You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1948 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

1948 Boston Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
91-62, Finished 1st in National League
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 739 runs, Allowed 584 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-60
Manager: Billy Southworth (91-62)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,455,439 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to Cleveland Indians

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
National League  Champions

1947 / 1949 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Johnny Antonelli 18 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1930 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Barrett 33 R R 5' 11" 183 Feb 14, 1915 10 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Beazley 30 R R 190 May 25, 1918 5 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Bickford 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 17, 1920 1st 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Burris 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 21, 1923 1st 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Conatser 26 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 24, 1921 1st 90 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 52 0 76
Alvin Dark 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 2 137 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0
Bob Elliott 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 10 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Glenn Elliott 28 B L 5' 10" 170 Nov 11, 1919 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Heath 33 L R 200 Apr 1, 1915 13 115 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 7 0 106
Bobby Hogue 27 R R 5' 10" 195 Apr 5, 1921 1st 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Holmes 31 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 29, 1917 7 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 137 All-Star
Danny Litwhiler 31 R R 198 Aug 31, 1916 8 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
Al Lyons 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 18, 1918 4 16 16 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4
Ray Martin 23 R R 6' 2" 177 Mar 13, 1925 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Masi 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 6, 1916 10 113 113 113 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Frank McCormick 37 R R 6' 4" 205 Jun 9, 1911 13 75 75 75 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike McCormick 31 R R 6' 0" 200 May 6, 1917 7 115 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 34 20 100
Nels Potter 36 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 11 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Prendergast 30 L L 6' 1" 208 Aug 23, 1917 1st 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marv Rickert 27 L R 6' 2" 195 Jan 8, 1921 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Jim Russell 29 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 7 89 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 82 0 84
Connie Ryan 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 6 51 51 51 0 0 0 40 4 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Sain 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 25, 1917 4 43 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bill Salkeld 31 L R 5' 10" 190 Mar 8, 1917 4 78 78 78 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Sanders 31 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 4, 1916 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clyde Shoun 36 L L 6' 1" 188 Mar 20, 1912 13 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sibby Sisti 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 7 83 83 83 0 0 0 44 0 26 0 0 0 0
Warren Spahn HOF 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 23, 1921 4 37 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Stanky 31 R R 5' 8" 170 Sep 3, 1916 6 67 67 67 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bobby Sturgeon 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1919 6 34 34 34 0 0 0 18 4 4 0 0 0 0
Earl Torgeson 24 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 2 134 134 134 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Voiselle 29 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 29, 1919 7 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie White 31 R L 175 Sep 5, 1916 7 16 16 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Wright 29 R R 6' 1" 180 May 15, 1919 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1947 / 1949 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played