1952 Boston Braves Statistics

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 64-89-2, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Tommy Holmes (13-22) and Charlie Grimm (51-67-2)

General Manager: John Quinn

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 67-86, 569 Runs, 651 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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		1
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		2
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
4	SS	Johnny Logan	26	117	500	456	56	129	21	3	4	42	1	2	31	33	.283	.334	.368	.702	97	168	10	4	9		1
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		3
6	OF	Sid Gordon	34	144	607	522	69	151	22	2	25	75	0	4	77	49	.289	.384	.483	.866	142	252	10	3	4		3
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		0
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		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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	271	245	19	52	10	1	4	24	2	0	14	43	.212	.255	.310	.565	58	76	9	0	10		1
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		2
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		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		0
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		0
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		0
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		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		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		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		0
19	IF	Buster Clarkson	37	14	29	25	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.200	.286	.200	.486	39	5	0	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		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		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		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		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		0
33	P	Dick Hoover*	26	2	0	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		0
		Team Totals	28.9	155	5832	5221	569	1214	187	31	110	530	58	34	483	711	.233	.301	.343	.645	81	1793	117	32	92		24
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	7	7	6	7	3		3	3	6	6	7	7	7	7		7		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.9	155	5368	4804	542	1151	178	29	108	501	57	34	467	623	.240	.311	.356	.667	87	1711	110	31	62		24
		Pitcher Totals	29.2	155	464	417	27	63	9	2	2	29	1	0	16	88	.151	.184	.197	.381	7	82	7	1	30		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Warren Spahn*	31	14	19	.424	2.98	40	35	5	19	5	3	290.0	263	109	96	19	73	10	183	6	0	5	1190	122	2.80	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	7	104	4	0	1	998	86	3.76	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	10	125	3	0	7	914	96	3.48	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	4	62	2	0	4	690	97	3.41	1.419	9.2	0.4	3.6	3.5	0.97
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Lew Burdette	25	6	11	.353	3.61	45	9	22	5	0	7	137.0	138	58	55	8	47	5	47	2	2	2	579	100	3.54	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	2	45	2	1	2	405	88	3.62	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	5	40	1	0	3	321	77	3.92	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	3	22	3	0	3	207	91	5.01	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	1	16	0	0	1	172	130	4.62	1.152	6.0	1.1	4.3	3.5	0.80
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Virgil Jester	24	3	5	.375	3.33	19	8	5	4	1	0	73.0	80	31	27	5	23	4	25	1	1	0	312	109	3.58	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	1	6	2	0	0	70	67	5.70	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	0	6	2	0	0	72	48	8.15	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	1	6	2	0	0	39	50	5.11	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	0	26	51	7.11	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	53	687	30	4	28	5995	96	3.59	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W