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1928 Boston Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
50-103, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 631 runs, Allowed 878 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-99
Manager: Jack Slattery (11-20) and Rogers Hornsby (39-83)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 227,001 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101

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1927 / 1929 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Virgil Barnes 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 5, 1897 9 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Les Bell 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 14, 1901 6 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Boggs 23 L L 6' 0" 170 Dec 12, 1904 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Brandt 23 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 17, 1905 1st 39 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Brown 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 17, 1891 7 142 142 142 0 0 1 0 0 0 80 50 1 129
Dick Burrus 30 L L 5' 11" 175 Jan 29, 1898 6 64 64 64 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Cantwell 26 R R 6' 1" 168 Apr 13, 1902 2 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Clark 20 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 6, 1907 2 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 27
Bill Clarkson 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Sep 27, 1898 2 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Cooney 33 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 24, 1894 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 4 0 11 0 0 0 0
Johnny Cooney 27 R L 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1901 8 33 33 33 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Bill Cronin 25 R R 5' 9" 167 Dec 26, 1902 1st 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Delaney 33 R R 178 Jan 5, 1895 2 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foster Edwards 24 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 1, 1903 4 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doc Farrell 26 R R 5' 8" 160 Dec 26, 1901 4 134 134 134 0 0 0 1 0 132 0 0 0 0
Charlie Fitzberger 24 L L 170 Feb 13, 1904 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howard Freigau 25 R R 160 Aug 1, 1902 7 52 52 52 0 0 0 11 0 14 0 0 0 0
Doc Gautreau 26 R R 5' 4" 129 Jul 26, 1901 4 23 23 23 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Genewich 31 R R 6' 0" 174 Jan 15, 1897 7 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Goldsmith 29 R R 6' 0" 174 Aug 18, 1898 3 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Greenfield 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 1, 1902 5 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Harris 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 14, 1900 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
Bunny Hearn 24 L L 5' 8" 160 Jan 13, 1904 3 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bonnie Hollingsworth 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 26, 1895 4 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rogers Hornsby HOF 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 27, 1896 14 140 140 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinny McNamara 22 L R 5' 9" 165 Sep 16, 1905 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Art Mills 25 R R 5' 10" 155 Mar 2, 1903 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Moore 29 R R 5' 7" 165 Jan 18, 1899 6 68 68 68 0 0 0 1 0 0 54 0 0 54
Guy Morrison 32 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 29, 1895 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heinie Mueller 28 L L 5' 8" 158 Sep 16, 1899 9 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 37 0 41
Emilio Palmero 33 L L 5' 11" 157 Jun 13, 1895 5 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Richbourg 30 L R 160 Dec 18, 1897 4 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 148
Charlie Robertson 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 31, 1896 8 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Sisler HOF 35 L L 5' 11" 170 Mar 24, 1893 13 118 118 118 1 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Smith 33 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 22, 1895 6 39 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Smith 33 L L 5' 8" 165 Jun 23, 1895 14 96 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 40 7 65
Al Spohrer 25 R R 175 Dec 3, 1902 1st 51 51 51 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zack Taylor 29 R R 180 Jul 27, 1898 9 125 125 125 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay Touchstone 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 24, 1903 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Urban 30 R R 5' 8" 168 Mar 22, 1898 2 15 15 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Werts 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 20, 1898 3 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Williams 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 27, 1903 1st 3 3 3 0 1 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

1927 / 1929 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played