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1951 Boston Braves Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 76-78, Final Rank:4, GB: 20.5
Days in First17last on Saturday, May 19, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 21last on May 19, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead2last on Wednesday, May 9, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind21last on Monday, Aug 13, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5006last on Wednesday, May 9
Most Games under .5008last on Sunday, Jul 15
Longest Winning Streak6Tuesday, Apr 24 to Sunday, Apr 29 and Sunday, Aug 19 to Saturday, Aug 25
Longest Losing Streak6Sunday, Sep 2 to Friday, Sep 7 and Sunday, Sep 16 to Monday, Sep 24
Most Runs Allowed15Wednesday, Sep 26
Most Runs Scored19Saturday, Jun 30
Times Shutout by Opponent13 
Times Opponent Shutout16 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 76 78 723 662 .494
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 42 35 367 310 .545
Road 34 43 356 352 .442
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 10 5 75 62 .667
May 11 14 118 101 .440
June 10 15 113 102 .400
July 14 15 148 147 .483
August 20 12 156 109 .625
September 11 17 113 141 .393
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 34 40 343 315 .459
Second Half 42 38 380 347 .525
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 23 29 217 223 .442
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 25 16 259 184 .610
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 10 12 116 129 .455
CHC 10 12 116 90 .455
CIN 10 12 66 67 .455
NYG 8 14 103 110 .364
PHI 12 10 86 73 .545
PIT 13 9 126 108 .591
STL 13 9 110 85 .591

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 17 BSN NYG L 0 4 0-1 5 1.5 Jansen 2:20 6,081 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 18 BSN NYG W 8 5 1-1 3 1.0 Wilson 2:22 2,784 +
3 3 Thursday, Apr 19 BSN NYG L 2 4 1-2 3 1.0 Hearn 2:36 0 -
4 4 Thursday, Apr 19 BSN NYG W 13 12 2-2 3 1.0 Nichols 3:39 12,682 +
5 5 Friday, Apr 20 BSN @ PHI W 2 1 3-2 2 0.5 Surkont 1:55 17,423 ++
6 6 Saturday, Apr 21 BSN @ PHI W 8 6 4-2 1 Tied Bickford 2:25 10,945 +++
7 7 Sunday, Apr 22 BSN @ PHI L 5 6 4-3 4 1.0 Church 2:15 11,261 -
8 8 Monday, Apr 23 BSN @ BRO L 1 2 4-4 4 2.0 King 3:53 7,454 --
9 9 Tuesday, Apr 24 BSN @ BRO W 7 4 5-4 4 1.0 Surkont 2:43 8,449 +
10 10 Wednesday, Apr 25 BSN @ BRO W 6 5 6-4 1 Tied Bickford 2:44 23,261 ++
11 11 Thursday, Apr 26 BSN @ NYG W 3 0 7-4 1 Tied Sain 1:55 15,134 +++
12 12 Friday, Apr 27 BSN @ NYG W 7 3 8-4 1 up 0.5 Spahn 2:17 6,981 ++++
13 13 Saturday, Apr 28 BSN PHI W 3 0 9-4 1 up 1.0 Surkont 1:43 7,848 +++++
14 14 Sunday, Apr 29 BSN PHI W 1 0 10-4 1 up 0.5 Bickford 1:49 ++++++
15 15 Sunday, Apr 29 BSN PHI L 9 10 10-5 1 up 0.5 Cristante 3:20 18,518 -
16 16 Tuesday, May 1 BSN STL L 2 5 10-6 1 Tied Poholsky 1:55 15,213 --
17 17 Wednesday, May 2 BSN STL W 5 0 11-6 1 up 1.0 Spahn 1:47 4,145 +
18 18 Thursday, May 3 BSN CHC L 3 9 11-7 1 Tied Schultz 2:15 4,740 -
19 19 Friday, May 4 BSN CHC W 9 3 12-7 1 up 1.0 Bickford 2:05 6,022 +
20 20 Saturday, May 5 BSN CHC L 0 2 12-8 1 Tied McLish 1:47 5,504 -
21 21 Sunday, May 6 BSN PIT W 6 0 13-8 2 0.5 Spahn 2:03 0 +
22 22 Sunday, May 6 BSN PIT L 0 3 13-9 2 0.5 Chambers 2:01 15,492 -
23 23 Tuesday, May 8 BSN CIN W 2 1 14-9 1 up 1.0 Surkont 2:05 6,313 +
24 24 Wednesday, May 9 BSN CIN W 4 0 15-9 1 up 2.0 Bickford 1:30 4,902 ++
25 25 Thursday, May 10 BSN CIN L 1 4 15-10 1 up 1.0 Blackwell 1:52 2,302 -
26 26 Saturday, May 12 BSN BRO T 5 5 15-10 1 up 1.0 3:28 15,981 -
27 27 Sunday, May 13 BSN BRO L 6 12 15-11 1 Tied Palica 3:06 15,633 --
28 28 Tuesday, May 15 BSN @ CIN L 0 1 15-12 2 1.0 Blackwell 1:34 12,176 ---
29 29 Wednesday, May 16 BSN @ CIN L 3 4 15-13 2 1.0 Smith 1:53 2,930 ----
30 30 Thursday, May 17 BSN @ CIN L 5 6 15-14 2 1.0 Ramsdell 2:12 2,730 -----
31 31 Friday, May 18 BSN @ PIT W 12 3 16-14 2 1.0 Surkont 2:24 30,890 +
32 32 Saturday, May 19 BSN @ PIT W 6 2 17-14 1 Tied Bickford 2:01 13,217 ++
33 33 Sunday, May 20 BSN @ CHC L 3 4 17-15 3 2.0 Leonard 2:09 0 -
34 34 Sunday, May 20 BSN @ CHC L 4 5 17-16 3 2.0 Leonard 2:45 42,068 --
35 35 Tuesday, May 22 BSN @ STL W 7 2 18-16 3 2.0 Spahn 2:25 7,492 +
36 36 Wednesday, May 23 BSN @ STL L 5 6 18-17 4 3.0 Poholsky 2:04 5,454 -
37 37 Friday, May 25 BSN @ BRO L 3 4 18-18 4 4.0 Roe 2:50 32,309 --
38 38 Saturday, May 26 BSN @ BRO W 12 10 19-18 3 3.0 Sain 2:40 17,541 +
39 39 Monday, May 28 BSN @ NYG W 4 1 20-18 3 3.0 Spahn 2:28 23,101 ++
40 40 Wednesday, May 30 BSN @ NYG L 5 6 20-19 3 3.0 Jansen 2:23 0 -
41 41 Wednesday, May 30 BSN @ NYG W 6 3 21-19 3 3.0 Bickford 2:13 46,490 +
42 42 Friday, Jun 1 BSN CHC W 3 2 22-19 3 2.5 Sain 1:57 9,591 ++
43 43 Saturday, Jun 2 BSN CHC L 5 7 22-20 3 3.5 Klippstein 2:23 9,984 -
44 44 Sunday, Jun 3 BSN CIN L 1 3 22-21 4 5.5 Raffensberger 2:13 0 --
45 45 Sunday, Jun 3 BSN CIN L 2 4 22-22 4 5.5 Blackwell 2:11 9,379 ---
46 46 Monday, Jun 4 BSN CIN L 7 10 22-23 6 6.0 Byerly 2:36 1,577 ----
47 47 Tuesday, Jun 5 BSN PIT L 0 8 22-24 6 7.0 LaPalme 2:30 4,302 -----
48 48 Wednesday, Jun 6 BSN PIT W 5 2 23-24 6 7.0 Spahn 1:57 5,030 +
49 49 Thursday, Jun 7 BSN PIT W 5 0 24-24 4 7.0 Bickford 1:57 4,916 ++
50 50 Friday, Jun 8 BSN STL L 1 2 24-25 5 7.5 Presko 1:58 10,697 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Saturday, Jun 9 BSN STL W 6 1 25-25 5 6.5 Nichols 2:05 7,875 +
52 52 Sunday, Jun 10 BSN STL L 4 5 25-26 5 7.0 Brecheen 2:05 8,858 -
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 12 BSN @ PIT W 13 3 26-26 5 7.0 Sain 2:29 16,054 +
54 54 Thursday, Jun 14 BSN @ PIT L 4 9 26-27 3 8.5 Dickson 2:23 4,277 -
55 55 Friday, Jun 15 BSN @ CIN L 1 6 26-28 5 9.5 Ramsdell 2:08 11,498 --
56 56 Saturday, Jun 16 BSN @ CIN W 3 0 27-28 4 8.5 Spahn 1:58 4,664 +
57 57 Sunday, Jun 17 BSN @ CIN L 1 2 27-29 4 9.0 Perkowski 1:49 0 -
58 58 Sunday, Jun 17 BSN @ CIN W 5 0 28-29 4 9.0 Nichols 1:58 19,584 +
59 59 Monday, Jun 18 BSN @ CHC L 4 5 28-30 5 9.5 Klippstein 2:27 6,546 -
60 60 Tuesday, Jun 19 BSN @ CHC L 0 3 28-31 5 10.5 Rush 1:45 6,496 --
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 20 BSN @ CHC W 9 0 29-31 5 9.5 Spahn 2:26 8,458 +
62 62 Friday, Jun 22 BSN @ STL W 8 7 30-31 4 10.0 Surkont 2:59 9,311 ++
63 63 Sunday, Jun 24 BSN @ STL L 5 6 30-32 5 10.0 Lanier 3:27 20,300 -
64 64 Tuesday, Jun 26 BSN @ PHI L 0 7 30-33 6 10.0 Church 2:06 18,802 --
65 65 Thursday, Jun 28 BSN @ PHI L 2 3 30-34 6 10.5 Konstanty 2:22 5,119 ---
66 66 Saturday, Jun 30 BSN NYG W 19 7 31-34 6 10.0 Bickford 2:52 10,812 +
67 67 Sunday, Jul 1 BSN NYG L 1 4 31-35 7 11.0 Jansen 2:02 5,985 -
68 68 Monday, Jul 2 BSN BRO L 1 6 31-36 7 12.0 Roe 2:18 17,197 --
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 3 BSN BRO W 4 3 32-36 5 11.0 Surkont 2:14 6,990 +
70 70 Wednesday, Jul 4 BSN PHI L 1 4 32-37 6 13.0 Roberts 2:17 0 -
71 71 Wednesday, Jul 4 BSN PHI L 1 3 32-38 6 13.0 Church 2:05 13,910 --
72 72 Thursday, Jul 5 BSN PHI W 7 6 33-38 6 13.0 Nichols 2:49 2,902 +
73 73 Friday, Jul 6 BSN @ NYG L 10 12 33-39 6 14.0 Koslo 2:43 7,443 -
74 74 Saturday, Jul 7 BSN @ NYG L 6 7 33-40 6 15.0 Jansen 3:13 11,307 --
75 75 Sunday, Jul 8 BSN @ NYG W 6 5 34-40 5 15.0 Chipman 3:06 17,431 +
76 76 Friday, Jul 13 BSN CIN L 0 2 34-41 6 16.5 Fox 2:12 6,987 -
77 77 Saturday, Jul 14 BSN CIN L 0 5 34-42 6 16.0 Raffensberger 2:09 2,733 --
78 78 Sunday, Jul 15 BSN CHC W 7 0 35-42 6 15.0 Spahn 1:59 0 +
79 79 Sunday, Jul 15 BSN CHC L 4 10 35-43 6 15.0 Leonard 2:35 6,338 -
80 80 Monday, Jul 16 BSN CHC W 9 4 36-43 6 15.0 Wilson 2:21 1,545 +
81 81 Tuesday, Jul 17 BSN STL W 5 0 37-43 6 14.0 Surkont 1:58 6,403 ++
82 82 Wednesday, Jul 18 BSN STL L 6 9 37-44 6 14.0 Presko 2:29 6,022 -
83 83 Friday, Jul 20 BSN PIT W 11 6 38-44 6 14.0 Spahn 2:34 5,767 +
84 84 Saturday, Jul 21 BSN PIT W 11 6 39-44 6 14.0 Bickford 2:20 3,263 ++
85 85 Sunday, Jul 22 BSN PIT W 5 3 40-44 6 14.5 Chipman 2:32 0 +++
86 86 Sunday, Jul 22 BSN PIT L 2 5 40-45 6 14.5 Dickson 1:50 8,514 -
87 87 Monday, Jul 23 BSN @ PIT W 15 14 41-45 6 14.0 Paine 3:04 8,112 +
88 88 Tuesday, Jul 24 BSN @ CIN W 6 1 42-45 6 14.0 Spahn 2:18 9,805 ++
89 89 Thursday, Jul 26 BSN @ CIN W 6 2 43-45 5 14.5 Bickford 2:31 3,293 +++
90 90 Friday, Jul 27 BSN @ PIT L 4 8 43-46 5 15.5 Pollet 2:20 17,256 -
91 91 Saturday, Jul 28 BSN @ PIT L 4 8 43-47 5 16.5 Dickson 2:18 6,848 --
92 92 Sunday, Jul 29 BSN @ PIT L 2 6 43-48 5 17.0 Friend 2:04 0 ---
93 93 Sunday, Jul 29 BSN @ PIT W 5 4 44-48 5 17.0 Wilson 2:25 0 +
94 94 Monday, Jul 30 BSN @ STL L 3 4 44-49 5 17.5 Chambers 2:03 8,495 -
95 95 Tuesday, Jul 31 BSN @ STL W 6 0 45-49 5 17.5 Nichols 2:14 8,192 +
96 96 Wednesday, Aug 1 BSN @ STL W 2 1 46-49 4 16.5 Spahn 2:19 7,485 ++
97 97 Thursday, Aug 2 BSN @ STL W 7 4 47-49 4 16.5 Surkont 2:48 7,140 +++
98 98 Friday, Aug 3 BSN @ CHC L 1 2 47-50 4 16.5 Minner 1:48 7,303 -
99 99 Saturday, Aug 4 BSN @ CHC L 6 7 47-51 4 16.5 Hatten 3:08 13,866 --
100 100 Sunday, Aug 5 BSN @ CHC W 7 4 48-51 4 16.5 Spahn 2:06 0 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 5 BSN @ CHC W 4 3 49-51 4 16.5 Paine 2:13 31,525 ++
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 7 BSN @ PHI L 1 3 49-52 4 17.5 Roberts 1:47 0 -
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 7 BSN @ PHI L 0 1 49-53 4 17.5 Heintzelman 3:18 19,125 --
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 8 BSN @ PHI L 2 3 49-54 4 19.0 Johnson 1:51 12,759 ---
105 105 Thursday, Aug 9 BSN @ PHI W 5 4 50-54 4 19.0 Nichols 2:09 4,840 +
106 106 Saturday, Aug 11 BSN @ BRO L 1 8 50-55 5 19.0 Branca 2:25 0 -
107 107 Saturday, Aug 11 BSN @ BRO W 8 4 51-55 5 19.0 Surkont 2:40 22,308 +
108 108 Sunday, Aug 12 BSN @ BRO L 2 7 51-56 5 20.0 Newcombe 2:05 17,001 -
109 109 Monday, Aug 13 BSN @ BRO L 6 7 51-57 5 21.0 Erskine 2:17 24,560 --
110 110 Tuesday, Aug 14 BSN PHI W 4 2 52-57 5 20.0 Nichols 1:50 5,578 +
111 111 Wednesday, Aug 15 BSN PHI W 9 0 53-57 4 19.0 Spahn 2:36 2,907 ++
112 112 Friday, Aug 17 BSN BRO L 1 3 53-58 5 18.5 Erskine 2:04 0 -
113 113 Friday, Aug 17 BSN BRO W 4 3 54-58 5 18.5 Sain 2:24 15,448 +
114 114 Saturday, Aug 18 BSN BRO L 3 5 54-59 5 19.5 Roe 2:13 13,513 -
115 115 Sunday, Aug 19 BSN BRO W 13 4 55-59 5 18.5 Spahn 2:26 18,713 +
116 116 Tuesday, Aug 21 BSN PIT W 3 1 56-59 5 18.0 Wilson 1:58 0 ++
117 117 Wednesday, Aug 22 BSN PIT W 5 4 57-59 4 18.5 Chipman 2:42 4,585 +++
118 118 Friday, Aug 24 BSN CIN W 5 1 58-59 3 17.5 Spahn 2:18 0 ++++
119 119 Friday, Aug 24 BSN CIN W 2 1 59-59 3 17.5 Nichols 2:19 8,807 +++++
120 120 Saturday, Aug 25 BSN CIN W 6 5 60-59 3 16.5 Chipman 2:29 3,763 ++++++
121 121 Sunday, Aug 26 BSN STL L 10 12 60-60 3 16.5 Chambers 2:56 0 -
122 122 Sunday, Aug 26 BSN STL W 9 1 61-60 3 16.5 Wilson 1:48 13,508 +
123 123 Monday, Aug 27 BSN STL W 6 3 62-60 3 15.5 Spahn 2:22 0 ++
124 124 Monday, Aug 27 BSN STL W 4 2 63-60 3 15.5 Surkont 1:57 10,337 +++
125 125 Tuesday, Aug 28 BSN CHC L 0 1 63-61 3 16.5 Lown 2:06 3,831 -
126 126 Wednesday, Aug 29 BSN CHC W 4 1 64-61 3 16.5 Cole 1:59 4,956 +
127 127 Thursday, Aug 30 BSN CHC W 16 2 65-61 3 16.5 Wilson 2:11 5,941 ++
128 128 Saturday, Sep 1 BSN @ PHI W 9 4 66-61 3 15.5 Spahn 2:28 7,439 +++
129 129 Sunday, Sep 2 BSN @ PHI L 3 5 66-62 3 15.5 Hansen 1:35 5,544 -
130 130 Monday, Sep 3 BSN @ BRO L 2 7 66-63 3 17.5 Erskine 2:20 0 --
131 131 Monday, Sep 3 BSN @ BRO L 2 7 66-64 3 17.5 Labine 2:06 33,353 ---
132 132 Wednesday, Sep 5 BSN NYG L 2 3 66-65 4 19.0 Jones 2:33 0 ----
133 133 Wednesday, Sep 5 BSN NYG L 1 9 66-66 4 19.0 Maglie 2:17 11,985 -----
134 134 Friday, Sep 7 BSN NYG L 3 7 66-67 4 20.0 Jansen 2:07 1,500 ------
135 135 Saturday, Sep 8 BSN PHI W 5 0 67-67 4 20.0 Nichols 1:53 2,629 +
136 136 Sunday, Sep 9 BSN PHI W 5 4 68-67 4 18.5 Spahn 2:14 0 ++
137 137 Sunday, Sep 9 BSN PHI W 4 1 69-67 4 18.5 Cole 2:07 8,588 +++
138 138 Tuesday, Sep 11 BSN @ CHC L 11 13 69-68 4 19.5 Klippstein 2:46 0 -
139 139 Wednesday, Sep 12 BSN @ CHC W 7 3 70-68 4 18.5 Surkont 2:06 3,633 +
140 140 Thursday, Sep 13 BSN @ STL W 2 0 71-68 4 18.0 Spahn 1:48 4,706 ++
141 141 Friday, Sep 14 BSN @ STL W 6 5 72-68 4 18.0 Nichols 2:36 6,295 +++
142 142 Saturday, Sep 15 BSN @ STL L 1 10 72-69 4 18.0 Chambers 2:17 5,259 -
143 143 Sunday, Sep 16 BSN @ CIN W 6 5 73-69 4 18.5 Spahn 2:09 0 +
144 144 Sunday, Sep 16 BSN @ CIN L 0 4 73-70 4 18.5 Raffensberger 1:47 6,881 -
145 145 Tuesday, Sep 18 BSN @ PIT L 5 6 73-71 4 18.0 Yochim 2:36 8,036 --
146 146 Wednesday, Sep 19 BSN @ PIT L 3 7 73-72 4 19.0 Dickson 1:45 2,793 ---
147 147 Saturday, Sep 22 BSN @ NYG L 1 4 73-73 4 19.0 Jansen 2:01 11,925 ----
148 148 Sunday, Sep 23 BSN @ NYG L 1 4 73-74 4 20.0 Maglie 2:16 17,774 -----
149 149 Monday, Sep 24 BSN @ NYG L 3 4 73-75 4 20.5 Koslo 2:29 6,059 ------
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 25 BSN BRO W 6 3 74-75 4 18.5 Spahn 2:17 0 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Tuesday, Sep 25 BSN BRO W 14 2 75-75 4 18.5 Wilson 2:10 5,670 ++
152 152 Wednesday, Sep 26 BSN BRO L 5 15 75-76 4 19.5 Newcombe 2:24 2,444 -
153 153 Thursday, Sep 27 BSN BRO W 4 3 76-76 4 18.5 Nichols 2:21 2,086 +
154 154 Saturday, Sep 29 BSN NYG L 0 3 76-77 4 19.0 Maglie 1:55 7,091 -
155 155 Sunday, Sep 30 BSN NYG L 2 3 76-78 4 20.0 Jansen 2:01 13,209 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1950 / 1952 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits