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1952 Boston Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 98 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 97

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1951 / 1953 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 37 102 375 349 33 82 12 1 10 55 1 0 22 32 .235 .282 .361 .643 79 126 7 1 3
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 28 122 471 382 49 88 17 0 5 34 11 7 81 38 .230 .366 .314 .681 93 120 8 1 7
3 2B Jack Dittmer* 24 93 355 326 26 63 7 2 7 41 1 0 26 26 .193 .255 .291 .546 53 95 9 1 2
4 SS Johnny Logan 25 117 500 456 56 129 21 3 4 42 1 2 31 33 .283 .334 .368 .702 97 168 10 4 9
5 3B Eddie Mathews* 20 145 593 528 80 128 23 5 25 58 6 4 59 115 .242 .320 .447 .767 113 236 9 1 5
6 OF Sid Gordon 34 144 606 522 69 151 22 2 25 75 0 4 77 49 .289 .384 .483 .866 142 252 10 3 4
7 OF Bob Thorpe 25 81 302 292 20 76 8 2 3 26 3 1 5 42 .260 .275 .332 .607 70 97 7 1 4
8 OF Sam Jethroe# 35 151 688 608 79 141 23 7 13 58 28 9 68 112 .232 .318 .357 .675 89 217 8 9 3
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 UT Sibby Sisti 31 90 269 245 19 52 10 1 4 24 2 0 14 43 .212 .255 .310 .565 58 76 9 0 10
10 OF Jack Daniels* 24 106 256 219 31 41 5 1 2 14 3 3 28 30 .187 .288 .247 .535 51 54 1 3 6
11 1B George Crowe* 31 73 240 217 25 56 13 1 4 20 0 1 18 25 .258 .329 .382 .712 99 83 5 5 0
12 C Paul Burris 28 55 178 168 14 37 4 0 2 21 0 0 7 19 .220 .256 .280 .535 50 47 9 1 2
13 C Ebba St. Claire# 30 39 117 108 5 23 2 0 2 4 0 1 8 12 .213 .267 .287 .554 56 31 3 0 1
14 2B Roy Hartsfield 26 38 116 107 13 28 4 3 0 4 0 0 5 12 .262 .295 .355 .650 82 38 2 0 4
15 SS Jack Cusick 24 49 84 78 5 13 1 0 0 6 0 1 6 9 .167 .226 .179 .406 15 14 6 0 0
16 OF Willard Marshall* 31 21 70 66 5 15 4 1 2 11 0 0 4 4 .227 .271 .409 .681 89 27 3 0 0
17 OF Pete Whisenant 22 24 56 52 3 10 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 13 .192 .250 .231 .481 36 12 2 0 0
18 2B Billy Reed* 29 15 55 52 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .250 .264 .250 .514 45 13 2 1 2
19 IF Buzz Clarkson 37 14 28 25 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 39 5 0 0 0
20 SS Billy Klaus* 23 7 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 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
21 P Warren Spahn* 31 52 118 112 10 18 2 1 2 9 1 0 4 23 .161 .190 .250 .440 23 28 0 0 2
22 P Jim Wilson 30 33 91 86 4 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 15 .163 .182 .186 .368 3 16 0 0 3
23 P Max Surkont 30 31 73 63 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 16 .111 .152 .159 .310 -13 10 1 0 7
24 P Vern Bickford 31 26 56 51 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .176 .176 .196 .373 4 10 2 0 5
25 P Lew Burdette 25 45 45 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .114 .205 .114 .319 -8 4 2 1 6
26 P Ernie Johnson 28 29 28 22 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .091 .167 .136 .303 -14 3 1 0 4
27 P Virgil Jester 24 19 22 19 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .211 .250 .316 .566 58 6 0 0 2
28 P Sheldon Jones 30 39 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 1 0 0 1
29 P Dave Cole 21 22 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
30 P Bob Chipman* 33 29 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 156 2 0 0 0
31 P Gene Conley 21 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 125 2 1 0 0
32 P Dick Donovan* 24 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Dick Hoover* 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Bert Thiel 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 155 5828 5221 569 1214 187 31 110 530 58 34 483 711 .233 .301 .343 .645 81 1793 117 32 92
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 7 7 6 7 3 3 6 6 3 7 7 7 7 7 4 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* 31 14 19 .424 2.98 40 35 5 19 5 3 290.0 263 109 96 19 73 183 6 0 5 1190 123 1.159 8.2 0.6 2.3 5.7 2.51
2 SP Jim Wilson 30 12 14 .462 4.23 33 33 0 14 0 0 234.0 234 114 110 19 90 104 4 0 1 998 87 1.385 9.0 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
3 SP Max Surkont 30 12 13 .480 3.77 31 29 1 12 3 0 215.0 201 95 90 19 76 125 3 0 7 914 97 1.288 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.64
4 SP Vern Bickford 31 7 12 .368 3.74 26 22 3 7 1 0 161.1 165 73 67 7 64 62 2 0 4 690 98 1.419 9.2 0.4 3.6 3.5 0.97
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
5 CL Lew Burdette 25 6 11 .353 3.61 45 9 22 5 0 7 137.0 138 58 55 8 47 47 2 2 2 579 102 1.350 9.1 0.5 3.1 3.1 1.00
6 RP Ernie Johnson 28 6 3 .667 4.11 29 10 10 2 1 1 92.0 100 53 42 8 31 45 2 1 2 405 89 1.424 9.8 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.45
7 RP Sheldon Jones 30 1 4 .200 4.76 39 1 18 0 0 1 70.0 81 45 37 7 31 40 1 0 3 321 77 1.600 10.4 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.29
8 RP Dave Cole 21 1 1 .500 4.03 22 3 10 0 0 0 44.2 38 21 20 2 42 22 3 0 3 207 92 1.791 7.7 0.4 8.5 4.4 0.52
9 RP Bob Chipman* 33 1 1 .500 2.81 29 0 12 0 0 0 41.2 28 15 13 5 20 16 0 0 1 172 132 1.152 6.0 1.1 4.3 3.5 0.80
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
10 Virgil Jester 24 3 5 .375 3.33 19 8 5 4 1 0 73.0 80 31 27 5 23 25 1 1 0 312 110 1.411 9.9 0.6 2.8 3.1 1.09
11 Dick Donovan 24 0 2 .000 5.54 7 2 3 0 0 1 13.0 18 10 8 1 12 6 2 0 0 70 68 2.308 12.5 0.7 8.3 4.2 0.50
12 Gene Conley 21 0 3 .000 7.82 4 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 23 16 11 4 9 6 2 0 0 72 48 2.526 16.3 2.8 6.4 4.3 0.67
13 Bert Thiel 26 1 1 .500 7.71 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 7 6 1 4 6 2 0 0 39 50 2.143 14.1 1.3 5.1 7.7 1.50
14 Dick Hoover* 26 0 0 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 26 52 2.357 15.4 1.9 5.8 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.0 64 89 .418 3.78 155 155 92 63 11 13 1396.0 1388 651 586 106 525 687 30 4 28 5995 97 1.370 8.9 0.7 3.4 4.4 1.31
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 6 2 5 6 2 7 6 6 3 4 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
Vern Bickford 31 26 22 7 45 12 32 1 4 .978 1.69 5 8 62% 0 P
Lew Burdette 25 45 9 5 39 9 29 1 3 .974 0.84 3 3 50% 0 P
Paul Burris 28 50 43 42 224 208 16 0 3 1.000 4.48 6 9 15 10 40% 2 C
Bob Chipman 33 29 0 0 12 3 8 1 1 .917 0.38 1 1 50% 0 P
Buzz Clarkson 37 8 6 3 24 11 11 2 0 .917 2.75 SS-3B
Dave Cole 21 22 3 0 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 0.45 2 3 60% 0 P
Gene Conley 21 4 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 1 1 50% 0 P
Walker Cooper 37 89 87 74 480 417 55 8 8 .983 5.30 5 13 21 24 53% 3 C
George Crowe 31 55 55 50 526 476 42 8 40 .985 9.42 1B
Jack Cusick 24 31 23 12 100 45 52 3 4 .970 3.13 SS-3B
Jack Daniels 24 87 53 50 128 119 6 3 2 .977 1.44 OF
Jack Dittmer 24 90 89 87 504 228 267 9 60 .982 5.50 2B
Dick Donovan 24 7 2 0 7 0 6 1 0 .857 0.86 5 1 17% 0 P
Sid Gordon 34 144 144 117 280 266 13 1 0 .996 1.94 OF-3B
Roy Hartsfield 26 29 28 26 141 61 73 7 10 .950 4.62 2B
Dick Hoover 26 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 0 P
Virgil Jester 24 19 8 4 15 6 8 1 1 .933 0.74 3 0 0% 0 P
Sam Jethroe 35 151 150 150 436 413 10 13 3 .970 2.80 OF
Ernie Johnson 28 29 10 2 31 9 21 1 3 .968 1.03 6 4 40% 0 P
Sheldon Jones 30 39 1 0 18 4 13 1 1 .944 0.44 1 2 67% 0 P
Billy Klaus 23 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 SS
Johnny Logan 25 117 117 117 650 247 385 18 81 .972 5.40 SS
Willard Marshall 31 16 16 14 32 27 3 2 3 .938 1.88 OF
Eddie Mathews 20 142 142 140 438 160 259 19 21 .957 2.95 3B
Billy Reed 29 14 12 9 58 22 32 4 6 .931 3.86 2B
Sibby Sisti 31 78 66 49 287 142 129 16 22 .944 3.27 2B-OF-SS-3B
Warren Spahn 31 40 35 19 79 18 56 5 4 .937 1.85 2 3 60% 7 P
Ebba St. Claire 30 34 25 21 177 151 21 5 4 .972 5.06 6 5 15 9 38% 0 C
Max Surkont 30 31 29 12 52 9 38 5 3 .904 1.52 12 3 20% 4 P
Bert Thiel 26 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 0 0 0 P
Bob Thorpe 25 72 68 57 145 132 9 4 3 .972 1.96 OF
Earl Torgeson 28 109 105 103 1021 935 74 12 86 .988 9.17 1B-OF
Pete Whisenant 22 14 11 10 37 34 2 1 2 .973 2.57 OF
Jim Wilson 30 33 33 14 54 21 32 1 4 .981 1.61 7 11 61% 0 P
Team Totals 28.5 155 1395 1194 6057 4189 1714 154 383 .975 3.53 17 27 51 43 46% 16
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 7 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
Vern Bickford 31 56 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Lew Burdette 25 45 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Paul Burris 28 178 -10 0 0 0 0 2 6 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ MinorLg Draft 2
Bob Chipman* 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Buzz Clarkson 37 28 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased /65
Dave Cole 21 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Gene Conley 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Walker Cooper 37 375 -9 0 0 0 1 3 13 8 0.7 7 0.8 -0.1 $ Traded 2
George Crowe* 31 240 0 -1 0 0 0 -2 8 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Jack Cusick 24 84 -8 0 0 0 -1 2 3 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Traded 6/5
Jack Daniels* 24 256 -13 1 0 0 -7 -4 9 -14 -1.5 -7 -0.8 -0.7 $ Unknown O97
Jack Dittmer* 24 355 -19 0 0 0 -4 4 12 -7 -0.8 -3 -0.3 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent 4
Dick Donovan* 24 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Sid Gordon 34 606 30 -3 0 0 2 -6 20 43 4.6 41 4.4 0.2 $ Traded *7O/5
Roy Hartsfield 26 116 -3 1 0 0 -2 1 4 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ MinorLg Draft 4
Virgil Jester 24 22 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Sam Jethroe# 35 688 -8 4 0 0 -5 -1 21 11 1.1 16 1.7 -0.6 $ Traded *8O
Ernie Johnson 28 28 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Sheldon Jones 30 9 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Billy Klaus* 23 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /6
Johnny Logan 25 500 -2 0 0 0 0 8 16 22 2.2 22 2.4 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Willard Marshall* 31 70 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded O9
Eddie Mathews* 20 593 8 1 0 0 -7 0 20 22 2.3 29 3.1 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Billy Reed* 29 55 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 2 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Unknown 4
Sibby Sisti 31 269 -13 0 0 0 -7 2 9 -9 -1.0 -2 -0.2 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent 4O96/57
Warren Spahn* 31 118 -11 1 0 0 0 9 4 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Ebba St. Claire# 30 117 -6 -1 0 0 -1 1 4 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 2
Max Surkont 30 73 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bob Thorpe 25 302 -12 0 0 0 0 -4 10 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ Unknown O97
Earl Torgeson* 28 471 -1 -1 0 0 -1 -5 16 8 0.8 9 1.0 -0.2 $ Traded *3/O97
Pete Whisenant 22 56 -4 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent O7/8
Jim Wilson 30 91 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Team Total 28.7 5828 -127 2 0 0 -34 35 192 68 5.9 102 11.1 -5.2 $
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 31 161.1 22 73 89 -3 1.0 16 1.8 $ Free Agency
Lew Burdette 25 137.0 9 58 76 -2 1.0 18 2.0 $ Traded
Bob Chipman* 33 41.2 0 15 23 -1 1.0 8 0.9 $ Purchased
Dave Cole 21 44.2 3 21 25 -1 1.0 4 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Gene Conley 21 12.2 3 16 7 0 1.0 -9 -1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Donovan 24 13.0 2 10 7 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Hoover* 26 4.2 0 4 3 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Virgil Jester 24 73.0 8 31 40 -1 1.0 9 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ernie Johnson 28 92.0 10 53 51 -2 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Sheldon Jones 30 70.0 1 45 39 -1 1.0 -6 -0.7 $ Traded
Warren Spahn* 31 290.0 35 109 160 -5 1.0 51 5.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Max Surkont 30 215.0 29 95 119 -4 1.0 24 2.7 $ Purchased
Bert Thiel 26 7.0 0 7 4 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Wilson 30 234.0 33 114 129 -4 1.0 15 1.7 $ Traded
Team Total 29.0 1396.0 155 651 772 -24 1.0 121 13.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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