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1927 Boston Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928

60-94, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dave Bancroft (60-94)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 771 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 288,685 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 92, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 95


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1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Dave Bancroft HOF 36 B R 5' 9" 160 Apr 20, 1891 13 111 105 111 105 0 0 0 0 1 104 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2
Larry Benton 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 20, 1897 5 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Eddie Brown 35 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 17, 1891 6 155 143 155 151 0 0 1 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 4 0 1.7
Dick Burrus 29 L L 5' 11" 175 Jan 29, 1898 5 72 56 72 61 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.2
Earl Clark 19 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 6, 1907 1st 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 13 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Cooney 26 R L 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1901 7 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0.0
Foster Edwards 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 1, 1903 3 33 11 33 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.8
Doc Farrell 25 R R 5' 8" 160 Dec 26, 1901 3 110 110 110 110 0 0 0 40 19 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jack Fournier 37 L R 6' 0" 195 Sep 28, 1889 15 122 98 122 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 1.3
Doc Gautreau 25 R R 5' 4" 129 Jul 26, 1901 3 87 52 87 57 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 0.1
Joe Genewich 30 R R 6' 0" 174 Jan 15, 1897 6 40 19 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Frank Gibson 36 B R 6' 0" 172 Sep 27, 1890 8 60 41 60 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -1.1
Hal Goldsmith 28 R R 6' 0" 174 Aug 18, 1898 2 22 5 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Sid Graves 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 30, 1901 1st 7 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 0.0
Kent Greenfield 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 1, 1902 4 27 26 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Bunny Hearn 23 L L 5' 8" 160 Jan 13, 1904 2 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Andy High 29 L R 5' 6" 155 Nov 21, 1897 6 113 91 113 98 0 0 0 8 89 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 1.1
Shanty Hogan 21 R R 6' 1" 240 Mar 21, 1906 3 71 59 71 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.9
Jack Knight 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 12, 1895 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Les Mann 34 R R 5' 9" 172 Nov 18, 1892 15 29 16 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 17 24 4 1 -0.2
Dinny McNamara 21 L R 5' 9" 165 Sep 16, 1905 1st 11 3 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 8 -0.3
Hugh McQuillan 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 15, 1895 10 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0
Art Mills 24 R R 5' 10" 155 Mar 2, 1903 1st 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
George Mogridge 38 L L 6' 2" 165 Feb 18, 1889 15 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Eddie Moore 28 R R 5' 7" 165 Jan 18, 1899 5 112 105 112 106 0 0 0 39 52 1 1 11 4 16 6 0 1.0
Guy Morrison 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 29, 1895 1st 11 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Lance Richbourg 29 L R 5' 10" 160 Dec 18, 1897 3 115 106 115 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 107 110 4 1 1.1
Charlie Robertson 31 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 31, 1896 7 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Dick Rudolph 39 R R 5' 9" 160 Aug 25, 1887 13 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bob Smith 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 22, 1895 5 54 31 54 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2.5
Jack Smith 32 L L 5' 8" 165 Jun 23, 1895 13 84 37 84 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 32 48 33 3 0.8
Zack Taylor 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 27, 1898 8 30 25 30 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Herb Thomas 25 R R 5' 4" 157 May 26, 1902 3 26 17 26 19 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
Luke Urban 29 R R 5' 8" 168 Mar 22, 1898 1st 35 30 35 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Jimmy Welsh 24 L R 6' 1" 174 Oct 9, 1902 3 131 128 131 129 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 122 9 129 2 0 1.6
Johnny Wertz 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 20, 1898 2 42 15 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers