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1946 Boston Braves

1946 > Class Major League > 1946 National League
Overall: 81-72
Scored 630 runs, Allowed 592 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-72

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Billy Southworth
Represented: Boston, MA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1945 / 1947

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Frank Barrett 32 23 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
2 Bob Brady* 23 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0
3 Mort Cooper 33 28 77 67 5 14 1 0 1 7 0 2 14 .209 .232 .269 .501 18 2 0 8
4 Dick Culler 31 134 553 482 70 123 15 3 0 33 7 62 18 .255 .342 .299 .641 144 15 2 7
5 Al Dark 24 15 13 13 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .231 .231 .462 .692 6 0 0 0
6 Ducky Detweiler 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
7 Nanny Fernandez 27 115 413 372 37 95 15 2 2 42 1 30 44 .255 .313 .323 .635 120 11 1 10
8 Carden Gillenwater 29 99 270 224 30 51 10 1 1 14 3 39 27 .228 .342 .295 .637 66 4 0 7
9 Don Hendrickson 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
10 Stew Hofferth 33 20 65 58 3 12 1 1 0 10 0 3 6 .207 .246 .259 .505 15 1 0 4
11 Tommy Holmes* 29 149 642 568 80 176 35 6 6 79 7 58 14 .310 .377 .424 .801 241 15 3 13
12 Johnny Hopp* 29 129 492 445 71 148 23 8 3 48 21 34 34 .333 .386 .440 .827 196 7 5 8
13 Johnny Hutchings# 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
14 Al Javery 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
15 Jim Konstanty 29 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0
16 Bill Lee 36 25 52 47 0 8 0 0 0 7 0 2 5 .170 .204 .170 .374 8 0 0 3
17 Phil Masi 30 133 462 397 52 106 17 5 3 62 5 55 41 .267 .358 .358 .715 142 10 1 9
18 Johnny McCarthy* 36 2 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .143 .333 .143 .476 1 0 0 0
19 Tommy Neill* 26 13 49 45 8 12 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 .267 .298 .311 .609 14 2 0 2
20 Johnny Niggeling 42 8 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 2 1 0 2
21 Dee Phillips 27 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0
22 Hugh Poland* 36 4 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 0 0
23 Bill Posedel 39 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
24 Skippy Roberge 29 48 181 169 13 39 6 2 2 20 1 7 12 .231 .270 .325 .595 55 3 2 3
25 Steve Roser 28 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0
26 Bama Rowell* 30 95 329 293 37 82 12 6 3 31 5 29 15 .280 .345 .392 .737 115 5 0 7
27 Connie Ryan 26 143 568 502 55 121 28 8 1 48 7 55 63 .241 .317 .335 .652 168 9 1 10
28 Johnny Sain 28 40 104 94 6 28 2 1 0 17 0 0 0 .298 .298 .340 .638 32 2 0 10
29 Ray Sanders* 29 80 314 259 43 63 12 0 6 35 0 50 38 .243 .368 .359 .727 93 3 1 4
30 Elmer Singleton 28 16 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1
31 Warren Spahn* 25 24 47 43 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 14 .163 .200 .186 .386 8 1 1 2
32 Lefty Wallace* 24 27 22 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 .056 .227 .056 .283 1 0 0 0
33 Ernie White 29 14 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0
34 Whitey Wietelmann# 27 44 92 78 7 16 0 0 0 5 0 14 8 .205 .326 .205 .531 16 1 0 0
35 Ed Wright 27 36 67 59 5 18 5 0 0 6 0 3 3 .305 .349 .390 .739 23 0 1 4
35 Players 29.0 154 5940 5225 630 1377 238 48 44 596 60 558 468 .264 .337 .353 .690 1843 111 22 135
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Frank Barrett 32 2 4 .333 5.09 23 0 11 0 0 1 35.1 35 21 20 2 17 12 1 0 0 160 1.472 8.9 0.5 4.3 3.1 0.71
2 Mort Cooper 33 13 11 .542 3.12 28 27 1 15 4 1 199.0 181 76 69 16 39 83 0 1 2 805 1.106 8.2 0.7 1.8 3.8 2.13
3 Don Hendrickson 32 0 1 .000 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 13 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
4 Johnny Hutchings 30 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 15 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
5 Al Javery 28 0 1 .000 13.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 18 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
6 Jim Konstanty 29 0 1 .000 5.28 10 1 3 0 0 0 15.1 17 9 9 2 7 9 0 0 2 67 1.565 10.0 1.2 4.1 5.3 1.29
7 Bill Lee 36 10 9 .526 4.18 25 21 3 8 0 0 140.0 148 73 65 7 45 32 1 0 0 602 1.379 9.5 0.4 2.9 2.1 0.71
8 Johnny Niggeling 42 2 5 .286 3.26 8 8 0 3 0 0 58.0 54 23 21 2 21 24 1 0 3 247 1.293 8.4 0.3 3.3 3.7 1.14
9 Bill Posedel 39 2 0 1.000 6.99 19 0 10 0 0 4 28.1 34 24 22 4 13 9 0 0 1 127 1.659 10.8 1.3 4.1 2.9 0.69
10 Earl Reid 33 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 16 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
11 Steve Roser 28 1 1 .500 3.60 14 1 7 0 0 1 35.0 33 15 14 1 18 18 0 1 1 153 1.457 8.5 0.3 4.6 4.6 1.00
12 Johnny Sain 28 20 14 .588 2.21 37 34 2 24 3 2 265.0 225 80 65 8 87 129 2 0 3 1086 1.177 7.6 0.3 3.0 4.4 1.48
13 Elmer Singleton 28 0 1 .000 3.74 15 2 6 0 0 1 33.2 27 20 14 3 21 17 1 0 0 146 1.426 7.2 0.8 5.6 4.5 0.81
14 Warren Spahn* 25 8 5 .615 2.94 24 16 7 8 0 1 125.2 107 46 41 6 36 67 1 0 4 514 1.138 7.7 0.4 2.6 4.8 1.86
15 Lefty Wallace* 24 3 3 .500 4.18 27 8 5 2 0 0 75.1 76 41 35 5 31 27 1 0 5 337 1.420 9.1 0.6 3.7 3.2 0.87
16 Ernie White* 29 0 1 .000 4.18 12 1 5 0 0 0 23.2 22 11 11 1 12 8 0 0 0 99 1.437 8.4 0.4 4.6 3.0 0.67
17 Whitey Wietelmann 27 0 0 8.10 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 9 8 6 1 4 2 1 0 1 37 1.950 12.2 1.4 5.4 2.7 0.50
18 Ace Williams* 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
19 Ed Wright 27 12 9 .571 3.52 36 21 7 9 2 0 176.1 164 82 69 8 71 44 2 0 2 744 1.333 8.4 0.4 3.6 2.2 0.62
19 Players 30.1 81 72 .529 3.35 154 154 80 74 10 12 1371.0 1291 592 510 76 478 566 16 2 26 5790 1.290 8.5 0.5 3.1 3.7 1.18

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Phil Masi 124 470 56 10 5 .981 4.24 3 41 28 41%
Stew Hofferth 15 66 3 0 1 1.000 4.60 0 8 2 20%
Hugh Poland 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 1 0 0%
Bob Brady 1 4 2 1 0 .857 6.00 0 0 1 100%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ray Sanders 77 659 61 9 57 .988 9.35
Johnny Hopp 68 535 42 11 44 .981 8.49
Johnny McCarthy 2 18 0 0 3 1.000 9.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Connie Ryan 120 285 317 20 53 .968 5.02
Whitey Wietelmann 4 5 3 0 0 1.000 2.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nanny Fernandez 81 83 150 15 10 .940 2.88
Skippy Roberge 48 63 80 4 11 .973 2.98
Connie Ryan 24 15 50 2 5 .970 2.71
Whitey Wietelmann 8 5 10 1 1 .938 1.88
Sibby Sisti 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dick Culler 132 279 380 36 68 .948 4.99
Nanny Fernandez 18 25 35 5 8 .923 3.33
Whitey Wietelmann 16 28 26 5 5 .915 3.38
Al Dark 12 5 14 2 2 .905 1.58

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bama Rowell 71 0.00
Nanny Fernandez 14 0.00
Tommy Neill 13 0.00
Carden Gillenwater 11 0.00
Al Dark 1 0.00
Johnny Hopp 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carden Gillenwater 67 0.00
Johnny Hopp 57 0.00
Bama Rowell 14 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tommy Holmes 146 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tommy Holmes 146 294 17 4 7 .987 2.13
Bama Rowell 85 168 8 4 2 .978 2.07
Carden Gillenwater 78 180 6 4 2 .979 2.38
Johnny Hopp 58 135 3 0 1 1.000 2.38
Nanny Fernandez 14 25 1 1 1 .963 1.86
Tommy Neill 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
Al Dark 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Sain 37 20 61 1 4 .988 2.19
Ed Wright 36 12 35 1 2 .979 1.31
Mort Cooper 28 6 25 2 3 .939 1.11
Lefty Wallace 27 7 21 0 0 1.000 1.04
Bill Lee 25 6 35 1 2 .976 1.64
Warren Spahn 24 2 16 2 0 .900 0.75
Frank Barrett 23 4 12 1 0 .941 0.70
Bill Posedel 19 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.26
Elmer Singleton 15 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.60
Steve Roser 14 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.57
Ernie White 12 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.25
Jim Konstanty 10 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.70
Johnny Niggeling 8 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.13
Whitey Wietelmann 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67
Don Hendrickson 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Al Javery 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Earl Reid 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Johnny Hutchings 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ace Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Frank Barrett 32 R R 6' 2.0" 173 Jul 1, 1913 Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
Johnny Barrett 30 L L 5' 10.0" 170 Dec 18, 1915 Lowell, MA, US
Bob Brady 23 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Nov 8, 1922 Lewiston, PA, US
Mort Cooper 33 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Mar 2, 1913 Atherton, MO, US
Dick Culler 31 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Jan 15, 1915 High Point, NC, US
Al Dark 24 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Jan 7, 1922 Comanche, OK, US
Ducky Detweiler 27 R R 5' 11.0" 178 Feb 15, 1919 Trumbauersville, PA, US
Nanny Fernandez 27 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Oct 25, 1918 Wilmington, CA, US
Carden Gillenwater 29 R R 6' 1.0" 175 May 13, 1917 Riceville, TN, US
Don Hendrickson 32 R R 6' 2.0" 204 Jul 14, 1913 Kewanna, IN, US
Billy Herman 36 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Jul 7, 1909 New Albany, IN, US
Stew Hofferth 33 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jan 27, 1913 Logansport, IN, US
Tommy Holmes 29 L L 5' 10.0" 180 Mar 29, 1917 Brooklyn, NY, US
Johnny Hopp 29 L L 5' 10.0" 170 Jul 18, 1916 Hastings, NE, US
Johnny Hutchings 30 S R 6' 2.0" 250 Apr 14, 1916 Chicago, IL, US
Al Javery 28 R R 6' 3.0" 183 Jun 5, 1918 Worcester, MA, US
Si Johnson 39 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Oct 5, 1906 Danway, IL, US
Jim Konstanty 29 R R 6' 1.0" 202 Mar 2, 1917 Strykersville, NY, US
Bill Lee 36 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 21, 1909 Plaquemine, LA, US
Danny Litwhiler 29 R R 5' 10.0" 198 Aug 31, 1916 Ringtown, PA, US
Phil Masi 30 R R 5' 10.0" 177 Jan 6, 1916 Chicago, IL, US
Johnny McCarthy 36 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 7, 1910 Chicago, IL, US
Mike McCormick 29 R R 6' 0.0" 195 May 6, 1917 Angel's Camp, CA, US
Dick Mulligan 28 L L 6' 0.0" 167 Mar 18, 1918 Swoyersville, PA, US
Tommy Neill 26 L R 6' 2.0" 200 Nov 7, 1919 Hartselle, AL, US
Johnny Niggeling 42 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Jul 10, 1903 Remsen, IA, US
Ken O'Dea 33 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Mar 16, 1913 Lima, NY, US
Don Padgett 34 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Dec 5, 1911 Caroleen, NC, US
Dee Phillips 27 R R 6' 0.0" 176 Jun 8, 1919 Corsicana, TX, US
Hugh Poland 36 L R 5' 11.0" 185 Jan 19, 1910 Tompkinsville, KY, US
Bill Posedel 39 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Aug 2, 1906 San Francisco, CA, US
Earl Reid 33 L R 6' 3.0" 190 Jun 8, 1913 Bangor, AL, US
Skippy Roberge 29 R R 5' 11.0" 185 May 19, 1917 Lowell, MA, US
Steve Roser 28 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Jan 25, 1918 Rome, NY, US
Bama Rowell 30 L R 5' 11.0" 185 Jan 13, 1916 Citronelle, AL, US
Connie Ryan 26 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Feb 27, 1920 New Orleans, LA, US
Johnny Sain 28 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Sep 25, 1917 Havana, AR, US
Ray Sanders 29 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Dec 4, 1916 Bonne Terre, MO, US
Elmer Singleton 28 R R 6' 2.0" 174 Jun 26, 1918 Ogden, UT, US
Sibby Sisti 25 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jul 26, 1920 Buffalo, NY, US
Warren Spahn 25 L L 6' 0.0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 Buffalo, NY, US
Lefty Wallace 24 L L 5' 11.0" 160 Aug 12, 1921 Evansville, IN, US
Max West 29 L R 6' 1.0" 182 Nov 28, 1916 Dexter, MO, US
Ernie White 29 R L 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 5, 1916 Pacolet Mills, SC, US
Whitey Wietelmann 27 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Mar 15, 1919 Zanesville, OH, US
Ace Williams 29 R L 6' 2.0" 174 Mar 18, 1917 Montclair, NJ, US
Chuck Workman 31 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Jan 6, 1915 Leeton, MO, US
Ed Wright 27 R R 6' 1.0" 180 May 15, 1919 Dyersburg, TN, US

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