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1952 Boston Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

64-89, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tommy Holmes (13-22) and Charlie Grimm (51-67)
Scored 569 runs, Allowed 651 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-86

Ballparks: Braves Field · Attendance: 281,278 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 97

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1951 / 1953 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
Vern Bickford 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1920 5 26 22 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Lew Burdette 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 3 45 9 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Paul Burris 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 21, 1923 3 55 43 55 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.5
Bob Chipman 33 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 11, 1918 12 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Buzz Clarkson 37 R R 5' 11" 210 Mar 13, 1915 1st 14 6 14 8 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2
Dave Cole 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 29, 1930 3 22 3 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Gene Conley 21 R R 6' 8" 225 Nov 10, 1930 1st 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Walker Cooper 37 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 13 102 87 102 89 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.7
George Crowe 31 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1921 1st 73 55 73 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.6
Jack Cusick 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Jun 12, 1928 2 49 23 49 31 0 0 0 0 3 28 0 0 0 0 9 9 -0.7
Jack Daniels 24 L L 5' 10" 165 Dec 21, 1927 1st 106 53 106 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 74 87 22 9 -1.5
Jack Dittmer 24 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 1st 93 89 93 90 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1.0
Dick Donovan 24 L R 6' 3" 190 Dec 7, 1927 3 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Sid Gordon 34 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 10 144 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 2 0 142 0 0 142 0 0 4.6
Roy Hartsfield 26 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 25, 1925 3 38 28 38 29 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.0
Dick Hoover 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Dec 11, 1925 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Virgil Jester 24 R R 5' 11" 188 Jul 23, 1927 1st 19 8 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Sam Jethroe 35 B R 6' 1" 178 Jan 23, 1917 3 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151 0 1 0.9
Ernie Johnson 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 2 29 10 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Sheldon Jones 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1922 7 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Billy Klaus 23 L R 5' 9" 160 Dec 9, 1928 1st 7 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 -0.1
Johnny Logan 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 2 117 117 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Willard Marshall 31 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 8 21 16 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 5 0 0.0
Eddie Mathews HOF 20 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 1st 145 142 145 142 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.0
Billy Reed 29 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 12, 1922 1st 15 12 15 14 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Sibby Sisti 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 11 90 66 90 78 0 0 0 33 9 18 6 0 18 23 17 2 -1.3
Warren Spahn HOF 31 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 8 52 35 52 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 6.5 All-Star
Ebba St. Claire 30 B R 6' 1" 219 Aug 5, 1921 2 39 25 39 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.4
Max Surkont 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 4 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Bert Thiel 26 R R 5' 10" 185 May 4, 1926 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bob Thorpe 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 19, 1926 2 81 68 81 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 69 72 10 2 -0.7
Earl Torgeson 28 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 6 122 105 122 109 0 0 105 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 13 0 1.0
Pete Whisenant 22 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1929 1st 24 11 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 14 9 4 -0.4
Jim Wilson 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 6 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

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2

Billy Klaus
4

Sid Gordon
5

Sam Jethroe
6

Jack Dittmer
Billy Reed
7

Jack Daniels
8

Pete Whisenant
9

Earl Torgeson
10

Jack Cusick
11

Sheldon Jones
12

Roy Hartsfield
13

Sibby Sisti
14

Paul Burris
16

Bob Chipman
18

Bob Thorpe
19

Jim Wilson
20

Dick Donovan
21

Warren Spahn
22

Virgil Jester
Bert Thiel
23

Johnny Logan
24

Vern Bickford
27

Willard Marshall
29

Dave Cole
30

Dave Cole
Dick Hoover
32

Ernie Johnson
33

Lew Burdette
36

Max Surkont
37

George Crowe
39

Walker Cooper
40

Buzz Clarkson
Virgil Jester
41

Eddie Mathews
42

Ebba St. Claire
44

Buzz Clarkson
56

Gene Conley

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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