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1950 Boston Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949/1951) 83-71, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 785 runs, Allowed 736 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72 Managed by Billy Southworth Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 944,391 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 93   (one-year): Batting - 86, Pitching - 85   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives 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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 Stats (1949/1951) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Walker Cooper       35  102  337   52  111  19  3  14   60  30   26  .329  .389  .528   1       8   3   3          145
1B *Earl Torgeson       26  156  576  120  167  30  3  23   87 119   69  .290  .412  .472  15      10   1   8          138
2B  Roy Hartsfield      24  107  419   62  116  15  2   7   24  27   61  .277  .322  .372   7       3   1   3           87
3B  Bob Elliott         33  142  531   94  162  28  5  24  107  68   67  .305  .386  .512   2      18   2   1          140
SS  Buddy Kerr          27  155  507   45  115  24  6   2   46  50   50  .227  .296  .310   0      21   0  14           64
OF #Sam Jethroe         32  141  582  100  159  28  8  18   58  52   93  .273  .338  .442  35       8   5   3          109
OF  Sid Gordon          32  134  481   78  146  33  4  27  103  78   31  .304  .403  .557   2      14   2   1          156
OF *Tommy Holmes        33  105  322   44   96  20  1   9   51  33    8  .298  .370  .450   0      10   4   4          120
   *Willard Marshall    29  105  298   38   70  10  2   5   40  36    5  .235  .319  .332   1      10   1   1           76
    Del Crandall        20   79  255   21   56  11  0   4   37  13   24  .220  .257  .310   0       6   0   6           52
    Luis Olmo           30   69  154   23   35   7  1   5   22  18   23  .227  .308  .383   3       7   0   1           85
    Gene Mauch          24   48  121   17   28   5  0   1   15  14    9  .231  .316  .298   1       5   1   1           67
    Sibby Sisti         29   69  105   21   18   3  1   2   11  16   19  .171  .287  .276   1       3   1   1           53
   *Pete Reiser         31   53   78   12   16   2  0   1   10  18   22  .205  .367  .269   1       1   2   0           75
    Connie Ryan         30   20   72   12   14   2  0   3    6  12    9  .194  .326  .347   0       3   2   1           82
   *Bob Addis           24   16   28    7    7   1  0   0    2   3    5  .250  .323  .286   1       0   0   0           66
    Paul Burris         26   10   23    1    4   1  0   0    3   1    2  .174  .208  .217   0       2   0   1           15
    Walt Linden         26    3    5    0    2   1  0   0    0   1    0  .400  .500  .600   0       0   0   0          195
    Emil Verban         34    4    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

    Vern Bickford       29   40  116    9   16   0  0   0    6   3   24  .138  .160  .138   0       0   0   9          -19
   *Warren Spahn        29   41  106    7   23   0  0   1   13   6   33  .217  .265  .245   1       1   1   5           39
    Johnny Sain         32   37  102    9   21   2  0   1   15   6    3  .206  .257  .255   0       2   1   7           39
   *Bob Chipman         31   27   39    2    6   0  0   0    1   2   12  .154  .195  .154   0       1   0   1           -4
    Max Surkont         28    9   23    4   10   2  0   1    5   1    3  .435  .458  .652   0       0   0   0          196
    Normie Roy          21   19   18    1    3   0  0   0    0   2    4  .167  .250  .167   0       1   0   1           15
   *Johnny Antonelli    20   20   16    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    3  .125  .125  .125   0       1   0   0          -32
    Bobby Hogue         29   36   13    1    3   1  0   0    3   1    2  .231  .286  .308   0       0   0   1           60
    Bob Hall            26   21   12    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .083  .154  .083   0       0   0   0          -34
   *Mickey Haefner      37    8    7    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    0  .286  .286  .429   0       1   0   1           90
   *Dick Donovan        22   10    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   4    4  .167  .500  .167   0       0   0   0           89
    Ernie Johnson       26   16    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0       0   0   0          171
    Bucky Walters       41    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Dave Cole           19    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Murray Wall         23    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1  156 5363  785 1411 246 36 148  726 615  616  .263  .339  .405  71     136  27  74          108
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    2    3   4  7   3        2    5     4     2     3   2                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Vern Bickford       29  40   3.47  19  14  0  39   1  27   2  311.7  293  135  120  25  122  126 1325   5   6  1     111
SP *Warren Spahn        29  41   3.16  21  17  1  39   2  25   1  293.0  248  123  103  22  111  191 1217   8   1  0     122
SP  Johnny Sain         32  37   3.94  20  13  0  37   0  25   3  278.3  294  139  122  34   70   96 1178   5   2  3      98
SP  Max Surkont         28   9   3.23   5   2  0   6   3   2   0   55.7   63   29   20   5   20   21  246   0   2  0     119

CL  Bobby Hogue         29  36   5.03   3   5  7   1  20   0   0   62.7   69   35   35   8   31   15  284   2   4  0      77
RP  Bob Hall            26  21   6.97   0   2  0   4   5   0   0   50.3   58   43   39   8   33   22  237   2   2  3      55
RP *Bob Chipman         31  27   4.43   7   7  1  12   9   4   0  124.0  127   75   61  10   37   40  534   0   4  3      87
RP  Ernie Johnson       26  16   6.97   2   0  0   1   7   0   0   20.7   37   21   16   1   13   15  110   1   0  0      55
RP *Johnny Antonelli    20  20   5.93   2   3  0   6   6   2   1   57.7   81   46   38   2   22   33  275   0   4  1      65

    Normie Roy          21  19   5.13   4   3  1   6   4   2   0   59.7   72   38   34   7   39   25  279   0   2  1      75
    Dick Donovan        22  10   8.19   0   2  0   3   4   0   0   29.7   28   28   27   4   34    9  147   1   2  1      47
   *Mickey Haefner      37   8   5.63   0   2  0   2   3   1   0   24.0   23   15   15   3   12   10  106   0   0  0      68
    Dave Cole           19   4   1.13   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    8.0    7    2    1   0    3    8   32   0   1  0     342
    Murray Wall         23   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    6    5    4   0    2    2   20   0   0  0      43
    Bucky Walters       41   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    5    2    2   0    2    0   19   1   0  0      86
    Dick Manville       23   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    3    2   10   1   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 156   4.14  83  71 10 156  68  88   7 1385.0 1411  736  637 129  554  615 6019  26  30 13      93
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   4   5  8           1   6      3    6    6        3    4    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WCooper 88 386 47 12 9 .973 5 DCrandall 75 311 41 12 7 .967 3 PBurris 8 39 0 0 0 1.000 1 WLinden 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 741 88 24 16 .972 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ETorgeson 156 1365 110 21 126 .986 9.46 DCrandall 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 SSisti 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1375 110 21 126 .986 9.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHartsfield 96 236 247 26 53 .949 5.03 GMauch 28 77 72 5 17 .968 5.32 CRyan 20 57 59 0 16 1.000 5.80 SSisti 19 42 41 5 8 .943 4.37 EVerban 2 7 3 2 2 .833 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 419 422 38 96 .957 5.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 3.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 137 141 256 20 26 .952 2.90 SSisti 13 14 15 2 0 .935 2.23 SGordon 10 5 24 1 0 .967 2.90 GMauch 7 2 5 2 0 .778 1.00 LOlmo 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 PReiser 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 162 301 25 26 .949 3.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BKerr 155 310 471 28 97 .965 5.04 SSisti 23 14 13 2 3 .931 1.17 GMauch 5 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 328 492 30 101 .965 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.14 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SJethroe 141 355 17 12 6 .969 2.64 0 141 0 SGordon 123 278 8 3 1 .990 2.33 123 0 0 THolmes 88 151 6 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 88 WMarshall 85 150 11 7 2 .958 1.89 14 9 64 LOlmo 55 74 1 2 0 .974 1.36 18 11 24 PReiser 24 46 0 1 0 .979 1.92 16 6 0 BAddis 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 2 1 4 SSisti 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1061 43 25 9 .978 2.39 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .961 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VBickford 40 26 45 2 5 .973 2.05 WSpahn 41 9 55 8 3 .889 1.97 JSain 37 14 42 4 3 .933 1.81 BChipman 27 5 12 2 0 .895 1.23 BHogue 36 1 14 0 4 1.000 2.15 NRoy 19 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.11 JAntonelli 20 2 13 1 0 .937 2.34 MSurkont 9 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.62 BHall 21 4 7 1 0 .917 1.97 DDonovan 10 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.82 MHaefner 8 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.50 EJohnson 16 1 10 0 0 1.000 4.78 DCole 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 MWall 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 BWalters 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 DManville 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 69 227 19 18 .940 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .305 On-base % Torgeson .412 Slugging % Gordon .557 OPS Gordon .960 Games Torgeson 156 At Bats Jethroe 582 Plate Appearances (approx.) Torgeson 704 Runs Torgeson 120 Hits Torgeson 167 Total Bases Elliott and Torgeson 272 Doubles Gordon 33 Triples Jethroe 8 Home Runs Gordon 27 RBI Elliott 107 Bases on Balls Torgeson 119 Strikeouts Jethroe 93 Stolen Bases Jethroe 35 Singles Torgeson 111 Adjusted OPS+ Gordon 156 Runs Created Torgeson 112 Adjusted Batting Runs Gordon 41 Batting Wins Gordon 3.9 Extra-Base Hits Gordon 64 Times on Base Torgeson 287 Offensive Win% Gordon .731 Hit By Pitch Jethroe 5 Sac. Hits Kerr 14 Grounded into Double Plays Kerr 21 Power/Speed Number Jethroe 23.8 At Bats per Strikeout Gordon 15.5 At Bats per Home Run Gordon 17.8 Outs Jethroe 434

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Spahn 3.16 Wins Spahn 21 Won-Loss % Sain .606 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.225 Hits Allowed/9IP Spahn 7.62 Bases on Balls/9IP Sain 2.26 Strikeouts/9IP Spahn 5.87 Games Spahn 41 Saves Hogue 7 Innings Bickford 311.7 Strikeouts Spahn 191 Games Started Bickford and Spahn 39 Comp. Games Bickford 27 Shutouts Sain 3 Home Runs Allow. Sain 34 Bases On Balls Allow. Bickford 122 Hits Allowed Sain 294 SO to Walk Spahn 1.72 Losses Spahn 17 Earned Runs Allow. Sain 122 Wild Pitches Spahn 8 Hit Batsmen Bickford 6 Batters Faced Bickford 1325 Games Finished Hogue 20 Adjusted ERA+ Spahn 122

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