Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942
62-92, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (62-92)
Scored 592 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 263,680 (7th 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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Ray Berres | 33 | 120 | 302 | 279 | 21 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 20 | .201 | .247 | .247 | .494 | 42 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Buddy Hassett* | 29 | 118 | 449 | 405 | 59 | 120 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 36 | 15 | .296 | .354 | .346 | .699 | 102 | 140 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Bama Rowell* | 25 | 138 | 524 | 483 | 49 | 129 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 11 | 39 | 36 | .267 | .322 | .383 | .705 | 102 | 185 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 4 | SS | Eddie Miller | 24 | 154 | 630 | 585 | 54 | 140 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 8 | 35 | 72 | .239 | .288 | .326 | .614 | 77 | 191 | 12 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Sibby Sisti | 20 | 140 | 588 | 541 | 72 | 140 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 76 | .259 | .309 | .320 | .628 | 81 | 173 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Max West* | 24 | 138 | 560 | 484 | 63 | 134 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 68 | 5 | 72 | 68 | .277 | .373 | .426 | .798 | 129 | 206 | 11 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | 1B | Johnny Cooney | 40 | 123 | 478 | 442 | 52 | 141 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 15 | .319 | .358 | .385 | .743 | 114 | 170 | 13 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Gene Moore* | 31 | 129 | 447 | 397 | 42 | 108 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 45 | 37 | .272 | .349 | .393 | .742 | 113 | 156 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 1B | Paul Waner* | 38 | 95 | 341 | 294 | 40 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 47 | 14 | .279 | .378 | .347 | .725 | 110 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | C | Phil Masi | 25 | 87 | 198 | 180 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 13 | .222 | .286 | .339 | .625 | 79 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 11 | 1B | Babe Dahlgren | 29 | 44 | 183 | 166 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 13 | .235 | .306 | .422 | .728 | 108 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 12 | 2B | Skippy Roberge | 24 | 55 | 179 | 167 | 12 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .216 | .256 | .251 | .507 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 13 | Frank Demaree | 31 | 48 | 127 | 113 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 5 | .230 | .304 | .363 | .667 | 91 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | 1B | Buddy Gremp | 21 | 37 | 83 | 75 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .240 | .288 | .280 | .568 | 64 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 15 | C | Al Montgomery | 20 | 42 | 63 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .192 | .323 | .212 | .534 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Chet Ross | 24 | 29 | 59 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .120 | .254 | .140 | .394 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | 3B | Hank Majeski | 24 | 19 | 56 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .145 | .161 | .236 | .397 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Lloyd Waner* | 35 | 19 | 53 | 51 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .412 | .434 | .431 | .865 | 150 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | IF | Whitey Wietelmann# | 22 | 16 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .091 | .118 | .091 | .209 | -39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 20 | CI | Don Manno | 26 | 22 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .167 | .242 | .200 | .442 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | IF | John Dudra | 25 | 14 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .360 | .429 | .560 | .989 | 183 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Earl Averill* | 39 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | Buster Bray* | 28 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .091 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Mel Preibisch | 26 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | -39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 25 | P | Jim Tobin | 28 | 43 | 113 | 103 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 31 | .184 | .257 | .233 | .490 | 42 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | P | Manny Salvo | 28 | 35 | 72 | 62 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .113 | .236 | .129 | .365 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | P | Art Johnson* | 24 | 44 | 60 | 55 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .145 | .145 | .164 | .309 | -11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 28 | P | Al Javery | 23 | 34 | 60 | 58 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .103 | .119 | .103 | .222 | -36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 29 | P | Dick Errickson* | 29 | 38 | 50 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .178 | .196 | .200 | .396 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 30 | P | Tom Earley | 24 | 34 | 49 | 47 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .234 | .234 | .255 | .489 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 31 | P | Frank LaManna | 21 | 47 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .281 | .281 | .344 | .625 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | P | Johnny Hutchings# | 25 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .148 | .207 | .222 | .429 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 33 | P | Bill Posedel | 34 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .320 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 106 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 34 | P | Joe Sullivan* | 30 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | -44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | P | Wes Ferrell | 33 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .600 | 1.250 | 1.850 | 423 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 36 | P | George Barnicle | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 37 | P | Nick Strincevich | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 38 | P | Eddie Carnett* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 39 | P | Al Piechota | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.8 | 156 | 5968 | 5414 | 592 | 1357 | 231 | 38 | 48 | 552 | 61 | 0 | 471 | 604 | .251 | .312 | .334 | .646 | 86 | 1808 | 120 | 13 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | Jim Tobin | 28 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.10 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 238.0 | 229 | 91 | 82 | 12 | 60 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 981 | 115 | 1.214 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.02 | |
| 2 | SP | Manny Salvo | 28 | 7 | 16 | .304 | 4.06 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 195.0 | 192 | 103 | 88 | 9 | 93 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 862 | 88 | 1.462 | 8.9 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 0.72 | |
| 3 | SP | Dick Errickson | 29 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.78 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 165.2 | 192 | 100 | 88 | 12 | 62 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 741 | 74 | 1.533 | 10.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.73 | |
| 4 | SP | Al Javery | 23 | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.31 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 160.2 | 181 | 88 | 77 | 5 | 65 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 720 | 83 | 1.531 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.83 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | RP | Art Johnson* | 24 | 7 | 15 | .318 | 3.53 | 43 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 183.1 | 189 | 92 | 72 | 7 | 71 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 793 | 101 | 1.418 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.99 | |
| 6 | RP | Tom Earley | 24 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.53 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 138.2 | 120 | 52 | 39 | 9 | 46 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 570 | 141 | 1.197 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.17 | |
| 7 | RP | Johnny Hutchings | 25 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.14 | 36 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 95.2 | 110 | 59 | 44 | 6 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 418 | 86 | 1.380 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.64 | |
| 8 | RP | Frank LaManna | 21 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.33 | 35 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72.2 | 77 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 56 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 342 | 67 | 1.830 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 0.41 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bill Posedel | 34 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.87 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 61 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 253 | 73 | 1.587 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.33 | ||
| 10 | Joe Sullivan* | 30 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.13 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 | 60 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 239 | 86 | 1.643 | 10.3 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 0.42 | ||
| 11 | Wes Ferrell | 33 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 69 | 1.571 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 1.11 | ||
| 12 | George Barnicle | 23 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 53 | 1.350 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 0.50 | ||
| 13 | Nick Strincevich | 26 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 33 | 3.900 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 2.7 | 0.17 | |||
| 14 | Eddie Carnett* | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 5.250 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 13.5 | 0.67 | |||
| 15 | Al Piechota | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26.4 | 62 | 92 | .403 | 3.95 | 156 | 156 | 94 | 62 | 10 | 9 | 1385.2 | 1440 | 720 | 608 | 75 | 554 | 446 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 6051 | 90 | 1.439 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.81 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4412 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Barnicle | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Berres | 33 | 120 | 422 | 356 | 64 | 2 | 13 | .995 | 3.50 | 6 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Eddie Carnett | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Cooney | 40 | 4 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 10.75 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Babe Dahlgren | 29 | 44 | 428 | 384 | 40 | 4 | 45 | .991 | 9.64 | 1B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| John Dudra | 25 | 12 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 2.75 | 3B-2B-SS-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Earley | 24 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 6 | .935 | 0.88 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Errickson | 29 | 38 | 47 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.21 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Wes Ferrell | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Gremp | 21 | 30 | 186 | 171 | 10 | 5 | 16 | .973 | 6.03 | 0 | 1B-2B-C | |||||||||||||||
| Buddy Hassett | 29 | 99 | 982 | 895 | 78 | 9 | 92 | .991 | 9.83 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Hutchings | 25 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .957 | 0.61 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Javery | 23 | 34 | 46 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.32 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Johnson | 24 | 43 | 51 | 7 | 40 | 4 | 4 | .922 | 1.09 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank LaManna | 21 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 0.63 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Majeski | 24 | 11 | 45 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 3.73 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Manno | 26 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Phil Masi | 25 | 83 | 230 | 194 | 31 | 5 | 3 | .978 | 2.71 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Eddie Miller | 24 | 154 | 850 | 336 | 485 | 29 | 112 | .966 | 5.33 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Montgomery | 20 | 30 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.33 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Al Piechota | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Posedel | 34 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Skippy Roberge | 24 | 53 | 242 | 98 | 138 | 6 | 32 | .975 | 4.45 | 2B-3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Bama Rowell | 25 | 114 | 625 | 270 | 315 | 40 | 82 | .936 | 5.13 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Manny Salvo | 28 | 35 | 49 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.37 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Sibby Sisti | 20 | 141 | 504 | 169 | 291 | 44 | 29 | .913 | 3.26 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Nick Strincevich | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Sullivan | 30 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Tobin | 28 | 33 | 89 | 15 | 71 | 3 | 4 | .966 | 2.61 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Waner | 38 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.86 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 22 | 17 | 55 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 2B-SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.5 | 156 | 6262 | 4170 | 1902 | 190 | 475 | .970 | 3.43 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 2 | 1 | 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 |