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1930 Boston Braves Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 / 1931)
70-84, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 693 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
Manager: Bill McKechnie (70-84)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 464,835 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99

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1929 / 1931 Batting 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 Al Spohrer 27 112 388 356 44 113 22 8 2 37 3 22 24 .317 .361 .441 .802 95 157 2 8
2 1B George Sisler* 37 116 470 431 54 133 15 7 3 67 7 23 15 .309 .346 .397 .743 81 171 2 14
3 2B Freddie Maguire 31 146 557 516 54 138 21 5 0 52 4 20 22 .267 .297 .328 .625 53 169 2 19
4 SS Rabbit Maranville 38 142 628 558 85 157 26 8 2 43 9 48 23 .281 .344 .367 .711 74 205 5 17
5 3B Buster Chatham 28 112 463 404 48 108 20 11 5 56 8 37 41 .267 .332 .408 .740 80 165 2 20
6 OF Lance Richbourg* 32 130 557 529 81 161 23 8 3 54 13 19 31 .304 .331 .395 .726 77 209 2 7
7 OF Jimmy Welsh* 27 113 465 422 51 116 21 9 3 36 5 29 23 .275 .327 .389 .716 74 164 4 10
8 OF Wally Berger 24 151 625 555 98 172 27 14 38 119 3 54 69 .310 .375 .614 .990 137 341 4 12
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
9 OF Earl Clark 22 82 245 233 29 69 11 3 3 28 3 7 22 .296 .320 .408 .727 76 95 1 4
10 1B Johnny Neun# 29 81 243 212 39 69 12 2 2 23 9 21 18 .325 .389 .429 .818 100 91 1 9
11 OF Randy Moore* 24 83 204 191 24 55 9 0 2 34 3 10 13 .288 .323 .366 .690 68 70 0 3
12 C Bill Cronin 27 66 189 178 19 45 9 1 0 17 0 4 8 .253 .277 .315 .592 44 56 2 5
13 3B Red Rollings* 26 52 137 123 10 29 6 0 0 10 2 9 5 .236 .288 .285 .572 41 35 0 5
14 3B Gene Robertson* 31 21 67 59 7 11 1 0 0 7 0 5 3 .186 .250 .203 .453 13 12 0 3
15 3B Billy Rhiel 29 20 51 47 3 8 4 0 0 4 0 2 5 .170 .204 .255 .459 12 12 0 2
16 OF Bill Dunlap 21 16 29 29 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .069 .069 .103 .172 -59 3 0 0
17 C Hank Gowdy 40 16 29 25 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 .200 .310 .240 .550 37 6 1 0
18 2B Bernie James# 24 8 11 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455 9 3 0 0
19 OF Buzz Boyle* 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 Owen Kahn 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Socks Seibold 34 36 97 90 6 19 2 0 1 5 0 6 6 .211 .260 .267 .527 29 24 0 1
22 P Bob Smith 35 39 84 81 7 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 .235 .235 .259 .494 21 21 0 3
23 P Ben Cantwell 28 34 65 63 4 19 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 .302 .302 .349 .651 59 22 0 2
24 P Tom Zachary* 34 25 59 54 7 13 3 0 2 8 0 1 10 .241 .255 .407 .662 59 22 0 4
25 P Ed Brandt* 25 41 53 50 3 12 2 1 0 4 0 2 10 .240 .269 .320 .589 43 16 0 1
26 P Bill Sherdel* 33 21 46 42 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 .095 .136 .119 .255 -37 5 0 2
27 P Fred Frankhouse 26 27 44 39 5 14 1 0 0 7 0 4 8 .359 .419 .385 .803 98 15 0 1
28 P Bruce Cunningham 24 37 34 31 3 6 3 0 0 2 0 3 10 .194 .265 .290 .555 36 9 0 0
29 P Burleigh Grimes 36 11 19 16 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .188 .235 .250 .485 19 4 0 2
30 P Ken Jones 27 8 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 -2 1 0 0
31 P Johnny Cooney 29 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Bob Brown 19 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.8 154 5870 5356 693 1503 246 78 66 631 69 332 397 .281 .326 .393 .719 75 2103 28 154
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 7 7 8 4 8 4 8 7 7 8 8 8 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Wally Berger 24 625 395 127 8.5 124 .299 .310 .308 .375 .366 .614 .458 .990 .824 137 .665 29.8 2.6 1.050 .407 .305 5.6 *O
*Buzz Boyle 22 1 1 0 0.0 124 .000 .308 .000 .366 .000 .458 .000 .824 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /O
*Ed Brandt 25 53 39 4 2.7 124 .300 .240 .308 .269 .366 .320 .458 .589 .824 43 .198 -4.7 -0.4 .474 .120 .080 1
Bob Brown 19 2 2 0 0.0 124 .000 .308 .000 .366 .000 .458 .000 .824 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Ben Cantwell 28 65 46 7 4.0 124 .339 .302 .308 .302 .366 .349 .458 .651 .824 59 .335 -4.4 -0.4 .500 .048 .048 1
Buster Chatham 28 463 316 54 4.5 124 .288 .267 .308 .332 .366 .408 .458 .740 .824 80 .385 -13.6 -1.2 .716 .252 .141 6.2 56
Earl Clark 22 245 168 30 4.7 124 .317 .296 .308 .320 .366 .408 .458 .727 .824 76 .403 -9.3 -0.8 .646 .155 .112 3.0 O
Johnny Cooney 29 3 3 0 0.0 124 .000 .000 .308 .000 .366 .000 .458 .000 .824 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Bill Cronin 27 189 138 15 2.9 124 .265 .253 .308 .277 .366 .315 .458 .592 .824 44 .215 -15.9 -1.4 .466 .084 .062 2
Bruce Cunningham 24 34 25 2 2.1 124 .286 .194 .308 .265 .366 .290 .458 .555 .824 36 .135 -3.1 -0.3 .480 .194 .097 1
Bill Dunlap 21 29 27 0 0.0 124 .087 .069 .308 .069 .366 .103 .458 .172 .824 -59 .000 -7.5 -0.7 .111 .034 .034 /O
Fred Frankhouse 26 44 26 6 6.1 124 .452 .359 .308 .419 .366 .385 .458 .803 .824 98 .520 0.2 0.0 .760 .128 .026 1
Hank Gowdy 40 29 20 2 2.7 124 .208 .200 .308 .310 .366 .240 .458 .550 .824 37 .190 -2.4 -0.2 .500 .160 .040 2
Burleigh Grimes 36 19 15 1 1.8 124 .214 .188 .308 .235 .366 .250 .458 .485 .824 19 .100 -2.1 -0.2 .385 .125 .063 1
#Bernie James 24 11 9 1 3.0 124 .200 .182 .308 .182 .366 .273 .458 .455 .824 9 .221 -1.6 -0.1 .333 .091 .091 /4
Ken Jones 27 5 4 0 0.0 124 .500 .200 .308 .200 .366 .200 .458 .400 .824 -2 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
Owen Kahn 25 0 0 0.0 0.0
Freddie Maguire 31 557 397 50 3.4 124 .279 .267 .308 .297 .366 .328 .458 .625 .824 53 .264 -39.3 -3.5 .516 .107 .060 .0 *4
Rabbit Maranville 38 628 418 69 4.4 124 .291 .281 .308 .344 .366 .367 .458 .711 .824 74 .370 -22.0 -1.9 .666 .188 .086 3.3 *6/5
*Randy Moore 24 204 139 23 4.4 124 .301 .288 .308 .323 .366 .366 .458 .690 .824 68 .371 -9.5 -0.8 .610 .147 .079 2.4 O5
#Johnny Neun 29 243 152 35 6.1 124 .349 .325 .308 .389 .366 .429 .458 .818 .824 100 .519 1.1 0.1 .853 .245 .104 3.3 3
Billy Rhiel 29 51 41 2 1.3 124 .190 .170 .308 .204 .366 .255 .458 .459 .824 12 .060 -6.7 -0.6 .359 .128 .085 5/4
*Lance Richbourg 32 557 375 69 4.9 124 .319 .304 .308 .331 .366 .395 .458 .726 .824 77 .417 -20.4 -1.8 .660 .151 .091 4.9 *O
*Gene Robertson 31 67 51 3 1.6 124 .196 .186 .308 .250 .366 .203 .458 .453 .824 13 .081 -8.3 -0.7 .354 .102 .017 5
*Red Rollings 26 137 99 10 2.7 124 .246 .236 .308 .288 .366 .285 .458 .572 .824 41 .192 -11.5 -1.0 .489 .138 .049 .0 54
Socks Seibold 34 97 72 6 2.2 124 .217 .211 .308 .260 .366 .267 .458 .527 .824 29 .143 -10.4 -0.9 .423 .122 .056 .0 1
*Bill Sherdel 33 46 40 1 0.7 124 .103 .095 .308 .136 .366 .119 .458 .255 .824 -37 .018 -9.4 -0.8 .184 .071 .024 1
*George Sisler 37 470 312 59 5.0 124 .315 .309 .308 .346 .366 .397 .458 .743 .824 81 .429 -13.1 -1.1 .681 .158 .088 4.2 *3
Bob Smith 35 84 65 5 2.0 124 .250 .235 .308 .235 .366 .259 .458 .494 .824 21 .126 -10.4 -0.9 .339 .025 .025 1
Al Spohrer 27 388 251 56 5.9 124 .336 .317 .308 .361 .366 .441 .458 .802 .824 95 .505 -2.8 -0.2 .757 .194 .124 2.4 *2
*Jimmy Welsh 27 465 316 53 4.5 124 .285 .275 .308 .327 .366 .389 .458 .716 .824 74 .377 -17.7 -1.6 .660 .194 .114 3.8 *O
*Tom Zachary 34 59 45 6 3.5 124 .262 .241 .308 .255 .366 .407 .458 .662 .824 59 .284 -3.8 -0.3 .561 .185 .167 .0 1
League Average 5.9 126 .315 .301 .312 .357 .370 .443 .464 .800 .834 92 .505 .774 .235 .142
Team Total 5870 4007 696 4.6 124 .294 .281 .308 .326 .366 .393 .458 .719 .824 75 .392 -221.6 -19.5 .657 .187 .112 67.5
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Wally Berger 24 158 610 557 82 157 25 13 35 99 3 49 72 .282 .344 .562 .906 106 151 151
*Buzz Boyle 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Ed Brandt 25 43 52 50 2 10 2 1 0 3 0 2 10 .200 .231 .280 .511 3 41 41
Bob Brown 19 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Ben Cantwell 28 36 66 66 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 34 34
Buster Chatham 28 117 443 407 40 98 18 10 5 46 7 34 43 .241 .302 .371 .673 45 112 112
Earl Clark 22 86 241 234 24 63 10 3 3 23 3 6 23 .269 .290 .376 .667 25 82 82
Johnny Cooney 29 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Bill Cronin 27 69 186 180 16 41 8 1 0 14 0 4 8 .228 .253 .283 .536 13 66 66
Bruce Cunningham 24 39 35 32 3 6 3 0 0 2 0 3 10 .188 .257 .281 .538 2 37 37
Bill Dunlap 21 17 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16 16
Fred Frankhouse 26 38 49 45 4 14 1 0 0 6 0 4 9 .311 .367 .333 .701 5 36 36
Hank Gowdy 40 17 28 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 .160 .250 .200 .450 1 16 16
Burleigh Grimes 36 36 77 72 9 15 4 0 0 10 0 5 15 .208 .260 .264 .524 5 34 34
#Bernie James 24 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Ken Jones 27 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Freddie Maguire 31 153 542 522 45 127 19 5 0 44 4 18 23 .243 .271 .299 .570 42 146 146
Rabbit Maranville 38 148 612 563 72 144 24 7 2 36 8 44 24 .256 .315 .334 .649 59 142 142
*Randy Moore 24 87 201 192 20 50 8 0 2 28 3 9 14 .260 .294 .333 .627 19 83 83
#Johnny Neun 29 85 232 212 32 63 11 2 2 19 8 19 19 .297 .358 .396 .754 29 81 81
Billy Rhiel 29 21 50 48 3 7 4 0 0 3 0 2 5 .146 .180 .229 .409 2 20 20
*Lance Richbourg 32 136 552 533 68 148 21 7 3 45 12 17 32 .278 .303 .360 .663 57 130 130
*Gene Robertson 31 22 63 59 5 9 1 0 0 5 0 4 3 .153 .206 .169 .376 2 21 21
*Red Rollings 26 54 133 125 8 27 6 0 0 8 2 8 5 .216 .263 .264 .527 8 52 52
Socks Seibold 34 38 96 91 5 17 2 0 1 4 0 5 6 .187 .229 .242 .471 5 36 36
*Bill Sherdel 33 36 68 63 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 5 5 .095 .162 .111 .273 1 34 34
*George Sisler 37 121 456 433 45 122 14 6 3 56 6 21 16 .282 .318 .363 .681 49 116 116
Bob Smith 35 41 85 85 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 39 39
Al Spohrer 27 117 379 357 37 103 20 7 2 31 3 20 25 .289 .330 .401 .730 47 112 112
*Jimmy Welsh 27 118 456 426 42 106 19 8 3 30 5 26 24 .249 .298 .352 .650 44 113 113
*Tom Zachary 34 29 63 62 7 13 3 1 2 8 0 1 10 .210 .222 .387 .609 5 28 28
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Wally Berger 24 1 625 151 625 555 98 172 27 14 38 119 3 54 69 .310 .375 .614 .990 137 341 4 12
*Buzz Boyle 22 2 67 18 67 58 8 15 2 1 1 2 2 6 12 .259 .328 .379 .707 78 22 0 3
*Ed Brandt 25 3 206 109 206 184 15 44 10 1 0 12 0 15 28 .239 .296 .304 .601 54 56 0 7
Bob Brown 19 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Ben Cantwell 28 4 163 95 163 154 15 37 5 1 0 15 0 4 19 .240 .259 .286 .545 38 44 0 5
Buster Chatham 28 1 463 112 463 404 48 108 20 11 5 56 8 37 41 .267 .332 .408 .740 80 165 2 20
Earl Clark 22 4 718 207 718 668 96 203 34 7 4 71 9 25 64 .304 .333 .394 .727 83 263 4 21
Johnny Cooney 29 10 615 315 615 555 67 160 17 4 0 46 8 5 36 28 .288 .334 .333 .667 80 185 2 22
Bill Cronin 27 3 201 75 201 189 20 46 9 1 0 17 0 5 8 .243 .270 .302 .572 40 57 2 5
Bruce Cunningham 24 2 67 56 67 58 6 10 3 0 0 4 0 7 17 .172 .262 .224 .486 22 13 0 2
Bill Dunlap 21 2 62 26 62 58 9 14 1 1 1 4 0 4 10 .241 .290 .345 .635 57 20 0 0
Fred Frankhouse 26 4 158 100 158 143 15 39 6 0 1 20 0 9 20 .273 .316 .336 .651 63 48 0 6
Hank Gowdy 40 17 3143 1050 3143 2735 270 738 124 27 21 322 59 7 311 247 .270 .351 .358 .709 104 979 30 67
Burleigh Grimes 36 15 1511 530 1511 1381 147 350 60 11 2 150 14 4 67 216 .253 .290 .317 .607 63 438 4 59
#Bernie James 24 2 124 54 124 112 13 33 4 2 0 10 3 9 14 .295 .352 .366 .719 81 41 1 2
Ken Jones 27 2 5 9 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 -2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Owen Kahn 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Maguire 31 5 1786 470 1786 1628 190 433 72 20 1 137 20 0 66 105 .266 .298 .337 .634 60 548 8 84
Rabbit Maranville 38 19 9382 2210 9382 8400 1070 2211 321 164 28 771 276 93 698 657 .263 .322 .350 .673 85 2944 33 251
*Randy Moore 24 3 286 113 286 267 30 68 13 1 2 39 3 1 13 20 .255 .289 .333 .623 55 89 0 6
#Johnny Neun 29 5 966 353 966 841 154 250 41 14 2 74 39 19 99 79 .297 .374 .386 .760 94 325 4 22
Billy Rhiel 29 2 279 96 279 252 30 65 13 4 4 29 0 21 30 .258 .315 .389 .704 74 98 0 6
*Lance Richbourg 32 6 2389 557 2389 2185 324 686 88 43 10 197 56 1 147 129 .314 .359 .407 .766 98 890 6 51
*Gene Robertson 31 9 2487 656 2487 2200 311 615 100 23 20 249 29 22 205 79 .280 .344 .373 .717 83 821 10 72
*Red Rollings 26 3 401 184 401 355 36 89 13 2 0 28 5 1 27 23 .251 .311 .299 .609 57 106 4 15
Socks Seibold 34 6 301 135 301 270 22 59 7 1 1 23 1 20 32 .219 .275 .263 .538 44 71 1 10
*Bill Sherdel 33 13 1018 518 1018 913 93 199 33 5 9 83 2 1 60 91 .218 .267 .295 .562 50 269 1 44
*George Sisler 37 15 9013 2055 9013 8267 1284 2812 425 164 102 1175 375 127 472 327 .340 .379 .468 .847 124 3871 48 226
Bob Smith 35 8 1441 490 1441 1361 129 333 54 15 5 144 14 13 44 94 .245 .269 .317 .586 56 432 1 35
Al Spohrer 27 3 902 279 902 824 101 233 46 16 4 94 5 53 70 .283 .330 .392 .722 80 323 5 20
*Jimmy Welsh 27 6 2993 715 2993 2684 387 778 127 47 35 288 37 4 156 144 .290 .340 .411 .751 97 1104 47 106
*Tom Zachary 34 13 894 390 894 812 61 197 20 11 6 90 0 1 39 191 .243 .279 .317 .596 55 257 2 41
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1929 / 1931 Batting Statistics