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1948 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 32 67 312 247 49 79 14 2 2 29 3 61 13 .320 .455 .417 .872 138 103 5 0 4
4 SS Al 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 72 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 57 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 0 2 1
17 OF Al Lyons 29 16 14 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 26 2 0 0 0
18 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
19 Ray Sanders* 31 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 80 1 1 0 0
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
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
34 P Johnny Antonelli* 18 4 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
Team Totals 29.6 154 6121 5297 739 1458 272 49 95 695 43 667 537 .275 .358 .399 .757 105 2113 113 17 140
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 4 1 1 4 5 5 1 1 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 1
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
* - 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 149 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 105 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 1 940 107 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 0 625 119 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 0 527 107 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 0 359 120 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 1 332 167 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 97 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 98 201 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 39 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 88 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 51 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 22 218 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 17 189 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 15 146 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 115 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 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Johnny Antonelli 18 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Red Barrett 33 34 13 3 40 13 26 1 1 .975 1.15 P
Johnny Beazley 30 3 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Vern Bickford 27 33 22 10 29 6 22 1 0 .966 0.85 P
Paul Burris 24 2 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 0 C
Clint Conatser 26 76 58 48 153 146 3 4 1 .974 1.96 OF
Al Dark 26 133 129 126 671 253 393 25 66 .963 4.86 SS
Bob Elliott 31 150 150 146 470 146 298 26 18 .945 2.96 3B
Glenn Elliott 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jeff Heath 33 106 92 69 231 223 6 2 2 .991 2.16 OF
Bobby Hogue 27 40 1 0 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 0.38 P
Tommy Holmes 31 137 137 126 296 283 8 5 4 .983 2.12 OF
Danny Litwhiler 31 8 8 7 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.13 OF
Al Lyons 29 11 1 1 15 7 8 0 0 1.000 1.36 P-OF
Ray Martin 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Phil Masi 32 109 95 95 503 458 39 6 5 .988 4.56 3 33 19 37% C
Frank McCormick 37 50 42 25 381 343 33 5 30 .987 7.52 1B
Mike McCormick 31 100 80 62 199 187 7 5 3 .975 1.94 OF
Nels Potter 36 18 7 3 26 4 20 2 1 .923 1.33 P
Jim Prendergast 30 10 2 0 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.80 P
Marv Rickert 27 3 3 3 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 OF
Jim Russell 29 84 83 81 251 246 3 2 0 .992 2.96 OF
Connie Ryan 28 44 33 31 212 91 114 7 19 .967 4.66 2B-3B
Johnny Sain 30 42 39 28 71 21 48 2 3 .972 1.64 P
Bill Salkeld 31 59 59 43 289 254 32 3 5 .990 4.85 5 31 16 34% C
Clyde Shoun 36 36 2 1 12 5 4 3 1 .750 0.25 P
Sibby Sisti 27 70 65 56 327 140 173 14 32 .957 4.47 2B-SS
Warren Spahn 27 36 35 16 57 4 52 1 3 .982 1.56 P
Eddie Stanky 32 66 66 59 377 168 202 7 45 .981 5.61 2B
Bobby Sturgeon 28 26 19 17 96 43 46 7 9 .927 3.42 2B-SS-3B
Earl Torgeson 24 129 112 104 1158 1069 81 8 85 .993 8.91 1B
Bill Voiselle 29 37 30 9 44 6 33 5 0 .886 1.05 P
Ernie White 31 15 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 .500 0.13 P
Ed Wright 29 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Team Totals 29.6 154 1386 1169 5984 4164 1677 143 334 .976 3.48 8 64 35 35%
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 7 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Red Barrett 33 43 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Johnny Beazley 30 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Vern Bickford 27 57 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Paul Burris 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft /2
Clint Conatser 26 259 1 0 0 0 -5 -1 9 4 0.5 9 0.9 -0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft O87
Al Dark 26 579 6 2 0 0 0 9 20 37 3.8 37 3.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Bob Elliott 31 675 36 -1 0 0 1 0 22 58 6.0 57 5.9 0.1 $ Traded *5
Glenn Elliott# 28 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Jeff Heath* 33 419 31 -1 0 0 4 -5 15 44 4.6 40 4.2 0.4 $ Purchased *O7/9
Bobby Hogue 27 28 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Tommy Holmes* 31 639 15 0 0 0 3 -6 20 32 3.3 29 3.0 0.3 $ Traded *O9
Danny Litwhiler 31 40 0 -1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ Purchased /7O
Al Lyons 29 14 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded /1O98
Phil Masi 32 423 -12 -1 0 0 2 4 15 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $ Free Agency *2
Frank McCormick 37 194 -6 -1 0 0 2 -2 7 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ Free Agency 3
Mike McCormick 31 383 3 0 0 0 -3 -4 14 10 1.0 13 1.3 -0.3 $ Purchased O789
Nels Potter* 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Jim Prendergast* 30 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Marv Rickert* 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /7O
Jim Russell# 29 374 3 -1 0 0 6 -1 13 20 2.0 14 1.5 0.5 $ Traded O8/7
Connie Ryan 28 148 -7 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 4/5
Johnny Sain 30 132 -11 0 0 0 0 9 4 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bill Salkeld* 31 250 4 -1 0 0 1 2 9 15 1.5 14 1.5 0.0 $ Traded 2
Ray Sanders* 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded
Clyde Shoun* 36 23 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Sibby Sisti 27 261 -9 0 0 0 -1 4 9 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 46
Warren Spahn* 27 103 -11 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Eddie Stanky 32 312 17 0 0 0 4 3 10 34 3.5 30 3.1 0.4 $ Traded 4
Bobby Sturgeon 28 82 -6 0 0 0 -1 1 3 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 4/56
Earl Torgeson* 24 531 5 2 0 0 5 -6 19 25 2.6 20 2.1 0.5 $ Traded *3
Bill Voiselle 29 83 -14 0 0 0 0 6 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Ernie White 31 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Team Total 29.6 6121 23 -3 0 0 21 35 209 285 29.1 264 27.4 1.7 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Johnny Antonelli* 18 4.0 0 1 2 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Red Barrett 33 128.1 13 56 75 1 1.0 19 1.7 $ Purchased
Johnny Beazley 30 16.0 2 13 9 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Purchased
Vern Bickford 27 146.0 22 59 85 2 1.0 26 2.4 $ Free Agency
Glenn Elliott* 28 3.0 1 1 2 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Bobby Hogue 27 86.1 1 34 51 1 1.0 17 1.5 $ Purchased
Al Lyons 29 12.2 0 11 7 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Traded
Ray Martin 23 2.1 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Nels Potter 36 85.0 7 27 50 1 1.0 23 2.2 $ Free Agency
Jim Prendergast* 30 16.2 2 20 10 0 1.0 -10 -1.1 $ Purchased
Johnny Sain 30 314.2 39 105 184 3 1.0 79 7.5 $ Purchased
Clyde Shoun* 36 74.0 2 37 43 1 1.0 6 0.5 $ Purchased
Warren Spahn* 27 257.0 35 115 150 3 1.0 35 3.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Voiselle 29 215.2 30 93 126 2 1.0 33 2.9 $ Traded
Ernie White* 31 23.0 0 7 13 0 1.0 6 0.6 $ Free Agency
Ed Wright 29 4.2 0 3 3 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Traded
Team Total 29.7 1389.1 154 582 811 14 1.0 229 20.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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