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1948 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 75-87
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 778
Runs Allowed: 839
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 954,704
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 4th in the NL
AA: 65-72, 5th in the NL
A: 53-84, 7th 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
DH  Pat Seerey 25 156 542 110 145 14 1 45 109 1 0 125 121 .268 .404 .546 .950 119.0 26.2 0.8
1B *Eddie Lukon 27 156 537 98 142 22 8 26 111 0 0 86 59 .264 .366 .480 .846 91.9 17.2 1.4
3B *Johnny Pesky 28 154 554 68 147 31 7 2 57 13 6 42 37 .265 .314 .357 .671 60.7 6.5 4.5
2B *Grady Hatton 25 119 433 72 118 22 4 14 68 7 3 75 34 .273 .377 .439 .815 73.6 13.9 3.9
SS  George Kell 25 123 454 60 136 25 3 10 64 3 2 38 12 .300 .355 .434 .789 64.4 11.6 3.5
C  Ray Lamanno 28 122 404 43 120 20 1 2 47 0 0 28 56 .297 .341 .366 .707 47.8 6.7 6.7
RF *George Myatt 34 124 367 58 112 10 4 0 35 42 15 42 27 .305 .379 .354 .733 53.9 9.6 1.5
LF  Tommy O'Brien 29 122 338 44 87 18 3 7 53 0 0 35 17 .257 .320 .391 .711 43.4 5.4 0.8
CF #Sam Jethroe 30 121 324 46 82 15 2 4 30 29 9 38 79 .253 .336 .349 .685 41.9 5.4 0.8
CF  Hal Jeffcoat 23 109 322 48 91 19 2 7 32 6 4 24 28 .283 .330 .419 .749 39.1 5.2 1.3
3B  George Archie 34 103 253 27 63 11 2 1 28 3 1 25 30 .249 .315 .320 .636 25.9 2.4 2.1
C  Frank Mancuso 30 88 245 34 59 12 2 4 36 0 0 23 28 .241 .305 .355 .660 22.6 1.3 3.0
LF *Paul O'Dea 27 76 115 12 34 4 1 0 20 0 0 18 17 .296 .388 .348 .736 16.4 2.7 0.2
P  Joe Haynes 30 43 110 7 21 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 12 .191 .189 .209 .398 3.6 0.0 0.0
RF *Vance Dinges 33 79 107 15 36 6 0 3 23 2 0 6 4 .336 .372 .477 .848 16.3 3.3 0.2
P  Bill Voiselle 29 41 93 5 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 28 .118 .135 .161 .297 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 19 49 59 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .186 .213 .220 .433 2.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Tony Lupien 31 21 64 11 19 2 1 0 3 3 2 5 3 .297 .348 .359 .707 7.6 1.0 0.3
P  Jack Kramer 30 45 48 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .167 .184 .188 .371 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 32 32 47 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .085 .085 .085 .170 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Dobson 31 12 33 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 10 .182 .206 .273 .479 2.0 0.0 0.0
3B  Pete Suder 32 14 34 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .176 .200 .176 .376 0.4 0.0 0.3
LF *Marv Rackley 26 10 17 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .176 .300 .353 .653 1.6 0.2 0.0
3B  Sam Dente 26 20 17 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176 .222 .294 .516 0.4 0.0 0.2
SS  Al Brancato 29 11 12 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .385 .500 .885 2.0 0.4 0.1
C  Buddy Gremp 28 13 8 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .875 1.375 2.6 0.8 0.0
2B *Stan Sperry 34 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .429 .200 .629 0.8 0.2 0.1
P  Johnny Beazley 30 36 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Cox 35 70 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Ayers 28 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Jacobs 35 5 1 1 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 De La Cruz 36 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 2123 5557 778 1476 240 43 128 747 109 42 622 651 .266 .339 .393 .732 740.8 120.3 31.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 7 7 7 1 5 7 1 8 7 7 6 7 6 7 7  
* - 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
 Joe Haynes 30 17 15 .531 43 43 0 334.7 380 162 6 89 81 4.36 18.9
 Bill Voiselle 29 15 18 .455 41 41 0 279.3 272 137 25 148 177 4.41 13.6
*Joe Nuxhall 19 11 14 .440 49 26 5 208.0 251 122 10 113 93 5.28 6.1
 Jack Kramer 30 10 10 .500 45 20 12 176.0 185 83 18 46 49 4.24 13.2
 Butch Wensloff 32 5 12 .294 32 22 2 144.3 159 86 19 69 83 5.36 2.0
 Joe Dobson 31 5 4 .556 12 8 0 94.7 85 38 6 32 34 3.61 7.7
 Bill Cox 35 7 8 .467 70 0 3 85.3 75 41 11 49 27 4.32 6.0
 Johnny Beazley 30 3 3 .500 36 0 1 48.7 53 26 6 29 14 4.81 1.4
 Bill Ayers 28 1 2 .333 32 1 1 35.3 52 34 5 19 14 8.66 0.0
 Hugh East 28 1 0 1.000 19 0 2 20.0 16 6 1 8 7 2.70 3.1
 Tommy De La Cruz 36 0 0 .000 10 0 0 12.0 10 4 2 5 5 3.00 1.0
 Bucky Jacobs 35 0 1 .000 5 1 0 10.3 10 9 2 9 4 7.84 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 75 87 .463 394 162 26 1448.6 1548 748 111 616 588 4.65 72.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 5 7 6 7 2 5 4 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 .990 30.9
R.Lamanno 920.0 103 107 404 34 0 2 1.000 34.4
F.Mancuso 525.3 59 64 213 19 2 0 .991 45.0
B.Gremp 3.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1448.7 162 175 617 53 2 2 .997 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.13
P.Seerey 1315.0 148 149 1776 128 33 167 .983 13.03
V.Dinges 84.7 9 15 106 11 1 10 .992 12.44
R.Lamanno 37.0 4 5 51 6 0 2 1.000 13.86
G.Archie 7.0 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Gremp 4.0 0 3 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
T.Lupien 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 175 1946 145 34 180 .984 12.99
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.10
G.Hatton 739.3 84 84 189 362 5 76 .991 6.71
G.Archie 289.7 32 37 70 141 3 24 .986 6.56
G.Kell 235.0 26 31 67 99 2 27 .988 6.36
G.Myatt 143.3 16 20 33 74 2 19 .982 6.72
S.Sperry 20.3 2 6 3 6 0 2 1.000 3.98
A.Brancato 12.0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.75
S.Dente 8.0 1 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Pesky 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 185 364 689 12 148 .989 6.54
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 3.04
G.Kell 779.7 90 91 49 231 11 11 .962 3.23
G.Hatton 256.0 28 32 17 66 7 7 .922 2.92
G.Archie 209.3 25 31 10 53 5 10 .926 2.71
T.Lupien 127.0 14 16 8 31 1 1 .975 2.76
S.Dente 39.7 2 13 4 13 0 0 1.000 3.86
P.Suder 32.0 3 7 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.25
J.Pesky 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Brancato 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 193 91 401 24 30 .953 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.50
J.Pesky 1244.7 145 148 206 618 32 114 .963 5.96
G.Archie 125.0 10 28 19 62 1 7 .988 5.83
P.Suder 50.0 6 7 11 23 0 5 1.000 6.12
A.Brancato 18.0 1 6 4 10 1 2 .933 7.00
G.Kell 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 2 1.000 5.40
S.Dente 4.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Mancuso 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1448.7 162 196 242 719 34 130 .966 5.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.03
E.Lukon 1286.3 145 147 243 5 0 2 1.000 1.74
P.O'Dea 74.2 8 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
M.Rackley 25.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
V.Dinges 23.3 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
T.O'Brien 13.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.Myatt 9.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
Team Total 1430.9 160 169 272 5 1 2 .996 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
H.Jeffcoat 687.0 76 89 204 12 5 3 .977 2.83
S.Jethroe 680.7 80 84 157 2 10 1 .941 2.10
V.Dinges 57.0 6 12 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.16
P.O'Dea 23.0 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.35
G.Myatt 17.0 0 12 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
P.Seerey 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Lukon 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Sperry 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1471.7 165 205 393 14 16 4 .962 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.06
T.O'Brien 683.3 81 83 145 1 3 1 .980 1.92
G.Myatt 612.3 72 81 131 6 0 1 1.000 2.01
P.O'Dea 79.0 7 20 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
P.Seerey 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
H.Jeffcoat 10.7 0 5 3 0 1 0 .750 2.53
E.Lukon 10.3 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
V.Dinges 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Rackley 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Lupien 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Brancato 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.7 161 208 304 8 4 2 .987 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.29
J.Haynes 334.7 43 43 26 71 0 3 1.000 2.61
B.Voiselle 279.3 41 41 20 50 2 3 .972 2.26
J.Nuxhall 208.0 26 49 10 43 3 4 .946 2.29
J.Kramer 176.0 20 45 12 50 0 4 1.000 3.17
B.Wensloff 144.3 22 32 6 24 4 1 .882 1.87
J.Dobson 94.7 8 12 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Cox 85.3 0 70 4 15 2 3 .905 2.00
J.Beazley 48.7 0 36 6 11 1 1 .944 3.14
B.Ayers 35.3 1 32 3 2 1 0 .833 1.27
H.East 20.0 0 19 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.80
T.De La Cruz 12.0 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Jacobs 10.3 1 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
Team Total 1448.6 162 394 96 288 13 20 .967 2.39
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kell .296
On-Base Pct Seerey .404
Slugging Pct Seerey .546
OPS Seerey .950
XR Seerey 119.0
Games Seerey, Lukon 156
At-Bats Pesky 554
Runs Seerey 110
Hits Pesky 147
Total Bases Seerey 296
Singles Pesky 107
Doubles Pesky 31
Triples Lukon 8
Homeruns Seerey 45
RBIs Lukon 111
Stolen Bases Myatt 42
Caught Stealing Myatt 15
Walks Seerey 125
Strikeouts Seerey 121
ERA Kramer 4.24
Wins Haynes 17
Losses Voiselle 18
Winning Pct Haynes .531
Saves Kramer 12
Games Pitched Cox 70
Games Started Haynes 43
Complete Games Haynes 14
Shutouts Haynes, Nuxhall 2
Innings Pitched Haynes 334.7
Hits Allowed Haynes 380
Homeruns Allowed Voiselle 25
Strikeouts Voiselle 177
Walks Allowed Voiselle 148
Walks per 9IP Kramer 2.4
Hits per 9IP Voiselle 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Voiselle 5.7
WHiP Kramer 1.31
OAVG Voiselle .255
OOBP Kramer .316
OSLG Haynes .358
OOPS Haynes .689
Team All-Stars
Grady Hatton
Joe Haynes
Eddie Lukon
Player Salaries
Joe Dobson $ 7,000,000
Joe Haynes $ 6,750,000
Bill Voiselle $ 4,460,000
Sam Jethroe $ 3,850,000
Pat Seerey $ 3,328,571
Johnny Pesky $ 2,985,714
Eddie Lukon $ 2,257,143
George Archie $ 1,707,143
Tommy O'Brien $ 1,600,000
George Myatt $ 1,520,000
Jack Kramer $ 914,286
Tommy De La Cruz $ 870,000
Stan Sperry $ 570,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 380,000
Vance Dinges $ 350,000
Tony Lupien $ 350,000
Johnny Beazley $ 350,000
Eddie Miller $ 350,000
John Burrows $ 350,000
Bill Cox $ 350,000
Pete Suder $ 350,000
Bill Ayers $ 300,000
Joe Beggs $ 300,000
Al Brancato $ 300,000
Eddie Collins $ 300,000
Hal Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Marv Rackley $ 300,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,000
Hugh East $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Grady Hatton $ 300,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 300,000
Frank Mancuso $ 300,000
George Kell $ 300,000
Sam Dente $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jake Jones New York (N) George Kell
2/3 Traded Nick Etten New York (A) Sam Dente
Jack Kramer
7/31 Traded Butch Wensloff
Paul O'Dea		 Detroit Joe Dobson
Glenn Gardner
$3,000,000
 
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