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1946 Boston Braves (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
Managed by Billy Southworth

Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 969,673 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 Stats / Schedule (1945/1947) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   81-72 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   14.5
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 16, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          10 (last on September 26)
Most Games under .500:           7 (last on July 11)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       16.0 (last on September 13)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (September 14 to September 18)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (May 24 to May 30)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (August 15)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (June 9 and August 31)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      13
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        81  72     630     592    .529

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           45  31     300     268    .592
Road           36  41     330     324    .468

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           7   4      44      38    .636
May            10  15     107     125    .400
June           14  17     114     119    .452
July           14  13      84      87    .519
August         18  11     160     129    .621
September      18  12     121      94    .600

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     34  40     286     310    .459
Second Half    47  32     344     282    .595
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        27  18     142     133    .600

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        22  18     225     190    .550

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             5  17      56     103    .227
CHC            12   9     104      97    .571
CIN            15   7      80      44    .682
NYG            13   9     114     106    .591
PHI            14   8     105      81    .636
PIT            15   7      98      64    .682
STL             7  15      73      97    .318

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     BSN  BRO  W   5-3        1-0     1    Tied  2:12 J Sain                     19,482 +
  2 Wed, Apr 17     BSN  BRO  L   2-4        1-1     3     1.0  2:14 H Behrman                  11,270 -
  3 Sat, Apr 20     BSN @PHI  W   6-3        2-1     4     0.5  2:22 B Lee                      17,198 +
  4 Sun, Apr 21     BSN @PHI  W   3-2        3-1     3     1.0  2:18 J Sain                            ++
  5                 BSN @PHI  L   1-3        3-2     3     1.0  1:32 A Jurisich                 27,587 -
  6 Mon, Apr 22     BSN @BRO  L   4-5        3-3     4     2.0  2:57 H Casey                    24,902 --
  7 Tue, Apr 23     BSN @BRO  L   0-5        3-4     4     3.0  1:45 E Head                     26,787 ---
  8 Wed, Apr 24     BSN @NYG  W  10-7        4-4     4     3.0  1:45 E Wright                   13,670 +
  9 Thu, Apr 25     BSN @NYG  W   5-4        5-4     3     2.5  2:17 B Lee                       8,789 ++
 10 Sun, Apr 28     BSN  PHI  W   6-1        6-4     3     1.0  1:46 M Cooper                          +++
 11                 BSN  PHI  W   2-1        7-4     3     1.0  2:05 J Sain                     20,735 ++++
 12 Fri, May  3     BSN @PIT  L   2-3        7-5     3     2.0  1:51 K Heintzelma                5,797 -
 13 Sun, May  5     BSN @STL  L   2-7        7-6     3     1.0  2:04 M Lanier                          --
 14                 BSN @STL  W  10-4        8-6     3     1.0  1:53 M Cooper                   20,391 +
 15 Tue, May  7     BSN @STL  L   4-6        8-7     3     2.0  2:05 F Martin                   14,824 -
 16 Wed, May  8     BSN @CHC  L   5-10       8-8     4     3.0  1:47 H Wyse                      9,471 --
 17 Thu, May  9     BSN @CHC  W   5-2        9-8     3     2.5  2:37 L Wallace                  13,632 +
 18 Fri, May 10     BSN @BRO  L   2-4        9-9     3     3.0  2:21 A Herring                  33,268 -
 19 Sat, May 11     BSN  NYG  L   1-5        9-10    5     3.5  2:20 M Kennedy                  35,945 --
 20 Sun, May 12     BSN  NYG  W   6-5       10-10    3     3.0  2:01 B Lee                             +
 21                 BSN  NYG  W   7-2       11-10    3     3.0  1:58 E Wright                   16,491 ++
 22 Mon, May 13     BSN  NYG  W   7-6       12-10    3     3.0  2:15 E Reid                      5,006 +++
 23 Tue, May 14     BSN  PIT  W   5-1       13-10    3     2.0  1:45 L Wallace                  20,762 ++++
 24 Thu, May 16     BSN  STL  L   8-9       13-11    3     2.5  2:33 B Donnelly                 32,974 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 17     BSN  STL  W   4-1       14-11    3     2.0  1:40 J Sain                      3,171 +
 26 Sun, May 19     BSN  CHC  L   6-8       14-12    3     2.5  2:12 P Erickson                        -
 27                 BSN  CHC  W   5-3       15-12    3     2.5  1:55 B Lee                      30,346 +
 28 Mon, May 20     BSN  CHC  L   4-6       15-13    4     3.0  2:14 C Passeau                  20,713 -
 29 Wed, May 22     BSN  CIN  W   5-1       16-13    3     2.5  1:53 J Sain                     31,617 +
 30 Fri, May 24     BSN @NYG  L   1-2       16-14    3     4.0  2:02 K Trinkle                  26,670 -
 31 Sat, May 25     BSN @NYG  L   3-5       16-15    3     5.0  2:28 M Kennedy                  17,775 --
 32 Sun, May 26     BSN @NYG  L   4-12      16-16    5     7.0  2:08 B Voiselle                        ---
 33                 BSN @NYG  L   0-7       16-17    5     7.0       B Carpenter                38,973 ----
 34 Wed, May 29     BSN @PHI  L   1-3       16-18    5     7.5  1:40 S Rowe                      8,065 -----
 35 Thu, May 30     BSN @BRO  L   0-5       16-19    5     7.5  2:04 K Higbe                           ------
 36                 BSN @BRO  W  10-8       17-19    5     7.5  2:39 E Wright                   35,484 +
 37 Sat, Jun  1     BSN @CHC  L   3-6       17-20    5     7.5  1:57 B Chipman                   4,782 -
 38 Sun, Jun  2     BSN @CHC  W   6-3       18-20    6     8.5  1:48 M Cooper                          +
 39                 BSN @CHC  L   2-8       18-21    6     8.5  1:36 C Passeau                  24,448 -
 40 Tue, Jun  4     BSN @STL  L   1-5       18-22    6     9.0  1:46 H Brecheen                 12,047 --
 41 Wed, Jun  5     BSN @STL  L   1-2       18-23    6    10.0  1:56 K Burkhart                 11,598 ---
 42 Thu, Jun  6     BSN @STL  W   9-5       19-23    5    10.0  2:36 B Posedel                  12,054 +
 43 Fri, Jun  7     BSN @CIN  W   3-1       20-23    5     9.0  1:40 M Cooper                   19,898 ++
 44 Sat, Jun  8     BSN @CIN  L   2-4       20-24    5     9.0  1:51 E Heusser                   4,274 -
 45 Sun, Jun  9     BSN @CIN  W  14-3       21-24    5     8.5  2:20 J Sain                            +
 46                 BSN @CIN  L   0-1       21-25    5     8.5  1:35 E Blackwell                23,965 -
 47 Mon, Jun 10     BSN @PIT  W  10-5       22-25    5     7.5  2:12 E Wright                    3,652 +
 48 Tue, Jun 11     BSN @PIT  L   3-5       22-26    5     7.5  1:45 R Sewell                   17,181 -
 49 Fri, Jun 14     BSN  CIN  W   4-1       23-26    5     7.0  2:00 J Sain                     25,742 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun 15     BSN  CIN  L   2-3       23-27    5     8.0  1:50 E Heusser                   5,537 -
 51 Sun, Jun 16     BSN  CIN  W   2-1       24-27    5     7.5  1:51 E Wright                          +
 52                 BSN  CIN  W   2-0       25-27    5     7.5  1:27 M Cooper                   19,466 ++
 53 Mon, Jun 17     BSN  STL  L   6-9       25-28    5     8.5  2:44 T Wilks                         0 -
 54                 BSN  STL  L   0-1       25-29    5     8.5  1:37 H Pollet                   15,194 --
 55 Wed, Jun 19     BSN  STL  L   3-8       25-30    5     9.0  1:58 T Wilks                    17,641 ---
 56 Thu, Jun 20     BSN  STL  L   1-9       25-31    5    10.0  2:01 M Dickson                   4,017 ----
 57 Fri, Jun 21     BSN  PIT  W   3-2       26-31    5    10.0  1:56 M Cooper                   13,256 +
 58 Sat, Jun 22     BSN  PIT  W   4-3       27-31    5     9.0  2:16 S Roser                     4,421 ++
 59 Sun, Jun 23     BSN  PIT  W   4-3       28-31    4     8.5       B Lee                             +++
 60                 BSN  PIT  W   4-0       29-31    4     8.5       J Sain                            ++++
 61 Mon, Jun 24     BSN  CHC  W   5-0       30-31    4     8.5  1:47 E Wright                    3,613 +++++
 62 Tue, Jun 25     BSN  CHC  L   3-7       30-32    4     8.5  2:43 C Passeau                  14,681 -
 63 Wed, Jun 26     BSN  CHC  W  11-2       31-32    4     8.5  1:56 M Cooper                    4,008 +
 64 Thu, Jun 27     BSN @BRO  L   1-3       31-33    4     9.5  2:47 H Behrman                  32,265 -
 65 Fri, Jun 28     BSN @BRO  L   1-3       31-34    4    10.5  2:22 V Lombardi                 12,585 --
 66 Sat, Jun 29     BSN @BRO  L   3-12      31-35    5    11.5  2:41 K Higbe                    21,534 ---
 67 Sun, Jun 30     BSN @BRO  L   1-4       31-36    5    12.5  2:08 R Barney                   20,616 ----
 68 Tue, Jul  2     BSN  NYG  W   5-4       32-36    5    13.0  2:40 F Barrett                   5,550 +
 69 Wed, Jul  3     BSN  PHI  W   7-1       33-36    5    12.5  2:02 J Sain                     33,681 ++
 70 Thu, Jul  4     BSN  PHI  L   0-7       33-37    5    13.5  1:29 O Judd                            -
 71                 BSN  PHI  L   2-3       33-38    5    13.5  1:57 D Mulligan                 14,192 --
 72 Sat, Jul  6     BSN  BRO  L   2-7       33-39    5    14.0  2:34 H Behrman                  33,063 ---
 73 Sun, Jul  7     BSN  BRO  W   3-2       34-39    5    14.0  2:15 B Lee                           0 +
 74                 BSN  BRO  L   2-4       34-40    5    14.0  2:21 J Hatten                   19,699 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul 11     BSN @CIN  L   2-8       34-41    5    14.0  1:36 B Walters                  19,312 --
 76 Fri, Jul 12     BSN @CIN  W   1-0       35-41    5    13.0  1:36 J Sain                      2,068 +
 77 Sat, Jul 13     BSN @CIN  W   6-4       36-41    4    12.5  2:07 F Barrett                   6,850 ++
 78                 BSN @CIN  W   4-3       37-41    4    12.5  1:50 S Johnson                   6,850 +++
 79 Sun, Jul 14     BSN @PIT  W   4-1       38-41    4    11.5  2:03 W Spahn                           ++++
 80                 BSN @PIT  L   2-5       38-42    4    11.5  1:54 R Sewell                   17,414 -
 81 Mon, Jul 15     BSN @PIT  W   3-2       39-42    4    10.5  1:50 J Niggeling                11,787 +
 82 Tue, Jul 16     BSN @PIT  W  10-0       40-42    4     9.5  1:41 M Cooper                    2,387 ++
 83 Wed, Jul 17     BSN @CHC  L   0-10      40-43    4     9.5  1:47 B Chipman                  10,614 -
 84 Thu, Jul 18     BSN @CHC  W   9-3       41-43    4     9.0  2:10 B Lee                      14,842 +
 85 Fri, Jul 19     BSN @CHC  W   6-1       42-43    4     8.5  1:53 W Spahn                    11,474 ++
 86 Sat, Jul 20     BSN @STL  L   1-3       42-44    4     9.5  1:53 M Dickson                  10,205 -
 87 Sun, Jul 21     BSN @STL  L   1-2       42-45    5    11.5  1:50 H Pollet                          --
 88                 BSN @STL  L   4-8       42-46    5    11.5  2:08 H Brecheen                 24,892 ---
 89 Wed, Jul 24     BSN  CIN  L   1-2       42-47    5    12.5  1:49 B Walters                   6,252 ----
 90 Thu, Jul 25     BSN  CIN  L   0-1       42-48    5    13.5  1:40 J Vander Mee               18,316 -----
 91 Sat, Jul 27     BSN  STL  W   5-2       43-48    5    13.5  1:46 W Spahn                    33,732 +
 92 Sun, Jul 28     BSN  STL  L   0-2       43-49    5    13.5  1:52 A Brazle                   14,450 -
 93 Mon, Jul 29     BSN  STL  W   2-1       44-49    5    13.5  1:33 M Cooper                   22,012 +
 94 Wed, Jul 31     BSN  PIT  W   2-1       45-49    5    13.0  1:45 J Sain                      9,343 ++
 95 Sat, Aug  3     BSN  CHC  W   3-1       46-49    5    12.0  1:45 W Spahn                    24,535 +++
 96 Sun, Aug  4     BSN  CHC  W   6-5       47-49    4    11.5  1:51 E Wright                          ++++
 97                 BSN  CHC  W   6-4       48-49    4    11.5  2:13 L Wallace                  18,661 +++++
 98 Mon, Aug  5     BSN  BRO  L   4-7       48-50    4    12.5  2:13 R Branca                   41,645 -
 99 Tue, Aug  6     BSN @PHI  W   3-1       49-50    4    11.5  2:28 J Sain                     11,311 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Aug  8     BSN @PHI  L   8-9       49-51    4    12.0  2:15 B Donnelly                        -
101                 BSN @PHI  W   7-6       50-51    4    12.0  2:23 B Posedel                  11,748 +
102 Fri, Aug  9     BSN  NYG  W   5-3       51-51    4    12.0  1:58 W Spahn                    23,397 ++
103 Sun, Aug 11     BSN  NYG  W  10-2       52-51    4    11.5  1:56 J Sain                            +++
104                 BSN  NYG  L   6-9       52-52    4    11.5  2:32 J Thompson                 22,561 -
105 Wed, Aug 14     BSN  PHI  W   5-4       53-52    4    12.5  2:05 M Cooper                   13,529 +
106 Thu, Aug 15     BSN  PHI  L  11-15      53-53    4    13.0  2:41 C Schanz                    9,518 -
107                 BSN  PHI  W   3-1       54-53    4    13.0  1:49 B Lee                       9,518 +
108 Sun, Aug 18     BSN @NYG  L   5-8       54-54    4    13.0  2:03 K Trinkle                         -
109                 BSN @NYG  W   7-1       55-54    4    13.0  1:47 J Sain                     23,783 +
110 Tue, Aug 20     BSN @STL  L   1-4       55-55    4    13.0  1:53 H Pollet                   15,041 -
111 Wed, Aug 21     BSN @STL  W   4-3       56-55    4    13.0  2:25 S Johnson                  13,383 +
112 Thu, Aug 22     BSN @CHC  W   3-2       57-55    4    12.0  1:50 W Spahn                    11,046 ++
113 Fri, Aug 23     BSN @CHC  L   1-3       57-56    4    13.0  1:55 P Erickson                 12,168 -
114 Sat, Aug 24     BSN @CHC  L   2-8       57-57    4    14.0  2:03 E Kush                     18,523 --
115 Sun, Aug 25     BSN @PIT  W   7-5       58-57    4    13.0  1:54 E Wright                          +
116                 BSN @PIT  W  10-5       59-57    4    13.0  2:11 S Johnson                  20,049 ++
117 Mon, Aug 26     BSN @PIT  L   2-3       59-58    4    14.0  1:59 K Heintzelma                2,169 -
118 Tue, Aug 27     BSN @PIT  W   9-1       60-58    4    13.0  2:05 W Spahn                     3,094 +
119 Wed, Aug 28     BSN @CIN  W   8-4       61-58    4    14.0  1:53 J Sain                      4,746 ++
120                 BSN @CIN  L   0-2       61-59    4    14.0  1:44 E Blackwell                 4,746 -
121 Thu, Aug 29     BSN @CIN  W   4-1       62-59    4    14.0  1:45 E Wright                    1,609 +
122 Sat, Aug 31     BSN @PHI  L   6-10      62-60    4    13.5  2:20 D Mauney                   18,575 -
123                 BSN @PHI  W  14-2       63-60    4    13.5       S Johnson                  18,575 +
124 Sun, Sep  1     BSN @PHI  W   8-0       64-60    4    12.5  1:41 J Sain                            ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 BSN @PHI  W   4-2       65-60    4    12.5  1:56 J Niggeling                11,732 +++
126 Mon, Sep  2     BSN  NYG  W   6-2       66-60    4    13.5  2:00 M Cooper                          ++++
127                 BSN  NYG  L   3-8       66-61    4    13.5  1:53 H Schumacher               21,900 -
128 Tue, Sep  3     BSN  NYG  W   5-4       67-61    4    13.0  2:01 B Lee                       2,909 +
129 Wed, Sep  4     BSN  BRO  L   1-3       67-62    4    14.0  2:18 J Hatten                   29,005 -
130 Thu, Sep  5     BSN  BRO  L   0-1       67-63    4    15.0  1:41 V Lombardi                  7,342 --
131 Sat, Sep  7     BSN  PHI  W   4-0       68-63    4    14.5  1:53 S Johnson                  13,620 +
132 Sun, Sep  8     BSN  PHI  W   4-3       69-63    4    15.5  2:01 E Wright                          ++
133                 BSN  PHI  L   0-4       69-64    4    15.5  1:29 T Hughes                   12,497 -
134 Tue, Sep 10     BSN  CHC  W  10-2       70-64    4    15.5  1:55 J Sain                      3,828 +
135 Wed, Sep 11     BSN  CHC  -   3-3       70-64    4    15.0  3:46                             4,069 +
136 Thu, Sep 12     BSN  PIT  L   0-1       70-65    4    15.5  1:53 J Hallett                   2,822 -
137                 BSN  PIT  W   2-1       71-65    4    15.5  1:37 E Wright                    3,822 +
138 Fri, Sep 13     BSN  PIT  L   2-4       71-66    4    16.0  2:34 F Ostermuell                2,776 -
139                 BSN  PIT  L   1-10      71-67    4    16.0  1:44 E Bahr                      2,776 --
140 Sat, Sep 14     BSN  PIT  W   9-3       72-67    4    15.0  2:06 J Sain                      6,077 +
141 Sun, Sep 15     BSN  CIN  W   2-1       73-67    4    15.0  1:25 B Lee                             ++
142                 BSN  CIN  W   6-1       74-67    4    15.0  2:04 W Spahn                    11,000 +++
143 Mon, Sep 16     BSN  CIN  W   4-0       75-67    4    14.5  2:01 E Wright                    6,605 ++++
144 Tue, Sep 17     BSN  CIN  W   8-2       76-67    4    14.5  1:56 S Johnson                   2,224 +++++
145 Wed, Sep 18     BSN  STL  W   2-1       77-67    4    13.5  1:46 J Sain                     26,570 ++++++
146 Thu, Sep 19     BSN  STL  L   4-5       77-68    4    14.5  2:13 T Wilks                     7,670 -
147 Sat, Sep 21     BSN  BRO  L   2-6       77-69    4    15.5  2:24 J Hatten                   13,909 --
148 Sun, Sep 22     BSN  BRO  W   4-2       78-69    4    15.0  2:20 J Sain                     35,610 +
149                 BSN  BRO  L   1-8       78-70    4    15.0  2:01 V Lombardi                 35,610 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 25     BSN @NYG  W   6-5       79-70    3    15.0  2:13 D Mulligan                  4,688 +
151 Thu, Sep 26     BSN @NYG  W   8-0       80-70    4    15.0  1:58 M Cooper                    5,300 ++
152                 BSN @NYG  L   4-5       80-71    4    15.0  2:01 J Thompson                  5,300 -
153 Sat, Sep 28     BSN @BRO  L   4-7       80-72    4    15.5  2:27 J Hatten                   30,929 --
154 Sun, Sep 29     BSN @BRO  W   4-0       81-72    4    14.5  2:18 M Cooper                   30,756 +

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