Comparing the Braves Offense

A friend brought up an interesting question the other day. How do the 2011 Braves compare to the 2010 through the first 2 months of the season offensively? I really did not know the answer. I assumed they were similar, but then I started thinking about the offensive surge in May and wondered if the 2011 team is performing significantly worse. The first table belows compares key statistics from March/April 2010 to March/April 2011. The second table compares key statistics from May 2010 to May 2011. March/April 2010 NL Ranking March/April 2011 NL Ranking K% 22.2% 11 20.4% 5 BB% 12.2% 1 8.6% 7 ISO .114 15 .145 6 BABIP .272 16 .258 16 AVG .227 16 .229 14 OBP .326 12 .298 15 wOBA .301 15 .296 14 May 2010 NL Ranking May 2011 NL Ranking K% 18.2% 2 22.7% 11 BB% 11% 1 8.8% 5 ISO .154 5 .130 9 BABIP .314 3 .308 4 AVG .279 2 .258 5 OBP .364 2 .326 5 wOBA .351 2 .314 7 Let’s discuss th...