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1951 Boston Braves Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952)
76-78, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 723 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Manager: Billy Southworth (28-31) and Tommy Holmes (48-47)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 487,475 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
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1950 / 1952 Batting Statistics

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 36 109 372 342 42 107 14 1 18 59 1 1 28 18 .313 .367 .518 .884 142 177 10 1 1
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 27 155 690 581 99 153 21 4 24 92 20 11 102 70 .263 .375 .437 .812 125 254 18 2 5
3 2B Roy Hartsfield 25 120 497 450 63 122 11 2 6 31 7 2 41 73 .271 .333 .344 .678 88 155 5 1 5
4 SS Buddy Kerr 28 69 200 172 18 32 4 0 1 18 0 0 22 20 .186 .282 .227 .509 43 39 2 1 5
5 3B Bob Elliott 34 136 547 480 73 137 29 2 15 70 2 0 65 56 .285 .371 .448 .819 126 215 16 0 2
6 OF Sid Gordon 33 150 641 550 96 158 28 1 29 109 2 0 80 32 .287 .383 .500 .883 143 275 28 5 6
7 OF Willard Marshall* 30 136 523 469 65 132 24 7 11 62 0 3 48 18 .281 .351 .433 .784 116 203 18 2 4
8 OF Sam Jethroe# 33 148 644 572 101 160 29 10 18 65 35 5 57 88 .280 .356 .460 .816 125 263 7 11 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 MI Sibby Sisti 30 114 399 362 46 101 20 2 2 38 4 5 32 50 .279 .341 .362 .703 95 131 5 2 3
10 C Ebba St. Claire# 29 72 233 220 22 62 17 2 1 25 2 0 12 24 .282 .322 .391 .713 97 86 2 1 0
11 OF Bob Addis* 25 85 211 199 23 55 7 0 1 24 3 2 9 10 .276 .308 .327 .634 76 65 4 0 3
12 SS Johnny Logan 24 62 193 169 14 37 7 1 0 16 0 0 18 13 .219 .298 .272 .570 59 46 6 1 5
13 OF Luis Marquez 25 68 138 122 19 24 5 1 0 11 4 4 10 20 .197 .274 .254 .528 47 31 2 3 3
14 C Ray Mueller 39 28 79 70 8 11 2 0 1 9 0 0 7 11 .157 .234 .229 .462 29 16 3 0 2
15 OF Luis Olmo 31 21 60 56 4 11 1 1 0 4 0 1 4 4 .196 .250 .250 .500 39 14 0 0 0
16 OF Tommy Holmes* 34 27 32 29 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .172 .250 .241 .491 37 7 0 0 0
17 IF Gene Mauch 25 19 28 20 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 .100 .333 .100 .433 26 2 0 0 1
18 Bob Thorpe 24 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 433 3 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
19 P Warren Spahn* 30 42 126 116 8 22 6 1 1 18 0 0 6 27 .190 .230 .284 .514 42 33 0 0 4
20 P Max Surkont 29 37 88 73 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 17 .151 .225 .164 .389 10 12 4 0 8
21 P Vern Bickford 30 25 60 52 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .115 .148 .135 .283 -21 7 2 0 6
22 P Johnny Sain 33 26 58 52 4 11 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .212 .241 .308 .548 51 16 6 1 4
23 P Chet Nichols# 20 33 55 51 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .137 .137 .137 .275 -24 7 0 0 4
24 P Jim Wilson 29 20 43 39 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .179 .200 .205 .405 13 8 0 0 3
25 P Dave Cole 20 23 17 17 1 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 4 .353 .353 .706 1.059 186 12 0 0 0
26 P Bob Chipman* 32 33 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 0
27 P George Estock 26 37 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 86 2 0 0 1
28 P Dick Donovan* 23 8 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .667 1.267 251 2 0 0 0
29 P Phil Paine 21 21 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
30 P Bobby Hogue 30 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 178 1 0 0 0
31 P Blix Donnelly 37 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
32 P Lew Burdette 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Sid Schacht 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.0 155 5968 5293 723 1385 234 37 130 683 80 34 565 617 .262 .336 .394 .730 102 2083 139 31 79 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 3 4 2 6 4 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
*Bob Addis 25 211 153 20 3.5 97 .287 .276 .259 .308 .332 .327 .392 .634 .724 76 .386 -6.5 -0.6 .500 .101 .050 1.5 O
Vern Bickford 30 60 54 1 0.5 97 .150 .115 .259 .148 .332 .135 .392 .283 .724 -21 .018 -8.6 -0.9 .188 .058 .019 1
Lew Burdette 24 1 1 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .259 .000 .332 .000 .392 .000 .724 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Bob Chipman 32 10 9 0 0.0 97 .250 .100 .259 .100 .332 .100 .392 .200 .724 -44 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .000 .000 1
Dave Cole 20 17 11 4 9.8 97 .417 .353 .259 .353 .332 .706 .392 1.059 .724 186 .804 1.7 0.2 1.091 .353 .353 .0 1
Walker Cooper 36 372 247 64 7.0 97 .291 .313 .259 .367 .332 .518 .392 .884 .724 142 .688 19.2 1.9 .837 .287 .205 1.9 2
Blix Donnelly 37 1 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .259 .000 .332 .000 .392 .000 .724 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Dick Donovan 23 5 2 1 13.4 97 .500 .333 .259 .600 .332 .667 .392 1.267 .724 251 .880 1.0 0.1 2.000 1.000 .333 /1
Bob Elliott 34 547 361 80 6.0 97 .298 .285 .259 .371 .332 .448 .392 .819 .724 126 .624 19.5 1.9 .786 .302 .163 3.5 *5
George Estock 26 9 6 1 4.5 97 .400 .286 .259 .375 .332 .286 .392 .661 .724 86 .496 -0.1 -0.0 .600 .143 .000 1
Sid Gordon 33 641 426 104 6.6 97 .264 .287 .259 .383 .332 .500 .392 .883 .724 143 .664 35.0 3.4 .862 .362 .213 3.7 *O5
Roy Hartsfield 25 497 340 52 4.1 97 .313 .271 .259 .333 .332 .344 .392 .678 .724 88 .457 -6.5 -0.6 .603 .176 .073 6.5 *4
Bobby Hogue 30 2 1 1 26.9 97 1.000 .500 .259 .500 .332 .500 .392 1.000 .724 178 .963 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /1
*Tommy Holmes 34 32 24 2 2.2 97 .200 .172 .259 .250 .332 .241 .392 .491 .724 37 .217 -2.4 -0.2 .417 .172 .069 /O
#Sam Jethroe 33 644 428 95 6.0 97 .305 .280 .259 .356 .332 .460 .392 .816 .724 125 .625 19.8 2.0 .851 .332 .180 23.8 *O
Buddy Kerr 28 200 147 11 2.0 97 .205 .186 .259 .282 .332 .227 .392 .509 .724 43 .185 -12.8 -1.3 .437 .169 .041 .0 6/4
Johnny Logan 24 193 143 14 2.6 97 .237 .219 .259 .298 .332 .272 .392 .570 .724 59 .271 -8.8 -0.9 .471 .160 .053 6
Luis Marquez 25 138 107 8 2.0 97 .235 .197 .259 .274 .332 .254 .392 .528 .724 47 .185 -8.5 -0.9 .423 .139 .057 .0 O
*Willard Marshall 30 523 362 69 5.1 97 .275 .281 .259 .351 .332 .433 .392 .784 .724 116 .558 10.8 1.1 .698 .247 .151 .0 *O
Gene Mauch 25 28 19 1 1.4 97 .125 .100 .259 .333 .332 .100 .392 .433 .724 26 .107 -1.6 -0.2 .500 .350 .000 6/54
Ray Mueller 39 79 64 4 1.7 97 .172 .157 .259 .234 .332 .229 .392 .462 .724 29 .140 -6.9 -0.7 .371 .171 .071 .0 2
#Chet Nichols 20 55 48 1 0.6 97 .212 .137 .259 .137 .332 .137 .392 .275 .724 -24 .021 -8.7 -0.9 .159 .000 .000 1
Luis Olmo 31 60 46 3 1.8 97 .212 .196 .259 .250 .332 .250 .392 .500 .724 39 .150 -4.8 -0.5 .370 .107 .054 O
Phil Paine 21 4 4 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .259 .000 .332 .000 .392 .000 .724 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Johnny Sain 33 58 51 4 2.1 97 .208 .212 .259 .241 .332 .308 .392 .548 .724 51 .199 -3.6 -0.4 .383 .115 .096 .0 1
Sid Schacht 33 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Sibby Sisti 30 399 274 43 4.2 97 .319 .279 .259 .341 .332 .362 .392 .703 .724 95 .469 -1.2 -0.1 .605 .169 .083 2.7 64/53O
*Warren Spahn 30 126 98 8 2.2 97 .239 .190 .259 .230 .332 .284 .392 .514 .724 42 .211 -9.5 -1.0 .415 .147 .095 .0 1
#Ebba St. Claire 29 233 160 28 4.7 97 .313 .282 .259 .322 .332 .391 .392 .713 .724 97 .519 -0.8 -0.1 .631 .173 .109 1.3 2
Max Surkont 29 88 74 3 1.1 97 .196 .151 .259 .225 .332 .164 .392 .389 .724 10 .069 -8.9 -0.9 .288 .110 .014 1
Bob Thorpe 24 2 1 2 53.8 97 .500 .500 .259 .500 .332 1.500 .392 2.000 .724 433 .989 0.8 0.1 3.000 1.000 1.000
*Earl Torgeson 27 690 462 95 5.5 97 .265 .263 .259 .375 .332 .437 .392 .812 .724 125 .591 23.5 2.3 .803 .365 .174 21.8 *3
Jim Wilson 29 43 35 2 1.5 97 .241 .179 .259 .200 .332 .205 .392 .405 .724 13 .122 -4.7 -0.5 .281 .051 .026 1
League Average 4.5 104 .272 .259 .268 .331 .342 .389 .406 .720 .748 93 .496 .647 .236 .130
Team Total 5968 4160 721 4.7 97 .276 .262 .259 .336 .332 .394 .392 .730 .724 102 .514 22.8 2.0 .668 .247 .132 99.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
*Bob Addis 25 88 219 209 25 59 8 0 1 26 3 10 10 .282 .315 .335 .650 22 85 85
Vern Bickford 30 26 56 54 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 2 12 .111 .143 .130 .272 1 25 25
Lew Burdette 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
*Bob Chipman 32 34 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33 33
Dave Cole 20 24 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 23 23
Walker Cooper 36 113 390 359 46 115 15 1 19 65 1 30 19 .320 .374 .526 .901 71 109 109
Blix Donnelly 37 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
*Dick Donovan 23 8 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .667 1.267 1 8 8
Bob Elliott 34 141 574 504 80 148 31 2 16 77 2 70 58 .294 .380 .458 .838 88 136 136
George Estock 26 38 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 1 37 37
Sid Gordon 33 156 670 578 106 171 30 1 31 120 2 87 33 .296 .393 .512 .905 115 150 150
Roy Hartsfield 25 125 518 473 69 132 12 2 6 34 8 44 76 .279 .342 .351 .693 57 120 120
Bobby Hogue 30 29 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .600 .714 .600 1.314 2 28 28
*Tommy Holmes 34 28 35 31 1 6 2 0 0 6 0 4 4 .194 .286 .258 .544 2 27 27
#Sam Jethroe 33 154 680 605 111 177 32 11 20 72 39 63 91 .293 .371 .481 .852 105 148 148
Buddy Kerr 28 72 205 180 21 35 4 0 1 21 0 24 21 .194 .293 .233 .526 12 69 69
Johnny Logan 24 64 196 176 15 39 7 1 0 17 0 19 14 .222 .301 .273 .574 15 62 62
Luis Marquez 25 71 140 127 21 25 5 1 0 12 4 10 21 .197 .271 .252 .523 8 68 68
*Willard Marshall 30 141 544 491 72 141 26 7 12 69 0 51 19 .287 .357 .442 .799 77 136 136
Gene Mauch 25 20 32 22 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 4 .136 .406 .136 .543 1 19 19
Ray Mueller 39 29 81 73 9 12 2 0 1 10 0 8 11 .164 .247 .233 .480 4 28 28
#Chet Nichols 20 34 53 53 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 33 33
Luis Olmo 31 22 61 57 4 10 1 1 0 4 0 4 4 .175 .230 .228 .458 3 21 21
Phil Paine 21 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21 21
Johnny Sain 33 34 71 69 7 16 3 0 1 4 0 1 3 .232 .254 .319 .572 5 33 33
Sibby Sisti 30 118 414 378 51 107 21 2 2 42 4 34 52 .283 .345 .365 .710 48 114 114
*Warren Spahn 30 44 129 122 9 24 7 1 1 20 0 7 28 .197 .240 .295 .535 8 42 42
#Ebba St. Claire 29 75 246 232 25 68 19 2 1 28 2 13 25 .293 .333 .405 .739 31 72 72
Max Surkont 29 38 84 76 2 12 1 0 0 5 0 8 18 .158 .238 .171 .409 3 37 37
Bob Thorpe 24 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 2 2
*Earl Torgeson 27 161 721 609 110 165 23 4 26 102 22 110 73 .271 .384 .450 .834 105 155 155
Jim Wilson 29 21 42 41 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 10 .195 .214 .220 .434 2 20 20
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Bob Addis 25 2 242 101 242 227 30 62 8 0 1 26 4 2 12 15 .273 .310 .322 .631 75 73 4 0 3
Vern Bickford 30 4 338 135 338 298 20 47 3 0 0 25 0 0 9 68 .158 .182 .168 .350 -4 50 7 0 31
Lew Burdette 24 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Bob Chipman 32 11 272 265 272 245 16 30 1 0 0 10 0 0 14 80 .122 .170 .127 .296 -17 31 4 0 13 0 0
Dave Cole 20 2 18 27 18 18 1 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .667 1.000 170 12 0 0 0
Walker Cooper 36 12 4078 1105 4078 3786 484 1107 192 34 141 669 16 1 238 249 .292 .337 .473 .810 120 1790 128 17 37
Blix Donnelly 37 8 230 190 230 201 12 32 3 1 0 8 0 0 14 35 .159 .214 .184 .398 10 37 6 0 15
*Dick Donovan 23 2 15 18 15 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .222 .533 .333 .867 142 3 0 0 0
Bob Elliott 34 13 7445 1765 7445 6501 988 1905 358 90 151 1099 58 0 870 545 .293 .378 .445 .823 127 2896 173 13 61
George Estock 26 1 9 37 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 86 2 0 0 1
Sid Gordon 33 9 3993 978 3993 3452 540 983 157 36 139 580 18 0 489 222 .285 .376 .472 .848 131 1629 137 17 35
Roy Hartsfield 25 2 947 227 947 869 125 238 26 4 13 55 14 2 68 134 .274 .328 .358 .686 88 311 8 2 8
Bobby Hogue 30 4 75 137 75 60 7 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 12 .233 .281 .267 .548 50 16 0 0 11 0 0
*Tommy Holmes 34 10 5525 1289 5525 4956 696 1503 291 47 88 580 40 0 476 118 .303 .367 .434 .801 123 2152 95 24 69
#Sam Jethroe 33 2 1286 289 1286 1154 201 319 57 18 36 123 70 5 109 181 .276 .347 .451 .798 116 520 15 16 7
Buddy Kerr 28 9 4056 1067 4056 3631 378 903 145 25 31 333 38 0 324 280 .249 .312 .328 .640 76 1191 80 12 89
Johnny Logan 24 1 193 62 193 169 14 37 7 1 0 16 0 0 18 13 .219 .298 .272 .570 59 46 6 1 5
Luis Marquez 25 1 138 68 138 122 19 24 5 1 0 11 4 4 10 20 .197 .274 .254 .528 47 31 2 3 3
*Willard Marshall 30 7 3684 927 3684 3301 462 919 120 31 102 472 14 3 352 156 .278 .350 .426 .776 112 1407 85 11 20
Gene Mauch 25 6 571 225 571 487 66 108 15 4 3 33 5 0 78 51 .222 .330 .287 .618 70 140 12 1 5
Ray Mueller 39 14 3238 985 3238 2911 281 733 123 23 56 373 14 0 250 322 .252 .314 .368 .681 90 1070 77 13 64
#Chet Nichols 20 1 55 33 55 51 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .137 .137 .137 .275 -24 7 0 0 4
Luis Olmo 31 6 1733 462 1733 1629 208 458 65 25 29 272 33 1 88 128 .281 .319 .405 .724 102 660 43 3 13
Phil Paine 21 1 4 21 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Johnny Sain 33 7 674 272 674 608 56 148 20 2 2 74 0 0 14 13 .243 .263 .293 .556 52 178 20 2 50
Sid Schacht 33 2 3 20 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -10 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sibby Sisti 30 10 3071 879 3071 2731 372 675 110 18 23 232 28 5 264 395 .247 .317 .326 .643 81 890 52 16 60
*Warren Spahn 30 7 632 229 632 570 46 102 12 2 5 58 2 0 29 156 .179 .221 .233 .455 24 133 5 2 31
#Ebba St. Claire 29 1 233 72 233 220 22 62 17 2 1 25 2 0 12 24 .282 .322 .391 .713 97 86 2 1 0
Max Surkont 29 3 138 90 138 118 7 22 3 0 1 11 0 0 12 32 .186 .262 .237 .499 38 28 4 0 8
Bob Thorpe 24 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 433 3 0 0 0
*Earl Torgeson 27 5 2522 598 2522 2094 379 569 99 19 77 343 69 11 397 256 .272 .389 .447 .836 127 937 44 5 26
Jim Wilson 29 5 104 52 104 95 9 20 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 18 .211 .242 .253 .495 40 24 1 1 5 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1950 / 1952 Batting Statistics