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2020 YEAR-END NOTES
FRONT OFFICE NEVER QUIT WITH SNIT: The Braves won eight games in their last at-bat in 2020, tied
for the second most in the NL and one off the lead of the San Diego Padres...Since Brian Snitker
took over as manager on May 17, 2016, the Braves have 85 such wins, the most in the majors.
• The Braves led the National League in final at-bat wins in 2016 (19) and 2017 (20), tied for
the league lead in 2018 (20) and finished fifth in 2019 (20).
MANAGER & STAFF • tied for the most in the majors with Oakland...Over the last three seasons, the Braves have 25
The Braves won five games this season when trailing in the eighth inning or later...That total
such wins, the second most in baseball and one off the lead of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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The Braves also won two games this season when trailing by at least four runs in the seventh
inning or later...They rallied to beat Philadelphia, 6-5, on August 22 here in Atlanta after
entering the bottom of the seventh down 4-0...They also beat New York, 11-10, here in Atlanta
on July 31...The Braves trailed, 10-6, after the seventh inning.
PLAYER BIOS • The only other team in the majors with multiple such victories was the New York Yankees..
Five teams had no wins when trailing by at least four runs at any point in a game this season.
• Over the past three seasons, the Braves have eight wins when trailing by at least four runs in
the seventh inning or later...That is the most in the majors and five more than the closest
National League team...Washington, St. Louis, and Arizona all have three.
SEASON IN REVIEW They also had the biggest rally among all NL teams this season, overcoming a six-run deficit on
COMEBACKS: The Braves rallied for 17 wins in 2020, the third most in the National League...
July 31 against New York (NL) at home...The Braves trailed 8-2 going to the bottom of the fifth
inning in that game before winning, 11-10.
• The Braves also rallied from a 5-0 deficit on September 10 to beat the Nationals, 7-6...The
Braves were the only team in the majors this season to rally from two five-run holes...Only
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • five or more runs this season.
seven other teams had a such win...Overall, teams went 9-373 (.024) when falling behind by

When the Braves scored first, they went a NL-best 24-6 (.800)...The only team better in
the majors was Tampa Bay, who finished 25-6 (.806) when scoring the first run of the game.
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When taking a lead to the seventh inning, the Braves were a perfect 27-0 in 2020...Miami
(28-0), Oakland (25-0), Kansas City (20-0) where the only other such unbeaten teams.
BRAVES HISTORY SERIES PLAY: The Braves went 10-5-4 in series play this season, and the club’s five series
losses were tied for the third fewest in baseball...Only the Dodgers (one) and the Rays (two) lost
fewer series this season...The Twins, Athletics, and Marlins also lost five series.
• Only the Dodgers (15) and San Diego (11) won more series in the National League than the
Braves this season.
• The Braves had a losing record against one team this season, the Baltimore Orioles...Atlanta
lost two-of-three games at Camden Yards in the only matchup between the teams this year.
OPPONENTS • Of the nine teams Atlanta played, they had a winning record against five of them, while tying
with New York (AL) (2-2), Tampa Bay (2-2) and Philadelphia (5-5).
VS. THE NL EAST: The Braves went 24-16 (.600) against the NL East this season, after they
finished 46-30 (.605) in intradivision games last season and 49-27 (.645) in 2018.
MISCELLANEOUS 248 • The club’s 119-73 (.620) record against the NL East over the last three seasons is the second
best intradivision record in the NL...Only Los Angeles has been better inside their division
over this time frame at 123-70 (.637).

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