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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
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 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
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 3 6 2 2 1 1 2 1 5
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-SS-3B
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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