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1948 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
91-62, Finished 1st in National League
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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

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1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 32 113 423 376 43 95 19 0 5 44 2 35 26 .253 .318 .343 .661 80 129 15 1 11
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 24 134 531 438 70 111 23 5 10 67 19 81 54 .253 .372 .397 .770 109 174 7 2 10
3 2B Eddie Stanky 31 67 312 247 49 79 14 2 2 29 3 61 13 .320 .455 .417 .872 138 103 5 0 4
4 SS Alvin Dark 26 137 579 543 85 175 39 6 3 48 4 24 36 .322 .353 .433 .786 113 235 4 2 10
5 3B Bob Elliott 31 151 675 540 99 153 24 5 23 100 6 131 57 .283 .423 .474 .897 143 256 14 0 4
6 OF Mike McCormick 31 115 383 343 45 104 22 7 1 39 1 32 34 .303 .363 .417 .780 111 143 7 0 8
7 OF Tommy Holmes* 31 139 639 585 85 190 35 7 6 61 1 46 20 .325 .375 .439 .814 121 257 18 1 7
8 OF Jeff Heath* 33 115 419 364 64 116 26 5 20 76 2 51 46 .319 .404 .582 .986 165 212 4 1 3
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 Jim Russell# 29 89 374 322 44 85 18 1 9 54 4 46 31 .264 .361 .410 .771 109 132 8 3 3
10 MI Sibby Sisti 27 83 261 221 30 54 6 2 0 21 0 31 34 .244 .340 .290 .630 73 64 4 1 8
11 OF Clint Conatser 26 90 259 224 30 62 9 3 3 23 0 32 27 .277 .370 .384 .754 105 86 4 1 2
12 C Bill Salkeld* 31 78 250 198 26 48 8 1 8 28 1 42 37 .242 .378 .414 .792 115 82 3 1 9
13 1B Frank McCormick 37 75 194 180 14 45 9 2 4 34 0 10 9 .250 .289 .389 .678 83 70 5 0 4
14 2B Connie Ryan 28 51 148 122 14 26 3 0 0 10 0 21 16 .213 .333 .238 .571 58 29 2 1 4
15 2B Bobby Sturgeon 28 34 82 78 10 17 3 1 0 4 0 4 5 .218 .256 .282 .538 46 22 2 0 0
16 OF Danny Litwhiler 31 13 40 33 0 9 2 0 0 6 0 4 2 .273 .385 .333 .718 97 11 3 2 1
17 OF Marv Rickert* 27 3 14 13 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 81 5 0 1 0
18 Ray Sanders* 31 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 80 1 1 0 0
19 C Paul Burris 24 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 172 2 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
20 P Johnny Sain 30 43 132 115 11 25 3 1 0 16 0 1 3 .217 .224 .261 .485 31 30 4 0 16
21 P Warren Spahn* 27 37 103 90 10 15 3 0 1 7 0 6 24 .167 .219 .233 .452 23 21 2 0 7
22 P Bill Voiselle 29 37 83 72 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 17 .097 .145 .097 .242 -33 7 0 0 7
23 P Vern Bickford 27 33 57 49 3 10 2 0 0 7 0 2 12 .204 .235 .245 .480 31 12 1 0 6
24 P Red Barrett 33 34 43 39 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 .179 .179 .179 .359 -2 7 2 0 4
25 P Nels Potter* 36 18 31 29 0 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 .379 .379 .414 .793 115 12 1 0 2
26 P Bobby Hogue 27 40 28 21 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 .095 .095 .143 .238 -36 3 0 0 7
27 P Clyde Shoun* 36 36 23 21 2 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 .190 .190 .286 .476 28 6 0 0 2
28 P Al Lyons 29 16 14 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 26 2 0 0 0
29 P Johnny Beazley 30 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
30 P Jim Prendergast* 30 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Ernie White 31 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Glenn Elliott# 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Ed Wright 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Johnny Antonelli* 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Ray Martin 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 154 6121 5297 739 1458 272 49 95 695 43 0 667 537 .275 .358 .399 .757 105 2113 116 17 140 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 4 1 1 4 5 5 1 7 1 1 2 1 2
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 Johnny Sain 30 24 15 .615 2.60 42 39 3 28 4 1 314.2 297 105 91 19 83 137 5 0 2 1313 147 1.208 8.5 0.5 2.4 3.9 1.65
2 SP Warren Spahn* 27 15 12 .556 3.71 36 35 1 16 3 1 257.0 237 115 106 19 77 114 1 0 4 1064 103 1.222 8.3 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.48
3 SP Bill Voiselle 29 13 13 .500 3.63 37 30 5 9 2 2 215.2 226 93 87 18 90 89 3 0 1 940 106 1.465 9.4 0.8 3.8 3.7 0.99
4 SP Vern Bickford 27 11 5 .688 3.27 33 22 5 10 1 1 146.0 125 59 53 9 63 60 3 0 0 625 117 1.288 7.7 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95
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 Red Barrett 33 7 8 .467 3.65 34 13 8 3 0 0 128.1 132 56 52 9 26 40 0 0 0 527 105 1.231 9.3 0.6 1.8 2.8 1.54
6 RP Bobby Hogue 27 8 2 .800 3.23 40 1 15 0 0 2 86.1 88 34 31 4 19 43 2 0 0 359 119 1.239 9.2 0.4 2.0 4.5 2.26
7 RP Nels Potter 36 5 2 .714 2.33 18 7 9 3 0 2 85.0 77 27 22 4 8 47 0 0 1 332 165 1.000 8.2 0.4 0.8 5.0 5.88
8 RP Clyde Shoun* 36 5 1 .833 4.01 36 2 16 1 0 4 74.0 77 37 33 7 20 25 0 0 2 310 96 1.311 9.4 0.9 2.4 3.0 1.25
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 Ernie White* 31 0 2 .000 1.96 15 0 8 0 0 2 23.0 13 7 5 0 17 8 0 0 0 98 196 1.304 5.1 0.0 6.7 3.1 0.47
10 Jim Prendergast* 30 1 1 .500 10.26 10 2 4 0 0 1 16.2 30 20 19 1 5 3 0 0 0 84 37 2.100 16.2 0.5 2.7 1.6 0.60
11 Johnny Beazley 30 0 1 .000 4.50 3 2 1 0 0 0 16.0 19 13 8 2 7 4 0 0 1 75 85 1.625 10.7 1.1 3.9 2.3 0.57
12 Al Lyons 29 1 0 1.000 7.82 7 0 1 0 0 0 12.2 17 11 11 1 8 5 0 0 0 64 49 1.974 12.1 0.7 5.7 3.6 0.63
13 Ed Wright 29 0 0 1.93 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 9 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 22 199 2.357 17.4 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
14 Johnny Antonelli* 18 0 0 2.25 4 0 4 0 0 1 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 17 170 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
15 Glenn Elliott* 28 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 15 128 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
16 Ray Martin 23 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0.429 0.0 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.7 91 62 .595 3.38 154 154 84 70 10 17 1389.1 1354 582 521 93 430 579 14 0 11 5853 114 1.284 8.8 0.6 2.8 3.8 1.35
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 1 1 3 6 2 2 1 1 2 1 4730
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
Johnny Antonelli 18 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Red Barrett 33 34 40 13 26 1 1 .975 1.15 P
Johnny Beazley 30 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Vern Bickford 27 33 29 6 22 1 0 .966 0.85 P
Paul Burris 24 2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 C
Clint Conatser 26 76 24 52 0 153 146 3 4 1 .974 1.96 OF
Alvin Dark 26 133 671 253 393 25 66 .963 4.86 SS
Bob Elliott 31 150 470 146 298 26 18 .945 2.96 3B
Glenn Elliott 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jeff Heath 33 106 99 7 0 231 223 6 2 2 .991 2.16 OF
Bobby Hogue 27 40 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 0.38 P
Tommy Holmes 31 137 0 0 137 296 283 8 5 4 .983 2.12 OF
Danny Litwhiler 31 8 8 0 0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.13 OF
Al Lyons 29 11 0 1 4 15 7 8 0 0 1.000 1.36 P-OF
Ray Martin 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Phil Masi 32 109 503 458 39 6 5 .988 4.56 3 C
Frank McCormick 37 50 381 343 33 5 30 .987 7.52 1B
Mike McCormick 31 100 56 34 20 199 187 7 5 3 .975 1.94 OF
Nels Potter 36 18 26 4 20 2 1 .923 1.33 P
Jim Prendergast 30 10 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.80 P
Marv Rickert 27 3 3 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 OF
Jim Russell 29 84 2 82 0 251 246 3 2 0 .992 2.96 OF
Connie Ryan 28 44 212 91 114 7 19 .967 4.66 2B-3B
Johnny Sain 30 42 71 21 48 2 3 .972 1.64 P
Bill Salkeld 31 59 289 254 32 3 5 .990 4.85 5 C
Clyde Shoun 36 36 12 5 4 3 1 .750 0.25 P
Sibby Sisti 27 70 327 140 173 14 32 .957 4.47 2B-SS
Warren Spahn 27 36 57 4 52 1 3 .982 1.56 P
Eddie Stanky 31 66 377 168 202 7 45 .981 5.61 2B
Bobby Sturgeon 28 26 96 43 46 7 9 .927 3.42 2B-3B-SS
Earl Torgeson 24 129 1158 1069 81 8 85 .993 8.91 1B
Bill Voiselle 29 37 44 6 33 5 0 .886 1.05 P
Ernie White 31 15 4 0 2 2 0 .500 0.13 P
Ed Wright 29 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Team Totals 29.6 154 5984 4164 1677 143 334 .976 3.48 8
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 7 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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