Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 / 1931
70-84, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill McKechnie (70-84)
Scored 693 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Wally Berger | 24 | 151 | 625 | 555 | 98 | 172 | 27 | 14 | 38 | 119 | 3 | 54 | 69 | .310 | .375 | .614 | .990 | 137 | 341 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| 7 | Lance Richbourg* | 32 | 130 | 557 | 529 | 81 | 161 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 13 | 19 | 31 | .304 | .331 | .395 | .726 | 77 | 209 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | Jimmy Welsh* | 27 | 113 | 465 | 422 | 51 | 116 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 29 | 23 | .275 | .327 | .389 | .716 | 74 | 164 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 9 | 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 | 3B | 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 | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Socks Seibold | 34 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 4.12 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 251.0 | 288 | 135 | 115 | 16 | 85 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1109 | 119 | 1.486 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.82 | |
| 2 | SP | Bob Smith | 35 | 10 | 14 | .417 | 4.26 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 219.2 | 247 | 115 | 104 | 25 | 85 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 969 | 116 | 1.511 | 10.1 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.99 | |
| 3 | SP | Ben Cantwell | 28 | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.88 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 173.1 | 213 | 99 | 94 | 15 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 753 | 101 | 1.488 | 11.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.96 | |
| 4 | SP | Tom Zachary* | 34 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.58 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 151.1 | 192 | 90 | 77 | 9 | 50 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 675 | 107 | 1.599 | 11.4 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.14 | |
| 5 | SP | Bill Sherdel* | 33 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.75 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 119.1 | 131 | 73 | 63 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 518 | 104 | 1.349 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.87 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Ed Brandt* | 25 | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.01 | 41 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 147.1 | 168 | 88 | 82 | 15 | 59 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 656 | 98 | 1.541 | 10.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.10 | |
| 7 | RP | Fred Frankhouse | 26 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.61 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110.2 | 138 | 72 | 69 | 13 | 43 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 493 | 88 | 1.636 | 11.2 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.70 | |
| 8 | RP | Bruce Cunningham | 24 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.48 | 36 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106.2 | 121 | 73 | 65 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 474 | 90 | 1.519 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.68 | |
| 9 | RP | Ken Jones | 27 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.95 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 83 | 1.627 | 12.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Burleigh Grimes | 36 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.35 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 72 | 53 | 40 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 67 | 1.918 | 13.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.68 | ||
| 11 | Johnny Cooney* | 29 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 27 | 2.714 | 20.6 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.33 | |||
| 12 | Bob Brown | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 47 | 3.000 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 0.13 | |||
| Team Totals | 30.8 | 70 | 84 | .455 | 4.91 | 154 | 154 | 83 | 71 | 6 | 11 | 1361.0 | 1624 | 835 | 743 | 117 | 475 | 424 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 6052 | 100 | 1.542 | 10.7 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.89 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3851 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brandt | 25 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Brown | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ben Cantwell | 28 | 31 | 64 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 9 | .984 | 2.03 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Buster Chatham | 28 | 109 | 339 | 116 | 200 | 23 | 38 | .932 | 2.90 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Cooney | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Cronin | 27 | 64 | 238 | 203 | 31 | 4 | 5 | .983 | 3.66 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bruce Cunningham | 24 | 36 | 39 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.08 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Frankhouse | 26 | 27 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Gowdy | 40 | 15 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 2.33 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Burleigh Grimes | 36 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.18 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bernie James | 24 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.29 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Jones | 27 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 0.75 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Freddie Maguire | 31 | 146 | 891 | 387 | 476 | 28 | 104 | .969 | 5.91 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Rabbit Maranville | 38 | 142 | 828 | 349 | 450 | 29 | 99 | .965 | 5.63 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Randy Moore | 24 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 3 | .868 | 2.54 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Neun | 29 | 55 | 466 | 431 | 31 | 4 | 46 | .991 | 8.40 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Rhiel | 29 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 1.40 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Robertson | 31 | 17 | 39 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 2.18 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Rollings | 26 | 38 | 121 | 42 | 73 | 6 | 9 | .950 | 3.03 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Socks Seibold | 34 | 36 | 51 | 10 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .941 | 1.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Sherdel | 33 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.29 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| George Sisler | 37 | 107 | 1009 | 915 | 81 | 13 | 103 | .987 | 9.31 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Smith | 35 | 38 | 64 | 16 | 47 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 1.66 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Spohrer | 27 | 108 | 374 | 322 | 36 | 16 | 4 | .957 | 3.31 | 9 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Zachary | 34 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.21 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29.6 | 154 | 6038 | 4082 | 1778 | 178 | 453 | .971 | 3.66 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |