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1951 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .812 124 254 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# 34 148 644 572 101 160 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
Team Totals 30.1 155 5968 5293 723 1385 234 37 130 683 80 34 565 617 .262 .336 .394 .730 102 2083 139 31 79
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 3 4 2 6 4 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 1
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
* - 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 124 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 88 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 87 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 86 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 77 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 2 158 122 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 72 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 53 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 74 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 22 208 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 65 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 99 1.420 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.9 1.02
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 3 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Bob Addis 25 46 40 33 110 107 1 2 1 .982 2.35 OF
Vern Bickford 30 25 20 12 53 14 38 1 4 .981 2.08 8 5 38% 3 P
Lew Burdette 24 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 1 1 50% 0 P
Bob Chipman 32 33 0 0 14 9 5 0 1 1.000 0.42 1 2 67% 0 P
Dave Cole 20 23 7 1 18 4 13 1 2 .944 0.74 6 9 60% 0 P
Walker Cooper 36 90 84 73 432 367 57 8 9 .981 4.71 8 17 27 26 49% 1 C
Blix Donnelly 37 6 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 0 P
Dick Donovan 23 8 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.63 0 1 100% 0 P
Bob Elliott 34 127 126 113 404 138 242 24 31 .941 2.99 3B
George Estock 26 37 1 0 18 4 13 1 1 .944 0.46 7 4 36% 0 P
Sid Gordon 33 150 150 135 384 300 75 9 9 .977 2.40 OF-3B
Roy Hartsfield 25 114 107 100 649 336 293 20 87 .969 5.52 2B
Bobby Hogue 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Tommy Holmes 34 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 OF
Sam Jethroe 34 140 139 131 384 356 18 10 4 .974 2.67 OF
Buddy Kerr 28 68 57 40 301 115 177 9 34 .970 4.29 SS-2B
Johnny Logan 24 58 50 40 264 98 155 11 31 .958 4.36 SS
Luis Marquez 25 43 28 25 102 100 2 0 0 1.000 2.37 OF
Willard Marshall 30 127 123 118 231 220 11 0 3 1.000 1.70 OF
Gene Mauch 25 14 5 4 33 16 16 1 2 .970 2.13 SS-3B-2B
Ray Mueller 39 24 18 15 100 85 15 0 2 1.000 4.35 0 3 9 8 47% 0 C
Chet Nichols 20 33 19 12 42 6 36 0 2 1.000 1.27 3 5 63% 3 P
Luis Olmo 31 16 12 8 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 OF
Phil Paine 21 21 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.33 3 2 40% 0 P
Johnny Sain 33 26 22 6 42 13 28 1 3 .976 1.58 10 6 38% 2 P
Sid Schacht 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Sibby Sisti 30 105 91 80 479 231 230 18 47 .962 4.01 2B-SS-3B-1B-OF
Warren Spahn 30 39 36 26 60 7 50 3 1 .950 1.46 14 7 33% 6 P
Ebba St. Claire 29 62 53 48 303 267 29 7 5 .977 4.77 5 12 31 21 40% 0 C
Max Surkont 29 37 33 11 44 11 31 2 2 .955 1.14 11 10 48% 0 P
Earl Torgeson 27 155 155 154 1454 1330 107 17 137 .988 9.27 1B
Jim Wilson 29 20 15 5 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.00 3 3 50% 0 P
Team Totals 29.6 155 1395 1190 5984 4167 1672 145 420 .976 3.46 13 32 67 55 45% 15
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 6 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Bob Addis* 25 211 -5 0 0 0 0 -2 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded O78/9
Vern Bickford 30 60 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Lew Burdette 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Bob Chipman* 32 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Dave Cole 20 17 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Walker Cooper 36 372 22 -2 0 0 0 3 13 36 3.7 36 3.7 0.0 $ Traded 2
Blix Donnelly 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Dick Donovan* 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bob Elliott 34 547 21 0 0 0 -2 0 19 38 3.9 40 4.2 -0.3 $ Traded *5
George Estock 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Sid Gordon 33 641 39 0 0 0 -1 -6 21 53 5.5 54 5.6 -0.1 $ Traded *O759
Roy Hartsfield 25 497 -5 2 0 0 -11 5 17 8 0.8 19 2.0 -1.2 $ MinorLg Draft *4
Bobby Hogue 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Tommy Holmes* 34 32 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded /O79
Sam Jethroe# 34 644 23 8 0 0 -4 -2 21 46 4.7 50 5.2 -0.5 $ Traded *O87/9
Buddy Kerr 28 200 -13 0 0 0 0 4 7 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 6/4
Johnny Logan 24 193 -8 0 0 0 -1 4 7 2 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
Luis Marquez 25 138 -9 0 0 0 0 -1 5 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft O87/9
Willard Marshall* 30 523 14 -1 0 0 -6 -6 18 19 2.0 25 2.6 -0.6 $ Traded *O9
Gene Mauch 25 28 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 6/54
Ray Mueller 39 79 -7 0 0 0 1 1 3 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Free Agency 2
Chet Nichols# 20 55 -9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Luis Olmo 31 60 -5 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Traded O7/89
Phil Paine 21 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Johnny Sain 33 58 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Sibby Sisti 30 399 0 -1 0 0 -7 6 14 12 1.2 19 2.0 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent 64/53O9
Warren Spahn* 30 126 -10 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Ebba St. Claire# 29 233 0 0 0 0 -1 2 8 9 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 2
Max Surkont 29 88 -9 0 0 0 0 5 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bob Thorpe 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Unknown
Earl Torgeson* 27 690 27 0 0 0 -2 -7 22 40 4.1 42 4.4 -0.3 $ Traded *3
Jim Wilson 29 43 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 30.1 5968 45 6 0 0 -35 31 201 248 24.8 283 29.5 -4.7 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Vern Bickford 30 164.2 20 68 97 -3 1.0 29 2.7 $ Free Agency
Lew Burdette 24 4.1 0 4 3 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Traded
Bob Chipman* 32 52.0 0 29 30 -1 1.0 1 0.0 $ Purchased
Dave Cole 20 67.2 7 43 40 -1 1.0 -3 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Blix Donnelly 37 7.1 0 6 4 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Waivers
Dick Donovan 23 13.2 2 11 8 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
George Estock 26 60.1 1 33 35 -1 1.0 2 0.1 $ Purchased
Bobby Hogue 30 5.0 0 3 3 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Purchased
Chet Nichols* 20 156.0 19 61 91 -3 1.0 30 3.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Phil Paine 21 35.1 0 15 21 -1 1.0 6 0.5 $ MinorLg Draft
Johnny Sain 33 160.1 22 88 94 -3 1.0 6 0.2 $ Purchased
Sid Schacht 33 4.2 0 4 3 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Waivers
Warren Spahn* 30 310.2 36 111 182 -5 1.0 71 7.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Max Surkont 29 237.0 33 119 139 -4 1.0 20 1.6 $ Purchased
Jim Wilson 29 110.0 15 67 64 -2 1.0 -3 -0.6 $ Traded
Team Total 28.1 1389.0 155 662 814 -24 1.0 152 13.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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