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1946 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947)
81-72, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 630 runs, Allowed 592 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-72
Manager: Billy Southworth (81-72)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 969,673 (6th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Phil Masi	30	133	462	397	52	106	17	5	3	62	5		55	41	.267	.358	.358	.715	102	142	10	1	9
2	1B	Ray Sanders*	29	80	314	259	43	63	12	0	6	35	0		50	38	.243	.368	.359	.727	106	93	3	1	4
3	2B	Connie Ryan	26	143	568	502	55	121	28	8	1	48	7		55	63	.241	.317	.335	.652	84	168	9	1	10
4	SS	Dick Culler	31	134	553	482	70	123	15	3	0	33	7		62	18	.255	.342	.299	.641	82	144	15	2	7
5	3B	Nanny Fernandez	27	115	413	372	37	95	15	2	2	42	1		30	44	.255	.313	.323	.635	80	120	11	1	10
6	OF	Carden Gillenwater	28	99	270	224	30	51	10	1	1	14	3		39	27	.228	.342	.295	.637	81	66	4	0	7
7	OF	Bama Rowell*	30	95	329	293	37	82	12	6	3	31	5		29	15	.280	.345	.392	.737	108	115	5	0	7
8	OF	Tommy Holmes*	29	149	642	568	80	176	35	6	6	79	7		58	14	.310	.377	.424	.801	126	241	15	3	13
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	UT	Johnny Hopp*	29	129	492	445	71	148	23	8	3	48	21		34	34	.333	.386	.440	.827	133	196	7	5	8
10	IF	Billy Herman	36	75	301	252	32	77	23	1	3	22	1		43	13	.306	.409	.440	.849	140	111	8	1	5
11	OF	Danny Litwhiler	29	79	275	247	29	72	12	2	8	38	1		19	23	.291	.347	.453	.800	125	112	4	2	7
12	3B	Skippy Roberge	29	48	181	169	13	39	6	2	2	20	1		7	12	.231	.270	.325	.595	68	55	3	2	3
13	OF	Mike McCormick	29	59	177	164	23	43	6	2	1	16	0		11	7	.262	.309	.341	.650	84	56	2	0	2
14	C	Don Padgett*	34	44	104	98	6	25	3	0	2	21	0		5	7	.255	.291	.347	.638	80	34	0	0	1
15	IF	Whitey Wietelmann#	27	44	92	78	7	16	0	0	0	5	0		14	8	.205	.326	.205	.531	52	16	1	0	0
16	C	Stew Hofferth	33	20	65	58	3	12	1	1	0	10	0		3	6	.207	.246	.259	.505	43	15	1	0	4
17	OF	Johnny Barrett*	30	24	55	43	3	10	3	0	0	6	0		12	1	.233	.400	.302	.702	100	13	1	0	0
18	OF	Chuck Workman*	31	25	53	48	5	8	2	0	2	7	0		3	11	.167	.231	.333	.564	58	16	1	1	1
19	OF	Tommy Neill*	26	13	49	45	8	12	2	0	0	7	0		2	1	.267	.298	.311	.609	72	14	2	0	2
20	C	Ken O'Dea*	33	12	41	32	4	7	0	0	0	2	0		8	4	.219	.375	.219	.594	70	7	2	0	1
21	SS	Alvin Dark	24	15	13	13	0	3	3	0	0	1	0		0	3	.231	.231	.462	.692	93	6	0	0	0
22	1B	Johnny McCarthy*	36	2	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	37	1	0	0	0
23	C	Hugh Poland*	33	4	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	39	2	0	0	0
24	C	Bob Brady*	23	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	52	1	0	0	0
25		Damon Phillips	27	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	183	1	0	0	0
26		Ducky Detweiler	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
27	1B	Max West*	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
28	3B	Sibby Sisti	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
29	P	Johnny Sain	28	40	104	94	6	28	2	1	0	17	0		0	0	.298	.298	.340	.638	80	32	2	0	10
30	P	Mort Cooper	33	28	77	67	5	14	1	0	1	7	0		2	14	.209	.232	.269	.501	41	18	2	0	8
31	P	Ed Wright	27	36	67	59	5	18	5	0	0	6	0		3	3	.305	.349	.390	.739	109	23	0	1	4
32	P	Bill Lee	36	25	52	47	0	8	0	0	0	7	0		2	5	.170	.204	.170	.374	6	8	0	0	3
33	P	Warren Spahn*	25	24	47	43	3	7	1	0	0	4	0		1	14	.163	.200	.186	.386	9	8	1	1	2
34	P	Si Johnson	39	28	42	37	0	5	0	0	0	5	0		1	14	.135	.158	.135	.293	-17	5	0	0	4
35	P	Lefty Wallace*	24	27	22	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		4	10	.056	.227	.056	.283	-18	1	0	0	0
36	P	Johnny Niggeling	42	8	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	2	1	0	2
37	P	Frank Barrett	32	23	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
38	P	Dick Mulligan*	28	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		2	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0
39	P	Steve Roser	28	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0
40	P	Elmer Singleton	28	16	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
41	P	Ernie White	29	14	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	1	0	0	0
42	P	Bill Posedel	39	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
43	P	Jim Konstanty	29	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0
44	P	Don Hendrickson	32	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
45	P	Johnny Hutchings#	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
46	P	Al Javery	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
47	P	Earl Reid*	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
48	P	Ace Williams	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	154	5940	5225	630	1377	238	48	44	596	60	0	558	466	.264	.337	.353	.690	95	1843	111	22	135	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	3	2	2	5	8		3		4	8	2	2	5	4		5
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.

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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	Johnny Sain	28	20	14	.588	2.21	37	34	2	24	3	2	265.0	225	80	65	8	87		129	2	2	3	1086	156	1.177	7.6	0.3	3.0	4.4	1.48
2	SP	Mort Cooper	33	13	11	.542	3.12	28	27	1	15	4	1	199.0	181	76	69	16	39		83	0	1	2	805	110	1.106	8.2	0.7	1.8	3.8	2.13
3	SP	Ed Wright	27	12	9	.571	3.52	36	21	7	8	2	0	176.1	164	82	69	8	71		44	2	0	2	744	98	1.333	8.4	0.4	3.6	2.2	0.62
4	SP	Bill Lee	36	10	9	.526	4.18	25	21	3	8	0	0	140.0	148	73	65	7	45		32	1	0	0	602	82	1.379	9.5	0.5	2.9	2.1	0.71
5	SP	Warren Spahn*	25	8	5	.615	2.94	24	16	7	8	0	1	125.2	107	46	41	6	36		67	1	0	4	514	117	1.138	7.7	0.4	2.6	4.8	1.86
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	Si Johnson	39	6	5	.545	2.76	28	12	6	5	1	1	127.0	134	47	39	8	35		41	4	0	2	544	125	1.331	9.5	0.6	2.5	2.9	1.17
7	RP	Lefty Wallace*	24	3	3	.500	4.18	27	8	5	2	0	0	75.1	76	41	35	5	31		27	1	0	5	337	82	1.420	9.1	0.6	3.7	3.2	0.87
8	RP	Frank Barrett	32	2	4	.333	5.09	23	0	11	0	0	1	35.1	35	21	20	2	17		12	1	0	0	160	68	1.472	8.9	0.5	4.3	3.1	0.71
9	RP	Bill Posedel	39	2	0	1.000	6.99	19	0	10	0	0	4	28.1	34	24	22	4	13		9	0	0	1	127	49	1.659	10.8	1.3	4.1	2.9	0.69
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		Johnny Niggeling	42	2	5	.286	3.26	8	8	0	3	0	0	58.0	54	23	21	2	21		24	1	0	3	247	106	1.293	8.4	0.3	3.3	3.7	1.14
11		Steve Roser	28	1	1	.500	3.60	14	1	7	0	0	1	35.0	33	15	14	1	18		18	0	1	1	153	96	1.457	8.5	0.3	4.6	4.6	1.00
12		Elmer Singleton	28	0	1	.000	3.74	15	2	6	0	0	1	33.2	27	20	14	3	21		17	1	0	0	146	92	1.426	7.2	0.8	5.6	4.5	0.81
13		Ernie White*	29	0	1	.000	4.18	12	1	5	0	0	0	23.2	22	11	11	1	12		8	0	0	0	99	82	1.437	8.4	0.4	4.6	3.0	0.67
14		Dick Mulligan*	28	1	0	1.000	2.35	4	0	2	0	0	0	15.1	6	4	4	1	9		4	0	0	0	58	147	0.978	3.5	0.6	5.3	2.3	0.44
15		Jim Konstanty	29	0	1	.000	5.28	10	1	3	0	0	0	15.1	17	9	9	2	7		9	0	0	2	67	65	1.565	10.0	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.29
16		Whitey Wietelmann	27	0	0		8.10	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	9	8	6	1	4		2	1	0	1	37	43	1.950	12.2	1.4	5.4	2.7	0.50
17		Al Javery	28	0	1	.000	13.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	5	5	0	5		0	0	0	0	18	26	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
18		Earl Reid	33	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	16	115	2.333	12.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
19		Johnny Hutchings	30	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	1	1		1	0	0	0	15	38	2.000	15.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
20		Don Hendrickson	32	0	1	.000	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	13	77	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
21		Ace Williams*	29	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	2							0.00
		Team Totals	30.9	81	72	.529	3.37	154	154	80	73	10	12	1371.0	1291	593	514	76	478		531	15	4	26	5790	102	1.290	8.5	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.11
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5						2	6	5	5	2	5	5	7	2		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

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	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary
Frank Barrett	32	23				17	4	12	1	0	.941	0.70		P
Johnny Barrett	30	17	2	11	4	26	24	1	1	0	.962	1.47		OF
Bob Brady	23	1				7	4	2	1	0	.857	6.00	0	C
Mort Cooper	33	28				33	6	25	2	3	.939	1.11		P
Dick Culler	31	132				695	279	380	36	68	.948	4.99		SS
Alvin Dark	24	13	1	0	0	22	6	14	2	2	.909	1.54		SS-OF
Nanny Fernandez	27	113	14	0	0	340	133	186	21	19	.938	2.82		3B-SS-OF
Carden Gillenwater	28	78	11	67	0	190	180	6	4	2	.979	2.38		OF
Don Hendrickson	32	2				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Billy Herman	36	71				406	279	116	11	35	.973	5.56		2B-1B-3B
Stew Hofferth	33	15				69	66	3	0	1	1.000	4.60	0	C
Tommy Holmes	29	146	0	0	146	315	294	17	4	7	.987	2.13		OF
Johnny Hopp	29	126	1	57	0	726	670	45	11	45	.985	5.67		1B-OF
Johnny Hutchings	30	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Al Javery	28	2				1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00		P
Si Johnson	39	28				28	6	21	1	2	.964	0.96		P
Jim Konstanty	29	10				7	2	5	0	1	1.000	0.70		P
Bill Lee	36	25				42	6	35	1	2	.976	1.64		P
Danny Litwhiler	29	67	65	0	0	134	128	4	2	0	.985	1.97		OF-3B
Phil Masi	30	124				536	470	56	10	5	.981	4.24	3	C
Johnny McCarthy	36	2				18	18	0	0	3	1.000	9.00		1B
Mike McCormick	29	48	10	33	5	113	109	1	3	0	.973	2.29		OF
Dick Mulligan	28	4				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50		P
Tommy Neill	26	13	13	0	0	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	1.54		OF
Johnny Niggeling	42	8				17	4	13	0	0	1.000	2.13		P
Ken O'Dea	33	12				44	39	5	0	1	1.000	3.67	0	C
Don Padgett	34	26				82	65	12	5	1	.939	2.96	3	C
Hugh Poland	33	2				6	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	C
Bill Posedel	39	19				5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.26		P
Earl Reid	33	2				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Skippy Roberge	29	48				147	63	80	4	11	.973	2.98		3B
Steve Roser	28	14				8	2	6	0	0	1.000	0.57		P
Bama Rowell	30	85	71	14	0	180	168	8	4	2	.978	2.07		OF
Connie Ryan	26	144				689	300	367	22	58	.968	4.63		2B-3B
Johnny Sain	28	37				82	20	61	1	4	.988	2.19		P
Ray Sanders	29	77				729	659	61	9	57	.988	9.35		1B
Elmer Singleton	28	15				9	3	6	0	0	1.000	0.60		P
Sibby Sisti	25	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3B
Warren Spahn	25	24				20	2	16	2	0	.900	0.75		P
Lefty Wallace	24	27				28	7	21	0	0	1.000	1.04		P
Max West	29	1				3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00		1B
Ernie White	29	12				3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.25		P
Whitey Wietelmann	27	31				86	40	39	7	6	.919	2.55		SS-3B-2B-P
Ace Williams	29	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Chuck Workman	31	12	3	8	1	25	22	1	2	0	.920	1.92		OF
Ed Wright	27	36				48	12	35	1	2	.979	1.31		P
Team Totals	29.5	154				5958	4121	1668	169	337	.972	3.36	6
Rank in 8 NL teams									3	5	6
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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