2021 Atlanta Braves season

The 2021 Atlanta Braves season was the 151st season of the Atlanta Braves franchise, the 56th Season in Atlanta, and the Braves' 5th season at Truist Park. The Braves were managed by Brian Snitker, in his sixth season as the team’s manager. The Braves clinched their fourth consecutive National League East title. They defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS and faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS for the second straight year. They defeated the Dodgers in six games to reach the World Series for the first time since 1999. They would go on to defeat the Houston Astros in six games, winning their first World Series since 1995, their second since moving to Atlanta, and their fourth in franchise history. Jorge Soler won the Most Valuable Player award in the World Series.

2021 Atlanta Braves
World Series Champions National League Champions National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Truist Park
City	Atlanta
Record	88–73 (.547)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Liberty Media/John Malone
General managers	Alex Anthopoulos
Managers	Brian Snitker
Television	Bally Sports Southeast Bally Sports South (Chip Caray, Jeff Francoeur, Paul Byrd, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy, Joe Simpson, Kelly Crull)
Radio	680 The Fan Rock 100.5 Atlanta Braves Radio Network (Ben Ingram, Jim Powell, Joe Simpson) 1600 La Mejor (Daniel Cantú, Emanuel Zamarrón)
Seasons

Offseason

November

• On November 11, 2020, the Braves re-signed right-handed relief pitcher Josh Tomlin to a one-year, $1 million contract that includes a $1.25 million club option for 2022.
• On November 16, 2020, the Braves signed left-handed starting pitcher Drew Smyly to a one-year, $11 million contract.
• On November 24, 2020, the Braves signed right-handed starting pitcher Charlie Morton to a one-year, $15 million contract.

February

• On February 5, 2021, the Braves re-signed outfielder Marcell Ozuna to a four-year, $64 million contract. The contract includes a club option for a fifth year, worth $16 million, with a $1 million buyout.

Regular season

National League East

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	88	73	.547	—	42‍–‍38	46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	6½	47‍–‍34	35‍–‍46
New York Mets	77	85	.475	11½	47‍–‍34	30‍–‍51
Miami Marlins	67	95	.414	21½	42‍–‍39	25‍–‍56
Washington Nationals	65	97	.401	23½	35‍–‍46	30‍–‍51

National League Division Leaders

Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	107	55	.660
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586
Atlanta Braves	88	73	.547

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654	+16
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	—
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	7
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	8
San Diego Padres	79	83	.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13
Colorado Rockies	74	87	.460	15½
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19
Miami Marlins	67	95	.414	23
Washington Nationals	65	97	.401	25
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	29
Arizona Diamondbacks	52	110	.321	38

Record vs. opponents

2021 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	2–4	5–1	9–10	3–16	2–5	1–6	1–5	4–3	4–2	8–11	2–17	1–6	3–4	4–16
Arizona	—	3–4	2–4	5–1	9–10	3–16	2–5	1–6	1–5	4–3	4–2	8–11	2–17	1–6	3–4	4–16
Atlanta	4–3	—	5–2	4–3	2–4	2–4	11–8	3–3	10–9	10–9	4–3	4–2	3–3	6–1	14–5	6–14
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	1–5	4–15	4–3	2–5	14–5	5–1	1–6	9–10	4–3	6–14
Cincinnati	1–5	3–4	11–8	—	5–2	3–3	5–2	9–10	3–3	4–2	13–6	1–6	1–6	10–9	5–2	9–11
Colorado	10–9	4–2	3–3	2–5	—	6–13	4–2	2–5	2–5	5–2	4–2	11–8	4–15	3–4	4–2	10–10
Los Angeles	16–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	13–6	—	3–4	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–0	12–7	9–10	4–3	7–0	12–8
Miami	5–2	8–11	5–1	2–5	2–4	4–3	—	3–3	9–10	10–9	2–5	3–4	3–4	0–6	8–11	3–17
Milwaukee	6–1	3–3	15–4	10–9	5–2	3–4	3–3	—	4–2	2–5	14–5	5–2	4–3	8–11	5–1	8–12
New York	5–1	9–10	3–4	3–3	5–2	1–6	10–9	2–4	—	9–10	3–4	4–3	1–5	2–5	11–8	9–11
Philadelphia	3–4	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–5	2–4	9–10	5–2	10–9	—	4–3	4–2	2–4	4–3	13–6	8–12
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–4	5–14	6–13	2–4	0–6	5–2	5–14	4–3	3–4	—	3–4	4–3	7–12	2–4	10–10
San Diego	11–8	2–4	1–5	6–1	8–11	7–12	4–3	2–5	3–4	2–4	4–3	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	14–6
San Francisco	17–2	3–3	6–1	6–1	15–4	10–9	4–3	3–4	5–1	4–2	3–4	11–8	—	2–4	5–2	13–7
St. Louis	6–1	1–6	10–9	9–10	4–3	3–4	6–0	11–8	5–2	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	—	2–4	11–9
Washington	4–3	5–14	3–4	2–5	2–4	0–7	11–8	1–5	8–11	6–13	4–2	3–4	2–5	4–2	—	10–10

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

Game log

2021 Game Log: 88–73 (Home: 42–38; Away: 46–35)
April: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 April 1 @ Phillies 2–3 (10) Brogdon (1–0) Jones (0–1) — 8,529 0–1 L1 2 April 3 @ Phillies 0–4 Wheeler (1–0) Morton (0–1) — 8,582 0–2 L2 3 April 4 @ Phillies 1–2 Alvarado (1–0) Martin (0–1) Neris (1) 10,773 0–3 L3 – April 5 @ Nationals Postponed (COVID-19, Makeup April 7) 4 April 6 @ Nationals 5–6 Hudson (1–0) Smith (0–1) — 4,801 0–4 L4 5 April 7 (1) @ Nationals 7–6 (7) Tomlin (1–0) Fedde (0–1) Smith (1) N/A 1–4 W1 6 April 7 (2) @ Nationals 2–0 (7) Jackson (1–0) Rainey (0–1) Newcomb (1) 4,927 2–4 W2 7 April 9 Phillies 8–1 Morton (1–1) Wheeler (1–1) — 14,342 3–4 W3 8 April 10 Phillies 5–4 Newcomb (1–0) Bradley (0–1) Smith (2) 14,394 4–4 W4 9 April 11 Phillies 6–7 Alvarado (2–0) Smith (0–2) Neris (2) 14,221 4–5 L1 10 April 12 Marlins 3–5 (10) García (1–1) Webb (0–1) — 11,830 4–6 L2 11 April 13 Marlins 8–14 Curtiss (1–0) Fried (0–1) — 12,036 4–7 L3 12 April 14 Marlins 5–6 (10) Curtiss (2–0) Matzek (0–1) García (2) 12,480 4–8 L4 13 April 15 Marlins 7–6 Minter (1–0) Floro (0–1) — 11,739 5–8 W1 14 April 16 @ Cubs 5–2 Tomlin (2–0) Davies (1–2) Smith (3) 10,343 6–8 W2 15 April 17 @ Cubs 4–13 Williams (2–1) Ynoa (0–1) — 10,343 6–9 L1 16 April 18 @ Cubs 13–4 Wilson (1–0) Hendricks (0–2) — 10,343 7–9 W1 17 April 20 @ Yankees 1–3 Loáisiga (2–0) Matzek (0–2) Chapman (2) 10,017 7–10 L1 18 April 21 @ Yankees 4–1 Anderson (1–0) Kluber (0–2) — 9,634 8–10 W1 19 April 23 Diamondbacks 5–4 Ynoa (1–1) Weaver (1–2) Smith (4) 19,258 9–10 W2 — April 24 Diamondbacks (Rain, makeup date: April 25) 20 April 25 (1) Diamondbacks 0–5 (7) Gallen (1–0) Wilson (1–1) — N/A 9–11 L1 21 April 25 (2) Diamondbacks 0–7 (7) Bumgarner (2–2) Smyly (0–1) — 20,693 9–12 L2 22 April 26 Cubs 8–7 Morton (2–1) Workman (0–2) Smith (5) 17,956 10–12 W1 23 April 27 Cubs 5–0 Anderson (2–0) Williams (2–2) — 17,603 11–12 W2 24 April 28 Cubs 10–0 Ynoa (2–1) Hendricks (1–3) — 18,709 12–12 W3 25 April 29 Cubs 3–9 Alzolay (1–2) Wilson (1–2) — 19,661 12–13 L1 26 April 30 @ Blue Jays 5–13 Ray (1–1) Smyly (0–2) — 1,629 12–14 L2
May: 13–12 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 27 May 1 @ Blue Jays 5–6 (10) Romano (2–1) Jones (0–2) — 1,634 12–15 L3 28 May 2 @ Blue Jays 2–7 Borucki (3–1) Anderson (2–1) Dolis (3) 1,554 12–16 L4 29 May 4 @ Nationals 6–1 Ynoa (3–1) Ross (2–2) — 8,156 13–16 W1 30 May 5 @ Nationals 5–3 Fried (1–1) Fedde (2–3) Smith (6) 8,400 14–16 W2 31 May 6 @ Nationals 3–2 Smyly (1–2) Lester (0–1) Smith (7) 8,561 15–16 W3 32 May 7 Phillies 2–12 Eflin (2–1) Morton (2–2) — 38,952 15–17 L1 33 May 8 Phillies 8–7 (12) Webb (1–1) De Los Santos (0–1) — 39,852 16–17 W1 34 May 9 Phillies 6–1 Ynoa (4–1) Nola (3–2) — 28,829 17–17 W2 35 May 11 Blue Jays 3–5 Thornton (1–0) Minter (1–1) Romano (1) 21,688 17–18 L1 36 May 12 Blue Jays 1–4 Ryu (3–2) Jackson (1–1) Cole (1) 21,171 17–19 L2 37 May 13 Blue Jays 4–8 Bergen (1–0) Smith (0–3) — 21,653 17–20 L3 38 May 14 @ Brewers 6–3 Smyly (2–2) Houser (3–4) — 12,130 18–20 W1 39 May 15 @ Brewers 5–1 Anderson (3–1) Anderson (2–3) — 16,344 19–20 W2 40 May 16 @ Brewers 9–10 Peralta (4–1) Ynoa (4–2) Hader (9) 16,044 19–21 L1 41 May 17 Mets 1–3 Reid-Foley (1–0) Fried (1–2) Díaz (6) 22,691 19–22 L1 42 May 18 Mets 3–4 Familia (2–0) Smith (0–4) Díaz (7) 21,667 19–23 L2 43 May 19 Mets 5–4 Smith (1–4) Barnes (1–1) — 22,619 20–23 W1 44 May 20 Pirates 4–6 (10) Rodríguez (3–0) Webb (1–2) — 21,430 20–24 L1 45 May 21 Pirates 20–1 Anderson (4–1) Anderson (3–4) — 37,545 21–24 W1 46 May 22 Pirates 6–1 Wilson (2–2) Keller (2–6) — 40,068 22–24 W2 47 May 23 Pirates 7–1 Fried (2–2) Brubaker (3–4) — 39,874 23–24 W3 48 May 25 @ Red Sox 3–1 Morton (3–2) Richards (4–3) Smith (8) 9,357 24–24 W4 49 May 26 @ Red Sox 5–9 Pivetta (6–0) Smyly (2–3) — 9,197 24–25 L1 — May 28 @ Mets Postponed (Rain, Makeup: June 21) 50 May 29 @ Mets 2–13 Walker (4–1) Anderson (4–2) — 10,251 24–26 L2 — May 30 @ Mets Postponed (Rain, Makeup: July 26) 51 May 31 Nationals 5–3 Morton (4–2) Ross (2–5) Smith (9) 37,668 25–26 W1
June: 13–15 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 52 June 1 Nationals 6–11 Voth (2–0) Fried (2–3) — 24,083 25–27 L1 53 June 2 Nationals 3–5 Hudson (4–1) Minter (1–2) Hand (9) 32,752 25–28 L2 54 June 3 Nationals 5–1 Tomlin (3–0) Corbin (3–5) — 25,595 26–28 W1 55 June 4 Dodgers 5–9 Urías (8–2) Anderson (4–3) — 40,514 26–29 L1 56 June 5 Dodgers 6–4 Morton (5–2) Kershaw (7–5) Smith (10) 41,136 27–29 W1 57 June 6 Dodgers 4–2 Fried (3–3) Bauer (6–4) Smith (11) 39,439 28–29 W2 58 June 8 @ Phillies 9–5 Newcomb (2–0) Brogdon (4–2) — 13,125 29–29 W3 59 June 9 @ Phillies 1–2 Suárez (2–0) Smith (1–5) — 13,552 29–30 L1 60 June 10 @ Phillies 3–4 (10) Alvarado (5–0) Martin (0–2) — 14,261 29–31 L2 61 June 11 @ Marlins 3–4 Alcántara (4–5) Morton (5–3) García (11) 6,595 29–32 L3 62 June 12 @ Marlins 2–4 Thompson (1–1) Fried (3–4) Floro (2) 8,158 29–33 L4 63 June 13 @ Marlins 6–4 Smyly (3–3) López (2–4) Smith (12) 8,448 30–33 W1 64 June 15 Red Sox 8–10 Sawamura (3–0) Martin (0–3) Barnes (15) 36,638 30–34 L1 65 June 16 Red Sox 8–10 Ríos (1–0) Greene (0–1) Ottavino (4) 39,847 30–35 L2 66 June 17 Cardinals 4–0 Morton (6–3) Gant (4–5) — 33,412 31–35 W1 67 June 18 Cardinals 9–1 Fried (4–4) Martínez (3–8) — 40,377 32–35 W2 — June 19 Cardinals Postponed (rain, makeup June 20) 68 June 20 (1) Cardinals 1–9 (7) Wainwright (5–5) Wilson (2–3) — 33,781 32–36 L1 69 June 20 (2) Cardinals 1–0 (7) Smyly (4–3) Kim (1–5) Smith (13) 36,977 33–36 W1 70 June 21 (1) @ Mets 2–4 (7) deGrom (7–2) Muller (0–1) Díaz (15) N/A 33–37 L1 71 June 21 (2) @ Mets 1–0 (7) Anderson (5–3) Castro (2–2) Smith (14) 18,698 34–37 W1 72 June 22 @ Mets 3–0 Morton (7–3) Díaz (0–1) Smith (15) 17,063 35–37 W2 73 June 23 @ Mets 3–7 Oswalt (1–0) Wright (0–1) Díaz (16) 15,645 35–38 L1 74 June 24 @ Reds 3–5 Santillan (1–1) Chavez (0–1) Brach (1) 23,941 35–39 L2 75 June 25 @ Reds 3–2 Smyly (5–3) Gutiérrez (3–2) Smith (16) 30,231 36–39 W1 76 June 26 @ Reds 1–4 Castillo (3–10) Anderson (5–4) Garrett (5) 34,671 36–40 L1 77 June 27 @ Reds 4–0 Muller (1–1) Mahle (7–3) — 21,696 37–40 W1 78 June 29 Mets 3–4 Smith (3–1) Minter (1–3) Díaz (17) 29,274 37–41 L1 79 June 30 Mets 20–2 Fried (5–4) Peterson (2–6) — 28,405 38–41 W1
July: 14–12 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 80 July 1 Mets 4–3 Smith (2–5) Lugo (1–1) — 35,777 39–41 W2 81 July 2 Marlins 1–0 Smyly (6–3) López (4–5) Smith (17) 38,203 40–41 W3 82 July 3 Marlins 2–3 Alcántara (5–7) Muller (1–2) García (13) 38,526 40–42 L1 83 July 4 Marlins 8–7 (10) Smith (3–5) Bass (1–4) — 34,485 41–42 W1 84 July 5 @ Pirates 1–11 De Jong (1–3) Fried (5–5) — 11,600 41–43 L1 85 July 6 @ Pirates 1–2 Rodríguez (4–1) Matzek (0–3) — 10,844 41–44 L2 86 July 7 @ Pirates 14–3 Smyly (7–3) Crick (1–1) — 10,094 42–44 W1 87 July 9 @ Marlins 5–0 Morton (8–3) Bass (1–5) — 7,446 43–44 W2 88 July 10 @ Marlins 5–4 Fried (6–5) Rogers (7–6) Smith (18) 12,178 44–44 W3 89 July 11 @ Marlins 4–7 López (5–5) Anderson (5–5) — 9,456 44–45 L1 – July 13 91st All-Star Game: Denver, CO 90 July 16 Rays 6–7 (10) Wisler (2–3) Chavez (0–2) Fairbanks (4) 40,485 44–46 L2 91 July 17 Rays 9–0 Fried (7–5) Fleming (7–5) — 40,868 45–46 W1 92 July 18 Rays 5–7 Springs (5–1) Minter (1–4) Fairbanks (5) 34,544 45–47 L1 — July 19 Padres Postponed (Rain, Makeup: July 21) 93 July 20 Padres 2–1 Toussaint (1–0) Darvish (7–4) Smith (19) 36,621 46–47 W1 94 July 21 (1) Padres 2–3 (7) Paddack (6–6) Muller (1–3) Melancon (28) 28,621 46–48 L1 — July 21 (2) Padres Suspended (Rain, Makeup: September 24) 95 July 22 @ Phillies 7–2 Morton (9–3) Moore (0–2) — 22,645 47–48 W1 96 July 23 @ Phillies 1–5 Wheeler (8–5) Fried (7–6) — 23,546 47–49 L1 97 July 24 @ Phillies 15–3 Tomlin (4–0) Velasquez (3–5) — 24,479 48–49 W1 98 July 25 @ Phillies 1–2 Nola (7–6) Toussaint (1–1) Suárez (4) 19,370 48–50 L1 99 July 26 (1) @ Mets 2–0 (7) Muller (2–3) Stroman (7–9) Smith (20) N/A 49–50 W1 100 July 26 (2) @ Mets 0–1 (7) May (3–2) Jackson (1–2) Díaz (22) 24,384 49–51 L1 101 July 27 @ Mets 12–5 Morton (10–3) Eickhoff (0–2) — 24,000 50–51 W1 102 July 28 @ Mets 1–2 May (4–2) Fried (7–7) Díaz (23) 25,787 50–52 L1 103 July 29 @ Mets 6–3 Chavez (1–2) Walker (7–5) Smith (21) 26,080 51–52 W1 104 July 30 Brewers 5–9 Boxberger (4–2) Toussaint (1–2) — 38,680 51–53 L1 105 July 31 Brewers 8–1 Chavez (2–2) Woodruff (7–6) — 39,088 52–53 W1
August: 18–8 (Home: 6–6; Away: 12–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 106 August 1 Brewers 1–2 Anderson (4–5) Morton (10–4) Hader (22) 33,469 52–54 L1 107 August 3 @ Cardinals 6–1 Fried (8–7) Lester (3–6) — 31,509 53–54 W1 108 August 4 @ Cardinals 7–4 Martin (1–3) Gallegos (5–4) Smith (22) 32,205 54–54 W2 109 August 5 @ Cardinals 8–4 Santana (1–0) Gallegos (5–5) — 30,549 55–54 W3 110 August 6 Nationals 8–4 Santana (2–0) Fedde (4–8) — 34,454 56–54 W4 111 August 7 Nationals 2–3 Machado (1–0) Smith (3–6) Finnegan (3) 38,300 56–55 L1 112 August 8 Nationals 5–4 Fried (9–7) Corbin (6–11) Martin (1) 29,101 57–55 W1 113 August 10 Reds 3–2 Smyly (8–3) Hembree (2–7) Smith (23) 24,432 58–55 W2 114 August 11 Reds 8–6 (11) Santana (3–0) Sims (4–2) — 23,375 59–55 W3 115 August 12 Reds 3–12 Gutiérrez (8–3) Muller (2–4) — 23,395 59–56 L1 116 August 13 @ Nationals 4–2 Morton (11–4) Gray (0–1) Smith (24) 24,812 60–56 W1 117 August 14 @ Nationals 12–2 Fried (10–7) Corbin (6–12) — 27,959 61–56 W2 118 August 15 @ Nationals 6–5 Chavez (3–2) Espino (3–4) Smith (25) 27,488 62–56 W3 119 August 16 @ Marlins 12–2 Toussaint (2–2) Garrett (1–2) — 6,442 63–56 W4 120 August 17 @ Marlins 2–0 Martin (2–3) Alcántara (7–11) Smith (26) 6,079 64–56 W5 121 August 18 @ Marlins 11–9 Morton (12–4) Luzardo (4–6) — 6,871 65–56 W6 122 August 20 @ Orioles 3–0 Fried (11–7) Akin (0–8) — 13,583 66–56 W7 123 August 21 @ Orioles 5–4 Smyly (9–3) Harvey (6–13) Smith (27) 15,774 67–56 W8 124 August 22 @ Orioles 3–1 Toussaint (3–2) Means (5–6) Smith (28) 11,180 68–56 W9 125 August 23 Yankees 1–5 Montgomery (5–5) Ynoa (4–3) — 39,176 68–57 L1 126 August 24 Yankees 4–5 Holmes (5–2) Morton (12–5) Peralta (5) 37,426 68–58 L2 127 August 27 Giants 6–5 Minter (2–4) Watson (5–4) Smith (29) 35,586 69–58 W1 128 August 28 Giants 0–5 Webb (8–3) Ynoa (4–4) — 39,558 69–59 L1 129 August 29 Giants 9–0 Anderson (6–5) DeSclafani (11–6) — 28,820 70–59 W1 130 August 30 @ Dodgers 3–5 Urías (15–3) Smyly (9–4) Treinen (5) 49,410 70–60 L1 131 August 31 @ Dodgers 2–3 Treinen (5–5) Matzek (0–4) Jansen (30) 44,952 70–61 L2
September: 16–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 132 September 1 @ Dodgers 3–4 Bickford (3–1) Martin (2–4) Kelly (2) 47,473 70–62 L3 133 September 2 @ Rockies 6–5 Webb (2–2) Almonte (1–3) Smith (30) 21,481 71–62 W1 134 September 3 @ Rockies 3–4 Senzatela (4–9) Ynoa (4–5) Estévez (4) 24,371 71–63 L1 135 September 4 @ Rockies 6–7 Kinley (3–2) Minter (2–5) Estévez (5) 35,351 71–64 L2 136 September 5 @ Rockies 9–2 Morton (13–5) Feltner (0–1) — 33,957 72–64 W1 137 September 7 Nationals 8–5 Jackson (2–2) Harper (0–2) Smith (31) 20,544 73–64 W2 138 September 8 Nationals 2–4 Voth (4–1) Rodríguez (4–3) Finnegan (8) 20,074 73–65 L1 139 September 9 Nationals 7–6 (10) Webb (3–2) Suero (2–3) — 23,657 74–65 W1 140 September 10 Marlins 6–2 Anderson (7–5) Rogers (7–7) — 33,850 75–65 W2 141 September 11 Marlins 4–6 Bass (3–7) Rodríguez (4–4) Floro (10) 35,250 75–66 L1 142 September 12 Marlins 5–3 Webb (4–2) Bass (3–8) Smith (32) 27,847 76–66 W1 143 September 14 Rockies 4–5 Gray (8–10) Toussaint (3–3) Estévez (8) 22,579 76–67 L1 144 September 15 Rockies 2–3 (10) Estévez (3–4) Minter (2–6) Stephenson (1) 21,382 76–68 L2 — September 16 Rockies Cancelled (Rain) 145 September 17 @ Giants 5–6 (10) Doval (4–1) Webb (4–3) — 26,644 76–69 L3 146 September 18 @ Giants 0–2 Littell (4–0) Morton (13–6) Leone (2) 31,058 76–70 L4 147 September 19 @ Giants 3–0 Fried (12–7) DeSclafani (12–7) Smith (33) 32,210 77–70 W1 148 September 20 @ Diamondbacks 11–4 Webb (5–3) Mejía (0–2) — 9,642 78–70 W2 149 September 21 @ Diamondbacks 6–1 Smyly (10–4) Weaver (3–6) — 8,879 79–70 W3 150 September 22 @ Diamondbacks 9–2 Anderson (8–5) Kelly (7–11) — 10,631 80–70 W4 151 September 23 @ Diamondbacks 4–6 Poppen (1–0) Webb (5–4) Wendelken (2) 6,880 80–71 L1 152 September 24 (1) Padres 5–6 (7) Hudson (5–1) Smith (3–6) Melancon (29) N/A 80–72 L2 153 September 24 (2) @ Padres 4–0 Fried (13–7) Knehr (1–1) — 33,265 81–72 W1 154 September 25 @ Padres 10–8 (10) Rodríguez (5–4) Hudson (5–3) Smith (34) 39,026 82–72 W2 155 September 26 @ Padres 4–3 Minter (3–6) Johnson (3–4) Smith (35) 41,294 83–72 W3 156 September 28 Phillies 2–1 Morton (14–6) Wheeler (14–10) Smith (36) 29,238 84–72 W4 157 September 29 Phillies 7–2 Fried (14–7) Nola (9–9) — 27,664 85–72 W5 158 September 30 Phillies 5–3 Anderson (9–5) Gibson (10–9) Smith (37) 38,235 86–72 W6
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 159 October 1 Mets 3–4 Megill (4–6) Ynoa (4–6) Díaz (32) 32,659 86–73 L1 160 October 2 Mets 6–5 Smyly (11–4) Carrasco (1–5) Webb (1) 37,616 87–73 W1 161 October 3 Mets 5–0 Strider (1–0) Syndergaard (0–1) — 33,202 88–73 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Braves team member

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	156	629	103	163	40	7	30	106	20	47	.259	.488
Freddie Freeman	159	600	120	180	25	2	31	83	8	85	.300	.503
Austin Riley	160	590	91	179	33	1	33	107	0	52	.303	.531
Dansby Swanson	160	588	78	146	33	2	27	88	9	52	.248	.449
Guillermo Heredia	120	305	46	67	26	0	5	26	0	32	.220	.354
Ronald Acuña Jr.	82	297	72	84	19	1	24	52	17	49	.283	.596
Travis d'Arnaud	60	209	21	46	14	0	7	26	0	17	.220	.388
Jorge Soler	55	208	36	56	11	0	14	33	0	29	.269	.524
Adam Duvall	55	199	26	45	7	1	16	45	0	14	.226	.513
Marcell Ozuna	48	188	21	40	6	0	7	26	0	19	.213	.356
Ehire Adrianza	109	182	32	45	9	2	5	28	0	21	.247	.401
Joc Pederson	64	173	20	43	8	1	7	22	0	17	.249	.428
William Contreras	52	163	19	35	4	1	8	23	0	19	.215	.399
Abraham Almonte	64	148	20	32	12	0	5	19	1	26	.216	.399
Eddie Rosario	33	96	13	26	4	2	7	16	2	9	.271	.573
Kevan Smith	30	91	6	15	3	0	0	3	0	10	.165	.198
Ender Inciarte	52	79	11	17	2	0	2	10	1	7	.215	.316
Stephen Vogt	26	78	7	13	0	0	2	8	0	8	.167	.244
Pablo Sandoval	69	73	11	13	0	0	4	11	0	11	.178	.342
Orlando Arcia	32	70	9	15	3	0	2	13	1	7	.214	.343
Cristian Pache	22	63	6	7	3	0	1	4	0	2	.111	.206
Alex Jackson	10	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.043	.043
Johan Camargo	15	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000
Jeff Mathis	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jonathan Lucroy	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.200	.200
Sean Kazmar Jr.	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	161	279	17	38	7	0	2	12	0	9	.136	.183
Team Totals	161	5363	790	1307	269	20	239	762	59	549	.244	.435

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
Charlie Morton	14	6	3.34	33	33	0	185.2	136	77	69	58	216
Max Fried	14	7	3.04	28	28	0	165.2	139	61	56	41	158
Ian Anderson	9	5	3.58	24	24	0	128.1	105	51	51	53	124
Drew Smyly	11	4	4.48	29	23	0	126.2	133	69	63	41	117
Huascar Ynoa	4	6	4.05	18	17	0	91.0	76	42	41	25	100
Will Smith	3	7	3.44	71	0	37	68.0	49	27	26	28	87
Luke Jackson	2	2	1.98	71	0	0	63.2	45	15	14	29	70
Tyler Matzek	0	4	2.57	69	0	0	63.0	40	19	18	37	77
A. J. Minter	3	6	3.78	61	0	0	52.1	44	27	22	20	57
Touki Toussaint	3	3	4.50	11	10	0	50.0	43	28	25	22	48
Josh Tomlin	4	0	6.57	35	0	0	49.1	69	36	36	5	37
Chris Martin	2	4	3.95	46	0	1	43.1	49	20	19	6	33
Edgar Santana	3	0	3.59	41	0	0	42.2	37	20	17	12	33
Kyle Muller	2	4	4.17	9	8	0	36.2	26	17	17	20	37
Jacob Webb	5	4	4.19	34	0	1	34.1	38	22	16	14	33
Bryse Wilson	2	3	5.88	8	8	0	33.2	45	23	22	12	23
Jesse Chavez	3	2	2.14	30	4	0	33.2	23	9	8	11	36
Sean Newcomb	2	0	4.73	32	0	1	32.1	28	17	17	27	43
Richard Rodríguez	1	2	3.12	27	0	0	26.0	23	9	9	5	9
Tucker Davidson	0	0	3.60	4	4	0	20.0	15	8	8	8	18
Shane Greene	0	1	8.47	19	0	0	17.0	22	16	16	9	17
Grant Dayton	0	0	6.23	13	0	0	13.0	15	10	9	6	14
Jesse Biddle	0	0	8.44	8	0	0	10.2	10	10	10	8	11
Nate Jones	0	2	3.48	12	0	0	10.1	8	6	4	10	7
Kyle Wright	0	1	9.95	2	2	0	6.1	7	7	7	5	6
Spencer Strider	1	0	3.86	2	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	0
Dylan Lee	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	3
Jay Flaa	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.1	3	4	4	1	2
Ty Tice	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Carl Edwards Jr.	0	0	81.00	1	0	0	0.1	3	3	3	1	1
Team Totals	88	73	3.88	161	161	40	1410.2	1237	656	608	516	1417

Source:[2]

Postseason

Game log

2021 postseason game log: 11–5 (Home: 7–1; Away: 4–4)
NLDS: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 October 8 @ Brewers 1–2 Houser (1–0) Morton (0–1) Hader (1) 40,852 0–1 L1 2 October 9 @ Brewers 3–0 Fried (1–0) Woodruff (0–1) Smith (1) 43,812 1–1 W1 3 October 11 Brewers 3–0 Anderson (1–0) Houser (1–1) Smith (2) 41,479 2–1 W2 4 October 12 Brewers 5–4 Matzek (1–0) Hader (0–1) Smith (3) 40,195 3–1 W3
NLCS: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 October 16 Dodgers 3–2 Smith (1–0) Treinen (0–1) — 41,815 1–0 W1 2 October 17 Dodgers 5–4 Smith (2–0) Graterol (0–1) — 41,873 2–0 W2 3 October 19 @ Dodgers 5–6 Gonsolin (1–0) Jackson (0–1) Jansen (1) 51,307 2–1 L1 4 October 20 @ Dodgers 9–2 Smyly (1–0) Urías (0–1) — 53,025 3–1 W1 5 October 21 @ Dodgers 2–11 Phillips (1–0) Fried (0–1) — 51,363 3–2 L1 6 October 23 Dodgers 4–2 Minter (1–0) Buehler (0–1) Smith (1) 43,060 4–2 W1
WS: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 October 26 @ Astros 6–2 Minter (1–0) Valdez (0–1) — 42,285 1–0 W1 2 October 27 @ Astros 2–7 Urquidy (1–0) Fried (0–1) — 42,833 1–1 L1 3 October 29 Astros 2–0 Anderson (1–0) García (0–1) Smith (1) 42,898 2–1 W1 4 October 30 Astros 3–2 Matzek (1–0) Javier (0–1) Smith (2) 43,125 3–1 W2 5 October 31 Astros 5–9 Urquidy (2–0) Minter (1–1) — 43,122 3–2 L1 6 November 2 @ Astros 7–0 Fried (1–1) García (0–2) — 42,868 4–2 W1

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League Division Series Pitchers: 18 Drew Smyly 19 Huascar Ynoa 33 A. J. Minter 36 Ian Anderson 50 Charlie Morton 51 Will Smith 54 Max Fried 60 Jesse Chavez 68 Tyler Matzek 71 Jacob Webb 74 Dylan Lee 77 Luke Jackson Catchers: 16 Travis d'Arnaud 24 William Contreras Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 7 Dansby Swanson 9 Orlando Arcia 27 Austin Riley Outfielders: 8 Eddie Rosario 11 Terrance Gore 12 Jorge Soler (Games 1–3) 14 Adam Duvall 22 Joc Pederson 23 Ehire Adrianza 25 Cristian Pache (Games 4) 38 Guillermo Heredia
National League Championship Series Pitchers: 18 Drew Smyly 19 Huascar Ynoa (Games 1–3) 33 A. J. Minter 36 Ian Anderson 50 Charlie Morton 51 Will Smith 54 Max Fried 55 Chris Martin 60 Jesse Chavez 68 Tyler Matzek 71 Jacob Webb 74 Dylan Lee (Games 4–6) 77 Luke Jackson Catchers: 16 Travis d'Arnaud 24 William Contreras Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 7 Dansby Swanson 9 Orlando Arcia 17 Johan Camargo 23 Ehire Adrianza 27 Austin Riley Outfielders: 8 Eddie Rosario 12 Jorge Soler (Games 5–6) 14 Adam Duvall 22 Joc Pederson 25 Cristian Pache (Games 1–4) 38 Guillermo Heredia
World Series Pitchers: 18 Drew Smyly 30 Kyle Wright 33 A. J. Minter 36 Ian Anderson 50 Charlie Morton (Game 1) 51 Will Smith 54 Max Fried 55 Chris Martin 60 Jesse Chavez 64 Tucker Davidson (Games 2–6) 68 Tyler Matzek 74 Dylan Lee 77 Luke Jackson Catchers: 16 Travis d'Arnaud 24 William Contreras Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 7 Dansby Swanson 9 Orlando Arcia 17 Johan Camargo (Game 6) 23 Ehire Adrianza (Games 1–5) 27 Austin Riley Outfielders: 8 Eddie Rosario 11 Terrance Gore 12 Jorge Soler 14 Adam Duvall 22 Joc Pederson 38 Guillermo Heredia

Roster

2021 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 36 Ian Anderson 60 Jesse Biddle 60 Jesse Chavez 64 Tucker Davidson 75 Grant Dayton 56 Carl Edwards Jr. 78 Jay Flaa 54 Max Fried 61 Shane Greene 77 Luke Jackson 49 Nate Jones 74 Dylan Lee 55 Chris Martin 68 Tyler Matzek 33 A. J. Minter 50 Charlie Morton 66 Kyle Muller 15 Sean Newcomb 48 Richard Rodríguez 67 Edgar Santana 51 Will Smith 18 Drew Smyly 65 Spencer Strider 65 Ty Tice 32 Josh Tomlin 62 Touki Toussaint 71 Jacob Webb 46 Bryse Wilson 30 Kyle Wright 19 Huascar Ynoa		Catchers 24 William Contreras 16 Travis d'Arnaud 12 Alex Jackson 14 Jonathan Lucroy 45 Jeff Mathis 52 Kevan Smith 26 Stephen Vogt Infielders 23 Ehire Adrianza  1 Ozzie Albies 17 Johan Camargo  5 Freddie Freeman 27 Austin Riley 48 Pablo Sandoval  7 Dansby Swanson		Outfielders 13 Ronald Acuña Jr. 34 Abraham Almonte  9 Orlando Arcia 14 Adam Duvall 38 Guillermo Heredia 11 Ender Inciarte 20 Marcell Ozuna 25 Cristian Pache 22 Joc Pederson  8 Eddie Rosario 12 Jorge Soler Other batters 53 Sean Kazmar Jr.		Manager 43 Brian Snitker Coaches 59 José Castro (assistant hitting) 57 Sal Fasano (catching coach) 58 Drew French (bullpen) 10 Chipper Jones (hitting consultant) 39 Rick Kranitz (pitching) 97 Jimmy Leo (bullpen catcher) 70 Bobby Magallanes (assistant hitting) 95 Eddie Pérez (assistant) 98 Tomás Pérez (batting practice pitcher) 28 Kevin Seitzer (hitting) 37 Ron Washington (third base)  4 Walt Weiss (bench) 99 José Yepez (bullpen catcher)  2 Eric Young (first base)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Triple-A East	Matt Tuiasosopo
AA	Mississippi Braves	Double-A South	Wyatt Toregas
A-Advanced	Rome Braves	High-A East	Kanekoa Texeira
A	Augusta GreenJackets	Low-A East	Michael Saunders
Rookie	FCL Braves	Florida Complex League	Nestor Pérez
Rookie	DSL Braves	Dominican Summer League

External links

• 2021 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference