1950 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 55-107
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 613
Runs Allowed: 912
Exp W-L: 53-109
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,037,158
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 86-51, 1st in the NL
AA: 73-64, 4th in the NL
A: 74-63, 2nd in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
3B  Ken Keltner 33 154 549 52 138 33 3 3 52 6 4 62 58 .251 .325 .339 .664 60.8 5.0 4.4
1B *Johnny Mize 37 150 509 79 140 26 6 15 71 0 0 78 66 .275 .370 .438 .808 81.5 10.9 4.3
CF #Sam Jethroe 32 147 488 71 111 20 9 10 47 36 6 66 113 .227 .320 .367 .687 64.4 6.7 1.8
SS  Al Cuccinello 35 149 532 52 134 20 1 6 58 1 0 15 81 .252 .275 .327 .602 39.2 0.7 9.6
C  Ray Lamanno 30 128 455 58 126 8 3 10 60 0 0 36 51 .277 .330 .374 .704 52.8 5.0 5.7
LF  Tommy O'Brien 31 133 429 52 125 26 2 6 57 0 0 54 29 .291 .370 .403 .773 60.4 7.9 1.3
LF *Enos Slaughter 34 95 275 34 89 10 0 4 37 5 10 33 32 .324 .395 .404 .799 40.0 5.1 0.9
1B *Tony Lupien 33 125 249 32 77 10 1 4 34 16 6 13 15 .309 .346 .406 .752 31.8 3.8 1.3
3B  Sam Dente 28 85 222 20 37 7 2 0 11 0 0 14 18 .167 .218 .216 .435 6.0 0.0 1.8
C  Frank Mancuso 32 87 203 21 48 6 1 2 20 0 1 24 23 .236 .320 .305 .626 20.4 1.1 2.3
RF *George Myatt 36 51 181 32 51 7 4 0 24 13 5 17 26 .282 .343 .365 .708 20.5 2.0 0.7
RF  Joe Gallagher 36 59 140 16 39 7 1 3 18 0 1 10 29 .279 .322 .407 .730 17.5 1.8 0.5
CF  Buster Adams 35 47 110 6 22 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 24 .200 .254 .273 .527 6.9 0.0 0.4
P *Hal Newhouser 29 41 96 5 17 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 11 .177 .208 .198 .406 3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Preacher Roe 35 41 87 2 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .115 .133 .149 .283 -0.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Vance Dinges 35 68 82 9 23 3 0 0 13 0 2 9 2 .280 .359 .317 .676 9.0 0.8 0.3
P #Steve Gromek 30 31 72 2 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 16 .153 .173 .167 .340 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Fowler 29 38 79 1 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .165 .173 .165 .337 1.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Paul Campbell 32 66 55 6 14 1 1 0 6 1 1 7 7 .255 .338 .309 .648 5.5 0.1 0.0
LF *Marv Rackley 28 23 58 5 17 2 0 2 6 0 0 7 1 .293 .369 .431 .800 9.5 1.5 0.2
SS  Al Brancato 31 19 55 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 7 .145 .190 .145 .335 -1.6 0.0 0.6
3B  Pete Suder 34 16 44 2 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .295 .326 .364 .690 4.7 0.4 0.6
2B  Marty Marion 32 15 35 4 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .314 .333 .400 .733 4.2 0.5 0.5
C  Buddy Gremp 30 12 34 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .176 .200 .206 .406 0.3 0.0 0.3
CF *Richie Ashburn 23 8 29 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 .103 .235 .138 .373 0.8 0.0 0.1
SS  Eddie Miller 33 12 28 5 9 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 .321 .387 .571 .959 6.0 1.1 0.1
CF *Eddie Collins 33 11 25 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 .200 .310 .240 .550 2.2 0.0 0.1
3B  Dee Moore 36 28 22 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .318 .400 .318 .718 3.1 0.3 0.3
RF *Dick Kokos 22 7 17 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .353 .389 .529 .918 2.9 0.4 0.1
LF #Chuck Stevens 31 7 16 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.7 0.0 0.2
LF *Charlie Maxwell 23 4 12 5 5 1 0 1 6 3 0 4 2 .417 .563 .750 1.313 4.9 1.1 0.1
P  Jesse Flores 35 63 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
2B *Billy Goodman 24 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .077 .200 .077 .277 0.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Al Libke 31 4 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 1.4 0.0 0.0
C *Carl Sawatski 22 3 9 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 .222 .333 .889 1.222 3.3 0.5 0.2
LF *Babe Young 34 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Bill Ayers 30 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 22 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 0.7 0.1 0.1
P  Emil Kush 33 42 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3 0.3 0.0
P  Newt Kimball 35 60 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Vern Law 20 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Dain Clay 30 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hal White 31 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Al Brazle 36 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh East 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Krist 34 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 2118 5290 599 1335 211 36 71 577 85 38 497 682 .252 .317 .346 .663 566.0 57.2 38.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 7 7 7 3 8 7 2 7 8 5 7 8 7 7 8  
* - 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
*Hal Newhouser 29 12 24 .333 41 41 0 301.7 278 152 36 166 184 4.53 20.5
*Preacher Roe 35 12 20 .375 41 41 0 283.7 306 147 35 106 103 4.66 18.3
 Dick Fowler 29 6 28 .176 38 36 0 246.3 296 173 23 126 54 6.32 2.9
 Steve Gromek 30 14 11 .560 31 31 0 226.0 228 103 24 114 95 4.10 18.4
 Jesse Flores 35 2 4 .333 63 3 1 95.0 106 62 18 60 28 5.87 2.5
 Newt Kimball 35 3 4 .429 60 1 2 72.3 79 50 16 60 29 6.22 1.7
 Emil Kush 33 3 2 .600 42 1 13 48.7 52 35 6 33 28 6.47 3.0
*Al Brazle 36 1 5 .167 45 0 2 44.3 62 35 5 30 11 7.11 0.0
 Cuddles Marshall 25 1 1 .500 22 0 0 28.3 39 31 1 31 14 9.85 0.0
 Bill Ayers 30 0 4 .000 4 4 0 25.0 27 17 4 12 8 6.12 0.0
 Vern Law 20 0 2 .000 2 2 0 17.0 15 9 2 9 3 4.76 0.6
 Hal White 31 1 1 .500 8 2 0 15.3 16 9 1 12 6 5.28 0.8
 Lee Stine 36 0 1 .000 8 0 0 9.7 18 11 3 10 4 10.25 0.0
 Howie Krist 34 0 0 .000 4 0 0 6.0 9 4 3 3 2 6.00 0.2
 Hugh East 30 0 0 .000 2 0 0 4.0 4 2 0 1 1 4.50 0.3
Team Totals 31.2 55 107 .340 411 162 18 1423.3 1535 840 177 773 570 5.31 69.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 8 6 8 7 8 7 6 7 7  
* - 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 .993 33.4
R.Lamanno 943.3 106 118 399 43 1 0 .998 34.5
F.Mancuso 408.0 48 52 179 23 4 0 .981 27.3
D.Moore 27.0 3 6 10 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Sawatski 27.0 3 3 9 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
B.Gremp 18.0 2 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1423.3 162 182 607 70 5 0 .993 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.04
J.Mize 1178.3 132 147 1471 135 14 134 .991 12.27
T.Lupien 99.0 13 15 124 10 2 19 .985 12.18
B.Gremp 60.0 8 9 83 6 0 6 1.000 13.35
C.Stevens 35.0 4 5 44 6 0 7 1.000 12.86
R.Lamanno 23.0 3 3 34 1 0 2 1.000 13.70
V.Dinges 14.0 1 4 14 2 0 4 1.000 10.29
G.Goldsberry 13.0 1 3 20 1 1 2 .955 14.54
A.Brancato 1.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 187 1791 163 17 175 .991 12.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.13
S.Dente 498.7 55 69 144 221 7 43 .981 6.59
G.Myatt 202.3 22 24 47 100 2 27 .987 6.54
E.Miller 75.3 9 11 25 34 3 5 .952 7.05
P.Suder 61.0 7 10 13 21 0 2 1.000 5.02
M.Marion 42.0 5 8 8 19 1 3 .964 5.79
A.Brancato 28.0 3 4 12 14 0 8 1.000 8.36
B.Goodman 27.0 3 3 12 10 1 3 .957 7.33
A.Cuccinello 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Moore 4.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 942.3 104 133 262 422 14 91 .980 6.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
K.Keltner 1247.3 147 147 84 306 15 28 .963 2.81
T.Lupien 135.7 12 33 9 36 1 0 .978 2.99
D.Moore 22.3 1 10 0 6 0 2 1.000 2.42
M.Marion 17.0 2 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1422.3 162 192 94 353 16 31 .965 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
A.Cuccinello 1181.3 136 145 224 541 16 91 .980 5.83
S.Dente 79.0 8 16 23 37 0 14 1.000 6.84
A.Brancato 69.0 9 9 11 33 2 4 .957 5.74
P.Suder 41.0 5 5 7 26 0 6 1.000 7.24
M.Marion 30.0 4 5 8 14 1 7 .957 6.60
D.Moore 10.0 0 6 3 3 1 0 .857 5.40
K.Keltner 9.0 0 7 2 6 0 3 1.000 8.00
V.Dinges 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Miller 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 195 279 661 20 125 .979 5.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
E.Slaughter 583.0 70 76 130 7 3 0 .979 2.11
J.Gallagher 295.0 34 42 69 3 4 0 .947 2.20
B.Adams 223.0 27 29 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
M.Rackley 111.0 14 15 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
T.Lupien 81.0 6 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
T.O'Brien 55.3 5 13 8 0 1 0 .889 1.30
C.Maxwell 26.0 3 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.77
V.Dinges 24.0 1 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
A.Brancato 12.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Kokos 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Stevens 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Young 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 221 327 12 8 0 .977 2.14
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.51
S.Jethroe 1117.7 129 142 290 5 14 3 .955 2.38
V.Dinges 78.7 8 20 24 1 1 0 .962 2.86
R.Ashburn 72.0 8 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
E.Collins 62.0 8 9 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.76
B.Adams 47.0 5 11 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.64
A.Libke 27.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
M.Rackley 8.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
D.Clay 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Young 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Campbell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 202 373 8 15 3 .962 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.07
T.O'Brien 939.0 109 112 206 2 7 0 .967 1.99
G.Myatt 209.0 25 25 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
T.Lupien 157.7 16 28 33 1 1 0 .971 1.94
E.Slaughter 46.0 5 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.78
D.Kokos 26.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
V.Dinges 20.0 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
A.Brancato 16.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56
J.Gallagher 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Goldsberry 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Collins 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Cuccinello 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1422.7 162 191 299 4 8 0 .974 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.37
H.Newhouser 301.7 41 41 17 66 6 3 .933 2.48
P.Roe 283.7 41 41 18 52 2 6 .972 2.22
D.Fowler 246.3 36 38 23 51 0 5 1.000 2.70
S.Gromek 226.0 31 31 13 46 0 2 1.000 2.35
J.Flores 95.0 3 63 7 19 0 2 1.000 2.46
N.Kimball 72.3 1 60 4 16 0 1 1.000 2.49
E.Kush 48.7 1 42 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.96
A.Brazle 44.3 0 45 8 11 0 1 1.000 3.86
C.Marshall 28.3 0 22 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.54
B.Ayers 25.0 4 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.80
V.Law 17.0 2 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.18
H.White 15.3 2 8 0 3 1 1 .750 1.76
L.Stine 9.7 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93
H.Krist 6.0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
H.East 4.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1423.3 162 411 102 293 9 23 .978 2.50
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average O'Brien .280
On-Base Pct Mize .370
Slugging Pct Mize .438
OPS Mize .808
XR Mize 81.5
Games Keltner 154
At-Bats Keltner 549
Runs Mize 79
Hits Mize 140
Total Bases Mize 223
Singles Cuccinello 107
Doubles Keltner 33
Triples Jethroe 9
Homeruns Mize 15
RBIs Mize 71
Stolen Bases Jethroe 36
Caught Stealing Slaughter 10
Walks Mize 78
Strikeouts Jethroe 113
ERA Gromek 4.10
Wins Gromek 14
Losses Fowler 28
Winning Pct Gromek .560
Saves Kush 13
Games Pitched Flores 63
Games Started Newhouser, Roe 41
Complete Games Fowler 12
Shutouts Fowler 1
Innings Pitched Newhouser 301.7
Hits Allowed Roe 306
Homeruns Allowed Newhouser 36
Strikeouts Newhouser 184
Walks Allowed Newhouser 166
Walks per 9IP Roe 3.4
Hits per 9IP Newhouser 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Newhouser 5.5
WHiP Roe 1.45
OAVG Newhouser .244
OOBP Roe .340
OSLG Newhouser .387
OOPS Newhouser .727
Team All-Stars
Johnny Mize
Player Salaries
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Al Cuccinello $ 5,000,000
Preacher Roe $ 3,000,000
Glenn Crawford $ 3,000,000
Emil Kush $ 2,000,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 1,600,000
Ray Lamanno $ 1,421,429
George Myatt $ 1,000,000
Enos Slaughter $ 1,000,000
Mickey Harris $ 1,000,000
Newt Kimball $ 960,000
Sam Jethroe $ 912,000
Dee Moore $ 850,000
Babe Young $ 800,000
Ken Keltner $ 750,000
Al Brazle $ 680,000
Hal Newhouser $ 663,000
Jesse Flores $ 610,000
Dick Fowler $ 600,000
Milo Candini $ 570,000
Howie Krist $ 540,000
Rene Monteagudo $ 510,000
Johnny Humphries $ 465,000
Bill Cox $ 450,000
Johnny Podgajny $ 400,000
Lee Stine $ 380,000
Tony Lupien $ 366,429
Eddie Collins $ 350,000
Pete Suder $ 350,000
Vance Dinges $ 350,000
Elmer Burkart $ 350,000
Buster Adams $ 350,000
Eddie Miller $ 350,000
Les McCrabb $ 350,000
Frank Mancuso $ 350,000
Ken Raffensberger $ 350,000
Joe Gallagher $ 320,000
Marty Marion $ 310,000
Billy Goodman $ 300,000
Hal White $ 300,000
Al Brancato $ 300,000
Paul Campbell $ 300,000
Dain Clay $ 300,000
Bill Ayers $ 300,000
Richie Ashburn $ 300,000
Chuck Stevens $ 300,000
Sam Dente $ 300,000
Hugh East $ 300,000
Bill Schuster $ 300,000
Carl Sawatski $ 300,000
Dick Kokos $ 300,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 300,000
Dutch McCall $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Steve Gromek $ 300,000
Joe Rullo $ 300,000
Marv Rackley $ 300,000
Vern Law $ 300,000
Al Libke $ 300,000
Cuddles Marshall $ 300,000
Charlie Maxwell $ 300,000
Glenn Gardner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Warren Hacker Seattle Gordon Goldsberry
Richie Ashburn
2/3 Traded Spec Shea Tampa Bay Johnny Mize
2/4 Signed     Al Cuccinello
2/4 Signed     Joe Gallagher
2/4 Signed     Marty Marion
2/4 Signed     Ken Raffensberger
2/4 Signed     Les Mccrabb
2/5 Signed     Ken Keltner
2/5 Signed     Babe Young
2/5 Signed     Emil Kush
2/5 Signed     Johnny Humphries
2/5 Signed     Dick Fowler
2/5 Signed     Johnny Podgajny
2/8 Signed     Newt Kimball
2/8 Signed     Bill Cox
2/8 Signed     Elmer Burkart
2/9 Signed     Preacher Roe
2/9 Signed     Bill Schuster
2/9 Signed     Hal Newhouser
2/9 Signed     Mickey Harris
2/10 Signed     Enos Slaughter
2/10 Signed     Milo Candini
2/12 Signed     Buster Adams
2/12 Signed     Al Brazle
2/13 Signed     Howie Krist
2/13 Signed     Rene Monteagudo
2/19 Signed     Alex Kampouris
2/19 Signed     Dee Moore
3/3 Released Bob Borkowski    
3/3 Released Jack Maguire    
7/21 Released Alex Kampouris