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1947 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

86-68, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (86-68)
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 626 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 1,277,361 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96


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1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 95 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 -11 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 1.000 168 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 2.000 436 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
34 P Dick Mulligan* 29 1 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 58 558 502 .275 .346 .390 .736 97 2048 130 14 129
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 5 3 1 8 5 3 1 4 8 1 3 4 5 4 8 1
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
* - 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 Warren Spahn* 26 21 10 .677 2.33 40 35 4 22 7 3 289.2 245 87 75 15 84 123 1 0 5 1174 170 1.136 7.6 0.5 2.6 3.8 1.46
2 SP Johnny Sain 29 21 12 .636 3.52 38 35 3 22 3 1 266.0 265 117 104 18 79 132 4 0 3 1131 112 1.293 9.0 0.6 2.7 4.5 1.67
3 SP Red Barrett 32 11 12 .478 3.55 36 30 3 12 3 1 210.2 200 102 83 16 53 53 2 0 1 881 111 1.201 8.5 0.7 2.3 2.3 1.00
4 SP Bill Voiselle 28 8 7 .533 4.32 22 20 0 7 0 0 131.1 146 66 63 10 51 59 1 0 1 576 92 1.500 10.0 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
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
5 RP Si Johnson 40 6 8 .429 4.23 36 10 15 3 0 2 112.2 124 57 53 8 34 27 1 0 1 493 94 1.402 9.9 0.6 2.7 2.2 0.79
6 RP Clyde Shoun* 35 5 3 .625 4.40 26 3 9 1 1 1 73.2 73 41 36 6 21 23 0 0 0 312 90 1.276 8.9 0.7 2.6 2.8 1.10
7 RP Walt Lanfranconi 30 4 4 .500 2.95 36 4 12 1 0 1 64.0 65 23 21 2 27 18 0 0 0 271 134 1.438 9.1 0.3 3.8 2.5 0.67
8 RP Andy Karl 33 2 3 .400 3.86 27 0 17 0 0 3 35.0 41 18 15 2 13 5 0 0 0 147 103 1.543 10.5 0.5 3.3 1.3 0.38
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
9 Ed Wright 28 3 3 .500 6.40 23 6 6 1 0 0 64.2 80 52 46 9 35 14 2 0 1 305 62 1.778 11.1 1.3 4.9 1.9 0.40
10 Mort Cooper 34 2 5 .286 4.05 10 7 1 2 0 0 46.2 48 26 21 1 13 15 2 0 0 198 98 1.307 9.3 0.2 2.5 2.9 1.15
11 Johnny Beazley 29 2 0 1.000 4.40 9 2 4 2 0 0 28.2 30 15 14 1 19 12 0 0 3 133 91 1.709 9.4 0.3 6.0 3.8 0.63
12 Glenn Elliott* 27 0 1 .000 4.74 11 0 4 0 0 1 19.0 18 10 10 5 11 8 0 0 0 80 85 1.526 8.5 2.4 5.2 3.8 0.73
13 Ray Martin 22 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 37 412 1.222 7.0 0.0 4.0 2.0 0.50
14 Ernie White* 30 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
15 Johnny Lanning 36 0 0 9.82 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 5 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 18 44 2.727 9.8 0.0 14.7 0.0 0.00
16 Dick Mulligan* 29 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 52 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
17 Max Macon* 31 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
Team Totals 30.2 86 68 .558 3.62 154 154 80 74 14 13 1362.2 1352 622 548 93 453 494 13 1 15 5787 110 1.325 8.9 0.6 3.0 3.3 1.09
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 6 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 1 1 1 8
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Red Barrett 32 36 30 12 58 17 38 3 2 .948 1.53 P
Johnny Beazley 29 9 2 2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 0.78 P
Hank Camelli 32 51 49 31 219 194 20 5 3 .977 4.20 4 22 9 29% C
Mort Cooper 34 10 7 2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.70 P
Dick Culler 32 71 66 44 329 106 212 11 31 .967 4.13 SS
Bob Elliott 30 147 147 144 451 129 302 20 25 .956 2.91 3B
Glenn Elliott 27 11 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.45 P
Nanny Fernandez 28 74 56 47 275 105 152 18 22 .935 3.38 SS-OF-3B
Tommy Holmes 30 148 142 140 352 336 12 4 4 .989 2.37 OF
Johnny Hopp 30 125 98 93 304 296 2 6 0 .980 2.38 OF
Si Johnson 40 36 10 3 39 3 36 0 3 1.000 1.08 P
Andy Karl 33 27 0 0 18 5 13 0 2 1.000 0.67 P
Walt Lanfranconi 30 36 4 1 21 1 20 0 0 1.000 0.58 P
Johnny Lanning 36 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Danny Litwhiler 30 66 59 33 124 119 2 3 0 .976 1.83 OF
Max Macon 31 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Ray Martin 22 1 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 P
Phil Masi 31 123 105 103 474 411 58 5 1 .989 3.81 3 29 27 48% C
Frank McCormick 36 46 44 37 456 428 26 2 31 .996 9.87 1B
Mike McCormick 30 78 69 43 162 155 4 3 0 .981 2.01 OF
Dick Mulligan 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Danny Murtaugh 29 3 2 2 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 3.25 3B-2B
Tommy Neill 27 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Bama Rowell 31 107 90 76 252 216 21 15 1 .940 2.14 OF-2B-3B
Connie Ryan 27 150 150 144 850 394 433 23 88 .973 5.48 2B-SS
Johnny Sain 29 38 35 22 69 11 55 3 1 .957 1.74 P
Clyde Shoun 35 26 3 1 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 0.42 P
Sibby Sisti 26 52 44 40 227 93 122 12 24 .947 4.13 SS-2B
Warren Spahn 26 40 35 22 54 5 48 1 1 .981 1.33 P
Earl Torgeson 23 117 110 108 1127 1033 76 18 83 .984 9.48 1B
Bill Voiselle 28 22 20 7 33 6 26 1 3 .970 1.45 P
Ernie White 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Ed Wright 28 23 6 1 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 0.61 P
Team Totals 29.7 154 1386 1160 5962 4086 1723 153 328 .974 3.43 7 51 36 41%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 8 7
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Red Barrett 32 80 -13 0 0 0 0 6 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Johnny Beazley 29 9 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Bob Brady* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Hank Camelli 32 170 -11 -1 0 0 0 2 6 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 2
Mort Cooper 34 15 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Dick Culler 32 241 -13 0 0 0 2 5 9 3 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded 6
Bob Elliott 30 645 36 -1 0 0 4 0 22 61 6.2 57 5.8 0.4 $ Traded *5
Glenn Elliott# 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Nanny Fernandez 28 237 -17 -1 0 0 -6 4 9 -12 -1.2 -5 -0.5 -0.7 $ Purchased 6/O95
Tommy Holmes* 30 676 5 0 0 0 10 -7 22 30 3.0 20 2.0 1.0 $ Traded *9O
Johnny Hopp* 30 502 -1 2 0 0 0 -1 18 18 1.8 18 1.8 0.0 $ Traded *O8/9
Si Johnson 40 31 -8 0 0 0 0 2 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Andy Karl 33 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Walt Lanfranconi 30 11 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Danny Litwhiler 30 254 -3 1 0 0 0 -3 9 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 7O
Max Macon* 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Ray Martin 22 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Phil Masi 31 470 10 0 0 0 1 4 17 32 3.2 31 3.1 0.1 $ Free Agency *2
Frank McCormick 36 225 9 -1 0 0 1 -2 8 15 1.5 14 1.4 0.1 $ Free Agency 3
Mike McCormick 30 315 -2 1 0 0 -2 -2 11 6 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $ Purchased O87/9
Danny Murtaugh 29 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /45
Tommy Neill* 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O79
Bama Rowell* 31 414 -10 1 0 0 -1 -4 15 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Free Agency O7/458
Connie Ryan 27 627 -6 -1 0 0 -2 7 22 20 2.0 22 2.2 -0.2 $ Traded *4/6
Johnny Sain 29 118 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Clyde Shoun* 35 20 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Sibby Sisti 26 181 0 0 0 0 -5 3 6 4 0.4 9 0.9 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent 6/4
Warren Spahn* 26 112 -13 0 0 0 0 8 4 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Earl Torgeson* 23 484 21 1 0 0 0 -5 18 35 3.5 35 3.5 0.0 $ Traded *3
Bill Voiselle 28 56 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ernie White 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Ed Wright 28 24 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 29.4 5954 -40 1 0 0 2 36 209 207 20.4 206 20.7 -0.3 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Red Barrett 32 210.2 30 102 127 0 1.0 25 2.1 $ Purchased
Johnny Beazley 29 28.2 2 15 17 0 1.0 2 0.2 $ Purchased
Mort Cooper 34 46.2 7 26 28 0 1.0 2 0.1 $ Traded
Glenn Elliott* 27 19.0 0 10 11 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Si Johnson 40 112.2 10 57 68 0 1.0 11 0.9 $ Free Agency
Andy Karl 33 35.0 0 18 21 0 1.0 3 0.2 $ Traded
Walt Lanfranconi 30 64.0 4 23 39 0 1.0 16 1.5 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Johnny Lanning 36 3.2 0 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Free Agency
Max Macon* 31 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft
Ray Martin 22 9.0 1 1 5 0 1.0 4 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Mulligan* 29 2.0 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Waivers
Johnny Sain 29 266.0 35 117 161 0 1.0 44 3.9 $ Purchased
Clyde Shoun* 35 73.2 3 41 44 0 1.0 3 0.2 $ Purchased
Warren Spahn* 26 289.2 35 87 175 0 1.0 88 8.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Voiselle 28 131.1 20 66 79 0 1.0 13 1.1 $ Traded
Ernie White* 30 4.0 1 0 2 0 1.0 2 0.2 $ Free Agency
Ed Wright 28 64.2 6 52 39 0 1.0 -13 -1.5 $ Traded
Team Total 30.2 1362.2 154 622 820 0 1.0 198 17.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics