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1950 Boston Braves (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
Managed by Billy Southworth

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 Stats / Schedule (1949/1951) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   83-71 , Final Rank: 4, GB:    8.0
Days in First:                   6 (last on July 18, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          19 (last on September 21)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on May 2)

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on April 19)
Farthest Behind Leader:       10.5 (last on September 2)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (June 13 to June 18)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (June 8 to June 11 and August 13 to August 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              19 (August 31)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (May 3, May 6, and June 17)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:          7

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        83  71     785     736    .539

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           46  31     343     294    .597
Road           37  40     442     442    .481

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   6      50      51    .500
May            13  10     124     109    .565
June           16  12     165     137    .571
July           18  12     176     156    .600
August         15  14     130     138    .517
September      15  16     139     140    .484
October         0   1       1       5    .000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     42  31     396     347    .575
Second Half    41  40     389     389    .506
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        18  21     147     150    .462

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        24  21     300     279    .533

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             9  13     111     114    .409
CHC             9  13     100     103    .409
CIN            17   5     140      86    .773
NYG            13   9     104      94    .591
PHI             9  13      81     115    .409
PIT            15   7     152      98    .682
STL            11  11      97     126    .500

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     BSN @NYG  W  11-4        1-0     1    Tied       W Spahn                           +
  2 Wed, Apr 19     BSN @NYG  W  10-6        2-0     1  up 0.5  2:26 J Sain                            ++
  3 Fri, Apr 21     BSN  PHI  -   2-2        2-0     1    Tied                                         ++
  4 Sat, Apr 22     BSN  PHI  W   3-2        3-0     1    Tied  2:04 W Spahn                     7,607 +++
  5 Sun, Apr 23     BSN  PHI  W   4-3        4-0     2     0.5  2:00 J Sain                            ++++
  6                 BSN  PHI  L   5-6        4-1     2     0.5  2:16 J Konstanty                10,302 -
  7 Mon, Apr 24     BSN  BRO  L   4-6        4-2     4     1.0  2:40 D Newcombe                 18,478 --
  8 Tue, Apr 25     BSN  BRO  L   0-3        4-3     4     1.5  1:36 J Hatten                    6,033 ---
  9 Thu, Apr 27     BSN  NYG  W   2-1        5-3     4     1.0       W Spahn                           +
 10 Fri, Apr 28     BSN @PHI  L   1-6        5-4     4     2.0  2:19 C Simmons                  22,231 -
 11 Sat, Apr 29     BSN @PHI  L   1-2        5-5     4     2.5  2:06 B Miller                    5,064 --
 12 Sun, Apr 30     BSN @PHI  W   4-1        6-5     4     2.5  2:16 N Roy                             +
 13                 BSN @PHI  L   3-9        6-6     4     2.5  2:35 R Roberts                  14,201 -
 14 Tue, May  2     BSN @PIT  L   1-6        6-7     5     3.0       M Dickson                         --
 15 Wed, May  3     BSN @PIT  W  15-4        7-7     5     2.0  2:38 J Sain                      9,389 +
 16 Thu, May  4     BSN @CIN  W  12-6        8-7     3     2.0       B Chipman                         ++
 17 Fri, May  5     BSN @CIN  W  13-1        9-7     3     1.0  2:28 W Spahn                    12,260 +++
 18 Sat, May  6     BSN @CIN  W  15-11      10-7     1    Tied       N Roy                             ++++
 19 Sun, May  7     BSN @STL  L   0-15      10-8     3     1.0       H Pollet                          -
 20 Mon, May  8     BSN @STL  L   3-10      10-9     4     2.0       J Staley                          --
 21 Wed, May 10     BSN @CHC  L   3-6       10-10    6     2.0  1:55 D Lade                      8,203 ---
 22 Thu, May 11     BSN @CHC  W   3-0       11-10    4     2.0  1:35 J Sain                      6,381 +
 23 Sat, May 13     BSN @BRO  W  12-2       12-10    4     2.0  2:13 V Bickford                 19,488 ++
 24 Sun, May 14     BSN @BRO  L   4-6       12-11    4     2.5  2:30 B Podbielan                24,611 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 16     BSN  PIT  W   3-0       13-11    4     2.5  1:43 J Sain                     10,273 +
 26 Wed, May 17     BSN  PIT  L   1-4       13-12    4     3.5       C Chambers                        -
 27 Sat, May 20     BSN  STL  L   4-7       13-13    5     4.0       F Martin                    9,876 --
 28 Sun, May 21     BSN  CHC  W   3-2       14-13    3     2.5  2:07 J Sain                            +
 29                 BSN  CHC  W   4-3       15-13    3     2.5  2:17 V Bickford                 18,048 ++
 30 Tue, May 23     BSN  CIN  L   2-6       15-14    4     3.0  2:31 W Ramsdell                 10,199 -
 31 Wed, May 24     BSN  CIN  W   4-1       16-14    4     3.0       W Spahn                           +
 32 Fri, May 26     BSN  BRO  L   1-5       16-15    4     4.5  2:06 J Banta                    29,795 -
 33 Sat, May 27     BSN  BRO  W   7-1       17-15    4     4.0  2:20 V Bickford                 24,903 +
 34 Sun, May 28     BSN  BRO  W   4-1       18-15    4     3.5  2:11 W Spahn                    18,919 ++
 35 Tue, May 30     BSN  NYG  W   7-2       19-15    4     3.5  2:06 J Sain                            +++
 36                 BSN  NYG  L   3-10      19-16    4     3.5  2:24 L Jansen                   16,112 -
 37 Thu, Jun  1     BSN @PIT  W  14-2       20-16    4     2.5       V Bickford                        +
 38 Fri, Jun  2     BSN @PIT  L   4-5       20-17    4     3.5  1:50 B MacDonald                23,549 -
 39 Sat, Jun  3     BSN @PIT  W  10-6       21-17    4     3.0       J Sain                            +
 40 Sun, Jun  4     BSN @CIN  L   0-3       21-18    4     2.5  2:11 K Raffensber                      -
 41                 BSN @CIN  W   7-6       22-18    4     2.5  2:30 B Chipman                  11,043 +
 42 Tue, Jun  6     BSN @CIN  W   8-3       23-18    4     2.0  2:05 V Bickford                  2,152 ++
 43 Wed, Jun  7     BSN @STL  W  10-2       24-18    4     2.0       W Spahn                           +++
 44 Thu, Jun  8     BSN @STL  L   6-18      24-19    4     2.0  2:53 F Martin                   11,417 -
 45 Fri, Jun  9     BSN @STL  L   5-8       24-20    4     3.0  2:12 M Lanier                   11,582 --
 46 Sat, Jun 10     BSN @CHC  L  10-13      24-21    4     4.0       D Lade                            ---
 47 Sun, Jun 11     BSN @CHC  L   4-5       24-22    4     6.0  2:46 J Schmitz                         ----
 48                 BSN @CHC  L   1-2       24-23    4     6.0  1:50 B Rush                     36,835 -----
 49 Tue, Jun 13     BSN  CIN  W   5-3       25-23    4     6.0       B Chipman                         +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun 15     BSN  CIN  W   5-3       26-23    4     5.5       W Spahn                           ++
 51                 BSN  CIN  W   6-5       27-23    4     5.5  2:31 B Hogue                     6,932 +++
 52 Fri, Jun 16     BSN  PIT  W   6-5       28-23    4     4.5       J Sain                            ++++
 53 Sat, Jun 17     BSN  PIT  W  15-6       29-23    4     3.5       B Hogue                           +++++
 54 Sun, Jun 18     BSN  PIT  W   8-6       30-23    4     2.5  2:30 N Roy                             ++++++
 55                 BSN  PIT  -   8-8       30-23    4     2.5  2:49                            22,817 ++++++
 56 Mon, Jun 19     BSN  PIT  L   0-1       30-24    4     3.0  1:52 C Chambers                  5,578 -
 57 Tue, Jun 20     BSN  CHC  L   3-4       30-25    4     4.0  2:10 B Rush                     12,334 --
 58 Wed, Jun 21     BSN  CHC  L   0-3       30-26    4     4.0       J Schmitz                         ---
 59 Fri, Jun 23     BSN  STL  W   4-3       31-26    4     3.5  2:04 W Spahn                    30,720 +
 60 Sat, Jun 24     BSN  STL  L   6-7       31-27    4     4.5  2:30 A Brazle                   20,826 -
 61 Sun, Jun 25     BSN  STL  W   4-0       32-27    4     3.5  1:44 V Bickford                 17,434 +
 62 Tue, Jun 27     BSN  PHI  L   2-3       32-28    4     4.0  2:05 C Simmons                  13,361 -
 63 Wed, Jun 28     BSN  PHI  W   3-1       33-28    4     3.5       J Sain                            +
 64 Thu, Jun 29     BSN  PHI  W   3-2       34-28    4     2.5       V Bickford                        ++
 65 Fri, Jun 30     BSN @NYG  W   8-4       35-28    4     2.0  3:22 E Johnson                  24,137 +++
 66 Sat, Jul  1     BSN @NYG  L   2-4       35-29    4     3.0       C Hartung                         -
 67 Sun, Jul  2     BSN @NYG  W  11-5       36-29    3     2.5  2:24 J Sain                            +
 68                 BSN @NYG  W   6-3       37-29    3     2.5  2:42 B Chipman                  32,862 ++
 69 Mon, Jul  3     BSN @PHI  W   3-1       38-29    3     1.5  2:02 V Bickford                 11,162 +++
 70 Tue, Jul  4     BSN @PHI  L   5-14      38-30    3     2.5  2:33 R Roberts                         -
 71                 BSN @PHI  W  12-9       39-30    3     2.5  3:06 B Hogue                    21,190 +
 72 Thu, Jul  6     BSN @BRO  L   3-8       39-31    3     4.0  2:26 P Roe                      20,019 -
 73 Fri, Jul  7     BSN  NYG  W   8-2       40-31    3     3.0       J Sain                            +
 74 Sat, Jul  8     BSN  NYG  W   4-2       41-31    3     3.0       B Chipman                         ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  9     BSN  NYG  W   3-2       42-31    3     2.0       V Bickford                        +++
 76 Thu, Jul 13     BSN @CIN  L   3-7       42-32    3     3.0       H Wehmeier                        -
 77 Fri, Jul 14     BSN @CIN  W   6-4       43-32    3     2.0       W Spahn                           +
 78 Sat, Jul 15     BSN @CIN  L   4-9       43-33    3     2.0       W Ramsdell                        -
 79 Sun, Jul 16     BSN @PIT  W   9-5       44-33    3     1.5       V Bickford                        +
 80                 BSN @PIT  L   5-6       44-34    3     1.5       H Borowy                          -
 81 Mon, Jul 17     BSN @PIT  W   8-6       45-34    2     0.5       E Johnson                         +
 82 Tue, Jul 18     BSN @PIT  W  11-3       46-34    1    Tied       W Spahn                           ++
 83 Wed, Jul 19     BSN @CHC  L   3-11      46-35    3     1.5       J Klippstein                      -
 84 Fri, Jul 21     BSN @CHC  L   3-4       46-36    3     1.0       J Schmitz                         --
 85 Sat, Jul 22     BSN @STL  W   8-5       47-36    3     1.0       V Bickford                        +
 86                 BSN @STL  L   7-11      47-37    3     1.0  2:38 H Pollet                   21,756 -
 87 Sun, Jul 23     BSN @STL  L   4-8       47-38    4     2.5       A Brazle                          --
 88 Tue, Jul 25     BSN  PIT  W   7-2       48-38    3     2.5       J Sain                            +
 89 Wed, Jul 26     BSN  PIT  L   4-8       48-39    4     3.5       M Queen                           -
 90 Thu, Jul 27     BSN  PIT  W   5-3       49-39    3     3.5       W Spahn                           +
 91 Fri, Jul 28     BSN  CIN  L   5-8       49-40    3     4.5       E Blackwell                       -
 92 Sat, Jul 29     BSN  CIN  W   9-1       50-40    4     3.5       J Sain                            +
 93 Sun, Jul 30     BSN  CIN  W   4-2       51-40    3     3.5       V Bickford                        ++
 94                 BSN  CIN  W  10-0       52-40    3     3.5       J Antonelli                       +++
 95 Mon, Jul 31     BSN  STL  W   4-3       53-40    2     3.0       W Spahn                           ++++
 96 Tue, Aug  1     BSN  STL  L   1-6       53-41    3     3.5       C Boyer                           -
 97 Wed, Aug  2     BSN  STL  W   4-3       54-41    2     3.5       J Sain                            +
 98 Thu, Aug  3     BSN  STL  W   5-1       55-41    2     3.0       V Bickford                        ++
 99 Fri, Aug  4     BSN  CHC  W  10-2       56-41    2     3.0       W Spahn                           +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  5     BSN  CHC  L   2-4       56-42    2     4.0       P Minner                          -
101 Sun, Aug  6     BSN  CHC  W   5-2       57-42    2     3.0       J Sain                            +
102                 BSN  CHC  L   1-9       57-43    2     3.0       F Hiller                          -
103 Mon, Aug  7     BSN  NYG  L   3-9       57-44    2     4.0       J Kramer                          --
104 Tue, Aug  8     BSN  NYG  L   1-2       57-45    2     5.0       S Jones                           ---
105 Wed, Aug  9     BSN  NYG  W   3-2       58-45    2     5.0       B Chipman                         +
106 Thu, Aug 10     BSN  BRO  L   3-4       58-46    2     6.0  2:29 P Roe                      24,758 -
107 Fri, Aug 11     BSN  BRO  W   7-0       59-46    2     5.0  2:05 V Bickford                 29,000 +
108 Sat, Aug 12     BSN  BRO  W  10-2       60-46    2     5.0  2:34 W Spahn                    34,732 ++
109 Sun, Aug 13     BSN  BRO  L   2-8       60-47    2     5.0  2:08 E Palica                   26,501 -
110 Tue, Aug 15     BSN @PHI  L   1-9       60-48    2     6.0       C Simmons                         --
111 Wed, Aug 16     BSN @PHI  L   1-5       60-49    2     7.0       R Roberts                         ---
112 Fri, Aug 18     BSN @BRO  L   3-8       60-50    3     7.0  2:43 C Erskine                  23,233 ----
113 Mon, Aug 21     BSN @STL  L   2-9       60-51    4     8.0       H Brecheen                        -----
114 Tue, Aug 22     BSN @STL  W   5-1       61-51    3     8.0       V Bickford                        +
115 Wed, Aug 23     BSN @STL  W   2-1       62-51    3     8.0       W Spahn                           ++
116 Thu, Aug 24     BSN @CHC  W  11-9       63-51    3     8.5       M Surkont                         +++
117                 BSN @CHC  L   3-4       63-52    3     8.5       F Hiller                          -
118 Fri, Aug 25     BSN @CHC  L   6-7       63-53    3     9.5       D Leonard                         --
119 Sat, Aug 26     BSN @CHC  W  12-4       64-53    3     8.5       V Bickford                        +
120 Sun, Aug 27     BSN @PIT  W   7-3       65-53    3     8.0       M Surkont                         ++
121                 BSN @PIT  W   4-1       66-53    3     8.0       N Roy                             +++
122 Tue, Aug 29     BSN @CIN  W   4-0       67-53    3     8.0       J Sain                            ++++
123 Wed, Aug 30     BSN @CIN  W   9-4       68-53    3     8.0       V Bickford                        +++++
124 Thu, Aug 31     BSN @BRO  L   3-19      68-54    3     8.5       C Erskine                         -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Sep  1     BSN  PHI  L   3-7       68-55    3     9.5  2:04 B Church                   14,908 --
126 Sat, Sep  2     BSN  PHI  L   0-2       68-56    3    10.5       C Simmons                         ---
127 Mon, Sep  4     BSN  BRO  W  11-4       69-56    3     8.5  2:30 V Bickford                        +
128                 BSN  BRO  W   3-2       70-56    3     8.5  2:18 W Spahn                    25,340 ++
129 Wed, Sep  6     BSN @NYG  L   1-3       70-57    3     8.0       L Jansen                          -
130 Thu, Sep  7     BSN @NYG  W   6-4       71-57    3     7.0       V Bickford                        +
131 Fri, Sep  8     BSN @NYG  W   4-3       72-57    3     7.0       W Spahn                           ++
132 Sat, Sep  9     BSN @PHI  L   6-7       72-58    3     8.0  2:25 J Konstanty                15,329 -
133 Sun, Sep 10     BSN @PHI  W   3-1       73-58    3     7.0  1:08 J Sain                     14,684 +
134 Tue, Sep 12     BSN  CHC  L   1-3       73-59    3     8.0       B Rush                            -
135 Wed, Sep 13     BSN  CHC  W   5-2       74-59    3     7.5       W Spahn                           +
136 Thu, Sep 14     BSN  CHC  W   7-4       75-59    3     7.5       J Sain                            ++
137 Fri, Sep 15     BSN  PIT  W   7-4       76-59    3     8.0       M Surkont                         +++
138 Sat, Sep 16     BSN  PIT  L   0-4       76-60    3     8.0       C Chambers                        -
139 Sun, Sep 17     BSN  CIN  W   6-2       77-60    2     7.5       W Spahn                           +
140                 BSN  CIN  W   3-1       78-60    2     7.5       J Antonelli                       ++
141 Tue, Sep 19     BSN  STL  W   8-7       79-60    2     6.5       M Surkont                         +++
142 Wed, Sep 20     BSN  STL  L   0-1       79-61    2     7.5       C Boyer                           -
143 Thu, Sep 21     BSN  STL  W   5-0       80-61    2     7.0       W Spahn                           +
144 Sat, Sep 23     BSN  NYG  L   3-4       80-62    3     7.0       L Jansen                          -
145 Sun, Sep 24     BSN  NYG  L   4-12      80-63    3     7.0       J Hearn                           --
146 Mon, Sep 25     BSN  PHI  L   4-12      80-64    3     7.0       K Heintzelma                      ---
147                 BSN  PHI  W   5-3       81-64    3     7.0  2:21 M Surkont                   7,451 +
148 Tue, Sep 26     BSN  PHI  L   7-8       81-65    3     8.0       B Donnelly                        -
149 Wed, Sep 27     BSN @BRO  L   6-9       81-66    3     7.0  2:48 D Bankhead                        --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 BSN @BRO  W   4-2       82-66    3     7.0  2:02 J Sain                      8,447 +
151 Thu, Sep 28     BSN @BRO  L   5-6       82-67    3     6.0  1:59 C Erskine                         -
152                 BSN @BRO  W   8-4       83-67    3     6.0  2:25 B Chipman                   4,533 +
153 Fri, Sep 29     BSN @BRO  L   5-7       83-68    4     7.0  2:42 D Bankhead                        -
154                 BSN @BRO  L   6-7       83-69    4     7.0  2:10 C Erskine                   5,843 --
155 Sat, Sep 30     BSN @NYG  L   3-5       83-70    4     7.0       L Jansen                          ---
156 Sun, Oct  1     BSN @NYG  L   1-5       83-71    4     8.0       G Spencer                         ----

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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