1948 Boston Braves Statistics and Roster

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1948 Boston Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949)
91-62, Finished 1st in National League
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Won NL Pennant
Scored 739 runs, Allowed 584 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-60
Managed by Billy Southworth

Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,455,439 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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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           32  113  376   43   95  19  0   5   44  35   26  .253  .318  .343   2      15   1  11           80
1B *Earl Torgeson       24  134  438   70  111  23  5  10   67  81   54  .253  .372  .397  19       7   2  10          109
2B  Eddie Stanky        31   67  247   49   79  14  2   2   29  61   13  .320  .455  .417   3       5   0   4          138
3B  Bob Elliott         31  151  540   99  153  24  5  23  100 131   57  .283  .423  .474   6      14   0   4          143
SS  Alvin Dark          26  137  543   85  175  39  6   3   48  24   36  .322  .353  .433   4       4   2  10          113
OF *Tommy Holmes        31  139  585   85  190  35  7   6   61  46   20  .325  .375  .439   1      18   1   7          121
OF *Jeff Heath          33  115  364   64  116  26  5  20   76  51   46  .319  .404  .582   2       4   1   3          165
OF  Mike McCormick      31  115  343   45  104  22  7   1   39  32   34  .303  .363  .417   1       7   0   8          111
   #Jim Russell         29   89  322   44   85  18  1   9   54  46   31  .264  .361  .410   4       8   3   3          109
    Clint Conatser      26   90  224   30   62   9  3   3   23  32   27  .277  .370  .384   0       4   1   2          105
    Sibby Sisti         27   83  221   30   54   6  2   0   21  31   34  .244  .340  .290   0       4   1   8           73
   *Bill Salkeld        31   78  198   26   48   8  1   8   28  42   37  .242  .378  .414   1       3   1   9          115
    Frank McCormick     37   75  180   14   45   9  2   4   34  10    9  .250  .289  .389   0       5   0   4           83
    Connie Ryan         28   51  122   14   26   3  0   0   10  21   16  .213  .333  .238   0       2   1   4           58
    Bobby Sturgeon      28   34   78   10   17   3  1   0    4   4    5  .218  .256  .282   0       2   0   0           46
    Danny Litwhiler     31   13   33    0    9   2  0   0    6   4    2  .273  .385  .333   0       3   2   1           97
   *Marv Rickert        27    3   13    1    3   0  1   0    2   0    1  .231  .286  .385   0       0   1   0           81
    Paul Burris         24    2    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0       0   0   0          172
   *Ray Sanders         31    5    4    0    1   0  0   0    2   1    0  .250  .400  .250   0       1   0   0           80

    Johnny Sain         30   43  115   11   25   3  1   0   16   1    3  .217  .224  .261   0       4   0  16           31
   *Warren Spahn        27   37   90   10   15   3  0   1    7   6   24  .167  .219  .233   0       2   0   7           23
    Bill Voiselle       29   37   72    2    7   0  0   0    4   4   17  .097  .145  .097   0       0   0   7          -33
    Vern Bickford       27   33   49    3   10   2  0   0    7   2   12  .204  .235  .245   0       1   0   6           31
    Red Barrett         33   34   39    0    7   0  0   0    3   0   11  .179  .179  .179   0       2   0   4           -2
   *Nels Potter         36   18   29    0   11   1  0   0    3   0    3  .379  .379  .414   0       1   0   2          115
    Bobby Hogue         27   40   21    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    5  .095  .095  .143   0       0   0   7          -36
   *Clyde Shoun         36   36   21    2    4   2  0   0    6   0    4  .190  .190  .286   0       0   0   2           28
    Al Lyons            29   16   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   2    4  .167  .286  .167   0       0   0   0           26
   *Jim Prendergast     30   10    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Johnny Beazley      30    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   1         -100
    Ernie White         31   16    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   #Glenn Elliott       28    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6  154 5297  739 1458 272 49  95  695 671  536  .275  .357  .399  43     116  17 140          114
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    4    1   1  4   5        1    7     1     1     2   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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         30  42   2.60  24  15  1  39   3  28   4  314.7  297  105   91  19   83  137 1313   2   5  0     147
SP *Warren Spahn        27  36   3.71  15  12  1  35   1  16   3  257.0  237  115  106  19   77  114 1064   4   1  0     103
SP  Bill Voiselle       29  37   3.63  13  13  2  30   5   9   2  215.7  226   93   87  18   90   89  940   1   3  0     106
SP  Vern Bickford       27  33   3.27  11   5  1  22   5  10   1  146.0  125   59   53   9   63   60  625   0   3  0     117

RP  Bobby Hogue         27  40   3.23   8   2  2   1  15   0   0   86.3   88   34   31   4   19   43  359   0   2  0     119
RP *Clyde Shoun         36  36   4.01   5   1  4   2  16   1   0   74.0   77   37   33   7   20   25  310   2   0  0      96
RP  Red Barrett         33  34   3.65   7   8  0  13   8   3   0  128.3  132   56   52   9   26   40  527   0   0  0     105
RP *Ernie White         31  15   1.96   0   2  2   0   8   0   0   23.0   13    7    5   0   17    8   98   0   0  0     196

    Nels Potter         36  18   2.33   5   2  2   7   9   3   0   85.0   77   27   22   4    8   47  332   1   0  0     165
   *Jim Prendergast     30  10  10.26   1   1  1   2   4   0   0   16.7   30   20   19   1    5    3   84   0   0  0      37
    Johnny Beazley      30   3   4.50   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   16.0   19   13    8   2    7    4   75   1   0  0      85
    Al Lyons            29   7   7.82   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   12.7   17   11   11   1    8    5   64   0   0  0      49
    Ed Wright           29   3   1.93   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.7    9    3    1   0    2    2   22   0   0  0     199
   *Johnny Antonelli    18   4   2.25   0   0  1   0   4   0   0    4.0    2    1    1   0    3    0   17   0   0  0     170
   *Glenn Elliott       28   1   3.00   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    5    1    1   0    1    2   15   0   0  0     128
    Ray Martin          23   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.3    0    0    0   0    1    0    8   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6 154   3.37  91  62 17 154  84  70  10 1389.0 1354  584  520  93  430  579 5853  11  14  0     114
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  6           1   3      2    2    1        2    1    5

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- PMasi 109 458 39 6 5 .988 3 BSalkeld 59 254 32 3 5 .990 5 PBurris 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 718 72 9 10 .989 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ETorgeson 129 1069 81 8 85 .993 8.91 FMcCormick 50 343 33 5 30 .987 7.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1412 114 13 115 .992 9.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .971 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EStanky 66 168 202 7 45 .981 5.61 SSisti 44 104 107 6 19 .972 4.80 CRyan 40 89 112 7 19 .966 5.03 BSturgeon 18 36 40 5 9 .938 4.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 397 461 25 92 .972 5.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 150 146 298 26 18 .945 2.96 CRyan 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 BSturgeon 4 3 3 1 0 .857 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 151 303 27 18 .944 2.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADark 133 253 393 25 66 .963 4.86 SSisti 26 36 66 8 13 .927 3.92 BSturgeon 4 4 3 1 0 .875 1.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 293 462 34 79 .957 4.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.20 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- THolmes 137 283 8 5 4 .983 2.12 0 0 137 JHeath 106 223 6 2 2 .991 2.16 99 7 0 MMcCormick 100 187 7 5 3 .975 1.94 56 34 20 JRussell 84 246 3 2 0 .992 2.96 2 82 0 CConatser 76 146 3 4 1 .974 1.96 24 52 0 DLitwhiler 8 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.12 8 0 0 ALyons 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 4 MRickert 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 3 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1122 29 18 10 .985 2.49 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSain 42 21 48 2 3 .972 1.97 WSpahn 36 4 52 1 3 .982 1.96 BVoiselle 37 6 33 5 0 .886 1.63 VBickford 33 6 22 1 0 .966 1.73 RBarrett 34 13 26 1 1 .975 2.74 BHogue 40 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.56 NPotter 18 4 20 2 1 .923 2.54 CShoun 36 5 4 3 1 .750 1.09 EWhite 15 0 2 2 0 .500 0.78 JPrendergas 10 4 4 0 0 1.000 4.31 JBeazley 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 ALyons 7 3 8 0 0 1.000 7.80 EWright 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 JAntonelli 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 GElliott 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RMartin 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 71 236 17 10 .948 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Holmes .325

On-base % Elliott .423

Slugging % Elliott .474

OPS Elliott .897

Games Elliott 151

At Bats Holmes 585

Plate Appearances (approx.) Elliott 675

Runs Elliott 99

Hits Holmes 190

Total Bases Holmes 257

Doubles Dark 39

Triples Holmes and McCormick 7

Home Runs Elliott 23

RBI Elliott 100

Bases on Balls Elliott 131

Strikeouts Elliott 57

Stolen Bases Torgeson 19

Singles Holmes 142

Adjusted OPS+ Elliott 143

Runs Created Elliott 108

Adjusted Batting Runs Elliott 40

Batting Wins Elliott 3.9

Extra-Base Hits Elliott 52

Times on Base Elliott 284

Offensive Win% Elliott .701

Hit By Pitch Russell 3

Sac. Hits Sain 16

Grounded into Double Plays Holmes 18

Power/Speed Number Torgeson 13.1

At Bats per Strikeout Holmes 29.3

At Bats per Home Run Elliott 23.5

Outs Holmes 420

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ERA Sain 2.60

Wins Sain 24

Won-Loss % Bickford .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sain 1.208

Hits Allowed/9IP Spahn 8.30

Bases on Balls/9IP Sain 2.37

Strikeouts/9IP Spahn 3.99

Games Sain 42

Saves Shoun 4

Innings Sain 314.7

Strikeouts Sain 137

Games Started Sain 39

Comp. Games Sain 28

Shutouts Sain 4

Home Runs Allow. Sain and Spahn 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Voiselle 90

Hits Allowed Sain 297

SO to Walk Sain 1.65

Losses Sain 15

Earned Runs Allow. Spahn 106

Wild Pitches Spahn 4

Hit Batsmen Sain 5

Batters Faced Sain 1313

Games Finished Shoun 16

Adjusted ERA+ Sain 147

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Bob Elliott
Tommy Holmes
Phil Masi
Johnny Sain
Eddie Stanky

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