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1950 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951)
83-71, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 785 runs, Allowed 736 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72
Manager: Billy Southworth (83-71)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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# 32 141 642 582 100 159 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
Team Totals 29.2 156 6079 5363 785 1411 246 36 148 726 71 0 615 616 .263 .342 .405 .747 101 2173 136 27 74 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 3 4 7 3 2 2 5 4 2 3 2 2
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
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* - 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 7 39 25 2 1 0 279 75 1.860 10.9 1.1 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 2 22 33 4 1 0 275 65 1.786 12.6 0.3 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 55 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 0 246 119 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 47 2.090 8.5 1.2 10.3 2.7 0.26
11 Mickey Haefner* 37 0 2 .000 5.62 8 2 3 1 0 0 24.0 23 15 15 3 12 10 0 0 0 106 68 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 55 2.419 16.1 0.4 5.7 6.5 1.15
13 Dave Cole 19 0 1 .000 1.12 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 7 2 1 0 3 8 1 0 0 32 342 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 43 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 86 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Bob Addis 24 7 2 1 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Johnny Antonelli 20 20 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.75 P
Vern Bickford 29 40 73 26 45 2 5 .973 1.78 P
Paul Burris 26 8 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 4.88 1 C
Bob Chipman 31 27 19 5 12 2 0 .895 0.63 P
Dave Cole 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Walker Cooper 35 88 445 386 47 12 9 .973 4.92 5 C
Del Crandall 20 76 372 319 41 12 7 .968 4.74 3 C-1B
Dick Donovan 22 10 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.60 P
Bob Elliott 33 137 417 141 256 20 26 .952 2.90 3B
Sid Gordon 32 133 123 0 0 319 283 32 4 1 .987 2.37 OF-3B
Mickey Haefner 37 8 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.50 P
Bob Hall 26 21 12 4 7 1 0 .917 0.52 P
Roy Hartsfield 24 96 509 236 247 26 53 .949 5.03 2B
Bobby Hogue 29 36 15 1 14 0 4 1.000 0.42 P
Tommy Holmes 33 88 0 0 88 157 151 6 0 0 1.000 1.78 OF
Sam Jethroe 32 141 0 141 0 384 355 17 12 6 .969 2.64 OF
Ernie Johnson 26 16 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 0.69 P
Buddy Kerr 27 155 809 310 471 28 97 .965 5.04 SS
Walt Linden 26 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 C
Dick Manville 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Willard Marshall 29 85 14 9 64 168 150 11 7 2 .958 1.89 OF
Gene Mauch 24 40 175 83 85 7 18 .960 4.20 2B-3B-SS
Luis Olmo 30 56 18 11 24 78 74 2 2 0 .974 1.36 OF-3B
Pete Reiser 31 25 16 6 0 47 46 0 1 0 .979 1.84 OF-3B
Normie Roy 21 19 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.74 P
Connie Ryan 30 20 116 57 59 0 16 1.000 5.80 2B
Johnny Sain 32 37 60 14 42 4 3 .933 1.51 P
Sibby Sisti 29 57 0 0 1 150 72 69 9 11 .940 2.47 SS-2B-3B-OF-1B
Warren Spahn 29 41 72 9 55 8 3 .889 1.56 P
Max Surkont 28 9 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.11 P
Earl Torgeson 26 156 1496 1365 110 21 126 .986 9.46 1B
Emil Verban 34 2 12 7 3 2 2 .833 5.00 2B
Murray Wall 23 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Bucky Walters 41 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Team Totals 28.9 156 6020 4155 1683 182 392 .970 3.51 9
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1949 / 1951 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics