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1954 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 85-77
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 813
Runs Allowed: 802
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,827,550
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 87-50, 1st in the NL
AA: 50-87, 8th in the NL
A: 56-81, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
CF *Richie Ashburn 27 147 603 97 170 34 5 11 69 10 12 64 12 .282 .350 .410 .759 84.3 15.0 4.0
2B *Hank Thompson 28 155 536 98 134 23 4 20 80 4 2 110 52 .250 .378 .420 .797 89.3 16.7 5.2
C *Carl Sawatski 26 152 507 90 117 17 1 30 95 0 0 88 114 .231 .346 .446 .791 78.1 13.1 6.2
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 26 133 433 74 122 11 6 12 57 2 0 84 46 .282 .398 .418 .816 77.5 15.8 2.5
RF *Dick Kokos 26 107 374 56 89 23 0 16 59 0 1 55 84 .238 .337 .428 .765 53.3 9.0 2.1
1B  Nap Reyes 34 137 384 48 112 21 4 10 56 0 0 14 34 .292 .323 .445 .768 50.2 8.4 4.4
2B *Pete Runnels 26 120 349 52 88 15 3 3 36 0 0 51 27 .252 .347 .338 .685 42.4 6.1 3.5
1B *Harry Simpson 28 129 357 51 100 19 1 10 63 3 4 39 43 .280 .348 .423 .771 53.0 9.2 2.0
LF  Bob Nieman 27 92 331 57 103 15 5 10 68 0 0 33 45 .311 .372 .477 .849 52.8 10.6 2.0
3B  Al Smith 26 112 305 29 70 11 1 4 30 2 2 45 66 .230 .338 .311 .649 34.2 3.7 3.0
2B *Billy Goodman 28 115 325 42 80 11 0 5 48 1 0 14 14 .246 .278 .326 .604 24.7 0.9 2.8
CF  Hal Jeffcoat 29 79 216 28 71 16 2 3 31 1 0 22 40 .329 .391 .463 .854 35.1 7.6 1.2
LF  Walt Dropo 31 80 195 31 50 9 0 11 40 0 0 15 39 .256 .310 .472 .781 27.2 4.6 1.0
C *Clint Courtney 27 84 156 20 49 6 0 5 21 1 0 13 4 .314 .367 .449 .816 24.0 5.0 1.3
P *Harvey Haddix 28 38 94 5 15 2 1 0 13 0 0 1 16 .160 .167 .202 .369 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 34 41 85 4 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 22 .141 .180 .153 .333 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Stubby Overmire 35 34 88 5 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .182 .182 .216 .398 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 23 37 83 2 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .072 .082 .084 .167 -2.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Phil Rizzuto 36 55 60 14 8 2 1 0 4 9 6 2 13 .133 .159 .200 .359 0.2 0.0 0.7
C  Bill Sarni 26 19 32 5 7 3 0 1 8 0 0 4 2 .219 .306 .406 .712 4.2 0.8 0.4
P  Joe Coleman 31 38 24 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .208 .208 .208 .417 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 33 53 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .063 .000 .063 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 24 62 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Marv Rackley 32 21 11 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .417 .455 .871 1.9 0.4 0.1
RF *Walt Moryn 28 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 35 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Brown 29 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Presko 25 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2120 5589 813 1431 244 34 151 798 33 27 663 724 .256 .336 .393 .728 736.6 127.1 42.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 6 3 4 6 5 3 7 4 3 6 4 6 6 6  
* - 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 28 14 14 .500 38 38 0 283.0 314 165 52 106 160 5.25 9.2
 Tommy Hughes 34 21 14 .600 41 41 0 275.3 238 121 20 159 197 3.96 20.1
*Karl Spooner 23 14 15 .483 37 37 0 262.7 209 136 36 146 231 4.66 11.1
*Stubby Overmire 35 16 6 .727 34 34 0 262.0 239 83 11 90 93 2.85 27.0
 Joe Coleman 31 5 4 .556 38 10 3 91.3 93 75 19 70 47 7.39 0.0
 Dick Conger 33 2 10 .167 53 1 8 89.3 94 72 19 57 71 7.25 0.0
 Bob Grim 24 7 11 .389 62 0 13 87.0 80 43 11 40 50 4.45 8.8
 Bill Voiselle 35 4 2 .667 32 1 2 50.3 40 18 2 31 39 3.22 5.6
 Hal Brown 29 2 1 .667 29 0 1 39.0 47 18 4 10 14 4.15 2.5
 Joe Presko 25 0 0 .000 14 0 0 20.3 24 10 0 8 12 4.43 1.1
 Tom Hurd 30 0 0 .000 5 0 1 4.3 5 3 2 2 1 6.24 0.0
 Clint Courtney 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.5 85 77 .525 384 162 28 1465.6 1385 744 176 719 915 4.57 85.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 3 4 2 3 6 6 6 2 6  
* - 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 30.5
C.Sawatski 1164.7 127 138 722 39 3 0 .996 31.1
C.Courtney 236.0 28 29 169 7 2 0 .989 18.2
B.Sarni 65.0 7 10 45 3 0 0 1.000 28.6
Team Total 1465.7 162 177 936 49 5 0 .995 28.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.43
G.Goldsberry 946.0 108 114 1022 92 10 91 .991 10.60
W.Dropo 371.7 43 47 440 26 4 40 .991 11.28
B.Goodman 69.7 7 11 78 8 0 6 1.000 11.11
N.Reyes 65.3 4 15 79 3 0 11 1.000 11.30
H.Simpson 13.0 0 7 12 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 194 1631 130 14 149 .992 10.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
P.Runnels 513.0 59 63 122 202 7 52 .979 5.68
N.Reyes 471.0 50 68 128 181 3 40 .990 5.90
H.Thompson 452.7 50 55 85 163 6 34 .976 4.93
B.Goodman 28.0 3 4 8 11 0 1 1.000 6.11
A.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 191 343 559 17 127 .982 5.54
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.85
A.Smith 607.3 70 77 43 159 10 12 .953 2.99
B.Goodman 577.3 61 75 35 140 4 12 .978 2.73
N.Reyes 278.0 31 39 25 87 1 5 .991 3.63
H.Thompson 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 193 103 387 15 29 .970 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.24
H.Thompson 852.3 94 94 131 323 10 69 .978 4.79
P.Runnels 434.3 51 54 65 156 14 25 .940 4.58
P.Rizzuto 142.0 15 22 22 59 1 10 .988 5.13
N.Reyes 29.0 2 6 8 18 0 3 1.000 8.07
C.Courtney 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60
B.Goodman 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
D.Kokos 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 180 228 558 25 109 .969 4.83
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.97
B.Nieman 662.0 74 80 154 5 3 2 .981 2.16
H.Simpson 578.0 68 73 136 1 5 0 .965 2.13
D.Kokos 127.0 12 15 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
A.Smith 64.0 7 12 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.39
W.Dropo 16.7 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Goodman 13.7 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
M.Rackley 4.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1465.7 162 193 344 7 8 2 .978 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.51
R.Ashburn 1251.0 140 146 341 6 11 2 .969 2.50
H.Simpson 100.0 12 14 29 0 1 0 .967 2.61
H.Jeffcoat 78.0 8 11 15 0 1 0 .938 1.73
H.Thompson 19.0 2 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79
M.Rackley 17.7 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
Team Total 1465.7 162 178 398 6 13 2 .969 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
D.Kokos 734.7 84 90 161 3 6 2 .965 2.01
H.Jeffcoat 425.3 48 55 92 3 4 0 .960 2.01
H.Simpson 105.0 10 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
A.Smith 82.0 10 13 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
B.Nieman 54.0 5 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Goldsberry 38.0 3 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
W.Moryn 21.0 2 5 2 1 1 0 .750 1.29
M.Rackley 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Sarni 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 200 312 8 11 2 .967 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.19
H.Haddix 283.0 38 38 22 44 4 3 .943 2.10
T.Hughes 275.3 41 41 16 45 0 6 1.000 1.99
K.Spooner 262.7 37 37 13 51 2 0 .970 2.19
S.Overmire 262.0 34 34 13 47 0 6 1.000 2.06
J.Coleman 91.3 10 38 9 12 0 0 1.000 2.07
D.Conger 89.3 1 53 4 13 1 1 .944 1.71
B.Grim 87.0 0 62 2 21 0 5 1.000 2.38
B.Voiselle 50.3 1 32 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.43
H.Brown 39.0 0 29 2 10 0 2 1.000 2.77
J.Presko 20.3 0 14 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.10
T.Hurd 4.3 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Courtney 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.6 162 384 82 258 7 23 .980 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ashburn .282
On-Base Pct Goldsberry .398
Slugging Pct Sawatski .446
OPS Goldsberry .816
XR Thompson 89.3
Games Thompson 155
At-Bats Ashburn 603
Runs Thompson 98
Hits Ashburn 170
Total Bases Ashburn 247
Singles Ashburn 120
Doubles Ashburn 34
Triples Goldsberry 6
Homeruns Sawatski 30
RBIs Sawatski 95
Stolen Bases Ashburn 10
Caught Stealing Ashburn 12
Walks Thompson 110
Strikeouts Sawatski 114
ERA Overmire 2.85
Wins Hughes 21
Losses Spooner 15
Winning Pct Overmire .727
Saves Grim 13
Games Pitched Grim 62
Games Started Hughes 41
Complete Games Haddix 13
Shutouts Haddix 3
Innings Pitched Haddix 283.0
Hits Allowed Haddix 314
Homeruns Allowed Haddix 52
Strikeouts Spooner 231
Walks Allowed Hughes 159
Walks per 9IP Overmire 3.1
Hits per 9IP Spooner 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 7.9
WHiP Overmire 1.26
OAVG Spooner .217
OOBP Overmire .305
OSLG Overmire .309
OOPS Overmire .614
Team All-Stars
Tommy Hughes
Bob Nieman
Stubby Overmire
Carl Sawatski
Player Salaries
Stubby Overmire $ 5,500,000
Tommy Hughes $ 4,500,000
Bill Voiselle $ 4,460,000
Hank Thompson $ 4,100,000
Dick Kokos $ 3,978,571
Richie Ashburn $ 3,221,429
Joe Coleman $ 3,000,000
Phil Rizzuto $ 1,300,000
Nap Reyes $ 1,200,000
Jim Wilson $ 1,130,000
Dick Conger $ 900,000
Dick Fowler $ 600,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 500,000
Hal Jeffcoat $ 350,000
Sam Dente $ 350,000
Ray Boone $ 350,000
Walt Dropo $ 350,000
Johnny Hetki $ 310,000
Billy Goodman $ 300,000
Karl Spooner $ 300,000
Hal Brown $ 300,000
Al Smith $ 300,000
Harry Simpson $ 300,000
Clint Courtney $ 300,000
Carl Sawatski $ 300,000
Bill Sarni $ 300,000
Tom Hurd $ 300,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Bob Grim $ 300,000
Harvey Haddix $ 300,000
Tommy Holmes $ 300,000
Marv Rackley $ 300,000
Joe Presko $ 300,000
Bob Nieman $ 300,000
Pete Runnels $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Johnny Hetki
2/6 Signed     Hank Thompson
2/6 Signed     Tommy Holmes
 
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