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1947 Boston Braves Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 86-68, Final Rank:3, GB: 8.0
Days in First16last on Saturday, Jul 5, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 21last on Jul 5, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead1.5last on Sunday, Jun 22, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind12.5last on Wednesday, Sep 17, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50018last on Sunday, Sep 28
Most Games under .5002last on Thursday, Apr 17
Longest Winning Streak5Tuesday, Aug 5 to Saturday, Aug 9, Friday, Aug 15 to Tuesday, Aug 19 and Thursday, Aug 28 to Sunday, Aug 31
Longest Losing Streak3Tuesday, Jul 1 to Thursday, Jul 3, Thursday, Jul 24 to Saturday, Jul 26, Monday, Jul 28 to Wednesday, Jul 30, Sunday, Aug 31 to Monday, Sep 1 and Thursday, Sep 11 to Friday, Sep 12
Most Runs Allowed16Wednesday, Aug 20
Most Runs Scored14Thursday, Apr 24
Times Shutout by Opponent11 
Times Opponent Shutout14 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 86 68 701 626 .558
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 50 27 332 293 .649
Road 36 41 369 333 .468
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 5 78 56 .583
May 13 12 94 101 .520
June 17 10 137 103 .630
July 13 18 131 143 .419
August 23 13 173 150 .639
September 13 10 88 73 .565
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 40 31 338 293 .563
Second Half 46 37 363 333 .554
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 23 20 160 157 .535
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 23 19 267 226 .548
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 12 10 88 85 .545
CHC 13 9 94 81 .591
CIN 13 9 98 66 .591
NYG 13 9 96 102 .591
PHI 14 8 111 84 .636
PIT 12 10 127 98 .545
STL 9 13 87 110 .409

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 15 BSN @ BRO L 3 5 0-1 5 1.0 Gregg 2:20 26,623 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 17 BSN @ BRO L 6 12 0-2 6 2.0 Higbe 2:45 10,252 --
3 3 Friday, Apr 18 BSN PHI W 10 7 1-2 6 2.0 Johnson 2:19 4,552 +
4 4 Saturday, Apr 19 BSN PHI W 9 3 2-2 5 2.5 Wright 2:07 21,374 ++
5 5 Saturday, Apr 19 BSN PHI L 2 9 2-3 5 2.5 Raffensberger 2:04 21,374 -
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 23 BSN NYG W 5 1 3-3 3 2.5 Spahn 2:10 4,074 +
7 7 Thursday, Apr 24 BSN NYG W 14 5 4-3 3 1.5 Sain 1:57 5,876 ++
8 8 Saturday, Apr 26 BSN @ PHI W 7 1 5-3 3 1.0 Cooper 1:54 10,597 +++
9 9 Sunday, Apr 27 BSN @ PHI L 4 5 5-4 5 2.5 Leonard 1:50 0 -
10 10 Sunday, Apr 27 BSN @ PHI L 4 5 5-5 5 2.5 Rowe 1:35 34,835 --
11 11 Tuesday, Apr 29 BSN CIN W 4 0 6-5 4 2.5 Spahn 1:58 3,344 +
12 12 Wednesday, Apr 30 BSN CIN W 10 3 7-5 4 1.5 Sain 1:58 5,516 ++
13 13 Sunday, May 4 BSN STL W 4 3 8-5 3 2.0 Spahn 2:22 +++
14 14 Sunday, May 4 BSN STL L 0 9 8-6 3 2.0 Brecheen 1:48 15,520 -
15 15 Tuesday, May 6 BSN PIT W 6 0 9-6 2 2.0 Sain 1:59 29,631 +
16 16 Wednesday, May 7 BSN PIT W 3 2 10-6 2 1.0 Karl 1:51 11,175 ++
17 17 Thursday, May 8 BSN PIT W 12 5 11-6 1 Tied Beazley 2:09 4,560 +++
18 18 Friday, May 9 BSN @ NYG W 6 2 12-6 1 Tied Spahn 2:08 5,894 ++++
19 19 Saturday, May 10 BSN @ NYG L 1 2 12-7 1 Tied Jansen 1:23 22,249 -
20 20 Sunday, May 11 BSN @ NYG L 1 8 12-8 2 1.0 Kennedy 2:21 --
21 21 Sunday, May 11 BSN @ NYG W 11 3 13-8 2 1.0 Johnson 2:02 51,840 +
22 22 Monday, May 12 BSN @ BRO L 3 8 13-9 2 1.5 Branca 2:10 19,661 -
23 23 Tuesday, May 13 BSN @ CHC W 7 4 14-9 2 0.5 Spahn 2:12 11,167 +
24 24 Thursday, May 15 BSN @ STL L 2 8 14-10 2 0.5 Brecheen 2:02 11,140 -
25 25 Friday, May 16 BSN @ STL L 3 4 14-11 2 0.5 Brazle 2:29 12,413 --
26 26 Saturday, May 17 BSN @ STL W 3 2 15-11 1 up 0.5 Spahn 2:11 7,827 +
27 27 Sunday, May 18 BSN @ CIN L 1 2 15-12 1 up 0.5 Blackwell 2:01 -
28 28 Sunday, May 18 BSN @ CIN W 3 1 16-12 1 up 0.5 Barrett 1:49 24,432 +
29 29 Tuesday, May 20 BSN @ PIT L 3 4 16-13 3 0.5 Bonham 2:20 37,175 -
30 30 Friday, May 23 BSN NYG L 1 8 16-14 4 1.5 Jansen 2:00 3,759 --
31 31 Saturday, May 24 BSN NYG W 3 2 17-14 3 0.5 Spahn 1:55 35,781 +
32 32 Sunday, May 25 BSN NYG L 3 9 17-15 4 1.5 Hartung 2:05 26,680 -
33 33 Tuesday, May 27 BSN PHI W 7 3 18-15 4 1.0 Sain 2:07 21,676 +
34 34 Wednesday, May 28 BSN PHI L 2 4 18-16 4 1.5 Heintzelman 2:14 20,377 -
35 35 Friday, May 30 BSN BRO W 6 3 19-16 2 1.0 Spahn 2:19 +
36 36 Friday, May 30 BSN BRO W 3 0 20-16 2 1.0 Barrett 1:40 30,535 ++
37 37 Saturday, May 31 BSN BRO L 0 5 20-17 3 2.0 Branca 1:57 23,275 -
38 38 Sunday, Jun 1 BSN PIT W 2 0 21-17 3 1.0 Sain 1:49 +
39 39 Sunday, Jun 1 BSN PIT W 8 7 22-17 3 1.0 Cooper 2:11 30,656 ++
40 40 Monday, Jun 2 BSN PIT L 3 4 22-18 3 1.0 Sewell 2:05 5,831 -
41 41 Tuesday, Jun 3 BSN STL L 0 3 22-19 4 2.0 Munger 0:00 17,804 --
42 42 Wednesday, Jun 4 BSN STL W 3 1 23-19 4 1.0 Barrett 1:58 29,425 +
43 43 Thursday, Jun 5 BSN STL L 3 5 23-20 4 2.0 Brecheen 1:50 13,258 -
44 44 Friday, Jun 6 BSN CIN W 5 2 24-20 4 2.0 Beazley 1:59 23,843 +
45 45 Saturday, Jun 7 BSN CIN W 9 0 25-20 3 1.5 Spahn 2:02 19,536 ++
46 46 Monday, Jun 9 BSN CHC W 1 0 26-20 3 1.0 Barrett 1:45 25,724 +++
47 47 Tuesday, Jun 10 BSN CHC W 2 1 27-20 2 1.0 Sain 1:45 5,047 ++++
48 48 Wednesday, Jun 11 BSN CHC L 0 4 27-21 3 1.5 Lade 1:50 26,992 -
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 11 BSN CHC L 2 5 27-22 3 1.5 Chipman 1:57 21,882 --
50 50 Friday, Jun 13 BSN @ PIT W 6 2 28-22 3 1.0 Barrett 1:47 6,314 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 15 BSN @ PIT W 13 4 29-22 1 up 0.5 Spahn 2:28 ++
52 52 Sunday, Jun 15 BSN @ PIT W 12 3 30-22 1 up 0.5 Sain 2:14 29,062 +++
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 17 BSN @ CIN W 11 1 31-22 1 up 1.0 Barrett 2:11 5,417 ++++
54 54 Wednesday, Jun 18 BSN @ CIN L 0 6 31-23 1 Tied Blackwell 1:51 18,137 -
55 55 Friday, Jun 20 BSN @ CHC L 5 6 31-24 1 up 0.5 Kush 2:04 13,784 --
56 56 Saturday, Jun 21 BSN @ CHC W 5 1 32-24 1 up 1.0 Sain 2:08 29,555 +
57 57 Sunday, Jun 22 BSN @ CHC W 8 7 33-24 1 up 1.5 Sain 3:03 38,438 ++
58 58 Monday, Jun 23 BSN @ STL L 2 6 33-25 1 up 1.0 Munger 1:51 16,090 -
59 59 Tuesday, Jun 24 BSN @ STL W 9 6 34-25 1 up 1.0 Spahn 2:20 25,610 +
60 60 Thursday, Jun 26 BSN @ BRO L 6 8 34-26 2 0.5 Branca 2:50 33,102 -
61 61 Friday, Jun 27 BSN BRO L 5 8 34-27 2 1.5 Barney 2:31 35,801 --
62 62 Saturday, Jun 28 BSN BRO W 5 4 35-27 2 0.5 Lanfranconi 2:08 11,930 +
63 63 Sunday, Jun 29 BSN PHI W 8 7 36-27 1 up 0.5 Karl 2:54 ++
64 64 Sunday, Jun 29 BSN PHI W 4 2 37-27 1 up 0.5 Voiselle 1:50 2,786 +++
65 65 Tuesday, Jul 1 BSN @ NYG L 3 15 37-28 1 Tied Jansen 1:39 36,923 -
66 66 Wednesday, Jul 2 BSN @ PHI L 5 6 37-29 2 1.0 Schmidt 2:30 4,574 --
67 67 Thursday, Jul 3 BSN @ PHI L 0 3 37-30 3 1.0 Hughes 1:52 6,503 ---
68 68 Friday, Jul 4 BSN @ PHI W 10 3 38-30 2 1.0 Sain 3:00 +
69 69 Friday, Jul 4 BSN @ PHI W 7 1 39-30 2 1.0 Lanfranconi 2:03 28,580 ++
70 70 Saturday, Jul 5 BSN @ BRO W 4 1 40-30 1 Tied Voiselle 2:20 29,594 +++
71 71 Sunday, Jul 6 BSN @ BRO L 0 4 40-31 2 1.0 Branca 2:08 26,363 -
72 72 Thursday, Jul 10 BSN CIN W 6 4 41-31 2 2.0 Shoun 2:05 9,720 +
73 73 Thursday, Jul 10 BSN CIN L 1 2 41-32 2 2.0 Lively 2:07 27,455 -
74 74 Friday, Jul 11 BSN CIN L 6 10 41-33 2 3.0 Blackwell 2:29 27,701 --
75 75 Saturday, Jul 12 BSN CIN W 4 0 42-33 2 3.5 Spahn 1:43 8,055 +
76 76 Sunday, Jul 13 BSN CHC W 8 7 43-33 2 3.0 Wright 2:16 ++
77 77 Sunday, Jul 13 BSN CHC W 6 5 44-33 2 3.0 Shoun 2:20 22,719 +++
78 78 Monday, Jul 14 BSN CHC L 3 5 44-34 2 3.0 Kush 1:55 2,055 -
79 79 Tuesday, Jul 15 BSN STL L 2 8 44-35 2 2.5 Hearn 2:24 29,605 --
80 80 Wednesday, Jul 16 BSN STL W 3 0 45-35 2 2.5 Spahn 1:47 28,651 +
81 81 Thursday, Jul 17 BSN STL L 2 5 45-36 2 2.5 Brecheen 2:13 26,736 -
82 82 Friday, Jul 18 BSN PIT L 1 2 45-37 3 3.5 Higbe 2:10 19,628 --
83 83 Saturday, Jul 19 BSN PIT W 2 0 46-37 2 2.5 Sain 1:49 22,584 +
84 84 Sunday, Jul 20 BSN PIT L 1 9 46-38 3 3.0 Ostermueller 1:51 15,675 -
85 85 Tuesday, Jul 22 BSN @ CHC W 2 0 47-38 2 4.5 Barrett 2:00 0 +
86 86 Tuesday, Jul 22 BSN @ CHC L 0 2 47-39 2 4.5 Passeau 1:41 36,216 -
87 87 Wednesday, Jul 23 BSN @ CHC W 12 4 48-39 2 4.5 Sain 2:10 10,767 +
88 88 Thursday, Jul 24 BSN @ CHC L 4 6 48-40 2 5.5 Lade 2:03 9,865 -
89 89 Friday, Jul 25 BSN @ STL L 1 5 48-41 3 6.5 Pollet 1:53 27,925 --
90 90 Saturday, Jul 26 BSN @ STL L 5 9 48-42 3 7.5 Hearn 2:10 26,803 ---
91 91 Sunday, Jul 27 BSN @ STL W 10 3 49-42 3 8.0 Sain 2:00 27,461 +
92 92 Monday, Jul 28 BSN @ STL L 7 8 49-43 3 9.0 Wilks 2:33 7,986 -
93 93 Tuesday, Jul 29 BSN @ PIT L 5 6 49-44 4 10.0 Bonham 2:24 20,186 --
94 94 Wednesday, Jul 30 BSN @ PIT L 3 5 49-45 4 10.5 Higbe 1:48 12,672 ---
95 95 Wednesday, Jul 30 BSN @ PIT W 8 5 50-45 4 10.5 Wright 2:09 12,672 +
96 96 Friday, Aug 1 BSN @ CIN W 4 2 51-45 4 10.5 Sain 1:58 6,755 ++
97 97 Friday, Aug 1 BSN @ CIN L 2 3 51-46 4 10.5 Peterson 2:47 6,755 -
98 98 Saturday, Aug 2 BSN @ CIN L 6 7 51-47 4 10.5 Hetki 2:19 3,090 --
99 99 Sunday, Aug 3 BSN @ CIN W 4 2 52-47 4 10.0 Barrett 2:16 +
100 100 Sunday, Aug 3 BSN @ CIN L 1 6 52-48 4 10.0 Raffensberger 1:36 26,184 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Monday, Aug 4 BSN BRO L 2 4 52-49 4 11.0 Casey 2:42 23,828 --
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 5 BSN BRO W 4 2 53-49 4 10.0 Sain 20:22 29,987 +
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 6 BSN BRO W 7 3 54-49 4 9.0 Spahn 2:10 32,252 ++
104 104 Thursday, Aug 7 BSN BRO W 3 1 55-49 4 8.0 Barrett 1:53 16,971 +++
105 105 Friday, Aug 8 BSN @ NYG W 7 5 56-49 4 8.0 Shoun 2:55 30,610 ++++
106 106 Saturday, Aug 9 BSN @ NYG W 9 4 57-49 4 7.0 Sain 1:59 21,024 +++++
107 107 Sunday, Aug 10 BSN @ NYG L 2 6 57-50 4 7.5 Jansen 2:00 -
108 108 Sunday, Aug 10 BSN @ NYG W 7 5 58-50 4 7.5 Johnson 2:12 39,886 +
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 12 BSN @ BRO W 9 2 59-50 4 6.5 Voiselle 2:58 33,794 ++
110 110 Wednesday, Aug 13 BSN @ BRO L 5 10 59-51 4 7.5 King 2:40 25,684 -
111 111 Thursday, Aug 14 BSN @ BRO L 0 1 59-52 4 8.5 Lombardi 1:58 18,571 --
112 112 Friday, Aug 15 BSN NYG W 8 7 60-52 3 8.5 Lanfranconi 2:35 7,125 +
113 113 Saturday, Aug 16 BSN NYG W 4 1 61-52 3 8.5 Sain 1:25 25,949 ++
114 114 Sunday, Aug 17 BSN NYG W 2 1 62-52 3 7.5 Spahn 2:02 +++
115 115 Sunday, Aug 17 BSN NYG W 3 1 63-52 3 7.5 Voiselle 1:48 32,804 ++++
116 116 Tuesday, Aug 19 BSN PIT W 7 5 64-52 3 7.5 Lanfranconi 2:24 23,192 +++++
117 117 Wednesday, Aug 20 BSN PIT L 10 16 64-53 3 7.5 Ostermueller 2:45 24,638 -
118 118 Thursday, Aug 21 BSN CHC W 8 2 65-53 3 7.0 Spahn 2:04 0 +
119 119 Thursday, Aug 21 BSN CHC W 6 4 66-53 3 7.0 Voiselle 1:55 13,184 ++
120 120 Friday, Aug 22 BSN CHC L 1 5 66-54 3 8.0 Kush 2:05 25,466 -
121 121 Saturday, Aug 23 BSN CHC W 10 4 67-54 3 8.0 Barrett 1:42 9,872 +
122 122 Sunday, Aug 24 BSN STL L 5 9 67-55 3 9.0 Dickson 2:37 24,522 -
123 123 Monday, Aug 25 BSN STL L 2 5 67-56 3 10.0 Munger 1:48 33,129 --
124 124 Tuesday, Aug 26 BSN STL W 5 1 68-56 3 9.0 Voiselle 1:51 24,168 +
125 125 Wednesday, Aug 27 BSN CIN L 2 4 68-57 3 9.0 Blackwell 2:20 20,374 -
126 126 Thursday, Aug 28 BSN CIN W 8 7 69-57 3 8.5 Shoun 4:00 +
127 127 Thursday, Aug 28 BSN CIN W 3 2 70-57 3 8.5 Johnson 1:28 13,784 ++
128 128 Friday, Aug 29 BSN @ PHI W 9 2 71-57 3 8.5 Voiselle 2:06 12,369 +++
129 129 Saturday, Aug 30 BSN @ PHI W 3 2 72-57 3 8.5 Barrett 1:56 4,348 ++++
130 130 Sunday, Aug 31 BSN @ PHI W 3 2 73-57 3 9.0 Sain 1:48 +++++
131 131 Sunday, Aug 31 BSN @ PHI L 2 7 73-58 3 9.0 Donnelly 2:14 31,150 -
132 132 Monday, Sep 1 BSN @ NYG L 1 2 73-59 3 10.0 Jansen 1:42 --
133 133 Monday, Sep 1 BSN @ NYG L 2 12 73-60 3 10.0 Poat 2:25 43,106 ---
134 134 Thursday, Sep 4 BSN PHI W 6 5 74-60 3 10.0 Johnson 2:12 16,152 +
135 135 Friday, Sep 5 BSN PHI W 2 1 75-60 3 10.0 Spahn 1:39 18,050 ++
136 136 Saturday, Sep 6 BSN PHI W 7 4 76-60 3 9.0 Sain 1:57 27,080 +++
137 137 Sunday, Sep 7 BSN PHI L 0 2 76-61 3 9.0 Donnelly 1:20 13,223 -
138 138 Tuesday, Sep 9 BSN @ CIN L 0 2 76-62 3 9.0 Walters 1:40 24,351 --
139 139 Wednesday, Sep 10 BSN @ CIN W 8 0 77-62 3 9.0 Shoun 2:02 2,491 +
140 140 Thursday, Sep 11 BSN @ PIT L 3 4 77-63 3 10.5 Higbe 2:58 -
141 141 Thursday, Sep 11 BSN @ PIT L 8 10 77-64 3 10.5 Singleton 2:17 7,010 --
142 142 Friday, Sep 12 BSN @ PIT L 3 4 77-65 3 10.5 Sewell 1:37 21,012 ---
143 143 Saturday, Sep 13 BSN @ PIT W 8 1 78-65 3 10.5 Johnson 2:09 10,721 +
144 144 Sunday, Sep 14 BSN @ CHC W 1 0 79-65 3 11.5 Spahn 2:00 ++
145 145 Sunday, Sep 14 BSN @ CHC L 1 6 79-66 3 11.5 Schmitz 1:44 35,022 -
146 146 Monday, Sep 15 BSN @ CHC L 2 3 79-67 3 12.0 Chipman 1:35 3,966 --
147 147 Wednesday, Sep 17 BSN @ STL W 10 8 80-67 3 12.5 Voiselle 2:39 10,693 +
148 148 Thursday, Sep 18 BSN @ STL W 6 2 81-67 3 11.5 Spahn 2:26 8,369 ++
149 149 Saturday, Sep 20 BSN @ BRO W 8 1 82-67 3 10.5 Sain 2:21 29,762 +++
150 150 Sunday, Sep 21 BSN @ BRO W 4 0 83-67 3 9.5 Spahn 2:35 34,123 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 25 BSN NYG L 1 3 83-68 3 10.5 Jansen 1:30 1,705 -
152 152 Friday, Sep 26 BSN NYG W 2 0 84-68 3 10.0 Spahn 1:45 2,716 +
153 153 Saturday, Sep 27 BSN BRO W 2 1 85-68 3 9.0 Martin 2:07 7,720 ++
154 154 Sunday, Sep 28 BSN BRO W 3 2 86-68 3 8.0 Sain 2:07 25,511 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1946 / 1948 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits