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1949 Boston Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

75-79, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (55-54) and Johnny Cooney (20-25)
Scored 706 runs, Allowed 719 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 1,081,795 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96


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1948 / 1950 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 19 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 2 22 10 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Red Barrett 34 R R 5' 11" 183 Feb 14, 1915 11 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Johnny Beazley 31 R R 6' 1" 190 May 25, 1918 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Vern Bickford 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1920 2 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 All-Star
Clint Conatser 27 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 24, 1921 2 53 36 53 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 15 43 13 0 0.1
Del Crandall 19 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 1st 67 59 67 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.5
Al Dark 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 3 130 127 130 129 0 0 0 0 4 125 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.0
Bob Elliott 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 11 139 127 139 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5.1
Glenn Elliott 29 B L 5' 10" 170 Nov 11, 1919 3 22 6 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Elbie Fletcher 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1916 12 122 114 122 121 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.1
Bob Hall 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 22, 1923 1st 31 6 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Jeff Heath 34 L R 5' 11" 200 Apr 1, 1915 14 36 27 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 5 31 7 0 1.3
Bobby Hogue 28 R R 5' 10" 195 Apr 5, 1921 2 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Tommy Holmes 32 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 29, 1917 8 117 97 117 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 103 17 0 1.8
Steve Kuczek 24 R R 6' 0" 160 Dec 28, 1924 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Al Lakeman 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 31, 1918 8 3 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Mickey Livingston 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 15, 1914 9 28 16 28 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.1
Phil Masi 33 R R 5' 10" 177 Jan 6, 1916 11 37 27 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 -0.2
Nels Potter 37 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 12 41 3 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Pete Reiser 30 L R 5' 11" 185 Mar 17, 1919 7 84 56 84 66 0 0 0 0 4 0 27 36 0 63 17 4 1.5
Marv Rickert 28 L R 6' 2" 195 Jan 8, 1921 5 100 62 100 86 0 0 12 0 0 0 53 7 19 75 17 3 1.3
Jim Russell 30 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 8 130 106 130 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 95 0 120 15 1 0.2
Connie Ryan 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 7 86 51 86 58 0 0 3 15 27 18 0 0 0 0 28 2 0.7
Johnny Sain 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 25, 1917 5 39 36 39 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.1
Bill Salkeld 32 L R 5' 10" 190 Mar 8, 1917 5 66 55 66 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.5
Ray Sanders 32 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 4, 1916 7 9 7 9 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Ed Sauer 30 R R 6' 1" 188 Jan 3, 1919 4 79 55 79 71 0 0 0 0 2 0 31 18 24 70 10 5 -0.1
Clyde Shoun 37 L L 6' 1" 188 Mar 20, 1912 14 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Sibby Sisti 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 8 101 71 101 87 0 0 0 21 1 20 22 13 14 48 9 12 0.4
Warren Spahn HOF 28 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 5 40 38 40 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.0 All-Star
Eddie Stanky 33 R R 5' 8" 170 Sep 3, 1915 7 138 134 138 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.5
Don Thompson 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 28, 1923 1st 8 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 -0.2
Earl Torgeson 25 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 3 25 25 25 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Bill Voiselle 30 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 29, 1919 8 30 22 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Tommy Holmes

Al Dark

Bob Elliott

Jeff Heath

Jim Russell

Ray Sanders

Sibby Sisti

Connie Ryan

Earl Torgeson

Mickey Livingston
Phil Masi

Pete Reiser

Eddie Stanky

Red Barrett

Al Lakeman
Ed Sauer

Bill Salkeld

Steve Kuczek

Johnny Beazley
Elbie Fletcher

Glenn Elliott

Clint Conatser

Warren Spahn

Nels Potter

Del Crandall
Don Thompson

Vern Bickford

Bob Hall

Clyde Shoun

Marv Rickert

Johnny Sain

Johnny Antonelli

Bobby Hogue

Bill Voiselle

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers