1916 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1915 / 1917

89-63, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: George Stallings (89-63)
Scored 542 runs, Allowed 453 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 313,495 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 91

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1915 / 1917 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Hank Gowdy	26	118	393	349	32	88	14	1	1	34	8	0	24	33	.252	.311	.307	.618	94	107		6	14
2	1B	Ed Konetchy	30	158	636	566	76	147	29	13	3	70	13	0	43	46	.260	.320	.373	.693	117	211		7	20
3	2B	Johnny Evers*	34	71	294	241	33	52	4	1	0	15	5	0	40	19	.216	.330	.241	.570	80	58		1	12
4	SS	Rabbit Maranville	24	155	680	604	79	142	16	13	4	38	32	15	50	69	.235	.296	.325	.620	94	196		2	24
5	3B	Red Smith	26	150	584	509	48	132	16	10	3	60	13	0	53	55	.259	.333	.348	.680	114	177		3	19
6	OF	Fred Snodgrass	28	112	436	382	33	95	13	5	1	32	14	0	34	54	.249	.318	.317	.635	99	121		5	15
7	OF	Joe Wilhoit*	30	116	426	383	44	88	13	4	2	38	18	0	27	45	.230	.282	.300	.582	83	115		1	15
8	OF	Sherry Magee	31	122	485	419	44	101	17	5	3	54	10	0	44	52	.241	.322	.327	.649	104	137		6	16
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Zip Collins*	24	93	296	268	39	56	1	6	1	18	4	0	18	42	.209	.261	.269	.530	66	72		1	9
10	2B	Dick Egan	32	83	271	238	23	53	8	3	0	16	2	0	19	21	.223	.280	.282	.562	76	67		0	14
11	UT	Ed Fitzpatrick	26	83	248	216	17	46	8	0	1	18	5	0	15	26	.213	.280	.264	.544	71	57		5	12
12	OF	Joe Connolly*	32	62	130	110	11	25	5	2	0	12	5	0	14	13	.227	.320	.309	.629	98	34		1	5
13	C	Earl Blackburn	23	47	123	110	12	30	4	4	0	7	2	0	9	21	.273	.328	.382	.710	122	42		0	4
14	OF	Pete Compton*	26	34	109	98	13	20	2	0	0	8	5	0	7	7	.204	.264	.224	.489	54	22		1	3
15	C	Walt Tragesser	29	41	61	54	3	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	10	.204	.283	.222	.506	60	12		1	1
16	OF	Larry Chappell*	26	20	56	53	4	12	1	1	0	9	1	0	2	8	.226	.268	.283	.551	73	15		1	0
17	OF	Fred Bailey*	20	6	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-37	1		0	0
18	C	Art Rico	20	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
19	2B	Joe Mathes#	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0
20	P	Dick Rudolph	28	41	113	101	5	16	2	1	0	6	2	0	8	26	.158	.220	.198	.418	32	20		0	4
21	P	Lefty Tyler*	26	39	106	93	10	19	3	1	3	20	0	0	9	15	.204	.275	.355	.629	97	33		0	4
22	P	Pat Ragan	30	31	65	60	2	13	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	25	.217	.254	.283	.537	68	17		1	2
23	P	Tom Hughes	32	40	56	52	2	10	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	.192	.222	.288	.511	60	15		1	2
24	P	Jesse Barnes*	23	33	52	48	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.188	.220	.208	.428	35	10		0	2
25	P	Frank Allen	27	19	45	34	4	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	8	14	.206	.357	.265	.622	96	9		0	3
26	P	Art Nehf*	23	23	44	40	4	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	12	.125	.205	.150	.355	12	6		1	0
27	P	Ed Reulbach	33	21	36	33	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	.091	.118	.152	.269	-16	5		1	2
28	P	Elmer Knetzer	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000				0		1	0
		Team Totals	27.9	158	5760	5075	542	1181	166	73	22	472	141	15	437	646	.233	.299	.307	.607	90	1559		46	202
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	4	8	6	6	6		7	1	1	3	8	5	8	8		8		2		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Dick Rudolph	28	19	12	.613	2.16	41	38	3	27	5	3	312.0	266	93	75	7	38		133	3	1	5	1206	114	0.974	7.7	0.2	1.1	3.8	3.50
2	SP	Lefty Tyler*	26	17	9	.654	2.02	34	28	5	21	6	1	249.1	200	79	56	6	58		117	3	0	3	968	122	1.035	7.2	0.2	2.1	4.2	2.02
3	SP	Pat Ragan	30	9	9	.500	2.08	28	23	4	14	3	0	182.0	143	53	42	3	47		94	0	0	1	717	119	1.044	7.1	0.1	2.3	4.6	2.00
4	SP	Jesse Barnes	23	6	15	.286	2.37	33	18	13	9	3	1	163.0	154	63	43	3	37		55	5	0	2	666	104	1.172	8.5	0.2	2.0	3.0	1.49
5	SP	Art Nehf*	23	7	5	.583	2.01	22	13	6	6	1	0	121.0	110	40	27	1	20		36	3	0	2	484	123	1.074	8.2	0.1	1.5	2.7	1.80
6	SP	Frank Allen*	27	8	2	.800	2.07	19	14	4	7	2	1	113.0	102	32	26	1	31		63	4	0	2	464	119	1.177	8.1	0.1	2.5	5.0	2.03
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Tom Hughes	32	16	3	.842	2.35	40	13	19	7	1	5	161.0	121	46	42	2	51		97	8	0	3	633	105	1.068	6.8	0.1	2.9	5.4	1.90
8	RP	Ed Reulbach	33	7	6	.538	2.47	21	11	7	6	0	0	109.1	99	38	30	1	41		47	4	1	4	450	100	1.280	8.1	0.1	3.4	3.9	1.15
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
9		Elmer Knetzer	30	0	2	.000	7.20	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	9	4	0	2		2	0	0	1	24	38	2.600	19.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
		Team Totals	27.7	89	63	.586	2.19	158	158	62	97	21	11	1415.2	1206	453	345	24	325		644	30	2	23	5612	112	1.081	7.7	0.2	2.1	4.1	1.98
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		2				1	2	4	4	2	1	2	1	3		1
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Frank Allen	27	19		28	2	24	2	0	.929	1.37							P
Fred Bailey	20	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50							OF
Jesse Barnes	23	33		73	11	60	2	2	.973	2.15							P
Earl Blackburn	23	44		217	166	45	6	2	.972	4.80	3		21	19	48%		C
Larry Chappell	26	14		23	22	0	1	0	.957	1.57							OF
Zip Collins	24	78		131	114	10	7	3	.947	1.59							OF
Pete Compton	26	30		66	60	2	4	1	.939	2.07							OF
Joe Connolly	32	31		51	46	4	1	1	.980	1.61							OF
Dick Egan	32	79		259	94	149	16	13	.938	3.08							2B-SS-3B
Johnny Evers	34	71		287	98	175	14	29	.951	3.85							2B
Ed Fitzpatrick	26	74		219	114	96	9	14	.959	2.84							2B-OF
Hank Gowdy	26	116		705	533	158	14	19	.980	5.96	10		69	85	55%		C
Tom Hughes	32	40		39	8	31	0	0	1.000	0.98							P
Elmer Knetzer	30	2		4	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Ed Konetchy	30	158		1740	1626	96	18	96	.990	10.90							1B
Sherry Magee	31	123		245	231	9	5	0	.980	1.95							OF-1B-SS
Rabbit Maranville	24	155		951	386	515	50	79	.947	5.81							SS
Joe Mathes	24	2		2	0	0	2	0	.000	0.00							2B
Art Nehf	23	22		38	7	29	2	2	.947	1.64							P
Pat Ragan	30	28		57	3	52	2	2	.965	1.96							P
Ed Reulbach	33	21		62	11	50	1	3	.984	2.90							P
Art Rico	20	4		6	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.50	0		1	1	50%		C
Dick Rudolph	28	41		124	6	113	5	3	.960	2.90							P
Red Smith	26	150		501	166	299	36	15	.928	3.10							3B
Fred Snodgrass	28	110		298	274	19	5	5	.983	2.66							OF
Walt Tragesser	29	29		103	73	27	3	2	.971	3.45	4		9	14	61%		C
Lefty Tyler	26	34		84	9	72	3	3	.964	2.38							P
Joe Wilhoit	30	108		193	177	12	4	3	.979	1.75							OF
Team Totals	27.9	158		6507	4243	2052	212	297	.967	3.89	17		100	119	54%
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	2	1
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Frank Allen	27	45	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Fred Bailey*	20	10	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Free Agency	/O
Jesse Barnes*	23	52	-3	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Earl Blackburn	23	123	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	9	1.0	9	1.0	0.0	$		2
Larry Chappell*	26	56	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Purchased	O
Zip Collins*	24	296	-9	3	0	0	-4	-3	8	-5	-0.6	-1	-0.1	-0.5	$	Purchased	O
Pete Compton*	26	109	-4	1	0	0	0	-1	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Purchased--return	O
Joe Connolly*	32	130	1	1	0	0	0	-1	4	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$	Purchased	O
Dick Egan	32	271	-4	0	0	0	-2	1	7	2	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$	Purchased	46/5
Johnny Evers*	34	294	-1	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$11,000	Traded	4
Ed Fitzpatrick	26	248	-5	0	0	0	-3	-1	7	-2	-0.4	1	0.1	-0.5	$	Purchased	4O
Hank Gowdy	26	393	1	0	0	0	4	8	11	24	2.4	20	2.1	0.3	$	Traded	*2
Tom Hughes	32	56	-2	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Elmer Knetzer	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Ed Konetchy	30	636	16	3	0	0	7	-5	18	39	4.4	32	3.4	1.0	$	Purchased	*3
Sherry Magee	31	485	6	0	0	0	2	-6	14	16	1.7	14	1.5	0.2	$	Traded	*O/36
Rabbit Maranville	24	680	1	1	0	0	15	10	18	45	4.5	30	3.2	1.3	$	Purchased	*6
Art Nehf*	23	44	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Pat Ragan	30	65	-3	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Waivers	1
Ed Reulbach	33	36	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Art Rico	20	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2
Dick Rudolph	28	113	-8	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$8,000	Traded	1
Red Smith	26	584	13	0	0	0	-2	5	16	32	3.6	34	3.6	0.0	$	Purchased	*5
Fred Snodgrass	28	436	3	1	0	0	9	-3	12	22	2.3	13	1.4	0.9	$8,000	Free Agency	*O
Walt Tragesser	29	61	-2	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	Purchased	2
Lefty Tyler*	26	106	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Joe Wilhoit*	30	426	-5	4	0	0	6	-6	12	11	1.1	5	0.5	0.6	$	Traded	*O
Team Total	27.9	5760	-14	15	0	0	31	28	159	219	21.8	188	19.8	2.0	$27,000
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Frank Allen*	27	113.0	14	32	49	2	1.0	17	1.7	$	Purchased
Jesse Barnes	23	163.0	18	63	71	2	1.0	8	0.3	$	Purchased
Tom Hughes	32	161.0	14	46	70	2	1.0	24	2.4	$	Purchased
Elmer Knetzer	30	5.0	0	9	2	0	1.0	-7	-0.9	$	Purchased
Art Nehf*	23	121.0	12	40	53	2	1.0	13	1.1	$	Purchased
Pat Ragan	30	182.0	23	53	79	3	1.0	26	2.6	$	Waivers
Ed Reulbach	33	109.1	11	38	48	2	1.0	10	0.7	$	Purchased
Dick Rudolph	28	312.0	38	93	136	5	1.0	43	4.2	$	Traded
Lefty Tyler*	26	249.1	28	79	108	4	1.0	29	2.7	$	Purchased
Team Total	27.7	1415.2	158	453	616	22	1.0	163	14.8	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1915 / 1917 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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