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1930 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

Ballparks: Braves Field · 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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* 30 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 1 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 2 1
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 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 120 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 0 675 108 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 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
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 84 1.627 12.8 0.5 1.8 1.8 1.00
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
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 29 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 49 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 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
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 CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Wally Berger 24 145 145 143 328 307 10 11 3 .966 2.19 OF
Buzz Boyle 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Ed Brandt 25 41 13 4 41 6 35 0 2 1.000 1.00 P
Bob Brown 19 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Ben Cantwell 28 31 21 10 64 13 50 1 9 .984 2.03 P
Buster Chatham 28 108 105 103 339 116 200 23 38 .932 2.90 3B-SS
Earl Clark 22 62 53 46 172 165 3 4 1 .977 2.67 OF
Johnny Cooney 29 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Bill Cronin 27 64 53 36 238 203 31 4 5 .983 3.66 5 20 14 41% C
Bruce Cunningham 24 36 6 2 39 4 35 0 3 1.000 1.08 P
Bill Dunlap 21 7 4 3 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 OF
Fred Frankhouse 26 27 11 3 28 6 21 1 1 .964 1.00 P
Hank Gowdy 40 15 6 3 36 31 4 1 0 .972 2.33 0 1 2 67% C
Burleigh Grimes 36 11 9 1 14 3 10 1 1 .929 1.18 P
Bernie James 24 8 3 2 17 5 11 1 1 .941 2.29 2B
Ken Jones 27 8 1 0 8 0 6 2 0 .750 0.75 P
Freddie Maguire 31 146 145 136 891 387 476 28 104 .969 5.91 2B
Rabbit Maranville 38 142 140 138 828 349 450 29 99 .965 5.63 SS-3B
Randy Moore 24 48 42 38 112 79 27 6 3 .946 2.26 OF-3B
Johnny Neun 29 55 50 47 466 431 31 4 46 .991 8.40 1B
Billy Rhiel 29 15 10 9 22 8 13 1 2 .955 1.40 3B-2B
Lance Richbourg 32 127 122 116 312 294 9 9 4 .971 2.37 OF
Gene Robertson 30 17 15 13 39 15 22 2 3 .949 2.18 3B
Red Rollings 26 37 31 23 121 42 73 6 9 .950 3.03 3B-2B
Socks Seibold 34 36 33 20 51 10 38 3 3 .941 1.33 P
Bill Sherdel 33 21 14 7 29 5 22 2 2 .931 1.29 P
George Sisler 37 107 104 99 1009 915 81 13 103 .987 9.31 1B
Bob Smith 35 38 24 14 64 16 47 1 3 .984 1.66 P
Al Spohrer 27 108 95 84 374 322 36 16 4 .957 3.31 9 31 17 35% C
Jimmy Welsh 27 110 109 102 344 329 8 7 2 .980 3.06 OF
Tom Zachary 34 24 22 10 31 5 24 2 2 .935 1.21 P
Team Totals 29.6 154 1386 1212 6038 4082 1778 178 453 .971 3.66 14 52 33 39%
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 3 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Wally Berger 24 625 29 -1 0 0 4 -7 18 43 4.0 39 3.4 0.6 $4,000 Traded *7O
Buzz Boyle* 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /8O
Ed Brandt* 25 53 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bob Brown 19 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ben Cantwell 28 65 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Buster Chatham 28 463 -14 0 0 0 -5 3 13 -3 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ Traded 56
Earl Clark 22 245 -10 0 0 0 2 -2 7 -3 -0.2 -5 -0.4 0.2 $ O89/7
Johnny Cooney 29 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Bill Cronin 27 189 -16 0 0 0 1 2 6 -7 -0.6 -8 -0.7 0.1 $ 2
Bruce Cunningham 24 34 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Bill Dunlap 21 29 -8 0 0 0 0 0 1 -7 -0.6 -7 -0.6 0.0 $ /O98
Fred Frankhouse 26 44 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hank Gowdy 40 29 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Burleigh Grimes 36 19 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bernie James# 24 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Purchased /4
Ken Jones 27 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Freddie Maguire 31 557 -39 -1 0 0 -1 5 16 -20 -1.5 -19 -1.7 0.2 $ Traded *4
Rabbit Maranville 38 628 -21 1 0 0 3 9 17 9 1.2 6 0.5 0.7 $ Purchased *6/5
Randy Moore* 24 204 -10 0 0 0 -1 -1 6 -6 -0.5 -5 -0.4 -0.1 $ Purchased O5879
Johnny Neun# 29 243 1 1 0 0 -2 -2 7 5 0.5 7 0.6 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 3
Billy Rhiel 29 51 -7 0 0 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.5 0.0 $ Waivers 5/4
Lance Richbourg* 32 557 -20 2 0 0 3 -6 16 -5 -0.3 -8 -0.7 0.4 $ Purchased *O9
Gene Robertson* 30 67 -8 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -7 -0.6 -6 -0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased 5
Red Rollings* 26 137 -12 -1 0 0 0 1 4 -8 -0.6 -8 -0.7 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 54
Socks Seibold 34 97 -10 -1 0 0 0 7 3 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Traded 1
Bill Sherdel* 33 46 -10 0 0 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.5 0.0 $ Traded 1
George Sisler* 37 470 -12 0 0 0 -1 -5 14 -4 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased *3
Bob Smith 35 84 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Al Spohrer 27 388 -3 -1 0 0 -3 4 12 9 0.9 12 1.1 -0.2 $ Traded *2
Jimmy Welsh* 27 465 -18 0 0 0 8 -1 14 3 0.5 -5 -0.4 0.9 $ Traded *8O
Tom Zachary* 34 59 -4 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Team Total 29.8 5870 -224 -1 0 0 7 36 170 -12 1.4 -19 -1.5 2.9 $4,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Ed Brandt* 25 147.1 13 88 108 1 1.0 20 1.6 $
Bob Brown 19 6.0 0 7 4 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
Ben Cantwell 28 173.1 21 99 127 1 1.0 28 2.3 $ Traded
Johnny Cooney* 29 7.0 0 14 5 0 1.0 -9 -0.8 $
Bruce Cunningham 24 106.2 6 73 78 0 1.0 5 0.4 $ Traded
Fred Frankhouse 26 110.2 11 72 81 0 1.0 9 0.7 $ Traded
Burleigh Grimes 36 49.0 9 53 36 0 1.0 -17 -1.5 $ Traded
Ken Jones 27 19.2 1 16 14 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Socks Seibold 34 251.0 33 135 184 1 1.0 49 4.1 $ Traded
Bill Sherdel* 33 119.1 14 73 88 0 1.0 15 1.2 $ Traded
Bob Smith 35 219.2 24 115 161 1 1.0 46 3.9 $ Rule 5 Draft
Tom Zachary* 34 151.1 22 90 111 1 1.0 21 1.7 $ Waivers
Team Total 30.8 1361.0 154 835 997 5 1.0 162 13.2 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1929 / 1931 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics