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1946 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 81-81
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 773
Runs Allowed: 795
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 967,357
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 6th in the NL
AA: 70-67, 5th in the NL
A: 70-67, 4th 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
2B *Grady Hatton 23 154 547 109 154 18 4 28 93 13 9 114 49 .282 .403 .483 .886 105.8 21.4 5.3
CF #Sam Jethroe 28 156 565 109 170 32 7 22 91 47 16 80 93 .301 .387 .499 .886 108.0 22.7 5.6
3B  George Archie 32 150 541 57 158 26 3 7 54 4 3 39 60 .292 .338 .390 .728 67.5 10.7 4.6
3B *Johnny Pesky 26 138 485 62 153 30 7 1 63 6 5 42 7 .315 .366 .412 .779 68.6 12.4 4.8
RF *Vance Dinges 31 132 448 68 134 15 2 10 51 15 6 31 11 .299 .344 .408 .753 57.5 9.1 2.2
DH  Pat Seerey 23 121 389 57 98 18 0 23 80 0 0 65 82 .252 .357 .476 .833 66.7 12.6 1.1
LF  Tommy O'Brien 27 116 358 59 106 19 2 9 41 1 0 33 15 .296 .354 .436 .789 49.7 8.7 2.1
C  Frankie Hayes 31 111 355 40 94 15 3 7 51 0 0 31 47 .265 .322 .383 .705 41.5 5.6 3.4
1B *Eddie Lukon 25 90 257 34 56 12 2 10 40 0 0 32 24 .218 .304 .397 .701 29.9 3.0 2.1
C *Don Padgett 34 74 261 27 73 10 0 5 28 0 1 27 30 .280 .348 .375 .724 33.1 5.0 2.1
1B *Max West 29 102 260 31 60 14 2 6 40 0 0 20 48 .231 .287 .369 .656 27.4 3.1 1.5
3B  Pete Suder 30 57 159 10 39 15 0 2 20 0 0 5 11 .245 .267 .377 .644 14.1 1.0 1.7
C  Frank Mancuso 28 47 128 25 37 7 1 2 19 0 0 15 14 .289 .372 .406 .779 18.5 3.3 1.2
P  Butch Wensloff 30 39 109 8 22 3 0 0 14 0 0 4 35 .202 .228 .229 .457 5.5 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 17 39 98 10 19 1 0 0 5 1 0 4 22 .194 .223 .204 .427 4.1 0.0 0.0
P *Vito Tamulis 34 34 89 7 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .135 .154 .135 .289 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Fred Sanford 26 33 80 5 14 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 25 .175 .205 .175 .380 2.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Bert Haas 32 67 87 18 19 2 1 0 10 11 7 4 5 .218 .250 .264 .514 4.3 0.0 0.7
LF *Paul O'Dea 25 54 72 9 21 3 0 1 13 0 1 8 12 .292 .358 .375 .733 9.9 1.4 0.3
2B *Stan Sperry 32 59 74 11 17 3 1 0 7 0 0 7 2 .230 .293 .297 .590 5.5 0.1 0.9
SS  Gil English 36 31 58 11 14 1 0 1 8 0 1 3 9 .241 .279 .310 .589 4.8 0.3 0.7
C  Ray Lamanno 26 16 45 2 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .311 .354 .311 .665 4.8 0.6 0.6
P  Ed Hanyzewski 25 28 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .000 .026 .000 .026 -3.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Tony Lupien 29 7 26 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .154 .185 .269 .454 1.1 0.0 0.1
SS  Eddie Miller 29 6 11 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818 1.3 0.1 0.2
P *Hal Newhouser 25 46 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy De La Cruz 34 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
3B  Al Rubeling 33 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 1.4 0.2 0.0
P *Al Epperly 28 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh East 26 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Buddy Gremp 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 1971 5563 772 1494 246 36 135 750 99 50 575 635 .269 .336 .399 .735 727.7 121.4 41.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 1 8 5 7 4 4 5 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
 Butch Wensloff 30 18 19 .486 39 39 0 322.0 308 131 36 113 141 3.66 22.7
*Joe Nuxhall 17 20 15 .571 39 39 0 295.3 280 136 23 115 101 4.14 19.3
*Vito Tamulis 34 14 15 .483 34 34 0 268.0 280 119 21 68 78 4.00 15.9
 Fred Sanford 26 15 11 .577 33 33 0 238.7 222 122 30 107 103 4.60 11.7
 Ed Hanyzewski 25 8 9 .471 28 15 3 128.0 133 65 15 46 60 4.57 5.8
*Hal Newhouser 25 2 6 .250 46 2 5 64.0 76 40 10 34 28 5.63 1.0
 Bill Cox 33 4 1 .800 48 0 3 54.3 63 36 4 37 21 5.96 0.9
 Tommy De La Cruz 34 0 1 .000 45 0 3 51.7 53 22 8 18 18 3.83 3.0
 Al Epperly 28 0 1 .000 7 0 0 10.0 20 16 3 14 1 14.40 0.0
 Hugh East 26 0 2 .000 9 0 1 8.3 18 16 6 9 5 17.29 0.0
 Frank Mancuso 28 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.7 2 2 1 0 0 10.84 0.0
Team Totals 27.8 81 81 .500 329 162 15 1442.0 1455 705 157 561 556 4.40 80.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 8 5 5 3 8 5 2 6 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 30.8
F.Hayes 736.0 82 86 294 20 1 1 .997 12.1
D.Padgett 422.1 44 47 170 19 3 0 .984 15.0
F.Mancuso 279.7 33 34 108 10 0 0 1.000 54.5
R.Lamanno 112.7 12 14 39 7 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1550.4 171 181 611 56 4 1 .994 22.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.25
P.Seerey 872.3 104 107 1057 72 17 95 .985 11.65
V.Dinges 401.0 43 54 490 40 7 50 .987 11.90
T.Lupien 52.0 6 7 62 2 1 5 .985 11.08
B.Haas 49.7 4 15 50 8 0 6 1.000 10.51
M.West 44.0 4 9 50 5 1 4 .982 11.25
E.Lukon 14.0 1 4 18 1 0 1 1.000 12.21
G.English 5.0 0 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 16.20
B.Gremp 3.0 0 1 4 0 1 0 .800 12.00
R.Lamanno 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 201 1739 129 27 161 .986 11.66
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.18
G.Archie 1169.3 141 142 267 457 16 107 .978 5.57
S.Sperry 135.0 10 34 35 66 0 19 1.000 6.73
P.Suder 82.7 8 11 25 40 0 9 1.000 7.08
J.Pesky 22.0 0 11 8 16 0 3 1.000 9.82
E.Miller 18.0 2 2 5 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Rubeling 10.0 1 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Hatton 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1442.0 162 205 344 587 16 138 .983 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 3.00
G.Hatton 1288.0 147 151 93 332 21 23 .953 2.97
B.Haas 74.0 6 16 9 19 3 1 .903 3.41
F.Hayes 37.0 4 5 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.43
P.Suder 32.0 4 6 4 9 1 0 .929 3.66
G.English 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Lupien 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 180 108 371 25 25 .950 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.53
J.Pesky 1030.0 117 124 164 436 24 85 .962 5.24
P.Suder 230.3 26 34 41 97 6 16 .958 5.39
G.English 123.7 14 17 18 60 6 16 .929 5.68
G.Archie 45.0 4 7 5 21 0 2 1.000 5.20
E.Miller 13.0 1 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 7.62
Team Total 1442.0 162 186 231 622 36 120 .960 5.32
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.08
E.Lukon 596.7 69 71 162 3 0 2 1.000 2.49
V.Dinges 210.7 25 27 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.14
D.Padgett 169.5 18 19 33 1 2 0 .944 1.81
T.O'Brien 167.7 16 25 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
F.Hayes 59.7 7 8 13 0 1 0 .929 1.96
P.O'Dea 47.0 5 8 14 0 1 0 .933 2.68
B.Haas 31.0 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
M.West 30.3 2 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
P.Seerey 17.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1329.5 147 176 339 5 4 2 .989 2.33
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
S.Jethroe 1281.3 144 151 442 6 8 3 .982 3.15
M.West 44.0 5 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.07
B.Haas 38.0 5 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 4.26
E.Lukon 24.7 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.92
P.Seerey 24.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Sperry 23.0 2 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.91
V.Dinges 7.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1442.0 162 179 502 7 8 3 .985 3.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.11
T.O'Brien 590.0 68 75 137 3 4 2 .972 2.14
M.West 429.0 47 54 106 1 1 1 .991 2.24
V.Dinges 348.0 40 43 85 4 1 0 .989 2.30
P.O'Dea 55.0 5 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.62
F.Hayes 9.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Seerey 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Padgett 4.2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
Team Total 1444.2 162 188 347 8 6 3 .983 2.21
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.35
B.Wensloff 322.0 39 39 30 70 2 3 .980 2.80
J.Nuxhall 295.3 39 39 20 44 2 4 .970 1.95
V.Tamulis 268.0 34 34 11 49 0 5 1.000 2.01
F.Sanford 238.7 33 33 11 54 0 2 1.000 2.45
E.Hanyzewski 128.0 15 28 11 24 0 0 1.000 2.46
H.Newhouser 64.0 2 46 3 20 0 4 1.000 3.23
B.Cox 54.3 0 48 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.99
T.De La Cruz 51.7 0 45 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.79
A.Epperly 10.0 0 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
H.East 8.3 0 9 0 2 1 0 .667 2.16
F.Mancuso 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1442.0 162 329 94 287 5 20 .987 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pesky .315
On-Base Pct Hatton .403
Slugging Pct Jethroe .499
OPS Hatton .886
XR Jethroe 108.0
Games Jethroe 156
At-Bats Jethroe 565
Runs Jethroe, Hatton 109
Hits Jethroe 170
Total Bases Jethroe 282
Singles Archie 122
Doubles Jethroe 32
Triples Jethroe, Pesky 7
Homeruns Hatton 28
RBIs Hatton 93
Stolen Bases Jethroe 47
Caught Stealing Jethroe 16
Walks Hatton 114
Strikeouts Jethroe 93
ERA Wensloff 3.66
Wins Nuxhall 20
Losses Wensloff 19
Winning Pct Sanford .577
Saves Newhouser 5
Games Pitched Cox 48
Games Started Nuxhall, Wensloff 39
Complete Games Wensloff 22
Shutouts Wensloff 3
Innings Pitched Wensloff 322.0
Hits Allowed Wensloff 308
Homeruns Allowed Wensloff 36
Strikeouts Wensloff 141
Walks Allowed Nuxhall 115
Walks per 9IP Tamulis 2.3
Hits per 9IP Sanford 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Wensloff 3.9
WHiP Tamulis 1.30
OAVG Sanford .244
OOBP Tamulis .311
OSLG Nuxhall .381
OOPS Nuxhall .699
Team All-Stars
Grady Hatton
Don Padgett
Johnny Pesky
Fred Sanford
Player Salaries
Vito Tamulis $ 10,000,000
Don Padgett $ 6,000,000
Billy Sullivan $ 5,250,000
Frankie Hayes $ 4,250,000
Butch Wensloff $ 3,785,714
Max West $ 3,500,000
Johnny Pesky $ 2,664,286
Hal Newhouser $ 1,750,000
Billy Herman $ 1,400,000
George Archie $ 1,342,857
Jimmy Wasdell $ 950,000
Bert Haas $ 850,000
Stan Sperry $ 700,000
Johnny Peacock $ 350,000
Eddie Miller $ 350,000
John Burrows $ 350,000
Hugh East $ 300,000
Gil English $ 300,000
Tommy De La Cruz $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Bill Cox $ 300,000
Eddie Collins $ 300,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 300,000
Grady Hatton $ 300,000
Vance Dinges $ 300,000
Sam Jethroe $ 300,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,000
Eddie Lukon $ 300,000
Frank Mancuso $ 300,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 300,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 300,000
Paul O'Dea $ 300,000
Fred Sanford $ 300,000
Pat Seerey $ 300,000
Chuck Stevens $ 300,000
Pete Suder $ 300,000
Tony Lupien $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ox Miller Pittsburgh George Archie
2/1 Traded Eddie Yost Pittsburgh Butch Wensloff
2/2 Signed     Vito Tamulis
2/25 Signed     Frankie Hayes
7/1 Traded Dizzy Dean
Round Draft Pick.		 Seattle Don Padgett
10/19 Released Al Epperly    
10/19 Released Woody Rich    
10/19 Released Mark Christman    
10/19 Released Charlie Brewster    
10/19 Released Bobby Mattick    
10/19 Released Al Rubeling    
10/19 Released Bill Bevens    
10/19 Released Dewey Williams    
 
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