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1947 Boston Braves Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948)
86-68, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 701 runs, Allowed 622 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Manager: Billy Southworth (86-68)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,277,361 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

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1946 / 1948 Batting Statistics

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 31 126 470 411 54 125 22 4 9 50 7 47 27 .304 .377 .443 .820 119 182 12 1 11
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 23 128 484 399 73 112 20 6 16 78 11 82 59 .281 .403 .481 .885 136 192 6 0 3
3 2B Connie Ryan 27 150 627 544 60 144 33 5 5 69 5 71 60 .265 .351 .371 .722 93 202 12 1 11
4 SS Dick Culler 32 77 241 214 20 53 5 1 0 19 1 19 15 .248 .309 .280 .589 59 60 5 0 8
5 3B Bob Elliott 30 150 645 555 93 176 35 5 22 113 3 87 60 .317 .410 .517 .927 147 287 15 0 3
6 OF Bama Rowell* 31 113 414 384 48 106 23 2 5 40 7 18 14 .276 .310 .385 .696 85 148 3 1 11
7 OF Tommy Holmes* 30 150 676 618 90 191 33 3 9 53 3 44 16 .309 .360 .416 .776 107 257 15 5 9
8 OF Johnny Hopp* 30 134 502 430 74 124 20 2 2 32 13 58 30 .288 .376 .358 .734 97 154 8 2 12
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 OF Mike McCormick 30 92 315 284 42 81 13 7 3 36 1 20 21 .285 .332 .412 .744 98 117 10 0 11
10 OF Danny Litwhiler 30 91 254 226 38 59 5 2 7 31 1 25 43 .261 .337 .394 .731 95 89 6 1 2
11 SS Nanny Fernandez 28 83 237 209 16 43 4 0 2 21 2 22 20 .206 .281 .254 .535 44 53 5 0 6
12 1B Frank McCormick 36 81 225 212 24 75 18 2 2 43 2 11 8 .354 .386 .486 .871 132 103 8 0 2
13 SS Sibby Sisti 26 56 181 153 22 43 8 0 2 15 2 20 17 .281 .371 .373 .744 100 57 4 2 6
14 C Hank Camelli 32 52 170 150 10 29 8 1 1 11 0 18 18 .193 .280 .280 .560 50 42 8 0 2
15 OF Tommy Neill* 27 7 12 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .400 .733 96 4 1 1 0
16 IF Danny Murtaugh 29 3 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 1 0 0 0
17 Bob Brady* 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
18 P Johnny Sain 29 40 118 107 13 37 7 0 0 18 0 3 1 .346 .364 .411 .775 107 44 2 0 8
19 P Warren Spahn* 26 41 112 98 6 16 2 1 0 6 0 6 29 .163 .212 .204 .416 12 20 0 0 8
20 P Red Barrett 32 36 80 72 6 8 5 0 0 4 0 1 12 .111 .123 .181 .304 -20 13 3 0 7
21 P Bill Voiselle 28 22 56 53 3 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 12 .170 .170 .208 .377 1 11 3 0 3
22 P Si Johnson 40 36 31 30 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 .033 .065 .033 .098 -73 1 0 0 0
23 P Ed Wright 28 23 24 23 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 .130 .167 .217 .384 2 5 1 0 0
24 P Clyde Shoun* 35 26 20 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .158 .316 -15 3 0 0 1
25 P Mort Cooper 34 10 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 1 0 1
26 P Walt Lanfranconi 30 37 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
27 P Johnny Beazley 29 9 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2
28 P Andy Karl 33 27 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 2 0 0
29 P Ray Martin 22 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0
30 P Glenn Elliott# 27 11 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 169 1 0 0 1
31 P Ernie White 30 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 1 0 0 0
32 P Max Macon* 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Johnny Lanning 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Dick Mulligan* 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.4 154 5954 5253 701 1444 265 42 85 645 58 0 558 502 .275 .346 .390 .736 97 2048 130 14 129 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 5 3 1 8 5 3 4 8 1 2 4 5 4
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Red Barrett 32 80 74 2 0.7 104 .133 .111 .272 .123 .346 .181 .403 .304 .749 -20 .032 -12.4 -1.2 .209 .083 .069 1
Johnny Beazley 29 9 9 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .271 .000 .346 .000 .403 .000 .749 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Bob Brady 24 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .346 .000 .403 .000 .749 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Hank Camelli 32 170 131 12 2.4 104 .214 .193 .272 .280 .346 .280 .403 .560 .749 50 .235 -10.6 -1.0 .465 .207 .087 .0 2
Mort Cooper 34 15 15 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .071 .346 .000 .403 .071 .749 -79 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .071 .077 .000 1
Dick Culler 32 241 174 19 2.9 104 .266 .248 .272 .309 .346 .280 .403 .589 .749 59 .298 -12.4 -1.2 .482 .126 .033 .0 6
Bob Elliott 30 645 397 118 7.9 104 .326 .317 .271 .410 .346 .517 .403 .927 .749 147 .726 39.7 3.8 .957 .362 .200 5.3 *5
#Glenn Elliott 27 3 2 1 13.3 104 .500 .500 .272 .500 .346 .500 .402 1.000 .749 169 .873 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 1
Nanny Fernandez 28 237 177 15 2.2 104 .219 .206 .272 .281 .346 .254 .403 .535 .749 44 .211 -16.7 -1.6 .450 .163 .048 2.0 6/O5
*Tommy Holmes 30 676 451 91 5.4 104 .307 .309 .272 .360 .346 .416 .403 .776 .749 107 .566 6.4 0.6 .699 .183 .107 4.5 *O
*Johnny Hopp 30 502 326 57 4.6 104 .307 .288 .272 .376 .346 .358 .403 .734 .749 97 .501 1.2 0.1 .723 .235 .070 3.5 *O
Si Johnson 40 31 29 0 0.0 104 .053 .033 .272 .065 .346 .033 .403 .098 .749 -73 .000 -7.5 -0.7 .069 .033 .000 1
Andy Karl 33 6 7 0 0.0 104 .250 .167 .272 .167 .346 .167 .403 .333 .749 -10 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .143 .000 .000 1
Walt Lanfranconi 30 11 11 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .346 .000 .403 .000 .749 -100 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 1
Johnny Lanning 36 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Danny Litwhiler 30 254 175 30 4.6 104 .295 .261 .272 .337 .346 .394 .403 .731 .749 95 .492 -2.0 -0.2 .671 .248 .133 1.8 O
*Max Macon 31 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .346 .000 .403 .000 .749 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Ray Martin 22 4 3 0 0.0 104 .000 .271 .250 .346 .000 .403 .250 .749 -28 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000 /1
Phil Masi 31 470 309 68 5.8 104 .309 .304 .271 .377 .346 .443 .403 .820 .749 119 .605 11.8 1.2 .795 .270 .139 7.9 *2
Frank McCormick 36 225 147 40 7.2 104 .361 .354 .272 .386 .346 .486 .403 .871 .749 132 .693 9.5 0.9 .800 .193 .132 2.0 3
Mike McCormick 30 315 224 39 4.6 104 .300 .285 .272 .332 .346 .412 .403 .744 .749 98 .499 -1.8 -0.2 .648 .201 .127 1.5 O
*Dick Mulligan 29 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Danny Murtaugh 29 9 7 0 0.0 104 .167 .125 .272 .222 .346 .125 .403 .347 .749 -5 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .125 .000 /45
*Tommy Neill 27 12 9 1 3.0 104 .250 .200 .272 .333 .346 .400 .403 .733 .749 96 .305 -0.1 -0.0 .667 .300 .200 /O
*Bama Rowell 31 414 292 46 4.2 104 .277 .276 .272 .310 .346 .385 .403 .696 .749 85 .453 -9.0 -0.9 .619 .174 .109 5.8 O/45
Connie Ryan 27 627 423 71 4.4 104 .290 .265 .272 .351 .346 .371 .403 .722 .749 93 .482 -3.0 -0.3 .677 .246 .107 5.0 *4/6
Johnny Sain 29 118 80 16 5.3 104 .349 .346 .272 .364 .346 .411 .403 .775 .749 107 .562 1.0 0.1 .653 .093 .065 1
*Clyde Shoun 35 20 17 0 0.0 104 .188 .158 .271 .158 .346 .158 .403 .316 .749 -15 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .188 .000 .000 1
Sibby Sisti 26 181 120 21 4.6 104 .306 .281 .272 .371 .346 .373 .403 .744 .749 100 .501 0.9 0.1 .711 .235 .092 2.0 6/4
*Warren Spahn 26 112 90 4 1.2 104 .232 .163 .272 .212 .346 .204 .403 .416 .749 12 .076 -12.7 -1.3 .317 .102 .041 1
*Earl Torgeson 23 484 296 77 6.9 104 .296 .281 .271 .403 .346 .481 .403 .885 .749 136 .675 23.5 2.3 .973 .434 .201 13.0 *3
Bill Voiselle 28 56 50 2 1.1 104 .220 .170 .272 .170 .346 .208 .403 .377 .749 1 .063 -7.6 -0.8 .234 .038 .038 1
Ernie White 30 1 0 1 104 1.000 1.000 .272 1.000 .346 1.000 .403 2.000 .749 437 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 /1
Ed Wright 28 24 21 1 1.3 104 .158 .130 .271 .167 .346 .217 .403 .384 .749 2 .085 -3.2 -0.3 .286 .130 .087 1
League Average 4.6 106 .281 .265 .274 .337 .349 .390 .406 .727 .755 93 .500 .670 .237 .125
Team Total 5954 4068 732 4.8 104 .291 .275 .272 .346 .346 .390 .403 .736 .749 97 .514 -18.7 -2.0 .680 .232 .115 69.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Red Barrett 32 38 77 76 8 9 6 0 0 5 0 1 13 .118 .130 .197 .327 2 36 36
Johnny Beazley 29 9 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9 9
*Bob Brady 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Hank Camelli 32 54 176 157 11 31 9 1 1 12 0 19 19 .197 .284 .287 .571 13 52 52
Mort Cooper 34 19 35 31 3 9 3 0 2 3 0 2 5 .290 .371 .581 .952 5 18 18
Dick Culler 32 80 241 222 20 54 5 1 0 19 1 19 16 .243 .303 .275 .578 19 77 77
Bob Elliott 30 157 668 578 96 182 36 5 23 117 3 90 63 .315 .407 .514 .921 121 150 150
#Glenn Elliott 27 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11 11
Nanny Fernandez 28 87 241 218 17 45 4 0 2 22 2 23 21 .206 .282 .252 .534 16 83 83
*Tommy Holmes 30 157 695 644 93 198 34 3 9 55 3 46 17 .307 .358 .411 .770 94 150 150
*Johnny Hopp 30 140 511 449 77 129 21 2 2 33 14 60 31 .287 .374 .356 .730 60 134 134
Si Johnson 40 38 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .031 .000 .031 0 36 36
Andy Karl 33 28 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27 27
Walt Lanfranconi 30 39 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37 37
Danny Litwhiler 30 95 263 236 39 61 5 2 7 32 1 26 45 .258 .335 .386 .720 30 91 91
*Max Macon 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Ray Martin 22 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 1
Phil Masi 31 132 478 428 55 129 23 4 9 51 7 49 28 .301 .374 .437 .811 70 126 126
Frank McCormick 36 100 279 264 32 88 21 2 3 53 2 15 10 .333 .369 .462 .831 45 96 96
Mike McCormick 30 96 317 296 43 84 13 7 3 37 1 21 22 .284 .331 .405 .737 40 92 92
Danny Murtaugh 29 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 3 3
*Tommy Neill 27 7 12 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .400 .733 1 7 7
*Bama Rowell 31 118 421 401 49 110 24 2 5 41 7 19 15 .274 .309 .382 .690 47 113 113
Connie Ryan 27 157 643 568 62 150 34 5 5 71 5 74 63 .264 .350 .368 .718 73 150 150
Johnny Sain 29 42 115 112 14 39 7 0 0 19 0 3 1 .348 .365 .411 .776 17 40 40
*Clyde Shoun 35 38 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 36 36
Sibby Sisti 26 59 181 159 22 44 8 0 2 15 2 20 18 .277 .365 .365 .729 21 56 56
*Warren Spahn 26 43 108 102 6 16 2 1 0 6 0 6 30 .157 .204 .196 .400 4 41 41
*Earl Torgeson 23 134 501 416 75 116 21 6 17 80 11 85 62 .279 .401 .481 .882 79 128 128
Bill Voiselle 28 34 71 71 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 33 33
Ernie White 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1 1
Ed Wright 28 24 25 24 4 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 4 .125 .160 .208 .368 1 23 23
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Red Barrett 32 9 408 196 408 354 17 46 11 0 0 26 0 0 5 70 .130 .144 .161 .305 -15 57 7 1 48 0 0
Johnny Beazley 29 4 135 72 135 116 9 18 3 2 0 13 0 5 54 .155 .190 .216 .406 14 25 1 0 14
*Bob Brady 24 2 7 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 28 1 0 0 0
Hank Camelli 32 5 428 159 428 376 33 86 15 4 2 26 0 46 39 .229 .313 .306 .619 70 115 15 0 6
Mort Cooper 34 10 721 296 721 654 50 127 16 0 6 68 0 23 118 .194 .223 .246 .469 29 161 14 1 43
Dick Culler 32 6 1620 417 1620 1437 191 357 37 6 2 94 19 5 152 84 .248 .322 .287 .609 70 412 33 5 26
Bob Elliott 30 9 5043 1197 5043 4468 645 1318 248 73 72 746 48 516 327 .295 .369 .432 .801 123 1928 109 9 50
#Glenn Elliott 27 1 3 11 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 169 1 0 0 1
Nanny Fernandez 28 3 1270 343 1270 1158 116 285 48 5 10 118 18 90 125 .246 .302 .322 .624 78 373 32 3 19
*Tommy Holmes 30 6 4066 901 4066 3640 519 1111 214 35 65 404 38 355 80 .305 .370 .437 .806 126 1590 57 17 54
*Johnny Hopp 30 9 3393 932 3393 3004 500 891 159 51 29 324 103 319 282 .297 .367 .412 .780 115 1239 36 17 53
Si Johnson 40 17 759 492 759 709 29 87 4 1 0 20 0 0 20 213 .123 .147 .131 .278 -22 93 7 0 30 0 0
Andy Karl 33 5 105 197 105 95 10 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 22 .168 .233 .179 .412 18 17 3 0 2
Walt Lanfranconi 30 2 12 39 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
Johnny Lanning 36 11 356 278 356 322 17 47 11 0 1 17 0 0 11 67 .146 .177 .189 .366 3 61 9 1 22 0 0
Danny Litwhiler 30 7 2927 770 2927 2690 324 758 118 29 74 338 10 181 266 .282 .333 .430 .763 117 1156 59 25 31
*Max Macon 31 6 524 226 524 502 54 133 17 4 3 46 9 16 32 .265 .288 .333 .620 72 167 6 0 6
Ray Martin 22 2 5 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0
Phil Masi 31 9 2479 795 2479 2187 277 581 108 25 29 264 38 253 186 .266 .343 .378 .721 101 826 58 4 35
Frank McCormick 36 12 6013 1459 6013 5543 708 1666 325 24 124 917 27 389 180 .301 .349 .435 .784 119 2411 171 27 54
Mike McCormick 30 6 1615 438 1615 1458 193 405 60 15 10 129 13 97 99 .278 .324 .360 .684 90 525 34 3 57
*Dick Mulligan 29 3 23 25 23 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 9 .000 .182 .000 .182 -46 0 1 0 1 0 0
Danny Murtaugh 29 5 1503 351 1503 1331 148 326 42 9 2 76 35 135 97 .245 .317 .295 .611 80 392 25 5 32
*Tommy Neill 27 2 61 20 61 55 9 14 2 1 0 7 0 3 3 .255 .305 .327 .632 77 18 3 1 2
*Bama Rowell 31 5 1837 497 1837 1705 185 476 79 24 18 195 35 105 91 .279 .322 .385 .707 97 657 20 2 25
Connie Ryan 27 5 2140 524 2140 1862 227 465 89 20 11 168 33 224 222 .250 .331 .337 .668 87 627 39 2 52
Johnny Sain 29 3 252 120 252 228 19 67 9 1 0 36 0 4 2 .294 .306 .342 .648 79 78 5 0 20
*Clyde Shoun 35 12 361 401 361 336 21 68 4 2 0 18 0 0 6 41 .202 .219 .226 .445 23 76 7 1 18 0 0
Sibby Sisti 26 6 1977 512 1977 1775 236 433 69 13 14 140 22 151 250 .244 .307 .321 .628 79 570 31 11 40
*Warren Spahn 26 3 165 69 165 147 10 24 3 1 0 10 0 7 45 .163 .206 .197 .404 11 29 1 1 10
*Earl Torgeson 23 1 484 128 484 399 73 112 20 6 16 78 11 82 59 .281 .403 .481 .885 136 192 6 0 3
Bill Voiselle 28 6 364 160 364 318 18 53 8 0 0 21 0 17 73 .167 .209 .192 .401 12 61 12 0 29
Ernie White 30 6 178 105 178 160 19 34 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .213 .250 .238 .488 36 38 2 0 10
Ed Wright 28 3 133 74 133 121 14 26 7 0 0 10 0 5 10 .215 .252 .273 .525 46 33 2 1 6
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1946 / 1948 Batting Statistics