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1953 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 93-69
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 810
Runs Allowed: 777
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,477,828
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 2nd in the NL
AA: 68-69, 5th in the NL
A: 65-72, 7th 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
LF  Bob Nieman 26 154 582 102 187 38 3 27 96 0 0 62 78 .321 .385 .536 .921 107.2 25.7 3.1
CF *Richie Ashburn 26 147 572 91 179 22 3 4 67 12 9 63 15 .313 .380 .383 .763 82.4 16.7 4.0
RF *Dick Kokos 25 150 534 77 115 20 3 19 89 1 0 89 115 .215 .326 .371 .697 69.7 10.1 3.3
C *Carl Sawatski 25 147 510 87 141 24 2 31 114 0 1 67 96 .276 .359 .514 .872 90.8 20.1 6.7
SS  Phil Rizzuto 35 141 502 59 151 19 4 4 53 27 7 17 38 .301 .323 .378 .702 59.4 9.9 7.8
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 25 133 421 66 111 20 1 6 64 0 0 70 38 .264 .369 .359 .727 55.3 9.6 3.3
2B *Pete Runnels 25 133 412 67 122 20 3 2 38 0 1 51 18 .296 .374 .374 .747 55.5 11.0 2.4
3B  Al Smith 25 116 325 36 80 17 3 7 38 2 0 38 59 .246 .327 .382 .709 41.4 6.6 2.5
2B *Billy Goodman 27 107 326 42 97 18 0 12 62 1 0 27 16 .298 .351 .463 .814 48.7 10.0 2.3
LF  Walt Dropo 30 87 183 33 54 8 2 12 35 0 0 10 34 .295 .330 .557 .887 31.5 7.1 1.0
C *Clint Courtney 26 92 167 28 49 4 1 3 22 1 0 15 4 .293 .352 .383 .735 20.1 3.4 1.5
2B  Eddie Stanky 36 76 150 17 33 3 1 1 15 0 0 30 37 .220 .348 .273 .621 17.3 2.2 0.8
1B  Nap Reyes 33 47 139 17 48 10 1 2 20 1 1 4 10 .345 .366 .475 .840 20.9 4.9 1.7
2B  Ray Boone 29 70 125 16 36 4 0 5 21 0 0 12 26 .288 .355 .440 .795 16.1 2.6 1.2
P *Harvey Haddix 27 43 110 7 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 33 .082 .144 .082 .226 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Stubby Overmire 34 40 104 11 16 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 13 .154 .183 .154 .337 2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 33 43 102 6 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 27 .108 .125 .137 .262 -2.7 0.0 0.0
CF  Hal Jeffcoat 28 42 110 14 36 4 3 2 12 3 0 4 24 .327 .362 .473 .835 17.0 3.9 0.7
1B *Harry Simpson 27 52 110 19 30 8 1 2 17 1 0 6 15 .273 .310 .418 .729 13.3 2.4 0.7
P  Joe Coleman 30 34 86 8 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 27 .198 .216 .221 .437 3.3 0.0 0.0
C  Bill Sarni 25 28 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .000 .261 .000 .261 0.1 0.0 0.3
P  Hal Brown 28 21 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
2B *Nellie Fox 25 2 6 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2.2 0.6 0.0
P  Buddy Lively 28 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 34 82 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Cuddles Marshall 28 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 32 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 2082 5607 810 1528 244 31 140 784 49 19 588 725 .273 .341 .402 .743 750.9 146.7 43.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 4 2 4 6 6 4 3 4 5 1 2 3 6 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
*Harvey Haddix 27 18 22 .450 43 43 0 330.3 338 177 47 130 179 4.82 10.5
*Stubby Overmire 34 19 13 .594 40 40 0 311.0 315 138 30 113 114 3.99 21.2
 Tommy Hughes 33 20 8 .714 43 43 0 309.7 225 105 19 172 235 3.05 29.0
 Joe Coleman 30 12 14 .462 34 34 0 258.3 233 123 36 125 170 4.29 15.1
 Bill Voiselle 34 12 7 .632 82 0 13 91.0 109 68 27 49 73 6.73 0.0
 Dick Conger 32 9 1 .900 44 0 8 46.0 31 21 8 30 42 4.11 7.7
 Cuddles Marshall 28 0 0 .000 28 0 4 36.3 33 21 7 35 14 5.20 0.9
 Hal Brown 28 0 2 .000 21 2 2 36.3 39 30 3 30 16 7.43 0.0
 Buddy Lively 28 3 1 .750 23 0 3 31.7 25 13 2 13 19 3.70 4.2
*Johnny Vander Meer 38 0 0 .000 4 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 5 4 3.00 0.6
 Jim McDonald 26 0 1 .000 4 0 0 2.7 5 3 1 2 2 10.15 0.0
Team Totals 30.7 93 69 .574 366 162 30 1459.3 1358 701 181 704 868 4.32 89.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 4 3 5 3 5 5 5 3 4  
* - 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 30.8
C.Sawatski 1161.3 127 138 691 47 6 0 .992 27.4
C.Courtney 250.0 30 31 163 8 1 0 .994 45.5
B.Sarni 48.0 5 8 32 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1459.3 162 177 886 57 7 0 .993 31.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.51
G.Goldsberry 1056.0 121 125 1192 91 8 109 .994 10.93
W.Dropo 301.3 34 47 342 23 0 27 1.000 10.90
B.Goodman 32.0 2 11 41 4 0 3 1.000 12.66
R.Boone 31.0 4 9 42 5 1 3 .979 13.65
H.Simpson 30.0 1 12 30 6 0 2 1.000 10.80
P.Runnels 4.0 0 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
N.Reyes 1.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92
Team Total 1455.6 162 206 1656 129 9 145 .995 11.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.90
P.Runnels 966.3 111 114 212 359 9 80 .984 5.32
E.Stanky 318.7 34 51 85 117 3 31 .985 5.71
N.Reyes 32.4 4 5 6 14 1 2 .952 5.56
B.Goodman 26.0 1 8 5 4 0 2 1.000 3.12
R.Boone 20.3 2 4 4 6 0 1 1.000 4.43
Team Total 1363.7 152 182 312 500 13 116 .984 5.36
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.87
A.Smith 660.7 75 83 40 169 19 11 .917 2.85
B.Goodman 627.7 71 76 37 161 12 9 .943 2.84
R.Boone 153.7 15 30 10 36 4 3 .920 2.69
N.Fox 10.0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.70
E.Stanky 4.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25
N.Reyes 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.8 162 193 87 370 36 24 .927 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
P.Rizzuto 1145.7 131 136 177 470 23 85 .966 5.08
N.Reyes 247.4 36 37 37 98 4 17 .971 4.91
R.Boone 112.3 10 23 17 37 2 5 .964 4.33
P.Runnels 30.3 2 10 4 10 1 1 .933 4.15
E.Stanky 4.0 0 2 0 2 2 0 .500 4.50
A.Smith 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Dropo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Jeffcoat 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1544.7 179 211 235 617 32 108 .964 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
B.Nieman 1279.7 141 148 284 5 6 0 .980 2.03
A.Smith 75.0 9 9 24 0 1 0 .960 2.88
H.Simpson 62.7 8 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
W.Dropo 28.0 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
B.Goodman 12.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Kokos 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.3 162 176 333 6 7 0 .980 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.56
R.Ashburn 1223.3 137 145 346 4 11 4 .970 2.57
H.Jeffcoat 164.0 17 21 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
H.Simpson 72.0 8 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
N.Reyes 6.8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
Team Total 1466.1 163 178 411 4 11 4 .974 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.97
D.Kokos 1257.3 141 145 297 2 5 0 .984 2.14
A.Smith 83.0 9 13 20 0 1 0 .952 2.17
H.Simpson 58.3 7 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
H.Jeffcoat 47.0 5 10 13 0 1 0 .929 2.49
B.Nieman 10.7 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Goldsberry 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 186 344 2 7 0 .980 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.19
H.Haddix 330.3 43 43 24 60 6 1 .933 2.29
S.Overmire 311.0 40 40 16 55 1 4 .986 2.05
T.Hughes 309.7 43 43 19 61 1 6 .988 2.33
J.Coleman 258.3 34 34 14 38 1 2 .981 1.81
B.Voiselle 91.0 0 82 4 16 0 0 1.000 1.98
D.Conger 46.0 0 44 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.96
C.Marshall 36.3 0 28 5 12 1 1 .944 4.21
H.Brown 36.3 2 21 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.73
B.Lively 31.7 0 23 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.99
J.Vander Meer 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.McDonald 2.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 366 88 260 10 16 .972 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Nieman .321
On-Base Pct Nieman .385
Slugging Pct Nieman .536
OPS Nieman .921
XR Nieman 107.2
Games Nieman 154
At-Bats Nieman 582
Runs Nieman 102
Hits Nieman 187
Total Bases Nieman 312
Singles Ashburn 150
Doubles Nieman 38
Triples Rizzuto 4
Homeruns Sawatski 31
RBIs Sawatski 114
Stolen Bases Rizzuto 27
Caught Stealing Ashburn 9
Walks Kokos 89
Strikeouts Kokos 115
ERA Hughes 3.05
Wins Hughes 20
Losses Haddix 22
Winning Pct Hughes .714
Saves Voiselle 13
Games Pitched Voiselle 82
Games Started Haddix, Hughes 43
Complete Games Haddix 17
Shutouts Overmire 4
Innings Pitched Haddix 330.3
Hits Allowed Haddix 338
Homeruns Allowed Haddix 47
Strikeouts Hughes 235
Walks Allowed Hughes 172
Walks per 9IP Overmire 3.3
Hits per 9IP Hughes 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Hughes 6.8
WHiP Hughes 1.28
OAVG Hughes .203
OOBP Hughes .308
OSLG Hughes .290
OOPS Hughes .598
Team All-Stars
Tommy Hughes
Bob Nieman
Player Salaries
Johnny Vander Meer $ 6,000,000
Stubby Overmire $ 5,500,000
Tommy Hughes $ 4,500,000
Bill Voiselle $ 4,460,000
Dick Kokos $ 3,978,571
Eddie Stanky $ 3,000,000
Richie Ashburn $ 2,142,857
Joe Coleman $ 1,512,857
Phil Rizzuto $ 1,300,000
Nap Reyes $ 1,200,000
Jim Wilson $ 1,130,000
Dick Conger $ 900,000
Dick Fowler $ 600,000
Sam Dente $ 350,000
Walt Dropo $ 350,000
Ray Boone $ 350,000
Clint Courtney $ 300,000
Billy Goodman $ 300,000
Nellie Fox $ 300,000
Hal Brown $ 300,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Harvey Haddix $ 300,000
Buddy Lively $ 300,000
Cuddles Marshall $ 300,000
Jim McDonald $ 300,000
Bob Nieman $ 300,000
Pete Runnels $ 300,000
Bill Sarni $ 300,000
Carl Sawatski $ 300,000
Harry Simpson $ 300,000
Al Smith $ 300,000
Hal Jeffcoat $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Early Wynn
Johnny Sain		 New York (N) Johnny Lindell
3/3 Traded Larry Doby Oakland Pete Runnels
Joe Coleman
Eddie Stanky
3/3 Traded Jackie Robinson Cincinnati Jim Wilson
7/31 Traded Bob Hall New York (A) Nap Reyes
Jerry Snyder
 
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