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1936 Atlanta Braves
Record: 72-90
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 702
Runs Allowed: 796
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,265,360
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 1st in the NL
AA: 69-68, 4th in the NL
A: 82-55, 1st 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
CF *Johnny Watwood 30 156 612 77 175 38 6 5 59 3 2 53 34 .286 .345 .392 .737 77.8 10.6 5.1
RF *Gene Moore 26 156 551 83 158 34 5 5 80 4 2 58 49 .287 .356 .394 .750 71.2 9.5 4.2
C *Bill Dickey 29 144 528 75 153 22 6 12 66 0 1 58 46 .290 .355 .422 .778 77.7 11.4 5.5
SS  Travis Jackson 32 154 555 75 157 35 10 8 84 0 2 34 57 .283 .326 .425 .751 65.2 8.2 7.6
2B  Billy Herman 26 136 470 60 148 25 0 2 46 2 3 31 11 .315 .358 .381 .739 57.7 8.2 4.5
LF *Earl Browne 25 137 462 62 147 27 1 5 58 1 0 30 34 .318 .362 .413 .776 60.8 9.0 3.7
LF  Wattie Holm 34 96 335 49 87 20 6 6 46 2 3 34 22 .260 .327 .409 .736 42.5 5.0 2.1
C  Denny Sothern 32 96 294 32 70 16 1 2 29 1 0 22 51 .238 .291 .320 .610 27.1 1.3 2.0
1B  Ed Morgan 32 75 260 27 51 11 1 5 38 2 0 26 42 .196 .270 .304 .574 20.2 0.0 1.5
RF  Pete Scott 37 78 185 17 50 8 0 4 24 0 0 13 48 .270 .313 .378 .692 22.1 2.3 0.8
2B *Max Bishop 36 52 151 18 38 7 1 1 10 0 0 30 25 .252 .376 .331 .707 20.4 2.7 2.0
CF  Kiddo Davis 34 85 129 12 32 7 1 0 13 0 0 15 4 .248 .329 .318 .647 14.5 1.3 0.7
1B *Lou Gehrig 33 30 111 18 35 8 0 6 28 0 0 16 25 .315 .400 .550 .950 23.2 4.4 0.5
P  Bobo Newsom 28 44 113 7 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 24 .159 .167 .177 .344 1.2 0.0 0.0
C *Johnny Moore 34 47 114 5 26 4 0 0 9 0 0 6 5 .228 .264 .263 .528 8.0 0.0 1.0
P  Johnny Murphy 27 43 102 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 26 .118 .133 .137 .271 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Mills 26 34 78 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .103 .113 .128 .241 -0.6 0.0 0.0
2B *Jack Saltzgaver 33 38 90 11 26 8 0 1 14 0 0 11 10 .289 .366 .411 .777 12.1 1.9 1.2
2B  Freddy Spurgeon 35 37 81 12 20 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 8 .247 .299 .259 .558 5.2 0.0 0.4
1B  Lyn Lary 30 71 73 18 20 3 0 2 10 1 2 4 2 .274 .312 .397 .709 7.9 0.9 1.0
SS  Gil English 26 23 70 9 21 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 4 .300 .333 .400 .733 8.8 1.0 1.1
LF  Danny Taylor 35 22 54 8 19 4 0 2 9 0 0 8 12 .352 .438 .537 .975 11.7 2.4 0.3
P *Lefty Grove 36 22 56 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 .125 .125 .143 .268 -1.0 0.0 0.0
SS  Doc Farrell 34 32 47 4 15 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 4 .319 .333 .362 .695 5.4 0.7 0.5
P *Hal Wiltse 32 19 33 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .152 .152 .182 .333 0.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Randy Reese 32 32 30 2 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .400 .438 .400 .838 4.7 0.8 0.5
LF *Beauty McGowan 34 21 24 2 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 .375 .375 .500 .875 3.5 0.6 0.0
P  Walter Beall 36 7 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .056 .000 .056 -1.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Burgess Whitehead 26 8 14 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 1.6 0.3 0.1
P *George Hockette 28 56 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Johnson 30 21 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
1B *Jack Burns 28 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Sullivan 25 45 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Leon Pettit 34 52 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *George Winn 38 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.2 2084 5657 702 1526 290 39 68 670 17 15 468 606 .270 .326 .371 .696 648.1 82.8 46.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 5 8 8 8 7 5 5 6 8 7 8 8 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
 Bobo Newsom 28 15 19 .441 44 44 0 329.0 344 142 21 131 122 3.88 19.9
 Johnny Murphy 27 15 17 .469 43 43 0 325.3 353 139 10 109 84 3.85 21.0
*Lefty Mills 26 11 20 .355 34 34 0 268.7 267 139 28 121 125 4.66 10.6
*Lefty Grove 36 6 10 .375 22 22 0 167.3 166 76 13 48 76 4.09 9.4
*Hal Wiltse 32 8 5 .615 19 8 0 104.7 93 39 9 44 42 3.35 8.9
*George Hockette 28 5 4 .556 56 0 8 60.0 80 28 6 12 13 4.20 4.9
*Leon Pettit 34 0 1 .000 47 0 1 52.3 38 9 3 17 23 1.55 6.7
 Walter Beall 36 2 4 .333 7 7 0 47.0 38 19 3 23 34 3.64 2.5
*Joe Sullivan 25 6 5 .545 45 0 5 45.3 49 29 4 28 13 5.76 2.3
 Hank Johnson 30 4 3 .571 21 0 0 27.7 39 26 3 16 11 8.46 0.0
*George Winn 38 0 1 .000 13 5 0 13.3 24 19 1 5 1 12.83 0.0
*Harry Smythe 31 0 0 .000 5 0 0 6.0 6 3 0 1 0 4.50 0.3
 Ad Liska 29 0 1 .000 3 0 0 3.7 2 2 1 0 2 4.92 0.1
Team Totals 30.8 72 90 .444 359 163 14 1450.3 1499 670 102 555 546 4.16 86.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 8 6 6 2 5 3 7 6 3  
* - 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 .991 36.6
B.Dickey 1113.3 122 133 430 49 8 0 .984 41.0
D.Sothern 173.0 20 22 87 4 1 0 .989 0.0
J.Moore 164.0 20 20 53 8 1 0 .984 33.3
Team Total 1450.3 162 175 570 61 10 0 .984 38.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.79
E.Morgan 620.9 68 70 826 69 8 84 .991 12.97
D.Sothern 459.7 52 61 626 42 6 62 .991 13.08
L.Gehrig 252.0 28 30 317 24 5 32 .986 12.18
L.Lary 79.0 8 15 99 11 1 9 .991 12.53
E.Browne 23.0 1 6 29 3 0 3 1.000 12.52
J.Watwood 8.0 1 1 9 0 0 3 1.000 10.13
J.Burns 8.0 1 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1450.6 159 184 1916 149 20 193 .990 12.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.55
B.Herman 938.7 109 118 245 414 19 95 .972 6.32
M.Bishop 342.0 46 49 89 173 6 39 .978 6.89
J.Saltzgaver 148.2 17 23 44 73 4 16 .967 7.11
F.Spurgeon 46.7 4 11 8 21 3 4 .906 5.59
R.Reese 19.3 1 7 2 10 0 2 1.000 5.59
D.Farrell 17.7 0 10 5 9 1 2 .933 7.13
B.Whitehead 15.0 2 2 5 7 0 1 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1527.5 179 220 398 707 33 159 .971 6.51
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 3.00
W.Holm 795.3 93 93 48 195 13 23 .949 2.75
T.Jackson 170.0 19 21 10 39 3 5 .942 2.59
F.Spurgeon 139.0 15 21 10 29 4 3 .907 2.53
J.Saltzgaver 81.7 10 12 6 21 1 2 .964 2.97
B.Dickey 73.0 8 8 5 23 0 2 1.000 3.45
R.Reese 54.7 4 18 6 21 1 1 .964 4.45
D.Farrell 15.0 0 3 0 4 1 0 .800 2.40
B.Whitehead 10.0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.60
B.Herman 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Bishop 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Warstler 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1348.7 150 182 86 338 23 37 .949 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 5.77
T.Jackson 1091.3 124 129 177 531 30 107 .959 5.84
G.English 182.0 21 23 27 79 4 15 .964 5.24
L.Lary 93.0 8 24 16 51 2 14 .971 6.48
D.Farrell 83.0 9 18 11 35 4 9 .920 4.99
J.Saltzgaver 11.1 1 1 3 6 0 2 1.000 7.30
P.Scott 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1461.4 163 196 235 703 40 148 .959 5.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.94
E.Browne 988.3 112 118 229 3 1 0 .996 2.11
P.Scott 299.0 32 46 57 0 5 0 .919 1.72
D.Taylor 95.9 8 9 18 1 1 0 .950 1.78
J.Moore 34.3 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
B.McGowan 18.7 3 4 3 0 2 0 .600 1.44
R.Reese 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
K.Davis 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.9 160 185 318 4 9 0 .973 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 2.56
J.Watwood 1267.3 143 151 360 6 31 3 .922 2.60
K.Davis 156.0 18 23 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
D.Taylor 10.5 1 2 3 0 1 0 .750 2.57
D.Sothern 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.McGowan 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
Team Total 1445.1 162 181 409 6 32 3 .928 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.06
G.Moore 1282.3 143 151 275 9 7 3 .976 1.99
P.Scott 91.0 11 13 14 0 1 0 .933 1.38
J.Moore 31.0 4 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.61
E.Browne 23.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
B.McGowan 6.7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.69
B.Whitehead 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Holm 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.0 161 178 303 10 8 3 .975 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.48
B.Newsom 329.0 44 44 21 65 1 2 .989 2.35
J.Murphy 325.3 43 43 28 70 4 5 .961 2.71
L.Mills 268.7 34 34 11 49 4 6 .938 2.01
L.Grove 167.3 22 22 9 31 3 1 .930 2.15
H.Wiltse 104.7 8 19 7 18 1 2 .962 2.15
G.Hockette 60.0 0 56 3 16 1 0 .950 2.85
L.Pettit 52.3 0 47 3 15 0 0 1.000 3.10
W.Beall 47.0 7 7 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Sullivan 45.3 0 45 1 13 1 1 .933 2.78
H.Johnson 27.7 0 21 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.30
G.Winn 13.3 5 13 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.Smythe 6.0 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00
A.Liska 3.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1450.3 163 359 90 297 15 17 .963 2.40
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Browne .317
On-Base Pct Browne .361
Slugging Pct Jackson .425
OPS Dickey .778
XR Watwood 77.8
Games Moore, Watwood 156
At-Bats Watwood 612
Runs Moore 83
Hits Watwood 175
Total Bases Watwood 240
Singles Watwood 126
Doubles Watwood 38
Triples Jackson 10
Homeruns Dickey 12
RBIs Jackson 84
Stolen Bases Moore 4
Caught Stealing Herman, Holm 3
Walks Moore, Dickey 58
Strikeouts Jackson 57
ERA Murphy 3.85
Wins Murphy, Newsom 15
Losses Mills 20
Winning Pct Murphy .469
Saves Hockette 8
Games Pitched Hockette 56
Games Started Newsom 44
Complete Games Mills 15
Shutouts Grove, Mills, Murphy, Newsom, Wiltse 1
Innings Pitched Newsom 329.0
Hits Allowed Murphy 353
Homeruns Allowed Mills 28
Strikeouts Mills 125
Walks Allowed Newsom 131
Walks per 9IP Grove 2.6
Hits per 9IP Grove 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Mills 4.2
WHiP Grove 1.28
OAVG Grove .254
OOBP Grove .306
OSLG Newsom .368
OOPS Grove .684
Team All-Stars
Travis Jackson
Bobo Newsom
Player Salaries
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Johnny Watwood $ 5,650,000
Dave Keefe $ 4,500,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,250,000
Max Bishop $ 4,000,000
Wattie Holm $ 3,290,000
George Winn $ 3,000,000
Ed Morgan $ 3,000,000
Danny Taylor $ 2,750,000
Kiddo Davis $ 2,500,000
Billy Herman $ 2,442,857
Gene Moore $ 2,385,714
Randy Reese $ 1,880,000
Johnny Murphy $ 1,800,000
Denny Sothern $ 1,648,937
Hal Wiltse $ 1,500,000
Travis Jackson $ 1,060,000
Nick Cullop $ 1,000,000
Ed Brandt $ 750,000
Pete Scott $ 750,000
Beauty McGowan $ 500,000
Doc Farrell $ 500,000
Freddy Spurgeon $ 500,000
Ed Walsh $ 350,000
Lyn Lary $ 350,000
George Susce $ 350,000
Harry Smythe $ 350,000
Ad Liska $ 310,000
Earl Browne $ 300,000
Jack Burns $ 300,000
Gil English $ 300,000
George Hockette $ 300,000
Johnny Moore $ 300,000
Leon Pettit $ 300,000
Joe Sullivan $ 300,000
Rabbit Warstler $ 300,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 300,000
Lefty Mills $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Si Johnson Oakland Jimmy Moore
Round Draft Pick.
2/3 Traded Doug Taitt St. Louis (C) Ed Fallenstein
2/8 Signed     Kiddo Davis
2/9 Signed     Freddy Spurgeon
2/14 Signed     Pete Scott
2/18 Signed     Hank Johnson
3/3 Released Joe Munson    
7/1 Released Hank Johnson    
7/1 Traded Mel Almada
Round Draft Pick.		 Cincinnati Walter Beall
7/1 Traded Lou Gehrig
Jack Saltzgaver		 Detroit George Winn
Ed Morgan
Hal Wiltse
Max Bishop
Ed Brandt
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Lefty Grove Tampa Bay Dave Keefe
Danny Taylor
Nick Cullop
7/31 Traded Walter Beall San Diego Beauty Mcgowan
Clyde Hatter
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Released Clyde Hatter    
 
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