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1950 Boston Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951

83-71, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (83-71)
Scored 785 runs, Allowed 736 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 944,391 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 86, Pitching - 85

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1949 / 1951 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 Salary
Bob Addis 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Nov 6, 1925 1st 16 5 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 7 10 0 0.1 $
Johnny Antonelli 20 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 3 20 6 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Vern Bickford 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1920 3 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $
Paul Burris 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 21, 1923 2 10 5 10 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Bob Chipman 31 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 11, 1918 10 27 12 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dave Cole 19 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 29, 1930 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Walker Cooper 35 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 11 102 88 102 88 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Del Crandall 20 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 2 79 62 79 76 0 75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.8 $
Dick Donovan 22 L R 6' 3" 190 Dec 7, 1927 1st 10 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Bob Elliott 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 12 142 137 142 137 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.2 $
Sid Gordon 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 8 134 132 134 132 0 0 0 0 10 0 123 0 0 123 2 0 6.3 $
Mickey Haefner 37 L L 5' 8" 160 Oct 9, 1912 8 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Hall 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 22, 1923 2 21 4 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Roy Hartsfield 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 25, 1925 1st 107 93 107 96 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0.8 $
Bobby Hogue 29 R R 5' 10" 195 Apr 5, 1921 3 36 1 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Tommy Holmes 33 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 29, 1917 9 105 82 105 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 88 88 21 0 2.3 $
Sam Jethroe 33 B R 6' 1" 178 Jan 23, 1917 1st 141 140 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 0 0 3.3 $
Ernie Johnson 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 1st 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Buddy Kerr 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 6, 1922 8 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Walt Linden 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 27, 1924 1st 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Dick Manville 23 R R 6' 4" 192 Dec 25, 1926 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Willard Marshall 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 6 106 68 106 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 68 87 26 1 0.1 $
Gene Mauch 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 5 48 30 48 40 0 0 0 28 7 5 0 0 0 0 7 7 -0.1 $
Luis Olmo 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 11, 1919 5 69 36 69 56 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 13 24 55 17 3 -0.4 $
Pete Reiser 31 L R 5' 11" 185 Mar 17, 1919 8 53 14 53 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 7 1 24 32 3 0.0 $
Normie Roy 21 R R 6' 0" 200 Nov 15, 1928 1st 19 6 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Connie Ryan 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 8 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Johnny Sain 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 25, 1917 6 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $25,000
Sibby Sisti 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 9 69 24 69 54 0 0 1 19 13 23 0 0 1 1 8 13 -0.4 $
Warren Spahn HOF 29 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 6 41 39 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 $ All-Star
Max Surkont 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 2 9 6 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Earl Torgeson 26 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 4 156 155 156 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.4 $
Emil Verban 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 27, 1915 7 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.2 $
Murray Wall 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 19, 1926 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bucky Walters 41 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 19, 1909 19 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Tommy Holmes

Gene Mauch

Bob Elliott

Sid Gordon

Sam Jethroe

Bob Addis
Murray Wall

Sibby Sisti

Connie Ryan

Earl Torgeson

Buddy Kerr

Pete Reiser

Roy Hartsfield

Paul Burris

Luis Olmo

Dave Cole

Bob Chipman

Emil Verban

Ernie Johnson

Dick Donovan

Warren Spahn

Mickey Haefner
Walt Linden

Del Crandall

Vern Bickford

Bob Hall

Normie Roy

Willard Marshall

Bucky Walters

Johnny Sain

Johnny Antonelli

Dick Donovan
Max Surkont

Bobby Hogue

Walker Cooper
Dick Manville

1949 / 1951 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers