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1928 Boston Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929) 50-103, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 631 runs, Allowed 878 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-99 Managed by Jack Slattery and Rogers Hornsby Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 227,001 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Zack Taylor         29  125  399   36  100  15  1   2   30  33   29  .251  .313  .308   2           3   7           66
1B *George Sisler       35  118  491   71  167  26  4   4   68  30   15  .340  .380  .434  11           2  14          117
2B  Rogers Hornsby      32  140  486   99  188  42  7  21   94 107   41  .387  .498  .632   5           1  25          200
3B  Les Bell            26  153  591   58  164  36  7  10   91  40   45  .277  .323  .413   1           0  25           95
SS  Doc Farrell         26  134  483   36  104  14  2   3   43  26   26  .215  .263  .271   3           5  19           43
OF *Lance Richbourg     30  148  612  105  206  26 12   2   52  62   39  .337  .399  .428  11           2   9          121
OF  Eddie Brown         36  142  523   45  140  28  2   2   59  24   22  .268  .305  .340   6           4  18           72
OF *Jack Smith          33   96  254   30   71   9  2   1   32  21   14  .280  .335  .343   6           0  14           81
    Eddie Moore         29   68  215   27   51   9  0   2   18  19   12  .237  .299  .307   7           0  10           62
   *Heinie Mueller      28   42  151   25   34   3  1   0   19  17    9  .225  .316  .258   1           3  11           55
   *Dick Burrus         30   64  137   15   37   6  0   3   13  19    8  .270  .367  .380   1           2   1          100
    Al Spohrer          25   51  124   15   27   3  0   0    9   5   11  .218  .254  .242   1           1   0           33
    Earl Clark          20   28  112   18   34   9  1   0   10   4    8  .304  .339  .402   0           2   3           97
    Howard Freigau      25   52  109   11   28   8  1   1   17   9   14  .257  .319  .376   1           1   4           85
    Jimmy Cooney        33   18   51    2    7   0  0   0    3   2    5  .137  .170  .137   1           0   0          -17
    Doc Gautreau        26   23   18    3    5   0  1   0    1   4    3  .278  .409  .389   1           0   0          114
    Dave Harris         27    7   17    2    2   1  0   0    0   2    6  .118  .211  .176   0           0   0            4
    Luke Urban          30   15   17    0    3   0  0   0    2   0    1  .176  .222  .176   0           1   1            8
   *Charlie Fitzberger  24    7    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .286  .286  .286   0           0   0           53
   *Dinny McNamara      22    9    4    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0           0   1           34
    Bill Cronin         25    3    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0           0   0           -4
    Earl Williams       25    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100

    Bob Smith           33   39   92   11   23   2  0   1    8   1    6  .250  .258  .304   2           0   6           50
   *Ed Brandt           23   39   70    5   17   4  0   0    3   9   12  .243  .329  .300   0           0   3           69
    Art Delaney         33   39   63    4    9   0  0   0    0   2    8  .143  .169  .143   0           0   1          -16
    Johnny Cooney       27   33   41    2    7   0  0   0    2   4    3  .171  .244  .171   0           0   1           13
    Kent Greenfield     25   32   38    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    8  .053  .053  .053   0           0   7          -72
    Ben Cantwell        26   22   29    3    5   0  0   0    1   0    6  .172  .172  .172   0           0   0           -8
    Joe Genewich        31   13   26    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .038  .074  .038   0           0   4          -69
    Virgil Barnes       31   16   17    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    6  .059  .111  .059   0           0   2          -53
   *Charlie Robertson   32   13   17    2    0   0  0   0    0   4    4  .000  .190  .000   0           0   2          -45
    Foster Edwards      24   21   11    1    1   0  0   0    2   0    4  .091  .091  .091   0           0   2          -51
    Bonnie Hollingsworth32    7    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0           0   0          -11
    Bill Clarkson       29   19    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Johnny Werts        30   10    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0           0   0           78
    Hal Goldsmith       29    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Clay Touchstone     25    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Bunny Hearn         24    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Art Mills           25    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Emilio Palmero      33    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   1         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  153 5228  631 1439 241 41  52  577 447  377  .275  .332  .367  60          27 191           95
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    8    6   6  8   6        5    5     6     6     8   7                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Ed Brandt           23  38   5.07   9  21  0  31   2  12   1  225.3  234  141  127  22  109   84 1001   4   7  0      77
SP  Bob Smith           33  38   3.87  13  17  2  25   9  14   0  244.3  274  138  105  11   74   59 1056   3   2  0     101
SP  Kent Greenfield     25  32   5.32   3  11  0  23   5   5   0  143.7  173  100   85   6   60   30  656   5   5  0      73
SP  Art Delaney         33  39   3.79   9  17  2  22  12   8   0  192.3  197  100   81  11   56   45  826   2   1  1     103
SP  Joe Genewich        31  13   4.13   3   7  0  11   1   4   0   80.7   88   43   37  14   18   15  344   1   3  0      94
SP  Virgil Barnes       31  16   5.82   2   7  0  10   1   1   0   60.3   86   42   39   3   26    7  286   0   0  0      67
SP  Charlie Robertson   32  13   5.31   2   5  1   7   4   3   0   59.3   73   40   35   5   16   17  260   2   0  0      73

RP  Bill Clarkson       29  19   6.75   0   2  0   1   9   0   0   34.7   53   29   26   2   22    8  186   2   1  0      58
RP *Johnny Cooney       27  24   4.32   3   7  1   6  13   2   0   89.7  106   47   43   7   31   18  389   0   0  0      90
RP  Foster Edwards      24  21   5.66   2   1  0   3  10   2   0   49.3   67   36   31   2   23   17  241   1   2  0      69
RP  Ben Cantwell        26  22   5.10   3   3  0   9   8   3   0   90.0  112   63   51   7   36   18  413   1   2  0      76

    Bonnie Hollingsworth32   7   5.24   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   22.3   30   19   13   2   13   10  106   0   0  0      74
    Johnny Werts        30  10  10.31   0   2  0   2   5   0   0   18.3   31   22   21   2    8    5   93   0   0  0      38
   *Bunny Hearn         24   7   6.30   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.0    6    8    7   0    8    8   45   0   1  0      62
    Hal Goldsmith       29   4   3.24   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    8.3   14    5    3   2    1    1   40   0   0  0     120
    Clay Touchstone     25   5   4.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    8.0   15    8    4   0    2    1   40   0   1  0      87
    Art Mills           25   4  12.91   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.7   17   11   11   3    8    0   48   0   2  0      30
   *Emilio Palmero      33   3   5.40   0   1  0   1   2   0   0    6.7   14    8    4   0    2    0   34   0   0  0      72
   *Ray Boggs           23   4   5.40   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    5.0    2    3    3   0    7    0   23   2   3  1      72
    Guy Morrison        32   1  12.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    4    4    4   1    3    0   16   0   0  0      32
   *George Sisler       35   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    3   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5 153   4.83  50 103  6 153  99  54   1 1360.0 1596  878  730 100  524  343 6106  23  30  2      81
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   7   2  8           7   8      6    7    7        7    7    8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ZTaylor 124 367 83 7 8 .985 11 ASpohrer 48 102 22 3 1 .976 2 LUrban 10 12 5 0 0 1.000 0 BCronin 3 2 0 0 1 1.000 0 EWilliams 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 153 484 110 10 10 .983 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GSisler 118 1188 86 15 100 .988 10.80 DBurrus 32 286 15 7 29 .977 9.41 JCooney 3 16 0 1 2 .941 5.33 EBrown 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 1497 101 23 131 .986 10.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHornsby 140 295 450 21 85 .973 5.32 HFreigau 11 20 27 4 4 .922 4.27 JCooney 4 4 12 1 1 .941 4.00 DGautreau 4 1 2 1 1 .750 0.75 DFarrell 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 EMoore 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 320 493 27 91 .968 5.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 2.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBell 153 177 314 27 37 .948 3.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 177 314 27 37 .948 3.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFarrell 132 289 418 51 73 .933 5.36 HFreigau 14 28 33 4 5 .938 4.36 JCooney 11 23 31 1 10 .982 4.91 DGautreau 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 341 482 56 88 .936 5.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LRichbourg 148 367 8 11 1 .972 2.53 0 0 148 EBrown 129 302 6 13 3 .960 2.39 80 50 1 JSmith 65 165 4 2 0 .988 2.60 18 40 7 EMoore 54 131 7 6 3 .958 2.56 54 0 0 HMueller 41 127 6 2 1 .985 3.24 4 37 0 EClark 27 77 0 1 0 .987 2.85 0 27 0 DHarris 6 10 0 2 0 .833 1.67 6 0 0 DMcNamara 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 1 2 JCooney 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 153 1188 31 37 8 .971 2.69 153 153 153 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSmith 38 16 66 3 5 .965 3.02 EBrandt 38 3 61 0 3 1.000 2.56 ADelaney 39 13 47 2 3 .968 2.81 KGreenfield 32 8 37 2 2 .957 2.82 BCantwell 22 5 27 3 1 .914 3.20 JCooney 24 11 32 0 3 1.000 4.31 JGenewich 13 3 24 0 1 1.000 3.01 VBarnes 16 2 12 1 0 .933 2.09 CRobertson 13 1 11 0 1 1.000 1.82 FEdwards 21 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.37 BClarkson 19 2 14 1 1 .941 4.15 BHollingswo 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.83 JWerts 10 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.95 BHearn 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 HGoldsmith 4 1 4 1 0 .833 5.42 CTouchstone 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 AMills 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.34 EPalmero 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.34 RBoggs 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 GMorrison 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 GSisler 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 70 366 13 21 .971 2.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Hornsby .387 On-base % Hornsby .498 Slugging % Hornsby .632 OPS Hornsby 1.130 Games Bell 153 At Bats Richbourg 612 Plate Appearances (approx.) Richbourg 685 Runs Richbourg 105 Hits Richbourg 206 Total Bases Hornsby 307 Doubles Hornsby 42 Triples Richbourg 12 Home Runs Hornsby 21 RBI Hornsby 94 Bases on Balls Hornsby 107 Strikeouts Bell 45 Stolen Bases Richbourg and Sisler 11 Singles Richbourg 166 Adjusted OPS+ Hornsby 200 Runs Created Hornsby 153 Adjusted Batting Runs Hornsby 79 Batting Wins Hornsby 7.4 Extra-Base Hits Hornsby 70 Times on Base Hornsby 296 Offensive Win% Hornsby .855 Hit By Pitch Farrell 5 Sac. Hits Bell and Hornsby 25 Power/Speed Number Hornsby 8.1 At Bats per Strikeout Sisler 32.7 At Bats per Home Run Hornsby 23.1 Outs Bell 452

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Delaney 3.79 Wins Smith 13 Won-Loss % Smith .433 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Delaney 1.315 Hits Allowed/9IP Delaney 9.22 Bases on Balls/9IP Delaney 2.62 Strikeouts/9IP Brandt 3.36 Games Delaney 39 Saves Delaney and Smith 2 Innings Smith 244.3 Strikeouts Brandt 84 Games Started Brandt 31 Comp. Games Smith 14 Shutouts Brandt 1 Home Runs Allow. Brandt 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Brandt 109 Hits Allowed Smith 274 SO to Walk Delaney and Smith 0.80 Losses Brandt 21 Earned Runs Allow. Brandt 127 Wild Pitches Greenfield 5 Hit Batsmen Brandt 7 Batters Faced Smith 1056 Games Finished Cooney 13 Adjusted ERA+ Delaney 103

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