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1947 Boston Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 86-68, Finished 3rd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 701 runs, Allowed 622 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69 Managed by Billy Southworth Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,277,361 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96   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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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   Phil Masi           31  126  411   54  125  22  4   9   50  47   27  .304  .377  .443   7      12   1  11          119
1B *Earl Torgeson       23  128  399   73  112  20  6  16   78  82   59  .281  .403  .481  11       6   0   3          136
2B  Connie Ryan         27  150  544   60  144  33  5   5   69  71   60  .265  .351  .371   5      12   1  11           93
3B  Bob Elliott         30  150  555   93  176  35  5  22  113  87   60  .317  .410  .517   3      15   0   3          147
SS  Dick Culler         32   77  214   20   53   5  1   0   19  19   15  .248  .309  .280   1       5   0   8           59
OF *Tommy Holmes        30  150  618   90  191  33  3   9   53  44   16  .309  .360  .416   3      15   5   9          107
OF *Johnny Hopp         30  134  430   74  124  20  2   2   32  58   30  .288  .376  .358  13       8   2  12           97
OF *Bama Rowell         31  113  384   48  106  23  2   5   40  18   14  .276  .310  .385   7       3   1  11           85
    Mike McCormick      30   92  284   42   81  13  7   3   36  20   21  .285  .332  .412   1      10   0  11           98
    Danny Litwhiler     30   91  226   38   59   5  2   7   31  25   43  .261  .337  .394   1       6   1   2           95
    Frank McCormick     36   81  212   24   75  18  2   2   43  11    8  .354  .386  .486   2       8   0   2          132
    Nanny Fernandez     28   83  209   16   43   4  0   2   21  22   20  .206  .281  .254   2       5   0   6           44
    Sibby Sisti         26   56  153   22   43   8  0   2   15  20   17  .281  .371  .373   2       4   2   6          100
    Hank Camelli        32   52  150   10   29   8  1   1   11  18   18  .193  .280  .280   0       8   0   2           50
   *Tommy Neill         27    7   10    1    2   0  1   0    0   1    2  .200  .333  .400   0       1   1   0           96
    Danny Murtaugh      29    3    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .125  .222  .125   0       0   0   0           -5
   *Bob Brady           24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

    Johnny Sain         29   40  107   13   37   7  0   0   18   3    1  .346  .364  .411   0       2   0   8          107
   *Warren Spahn        26   41   98    6   16   2  1   0    6   6   29  .163  .212  .204   0       0   0   8           12
    Red Barrett         32   36   72    6    8   5  0   0    4   1   12  .111  .123  .181   0       3   0   7          -20
    Bill Voiselle       28   22   53    3    9   2  0   0    3   0   12  .170  .170  .208   0       3   0   3            1
    Si Johnson          40   36   30    1    1   0  0   0    1   1   11  .033  .065  .033   0       0   0   0          -73
    Ed Wright           28   23   23    3    3   2  0   0    2   1    4  .130  .167  .217   0       1   0   0            2
   *Clyde Shoun         35   26   19    2    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .158  .158  .158   0       0   0   1          -15
    Mort Cooper         34   10   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .071  .000   0       1   0   1          -79
    Walt Lanfranconi    30   37   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   1         -100
    Johnny Beazley      29    9    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   2         -100
    Andy Karl           33   27    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0       2   0   0          -10
    Ray Martin          22    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .250  .000   0       0   0   0          -28
   #Glenn Elliott       27   11    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0       0   0   1          169
   *Max Macon           31    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Ernie White         30    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   0          437
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  154 5253  701 1444 265 42  85  645 558  500  .275  .345  .390  58     130  14 129          104
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    5    3   1  8   5        4    8     1     2     4   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         29  38   3.52  21  12  1  35   3  22   3  266.0  265  117  104  19   79  132 1131   3   4  0     111
SP *Warren Spahn        26  40   2.33  21  10  3  35   4  22   7  289.7  245   87   75  15   84  123 1174   5   1  0     168
SP  Red Barrett         32  36   3.55  11  12  1  30   3  12   3  210.7  200  102   83  16   53   53  881   1   2  0     110
SP  Bill Voiselle       28  22   4.32   8   7  0  20   0   7   0  131.3  146   66   63  10   51   59  576   1   1  0      90
SP  Mort Cooper         34  10   4.05   2   5  0   7   1   2   0   46.7   48   26   21   2   13   15  198   0   2  0      96

RP  Walt Lanfranconi    30  36   2.95   4   4  1   4  12   1   0   64.0   65   23   21   2   27   18  271   0   0  0     132
RP  Andy Karl           33  27   3.86   2   3  3   0  17   0   0   35.0   41   18   15   2   13    5  147   0   0  0     101
RP  Si Johnson          40  36   4.23   6   8  2  10  15   3   0  112.7  124   57   53   7   34   27  493   1   1  0      92
RP *Clyde Shoun         35  26   4.40   5   3  1   3   9   1   1   73.7   73   41   36   6   21   23  312   0   0  0      89

    Ed Wright           28  23   6.40   3   3  0   6   6   1   0   64.7   80   52   46   9   35   14  305   1   2  0      61
    Johnny Beazley      29   9   4.40   2   0  0   2   4   2   0   28.7   30   15   14   1   19   12  133   3   0  0      89
   *Glenn Elliott       27  11   4.74   0   1  1   0   4   0   0   19.0   18   10   10   4   11    8   80   0   0  0      82
    Ray Martin          22   1   1.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    7    1    1   0    4    2   37   0   0  0     390
   *Ernie White         30   1   0.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.0    1    0    0   0    1    1   13   0   0  0        
    Johnny Lanning      36   3   9.82   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.7    4    5    4   0    6    0   18   0   0  0      40
   *Max Macon           31   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1    0    0   0    1    1    7   0   0  0        
   *Dick Mulligan       29   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    2    2   0    1    1   11   0   0  1      43
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4 154   3.62  86  68 13 154  80  74  14 1362.0 1342  622  548  93  453  494 5787  15  13  1     108
    Rank among 8 NL teams           2   3   6  6           1   1      7    2    1        1    1    8

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- PMasi 123 411 58 5 1 .989 3 HCamelli 51 194 20 5 3 .977 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 605 78 10 4 .986 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ETorgeson 117 1033 76 18 83 .984 9.48 FMcCormick 46 428 26 2 31 .996 9.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1461 102 20 114 .987 10.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .975 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRyan 150 393 432 23 88 .973 5.50 BRowell 7 9 11 1 1 .952 2.86 DMurtaugh 2 7 6 0 1 1.000 6.50 SSisti 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 409 450 24 90 .973 5.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .947 2.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 148 129 302 20 25 .956 2.91 NFernandez 6 7 6 1 0 .929 2.17 BRowell 4 5 6 2 0 .846 2.75 DMurtaugh 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 141 314 23 25 .952 3.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DCuller 77 106 212 11 31 .967 4.13 NFernandez 62 89 146 17 22 .933 3.79 SSisti 51 93 121 12 24 .947 4.20 CRyan 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 289 480 40 77 .951 5.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.19 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- THolmes 147 336 12 4 4 .989 2.37 0 0 147 JHopp 125 296 2 6 0 .980 2.38 0 123 2 BRowell 100 202 4 12 0 .945 2.06 99 2 0 MMcCormick 79 155 4 3 0 .981 2.01 26 62 1 DLitwhiler 66 119 2 3 0 .976 1.83 64 0 1 NFernandez 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 0 0 8 TNeill 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1119 24 28 4 .976 2.52 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 40 5 48 1 1 .981 1.65 JSain 38 11 55 3 1 .957 2.23 RBarrett 36 17 38 3 2 .948 2.35 BVoiselle 22 6 26 1 3 .970 2.19 SJohnson 36 3 36 0 3 1.000 3.11 CShoun 26 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.34 EWright 23 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.95 WLanfrancon 36 1 20 0 0 1.000 2.95 MCooper 10 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.35 AKarl 27 5 13 0 2 1.000 4.63 JBeazley 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.20 GElliott 11 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.37 RMartin 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 EWhite 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JLanning 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 7.30 MMacon 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 DMulligan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 62 275 8 14 .977 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Elliott .317 On-base % Elliott .410 Slugging % Elliott .517 OPS Elliott .927 Games Elliott, Holmes, and Ryan 150 At Bats Holmes 618 Plate Appearances (approx.) Holmes 676 Runs Elliott 93 Hits Holmes 191 Total Bases Elliott 287 Doubles Elliott 35 Triples McCormick 7 Home Runs Elliott 22 RBI Elliott 113 Bases on Balls Elliott 87 Strikeouts Elliott and Ryan 60 Stolen Bases Hopp 13 Singles Holmes 146 Adjusted OPS+ Elliott 147 Runs Created Elliott 118 Adjusted Batting Runs Elliott 40 Batting Wins Elliott 3.8 Extra-Base Hits Elliott 62 Times on Base Elliott 263 Offensive Win% Elliott .726 Hit By Pitch Holmes 5 Sac. Hits Hopp 12 Grounded into Double Plays Elliott and Holmes 15 Power/Speed Number Torgeson 13.0 At Bats per Strikeout Holmes 38.6 At Bats per Home Run Elliott 25.2 Outs Holmes 451

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Spahn 2.33 Wins Sain and Spahn 21 Won-Loss % Spahn .677 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.136 Hits Allowed/9IP Spahn 7.61 Bases on Balls/9IP Barrett 2.26 Strikeouts/9IP Sain 4.47 Games Spahn 40 Saves Karl and Spahn 3 Innings Spahn 289.7 Strikeouts Sain 132 Games Started Sain and Spahn 35 Comp. Games Sain and Spahn 22 Shutouts Spahn 7 Home Runs Allow. Sain 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Spahn 84 Hits Allowed Sain 265 SO to Walk Sain 1.67 Losses Barrett and Sain 12 Earned Runs Allow. Sain 104 Wild Pitches Spahn 5 Hit Batsmen Sain 4 Batters Faced Spahn 1174 Games Finished Karl 17 Adjusted ERA+ Spahn 168

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1946/1948

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