1928 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

50-103, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Slattery (11-20) and Rogers Hornsby (39-83)
Scored 631 runs, Allowed 878 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-99

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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	Zack Taylor	29	125	442	399	36	100	15	1	2	30	2		33	29	.251	.313	.308	.621	66	123		3	7
2	1B	George Sisler*	35	118	537	491	71	167	26	4	4	68	11		30	15	.340	.380	.434	.814	117	213		2	14
3	2B	Rogers Hornsby	32	140	619	486	99	188	42	7	21	94	5		107	41	.387	.498	.632	1.130	200	307		1	25
4	SS	Doc Farrell	26	134	533	483	36	104	14	2	3	43	3		26	26	.215	.263	.271	.534	43	131		5	19
5	3B	Les Bell	26	153	656	591	58	164	36	7	10	91	1		40	45	.277	.323	.413	.736	95	244		0	25
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
6		Lance Richbourg*	30	148	685	612	105	206	26	12	2	52	11		62	39	.337	.399	.428	.828	121	262		2	9
7	1B	Eddie Brown	36	142	569	523	45	140	28	2	2	59	6		24	22	.268	.305	.340	.645	72	178		4	18
8		Jack Smith*	33	96	289	254	30	71	9	2	1	32	6		21	14	.280	.335	.343	.677	81	87		0	14
9	2B	Eddie Moore	29	68	244	215	27	51	9	0	2	18	7		19	12	.237	.299	.307	.606	62	66		0	10
10		Heinie Mueller*	28	42	182	151	25	34	3	1	0	19	1		17	9	.225	.316	.258	.574	55	39		3	11
11	1B	Dick Burrus*	30	64	159	137	15	37	6	0	3	13	1		19	8	.270	.367	.380	.747	100	52		2	1
12	C	Al Spohrer	25	51	130	124	15	27	3	0	0	9	1		5	11	.218	.254	.242	.496	33	30		1	0
13	MI	Howard Freigau	25	52	123	109	11	28	8	1	1	17	1		9	14	.257	.319	.376	.695	85	41		1	4
14		Earl Clark	20	28	121	112	18	34	9	1	0	10	0		4	8	.304	.339	.402	.741	97	45		2	3
15	MI	Jimmy Cooney	33	18	53	51	2	7	0	0	0	3	1		2	5	.137	.170	.137	.307	-17	7		0	0
16	MI	Doc Gautreau	26	23	22	18	3	5	0	1	0	1	1		4	3	.278	.409	.389	.798	114	7		0	0
17		Dave Harris	27	7	19	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	6	.118	.211	.176	.387	4	3		0	0
18	C	Luke Urban	30	15	19	17	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.176	.222	.176	.399	8	3		1	1
19		Charlie Fitzberger*	24	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2		0	0
20		Dinny McNamara*	22	9	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1		0	1
21	C	Bill Cronin	25	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0		0	0
22	C	Earl Williams	25	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.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
23	P	Bob Smith	33	39	99	92	11	23	2	0	1	8	2		1	6	.250	.258	.304	.562	50	28		0	6
24	P	Ed Brandt*	23	39	82	70	5	17	4	0	0	3	0		9	12	.243	.329	.300	.629	69	21		0	3
25	P	Art Delaney	33	39	66	63	4	9	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	.143	.169	.143	.312	-16	9		0	1
26	P	Johnny Cooney	27	33	46	41	2	7	0	0	0	2	0		4	3	.171	.244	.171	.415	13	7		0	1
27	P	Kent Greenfield	25	32	45	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.053	.053	.053	.105	-72	2		0	7
28	P	Joe Genewich	31	13	31	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.038	.074	.038	.113	-69	1		0	4
29	P	Ben Cantwell	26	22	29	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.172	.172	.172	.345	-8	5		0	0
30	P	Charlie Robertson*	32	13	23	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	4	.000	.190	.000	.190	-45	0		0	2
31	P	Virgil Barnes	31	16	20	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.059	.111	.059	.170	-53	1		0	2
32	P	Foster Edwards	24	21	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1		0	2
33	P	Bonnie Hollingsworth	32	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1		0	0
34	P	Johnny Werts	30	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1		0	0
35	P	Bill Clarkson	29	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
36	P	Emilio Palmero*	33	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
37	P	Clay Touchstone	25	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
38	P	Hal Goldsmith	29	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
39	P	Bunny Hearn*	24	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
40	P	Art Mills	25	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
41	P	Guy Morrison	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Ray Boggs*	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.9	153	5893	5228	631	1439	241	41	52	577	60	0	447	377	.275	.335	.367	.702	87	1918	0	27	191	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	8	6	6	8	6		7		5	5	6	6	8	7		7
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 Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Bob Smith	33	13	17	.433	3.87	38	25	9	14	0	2	244.1	274	138	105	11	74		59	2	0	3	1056	101	1.424	10.1	0.4	2.7	2.2	0.80
2	SP	Ed Brandt*	23	9	21	.300	5.07	38	31	2	12	1	0	225.1	234	141	127	22	109		84	7	0	4	1001	77	1.522	9.3	0.9	4.4	3.4	0.77
3	SP	Art Delaney	33	9	17	.346	3.79	39	22	12	8	0	2	192.1	197	100	81	11	56		45	1	1	2	826	103	1.315	9.2	0.5	2.6	2.1	0.80
4	SP	Kent Greenfield	25	3	11	.214	5.32	32	23	5	5	0	0	143.2	173	100	85	6	60		30	5	0	5	656	73	1.622	10.8	0.4	3.8	1.9	0.50
5	SP	Joe Genewich	31	3	7	.300	4.13	13	11	1	4	0	0	80.2	88	43	37	14	18		15	3	0	1	344	94	1.314	9.8	1.6	2.0	1.7	0.83
6	SP	Virgil Barnes	31	2	7	.222	5.82	16	10	1	1	0	0	60.1	86	42	39	3	26		7	0	0	0	286	67	1.856	12.8	0.4	3.9	1.0	0.27
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	RP	Ben Cantwell	26	3	3	.500	5.10	22	9	8	3	0	0	90.0	112	63	51	7	36		18	2	0	1	413	76	1.644	11.2	0.7	3.6	1.8	0.50
8	RP	Johnny Cooney*	27	3	7	.300	4.32	24	6	13	2	0	1	89.2	106	47	43	7	31		18	0	0	0	389	90	1.528	10.6	0.7	3.1	1.8	0.58
9	RP	Foster Edwards	24	2	1	.667	5.66	21	3	10	2	0	0	49.1	67	36	31	2	23		17	2	0	1	241	69	1.824	12.2	0.4	4.2	3.1	0.74
10	RP	Bill Clarkson	29	0	2	.000	6.75	19	1	9	0	0	0	34.2	53	29	26	2	22		8	1	0	2	186	58	2.163	13.8	0.5	5.7	2.1	0.36
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Charlie Robertson	32	2	5	.286	5.31	13	7	4	3	0	1	59.1	73	40	35	5	16		17	0	0	2	260	73	1.500	11.1	0.8	2.4	2.6	1.06
12		Bonnie Hollingsworth	32	0	2	.000	5.24	7	2	3	0	0	0	22.1	30	19	13	2	13		10	0	0	0	106	74	1.925	12.1	0.8	5.2	4.0	0.77
13		Johnny Werts	30	0	2	.000	10.31	10	2	5	0	0	0	18.1	31	22	21	2	8		5	0	0	0	93	38	2.127	15.2	1.0	3.9	2.5	0.63
14		Bunny Hearn*	24	1	0	1.000	6.30	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	6	8	7	0	8		8	1	0	0	45	62	1.400	5.4	0.0	7.2	7.2	1.00
15		Hal Goldsmith	29	0	0		3.24	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	14	5	3	2	1		1	0	0	0	40	120	1.800	15.1	2.2	1.1	1.1	1.00
16		Clay Touchstone	25	0	0		4.50	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	15	8	4	0	2		1	1	0	0	40	87	2.125	16.9	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50
17		Art Mills	25	0	0		12.91	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	17	11	11	3	8		0	2	0	0	48	30	3.261	20.0	3.5	9.4	0.0	0.00
18		Emilio Palmero*	33	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	2	0	0	0	6.2	14	8	4	0	2		0	0	0	0	34	72	2.400	18.9	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.00
19		Ray Boggs*	23	0	0		5.40	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.0	2	3	3	0	7		0	3	1	2	23	72	1.800	3.6	0.0	12.6	0.0	0.00
20		Guy Morrison	32	0	0		12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	1	3		0	0	0	0	16	32	2.333	12.0	3.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
21		George Sisler*	35	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	3		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.7	50	103	.327	4.83	153	153	98	54	1	6	1360.0	1596	867	730	100	524		343	30	2	23	6106	81	1.559	10.6	0.7	3.5	2.3	0.65
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		7				7	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7		3391
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Virgil Barnes	31	16			15	2	12	1	0	.933										0.88						P
Les Bell	26	153			518	177	314	27	37	.948										3.21						3B
Ray Boggs	23	4			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										0.25						P
Ed Brandt	23	38			64	3	61	0	3	1.000										1.68						P
Eddie Brown	36	1			7	7	0	0	0	1.000										7.00						1B
Dick Burrus	30	32			308	286	15	7	29	.977										9.41						1B
Ben Cantwell	26	22			35	5	27	3	1	.914										1.45						P
Bill Clarkson	29	19			17	2	14	1	1	.941										0.84						P
Jimmy Cooney	33	15			72	27	43	2	11	.972										4.67						SS-2B
Johnny Cooney	27	27			60	27	32	1	5	.983										2.19						P-1B
Bill Cronin	25	3			2	2	0	0	1	1.000										0.67	0					C
Art Delaney	33	39			62	13	47	2	3	.968										1.54						P
Foster Edwards	24	21			13	3	10	0	1	1.000										0.62						P
Doc Farrell	26	133			759	289	419	51	73	.933										5.32						SS-2B
Howard Freigau	25	25			116	48	60	8	9	.931										4.32						SS-2B
Doc Gautreau	26	5			5	2	2	1	1	.800										0.80						2B-SS
Joe Genewich	31	13			27	3	24	0	1	1.000										2.08						P
Hal Goldsmith	29	4			6	1	4	1	0	.833										1.25						P
Kent Greenfield	25	32			47	8	37	2	2	.957										1.41						P
Bunny Hearn	24	7			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										0.14						P
Bonnie Hollingsworth	32	7			7	0	7	0	0	1.000										1.00						P
Rogers Hornsby	32	140			766	295	450	21	85	.973										5.32						2B
Art Mills	25	4			2	1	1	0	0	1.000										0.50						P
Eddie Moore	29	1			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										1.00						2B
Guy Morrison	32	1			2	0	2	0	0	1.000										2.00						P
Emilio Palmero	33	3			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										0.33						P
Charlie Robertson	32	13			12	1	11	0	1	1.000										0.92						P
George Sisler	35	119			1289	1188	86	15	100	.988										10.71						1B-P
Bob Smith	33	38			85	16	66	3	5	.965										2.16						P
Al Spohrer	25	48			127	102	22	3	1	.976										2.58	2					C
Zack Taylor	29	124			457	367	83	7	8	.985										3.63	11					C
Clay Touchstone	25	5			3	0	3	0	0	1.000										0.60						P
Luke Urban	30	10			17	12	5	0	0	1.000										1.70	0					C
Johnny Werts	30	10			6	1	5	0	0	1.000										0.60						P
Earl Williams	25	1			1	1	0	0	0	1.000										1.00	0					C
Team Totals	29.5	153			6167	4077	1897	193	386	.969										3.72	13
Rank in 8 NL teams								3	5	6
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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