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1946 Boston Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945/1947) 81-72, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 630 runs, Allowed 592 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-72 Managed by Billy Southworth Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 969,673 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 94   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates 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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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   Phil Masi           30  133  397   52  106  17  5   3   62  55   41  .267  .358  .358   5      10   1   9          102
1B *Ray Sanders         29   80  259   43   63  12  0   6   35  50   38  .243  .368  .359   0       3   1   4          106
2B  Connie Ryan         26  143  502   55  121  28  8   1   48  55   63  .241  .317  .335   7       9   1  10           84
3B  Nanny Fernandez     27  115  372   37   95  15  2   2   42  30   44  .255  .313  .323   1      11   1  10           80
SS  Dick Culler         31  134  482   70  123  15  3   0   33  62   18  .255  .342  .299   7      15   2   7           82
OF *Tommy Holmes        29  149  568   80  176  35  6   6   79  58   14  .310  .377  .424   7      15   3  13          126
OF *Bama Rowell         30   95  293   37   82  12  6   3   31  29   15  .280  .345  .392   5       5   0   7          108
OF  Carden Gillenwater  28   99  224   30   51  10  1   1   14  39   27  .228  .342  .295   3       4   0   7           81
   *Johnny Hopp         29  129  445   71  148  23  8   3   48  34   34  .333  .386  .440  21       7   5   8          133
    Billy Herman        36   75  252   32   77  23  1   3   22  43   13  .306  .409  .440   1       8   1   5          140
    Danny Litwhiler     29   79  247   29   72  12  2   8   38  19   23  .291  .347  .453   1       4   2   7          125
    Skippy Roberge      29   48  169   13   39   6  2   2   20   7   12  .231  .270  .325   1       3   2   3           68
    Mike McCormick      29   59  164   23   43   6  2   1   16  11    7  .262  .309  .341   0       2   0   2           84
   *Don Padgett         34   44   98    6   25   3  0   2   21   5    7  .255  .291  .347   0       0   0   1           80
   #Whitey Wietelmann   27   44   78    7   16   0  0   0    5  14    8  .205  .326  .205   0       1   0   0           52
    Stew Hofferth       33   20   58    3   12   1  1   0   10   3    6  .207  .246  .259   0       1   0   4           43
   *Chuck Workman       31   25   48    5    8   2  0   2    7   3   11  .167  .231  .333   0       1   1   1           58
   *Tommy Neill         26   13   45    8   12   2  0   0    7   2    1  .267  .298  .311   0       2   0   2           72
   *Johnny Barrett      30   24   43    3   10   3  0   0    6  12    1  .233  .400  .302   0       1   0   0          100
   *Ken O'Dea           33   12   32    4    7   0  0   0    2   8    4  .219  .375  .219   0       2   0   1           70
    Alvin Dark          24   15   13    0    3   3  0   0    1   0    3  .231  .231  .462   0       0   0   0           93
   *Johnny McCarthy     36    2    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    0  .143  .333  .143   0       0   0   0           37
   *Hugh Poland         33    4    6    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .333   0       0   0   0           39
   *Bob Brady           23    3    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .200  .333  .200   0       0   0   0           52
    Damon Phillips      27    2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0       0   0   0          183
    Ducky Detweiler     27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Max West            29    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Sibby Sisti         25    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0       0   0   0             

    Johnny Sain         28   40   94    6   28   2  1   0   17   0    0  .298  .298  .340   0       2   0  10           80
    Mort Cooper         33   28   67    5   14   1  0   1    7   2   14  .209  .232  .269   0       2   0   8           41
    Ed Wright           27   36   59    5   18   5  0   0    6   3    3  .305  .349  .390   0       0   1   4          109
    Bill Lee            36   25   47    0    8   0  0   0    7   2    5  .170  .204  .170   0       0   0   3            6
   *Warren Spahn        25   24   43    3    7   1  0   0    4   1   14  .163  .200  .186   0       1   1   2            9
    Si Johnson          39   28   37    0    5   0  0   0    5   1   14  .135  .158  .135   0       0   0   4          -17
    Johnny Niggeling    42    8   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .111  .111  .111   0       1   0   2          -37
   *Lefty Wallace       24   27   18    0    1   0  0   0    1   4   10  .056  .227  .056   0       0   0   0          -18
    Frank Barrett       32   23    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Steve Roser         28   14    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       1   0   0         -100
   *Dick Mulligan       28    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    2  .000  .333  .000   1       0   0   0           -2
    Elmer Singleton     28   16    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   1         -100
    Ernie White         29   14    4    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0       0   0   0           41
    Bill Posedel        39   19    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Jim Konstanty       29   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0       0   0   0           -2
    Don Hendrickson     32    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   #Johnny Hutchings    30    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Al Javery           28    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  154 5225  630 1377 238 48  44  596 558  468  .264  .335  .353  60     111  22 135          100
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    3    2   2  5   8        4    8     2     2     5   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Johnny Sain         28  37   2.21  20  14  2  34   2  24   3  265.0  225   80   65   8   87  129 1086   3   2  2     156
SP  Mort Cooper         33  28   3.12  13  11  1  27   1  15   4  199.0  181   76   69  16   39   83  805   2   0  1     110
SP  Bill Lee            36  25   4.18  10   9  0  21   3   8   0  140.0  148   73   65   7   45   32  602   0   1  0      82
SP  Ed Wright           27  36   3.52  12   9  0  21   7   8   2  176.3  164   82   69   8   71   44  744   2   2  0      98
SP *Warren Spahn        25  24   2.94   8   5  1  16   7   8   0  125.7  107   46   41   6   36   67  514   4   1  0     117
SP  Johnny Niggeling    42   8   3.26   2   5  0   8   0   3   0   58.0   54   23   21   2   21   24  247   3   1  0     106

RP  Frank Barrett       32  23   5.09   2   4  1   0  11   0   0   35.3   35   21   20   2   17   12  160   0   1  0      68
RP  Bill Posedel        39  19   6.99   2   0  4   0  10   0   0   28.3   34   24   22   4   13    9  127   1   0  0      49
RP *Lefty Wallace       24  27   4.18   3   3  0   8   5   2   0   75.3   76   41   35   5   31   27  337   5   1  0      82
RP  Si Johnson          39  28   2.76   6   5  1  12   6   5   1  127.0  134   47   39   8   35   41  544   2   4  0     125

    Steve Roser         28  14   3.60   1   1  1   1   7   0   0   35.0   33   15   14   1   18   18  153   1   0  1      96
    Elmer Singleton     28  15   3.74   0   1  1   2   6   0   0   33.7   27   20   14   3   21   17  146   0   1  0      92
   *Ernie White         29  12   4.18   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   23.7   22   11   11   1   12    8   99   0   0  0      82
   *Dick Mulligan       28   4   2.35   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   15.3    6    4    4   1    9    4   58   0   0  0     147
    Jim Konstanty       29  10   5.28   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   15.3   17    9    9   2    7    9   67   2   0  0      65
    Whitey Wietelmann   27   3   8.10   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.7    9    8    6   1    4    2   37   1   1  0      43
    Al Javery           28   2  13.50   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    3.3    5    5    5   0    5    0   18   0   0  0      26
    Johnny Hutchings    30   1   9.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    5    3    3   1    1    1   15   0   0  0      38
    Earl Reid           33   2   3.00   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    4    3    1   0    3    2   16   0   0  0     115
    Don Hendrickson     32   2   4.50   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    2    1   0    2    2   13   0   0  0      77
   *Ace Williams        29   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    0    0   0    1    0    2   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.9 154   3.35  81  72 12 154  81  73  10 1371.0 1291  592  510  76  478  566 5790  26  15  4     102
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   4   5  5           2   6      5    2    5        7    2    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- PMasi 124 470 56 10 5 .981 3 DPadgett 26 65 12 5 1 .939 3 SHofferth 15 66 3 0 1 1.000 0 KO'Dea 12 39 5 0 1 1.000 0 HPoland 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 BBrady 1 4 2 1 0 .857 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 650 78 16 8 .978 6 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanders 77 659 61 9 57 .988 9.35 JHopp 68 535 42 11 44 .981 8.49 BHerman 22 179 6 1 12 .995 8.41 JMcCarthy 2 18 0 0 3 1.000 9.00 MWest 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1394 109 21 116 .986 9.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRyan 120 285 317 20 53 .968 5.02 BHerman 44 95 101 9 22 .956 4.45 WWietelmann 4 5 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 385 421 29 75 .965 5.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFernandez 81 83 150 15 10 .940 2.88 SRoberge 48 63 80 4 11 .973 2.98 CRyan 24 15 50 2 5 .970 2.71 WWietelmann 8 5 10 1 1 .937 1.88 BHerman 5 5 9 1 1 .933 2.80 DLitwhiler 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 SSisti 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 171 301 23 28 .954 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .957 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DCuller 132 279 380 36 68 .948 4.99 NFernandez 18 25 35 5 8 .923 3.33 WWietelmann 16 28 26 5 5 .915 3.38 ADark 12 5 14 2 2 .905 1.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 337 455 48 83 .943 5.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.16 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- THolmes 146 294 17 4 7 .987 2.13 0 0 146 BRowell 85 168 8 4 2 .978 2.07 71 14 0 CGillenwate 78 180 6 4 2 .979 2.38 11 67 0 DLitwhiler 65 128 2 2 0 .985 2.00 65 0 0 JHopp 58 135 3 0 1 1.000 2.38 1 57 0 MMcCormick 48 109 1 3 0 .973 2.29 10 33 5 JBarrett 17 24 1 1 0 .962 1.47 2 11 4 NFernandez 14 25 1 1 1 .963 1.86 14 0 0 TNeill 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 13 0 0 CWorkman 12 22 1 2 0 .920 1.92 3 8 1 ADark 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1105 41 21 13 .982 2.51 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSain 37 20 61 1 4 .988 2.75 MCooper 28 6 25 2 3 .939 1.40 EWright 36 12 35 1 2 .979 2.40 BLee 25 6 35 1 2 .976 2.64 SJohnson 28 6 21 1 2 .964 1.91 WSpahn 24 2 16 2 0 .900 1.29 LWallace 27 7 21 0 0 1.000 3.35 JNiggeling 8 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.64 FBarrett 23 4 12 1 0 .941 4.08 SRoser 14 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.06 ESingleton 15 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.40 BPosedel 19 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.59 EWhite 12 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.14 JKonstanty 10 2 5 0 1 1.000 4.12 DMulligan 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.18 WWietelmann 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.69 AJavery 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 JHutchings 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EReid 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DHendrickso 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AWilliams 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 79 263 11 14 .969 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 Hopp .333 On-base % Hopp .386 Slugging % Hopp .440 OPS Hopp .826 Games Holmes 149 At Bats Holmes 568 Plate Appearances (approx.) Holmes 642 Runs Holmes 80 Hits Holmes 176 Total Bases Holmes 241 Doubles Holmes 35 Triples Hopp and Ryan 8 Home Runs Litwhiler 8 RBI Holmes 79 Bases on Balls Culler 62 Strikeouts Ryan 63 Stolen Bases Hopp 21 Singles Holmes 129 Adjusted OPS+ Hopp 133 Runs Created Holmes 90 Adjusted Batting Runs Holmes 20 Batting Wins Holmes 2.1 Extra-Base Hits Holmes 47 Times on Base Holmes 237 Offensive Win% Hopp .696 Hit By Pitch Hopp 5 Sac. Hits Holmes 13 Grounded into Double Plays Culler and Holmes 15 Power/Speed Number Holmes 6.5 At Bats per Strikeout Holmes 40.6 At Bats per Home Run Holmes 94.7 Outs Holmes 420

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Sain 2.21 Wins Sain 20 Won-Loss % Spahn .615 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Cooper 1.106 Hits Allowed/9IP Sain 7.64 Bases on Balls/9IP Cooper 1.76 Strikeouts/9IP Sain 4.38 Games Sain 37 Saves Posedel 4 Innings Sain 265.0 Strikeouts Sain 129 Games Started Sain 34 Comp. Games Sain 24 Shutouts Cooper 4 Home Runs Allow. Cooper 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Sain 87 Hits Allowed Sain 225 SO to Walk Cooper 2.13 Losses Sain 14 Earned Runs Allow. Cooper and Wright 69 Wild Pitches Wallace 5 Hit Batsmen Johnson 4 Batters Faced Sain 1086 Games Finished Barrett 11 Adjusted ERA+ Sain 156

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Mort Cooper
Johnny Hopp (Starting CF)
Phil Masi

1945/1947

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