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1951 Boston Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952

76-78, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (28-31) and Tommy Holmes (48-47)
Scored 723 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Ballparks: Braves Field · 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 - 99, Pitching - 98

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1950 / 1952 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
Bob Addis 25 L R 6' 0" 175 Nov 6, 1925 2 85 40 85 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 10 8 46 40 1 0.0
Vern Bickford 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1920 4 25 20 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Lew Burdette 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bob Chipman 32 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 11, 1918 11 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Dave Cole 20 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 29, 1930 2 23 7 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Walker Cooper 36 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 12 109 84 109 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 3.7
Blix Donnelly 37 R R 5' 10" 166 Jan 21, 1914 8 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Dick Donovan 23 L R 6' 3" 190 Dec 7, 1927 2 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bob Elliott 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 13 136 126 136 127 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3.9 All-Star
George Estock 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 2, 1924 1st 37 1 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Sid Gordon 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 9 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 34 0 103 0 23 122 0 0 5.5
Roy Hartsfield 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 25, 1925 2 120 107 120 114 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0.8
Bobby Hogue 30 R R 5' 10" 195 Apr 5, 1921 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tommy Holmes 34 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 29, 1917 10 27 2 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 24 0 -0.2
Sam Jethroe 34 B R 6' 1" 178 Jan 23, 1917 2 148 139 148 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 126 3 140 6 3 4.7
Buddy Kerr 28 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 6, 1922 9 69 57 69 68 0 0 0 5 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3
Johnny Logan 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 1st 62 50 62 58 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.1
Luis Marquez 25 R R 5' 10" 174 Oct 28, 1925 1st 68 28 68 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 23 3 43 12 22 -0.6
Willard Marshall 30 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 7 136 123 136 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 9 1 2.0
Gene Mauch 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 6 19 5 19 14 0 0 0 1 3 10 0 0 0 0 3 5 0.0
Ray Mueller 39 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 8, 1912 14 28 18 28 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.3
Chet Nichols 20 B L 6' 1" 165 Feb 22, 1931 1st 33 19 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Luis Olmo 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 11, 1919 6 21 12 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 2 16 6 0 -0.5
Phil Paine 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1930 1st 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Johnny Sain 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 25, 1917 7 26 22 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Sid Schacht 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 3, 1918 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Sibby Sisti 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 10 114 91 114 105 0 0 1 52 6 55 0 0 1 1 5 6 1.2
Warren Spahn HOF 30 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 7 42 36 42 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7.3 All-Star
Ebba St. Claire 29 B R 6' 1" 219 Aug 5, 1921 1st 72 53 72 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0.9
Max Surkont 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 3 37 33 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Bob Thorpe 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 19, 1926 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1
Earl Torgeson 27 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 5 155 155 155 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1
Jim Wilson 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 5 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Tommy Holmes
Ray Mueller

Gene Mauch

Bob Elliott

Sid Gordon

Sam Jethroe

Bob Addis

Sibby Sisti
Ebba St. Claire

Ray Mueller
Bob Thorpe

Earl Torgeson

Buddy Kerr

Blix Donnelly
Phil Paine
Sid Schacht

Roy Hartsfield

Bob Chipman

Luis Olmo

Dave Cole

Chet Nichols

Luis Marquez

Jim Wilson

Dick Donovan

Warren Spahn

George Estock

Johnny Logan

Vern Bickford

Dave Cole

Willard Marshall

Lew Burdette
Johnny Sain

Max Surkont

Bobby Hogue
Sid Schacht

Walker Cooper

Bob Chipman

1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers