1948 Boston Braves Statistics

1947 Season 1949 Season

Record: 91-62-1, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-2) to Cleveland Indians

Ballpark: Braves Field

Attendance: 1,455,439 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 93-60, 739 Runs, 584 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	Phil Masi	32	113	423	376	43	95	19	0	5	44	2	6	35	26	.253	.318	.343	.661	80	129	15	1	11		3
2	1B	Earl Torgeson*	24	134	533	438	70	111	23	5	10	67	19	3	81	54	.253	.372	.397	.770	109	174	7	2	10		5
3	2B	Eddie Stanky	32	67	313	247	49	79	14	2	2	29	3	1	61	13	.320	.455	.417	.872	138	103	5	0	4		0
4	SS	Al Dark	26	137	581	543	85	175	39	6	3	48	4	4	24	36	.322	.353	.433	.786	113	235	4	2	10		3
5	3B	Bob Elliott	31	151	677	540	99	153	24	5	23	100	6	8	131	57	.283	.423	.474	.897	143	256	14	0	4		10
6	OF	Mike McCormick	31	115	384	343	45	104	22	7	1	39	1	1	32	34	.303	.363	.417	.780	111	143	7	0	8		0
7	OF	Tommy Holmes*	31	139	639	585	85	190	35	7	6	61	1	2	46	20	.325	.375	.439	.814	121	257	18	1	7		5
8	OF	Jeff Heath*	33	115	420	364	64	116	26	5	20	76	2	1	51	46	.319	.404	.582	.986	165	212	4	1	3		8
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	Jim Russell#	29	89	375	322	44	85	18	1	9	54	4	3	46	31	.264	.361	.410	.771	109	132	8	3	3		2
10	MI	Sibby Sisti	27	83	262	221	30	54	6	2	0	21	0	0	31	34	.244	.340	.290	.630	73	64	4	1	8		7
11	OF	Clint Conatser	26	90	259	224	30	62	9	3	3	23	0	2	32	27	.277	.370	.384	.754	105	86	4	1	2		0
12	C	Bill Salkeld*	31	78	250	198	26	48	8	1	8	28	1	3	42	37	.242	.378	.414	.792	115	82	3	1	9		5
13	1B	Frank McCormick	37	75	194	180	14	45	9	2	4	34	0	0	10	9	.250	.289	.389	.678	83	70	5	0	4		2
14	2B	Connie Ryan	28	51	148	122	14	26	3	0	0	10	0	2	21	16	.213	.333	.238	.571	58	29	2	1	4		2
15	2B	Bobby Sturgeon	28	34	82	78	10	17	3	1	0	4	0	0	4	5	.218	.256	.282	.538	46	22	2	0	0		2
16	OF	Danny Litwhiler	31	13	40	33	0	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	2	.273	.385	.333	.718	97	11	0	2	1		0
17	OF	Al Lyons	29	16	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	2	0	0	0		0
18	OF	Marv Rickert*	27	3	14	13	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	.231	.286	.385	.670	81	5	0	1	0		0
19		Ray Sanders*	31	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	1	0	0		0
20	C	Paul Burris	24	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	2	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	Johnny Sain	30	43	132	115	11	25	3	1	0	16	0	0	1	3	.217	.224	.261	.485	31	30	4	0	16		0
22	P	Warren Spahn*	27	37	103	90	10	15	3	0	1	7	0	0	6	24	.167	.219	.233	.452	23	21	2	0	7		0
23	P	Bill Voiselle	29	37	83	72	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	17	.097	.145	.097	.242	-33	7	0	0	7		0
24	P	Vern Bickford	27	33	57	49	3	10	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	12	.204	.235	.245	.480	31	12	1	0	6		0
25	P	Red Barrett	33	34	44	39	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.179	.179	.179	.359	-2	7	2	0	4		0
26	P	Nels Potter*	36	18	31	29	0	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.379	.379	.414	.793	115	12	1	0	2		0
27	P	Bobby Hogue	27	40	28	21	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.095	.095	.143	.238	-36	3	0	0	7		0
28	P	Clyde Shoun*	36	36	23	21	2	4	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.286	.476	28	6	0	0	2		0
29	P	Johnny Beazley	30	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
30	P	Jim Prendergast*	30	10	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
31	P	Ernie White	31	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Glenn Elliott#	28	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Ed Wright	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Johnny Antonelli*	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Ray Martin	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.7	154	6133	5297	739	1458	272	49	95	695	43	36	667	537	.275	.358	.399	.757	105	2113	113	17	140		54
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	4	1	1	4	5		5	4	1	2	1	1	2	1		2		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.7	154	5603	4835	709	1375	260	48	94	648	43	36	652	448	.284	.371	.416	.788	114	2013	103	17	88		54
		Pitcher Totals	29.6	154	530	462	30	83	12	1	1	47	0	0	15	89	.180	.205	.216	.422	15	100	10	0	52		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	Johnny Sain	30	24	15	.615	2.60	42	39	3	28	4	1	314.2	297	105	91	19	83	4	137	5	0	2	1313	149	3.51	1.208	8.5	0.5	2.4	3.9	1.65
2	SP	Warren Spahn*	27	15	12	.556	3.71	36	35	1	16	3	1	257.0	237	115	106	19	77	4	114	1	0	4	1064	105	3.74	1.222	8.3	0.7	2.7	4.0	1.48
3	SP	Bill Voiselle	29	13	13	.500	3.63	37	30	5	9	2	2	215.2	226	93	87	18	90	8	89	3	0	1	940	107	4.31	1.465	9.4	0.8	3.8	3.7	0.99
4	SP	Vern Bickford	27	11	5	.688	3.27	33	22	5	10	1	1	146.0	125	59	53	9	63	2	60	3	0	0	625	119	4.09	1.288	7.7	0.6	3.9	3.7	0.95
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	RP	Red Barrett	33	7	8	.467	3.65	34	13	8	3	0	0	128.1	132	56	52	9	26	4	40	0	0	0	527	107	3.65	1.231	9.3	0.6	1.8	2.8	1.54
6	RP	Bobby Hogue	27	8	2	.800	3.23	40	1	15	0	0	2	86.1	88	34	31	4	19	1	43	2	0	0	359	120	3.09	1.239	9.2	0.4	2.0	4.5	2.26
7	RP	Nels Potter	36	5	2	.714	2.33	18	7	9	3	0	2	85.0	77	27	22	4	8	5	47	0	0	1	332	167	2.55	1.000	8.2	0.4	0.8	5.0	5.88
8	RP	Clyde Shoun*	36	5	1	.833	4.01	36	2	16	1	0	4	74.0	77	37	33	7	20	3	25	0	0	2	310	97	4.12	1.311	9.4	0.9	2.4	3.0	1.25
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
9		Ernie White*	31	0	2	.000	1.96	15	0	8	0	0	2	23.0	13	7	5	0	17	3	8	0	0	0	98	201	4.28	1.304	5.1	0.0	6.7	3.1	0.47
10		Jim Prendergast*	30	1	1	.500	10.26	10	2	4	0	0	1	16.2	30	20	19	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	84	39	4.08	2.100	16.2	0.5	2.7	1.6	0.60
11		Johnny Beazley	30	0	1	.000	4.50	3	2	1	0	0	0	16.0	19	13	8	2	7	1	4	0	0	1	75	88	5.20	1.625	10.7	1.1	3.9	2.3	0.57
12		Al Lyons	29	1	0	1.000	7.82	7	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	17	11	11	1	8	0	5	0	0	0	64	51	4.89	1.974	12.1	0.7	5.7	3.6	0.63
13		Ed Wright	29	0	0		1.93	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	9	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	218	3.19	2.357	17.4	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
14		Johnny Antonelli*	18	0	0		2.25	4	0	4	0	0	1	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	189	5.01	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
15		Glenn Elliott*	28	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	146	2.42	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
16		Ray Martin	23	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8		4.04	0.429	0.0	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.7	91	62	.595	3.38	154	154	84	70	10	17	1389.1	1354	582	521	93	430	35	579	14	0	11	5853	115	3.75	1.284	8.8	0.6	2.8	3.8	1.35
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				1	3	6	2	2	1	1	2	1		5
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