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FRONT OFFICE 2020 YEAR-end notes

20 IN ‘20: The Braves clinched the 20th division title in franchise history in 2020, beating Miami,
11-1 on September 22 at Truist Park to win the National League East...The 20 division titles are
the most in major league history, one more than New York (AL) and Los Angeles (NL)...The 2020
season also marks the franchise’s 26th postseason berth in the modern era and its third straight.
MANAGER & STAFF • The Braves won a major league-record 14 consecutive division titles from 1991-2005, with the
first three coming as NL West champs before moving into the NL East in the strike-shortened
1994 season...They also won the West in 1969 and 1982, and the East in 2013, 2018 and 2019.
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The three straight division titles marks the second longest streak in baseball...The Dodgers have
won the NL West in eight straight seasons.
• The Braves clinched in game No. 55 of this shortened 2020 season...The Braves clinched their
previous three division titles (2013, 2018, 2019) in game No. 155.
PLAYER BIOS • The Braves became the third National League team to clinch a playoff berth in 2020 and the

second division winner in baseball...Oakland won the AL West prior to Atlanta clinching.
• The Braves three straight playoff appearances marks the club’s longest streak since their 14-year
run from 1991-2005.
SEASON IN REVIEW • are the Dodgers and the Brewers...The Dodgers are working on a eight-season run, while this
The only other National League teams to make the postseason in each of the last three years
is also the third consecutive postseason appearance for the Brewers...In the American League,
Oakland, New York and Houston have all been in the last three years, with the Yankees and
Astros owning four-season runs.
60 GAMES, 35 WINS: The Braves played 60 regular-season games this year, tied for the fewest
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT to win the NL pennant.
the organization has ever played in a season...The 1878 Boston Red Stockings went 41-19 (.683)

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Prior to the 2020 season, the fewest games the club had ever played in a season in the modern
era (since 1900) was 114 in 1994...A players’ strike ended that season early.
• The Braves finished with a record of 35-25, tied for the sixth most wins in baseball...They went
24-16 inside the division, 11-9 against the American League East, 8-4 in day games, 27-21 at
night, 19-11 at home, and 16-14 on the road...They were 5-3 in July, and 15-11 in both August
BRAVES HISTORY • The organizational record for most wins in a 60-game stretch is 47, held by the 1897 club from
and September.
May 11 through July 22.
• This marked the Braves third consecutive winning season...They went 90-72 in 2018 and
97-65 last season.

OPPONENTS • The last time the Braves had three straight winning seasons was during a string of five-
consecutive winning seasons from 2009-13.
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This marks the club’s 57th winning season in the modern era (since 1900), and their 31st since
the club moved to Atlanta in 1966.
• The 31 winning seasons since 1966 are tied for the third most in the National League, and
12 off the lead of the Los Angeles Dodgers...St. Louis has 40, while San Francisco also has 31.
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