2001 Season Review -- 2001 Atlanta Braves
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Atlanta Braves performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the
stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 742 729
Runs allowed 602 643
Run Margin 140 86
Wins 97 88
Pythagorean wins 96 91
Placement 1st 1st
Position Players
Javy Lopez, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 505 146 25 1 27 67 95 5 37 3 84 0 1 .289 .341 .503 .844 81
Prorated Atl 441 127 22 1 24 59 83 4 32 3 73 0 1 70
Actual Atl 438 117 16 1 17 45 66 10 28 3 82 1 0 .267 .322 .425 .747 59
Paul Bako, c , bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 91 22 5 0 1 8 9 0 9 2 23 0 0 .242 .307 .330 .637 9
Prorated Atl 140 34 8 0 2 12 14 0 14 3 35 0 0 15
Actual Atl 137 29 10 1 2 19 15 0 20 2 34 1 0 .212 .312 .343 .655 15
Eddie Perez, c , bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 68 17 4 0 2 6 8 1 5 1 9 0 0 .250 .311 .397 .708 8
Prorated Atl 9 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Actual Atl 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 1
Steve Torrealba, c , bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Atl 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0
Wes Helms, 1b/3b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 217 54 10 2 7 27 33 3 10 1 44 0 1 .249 .289 .410 .699 25
Prorated Atl 224 56 10 2 7 28 34 3 10 1 45 0 1 25
Actual Atl 216 48 10 3 10 28 36 1 21 2 56 1 1 .222 .293 .435 .728 28
Rico Brogna, 1b, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 421 109 25 2 13 55 64 2 29 4 84 4 2 .259 .307 .420 .727 52
Prorated Atl 205 53 12 1 6 27 31 1 14 2 41 2 1 25
Actual Atl 206 51 9 0 3 15 21 1 14 1 46 3 1 .248 .297 .335 .632 19
Ken Caminiti, 1b/3b, bats switch, age 38
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 485 141 29 0 30 96 100 3 85 10 84 5 2 .291 .394 .536 .930 106
Prorated Tex 176 51 11 0 11 35 36 1 31 4 31 2 1 38
Actual Tex 185 43 8 1 9 24 25 2 22 2 41 0 0 .232 .318 .432 .750 25
Prorated Atl 161 47 10 0 10 32 33 1 28 3 28 2 1 35
Actual Atl 171 38 9 0 6 12 16 0 21 1 44 0 1 .222 .306 .380 .686 21
Prorated Tot 337 98 20 0 21 67 70 2 59 7 58 3 1 74
Actual Tot 356 81 17 1 15 36 41 2 43 3 85 0 1 .228 .312 .407 .719 46
Julio Franco, 1b, bats right, age 39
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Atl 90 27 4 0 3 13 11 1 10 1 20 0 0 .300 .376 .444 .821 15
Quilvio Veras, 2b, bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 553 160 30 2 10 104 57 6 87 0 89 36 17 .289 .389 .405 .794 93
Prorated Atl 249 72 14 1 5 47 26 3 39 0 40 16 8 43
Actual Atl 258 65 14 2 3 39 25 7 24 1 52 7 4 .252 .330 .357 .686 32
Marcus Giles, 2b, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 66 17 4 0 2 10 8 0 9 1 9 3 1 .258 .347 .409 .756 9
Prorated Atl 240 62 15 0 7 36 29 0 33 4 33 11 4 34
Actual Atl 244 64 10 2 9 36 31 0 28 0 37 2 5 .262 .338 .430 .769 33
Keith Lockhart, 2b, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 66 17 3 0 1 8 7 0 7 1 8 1 0 .258 .324 .348 .673 8
Prorated Atl 175 45 8 0 3 21 19 0 19 3 21 3 0 21
Actual Atl 178 39 6 0 3 17 12 2 16 1 22 1 2 .219 .289 .303 .593 16
Kurt Abbott, 2b, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 85 19 4 0 2 11 8 0 6 0 24 1 1 .224 .272 .341 .613 8
Prorated Atl 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Atl 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 1
Jesse Garcia, 2b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 67 14 2 0 0 8 4 0 5 0 9 2 1 .209 .264 .239 .503 5
Prorated Atl 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Atl 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 -1
Chipper Jones, 3b/lf, bats switch, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 522 162 34 2 35 107 98 2 96 10 70 15 5 .310 .415 .584 .999 130
Prorated Atl 564 175 37 2 38 116 106 2 104 11 76 16 5 141
Actual Atl 572 189 33 5 38 113 102 2 98 20 82 9 10 .330 .427 .605 1.032 147
Rafael Furcal, ss, bats switch, age 20
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 562 166 25 7 7 108 48 3 91 0 98 47 17 .295 .395 .402 .797 101
Prorated Atl 302 89 13 4 4 58 26 2 49 0 53 25 9 55
Actual Atl 324 89 19 0 4 39 30 1 24 1 56 22 6 .275 .321 .370 .691 41
Mark DeRosa, ss/2b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 67 16 3 0 0 10 6 1 5 0 8 1 1 .239 .297 .284 .581 6
Prorated Atl 164 39 7 0 0 25 15 2 12 0 20 2 2 13
Actual Atl 164 47 8 0 3 27 20 5 12 6 19 2 1 .287 .350 .390 .740 23
Rey Sanchez, ss, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 498 138 18 3 2 66 44 4 27 1 55 6 4 .277 .318 .337 .655 51
Prorated KC 382 106 14 2 2 51 34 3 21 1 42 5 3 40
Actual KC 390 118 14 5 0 46 28 2 11 0 34 9 1 .303 .322 .364 .686 45
Prorated Atl 150 42 5 1 1 20 13 1 8 0 17 2 1 16
Actual Atl 154 35 4 1 0 10 9 0 4 1 15 2 0 .227 .245 .266 .512 8
Prorated Tot 532 147 19 3 2 71 47 4 29 1 59 6 4 54
Actual Tot 544 153 18 6 0 56 37 2 15 1 49 11 1 .281 .300 .336 .637 52
Wilson Betemit, ss, bats switch, age 19
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Atl 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 0
B.J. Surhoff, lf, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 579 172 39 3 21 84 85 3 38 3 64 7 2 .297 .341 .484 .824 95
Prorated Atl 491 146 33 3 18 71 72 3 32 3 54 6 2 81
Actual Atl 484 131 33 1 10 68 58 1 38 5 48 9 3 .271 .321 .405 .726 65
Bernard Gilkey, lf/rf, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected StL 64 14 3 0 2 7 8 1 9 1 13 0 0 .219 .320 .359 .679 8
Prorated Atl 103 23 5 0 3 11 13 2 15 2 21 0 0 13
Actual Atl 106 29 6 0 2 8 14 1 11 0 31 0 1 .274 .339 .387 .726 14
Andruw Jones, cf, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 619 181 35 6 34 112 98 8 64 5 104 24 8 .292 .365 .533 .898 122
Prorated Atl 618 181 35 6 34 112 98 8 64 5 104 24 8 122
Actual Atl 625 157 25 2 34 104 104 3 56 3 142 11 4 .251 .312 .461 .772 91
Brian Jordan, rf, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 555 151 29 2 21 88 95 7 45 1 82 12 4 .272 .331 .445 .776 82
Prorated Atl 548 149 29 2 21 87 94 7 44 1 81 12 4 81
Actual Atl 560 165 32 3 25 82 97 6 31 3 88 3 2 .295 .334 .496 .830 88
Dave Martinez, rf/lf/1b, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Atl 88 24 4 1 1 12 9 1 10 1 14 2 1 .273 .350 .375 .725 12
Prorated Atl 226 62 10 3 3 31 23 3 26 3 36 5 3 32
Actual Atl 237 68 11 3 2 33 20 1 21 0 44 3 3 .287 .347 .384 .731 29
Cory Aldridge, rf, bats left, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Atl 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Pitchers
Tom Glavine, starter, throws left, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 3.71 32 32 13 10 0 214 214 21 63 135 .263 .710
Prorated Atl 33 33 13 10 0 222 222 22 65 140
Actual Atl 3.57 35 35 16 7 0 219 213 24 97 116 .261 .728
Greg Maddux, starter, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 3.03 32 32 16 7 0 223 216 18 32 160 .257 .658
Prorated Atl 33 33 17 7 0 231 223 19 33 166
Actual Atl 3.05 34 34 17 11 0 233 220 20 27 173 .253 .648
John Burkett, starter, throws right, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 5.21 27 27 8 10 0 157 188 17 53 121 .298 .812
Prorated Atl 35 35 10 13 0 202 242 22 68 155
Actual Atl 3.04 34 34 12 12 0 219 187 17 70 187 .230 .648
Kevin Millwood, starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 3.48 32 32 14 8 0 202 180 23 56 171 .239 .683
Prorated Atl 20 20 9 5 0 125 111 14 35 106
Actual Atl 4.31 21 21 7 7 0 121 121 20 40 84 .260 .743
Odalis Perez, starter/reliever, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 5.16 5 5 2 2 0 30 30 4 15 26 .265 .774
Prorated Atl 16 16 6 6 0 95 96 13 48 84
Actual Atl 4.91 24 16 7 8 0 95 108 7 39 71 .290 .760
Jason Marquis, reliever/starter, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 6.14 30 0 2 3 0 48 58 10 27 32 .301 .911
Prorated Atl 74 0 5 7 0 119 143 25 67 79
Actual Atl 3.48 38 16 5 6 0 129 113 14 59 98 .234 .698
Mike Remlinger, reliever, throws left, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 3.53 70 0 6 3 1 97 85 12 49 92 .236 .716
Prorated Atl 52 0 4 2 1 72 63 9 37 69
Actual Atl 2.76 74 0 3 3 1 75 67 9 23 93 .234 .673
Kerry Ligtenberg, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 2.79 70 0 5 2 2 77 57 9 31 80 .206 .644
Prorated Atl 56 0 4 2 2 62 46 7 25 65
Actual Atl 3.02 53 0 3 3 1 60 50 4 30 56 .226 .637
Jose Cabrera, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 4.70 17 0 1 1 0 23 26 4 7 17 .283 .837
Prorated Atl 42 0 2 2 0 57 64 10 17 42
Actual Atl 2.88 55 0 7 4 2 59 52 5 25 43 .239 .695
Steve Karsay, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.82 57 4 5 7 0 97 102 7 32 80 .273 .730
Prorated Cle 23 2 2 3 0 39 41 3 13 32
Actual Cle 1.25 31 0 0 1 1 43 29 1 8 44 .188 .480
Prorated Atl 26 2 2 3 0 44 47 3 15 37
Actual Atl 3.43 43 0 3 4 7 45 44 4 17 39 .265 .711
Prorated Tot 49 3 4 6 0 83 88 6 28 69
Actual Tot 2.35 74 0 3 5 8 88 73 5 25 83 .228 .602
Steve Reed, reliever, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.88 40 0 4 2 0 56 59 8 18 41 .273 .762
Prorated Cle 19 0 2 1 0 27 29 4 9 20
Actual Cle 3.62 31 0 1 1 0 27 22 3 10 21 .212 .668
Prorated Atl 22 0 2 1 0 31 33 4 10 23
Actual Atl 3.48 39 0 2 2 1 31 30 3 13 25 .259 .724
Prorated Tot 42 0 4 2 0 58 61 8 19 43
Actual Tot 3.55 70 0 3 3 1 58 52 6 23 46 .236 .698
Matt Whiteside, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 5.92 23 0 1 3 0 38 45 8 17 31 .296 .901
Prorated Atl 11 0 0 1 0 18 21 4 8 15
Actual Atl 7.16 13 0 0 1 0 16 23 5 7 10 .319 .980
Rudy Seanez, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected SD 2.45 19 0 1 0 0 18 14 2 8 19 .212 .612
Prorated SD 26 0 1 0 0 25 19 3 11 26
Actual SD 2.63 26 0 0 2 1 24 15 3 15 24 .176 .610
Prorated Atl 12 0 1 0 0 12 9 1 5 12
Actual Atl 3.00 12 0 0 0 0 12 8 1 4 17 .182 .523
Prorated Tot 38 0 2 0 0 36 28 4 16 38
Actual Tot 2.75 38 0 0 2 1 36 23 4 19 41 .178 .581
Damian Moss, reliever/starter, throws left, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 5.40 13 0 1 1 0 17 16 3 13 13 .258 .841
Prorated Atl 7 0 1 1 0 9 8 2 7 7
Actual Atl 3.00 5 1 0 0 0 9 3 1 9 8 .097 .526
Chris Seelbach, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 6.19 17 0 1 1 0 16 20 3 10 14 .313 .955
Prorated Atl 8 0 0 0 0 8 10 1 5 7
Actual Atl 7.88 5 0 0 0 0 8 9 3 5 8 .273 .944
Joe Slusarski, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 4.48 44 4 5 5 0 92 104 13 28 63 .287 .814
Prorated Atl 3 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 2 4
Actual Atl 9.00 4 0 0 0 0 6 9 2 1 5 .346 .986
Prorated Hou 5 0 1 1 0 11 12 2 3 7
Actual Hou 9.00 8 0 0 1 0 10 16 2 3 6 .364 .964
Prorated Tot 8 1 1 1 0 17 20 2 5 12
Actual Tot 9.00 12 0 0 1 0 16 25 4 4 11 .357 .972
Marc Valdes, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 5.03 30 0 2 2 0 39 47 4 18 23 .303 .826
Prorated Atl 5 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 3 4
Actual Atl 7.71 9 0 1 0 0 7 7 4 1 3 .259 .989
Trey Moore, reliever, throws left, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 7.20 4 4 1 2 0 20 28 3 9 14 .333 .900
Prorated Atl 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 1 2 3
Actual Atl 11.25 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 2 1 .389 .894
Tim Spooneybarger, reliever, throws right, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Atl 2.25 4 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 2 3 .313 .743
Joe Nelson, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Atl 36.00 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 2 0 .583 1.542
Scott Sobkowiak, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Atl 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .400 1.000
John Smoltz, closer/starter, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 3.57 27 27 12 7 0 169 160 15 45 157 .251 .694
Prorated Atl 9 9 4 2 0 57 54 5 15 53
Actual Atl 3.36 36 5 3 3 10 59 53 7 10 57 .238 .664
John Rocker, closer, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 2.84 70 0 5 5 36 73 51 6 47 101 .197 .623
Prorated Atl 30 0 2 2 15 31 22 3 20 43
Actual Atl 3.09 30 0 2 2 19 32 25 2 16 36 .216 .620
Prorated Cle 37 0 3 3 19 38 27 3 25 53
Actual Cle 5.45 38 0 3 7 4 35 33 2 25 43 .250 .712
Prorated Tot 67 0 5 5 34 70 49 6 45 96
Actual Tot 4.32 68 0 5 9 23 67 58 4 41 79 .234 .670
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Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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