1929 Boston Braves Statistics

1928 Season 1930 Season

Record: 56-98-0, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Judge Fuchs (56-98)

Ballpark: Braves Field

Attendance: 372,351 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 57-97, 657 Runs, 876 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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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	Al Spohrer	26	114	382	342	42	93	21	8	2	48	1	1	26	35	.272	.327	.398	.725	82	136		2	12		3
2	1B	George Sisler*	36	154	686	629	67	205	40	8	2	79	6	7	33	17	.326	.363	.424	.788	99	267		4	20		0
3	2B	Freddie Maguire	30	138	545	496	54	125	26	8	0	41	8	3	19	40	.252	.284	.337	.620	56	167		3	26		0
4	SS	Rabbit Maranville	37	146	634	560	87	159	26	10	0	55	13	6	47	33	.284	.344	.366	.710	80	205		4	23		1
5	3B	Les Bell	27	139	553	483	58	144	23	5	9	72	4	4	50	42	.298	.364	.422	.786	98	204		0	20		1
6	OF	Lance Richbourg*	31	139	617	557	76	170	24	13	3	56	7	11	42	26	.305	.355	.411	.766	93	229		1	16		5
7	OF	George Harper*	37	136	538	457	65	133	25	5	10	68	5	6	69	27	.291	.389	.433	.822	108	198		4	8		4
8	OF	Earl Clark	21	84	303	279	43	88	13	3	1	30	6	2	12	30	.315	.346	.394	.740	87	110		1	11		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
9	OF	Jimmy Welsh*	26	53	212	186	24	54	8	7	2	16	1	2	13	9	.290	.350	.441	.791	99	82		4	9		2
10	3B	Joe Dugan	32	60	139	125	14	38	10	0	0	15	0	0	8	8	.304	.346	.384	.730	84	48		0	6		1
11	C	Zack Taylor	30	34	114	101	8	25	7	0	0	10	0	0	7	9	.248	.303	.317	.620	57	32		1	5		0
12	2B	Bernie James#	23	46	113	101	12	31	3	2	0	9	3	3	9	13	.307	.369	.376	.746	89	38		1	2		1
13	OF	Heinie Mueller*	29	46	109	93	10	19	2	1	0	11	2	1	12	12	.204	.302	.247	.549	41	23		1	3		0
14	C	Lou Legett	28	39	84	81	7	13	2	0	0	6	2	0	3	18	.160	.190	.185	.376	-4	15		0	0		0
15	OF	Phil Voyles*	29	20	79	68	9	16	0	2	0	14	0	1	6	8	.235	.297	.294	.591	50	20		0	5		0
16	OF	Johnny Cooney	28	41	76	72	10	23	4	1	0	6	1	0	3	3	.319	.355	.403	.758	91	29		1	0		0
17	OF	Buzz Boyle*	21	17	66	57	8	15	2	1	1	2	2	1	6	11	.263	.333	.386	.719	81	22		0	3		0
18	OF	Bill Dunlap	20	10	33	29	6	12	0	1	1	4	0	0	4	4	.414	.485	.586	1.071	170	17		0	0		0
19	IF	Gene Robertson*	29	8	31	28	1	8	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	.286	.310	.286	.596	52	8		0	2		0
20	OF	Jack Smith*	34	19	24	20	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.250	.318	.250	.568	46	5		0	2		0
21	OF	Red Barron	29	10	22	21	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	.190	.227	.238	.465	18	5		0	0		0
22	C	Hank Gowdy	39	10	16	16	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.438	.438	.438	.875	122	7		0	0		0
23	3B	Henry Peploski*	23	6	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	22	2		0	1		0
24	C	Pat Collins	32	7	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.000	.375	.000	.375	4	0		0	3		0
25	C	Bill Cronin	26	6	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-44	1		0	0		0
26	MI	Doc Farrell	27	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-37	1		0	0		0
27	C	Jack Cummings	25	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-15	1		0	0		0
28		Al Weston	23	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
29	2B	Johnny Evers*	47	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0		0
30	P	Bob Smith	34	39	104	99	12	17	4	2	1	8	1	0	2	8	.172	.188	.283	.471	17	28		0	3		0
31	P	Socks Seibold	33	33	78	70	6	20	2	0	0	9	0	0	6	6	.286	.342	.314	.656	67	22		0	2		0
32	P	Ed Brandt*	24	29	71	64	7	15	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	6	.234	.279	.297	.576	46	19		0	3		0
33	P	Percy Jones	29	36	67	61	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	16	.148	.175	.164	.339	-14	10		0	4		0
34	P	Ben Cantwell	27	27	57	50	5	9	3	0	0	5	0	0	4	5	.180	.241	.240	.481	22	12		0	3		0
35	P	Gorham Leverett	35	24	35	32	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.188	.235	.219	.454	16	7		0	1		0
36	P	Bruce Cunningham	23	19	33	27	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	7	.148	.258	.148	.406	6	4		0	2		0
37	P	Art Delaney	32	20	26	21	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	.143	.250	.286	.536	35	6		0	2		0
38	P	Red Peery*	22	10	17	14	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.214	.353	.214	.567	47	3		0	0		0
39	P	Kent Greenfield	26	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
40	P	Bunny Hearn*	25	10	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-8	0		0	1		0
41	P	Bill Clarkson	30	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	154	1		0	0		0
42	P	Johnny Werts	31	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	408	1		0	0		0
43	P	Clay Touchstone	26	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	408	1		0	0		0
		Team Totals	30.8	154	5926	5291	657	1481	252	77	33	598	65	50	408	432	.280	.335	.375	.710	79	1986		27	198		18
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	8	7	7	4	8		7	3	8	4	8	8	8	8		8		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.9	154	5349	4770	599	1369	233	74	31	554	63	50	374	359	.287	.342	.386	.729	84	1843		26	177		18
		Pitcher Totals	29.4	154	577	521	58	112	19	3	2	44	2	0	34	73	.215	.264	.274	.539	37	143		1	21		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	Bob Smith	34	11	17	.393	4.68	34	29	4	19	1	3	231.0	256	135	120	20	71	3	65	1	0	3	988	100	4.29	1.416	10.0	0.8	2.8	2.5	0.92
2	SP	Socks Seibold	33	12	17	.414	4.73	33	27	4	16	1	1	205.2	228	119	108	17	80	0	54	2	0	1	902	99	4.54	1.498	10.0	0.7	3.5	2.4	0.68
3	SP	Percy Jones*	29	7	15	.318	4.64	35	22	11	11	1	0	188.1	219	112	97	15	84	2	69	4	0	1	851	101	4.50	1.609	10.5	0.7	4.0	3.3	0.82
4	SP	Ed Brandt*	24	8	13	.381	5.53	26	21	2	13	0	0	167.2	196	111	103	12	83	5	50	5	0	3	761	85	4.70	1.664	10.5	0.6	4.5	2.7	0.60
5	SP	Ben Cantwell	27	4	13	.235	4.47	27	20	5	8	0	2	157.0	171	98	78	11	52	4	25	2	0	3	683	105	4.42	1.420	9.8	0.6	3.0	1.4	0.48
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
6	RP	Gorham Leverett	35	3	7	.300	6.36	24	12	8	3	0	1	97.2	135	81	69	5	30	2	28	5	0	3	453	74	3.96	1.689	12.4	0.5	2.8	2.6	0.93
7	RP	Bruce Cunningham	23	4	6	.400	4.52	17	8	8	4	0	1	91.2	100	52	46	7	32	2	22	2	0	1	402	104	4.42	1.440	9.8	0.7	3.1	2.2	0.69
8	RP	Art Delaney	32	3	5	.375	6.12	20	8	4	3	1	0	75.0	103	59	51	6	35	3	17	1	0	0	356	77	4.82	1.840	12.4	0.7	4.2	2.0	0.49
9	RP	Johnny Cooney*	28	2	3	.400	5.00	14	2	10	1	0	3	45.0	57	29	25	4	22	3	11	0	0	0	210	94	4.93	1.756	11.4	0.8	4.4	2.2	0.50
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		Red Peery*	22	0	1	.000	5.11	9	1	7	0	0	0	44.0	53	28	25	1	9	0	3	0	0	1	187	92	3.57	1.409	10.8	0.2	1.8	0.6	0.33
11		Bunny Hearn*	25	2	0	1.000	4.42	10	1	6	0	0	0	18.1	18	10	9	2	9	0	12	0	0	0	77	107	4.38	1.473	8.8	1.0	4.4	5.9	1.33
12		Kent Greenfield	26	0	0		10.91	6	2	2	0	0	0	15.2	33	19	19	1	15	0	7	2	0	1	93	44	5.99	3.064	19.0	0.6	8.6	4.0	0.47
13		Bill Clarkson	30	0	1	.000	10.29	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	16	10	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	40	47	4.51	2.857	20.6	0.0	5.1	0.0	0.00
14		Johnny Werts	31	0	0		10.50	4	0	3	0	0	1	6.0	13	8	7	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	34	47	6.29	2.833	19.5	1.5	6.0	3.0	0.50
15		Clay Touchstone	26	0	0		16.88	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	6	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	31	6.92	2.250	20.3	3.4	0.0	3.4
		Team Totals	29.5	56	98	.364	5.12	154	154	76	78	4	12	1352.2	1604	876	770	103	530	25	366	24	0	18	6051	91	4.47	1.578	10.7	0.7	3.5	2.4	0.69
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		7				4	8	5	7	6	6	7	7	5		7
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