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1951 Boston Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 76-78, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 723 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Managed by Billy Southworth and Tommy Holmes Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 487,475 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 93   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97   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: 1951 Stats (1950/1952) / 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       36  109  342   42  107  14  1  18   59  28   18  .313  .367  .518   1   1  10   1   1          142
1B *Earl Torgeson       27  155  581   99  153  21  4  24   92 102   70  .263  .375  .437  20  11  18   2   5          125
2B  Roy Hartsfield      25  120  450   63  122  11  2   6   31  41   73  .271  .333  .344   7   2   5   1   5           88
3B  Bob Elliott         34  136  480   73  137  29  2  15   70  65   56  .285  .371  .448   2   0  16   0   2          126
SS  Buddy Kerr          28   69  172   18   32   4  0   1   18  22   20  .186  .282  .227   0   0   2   1   5           43
OF #Sam Jethroe         33  148  572  101  160  29 10  18   65  57   88  .280  .356  .460  35   5   7  11   4          125
OF *Willard Marshall    30  136  469   65  132  24  7  11   62  48   18  .281  .351  .433   0   3  18   2   4          116
OF  Sid Gordon          33  150  550   96  158  28  1  29  109  80   32  .287  .383  .500   2   0  28   5   6          143
    Sibby Sisti         30  114  362   46  101  20  2   2   38  32   50  .279  .341  .362   4   5   5   2   3           95
   #Ebba St. Claire     29   72  220   22   62  17  2   1   25  12   24  .282  .322  .391   2   0   2   1   0           97
   *Bob Addis           25   85  199   23   55   7  0   1   24   9   10  .276  .308  .327   3   2   4   0   3           76
    Johnny Logan        24   62  169   14   37   7  1   0   16  18   13  .219  .298  .272   0   0   6   1   5           59
    Luis Marquez        25   68  122   19   24   5  1   0   11  10   20  .197  .274  .254   4   4   2   3   3           47
    Ray Mueller         39   28   70    8   11   2  0   1    9   7   11  .157  .234  .229   0   0   3   0   2           29
    Luis Olmo           31   21   56    4   11   1  1   0    4   4    4  .196  .250  .250   0   1   0   0   0           39
   *Tommy Holmes        34   27   29    1    5   2  0   0    5   3    4  .172  .250  .241   0   0   0   0   0           37
    Gene Mauch          25   19   20    5    2   0  0   0    1   7    4  .100  .333  .100   0   0   0   0   1           26
    Bob Thorpe          24    2    2    1    1   0  1   0    1   0    0  .500  .500 1.500   0   0   0   0   0          433

   *Warren Spahn        30   42  116    8   22   6  1   1   18   6   27  .190  .230  .284   0   0   0   0   4           42
    Max Surkont         29   37   73    2   11   1  0   0    4   7   17  .151  .225  .164   0   0   4   0   8           10
    Vern Bickford       30   25   52    1    6   1  0   0    4   2   12  .115  .148  .135   0   0   2   0   6          -21
    Johnny Sain         33   26   52    4   11   2  0   1    4   1    3  .212  .241  .308   0   0   6   1   4           51
   #Chet Nichols        20   33   51    2    7   0  0   0    1   0   18  .137  .137  .137   0   0   0   0   4          -24
    Jim Wilson          29   20   39    4    7   1  0   0    2   1   10  .179  .200  .205   0   0   0   0   3           13
    Dave Cole           20   23   17    1    6   1  1   1    6   0    4  .353  .353  .706   0   0   0   0   0          186
   *Bob Chipman         32   33   10    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    6  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   0          -44
    George Estock       26   37    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   1           86
    Phil Paine          21   21    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Dick Donovan        23    8    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   2    1  .333  .600  .667   0   0   0   0   0          251
    Bobby Hogue         30    3    2    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0          178
    Lew Burdette        24    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Blix Donnelly       37    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  155 5293  723 1385 234 37 130  683 565  617  .262  .333  .394  80  34 139  31  79          108
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    3    4   2  6   4        4    4     3     4     4   2   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 *Warren Spahn        30  39   2.98  22  14  0  36   3  26   7  310.7  278  111  103  20  109  164 1289   7   1  1     123
SP  Max Surkont         29  37   3.99  12  16  1  33   3  11   2  237.0  230  119  105  21   89  110 1022   5   7  0      92
SP  Johnny Sain         33  26   4.21   5  13  1  22   2   6   1  160.3  195   88   75  16   45   63  711   0   3  0      87
SP  Vern Bickford       30  25   3.12  11   9  0  20   5  12   3  164.7  146   68   57   7   76   76  697   0   6  0     118
SP *Chet Nichols        20  33   2.88  11   8  2  19   6  12   3  156.0  142   61   50   4   69   71  663   8   1  0     128
SP  Jim Wilson          29  20   5.40   7   7  1  15   3   5   0  110.0  131   67   66  14   40   33  491   1   4  0      68

RP  George Estock       26  37   4.33   0   1  3   1  16   0   0   60.3   56   33   29   2   37   11  263   2   0  0      85
RP *Bob Chipman         32  33   4.85   4   3  4   0  22   0   0   52.0   59   29   28   5   19   17  233   2   2  0      76
RP  Phil Paine          21  21   3.06   2   0  0   0   9   0   0   35.3   36   15   12   2   20   17  158   2   4  0     120
RP  Dave Cole           20  23   4.26   2   4  0   7   4   1   0   67.7   64   43   32   3   64   33  320   2   2  1      86

    Dick Donovan        23   8   5.27   0   0  0   2   3   0   0   13.7   17   11    8   0   11    4   69   0   0  0      70
    Blix Donnelly       37   6   7.36   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    7.3    8    6    6   1    6    3   38   1   1  1      50
    Bobby Hogue         30   3   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    4    3    3   1    3    0   20   0   0  0      68
    Sid Schacht         33   5   1.93   0   2  0   0   4   0   0    4.7    6    4    1   0    2    1   22   0   0  0     191
    Lew Burdette        24   3   6.23   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.3    6    4    3   0    5    1   23   1   1  0      59
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0 155   3.75  76  78 12 155  82  73  16 1389.0 1378  662  579  96  595  604 6019  31  32  3      98
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   4   5  7           1   2      4    5    3        1    7    3

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WCooper 90 367 57 8 9 .981 8 ESt. Claire 62 267 29 7 5 .977 5 RMueller 23 85 15 0 2 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 719 101 15 16 .982 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ETorgeson 155 1330 107 17 137 .988 9.27 SSisti 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1338 107 17 137 .988 9.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHartsfield 114 336 293 20 87 .969 5.52 SSisti 52 129 114 6 23 .976 4.67 BKerr 5 5 4 0 3 1.000 1.80 GMauch 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 471 411 26 113 .971 5.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 127 138 242 24 31 .941 2.99 SGordon 34 51 71 5 8 .961 3.59 SSisti 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 GMauch 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 192 316 30 39 .944 3.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 4.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BKerr 63 110 173 9 31 .969 4.49 JLogan 58 98 155 11 31 .958 4.36 SSisti 55 91 113 12 24 .944 3.71 GMauch 10 15 16 0 2 1.000 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 314 457 32 88 .960 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SJethroe 140 356 18 10 4 .974 2.67 13 127 2 WMarshall 136 220 11 0 3 1.000 1.70 0 0 136 SGordon 122 249 4 4 1 .984 2.07 103 0 23 BAddis 46 107 1 2 1 .982 2.35 31 10 5 LMarquez 43 100 2 0 0 1.000 2.37 21 23 3 LOlmo 16 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 10 6 2 THolmes 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 2 0 1 SSisti 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1057 38 16 9 .986 2.37 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 39 7 50 3 1 .950 1.65 MSurkont 37 11 31 2 2 .955 1.59 VBickford 25 14 38 1 4 .981 2.84 JSain 26 13 28 1 3 .976 2.30 CNichols 33 6 36 0 2 1.000 2.42 JWilson 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.64 DCole 23 4 13 1 2 .944 2.26 GEstock 37 4 13 1 1 .944 2.54 BChipman 33 9 5 0 1 1.000 2.42 PPaine 21 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.78 DDonovan 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.28 BDonnelly 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.70 BHogue 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SSchacht 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LBurdette 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 76 242 9 18 .972 2.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Gordon .287 On-base % Gordon .383 Slugging % Gordon .500 OPS Gordon .883 Games Torgeson 155 At Bats Torgeson 581 Plate Appearances (approx.) Torgeson 690 Runs Jethroe 101 Hits Jethroe 160 Total Bases Gordon 275 Doubles Elliott and Jethroe 29 Triples Jethroe 10 Home Runs Gordon 29 RBI Gordon 109 Bases on Balls Torgeson 102 Strikeouts Jethroe 88 Stolen Bases Jethroe 35 Singles Torgeson 104 Adjusted OPS+ Gordon 143 Runs Created Gordon 104 Adjusted Batting Runs Gordon 35 Batting Wins Gordon 3.4 Extra-Base Hits Gordon 58 Times on Base Torgeson 257 Offensive Win% Gordon .664 Hit By Pitch Jethroe 11 Sac. Hits Surkont 8 Grounded into Double Plays Gordon 28 Caught Stealing Torgeson 11 Power/Speed Number Jethroe 23.8 At Bats per Strikeout Marshall 26.1 At Bats per Home Run Gordon 19.0 Outs Torgeson 462

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Nichols 2.88 Wins Spahn 22 Won-Loss % Spahn .611 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.246 Hits Allowed/9IP Bickford 7.98 Bases on Balls/9IP Sain 2.53 Strikeouts/9IP Spahn 4.75 Games Spahn 39 Saves Chipman 4 Innings Spahn 310.7 Strikeouts Spahn 164 Games Started Spahn 36 Comp. Games Spahn 26 Shutouts Spahn 7 Home Runs Allow. Surkont 21 Bases On Balls Allow. Spahn 109 Hits Allowed Spahn 278 SO to Walk Spahn 1.50 Losses Surkont 16 Earned Runs Allow. Surkont 105 Wild Pitches Nichols 8 Hit Batsmen Surkont 7 Batters Faced Spahn 1289 Games Finished Chipman 22 Adjusted ERA+ Nichols 128

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