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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
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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

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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