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1938 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 80-82
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 747
Runs Allowed: 787
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,915,512
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 7th in the NL
AA: 75-62, 2nd in the NL
A: 66-71, 6th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Buzz Boyle 30 157 572 88 189 36 4 3 66 0 0 53 52 .330 .385 .423 .808 83.7 17.1 3.0
C *Don Padgett 26 156 571 65 159 24 4 9 80 0 1 47 58 .278 .335 .382 .717 68.7 10.7 2.4
SS  Travis Jackson 34 156 570 71 157 33 4 8 83 0 1 38 51 .275 .318 .389 .708 66.3 9.4 6.0
C *Bill Dickey 31 147 538 73 154 31 4 7 67 5 3 44 51 .286 .340 .398 .737 67.0 11.5 7.2
CF *Dusty Cooke 31 138 500 77 136 29 7 11 69 3 2 68 80 .272 .358 .424 .782 73.5 13.5 1.8
3B  Dee Moore 24 159 482 67 143 27 6 5 71 0 0 73 60 .297 .392 .409 .801 76.8 15.3 2.8
2B  Billy Herman 28 139 441 40 141 24 5 0 53 2 3 31 13 .320 .367 .397 .764 56.7 10.7 3.4
CF *Johnny Watwood 32 141 399 55 115 15 6 4 53 20 14 39 19 .288 .351 .386 .737 51.9 8.0 1.7
1B #Ripper Collins 34 91 283 44 89 13 1 12 49 0 0 16 33 .314 .354 .495 .849 44.5 9.0 1.0
2B *Max Bishop 38 98 198 25 56 7 4 1 18 0 0 42 42 .283 .405 .374 .779 32.4 6.1 1.5
LF *Buck Jordan 31 99 225 25 65 8 4 1 24 0 0 10 6 .289 .318 .373 .691 22.3 2.8 0.9
LF  Wattie Holm 36 67 126 25 37 7 1 2 16 0 1 11 15 .294 .348 .413 .761 16.4 2.6 0.9
C  Birdie Tebbetts 25 47 118 18 39 6 0 1 15 0 0 11 10 .331 .385 .407 .791 16.9 3.3 1.3
1B  Lyn Lary 32 87 108 20 33 7 2 0 17 6 3 21 9 .306 .419 .407 .826 18.8 4.0 1.0
P  Spud Chandler 30 43 109 6 25 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .229 .236 .248 .484 5.9 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 23 44 102 6 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 29 .127 .160 .137 .298 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Mahaffey 35 39 107 4 12 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 40 .112 .112 .140 .252 -1.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Burgess Whitehead 28 93 96 28 28 4 1 1 4 15 10 2 10 .292 .306 .385 .692 8.1 0.3 0.7
P  Johnny Murphy 29 23 56 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .107 .105 .107 .212 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Klinger 30 34 32 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .219 .219 .250 .469 1.4 0.0 0.0
2B *Jack Saltzgaver 35 28 26 2 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 .192 .192 .308 .500 1.3 0.0 0.2
SS  Gil English 28 23 23 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 .217 .280 .217 .497 1.4 0.0 0.2
P *George Hockette 30 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Sam Dailey 34 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Cantrell 34 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.7 2103 5685 747 1614 276 54 66 709 52 39 513 643 .284 .343 .386 .729 710.4 124.4 36.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 4 3 3 3 6 4 2 8 5 7 3 3 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Spud Chandler 30 23 15 .605 43 43 0 334.7 362 164 19 103 94 4.41 19.2
 Roy Mahaffey 35 12 20 .375 39 39 0 314.7 337 123 16 83 113 3.52 18.6
*Johnny Vander Meer 23 18 14 .563 44 44 0 309.7 252 110 13 134 195 3.20 25.4
 Johnny Murphy 29 9 9 .500 23 23 0 168.7 205 88 11 52 61 4.70 5.8
 Bob Klinger 30 4 11 .267 34 13 8 113.0 152 78 9 34 31 6.21 0.0
*Joe Sullivan 27 6 4 .600 61 0 7 75.0 81 34 2 41 24 4.08 6.2
 Guy Cantrell 34 6 3 .667 41 0 2 47.0 55 25 4 31 26 4.79 2.3
*George Hockette 30 1 1 .500 32 0 3 35.7 56 17 2 4 12 4.29 1.4
 Bud Tinning 32 1 3 .250 29 0 5 27.3 39 17 2 8 9 5.60 0.4
 Sam Dailey 34 0 2 .000 18 0 0 20.3 26 11 2 8 8 4.87 0.3
*Lefty Mills 28 0 0 .000 2 0 1 3.0 6 3 0 1 2 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.2 80 82 .494 366 162 26 1449.0 1571 670 80 499 575 4.16 79.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 4 5 7 4 1 5 8 5 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 32.9
B.Dickey 1194.7 132 141 500 46 3 2 .995 32.4
B.Tebbetts 243.0 30 30 108 3 0 0 1.000 25.0
D.Padgett 10.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
D.Moore 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1449.0 162 178 609 49 3 2 .995 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.35
J.Watwood 709.3 80 96 943 71 8 99 .992 12.87
R.Collins 486.7 62 69 590 50 4 44 .994 11.83
B.Jordan 184.3 21 24 269 18 3 25 .990 14.01
L.Lary 83.0 7 17 117 11 0 15 1.000 13.88
B.Boyle 14.0 0 8 16 2 0 2 1.000 11.57
G.English 4.0 0 3 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1481.4 170 217 1942 152 15 186 .993 12.72
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.53
B.Herman 907.0 107 117 233 470 20 91 .972 6.98
M.Bishop 435.7 51 65 122 210 13 47 .962 6.86
B.Whitehead 87.3 3 25 27 39 3 12 .957 6.80
J.Saltzgaver 17.0 1 9 4 9 0 3 1.000 6.88
B.Tebbetts 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 217 387 729 36 153 .969 6.93
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.94
D.Moore 1210.7 146 150 81 325 23 28 .946 3.02
W.Holm 104.0 7 27 14 25 1 3 .975 3.38
B.Whitehead 81.3 5 21 7 25 1 3 .970 3.54
G.English 29.0 3 9 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.Saltzgaver 16.0 1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38
T.Jackson 7.0 0 3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.29
B.Jordan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 217 105 385 26 34 .950 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.67
T.Jackson 1270.3 144 149 247 613 35 125 .961 6.09
L.Lary 144.7 14 25 30 77 5 17 .955 6.66
G.English 32.0 4 6 5 13 0 3 1.000 5.06
J.Saltzgaver 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 181 282 705 40 145 .961 6.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.00
D.Cooke 1094.3 125 125 189 8 6 4 .970 1.62
B.Jordan 217.0 24 29 47 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
W.Holm 66.3 6 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
D.Padgett 28.3 3 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.49
D.Moore 27.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
B.Boyle 9.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Saltzgaver 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Bishop 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 178 270 9 6 4 .979 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.55
B.Boyle 1215.7 138 143 311 11 15 2 .955 2.38
W.Holm 132.0 14 17 38 1 0 1 1.000 2.66
J.Watwood 84.0 10 10 20 1 1 0 .955 2.25
D.Cooke 17.3 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
Team Total 1449.0 162 176 374 13 16 3 .960 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.13
D.Padgett 1197.3 143 144 236 11 8 0 .969 1.86
R.Collins 95.7 12 15 15 1 1 0 .941 1.50
B.Whitehead 73.0 6 16 17 0 1 0 .944 2.10
J.Watwood 32.0 2 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
B.Jordan 24.7 1 10 5 0 1 0 .833 1.82
D.Cooke 16.7 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
W.Holm 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Boyle 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Lary 4.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.4 164 209 289 12 12 0 .962 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.40
S.Chandler 334.7 43 43 16 55 0 2 1.000 1.91
R.Mahaffey 314.7 39 39 25 93 8 5 .937 3.38
J.Vander Meer 309.7 44 44 24 56 1 4 .988 2.33
J.Murphy 168.7 23 23 11 40 3 4 .944 2.72
B.Klinger 113.0 13 34 11 21 1 3 .970 2.55
J.Sullivan 75.0 0 61 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.68
G.Cantrell 47.0 0 41 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.11
G.Hockette 35.7 0 32 1 8 1 1 .900 2.27
B.Tinning 27.3 0 29 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.63
S.Dailey 20.3 0 18 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.10
L.Mills 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 366 99 303 14 19 .966 2.50
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Boyle .330
On-Base Pct Moore .392
Slugging Pct Cooke .424
OPS Boyle .808
XR Boyle 83.7
Games Moore 159
At-Bats Boyle 572
Runs Boyle 88
Hits Boyle 189
Total Bases Boyle 242
Singles Boyle 146
Doubles Boyle 36
Triples Cooke 7
Homeruns Collins 12
RBIs Jackson 83
Stolen Bases Watwood 20
Caught Stealing Watwood 14
Walks Moore 73
Strikeouts Cooke 80
ERA Vander Meer 3.20
Wins Chandler 23
Losses Mahaffey 20
Winning Pct Chandler .605
Saves Klinger 8
Games Pitched Sullivan 61
Games Started Vander Meer 44
Complete Games Chandler 19
Shutouts Chandler, Vander Meer 2
Innings Pitched Chandler 334.7
Hits Allowed Chandler 362
Homeruns Allowed Chandler 19
Strikeouts Vander Meer 195
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 134
Walks per 9IP Mahaffey 2.4
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 5.7
WHiP Vander Meer 1.25
OAVG Vander Meer .220
OOBP Vander Meer .301
OSLG Vander Meer .314
OOPS Vander Meer .615
Team All-Stars
Buzz Boyle
Bill Dickey
Johnny Vander Meer
Player Salaries
Roy Mahaffey $ 7,500,000
Billy Herman $ 6,000,000
Johnny Watwood $ 5,650,000
Dusty Cooke $ 5,120,000
Johnny Murphy $ 5,000,000
Travis Jackson $ 5,000,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,250,000
Buzz Boyle $ 4,000,000
Max Bishop $ 4,000,000
Guy Cantrell $ 1,500,000
Buck Jordan $ 1,010,000
Ed Brandt $ 750,000
Wattie Holm $ 500,000
Sam Dailey $ 450,000
Lyn Lary $ 350,000
George Hockette $ 350,000
Joe Sullivan $ 350,000
Ed Walsh $ 350,000
Bud Tinning $ 350,000
George Susce $ 350,000
Harry Smythe $ 350,000
Leon Pettit $ 350,000
Jack Saltzgaver $ 300,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 300,000
Don Padgett $ 300,000
Bob Klinger $ 300,000
Birdie Tebbetts $ 300,000
Spud Chandler $ 300,000
Dee Moore $ 300,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 300,000
Lefty Mills $ 300,000
Gil English $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jim Tobin
Gene Moore
Round Draft Pick.		 Detroit Dusty Cooke
2/3 Traded Earl Browne Tampa Bay Guy Cantrell
2/7 Traded Don Hurst Detroit Ripper Collins
2/14 Signed     Buck Jordan
2/23 Signed     Jack Saltzgaver
7/31 Traded Ripper Collins Tampa Bay Otto Bluege
$2,000,000
 
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