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1951 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, 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 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
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 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 Warren Spahn* 30 22 14 .611 2.98 39 36 3 26 7 0 310.2 278 111 103 20 109 164 1 1 7 1289 123 1.246 8.1 0.6 3.2 4.8 1.50
2 SP Max Surkont 29 12 16 .429 3.99 37 33 3 11 2 1 237.0 230 119 105 21 89 110 7 0 5 1022 92 1.346 8.7 0.8 3.4 4.2 1.24
3 SP Vern Bickford 30 11 9 .550 3.12 25 20 5 12 3 0 164.2 146 68 57 7 76 76 6 0 0 697 118 1.348 8.0 0.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
4 SP Johnny Sain 33 5 13 .278 4.21 26 22 2 6 1 1 160.1 195 88 75 16 45 63 3 0 0 711 87 1.497 10.9 0.9 2.5 3.5 1.40
5 SP Chet Nichols* 20 11 8 .579 2.88 33 19 6 12 3 2 156.0 142 61 50 4 69 71 1 0 8 663 128 1.353 8.2 0.2 4.0 4.1 1.03
6 SP Jim Wilson 29 7 7 .500 5.40 20 15 3 5 0 1 110.0 131 67 66 14 40 33 4 0 1 491 68 1.555 10.7 1.1 3.3 2.7 0.83
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
7 RP Dave Cole 20 2 4 .333 4.26 23 7 4 1 0 0 67.2 64 43 32 3 64 33 2 1 2 320 86 1.892 8.5 0.4 8.5 4.4 0.52
8 RP George Estock 26 0 1 .000 4.33 37 1 16 0 0 3 60.1 56 33 29 2 37 11 0 0 2 263 85 1.541 8.4 0.3 5.5 1.6 0.30
9 RP Bob Chipman* 32 4 3 .571 4.85 33 0 22 0 0 4 52.0 59 29 28 5 19 17 2 0 2 233 76 1.500 10.2 0.9 3.3 2.9 0.89
10 RP Phil Paine 21 2 0 1.000 3.06 21 0 9 0 0 0 35.1 36 15 12 2 20 17 4 0 2 158 120 1.585 9.2 0.5 5.1 4.3 0.85
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
11 Dick Donovan 23 0 0 5.27 8 2 3 0 0 0 13.2 17 11 8 0 11 4 0 0 0 69 70 2.049 11.2 0.0 7.2 2.6 0.36
12 Blix Donnelly 37 0 1 .000 7.36 6 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 8 6 6 1 6 3 1 1 1 38 50 1.909 9.8 1.2 7.4 3.7 0.50
13 Bobby Hogue 30 0 0 5.40 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 20 68 1.400 7.2 1.8 5.4 0.0 0.00
14 Sid Schacht 33 0 2 .000 1.93 5 0 4 0 0 0 4.2 6 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 22 191 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50
15 Lew Burdette 24 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 3 0 5 1 1 0 1 23 59 2.538 12.5 0.0 10.4 2.1 0.20
Team Totals 28.1 76 78 .494 3.75 155 155 82 73 16 12 1389.0 1378 662 578 96 595 604 32 3 31 6019 98 1.420 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.9 1.02
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 1 2 7 4 5 3 3 1 7 3
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 25 46 31 10 5 110 107 1 2 1 .982 2.35 OF
Vern Bickford 30 25 53 14 38 1 4 .981 2.08 P
Lew Burdette 24 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Bob Chipman 32 33 14 9 5 0 1 1.000 0.42 P
Dave Cole 20 23 18 4 13 1 2 .944 0.74 P
Walker Cooper 36 90 432 367 57 8 9 .981 4.71 8 C
Blix Donnelly 37 6 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Dick Donovan 23 8 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.63 P
Bob Elliott 34 127 404 138 242 24 31 .941 2.99 3B
George Estock 26 37 18 4 13 1 1 .944 0.46 P
Sid Gordon 33 156 103 0 23 384 300 75 9 9 .977 2.40 OF-3B
Roy Hartsfield 25 114 649 336 293 20 87 .969 5.52 2B
Bobby Hogue 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Tommy Holmes 34 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 OF
Sam Jethroe 33 140 13 127 2 384 356 18 10 4 .974 2.67 OF
Buddy Kerr 28 68 301 115 177 9 34 .970 4.29 SS-2B
Johnny Logan 24 58 264 98 155 11 31 .958 4.36 SS
Luis Marquez 25 43 21 23 3 102 100 2 0 0 1.000 2.37 OF
Willard Marshall 30 136 0 0 136 231 220 11 0 3 1.000 1.70 OF
Gene Mauch 25 15 33 16 16 1 2 .970 2.13 SS-3B-2B
Ray Mueller 39 23 100 85 15 0 2 1.000 4.35 0 C
Chet Nichols 20 33 42 6 36 0 2 1.000 1.27 P
Luis Olmo 31 16 10 6 2 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 OF
Phil Paine 21 21 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Johnny Sain 33 26 42 13 28 1 3 .976 1.58 P
Sid Schacht 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Sibby Sisti 30 115 0 0 1 479 231 230 18 47 .962 4.01 SS-2B-3B-OF-1B
Warren Spahn 30 39 60 7 50 3 1 .950 1.46 P
Ebba St. Claire 29 62 303 267 29 7 5 .977 4.77 5 C
Max Surkont 29 37 44 11 31 2 2 .955 1.14 P
Earl Torgeson 27 155 1454 1330 107 17 137 .988 9.27 1B
Jim Wilson 29 20 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.00 P
Team Totals 29.6 155 5984 4167 1672 145 420 .976 3.46 13
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 6 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics