2015 Atlanta Braves season
The 2015 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 19th season of home games at Turner Field, 50th season in Atlanta, and 145th season overall. The Braves failed to improve on their 79–83 record from 2014. As a result, the team finished 2015 with a record of 67–95, in 4th place in NL East, and the 3rd worst record in the major leagues.
Offseason
The Braves offseason began in the final week of the 2014 season. The Braves were officially eliminated from the postseason contention on Sunday, September 21. On Monday, the Braves announced the termination of General Manager Frank Wren and appointed John Hart as the interim general manager. The Braves signed Hart to a three-year deal to become the Braves President of Baseball Operations a month later. Hart continued to fill the role of general manager throughout the offseason with much help from assistant general manager John Coppolella.Season summary
Opening Day
After an offseason filled with many trades and roster movements, the Braves began the season with Julio Teherán as the starting pitcher for the second consecutive year. They took an early lead in the first inning after a Nick Markakis single scored Jace Peterson. Miami tied the game in the third inning, but a late Markakis RBI scoring Eric Young, Jr. was the difference. In the team's first save opportunity since trading closer Craig Kimbrel, newly appointed closer Jason Grilli pitched a perfect inning and the Braves won 2–1.Regular season
After optimistically winning the first five games of the season, the Braves' early success was short-lived. The team finished April with a 10–12 record. They had a winning record in May, but struggles within the young roster made quality starts and wins few and far between. A July 11 injury to closer Jason Grilli sealed the fate of the struggling team, lacking the skills necessary for a successful starting rotation. An 8–20 August followed, and after additional movements and trades, the team's starting rotation was virtually unrecognizable from how the season began. Shelby Miller, once thought to be a crucial starting pitcher to the team's success, lost a franchise-record 24 consecutive starts, finishing the season with a 6–17 record after receiving a run support average of 2.38.The Braves finished the season with a 67–95 record, third-worst in the MLB, ahead of the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies.
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 |
| Nick Markakis | 156 | 612 | 73 | 181 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 70 | .296 | .376 |
| Andrelton Simmons | 147 | 535 | 60 | 142 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 39 | .265 | .338 |
| Jace Peterson | 152 | 528 | 55 | 126 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 12 | 56 | .239 | .335 |
| Cameron Maybin | 141 | 505 | 65 | 135 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 23 | 45 | .267 | .370 |
| Freddie Freeman | 118 | 416 | 62 | 115 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 66 | 3 | 56 | .276 | .471 |
| A. J. Pierzynski | 113 | 407 | 38 | 122 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 0 | 19 | .300 | .430 |
| Jonny Gomes | 83 | 195 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 28 | .221 | .364 |
| Adonis García | 58 | 191 | 20 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 5 | .277 | .497 |
| Kelly Johnson | 62 | 182 | 20 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 13 | .275 | .451 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 48 | 155 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .290 |
| Chris Johnson | 56 | 153 | 12 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 7 | .235 | .320 |
| Juan Uribe | 46 | 151 | 17 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 15 | .285 | .464 |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 84 | 142 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .261 | .352 |
| Michael Bourn | 46 | 136 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | .221 | .257 |
| Eury Pérez | 47 | 119 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | .269 | .303 |
| Nick Swisher | 46 | 118 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 27 | .195 | .339 |
| Alberto Callaspo | 37 | 107 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | .206 | .252 |
| Daniel Castro | 33 | 96 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .240 | .344 |
| Todd Cunningham | 39 | 86 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .221 | .267 |
| Héctor Olivera | 24 | 79 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .253 | .405 |
| Eric Young Jr. | 35 | 77 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .169 | .273 |
| Ryan Lavanway | 27 | 66 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .227 | .394 |
| Joey Terdoslavich | 28 | 56 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .375 |
| Phil Gosselin | 20 | 40 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .325 | .425 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 268 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | .093 | .108 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5420 | 573 | 1361 | 251 | 18 | 100 | 548 | 69 | 471 | .251 | .359 |
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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 |
| Shelby Miller | 6 | 17 | 3.02 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 205.1 | 183 | 82 | 69 | 73 | 171 |
| Julio Teherán | 11 | 8 | 4.04 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 200.2 | 189 | 99 | 90 | 73 | 171 |
| Alex Wood | 7 | 6 | 3.54 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 119.1 | 132 | 50 | 47 | 36 | 90 |
| Williams Pérez | 7 | 6 | 4.78 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 116.2 | 130 | 66 | 62 | 51 | 73 |
| Matt Wisler | 8 | 8 | 4.71 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 109.0 | 119 | 59 | 57 | 40 | 72 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | 4 | 6 | 5.71 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 86.2 | 112 | 63 | 55 | 29 | 77 |
| Jim Johnson | 2 | 3 | 2.25 | 49 | 0 | 9 | 48.0 | 45 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
| Eric Stults | 1 | 5 | 5.85 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 47.2 | 48 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 31 |
| Luis Avilán | 2 | 4 | 3.58 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| Brandon Cunniff | 2 | 2 | 4.63 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 37 |
| Jason Grilli | 3 | 4 | 2.94 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 33.2 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 45 |
| Arodys Vizcaíno | 3 | 1 | 1.60 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 33.2 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 37 |
| David Aardsma | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 35 |
| Ryan Weber | 0 | 3 | 4.76 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 28.1 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 19 |
| Andrew McKirahan | 1 | 0 | 5.93 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 22 |
| Manny Bañuelos | 1 | 4 | 5.13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26.1 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 19 |
| Trevor Cahill | 0 | 3 | 7.52 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 26.1 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 14 |
| Sugar Ray Marimón | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 14 |
| Edwin Jackson | 2 | 2 | 2.92 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 24.2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Matt Marksberry | 0 | 3 | 5.01 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 21 |
| Cody Martin | 2 | 3 | 5.40 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| Ryan Kelly | 0 | 0 | 7.02 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| Jake Brigham | 0 | 1 | 8.64 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 12 |
| Ross Detwiler | 1 | 0 | 7.63 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 13 |
| Nick Masset | 2 | 2 | 6.46 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
| Danny Burawa | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Peter Moylan | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Ian Thomas | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Jason Frasor | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Michael Kohn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Donnie Veal | 0 | 0 | 14.54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| David Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Dana Eveland | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Dan Winkler | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Juan Jaime | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| John Cornely | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonny Gomes | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 67 | 95 | 4.41 | 162 | 162 | 44 | 1425.1 | 1462 | 760 | 698 | 550 | 1148 |
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