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1928 Boston Braves (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
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.

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Team Batting    Glossary

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.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    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
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageHornsby.387
On-base %Hornsby.498
Slugging %Hornsby.632
OPSHornsby1.130
GamesBell153
At BatsRichbourg612
Plate Appearances (approx.)Richbourg685
RunsRichbourg105
HitsRichbourg206
Total BasesHornsby307
DoublesHornsby42
TriplesRichbourg12
Home RunsHornsby21
RBIHornsby94
Bases on BallsHornsby107
StrikeoutsBell45
Stolen BasesRichbourg and Sisler11
SinglesRichbourg166
Adjusted OPS+Hornsby200
Runs CreatedHornsby153
Adjusted Batting RunsHornsby79
Batting WinsHornsby7.4
Extra-Base HitsHornsby70
Times on BaseHornsby296
Offensive Win%Hornsby.855
Hit By PitchFarrell5
Sac. HitsBell and Hornsby25
Power/Speed NumberHornsby8.1
At Bats per StrikeoutSisler32.7
At Bats per Home RunHornsby23.1
OutsBell452

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERADelaney3.79
WinsSmith13
Won-Loss %Smith.433
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Delaney1.315
Hits Allowed/9IPDelaney9.22
Bases on Balls/9IPDelaney2.62
Strikeouts/9IPBrandt3.36
GamesDelaney39
SavesDelaney and Smith2
InningsSmith244.3
StrikeoutsBrandt84
Games StartedBrandt31
Comp. GamesSmith14
ShutoutsBrandt1
Home Runs Allow.Brandt22
Bases On Balls Allow.Brandt109
Hits AllowedSmith274
SO to WalkDelaney and Smith0.80
LossesBrandt21
Earned Runs Allow.Brandt127
Wild PitchesGreenfield5
Hit BatsmenBrandt7
Batters FacedSmith1056
Games FinishedCooney13
Adjusted ERA+Delaney103

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