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1950 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Walker Cooper 35 102 373 337 52 111 19 3 14 60 1 30 26 .329 .389 .528 .917 145 178 8 3 3
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 26 156 704 576 120 167 30 3 23 87 15 119 69 .290 .412 .472 .885 138 272 10 1 8
3 2B Roy Hartsfield 24 107 450 419 62 116 15 2 7 24 7 27 61 .277 .322 .372 .694 87 156 3 1 3
4 SS Buddy Kerr 27 155 571 507 45 115 24 6 2 46 0 50 50 .227 .296 .310 .606 64 157 21 0 14
5 3B Bob Elliott 33 142 602 531 94 162 28 5 24 107 2 68 67 .305 .386 .512 .898 140 272 18 2 1
6 OF Sid Gordon 32 134 562 481 78 146 33 4 27 103 2 78 31 .304 .403 .557 .960 156 268 14 2 1
7 OF Sam Jethroe# 33 141 642 582 100 159 28 8 18 58 35 52 93 .273 .338 .442 .780 109 257 8 5 3
8 OF Tommy Holmes* 33 105 363 322 44 96 20 1 9 51 0 33 8 .298 .370 .450 .821 120 145 10 4 4
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 Willard Marshall* 29 105 336 298 38 70 10 2 5 40 1 36 5 .235 .319 .332 .652 76 99 10 1 1
10 C Del Crandall 20 79 274 255 21 56 11 0 4 37 0 13 24 .220 .257 .310 .567 52 79 6 0 6
11 OF Luis Olmo 30 69 173 154 23 35 7 1 5 22 3 18 23 .227 .308 .383 .691 85 59 7 0 1
12 2B Gene Mauch 24 48 137 121 17 28 5 0 1 15 1 14 9 .231 .316 .298 .614 67 36 5 1 1
13 IF Sibby Sisti 29 69 123 105 21 18 3 1 2 11 1 16 19 .171 .287 .276 .563 53 29 3 1 1
14 OF Pete Reiser* 31 53 98 78 12 16 2 0 1 10 1 18 22 .205 .367 .269 .637 75 21 1 2 0
15 2B Connie Ryan 30 20 87 72 12 14 2 0 3 6 0 12 9 .194 .326 .347 .673 82 25 3 2 1
16 OF Bob Addis* 24 16 31 28 7 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 5 .250 .323 .286 .608 66 8 0 0 0
17 C Paul Burris 26 10 25 23 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .174 .208 .217 .426 15 5 2 0 1
18 C Walt Linden 26 3 6 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .600 1.100 195 3 0 0 0
19 2B Emil Verban 34 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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 Vern Bickford 29 40 128 116 9 16 0 0 0 6 0 3 24 .138 .160 .138 .298 -19 16 0 0 9
21 P Warren Spahn* 29 41 118 106 7 23 0 0 1 13 1 6 33 .217 .265 .245 .511 39 26 1 1 5
22 P Johnny Sain 32 37 116 102 9 21 2 0 1 15 0 6 3 .206 .257 .255 .512 39 26 2 1 7
23 P Bob Chipman* 31 27 42 39 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 .154 .195 .154 .349 -4 6 1 0 1
24 P Max Surkont 28 9 24 23 4 10 2 0 1 5 0 1 3 .435 .458 .652 1.111 196 15 0 0 0
25 P Normie Roy 21 19 21 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .250 .167 .417 15 3 1 0 1
26 P Johnny Antonelli* 20 20 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 2 1 0 0
27 P Bobby Hogue 29 36 15 13 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .231 .286 .308 .593 60 4 0 0 1
28 P Bob Hall 26 21 13 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .083 .154 .083 .237 -34 1 0 0 0
29 P Dick Donovan* 22 10 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .167 .500 .167 .667 89 1 0 0 0
30 P Mickey Haefner* 37 8 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 90 3 1 0 1
31 P Bucky Walters 41 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Ernie Johnson 26 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
33 P Murray Wall 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Dave Cole 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
35 P Dick Manville 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.3 156 6079 5363 785 1411 246 36 148 726 71 615 616 .263 .342 .405 .747 101 2173 136 27 74
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 3 4 7 3 2 1 2 5 4 2 3 2 2 4 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 Vern Bickford 29 19 14 .576 3.47 40 39 1 27 2 0 311.2 293 135 120 25 122 126 6 1 5 1325 111 1.332 8.5 0.7 3.5 3.6 1.03
2 SP Warren Spahn* 29 21 17 .553 3.16 41 39 2 25 1 1 293.0 248 123 103 22 111 191 1 0 8 1217 122 1.225 7.6 0.7 3.4 5.9 1.72
3 SP Johnny Sain 32 20 13 .606 3.94 37 37 0 25 3 0 278.1 294 139 122 34 70 96 2 3 5 1178 98 1.308 9.5 1.1 2.3 3.1 1.37
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
4 CL Bobby Hogue 29 3 5 .375 5.03 36 1 20 0 0 7 62.2 69 35 35 8 31 15 4 0 2 284 77 1.596 9.9 1.1 4.5 2.2 0.48
5 RP Bob Chipman* 31 7 7 .500 4.43 27 12 9 4 0 1 124.0 127 75 61 10 37 40 4 3 0 534 87 1.323 9.2 0.7 2.7 2.9 1.08
6 RP Normie Roy 21 4 3 .571 5.13 19 6 4 2 0 1 59.2 72 38 34 6 39 25 2 1 0 279 76 1.860 10.9 0.9 5.9 3.8 0.64
7 RP Johnny Antonelli* 20 2 3 .400 5.93 20 6 6 2 1 0 57.2 81 46 38 3 22 33 4 1 0 275 65 1.786 12.6 0.5 3.4 5.2 1.50
8 RP Bob Hall 26 0 2 .000 6.97 21 4 5 0 0 0 50.1 58 43 39 8 33 22 2 3 2 237 56 1.808 10.4 1.4 5.9 3.9 0.67
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 Max Surkont 28 5 2 .714 3.23 9 6 3 2 0 0 55.2 63 29 20 5 20 21 2 0 0 246 120 1.491 10.2 0.8 3.2 3.4 1.05
10 Dick Donovan 22 0 2 .000 8.19 10 3 4 0 0 0 29.2 28 28 27 4 34 9 2 1 1 147 48 2.090 8.5 1.2 10.3 2.7 0.26
11 Mickey Haefner* 37 0 2 .000 5.63 8 2 3 1 0 0 24.0 23 15 15 3 12 10 0 0 0 106 70 1.458 8.6 1.1 4.5 3.8 0.83
12 Ernie Johnson 26 2 0 1.000 6.97 16 1 7 0 0 0 20.2 37 21 16 1 13 15 0 0 1 110 56 2.419 16.1 0.4 5.7 6.5 1.15
13 Dave Cole 19 0 1 .000 1.13 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 7 2 1 0 3 8 1 0 0 32 359 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 9.0 2.67
14 Murray Wall 23 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 20 47 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
15 Bucky Walters 41 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 94 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
16 Dick Manville 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 10 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
Team Totals 28.8 83 71 .539 4.14 156 156 68 88 7 10 1385.1 1411 736 637 129 554 615 30 13 26 6019 93 1.418 9.2 0.8 3.6 4.0 1.11
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 4 1 6 8 3 6 6 4 3 4 4
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
Bob Addis 24 7 5 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Johnny Antonelli 20 20 6 2 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.75 0 0 0 P
Vern Bickford 29 40 39 27 73 26 45 2 5 .973 1.78 4 4 50% 0 P
Paul Burris 26 8 5 4 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 4.88 1 0 4 0 0% 0 C
Bob Chipman 31 27 12 4 19 5 12 2 0 .895 0.63 3 1 25% 0 P
Dave Cole 19 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 1 2 67% 0 P
Walker Cooper 35 88 88 76 445 386 47 12 9 .973 4.92 5 13 29 22 43% 0 C
Del Crandall 20 76 62 58 372 319 41 12 7 .968 4.74 3 9 20 7 26% 2 C-1B
Dick Donovan 22 10 3 0 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.60 4 0 0% 0 P
Bob Elliott 33 137 137 127 417 141 256 20 26 .952 2.90 3B
Sid Gordon 32 132 132 119 319 283 32 4 1 .987 2.37 OF-3B
Mickey Haefner 37 8 2 1 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.50 1 0 0% 0 P
Bob Hall 26 21 4 0 12 4 7 1 0 .917 0.52 0 2 100% 0 P
Roy Hartsfield 24 96 93 91 509 236 247 26 53 .949 5.03 2B
Bobby Hogue 29 36 1 0 15 1 14 0 4 1.000 0.42 2 4 67% 0 P
Tommy Holmes 33 88 82 68 157 151 6 0 0 1.000 1.78 OF
Sam Jethroe 33 141 140 132 384 355 17 12 6 .969 2.64 OF
Ernie Johnson 26 16 1 0 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 1 P
Buddy Kerr 27 155 155 128 809 310 471 28 97 .965 5.04 SS
Walt Linden 26 3 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 0 0 0 C
Dick Manville 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Willard Marshall 29 87 68 61 168 150 11 7 2 .958 1.89 OF
Gene Mauch 24 40 30 28 175 83 85 7 18 .960 4.20 2B-3B-SS
Luis Olmo 30 56 36 25 78 74 2 2 0 .974 1.36 OF-3B
Pete Reiser 31 25 14 11 47 46 0 1 0 .979 1.84 OF-3B
Normie Roy 21 19 6 2 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.74 1 2 67% 0 P
Connie Ryan 30 20 20 20 116 57 59 0 16 1.000 5.80 2B
Johnny Sain 32 37 37 25 60 14 42 4 3 .933 1.51 13 7 35% 1 P
Sibby Sisti 29 54 24 19 150 72 69 9 11 .940 2.47 2B-3B-SS-1B-OF
Warren Spahn 29 41 39 25 72 9 55 8 3 .889 1.56 8 4 33% 3 P
Max Surkont 28 9 6 2 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.11 2 3 60% 1 P
Earl Torgeson 26 156 155 154 1496 1365 110 21 126 .986 9.46 1B
Emil Verban 34 2 1 1 12 7 3 2 2 .833 5.00 2B
Murray Wall 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 P
Bucky Walters 41 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 P
Team Totals 29.0 156 1404 1215 6020 4155 1683 182 392 .970 3.51 9 22 53 29 39% 8
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 7
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
Bob Addis* 24 31 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded /O798
Johnny Antonelli* 20 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Vern Bickford 29 128 -20 0 0 0 0 10 4 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Paul Burris 26 25 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft /2
Bob Chipman* 31 42 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Dave Cole 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Walker Cooper 35 373 25 -1 0 0 -1 3 13 39 3.9 40 4.0 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Del Crandall 20 274 -17 -1 0 0 -1 2 9 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2/3
Dick Donovan* 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bob Elliott 33 602 36 0 0 0 -5 0 20 51 5.2 56 5.6 -0.4 $ Traded *5
Sid Gordon 32 562 46 -2 0 0 6 -6 19 63 6.3 57 5.8 0.5 $ Traded *7O5
Mickey Haefner* 37 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Bob Hall 26 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Roy Hartsfield 24 450 -6 2 0 0 -7 4 15 8 0.8 15 1.5 -0.7 $ MinorLg Draft 4
Bobby Hogue 29 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Tommy Holmes* 33 363 13 -1 0 0 2 -4 13 23 2.3 21 2.1 0.2 $ Traded O9/7
Sam Jethroe# 33 642 10 6 0 0 -2 -1 20 33 3.3 35 3.5 -0.2 $ Traded *8O
Ernie Johnson 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Buddy Kerr 27 571 -24 -1 0 0 1 10 20 6 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded *6
Walt Linden 26 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Willard Marshall* 29 336 -7 0 0 0 0 -4 12 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded O97/8
Gene Mauch 24 137 -5 0 0 0 -3 2 5 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ Traded 4/56
Luis Olmo 30 173 -3 1 0 0 -6 -2 6 -4 -0.4 2 0.2 -0.6 $ Traded O978/5
Pete Reiser* 31 98 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded O7/859
Normie Roy 21 21 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Connie Ryan 30 87 -1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 4
Johnny Sain 32 116 -8 0 0 0 0 9 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $25,000 Purchased 1
Sibby Sisti 29 123 -7 1 0 0 -4 2 4 -4 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 645/3O9
Warren Spahn* 29 118 -9 0 0 0 0 9 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Max Surkont 28 24 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Earl Torgeson* 26 704 42 2 0 0 4 -7 22 63 6.4 59 6.0 0.4 $ Traded *3
Emil Verban 34 5 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Waivers /4
Murray Wall 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bucky Walters 41 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Team Total 29.3 6079 47 7 0 0 -17 39 202 278 27.9 295 29.7 -1.8 $25,000
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* 20 57.2 6 46 36 0 1.0 -10 -1.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Vern Bickford 29 311.2 39 135 193 -3 1.0 58 5.1 $ Free Agency
Bob Chipman* 31 124.0 12 75 77 -1 1.0 2 -0.3 $ Purchased
Dave Cole 19 8.0 0 2 5 0 1.0 3 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Donovan 22 29.2 3 28 18 0 1.0 -10 -1.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mickey Haefner* 37 24.0 2 15 15 0 1.0 0 -0.1 $ Purchased
Bob Hall 26 50.1 4 43 31 0 1.0 -12 -1.5 $ Traded
Bobby Hogue 29 62.2 1 35 39 -1 1.0 4 0.2 $ Purchased
Ernie Johnson 26 20.2 1 21 13 0 1.0 -8 -1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Manville 23 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Normie Roy 21 59.2 6 38 37 -1 1.0 -1 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Johnny Sain 32 278.1 37 139 172 -2 1.0 33 2.5 $ Purchased
Warren Spahn* 29 293.0 39 123 181 -3 1.0 58 5.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Max Surkont 28 55.2 6 29 34 0 1.0 5 0.4 $ Purchased
Murray Wall 23 4.0 0 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bucky Walters 41 4.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Free Agency
Team Total 28.8 1385.1 156 736 856 -11 1.0 120 7.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1949 / 1951 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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