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1947 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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 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 168 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 19 79 132 4 0 3 1131 111 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 1 881 110 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 90 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 7 34 27 1 0 1 493 92 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 89 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 0 271 132 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 0 147 101 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 61 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 2 13 15 2 0 0 198 96 1.307 9.3 0.4 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 89 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 4 11 8 0 0 0 80 82 1.526 8.5 1.9 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 37 390 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 40 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 43 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 108 1.325 8.9 0.6 3.0 3.3 1.09
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 6 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Red Barrett 32 36 58 17 38 3 2 .948 1.53 P
Johnny Beazley 29 9 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 0.78 P
Hank Camelli 32 51 219 194 20 5 3 .977 4.20 4 C
Mort Cooper 34 10 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.70 P
Dick Culler 32 77 329 106 212 11 31 .967 4.13 SS
Bob Elliott 30 148 451 129 302 20 25 .956 2.91 3B
Glenn Elliott 27 11 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.45 P
Nanny Fernandez 28 76 0 0 8 275 105 152 18 22 .935 3.38 SS-OF-3B
Tommy Holmes 30 147 0 0 147 352 336 12 4 4 .989 2.37 OF
Johnny Hopp 30 125 0 123 2 304 296 2 6 0 .980 2.38 OF
Si Johnson 40 36 39 3 36 0 3 1.000 1.08 P
Andy Karl 33 27 18 5 13 0 2 1.000 0.67 P
Walt Lanfranconi 30 36 21 1 20 0 0 1.000 0.58 P
Johnny Lanning 36 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Danny Litwhiler 30 66 64 0 1 124 119 2 3 0 .976 1.83 OF
Max Macon 31 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Ray Martin 22 1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 P
Phil Masi 31 123 474 411 58 5 1 .989 3.81 3 C
Frank McCormick 36 46 456 428 26 2 31 .996 9.87 1B
Mike McCormick 30 79 26 62 1 162 155 4 3 0 .981 2.01 OF
Dick Mulligan 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Danny Murtaugh 29 4 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 3.25 3B-2B
Tommy Neill 27 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Bama Rowell 31 111 99 2 0 252 216 21 15 1 .940 2.14 OF-2B-3B
Connie Ryan 27 151 850 394 433 23 88 .973 5.48 2B-SS
Johnny Sain 29 38 69 11 55 3 1 .957 1.74 P
Clyde Shoun 35 26 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 0.42 P
Sibby Sisti 26 52 227 93 122 12 24 .947 4.13 SS-2B
Warren Spahn 26 40 54 5 48 1 1 .981 1.33 P
Earl Torgeson 23 117 1127 1033 76 18 83 .984 9.48 1B
Bill Voiselle 28 22 33 6 26 1 3 .970 1.45 P
Ernie White 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Ed Wright 28 23 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 0.61 P
Team Totals 29.7 154 5962 4086 1723 153 328 .974 3.43 7
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 8 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics