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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 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
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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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
35 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
36 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
37 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
38 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
39 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
40 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
41 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
42 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
43 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
44 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
45 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
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
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* - 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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