1941 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 70-92
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 674
Runs Allowed: 821
Exp W-L: 67-95
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,459,393
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 4th in the NL
AA: 67-70, 6th in the NL
A: 71-66, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
CF  Bert Haas 27 153 557 72 148 20 3 4 50 39 14 50 23 .266 .325 .334 .659 64.9 9.2 4.3
C *Bill Dickey 34 152 541 63 147 19 4 10 63 3 6 43 65 .272 .325 .377 .702 61.0 8.8 10.9
3B  Woody English 35 131 477 61 137 23 8 4 59 3 2 49 70 .287 .355 .394 .749 64.8 12.0 3.2
1B *Don Hurst 35 137 432 58 105 25 3 19 60 0 0 34 101 .243 .301 .447 .747 55.2 8.4 1.7
3B *Ralph Hodgin 25 133 441 52 140 26 0 3 48 1 0 20 27 .317 .348 .397 .744 54.1 9.9 2.4
2B *Stan Sperry 27 124 407 52 121 18 4 7 61 0 0 27 13 .297 .341 .413 .754 53.9 9.8 3.1
3B  Pie Traynor 41 119 330 41 93 15 5 0 33 2 4 17 21 .282 .320 .358 .678 35.9 5.2 2.2
RF  Don Ross 26 79 282 34 80 11 2 3 31 0 1 21 14 .284 .333 .369 .702 31.3 4.6 2.0
RF  Frank Demaree 31 77 284 33 97 10 2 7 44 2 1 18 19 .342 .382 .465 .846 45.0 10.1 1.5
2B  Leo Norris 33 112 285 21 62 12 2 5 28 0 0 13 33 .218 .252 .326 .579 19.0 0.0 2.0
RF  Pepper Martin 37 110 258 25 76 11 3 0 23 17 7 16 39 .295 .336 .360 .696 29.8 4.5 1.6
RF *Buzz Boyle 33 117 251 29 63 8 4 1 28 0 0 18 25 .251 .300 .327 .627 22.6 1.9 0.9
RF *Jimmy Wasdell 27 110 212 20 52 10 0 1 24 4 2 11 10 .245 .284 .307 .591 17.1 0.9 1.2
SS  Gil English 31 76 190 27 55 6 4 4 28 0 0 10 22 .289 .322 .426 .748 25.0 4.5 0.5
P  Dizzy Dean 31 44 116 10 27 3 0 0 13 1 0 0 19 .233 .237 .259 .496 7.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dizzy Trout 26 42 110 11 28 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 22 .255 .261 .309 .570 8.1 0.3 0.0
2B #Mark Koenig 36 39 102 14 24 3 0 0 10 2 1 6 6 .235 .273 .265 .537 8.4 0.3 0.4
P *Joe Krakauskas 26 35 84 4 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 34 .119 .129 .131 .260 -1.3 0.0 0.0
C  Birdie Tebbetts 28 30 79 6 23 2 0 0 14 1 0 4 3 .291 .321 .316 .638 7.3 0.8 1.8
P #Johnny Vander Meer 26 30 70 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 .086 .099 .114 .213 -2.1 0.0 0.0
1B  Bill Brubaker 30 24 71 10 20 7 0 2 9 1 0 7 9 .282 .346 .465 .811 10.2 1.9 0.5
C *Johnny Peacock 31 21 39 4 13 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 1 .333 .395 .385 .780 5.6 1.1 0.6
2B  Burgess Whitehead 31 58 40 20 9 2 0 0 2 10 2 2 0 .225 .262 .275 .537 3.3 0.0 0.5
P  Bob Klinger 33 42 25 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .240 .269 .280 .549 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Freitas 33 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
3B  Pete Suder 25 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Pretzel Pezzullo 30 36 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Guy Cantrell 37 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Lee Grissom 33 41 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Tommy Bridges 34 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 2150 5701 674 1548 243 44 70 651 86 42 373 609 .272 .317 .366 .683 630.0 95.1 41.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 7 6 7 5 7 7 1 8 7 4 5 6 7 7 6  
* - 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
 Dizzy Dean 31 18 20 .474 44 44 0 351.3 376 162 31 87 207 4.15 19.5
 Dizzy Trout 26 15 21 .417 42 42 0 323.7 351 148 18 128 125 4.12 17.4
*Joe Krakauskas 26 9 19 .321 35 35 0 251.7 270 126 22 125 149 4.51 6.6
*Johnny Vander Meer 26 10 11 .476 30 30 0 223.7 183 81 12 114 176 3.26 16.1
 Bob Klinger 33 4 6 .400 42 9 1 110.0 130 61 15 42 34 4.99 3.5
 Tommy Bridges 34 3 5 .375 37 0 2 40.3 57 43 6 29 15 9.60 0.0
*Pretzel Pezzullo 30 3 5 .375 36 0 16 40.0 43 22 5 20 15 4.95 3.5
*Lee Grissom 33 2 2 .500 40 0 0 39.0 37 22 5 26 17 5.08 1.6
 Guy Cantrell 37 3 0 1.000 27 0 0 32.3 27 12 1 21 14 3.34 3.1
*Tony Freitas 33 0 1 .000 12 2 1 28.0 32 14 3 12 6 4.50 0.9
 Bill Cox 28 3 2 .600 16 0 0 18.3 22 9 2 16 9 4.42 1.5
Team Totals 30.6 70 92 .432 361 162 20 1458.3 1528 700 120 620 767 4.32 73.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 5 7 6 4 8 5 7 1 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 .990 33.5
B.Dickey 1195.7 131 147 641 38 2 0 .997 45.7
B.Tebbetts 164.0 19 21 98 7 0 0 1.000 25.0
J.Peacock 77.3 10 12 32 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Wasdell 21.3 2 4 23 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1458.3 162 184 794 47 2 0 .998 42.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.28
D.Hurst 916.7 101 124 1129 97 10 128 .992 12.04
J.Wasdell 325.7 37 46 428 41 5 28 .989 12.96
B.Boyle 157.0 18 25 185 14 3 22 .985 11.41
B.Brubaker 11.6 1 1 17 1 0 2 1.000 13.97
B.Haas 4.0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Ross 3.4 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 7.94
G.English 3.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1421.3 157 204 1771 154 18 182 .991 12.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.26
S.Sperry 895.3 105 114 219 387 22 94 .965 6.09
L.Norris 453.0 52 58 120 203 8 46 .976 6.42
B.Whitehead 90.0 3 29 26 46 1 12 .986 7.20
M.Koenig 20.0 2 4 4 6 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Brubaker 5.1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1463.4 162 207 371 643 31 152 .970 6.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 3.00
W.English 712.5 79 86 54 187 12 16 .953 3.04
P.Traynor 647.7 74 80 48 166 19 16 .918 2.97
B.Brubaker 136.7 17 17 7 36 4 3 .915 2.83
P.Martin 69.3 7 12 5 28 3 3 .917 4.28
B.Whitehead 26.3 2 10 1 5 1 1 .857 2.05
D.Ross 23.9 2 5 3 7 0 2 1.000 3.77
P.Suder 14.0 2 2 1 4 1 0 .833 3.21
M.Koenig 14.0 1 2 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Hodgin 10.0 0 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 6.30
B.Haas 8.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.English 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Norris 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1666.7 184 225 121 446 40 41 .934 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.62
G.English 489.0 57 67 81 214 15 48 .952 5.43
W.English 333.6 35 41 54 149 9 31 .958 5.48
L.Norris 232.3 23 45 50 103 7 27 .956 5.93
M.Koenig 205.0 23 30 37 98 9 20 .938 5.93
B.Brubaker 28.1 3 4 4 11 1 3 .938 4.80
B.Whitehead 4.0 0 1 2 1 1 1 .750 6.75
S.Sperry 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
Team Total 1294.0 141 189 228 577 43 130 .949 5.60
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.97
R.Hodgin 853.7 99 104 162 6 2 3 .988 1.77
D.Ross 161.5 15 19 27 2 0 1 1.000 1.62
F.Demaree 160.7 16 17 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
B.Boyle 160.7 15 27 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.12
J.Wasdell 81.0 7 16 11 0 1 0 .917 1.22
B.Whitehead 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Peacock 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.5 152 186 252 9 3 4 .989 1.65
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.63
B.Haas 1213.0 145 147 326 3 7 2 .979 2.44
B.Boyle 145.7 11 31 29 2 3 0 .912 1.92
F.Demaree 87.2 9 9 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.37
D.Ross 84.1 7 10 33 1 0 0 1.000 3.64
S.Sperry 42.0 5 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.07
P.Martin 38.3 1 18 9 0 1 0 .900 2.11
R.Hodgin 14.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
P.Traynor 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1626.3 178 231 427 7 11 2 .975 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.07
P.Martin 431.0 49 52 82 2 2 0 .977 1.75
F.Demaree 365.3 37 38 67 1 2 1 .971 1.68
D.Ross 347.9 32 33 71 4 1 1 .987 1.94
B.Boyle 52.3 5 9 10 0 1 0 .909 1.72
J.Wasdell 29.0 2 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
R.Hodgin 17.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
B.Whitehead 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Peacock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1245.5 126 146 242 7 6 2 .976 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.37
D.Dean 351.3 44 44 22 72 6 6 .940 2.41
D.Trout 323.7 42 42 29 85 1 8 .991 3.17
J.Krakauskas 251.7 35 35 21 54 7 2 .915 2.68
J.Vander Meer 223.7 30 30 14 35 4 2 .925 1.97
B.Klinger 110.0 9 42 7 25 1 3 .970 2.62
T.Bridges 40.3 0 37 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.79
P.Pezzullo 40.0 0 36 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.48
L.Grissom 39.0 0 40 7 3 1 0 .909 2.31
G.Cantrell 32.3 0 27 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.67
T.Freitas 28.0 2 12 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.21
B.Cox 18.3 0 16 2 5 1 1 .875 3.44
Team Total 1458.3 162 361 110 306 21 23 .952 2.57
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hodgin .295
On-Base Pct English .355
Slugging Pct Hurst .426
OPS English .749
XR Haas 64.9
Games Haas 153
At-Bats Haas 557
Runs Haas 72
Hits Haas 148
Total Bases Dickey 204
Singles Haas 121
Doubles Hodgin 26
Triples English 8
Homeruns Hurst 19
RBIs Dickey 63
Stolen Bases Haas 39
Caught Stealing Haas 14
Walks Haas 50
Strikeouts Hurst 101
ERA Vander Meer 3.26
Wins Dean 18
Losses Trout 21
Winning Pct Vander Meer .476
Saves Pezzullo 16
Games Pitched Dean 44
Games Started Dean 44
Complete Games Dean 18
Shutouts Dean, Trout 2
Innings Pitched Dean 351.3
Hits Allowed Dean 376
Homeruns Allowed Dean 31
Strikeouts Dean 207
Walks Allowed Trout 128
Walks per 9IP Dean 2.2
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 7.1
WHiP Dean 1.32
OAVG Vander Meer .220
OOBP Dean .313
OSLG Vander Meer .330
OOPS Vander Meer .644
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Johnny Vander Meer $ 6,671,429
Woody English $ 6,500,000
Dizzy Dean $ 5,750,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,790,000
Buzz Boyle $ 4,390,000
Don Hurst $ 4,275,334
Pie Traynor $ 4,000,000
Roy Johnson $ 3,500,000
Pepper Martin $ 2,450,000
Frank Demaree $ 1,500,000
Mark Koenig $ 1,400,000
Tommy Bridges $ 703,000
Leo Norris $ 671,429
Lee Grissom $ 512,000
Tony Freitas $ 510,000
Woody Rich $ 510,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 450,000
Joe Sullivan $ 350,000
Birdie Tebbetts $ 350,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 350,000
Johnny Peacock $ 300,000
Ralph Hodgin $ 300,000
Bob Klinger $ 300,000
Pete Suder $ 300,000
Stan Sperry $ 300,000
Bert Haas $ 300,000
Dizzy Trout $ 300,000
Jimmy Wasdell $ 300,000
Bill Cox $ 300,000
Guy Cantrell $ 300,000
Pretzel Pezzullo $ 300,000
Gil English $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Roy Schalk Cincinnati Don Hurst
Leo Norris
$5,000,000
2/15 Signed     Guy Cantrell
2/17 Signed     Woody Rich
2/19 Signed     Lee Grissom
2/19 Signed     Tommy Bridges
2/25 Signed     Tony Freitas
2/26 Signed     Pie Traynor
4/2 Traded Randy Gumpert Tampa Bay Ralph Hodgin
Don Ross
Jake Jones
4/2 Traded Goody Rosen San Diego Eddie Miller
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
5/1 Traded Chuck Stevens
Bill Brubaker
Whitey Wietelmann
Detroit Woody English
7/1 Traded Don Ross Tampa Bay Frank Demaree