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1921 Boston Braves

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1920 / 1922

79-74, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Mitchell (79-74)
Scored 721 runs, Allowed 697 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-74

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 318,627 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 92


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1920 / 1922 Batting Statistics

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 Mickey O'Neil 21 98 313 277 26 69 9 4 2 29 2 2 23 21 .249 .307 .332 .639 73 92 0 13
2 1B Walter Holke# 28 150 621 579 60 151 15 10 3 63 8 11 17 41 .261 .284 .337 .621 68 195 2 23
3 2B Hod Ford 23 152 614 555 50 155 29 5 2 61 2 11 36 49 .279 .328 .360 .688 87 200 4 19
4 SS Walter Barbare 29 134 600 550 66 166 22 7 0 49 11 4 24 28 .302 .331 .367 .698 89 202 0 26
5 3B Tony Boeckel 28 153 663 592 93 185 20 13 10 84 20 15 52 41 .313 .370 .441 .811 119 261 2 17
6 OF Billy Southworth* 28 141 642 569 86 175 25 15 7 79 22 20 36 13 .308 .351 .441 .792 114 251 2 35
7 OF Walton Cruise* 31 108 403 344 47 119 16 7 8 55 10 8 48 24 .346 .429 .503 .932 152 173 2 9
8 OF Ray Powell* 32 149 699 624 114 191 25 18 12 74 6 17 58 85 .306 .369 .462 .830 124 288 4 13
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 Fred Nicholson 26 83 271 245 36 80 11 7 5 41 5 4 17 29 .327 .370 .490 .860 131 120 0 9
10 C Hank Gowdy 31 64 188 164 17 49 7 2 2 17 2 0 16 11 .299 .368 .402 .771 109 66 2 6
11 OF Al Nixon 35 55 152 138 25 33 6 3 1 9 3 2 7 11 .239 .281 .348 .629 70 48 1 6
12 2B Lloyd Christenbury* 27 62 151 125 34 44 6 2 3 16 3 4 21 7 .352 .449 .504 .953 158 63 1 4
13 C Frank Gibson# 30 63 133 125 14 33 5 4 2 13 0 0 3 17 .264 .292 .416 .708 90 52 2 3
14 John Sullivan 31 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
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
15 P Joe Oeschger 29 46 115 110 9 28 1 0 0 11 0 0 3 13 .255 .274 .264 .538 47 29 0 2
16 P Dana Fillingim* 27 45 95 85 12 21 0 0 2 8 0 1 9 8 .247 .319 .318 .637 73 27 0 1
17 P Hugh McQuillan 25 45 94 88 9 18 5 1 1 7 0 0 1 13 .205 .213 .318 .532 42 28 0 5
18 P Mule Watson 24 44 94 87 9 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 36 .138 .148 .184 .332 -11 16 0 6
19 P Jack Scott* 29 51 94 88 14 30 5 1 1 12 0 1 5 7 .341 .376 .455 .831 124 40 0 1
20 P Eddie Eayrs* 30 15 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 0 0
21 P Garland Braxton# 21 17 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 P Cy Morgan 25 17 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
23 P Johnny Cooney 20 8 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 1 0 0
24 P Ira Townsend 27 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
25 P Al Pierotti 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
26 P Leo Townsend* 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 153 5982 5385 721 1561 209 100 61 630 94 100 377 470 .290 .339 .400 .739 100 2153 22 198
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 3 3 7 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 7 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 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
Walter Barbare 29 600 -8 3 0 0 3 8 16 22 2.2 19 1.9 0.3 $ Traded *6/45
Tony Boeckel 28 663 17 1 0 0 -8 5 19 34 3.4 42 4.3 -0.9 $ Waivers *5
Garland Braxton# 21 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Lloyd Christenbury* 27 151 12 1 0 0 -2 1 4 16 1.7 18 1.8 -0.1 $ 4/56
Johnny Cooney 20 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Walton Cruise* 31 403 28 -1 0 0 4 -5 12 38 3.9 34 3.5 0.4 $ Purchased O7/38
Eddie Eayrs* 30 15 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ /1
Dana Fillingim* 27 95 -3 0 0 0 0 6 3 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hod Ford 23 614 -11 -5 0 0 7 6 18 15 1.5 8 0.8 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent *46
Frank Gibson# 30 133 -3 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Hank Gowdy 31 188 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Walter Holke# 28 621 -28 -1 0 0 0 -7 18 -18 -1.9 -18 -1.8 -0.1 $ Traded *3
Hugh McQuillan 25 94 -8 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Cy Morgan 25 5 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Fred Nicholson 26 271 10 1 0 0 -1 -3 8 15 1.5 16 1.6 -0.1 $ Traded 7O/394
Al Nixon 35 152 -6 1 0 0 0 -2 4 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded O798
Mickey O'Neil 21 313 -11 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Joe Oeschger 29 115 -8 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Al Pierotti 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Ray Powell* 32 699 20 0 0 0 0 -4 18 34 3.5 34 3.5 0.0 $ Purchased *8O
Jack Scott* 29 94 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 12 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Billy Southworth* 28 642 11 0 0 0 6 -6 17 28 2.8 22 2.2 0.6 $ Traded *O9
John Sullivan 31 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased
Ira Townsend 27 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Mule Watson 24 94 -15 1 0 0 0 6 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Waivers 1
Team Total 28.0 5982 -8 2 0 0 9 30 168 201 20.2 192 19.5 0.7 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Walter Barbare 29 600 414 67 4.4 101 .318 .302 .290 .331 .340 .367 .400 .698 .740 89 .472 -7.8 -0.8 .601 .122 .065 .0 *6/45
Tony Boeckel 28 663 439 94 5.8 101 .323 .313 .290 .370 .340 .441 .400 .811 .740 119 .599 16.7 1.6 .758 .225 .128 13.3 *5
Garland Braxton# 21 7 7 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .290 .000 .340 .000 .400 .000 .740 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 1
Lloyd Christenbury* 27 151 89 27 8.2 101 .357 .352 .290 .449 .340 .504 .400 .953 .740 158 .739 12.0 1.2 .988 .312 .152 3.0 4/56
Johnny Cooney 20 5 4 0 0.0 101 .250 .200 .290 .200 .340 .200 .400 .400 .740 9 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
Walton Cruise* 31 403 242 72 8.0 101 .356 .346 .290 .429 .340 .503 .400 .932 .740 152 .732 28.1 2.7 .966 .302 .157 8.9 O7/38
Eddie Eayrs* 30 15 14 0 0.0 101 .091 .067 .290 .067 .340 .067 .400 .133 .740 -64 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .071 .000 .000 /1
Dana Fillingim* 27 95 66 8 3.3 101 .253 .247 .290 .319 .340 .318 .400 .637 .740 73 .346 -3.0 -0.3 .538 .165 .071 .0 1
Hod Ford 23 614 430 61 3.8 101 .304 .279 .290 .328 .340 .360 .400 .688 .740 87 .413 -8.8 -0.9 .562 .130 .081 2.0 *46
Frank Gibson# 30 133 95 15 4.2 101 .292 .264 .290 .292 .340 .416 .400 .708 .740 90 .461 -2.4 -0.2 .620 .176 .152 .0 2
Hank Gowdy 31 188 121 24 5.3 101 .311 .299 .290 .368 .340 .402 .400 .771 .740 109 .565 2.9 0.3 .748 .213 .104 2.0 2
Walter Holke# 28 621 462 53 3.1 101 .277 .261 .290 .284 .340 .337 .400 .621 .740 68 .323 -27.3 -2.7 .481 .100 .076 4.4 *3
Hugh McQuillan 25 94 75 6 2.2 101 .230 .205 .290 .213 .340 .318 .400 .532 .740 42 .198 -7.3 -0.7 .414 .125 .114 .0 1
Cy Morgan 25 5 5 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .290 .000 .340 .000 .400 .000 .740 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Fred Nicholson 26 271 178 44 6.6 101 .355 .327 .290 .370 .340 .490 .400 .860 .740 131 .660 10.4 1.0 .817 .237 .163 5.0 7O/394
Al Nixon 35 152 113 13 3.1 101 .254 .239 .290 .281 .340 .348 .400 .629 .740 70 .324 -6.1 -0.6 .533 .167 .109 1.5 O798
Mickey O'Neil 21 313 223 28 3.4 101 .264 .249 .290 .307 .340 .332 .400 .639 .740 73 .360 -10.0 -1.0 .548 .166 .083 2.0 2
Joe Oeschger 29 115 84 8 2.6 101 .289 .255 .290 .274 .340 .264 .400 .538 .740 47 .253 -8.2 -0.8 .390 .036 .009 1
Al Pierotti 25 1 1 0 0.0 101 .000 .290 .000 .340 .000 .400 .000 .740 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Ray Powell* 32 699 463 99 5.8 101 .340 .306 .290 .369 .340 .462 .400 .830 .740 124 .599 21.5 2.1 .753 .231 .155 8.0 *8O
Jack Scott* 29 94 60 15 6.7 101 .363 .341 .290 .376 .340 .455 .400 .831 .740 124 .665 3.2 0.3 .746 .159 .114 .0 1
Billy Southworth* 28 642 449 83 5.0 101 .306 .308 .290 .351 .340 .441 .400 .792 .740 114 .533 10.5 1.0 .703 .200 .134 10.6 *O9
John Sullivan 31 5 5 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .290 .000 .340 .000 .400 .000 .740 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Ira Townsend 27 2 2 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .290 .000 .340 .000 .400 .000 .740 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Leo Townsend* 30 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Mule Watson 24 94 81 2 0.7 101 .235 .138 .290 .148 .340 .184 .400 .332 .740 -11 .028 -13.6 -1.4 .227 .057 .046 1
League Average 4.7 107 .306 .289 .299 .338 .349 .397 .411 .734 .760 93 .507 .646 .177 .108
Team Total 27.9 5982 4122 719 4.7 101 .309 .290 .290 .339 .340 .400 .400 .739 .740 100 .507 1.1 -0.1 .649 .179 .110 74.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Walter Barbare 29 142 611 585 71 178 24 8 0 53 12 26 30 .304 .334 .373 .707 72 134 134
Tony Boeckel 28 162 687 629 100 198 21 14 11 91 21 56 43 .315 .373 .445 .818 104 153 153
Garland Braxton# 21 18 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17 17
Lloyd Christenbury* 27 66 158 134 37 48 7 2 3 18 3 23 7 .358 .456 .507 .963 31 62 62
Johnny Cooney 20 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Walton Cruise* 31 114 418 365 51 127 17 7 9 59 11 51 25 .348 .431 .507 .937 79 108 108
Eddie Eayrs* 30 24 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 23 23
Dana Fillingim* 27 48 101 91 13 23 0 0 2 9 0 10 8 .253 .327 .319 .645 10 45 45
Hod Ford 23 161 633 590 54 166 31 5 2 66 2 39 52 .281 .330 .361 .691 70 152 152
Frank Gibson# 30 67 137 132 15 35 5 4 2 14 0 3 18 .265 .292 .409 .701 16 63 63
Hank Gowdy 31 68 193 174 18 52 7 2 2 18 2 17 12 .299 .368 .397 .764 25 64 64
Walter Holke# 28 159 635 615 65 162 16 11 3 68 9 18 43 .263 .287 .340 .626 59 150 150
Hugh McQuillan 25 48 94 93 10 19 5 1 1 7 0 1 14 .204 .213 .312 .525 6 45 45
Cy Morgan 25 18 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17 17
Fred Nicholson 26 88 278 260 39 85 12 7 5 44 5 18 31 .327 .371 .485 .855 48 83 83
Al Nixon 35 58 156 147 28 36 7 3 1 10 3 8 12 .245 .288 .354 .642 15 55 55
Mickey O'Neil 21 104 319 294 28 74 10 4 2 32 2 25 22 .252 .310 .333 .644 31 98 98
Joe Oeschger 29 49 120 117 10 30 1 0 0 12 0 3 14 .256 .275 .265 .540 8 46 46
Al Pierotti 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Ray Powell* 32 158 731 664 124 206 27 19 13 80 6 63 90 .310 .373 .467 .840 114 149 149
Jack Scott* 29 54 98 93 15 32 5 1 1 13 0 5 7 .344 .378 .452 .829 16 51 51
Billy Southworth* 28 149 646 605 94 188 27 16 8 86 24 39 14 .311 .354 .448 .802 95 141 141
John Sullivan 31 86 279 258 28 82 15 4 4 42 3 20 28 .318 .369 .453 .823 43 81 81
Ira Townsend 27 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Mule Watson 24 47 92 91 8 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 38 .132 .141 .176 .317 2 44 44
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Walter Barbare 29 7 1546 394 1546 1404 135 376 47 17 1 116 35 16 67 99 .268 .304 .328 .632 79 460 6 69
Tony Boeckel 28 4 2114 510 2114 1910 239 528 79 26 14 211 65 30 151 155 .276 .332 .367 .699 102 701 7 46
Garland Braxton# 21 1 7 17 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Lloyd Christenbury* 27 3 310 134 310 262 56 75 9 4 3 34 3 5 36 21 .286 .377 .385 .762 116 101 2 10
Johnny Cooney 20 1 5 8 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 1 0 0
Walton Cruise* 31 7 2185 602 2185 1922 234 534 65 29 25 223 44 11 191 226 .278 .347 .381 .727 116 732 11 61
Eddie Eayrs* 30 3 313 114 313 271 32 83 5 2 1 26 4 3 32 23 .306 .388 .351 .738 116 95 4 6
Dana Fillingim* 27 5 324 137 324 296 18 64 3 0 2 20 0 1 19 58 .216 .266 .247 .512 50 73 1 8
Hod Ford 23 3 933 250 933 840 70 223 41 11 3 94 5 14 56 80 .265 .317 .351 .668 86 295 7 30
Frank Gibson# 30 2 195 86 195 182 22 41 6 4 2 15 2 0 6 26 .225 .262 .335 .597 65 61 3 4
Hank Gowdy 31 11 2283 722 2283 1998 189 511 92 18 12 211 53 5 210 199 .256 .333 .338 .671 99 675 22 53
Walter Holke# 28 7 2854 708 2854 2618 270 733 77 40 9 270 64 22 116 193 .280 .314 .350 .665 97 917 15 105
Hugh McQuillan 25 4 201 104 201 184 20 42 10 5 2 17 0 1 4 41 .228 .249 .370 .618 74 68 1 12
Cy Morgan 25 1 5 17 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Fred Nicholson 26 4 632 225 632 572 81 191 30 16 10 78 16 10 42 73 .334 .379 .495 .874 143 283 0 18
Al Nixon 35 4 195 76 195 177 29 46 7 3 1 11 4 3 9 15 .260 .299 .350 .650 80 62 1 8
Mickey O'Neil 21 3 688 221 688 609 48 161 14 8 2 58 6 6 45 48 .264 .320 .323 .644 83 197 5 29
Joe Oeschger 29 8 477 226 477 449 25 66 9 0 0 29 0 0 16 117 .147 .176 .167 .343 -0 75 0 12
Al Pierotti 25 2 10 8 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 29 2 0 1
Ray Powell* 32 6 2501 562 2501 2248 307 576 66 51 24 186 46 35 196 331 .256 .319 .363 .682 100 816 13 44
Jack Scott* 29 5 263 129 263 245 23 60 9 1 1 20 0 2 12 36 .245 .280 .302 .582 68 74 0 6
Billy Southworth* 28 6 2250 533 2250 1991 268 580 63 54 15 244 89 49 182 76 .291 .353 .400 .753 114 796 7 70
John Sullivan 31 2 564 162 564 495 64 153 28 8 5 69 6 7 48 55 .309 .374 .428 .802 123 212 3 18
Ira Townsend 27 2 4 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Leo Townsend* 30 2 8 8 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 35 1 0 1
Mule Watson 24 4 178 87 178 167 11 21 3 1 0 5 0 0 3 65 .126 .141 .156 .297 -16 26 0 8
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1920 / 1922 Batting Statistics