9–8)23,9212:5852–39L1
92July 11Reds6–5Hudson (6–7)Latos (8–3)Kimbrel (25)40,1863:0753–39W1
93July 12Reds2–4Arroyo (8–7)Medlen (6–9)Chapman (21)43,2753:0353–40L1
94July 13Reds5–2Minor (9–4)Bailey (5–8)Kimbrel (26)46,9462:4054–40W1
95July 14Reds4–8Ondrusek (3–0)Teherán (7–5)29,8463:2254–41L1
–July 16All-Star GameAL 3–0 NLSaleCorbinNathan45,1863:06Citi Field
96July 19@ White Sox6–4Hudson (7–7)Danks (2–7)Kimbrel (27)25,6132:5155–41W1
97July 20@ White Sox6–10Peavy (7–4)Maholm (9–9)27,2943:1055–42L1
98July 21@ White Sox1–3Quintana (5–2)Minor (9–5)Reed (25)27,7292:3755–43L2
99July 22@ Mets2–1Walden (4–1)Parnell (5–5)Kimbrel (28)25,1113:0356–43W1
100July 23@ Mets1–4Torres (1–1)Medlen (6–10)Parnell (19)24,3552:5456–44L1
101July 24@ Mets8–2Hudson (8–7)Hefner (4–8)28,1943:0357–44W1
102July 25@ Mets4–7Wheeler (4–1)Loe (1–2)Parnell (20)35,7933:2757–45L1
103July 26Cardinals4–1Minor (10–5)Wainwright (13–6)Kimbrel (29)50,1242:3358–45W1
104July 27Cardinals2–0Avilán (3–0)Choate (1–1)Kimbrel (30)48,3122:3159–45W2
105July 28Cardinals5–2Medlen (7–10)Miller (10–7)Kimbrel (31)34,4782:5860–45W3
106July 29Rockies9–8 (10)Downs (3–3)Escalona (1–4)31,2183:4661–45W4
107July 30Rockies11–3Wood (1–2)Nicasio (6–5)28,1072:4962–45W5
108July 31Rockies9–0Minor (11–5)Chatwood (7–4)22,0973:0063–45W6
August (20–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordStreak
109August 1Rockies11–2Teherán (8–5)Bettis (0–1)30,0693:1564–45W7
110August 2@ Phillies6–4Medlen (8–10)Martin (0–1)Kimbrel (32)35,0873:1065–45W8
111August 3@ Phillies5–4 (12)Avilán (4–0)Diekman (0–2)Kimbrel (33)41,1614:1066–45W9
112August 4@ Phillies4–1Wood (2–2)Lee (10–5)Kimbrel (34)37,2353:1267–45W10
113August 5@ Nationals3–2Carpenter (3–0)Clippard (6–2)Walden (1)33,0022:5568–45W11
114August 6@ Nationals2–1Teherán (9–5)González (7–5)Kimbrel (35)30,8752:5369–45W12
115August 7@ Nationals6–3Medlen (9–10)Mattheus (0–1)Kimbrel (36)29,1143:2170–45W13
116August 9Marlins5–0Beachy (1–0)Turner (3–4)37,4242:2671–45W14
117August 10Marlins0–1Dunn (3–3)Walden (4–2)Cishek (24)42,1772:3071–46L1
118August 11Marlins9–4Minor (12–5)Jennings (1–3)32,8813:0672–46W1
119August 12Phillies1–5Hamels (5–13)Teherán (9–6)20,6762:4572–47L1
120August 13Phillies3–1Medlen (10–10)Martin (1–2)Kimbrel (37)21,6972:2873–47W1
121August 14Phillies6–3Beachy (2–0)Lannan (3–6)Kimbrel (38)18,6382:5074–47W2
122August 16Nationals3–2 (10)Downs (4–3)Krol (1–1)35,6633:1175–47W3
123August 17Nationals7–8 (15)Stammen (6–5)Medlen (10–11)Haren (1)40,8665:2975–48L1
124August 18Nationals2–1Teherán (10–6)González (7–6)Kimbrel (39)27,2212:5376–48W1
125August 20@ Mets3–5Wheeler (6–2)Beachy (2–1)Hawkins (5)25,8633:0576–49L1
126August 21@ Mets4–1 (10)Avilán (5–0)Atchison (3–2)Kimbrel (40)22,9353:0577–49W1
127August 22@ Cardinals2–6Kelly (5–3)Maholm (9–10)37,3632:5677–50L1
128August 23@ Cardinals1–3Wainwright (15–7)Medlen (10–12)41,1342:3177–51L2
129August 24@ Cardinals2–6Miller (12–8)Teherán (10–7)Mujica (34)43,6332:5977–52L3
130August 25@ Cardinals5–2Minor (13–5)Lynn (13–8)Kimbrel (41)44,0092:4178–52W1
131August 27Indians2–0Wood (3–2)Salazar (1–2)Kimbrel (42)21,4002:4179–52W2
132August 28Indians3–2Kimbrel (3–2)Smith (5–2)20,8043:0380–52W3
133August 29Indians3–1Medlen (11–12)Jiménez (9–9)Kimbrel (43)22,0812:4281–52W4
134August 30Marlins2–1Teherán (11–7)Fernández (10–6)Varvaro (1)28,2552:5282–52W5
135August 31Marlins5–4 (11)Ayala (2–1)Webb (1–5)32,7273:5983–52W6
September (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordStreak
136September 1Marlins0–7Eovaldi (3–5)Wood (3–3)38,4412:4483–53L1
137September 2Mets13–5Maholm (10–10)Matsuzaka (0–3)26,5303:4184–53W1
138September 3Mets3–1Medlen (12–12)Torres (3–3)Kimbrel (44)21,2212:4285–53W2
139September 4Mets2–5Gee (11–9)Loe (1–3)Hawkins (7)22,9463:0185–54L1
140September 6@ Phillies1–2Lee (12–6)Minor (13–6)Papelbon (25)37,0882:1485–55L2
141September 7@ Phillies5–6Papelbon (5–1)García (3–6)36,3303:1885–56L3
142September 8@ Phillies2–3Hamels (7–13)Carpenter (3–1)Rosenberg (1)38,7062:2885–57L4
143September 9@ Marlins5–2Medlen (13–12)Álvarez (3–4)Kimbrel (45)18,5032:4686–57W1
144September 10@ Marlins4–3Teherán (12–7)Koehler (3–10)Kimbrel (46)19,0953:1387–57W2
145September 11@ Marlins2–5Fernández (12–6)Minor (13–7)25,1112:4287–58L1
146September 12@ Marlins6–1García (4–6)Flynn (0–1)15,2742:3688–58W1
147September 13Padres3–4Vincent (5–3)Walden (4–3)Street (30)34,1123:0088–59L1
148September 14Padres2–1Medlen (14–12)Erlin (2–3)Kimbrel (47)40,1532:4889–59W1
149September 15Padres0-4Smith (1–1)Teherán (12–8)36,1252:5789-60L1
–September 16@ NationalsPostponed (Washington Navy Yard shooting). Rescheduled for September 17.
150September 17@ Nationals5-6Krol (2–1)Kimbrel (3–3)25,0663:0389-61L2
151September 17@ Nationals0-4Roark (7–0)García (4–7)28,3692:2589-62L3
152September 18@ Nationals5-2Loe (2–3)Ohlendorf (4–1)Kimbrel (48)30,6363:2090-62W1
153September 20@ Cubs9-5Carpenter (4–1)Gregg (2–5)29,5393:1591-62W2
154September 21@ Cubs1–3Villanueva (7–8)Downs (4–4)Strop (1)34,6122:4291–63L1
155September 22@ Cubs5–2Teherán (13–8)Jackson (8–17)Kimbrel (49)30,5153:1892–63W1
156September 23Brewers0-5Estrada (7–4)Minor (13–8)19,8932:2992-64L1
157September 24Brewers3-2Kimbrel (4–3)Hand (0–5)22,6052:3293-64W1
158September 25Brewers0–4Lohse (11–10)Maholm (10–11)19,5582:3193–65L1
159September 26Phillies7–1Hale (1–0)Cloyd (2–7)27,8583:0494–65W1
160September 27Phillies1–0Medlen (15–12)Lee (14–8)Kimbrel (50)38,7112:0795–65W2
161September 28Phillies4–5García (1–1)Minor (13–9)38,1713:3195–66L1
162September 29Phillies12–5Teherán (14–8)Miner (0–2)42,1943:2796–66W1

Roster
2013 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Other batters

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Coaches

Opening day lineup

Post-season

Division Series
Main article: 2013 National League Division Series

Game 1, October 3

8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Turner Field in Atlanta

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Los Angeles0221010006110
Atlanta000100000150
WP: Clayton Kershaw (1–0)   LP: Kris Medlen (0–1)
Home runs:
LAD: Adrián González (1)
ATL: None

Braves ace Kris Medlen struck out the side in the first inning, getting Carl Crawford looking and Mark Ellis and Hanley Ramírez swinging, throwing Turner Field into a frenzy. That would be the highlight of the night for the Braves as Medlen fell apart after the first and Clayton Kershaw dominated the strikeout-prone Braves racking up 12 while allowing only one run and hurling a complete-game. The Braves went down in order in the first. Kershaw struck out Jason Heyward and their leading offensive power Freddie Freeman to end the first. In the second inning the Dodgers got going. After an Adrián González line out controversial, rookie phenom Yasiel Puig singled followed by a single from Juan Uribe putting runners at 3rd and 1st. Skip Schumaker then hit a sac-fly to Jason Heyward scoring Puig and Uribe tagging to 2nd base with two outs. Next, Catcher A.J. Ellis smashed a double, scoring Uribe. Kershaw grounded out to first to end the top half of the second inning. Evan Gattis (the Braves feel-good story of 2013) led-off the bottom half of the 2nd with a single. Unfortunately, after a Brian McCann fly-out, surprise slugger Chris Johnson, who finished second in the National League Batting Race, flew out to Puig. This time Gattis came too far off first base and he was thrown out for an inning-ending double play. The situation only got worse in the third inning for the Braves. Crawford hit an infield single and advanced to second. It looked like the Braves might escape unscathed after getting Ellis and Ramírez to pop out. However, on the first pitch of his at-bat, Adrián González hammered a two-run homerun, extending the Dodgers lead to 4-0 and basically ending the game. Kershaw kept the Braves quiet in the third inning, while Mark Ellis drove in A.J. Ellis who hit his second double, making the score 5-0. Finally, the Braves broke through against Kershaw in the bottom of the fourth inning. After Justin Upton grounded out to Kershaw for the second time, Freeman singled and Gattis walked. McCann filed out, but Chris Johnson, who finished third in the league in batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs, singled scoring Freeman for their only run of the game. Andrelton Simmons struck out next to end the inning. After a González lead-off single and Puig hit-by-pitch, Braves manager Fredi González pulled Medlen for break out, lefty Luis Avilán. After a sacrifice bunt by Uribe and intentional walk of Schumaker, Avilán struck out A.J. Ellis and Clayton Kershaw to end the threat. However, Kershaw struck out the side in the bottom half of the fifth inning. Getting Elliot Johnson and B.J. Upton (pinch-hitting for Avilán) looking and Jason Heyward swinging. Jordan Walden relieved Avilán in the sixth inning. Crawford grounded out to lead-off the inning, but Mark Ellis singled and Hanley Ramírez doubled to score Ellis, to close the scoring at 6-1. Kershaw shut down Atlanta over the next three innings. With the win the Dodgers took a 1-0 series lead.

Game 2, October 4

6:07 p.m. (EDT) at Turner Field in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
Los Angeles1000000203100
Atlanta010100200460
WP: Mike Minor (1–0)   LP: Zack Greinke (0–1)   Sv: Craig Kimbrel (1)
Home runs:
LAD: Hanley Ramírez (1)
ATL: None

Game 3, October 6

8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta2020000026102
Los Angeles04240003X13140
WP: Chris Capuano (1–0)   LP: Julio Teherán (0–1)
Home runs:
ATL: Jason Heyward (1)
LAD: Carl Crawford (1), Juan Uribe (1)

Game 4, October 7

9:37 p.m. (EDT) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta000200100370
Los Angeles10100002X4112
WP: Brian Wilson (1–0)   LP: David Carpenter (0–1)   Sv: Kenley Jansen (1)
Home runs:
ATL: None
LAD: Carl Crawford 2 (3), Juan Uribe (2)

Player statistics

Statistics updated after game on September 29, 2013.[20][21]
† denotes player is on 15-day disabled list.
‡ denotes player is on 60-day disabled list.
* denotes player is active, but on the inactive roster.
x denotes player was traded mid-season and is no longer in the organization.

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; TB = Total bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB K SB AVG OBP SLG
Andrelton Simmons15760676150276175924040556.248.296.396
Justin Upton149558941472722770259751618.263.354.464
Freddie Freeman1475518917627223109276661211.319.396.501
Chris Johnson142514541653401268235291160.321.358.457
Dan Uggla13644860801032255162771712.179.309.362
B. J. Upton12639130721409261134415112.184.268.289
Jason Heyward †1043826797221143816348732.254.349.427
Brian McCann1023564391130205716439660.256.336.461
Evan Gattis1053544486210216517021810.243.291.480
Jordan Schafer9423132578332180297322.247.331.346
Reed Johnson †74123133071111426320.244.311.341
Luis Avilán7010000000000.000.000.000
Anthony Varvaro5910000000010.000.000.000
Ramiro Peña ‡5097142751312438180.278.330.443
David Carpenter5530000000010.000.000.000
Joey Terdoslavich5579111740042112241.215.315.266
Gerald Laird471211234801134514231.281.367.372
Paul Janish524177200293110.171.222.220
Juan Francisco x35108102620516437430.241.287.398
Kris Medlen3055392014143231.164.217.255
Mike Minor29613101016142250.164.190.230
Julio Teherán30581133002162160.224.250.276
Alex Wood242110000000150.000.000.000
Paul Maholm235227200291250.135.151.173
Tim Hudson †1938261013104140.158.238.263
Tyler Pastornicky †203059100010100.300.323.333
José Constanza21312800038050.258.258.258
Elliot Johnson329282452010338188.261.317.359
Todd Cunningham *882200002030.250.250.250
Brandon Beachy †581100001130.125.222.125
Phil Gosselin *462200002120.333.429.333
Blake DeWitt x430110002000.333.333.667
Kameron Loe910000000000.000.000.000
Freddy García680000000050.000.000.000
Team Totals16254416881354247211816562186542138464.249.321.402

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; QS = Quality starts; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average

R Player G GS QS W L SV HLD IP H ER HR BB K ERA
1Mike Minor32322313900204.21777322461813.21
2Kris Medlen323122151201197.01946818471573.11
3Julio Teherán30301814800185.21736622451703.20
4Paul Maholm262613101100153.21697517471054.41
5Tim Hudson ‡2121138700131.1120581036953.97
-Brandon Beachy †554210030.0271554234.50
-David Hale221100011.011101140.82

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; QS = Quality starts; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average

Player G GS QS W L SV HLD IP H ER HR BB K ERA
Luis Avilán75005002765.04011122381.52
Craig Kimbrel68004350067.0399420981.21
Anthony Varvaro6200311673.16823325432.82
Jordan Walden50004311447.03918414543.45
David Carpenter56004101265.24513520741.78
Cory Gearrin *3700211131.03013216233.77
Alex Wood31115330177.27627327773.13
Luis Ayala37001101023.2236111152.28
Eric O'Flaherty ‡19001101231.03410113202.90
Scott Downs2500210814.019608153.86
Kameron Loe910120011.21782586.17
Cory Rasmus x30000006.2864368.10
Freddy García633120027.123525201.65
Cristhian Martínez ‡20000002.1520007.71
Team Pitching Totals162162102966653911450.1132651212740912323.18

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Gwinnett Braves International League Randy Ready
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Aaron Holbert
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Luis Salazar
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Randy Ingle
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Jonathan Schuerholz
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rocket Wheeler

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