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1952 Boston Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953) 64-89, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 569 runs, Allowed 651 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-86 Managed by Tommy Holmes and Charlie Grimm Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 281,278 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 97   (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 97   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 Stats (1951/1953) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Walker Cooper       37  102  349   33   82  12  1  10   55  22   32  .235  .282  .361   1   0   7   1   3           79
1B *Earl Torgeson       28  122  382   49   88  17  0   5   34  81   38  .230  .366  .314  11   7   8   1   7           93
2B *Jack Dittmer        24   93  326   26   63   7  2   7   41  26   26  .193  .255  .291   1   0   9   1   2           53
3B *Eddie Mathews       20  145  528   80  128  23  5  25   58  59  115  .242  .320  .447   6   4   9   1   5          113
SS  Johnny Logan        25  117  456   56  129  21  3   4   42  31   33  .283  .334  .368   1   2  10   4   9           97
OF #Sam Jethroe         34  151  608   79  141  23  7  13   58  68  112  .232  .318  .357  28   9   8   9   3           89
OF  Sid Gordon          34  144  522   69  151  22  2  25   75  77   49  .289  .384  .483   0   4  10   3   4          142
OF *Jack Daniels        24  106  219   31   41   5  1   2   14  28   30  .187  .288  .247   3   3   1   3   6           51
    Bob Thorpe          25   81  292   20   76   8  2   3   26   5   42  .260  .275  .332   3   1   7   1   4           70
    Sibby Sisti         31   90  245   19   52  10  1   4   24  14   43  .212  .255  .310   2   0   9   0  10           58
   *George Crowe        29   73  217   25   56  13  1   4   20  18   25  .258  .329  .382   0   1   5   5   0           99
    Paul Burris         28   55  168   14   37   4  0   2   21   7   19  .220  .256  .280   0   0   9   1   2           50
   #Ebba St. Claire     30   39  108    5   23   2  0   2    4   8   12  .213  .267  .287   0   1   3   0   1           56
    Roy Hartsfield      26   38  107   13   28   4  3   0    4   5   12  .262  .295  .355   0   0   2   0   4           82
    Jack Cusick         24   49   78    5   13   1  0   0    6   6    9  .167  .226  .179   0   1   6   0   0           15
   *Willard Marshall    31   21   66    5   15   4  1   2   11   4    4  .227  .271  .409   0   0   3   0   0           89
   *Billy Reed          29   15   52    4   13   0  0   0    0   0    5  .250  .264  .250   0   0   2   1   2           45
    Pete Whisenant      22   24   52    3   10   2  0   0    7   4   13  .192  .250  .231   1   1   2   0   0           36
    Buzz Clarkson       37   14   25    3    5   0  0   0    1   3    3  .200  .286  .200   0   0   0   0   0           39
   *Billy Klaus         23    7    4    3    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -39

   *Warren Spahn        31   52  112   10   18   2  1   2    9   4   23  .161  .190  .250   1   0   0   0   2           23
    Jim Wilson          30   33   86    4   14   2  0   0    8   2   15  .163  .182  .186   0   0   0   0   3            3
    Max Surkont         30   31   63    2    7   3  0   0    3   3   16  .111  .152  .159   0   0   1   0   7          -13
    Vern Bickford       31   26   51    2    9   1  0   0    3   0    9  .176  .176  .196   0   0   2   0   5            4
    Lew Burdette        25   45   35    1    4   0  0   0    0   3    8  .114  .205  .114   0   0   2   1   6           -8
    Ernie Johnson       28   29   22    2    2   1  0   0    2   2    3  .091  .167  .136   0   0   1   0   4          -14
    Virgil Jester       24   19   19    3    4   0  1   0    2   1    4  .211  .250  .316   0   0   0   0   2           58
    Dave Cole           21   22    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Sheldon Jones       30   39    8    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   1          -30
   *Bob Chipman         33   29    5    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .400  .500  .400   0   0   0   0   0          156
    Gene Conley         21    4    5    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .400  .400  .400   0   0   1   0   0          125
   *Dick Donovan        24    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  155 5221  569 1214 187 31 110  530 483  711  .233  .298  .343  58  34 117  32  92           87
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    7    7   6  7   3        6    3     7     7     7   3   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Warren Spahn        31  40   2.98  14  19  3  35   5  19   5  290.0  263  109   96  19   73  183 1190   5   6  0     121
SP  Jim Wilson          30  33   4.23  12  14  0  33   0  14   0  234.0  234  114  110  19   90  104  998   1   4  0      86
SP  Max Surkont         30  31   3.77  12  13  0  29   1  12   3  215.0  201   95   90  19   76  125  914   7   3  0      96
SP  Vern Bickford       31  26   3.74   7  12  0  22   3   7   1  161.3  165   73   67   7   64   62  690   4   2  0      97

CL  Lew Burdette        25  45   3.61   6  11  7   9  22   5   0  137.0  138   58   55   8   47   47  579   2   2  2     100
RP  Sheldon Jones       30  39   4.76   1   4  1   1  18   0   0   70.0   81   45   37   8   31   40  321   3   1  0      76
RP *Bob Chipman         33  29   2.81   1   1  0   0  12   0   0   41.7   28   15   13   5   20   16  172   1   0  0     129
RP  Dave Cole           21  22   4.03   1   1  0   3  10   0   0   44.7   38   21   20   2   42   22  207   3   3  0      90
RP  Ernie Johnson       28  29   4.11   6   3  1  10  10   2   1   92.0  100   53   42   7   31   45  405   2   2  1      88

    Virgil Jester       24  19   3.33   3   5  0   8   5   4   1   73.0   80   31   27   5   23   25  312   0   1  1     109
    Dick Donovan        24   7   5.54   0   2  1   2   3   0   0   13.0   18   10    8   1   12    6   70   0   2  0      65
    Gene Conley         21   4   7.82   0   3  0   3   1   0   0   12.7   23   16   11   4    9    6   72   0   2  0      46
    Bert Thiel          26   4   7.71   1   1  0   0   1   0   0    7.0   11    7    6   1    4    6   39   0   2  0      47
   *Dick Hoover         26   2   7.71   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.7    8    4    4   1    3    0   26   0   0  0      47
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8 155   3.78  64  89 13 155  92  63  11 1396.0 1388  651  586 106  525  687 5995  28  30  4      96
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   7   2  6           2   5      2    7    6        3    4    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WCooper 89 417 55 8 8 .983 5 PBurris 50 208 16 0 3 1.000 6 ESt. Claire 34 151 21 5 4 .972 6 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 776 92 13 15 .985 17 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ETorgeson 105 931 73 11 86 .989 9.56 GCrowe 55 476 42 8 40 .985 9.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1407 115 19 126 .988 9.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .975 4.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDittmer 90 228 267 9 60 .982 5.50 SSisti 33 73 70 5 14 .966 4.33 RHartsfield 29 61 73 7 10 .950 4.62 BReed 14 22 32 4 6 .931 3.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 384 442 25 90 .971 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .954 2.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 142 160 259 19 21 .957 2.95 SSisti 9 10 19 4 2 .879 3.22 JCusick 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 BClarkson 2 2 5 1 0 .875 3.50 SGordon 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 175 289 24 23 .951 2.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .960 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLogan 117 247 385 18 81 .972 5.40 JCusick 28 45 50 3 4 .969 3.39 SSisti 18 25 40 5 6 .929 3.61 BClarkson 6 9 6 1 0 .937 2.50 BKlaus 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 327 481 28 91 .967 5.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SJethroe 151 413 10 13 3 .970 2.80 1 150 0 SGordon 142 263 9 1 0 .996 1.92 142 0 0 JDaniels 87 119 6 3 2 .977 1.44 13 0 75 BThorpe 72 132 9 4 3 .972 1.96 8 0 70 SSisti 23 34 0 2 0 .944 1.48 8 0 16 WMarshall 16 27 3 2 3 .937 1.88 0 0 16 PWhisenant 14 34 2 1 2 .973 2.57 9 5 0 ETorgeson 5 4 1 1 0 .833 1.00 2 0 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1026 40 27 13 .975 2.29 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 40 18 56 5 4 .937 2.30 JWilson 33 21 32 1 4 .981 2.04 MSurkont 31 9 38 5 3 .904 1.97 VBickford 26 12 32 1 4 .978 2.46 LBurdette 45 9 29 1 3 .974 2.50 EJohnson 29 9 21 1 3 .968 2.93 VJester 19 6 8 1 1 .933 1.73 SJones 39 4 13 1 1 .944 2.19 DCole 22 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.01 BChipman 29 3 8 1 1 .917 2.37 DDonovan 7 0 6 1 0 .857 4.15 GConley 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.13 BThiel 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 DHoover 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 94 255 18 25 .951 2.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Gordon .289 On-base % Gordon .384 Slugging % Gordon .483 OPS Gordon .867 Games Jethroe 151 At Bats Jethroe 608 Plate Appearances (approx.) Jethroe 688 Runs Mathews 80 Hits Gordon 151 Total Bases Gordon 252 Doubles Jethroe and Mathews 23 Triples Jethroe 7 Home Runs Gordon and Mathews 25 RBI Gordon 75 Bases on Balls Torgeson 81 Strikeouts Mathews 115 Stolen Bases Jethroe 28 Singles Gordon 102 Adjusted OPS+ Gordon 142 Runs Created Gordon 94 Adjusted Batting Runs Gordon 31 Batting Wins Gordon 3.2 Extra-Base Hits Mathews 53 Times on Base Gordon 231 Offensive Win% Gordon .693 Hit By Pitch Jethroe 9 Sac. Hits Sisti 10 Grounded into Double Plays Gordon and Logan 10 Caught Stealing Jethroe 9 Power/Speed Number Jethroe 17.8 At Bats per Strikeout Logan 13.8 At Bats per Home Run Gordon 20.9 Outs Jethroe 487

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Spahn 2.98 Wins Spahn 14 Won-Loss % Surkont .480 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.159 Hits Allowed/9IP Spahn 8.16 Bases on Balls/9IP Spahn 2.27 Strikeouts/9IP Spahn 5.68 Games Burdette 45 Saves Burdette 7 Innings Spahn 290.0 Strikeouts Spahn 183 Games Started Spahn 35 Comp. Games Spahn 19 Shutouts Spahn 5 Home Runs Allow. Spahn, Surkont, and Wilson 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Wilson 90 Hits Allowed Spahn 263 SO to Walk Spahn 2.51 Losses Spahn 19 Earned Runs Allow. Wilson 110 Wild Pitches Surkont 7 Hit Batsmen Spahn 6 Batters Faced Spahn 1190 Games Finished Burdette 22 Adjusted ERA+ Spahn 121

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