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1949 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Del Crandall 19 67 239 228 21 60 10 1 4 34 2 9 18 .263 .291 .368 .660 80 84 8 0 2
2 1B Elbie Fletcher* 33 122 518 413 57 108 19 3 11 51 1 84 65 .262 .396 .402 .798 119 166 10 8 13
3 2B Eddie Stanky 33 138 628 506 90 144 24 5 1 42 3 113 41 .285 .417 .358 .775 114 181 8 2 7
4 SS Al Dark 27 130 572 529 74 146 23 5 3 53 5 31 43 .276 .317 .355 .673 84 188 10 1 11
5 3B Bob Elliott 32 139 578 482 77 135 29 5 17 76 0 90 38 .280 .395 .467 .862 135 225 16 2 4
6 OF Tommy Holmes* 32 117 425 380 47 101 20 4 8 59 1 39 6 .266 .337 .403 .740 102 153 10 2 4
7 OF Marv Rickert* 28 100 301 277 44 81 18 3 6 49 1 23 38 .292 .347 .444 .791 115 123 7 0 1
8 OF Jim Russell# 30 130 486 415 57 96 22 1 8 54 3 64 68 .231 .337 .347 .684 88 144 9 2 5
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 UT Sibby Sisti 28 101 311 268 39 69 12 0 5 22 1 34 42 .257 .343 .358 .701 92 96 9 1 8
10 OF Pete Reiser* 30 84 258 221 32 60 8 3 8 40 3 33 42 .271 .369 .443 .812 121 98 4 1 3
11 OF Ed Sauer 30 79 234 214 26 57 12 0 3 31 0 17 34 .266 .323 .364 .688 88 78 5 1 2
12 IF Connie Ryan 29 85 233 208 28 52 13 1 6 20 1 21 30 .250 .319 .409 .727 98 85 4 0 4
13 C Bill Salkeld* 32 66 209 161 17 41 5 0 5 25 1 44 24 .255 .417 .379 .796 120 61 5 1 3
14 OF Clint Conatser 27 53 167 152 10 40 6 0 3 16 0 14 19 .263 .325 .362 .687 88 55 6 0 1
15 OF Jeff Heath* 34 36 126 111 17 34 7 0 9 23 0 15 26 .306 .389 .613 1.002 170 68 2 0 0
16 C Phil Masi 33 37 120 105 13 22 2 0 0 6 1 14 10 .210 .303 .229 .531 48 24 5 0 1
17 1B Earl Torgeson* 25 25 113 100 17 26 5 1 4 19 4 13 4 .260 .345 .450 .795 116 45 3 0 0
18 C Mickey Livingston 34 28 69 64 6 15 2 1 0 6 0 3 5 .234 .290 .297 .587 61 19 0 2 0
19 1B Ray Sanders* 32 9 25 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 .143 .280 .190 .470 31 4 0 0 0
20 OF Don Thompson* 25 7 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0 2 0 0 0
21 1B Al Lakeman 30 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 1 1 0 0
22 Steve Kuczek 24 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 702 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
23 P Warren Spahn* 28 40 120 111 11 18 0 0 2 10 1 4 27 .162 .191 .216 .408 11 24 1 0 5
24 P Johnny Sain 31 39 102 97 10 20 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 .206 .222 .237 .459 26 23 2 0 3
25 P Vern Bickford 28 37 93 81 7 15 0 0 0 8 0 2 20 .185 .205 .185 .390 8 15 4 0 10
26 P Bill Voiselle 30 30 65 61 1 7 2 0 0 5 0 4 7 .115 .169 .148 .317 -12 9 0 0 0
27 P Johnny Antonelli* 19 22 31 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .120 .154 .120 .274 -24 3 0 0 5
28 P Nels Potter* 37 41 25 23 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 .130 .200 .174 .374 3 4 1 0 0
29 P Bobby Hogue 28 33 25 21 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .286 .318 .286 .604 67 6 0 0 3
30 P Bob Hall 25 31 22 22 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 .364 .364 .409 .773 111 9 0 0 0
31 P Glenn Elliott# 29 22 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .059 .158 .059 .217 -38 1 0 0 1
32 P Red Barrett 34 23 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 0
33 P Johnny Beazley 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Clyde Shoun* 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.9 157 6139 5336 706 1376 246 33 103 654 28 684 656 .258 .345 .374 .719 97 1997 130 23 96
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 4 5 3 8 5 6 1 1 2 6 3 6 4 7 6 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 Warren Spahn* 28 21 14 .600 3.07 38 38 0 25 4 0 302.1 283 125 103 27 86 151 3 0 4 1258 124 1.221 8.4 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.76
2 SP Johnny Sain 31 10 17 .370 4.81 37 36 1 16 1 0 243.0 285 150 130 15 75 73 4 0 1 1072 79 1.481 10.6 0.6 2.8 2.7 0.97
3 SP Vern Bickford 28 16 11 .593 4.25 37 36 1 15 2 0 230.2 246 125 109 20 106 101 6 1 3 1026 89 1.526 9.6 0.8 4.1 3.9 0.95
4 SP Bill Voiselle 30 7 8 .467 4.04 30 22 4 5 4 1 169.1 170 84 76 14 78 63 1 0 6 737 94 1.465 9.0 0.7 4.1 3.3 0.81
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 CL Nels Potter 37 6 11 .353 4.19 41 3 29 1 0 7 96.2 99 49 45 6 30 57 1 0 0 418 91 1.334 9.2 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.90
6 RP Johnny Antonelli* 19 3 7 .300 3.56 22 10 6 3 1 0 96.0 99 49 38 6 42 48 2 0 3 416 107 1.469 9.3 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.14
7 RP Bob Hall 25 6 4 .600 4.36 31 6 13 2 0 0 74.1 77 40 36 7 41 43 1 0 1 333 88 1.587 9.3 0.8 5.0 5.2 1.05
8 RP Bobby Hogue 28 2 2 .500 3.13 33 0 14 0 0 3 72.0 78 30 25 4 25 23 2 0 0 314 122 1.431 9.8 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.92
9 RP Red Barrett 34 1 1 .500 5.68 23 0 15 0 0 0 44.1 58 32 28 4 10 17 2 0 2 197 67 1.534 11.8 0.8 2.0 3.5 1.70
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
10 Glenn Elliott* 29 3 4 .429 3.95 22 6 4 1 0 0 68.1 70 35 30 7 27 15 0 0 2 291 97 1.420 9.2 0.9 3.6 2.0 0.56
11 Johnny Beazley 31 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Clyde Shoun* 37 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 75 79 .487 3.99 157 157 89 68 12 11 1400.0 1466 719 620 110 520 591 22 1 22 6072 96 1.419 9.4 0.7 3.3 3.8 1.14
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 5 1 3 6 4 7 5 5 4 3 3
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 19 22 10 3 23 5 14 4 0 .826 0.86 P
Red Barrett 34 23 0 0 18 3 14 1 0 .944 0.74 P
Johnny Beazley 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Vern Bickford 28 37 36 15 58 7 50 1 3 .983 1.54 P
Clint Conatser 27 43 36 27 103 93 5 5 0 .951 2.23 OF
Del Crandall 19 63 59 55 332 287 39 6 5 .982 5.17 2 17 17 50% C
Al Dark 27 129 127 123 654 233 395 26 76 .960 4.87 SS-3B
Bob Elliott 32 129 127 123 458 141 300 17 27 .963 3.39 3B
Glenn Elliott 29 22 6 1 18 2 16 0 1 1.000 0.82 P
Elbie Fletcher 33 121 114 111 1045 965 71 9 96 .991 8.56 1B
Bob Hall 25 31 6 2 8 3 3 2 0 .750 0.19 P
Jeff Heath 34 31 27 16 59 56 2 1 1 .983 1.87 OF
Bobby Hogue 28 33 0 0 24 3 21 0 1 1.000 0.73 P
Tommy Holmes 32 103 97 88 223 210 10 3 4 .987 2.14 OF
Al Lakeman 30 2 2 0 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 10.50 1B
Mickey Livingston 34 22 16 12 87 76 9 2 0 .977 3.86 1 6 4 40% C
Phil Masi 33 37 27 24 148 134 13 1 1 .993 3.97 1 7 6 46% C
Nels Potter 37 41 3 1 23 2 20 1 1 .957 0.54 P
Pete Reiser 30 66 56 44 156 142 10 4 4 .974 2.27 OF-3B
Marv Rickert 28 86 62 45 243 223 14 6 8 .975 2.72 OF-1B
Jim Russell 30 120 106 95 279 269 3 7 3 .975 2.27 OF
Connie Ryan 29 58 51 41 257 118 131 8 24 .969 4.02 3B-SS-2B-1B
Johnny Sain 31 37 36 16 52 14 35 3 2 .942 1.32 P
Bill Salkeld 32 63 55 39 256 230 21 5 3 .980 3.98 4 20 9 31% C
Ray Sanders 32 7 7 3 62 52 9 1 2 .984 8.71 1B
Ed Sauer 30 71 54 42 141 134 3 4 1 .972 1.93 OF
Clyde Shoun 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Sibby Sisti 28 87 71 55 243 156 80 7 11 .971 2.68 OF-2B-SS-3B
Warren Spahn 28 38 38 25 59 14 41 4 2 .932 1.45 P
Eddie Stanky 33 135 134 123 726 357 354 15 92 .979 5.27 2B
Don Thompson 25 2 2 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 OF
Earl Torgeson 25 25 25 24 253 242 8 3 21 .988 10.00 1B
Bill Voiselle 30 30 22 5 43 7 34 2 2 .953 1.37 P
Team Totals 29.8 157 1412 1160 6077 4201 1727 149 393 .975 3.44 8 50 36 42%
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 6 4
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
Johnny Antonelli* 19 31 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Red Barrett 34 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Vern Bickford 28 93 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Clint Conatser 27 167 -3 -1 0 0 0 -1 6 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft O798
Del Crandall 19 239 -7 0 0 0 1 2 9 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Al Dark 27 572 -13 2 0 0 -6 8 19 10 1.0 16 1.6 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *6/5
Bob Elliott 32 578 27 -1 0 0 4 0 20 50 5.1 46 4.7 0.4 $ Traded *5
Glenn Elliott# 29 20 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Elbie Fletcher* 33 518 14 -2 0 0 -3 -6 18 21 2.1 24 2.5 -0.4 $ Purchased *3
Bob Hall 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jeff Heath* 34 126 10 -1 0 0 0 -1 5 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Purchased O7/9
Bobby Hogue 28 25 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Tommy Holmes* 32 425 2 -1 0 0 6 -5 15 17 1.8 11 1.1 0.7 $ Traded *O9
Steve Kuczek 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
Al Lakeman 30 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /3
Mickey Livingston 34 69 -4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Waivers 2
Phil Masi 33 120 -8 0 0 0 1 1 4 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Free Agency 2
Nels Potter* 37 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Pete Reiser* 30 258 7 0 0 0 -1 -1 9 14 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ Traded O87/5
Marv Rickert* 28 301 5 1 0 0 0 -4 11 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Traded O793/8
Jim Russell# 30 486 -7 0 0 0 -7 -2 18 2 0.2 9 0.9 -0.7 $ Traded *O87
Connie Ryan 29 233 -1 0 0 0 -2 2 8 7 0.7 9 0.9 -0.2 $ Traded 564/3
Johnny Sain 31 102 -10 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bill Salkeld* 32 209 7 -2 0 0 0 2 8 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ Traded 2
Ray Sanders* 32 25 -2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Traded /3
Ed Sauer 30 234 -4 0 0 0 -2 -3 9 0 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ Traded O798
Sibby Sisti 28 311 -3 0 0 0 -4 0 11 4 0.4 8 0.8 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent O74698/5
Warren Spahn* 28 120 -15 0 0 0 0 9 4 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Eddie Stanky 33 628 16 0 0 0 -8 6 20 34 3.5 42 4.3 -0.8 $ Traded *4
Don Thompson* 25 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /O9
Earl Torgeson* 25 113 2 1 0 0 -3 -1 4 3 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ Traded 3
Bill Voiselle 30 65 -10 0 0 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 29.9 6139 -24 -4 0 0 -23 37 216 202 20.3 225 22.8 -2.5 $
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* 19 96.0 10 49 57 -1 1.0 8 0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Red Barrett 34 44.1 0 32 26 -1 1.0 -6 -0.7 $ Purchased
Johnny Beazley 31 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Purchased
Vern Bickford 28 230.2 36 125 138 -3 1.0 13 0.7 $ Free Agency
Glenn Elliott* 29 68.1 6 35 41 -1 1.0 6 0.4 $
Bob Hall 25 74.1 6 40 44 -1 1.0 4 0.3 $ Traded
Bobby Hogue 28 72.0 0 30 43 -1 1.0 13 1.2 $ Purchased
Nels Potter 37 96.2 3 49 58 -1 1.0 9 0.7 $ Free Agency
Johnny Sain 31 243.0 36 150 145 -3 1.0 -5 -1.2 $ Purchased
Clyde Shoun* 37 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Purchased
Warren Spahn* 28 302.1 38 125 180 -3 1.0 55 5.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Voiselle 30 169.1 22 84 101 -2 1.0 17 1.4 $ Traded
Team Total 28.9 1400.0 157 719 835 -17 1.0 116 8.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics