The Atlanta Braves led all of baseball in runs this season, having scored 286 times in 50 games, or 5.72 runs per game.
Spread over a 162-game season (which 2020 is not), that’s 942 runs. That would be a team record, outdistancing the 907 (5.6 per game) scored by the 2003 Braves.
The 2003 Braves clinched the National League East on Sept. 18, 17 years ago Friday. That team won 101 games despite a pitching staff that ranked just ninth in the NL in ERA (4.10).
This year’s team hasn’t been great on the mound either, with a 4.