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1948 Boston Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

91-62, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (91-62)
Scored 739 runs, Allowed 584 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-60

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 1,455,439 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to Cleveland Indians

National League Champs


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1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Johnny Antonelli 18 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Red Barrett 33 R R 5' 11" 183 Feb 14, 1915 10 34 13 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Johnny Beazley 30 R R 6' 1" 190 May 25, 1918 5 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Vern Bickford 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1920 1st 33 22 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Paul Burris 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 21, 1923 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Clint Conatser 26 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 24, 1921 1st 90 58 90 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 52 0 76 11 3 0.5
Al Dark 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 2 137 129 137 133 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.8
Bob Elliott 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 10 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.0 All-Star
Glenn Elliott 28 B L 5' 10" 170 Nov 11, 1919 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jeff Heath 33 L R 5' 11" 200 Apr 1, 1915 13 115 92 115 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 6 106 9 0 4.6
Bobby Hogue 27 R R 5' 10" 195 Apr 5, 1921 1st 40 1 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Tommy Holmes 31 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 29, 1917 7 139 137 139 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 137 2 0 3.3 All-Star
Danny Litwhiler 31 R R 5' 10" 198 Aug 31, 1916 8 13 8 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 5 0 0.2
Al Lyons 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 18, 1918 4 16 1 16 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 1 -0.5
Ray Martin 23 R R 6' 2" 177 Mar 13, 1925 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Phil Masi 32 R R 5' 10" 177 Jan 6, 1916 10 113 95 113 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.8 All-Star
Frank McCormick 37 R R 6' 4" 205 Jun 9, 1911 13 75 42 75 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0.0
Mike McCormick 31 R R 6' 0" 195 May 6, 1917 7 115 80 115 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 35 20 100 14 1 1.0
Nels Potter 36 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 11 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Jim Prendergast 30 L L 6' 1" 208 Aug 23, 1917 1st 10 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Marv Rickert 27 L R 6' 2" 195 Jan 8, 1921 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0.0
Jim Russell 29 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 7 89 83 89 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 82 0 84 5 0 2.0
Connie Ryan 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 6 51 33 51 44 0 0 0 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.1
Johnny Sain 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 25, 1917 4 43 39 43 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.7 All-Star
Bill Salkeld 31 L R 5' 10" 190 Mar 8, 1917 4 78 59 78 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1.5
Ray Sanders 31 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 4, 1916 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Clyde Shoun 36 L L 6' 1" 188 Mar 20, 1912 13 36 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Sibby Sisti 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 7 83 65 83 70 0 0 0 44 0 27 0 0 0 0 4 9 0.3
Warren Spahn HOF 27 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 4 37 35 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.9
Eddie Stanky 32 R R 5' 8" 170 Sep 3, 1915 6 67 66 67 66 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.5 All-Star
Bobby Sturgeon 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1919 6 34 19 34 26 0 0 0 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 -0.3
Earl Torgeson 24 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 2 134 112 134 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2.6
Bill Voiselle 29 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 29, 1919 7 37 30 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Ernie White 31 R L 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1916 7 16 0 16 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
Ed Wright 29 R R 6' 1" 180 May 15, 1919 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 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 WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Tommy Holmes
Al Dark
Bob Elliott
Jeff Heath
Danny Litwhiler
Marv Rickert
Jim Russell
Ray Sanders
Frank McCormick
Sibby Sisti
Connie Ryan

Earl Torgeson
Phil Masi
Paul Burris
Ray Martin
Eddie Stanky
Red Barrett
Bobby Sturgeon
Bill Salkeld
Glenn Elliott
Ed Wright

Johnny Beazley
Glenn Elliott
Clint Conatser
Marv Rickert
Warren Spahn
Nels Potter
Vern Bickford
Al Lyons

Clyde Shoun
Ernie White
Mike McCormick
Johnny Sain
Johnny Antonelli
Bobby Hogue
Jim Prendergast
Bill Voiselle

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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