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1947 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 75-87
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 803
Runs Allowed: 790
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,036,377
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 3rd in the NL
AA: 67-70, 5th in the NL
A: 66-71, 5th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
2B *Grady Hatton 24 155 553 113 143 21 3 28 97 17 8 106 52 .259 .376 .459 .835 97.2 15.4 5.2
DH  Pat Seerey 24 152 507 84 140 11 1 38 111 1 0 94 99 .276 .388 .527 .914 103.6 18.6 1.4
1B *Eddie Lukon 26 145 525 93 134 24 5 25 109 0 0 67 56 .255 .339 .463 .802 80.8 12.1 2.6
3B *Johnny Pesky 27 141 517 64 162 32 2 5 79 6 5 38 13 .313 .360 .412 .772 71.7 11.3 5.9
CF #Sam Jethroe 29 128 478 88 130 25 3 17 71 32 12 62 116 .272 .359 .444 .802 75.4 11.6 2.8
RF *George Myatt 33 131 438 77 124 17 9 1 37 50 9 66 40 .283 .378 .370 .748 69.1 11.4 2.9
LF  Tommy O'Brien 28 130 410 62 118 28 2 13 58 1 1 46 23 .288 .359 .461 .820 64.5 10.8 1.3
3B  George Archie 33 117 371 32 108 22 1 3 48 0 2 27 43 .291 .337 .380 .717 45.0 5.6 4.6
C *Don Padgett 35 107 351 37 82 13 2 6 55 0 1 24 42 .234 .280 .333 .613 30.5 0.6 3.3
RF *Vance Dinges 32 83 227 24 54 7 0 2 18 3 1 18 8 .238 .294 .295 .589 17.8 0.4 0.8
C  Frank Mancuso 29 82 220 23 63 8 2 4 26 0 0 25 25 .286 .358 .395 .753 29.7 4.2 2.2
P  Butch Wensloff 31 39 102 8 17 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 24 .167 .183 .206 .389 2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Haynes 29 36 98 14 21 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 15 .214 .230 .235 .465 4.7 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 18 36 93 9 21 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 14 .226 .232 .258 .490 6.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Paul O'Dea 26 63 87 10 29 4 0 1 13 2 0 15 10 .333 .437 .414 .851 15.7 3.1 0.2
2B *Stan Sperry 33 49 79 5 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 3 .215 .259 .253 .512 4.9 0.0 0.9
C  Ray Lamanno 27 29 76 8 33 1 1 0 11 0 0 4 8 .434 .457 .474 .930 13.2 2.7 0.5
SS  Eddie Miller 30 19 68 7 17 4 0 0 6 1 0 3 9 .250 .278 .309 .587 5.9 0.3 0.9
SS  Gil English 37 28 65 5 8 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 15 .123 .159 .123 .282 0.3 0.0 0.8
P #Fred Sanford 27 18 44 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .068 .089 .091 .180 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 28 20 46 6 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 11 .217 .234 .283 .517 2.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Nick Etten 33 41 43 6 9 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 3 .209 .286 .326 .611 4.0 0.1 0.1
CF  Bert Haas 33 55 44 17 11 3 1 0 1 10 9 4 4 .250 .313 .364 .676 3.6 0.0 0.6
1B *Tony Lupien 30 26 31 6 9 1 0 0 7 1 3 6 1 .290 .395 .323 .717 4.0 0.4 0.3
P  Ed Hanyzewski 26 21 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Jacobs 34 6 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Broaca 37 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Al Brancato 28 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 -0.1 0.0 0.1
C  Buddy Gremp 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
3B  Pete Suder 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy De La Cruz 35 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Hal Newhouser 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF #Chuck Stevens 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh East 27 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Cox 34 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Beazley 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2031 5514 802 1467 237 33 144 788 126 51 625 655 .266 .340 .399 .740 749.5 108.5 37.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 3 4 7 4 4 3 1 8 4 7 4 3 4 3 3  
* - 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
 Butch Wensloff 31 15 19 .441 39 39 0 302.0 315 146 35 127 149 4.35 15.9
*Joe Nuxhall 18 13 16 .448 36 36 0 283.0 282 122 13 142 107 3.88 19.0
 Joe Haynes 29 21 11 .656 36 36 0 279.7 307 101 12 69 68 3.25 25.3
 Bill Voiselle 28 6 6 .500 20 20 0 139.7 154 76 12 70 99 4.90 6.5
 Fred Sanford 27 5 7 .417 18 14 0 122.7 132 74 11 66 56 5.43 1.5
 Bill Cox 34 2 6 .250 62 0 11 74.3 89 47 7 51 27 5.69 1.9
 Ed Hanyzewski 26 3 7 .300 21 13 2 56.7 63 44 8 34 16 6.99 0.0
 Tommy De La Cruz 35 3 0 1.000 29 0 1 39.3 39 20 5 24 15 4.58 2.4
 Johnny Beazley 29 2 5 .286 29 0 5 31.0 38 18 3 14 7 5.23 1.8
 Bucky Jacobs 34 1 4 .200 6 6 0 30.3 36 23 1 20 14 6.82 0.0
*Hal Newhouser 26 1 2 .333 21 0 3 27.3 22 14 6 16 16 4.61 1.9
 Hugh East 27 2 2 .500 19 0 0 23.3 21 12 3 15 13 4.63 1.4
 Johnny Broaca 37 0 1 .000 5 2 0 15.0 13 7 2 9 8 4.20 0.7
 Steve Gromek 27 0 0 .000 6 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 2 1 9.00 0.0
 Bill Ayers 27 1 0 1.000 4 0 1 4.0 5 2 0 3 0 4.50 0.5
*John Burrows 33 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 4 1 2.25 0.1
 Stan Sperry 33 0 1 .000 1 0 0 2.0 1 2 0 3 1 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 75 87 .463 356 166 23 1439.3 1532 714 122 669 598 4.46 79.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 4 5 4 7 4 6 5 5 6  
* - 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 31.3
D.Padgett 801.7 90 94 340 29 4 0 .989 26.2
F.Mancuso 487.0 55 59 207 28 4 0 .983 43.3
R.Lamanno 142.7 16 22 77 5 4 0 .953 28.6
B.Gremp 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1439.3 162 176 625 62 12 0 .983 32.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.32
P.Seerey 1179.7 137 137 1497 115 32 144 .981 12.30
V.Dinges 188.7 21 25 253 22 1 20 .996 13.12
N.Etten 45.7 6 10 61 3 0 4 1.000 12.60
R.Lamanno 24.0 3 4 29 6 1 6 .972 13.13
B.Haas 17.3 0 9 22 0 0 2 1.000 11.43
T.Lupien 12.0 1 3 15 1 0 0 1.000 12.00
E.Lukon 5.7 0 3 5 0 0 2 1.000 7.95
G.English 4.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1477.0 168 193 1887 148 34 178 .984 12.40
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.15
G.Archie 952.0 117 117 264 437 10 89 .986 6.63
G.Myatt 242.0 26 35 60 107 3 30 .982 6.21
S.Sperry 209.7 18 45 72 78 4 21 .974 6.44
J.Pesky 13.7 0 4 2 6 0 3 1.000 5.27
E.Miller 11.0 1 2 3 6 0 4 1.000 7.36
G.Hatton 5.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20
P.Suder 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Brancato 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 208 404 639 17 147 .984 6.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
G.Hatton 1303.3 148 152 76 371 20 38 .957 3.09
B.Haas 97.0 10 18 8 31 1 1 .975 3.62
T.Lupien 36.0 4 5 1 15 0 0 1.000 4.00
G.English 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 177 86 419 21 39 .960 3.16
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 5.54
J.Pesky 1147.7 131 134 199 535 28 91 .963 5.76
G.English 143.0 15 22 28 65 3 15 .969 5.85
E.Miller 133.7 15 16 31 61 2 17 .979 6.19
A.Brancato 10.0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Suder 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
S.Sperry 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 177 259 669 33 123 .966 5.80
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.02
E.Lukon 1182.0 134 136 261 4 0 1 1.000 2.02
V.Dinges 147.7 18 19 28 2 0 0 1.000 1.83
P.O'Dea 67.0 8 9 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.75
N.Etten 9.9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
G.Myatt 9.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
T.O'Brien 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
P.Seerey 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Lupien 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1429.6 161 176 308 7 0 1 1.000 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
S.Jethroe 1054.3 120 127 279 9 8 5 .973 2.46
G.Myatt 221.0 26 27 74 2 2 1 .974 3.10
V.Dinges 133.3 15 19 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
E.Lukon 16.7 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
P.Seerey 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Haas 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Sperry 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 184 389 11 10 6 .976 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.13
T.O'Brien 862.7 98 111 163 3 10 1 .943 1.73
G.Myatt 462.7 55 57 103 3 1 2 .991 2.06
P.O'Dea 61.0 6 14 14 0 1 0 .933 2.07
V.Dinges 27.0 2 6 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00
D.Padgett 10.7 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.07
P.Seerey 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Lukon 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.Lupien 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Mancuso 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.3 162 200 296 6 13 3 .959 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
B.Wensloff 302.0 39 39 27 62 2 5 .978 2.65
J.Nuxhall 283.0 36 36 12 41 2 3 .964 1.69
J.Haynes 279.7 36 36 19 68 3 7 .967 2.80
B.Voiselle 139.7 20 20 9 26 1 2 .972 2.26
F.Sanford 122.7 14 18 6 20 0 1 1.000 1.91
B.Cox 74.3 0 62 4 19 0 7 1.000 2.78
E.Hanyzewski 56.7 13 21 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.54
T.De La Cruz 39.3 0 29 2 6 1 1 .889 1.83
J.Beazley 31.0 0 29 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.90
B.Jacobs 30.3 6 6 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.67
H.Newhouser 27.3 0 21 1 6 1 0 .875 2.31
H.East 23.3 0 19 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.16
J.Broaca 15.0 2 5 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60
S.Gromek 5.0 0 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Ayers 4.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Burrows 4.0 0 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
S.Sperry 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1439.3 166 356 97 280 11 27 .972 2.36
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pesky .313
On-Base Pct Seerey .388
Slugging Pct Seerey .527
OPS Seerey .914
XR Seerey 103.6
Games Hatton 155
At-Bats Hatton 553
Runs Hatton 113
Hits Pesky 162
Total Bases Seerey 267
Singles Pesky 123
Doubles Pesky 32
Triples Myatt 9
Homeruns Seerey 38
RBIs Seerey 111
Stolen Bases Myatt 50
Caught Stealing Jethroe 12
Walks Hatton 106
Strikeouts Jethroe 116
ERA Haynes 3.25
Wins Haynes 21
Losses Wensloff 19
Winning Pct Haynes .656
Saves Cox 11
Games Pitched Cox 62
Games Started Wensloff 39
Complete Games Wensloff 17
Shutouts Haynes 3
Innings Pitched Wensloff 302.0
Hits Allowed Wensloff 315
Homeruns Allowed Wensloff 35
Strikeouts Wensloff 149
Walks Allowed Nuxhall 142
Walks per 9IP Haynes 2.2
Hits per 9IP Nuxhall 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Wensloff 4.4
WHiP Haynes 1.34
OAVG Nuxhall .261
OOBP Haynes .326
OSLG Haynes .369
OOPS Haynes .695
Team All-Stars
Grady Hatton
Eddie Lukon
Johnny Pesky
Player Salaries
Joe Haynes $ 6,750,000
Don Padgett $ 6,000,000
Bill Voiselle $ 4,457,143
Butch Wensloff $ 3,971,429
Nick Etten $ 3,900,000
Sam Jethroe $ 3,850,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 3,000,000
George Myatt $ 2,950,000
Johnny Pesky $ 2,807,143
Johnny Broaca $ 2,600,000
George Archie $ 1,707,143
Pretzel Pezzullo $ 1,000,000
Tommy De La Cruz $ 870,000
Bert Haas $ 850,000
Stan Sperry $ 570,000
John Burrows $ 350,000
Eddie Miller $ 350,000
Pete Suder $ 350,000
Bill Cox $ 350,000
Hugh East $ 300,000
Vance Dinges $ 300,000
Eddie Collins $ 300,000
Paul Campbell $ 300,000
Al Brancato $ 300,000
Joe Beggs $ 300,000
Johnny Beazley $ 300,000
Bill Ayers $ 300,000
Dain Clay $ 300,000
Gil English $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Grady Hatton $ 300,000
Marv Rackley $ 300,000
Chuck Stevens $ 300,000
Jake Jones $ 300,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,000
Eddie Lukon $ 300,000
Tony Lupien $ 300,000
Frank Mancuso $ 300,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 300,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 300,000
Paul O'Dea $ 300,000
Pat Seerey $ 300,000
Steve Gromek $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Clem Hausmann Seattle George Myatt
2/1 Traded Vito Tamulis
Frankie Hayes
Round Draft Pick.		 Seattle Bucky Jacobs
Joe Haynes
Pretzel Pezzullo
Johnny Broaca
6/1 Traded Hal Newhouser Montreal Joe Beggs
7/1 Traded Gil Coan
Howie Schultz		 New York (A) Johnny Beazley
7/1 Traded Fred Sanford
Ed Hanyzewski		 Brooklyn Nick Etten
7/1 Traded Max West Montreal Bill Voiselle
 
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