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1929 Boston Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930

56-98, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Judge Fuchs (56-98)
Scored 657 runs, Allowed 876 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 372,351 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 96


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1928 / 1930 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
Red Barron 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 21, 1900 1st 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 1 3 -0.2
Les Bell 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 14, 1901 7 139 128 139 129 0 0 0 1 127 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.3
Buzz Boyle 21 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 9, 1908 1st 17 15 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 17 0 0 -0.1
Ed Brandt 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 17, 1905 2 29 21 29 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.7
Ben Cantwell 27 R R 6' 1" 168 Apr 13, 1902 3 27 20 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Earl Clark 21 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 6, 1907 3 84 72 84 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 71 1 75 5 4 0.4
Bill Clarkson 30 R R 5' 11" 160 Sep 27, 1898 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Pat Collins 32 R R 5' 11" 178 Sep 13, 1896 10 7 2 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Johnny Cooney 28 R L 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1901 9 41 14 41 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 16 5 6 0.4
Bill Cronin 26 R R 5' 9" 167 Dec 26, 1902 2 6 2 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jack Cummings 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 1, 1904 4 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bruce Cunningham 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 29, 1905 1st 19 8 19 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1.0
Art Delaney 32 R R 5' 10" 178 Jan 5, 1897 3 20 8 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Joe Dugan 32 R R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1897 13 60 22 60 32 0 0 0 2 23 5 2 0 0 2 28 0 -0.2
Bill Dunlap 20 R R 5' 11" 170 May 1, 1909 1st 10 8 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 1 0 0.4
Johnny Evers HOF 47 L R 5' 9" 125 Jul 21, 1881 18 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doc Farrell 27 R R 5' 8" 160 Dec 26, 1901 5 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2
Hank Gowdy 39 R R 6' 2" 182 Aug 24, 1889 16 10 2 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Kent Greenfield 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 1, 1902 6 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
George Harper 37 L R 5' 8" 167 Jun 24, 1892 11 136 124 136 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 1 11 130 6 0 1.6
Bunny Hearn 25 L L 5' 8" 160 Jan 13, 1904 4 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Bernie James 23 B R 5' 9" 150 Sep 2, 1905 1st 46 18 46 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 5 -0.3
Percy Jones 29 R L 5' 11" 175 Oct 28, 1899 8 36 22 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3
Lou Legett 28 R R 5' 10" 166 Jun 1, 1901 1st 39 20 39 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 -1.1
Dixie Leverett 35 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 29, 1894 5 24 12 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Freddie Maguire 30 R R 5' 11" 155 May 10, 1899 4 138 136 138 138 0 0 0 138 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9
Rabbit Maranville HOF 37 R R 5' 5" 155 Nov 11, 1891 18 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 1 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Heinie Mueller 29 L L 5' 8" 158 Sep 16, 1899 10 46 22 46 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 10 25 21 0 -0.8
Red Peery 22 L L 5' 11" 160 Aug 15, 1906 2 10 1 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
Henry Peploski 23 L R 5' 9" 155 Sep 15, 1905 1st 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Lance Richbourg 31 L R 5' 10" 160 Dec 18, 1897 5 139 132 139 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 131 134 3 2 0.9
Gene Robertson 29 L R 5' 7" 152 Dec 25, 1899 8 8 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Socks Seibold 33 R R 5' 8" 162 May 31, 1896 5 33 27 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
George Sisler HOF 36 L L 5' 11" 170 Mar 24, 1893 14 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Bob Smith 34 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 22, 1895 7 39 33 39 39 34 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Jack Smith 34 L L 5' 8" 165 Jun 23, 1895 15 19 4 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 9 5 5 -0.3
Al Spohrer 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 3, 1902 2 114 98 114 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1
Zack Taylor 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 27, 1898 10 34 29 34 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3
Clay Touchstone 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 24, 1903 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Phil Voyles 29 L R 5' 11" 175 May 12, 1900 1st 20 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 0 0 -0.6
Jimmy Welsh 26 L R 6' 1" 174 Oct 9, 1902 5 53 48 53 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 2 51 2 0 0.9
Johnny Wertz 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 20, 1898 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Al Weston 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 11, 1905 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1928 / 1930 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers