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1937 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 81-81
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 721
Runs Allowed: 828
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,255,109
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 1st in the NL
AA: 67-70, 5th in the NL
A: 70-67, 4th 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
C *Bill Dickey 30 142 545 68 169 37 7 13 97 0 0 49 40 .310 .365 .475 .840 86.6 20.0 4.6
RF *Buzz Boyle 29 142 508 69 148 35 5 6 67 0 1 44 44 .291 .347 .415 .762 67.1 13.3 1.9
LF *Earl Browne 26 146 504 66 145 25 9 2 60 0 0 35 57 .288 .331 .385 .716 62.2 11.0 2.6
2B  Billy Herman 27 139 483 63 148 24 2 1 44 1 0 53 12 .306 .377 .371 .747 65.0 13.4 2.2
CF *Johnny Watwood 31 131 487 80 135 21 4 4 44 29 11 43 28 .277 .336 .361 .697 60.7 10.3 3.5
LF  Wattie Holm 35 147 477 55 112 18 7 4 62 1 0 47 47 .235 .304 .327 .631 44.4 3.9 4.7
SS  Travis Jackson 33 142 488 55 150 30 5 9 74 0 0 37 53 .307 .353 .445 .798 68.2 13.6 8.2
C *Don Padgett 25 141 450 53 146 19 6 8 65 1 0 28 28 .324 .365 .447 .811 64.2 13.9 2.4
RF *Gene Moore 27 126 275 44 79 15 4 4 45 13 2 30 17 .287 .355 .415 .770 40.0 8.1 1.3
LF  Danny Taylor 36 95 239 39 73 13 6 3 23 7 5 19 61 .305 .354 .448 .802 33.4 6.5 1.0
CF  Kiddo Davis 35 83 223 20 54 11 1 1 25 0 0 11 13 .242 .278 .314 .592 17.2 0.9 1.4
2B *Max Bishop 37 105 177 36 47 6 0 3 19 0 0 42 21 .266 .407 .350 .758 28.3 5.7 0.8
1B  Lyn Lary 31 77 184 21 47 8 1 3 22 5 7 30 15 .255 .359 .359 .718 22.5 2.9 2.1
P  Spud Chandler 29 42 104 10 26 3 0 0 13 0 0 1 19 .250 .262 .279 .541 8.0 0.0 0.0
C  Chick Autry 34 46 117 13 21 6 1 1 13 0 0 4 15 .179 .203 .274 .477 4.6 0.0 0.9
P  Roy Mahaffey 34 42 113 5 20 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 47 .177 .191 .212 .404 3.4 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Murphy 28 34 83 3 9 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 27 .108 .116 .133 .249 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobo Newsom 29 29 74 6 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .203 .224 .203 .426 2.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Freddy Spurgeon 36 44 63 6 9 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 14 .143 .169 .190 .360 -0.2 0.0 0.7
2B  Burgess Whitehead 27 24 29 5 11 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 2 .379 .400 .448 .848 3.7 0.7 0.3
P #Johnny Vander Meer 22 10 18 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .389 .421 .389 .810 2.9 0.6 0.0
P #Bud Tinning 31 8 8 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .625 1.000 1.6 0.5 0.0
P *Sam Dailey 33 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .167 .200 .367 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Mills 27 38 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.1 0.3 0.0
P *Hal Wiltse 33 26 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Leon Pettit 35 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 2004 5660 721 1579 281 60 62 704 59 29 480 593 .279 .335 .383 .717 688.7 126.0 38.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 3 3 2 8 4 2 7 4 6 3 3 5 3 3  
* - 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
 Roy Mahaffey 34 19 16 .543 42 42 0 324.7 346 153 19 85 132 4.24 20.2
 Spud Chandler 29 22 17 .564 42 42 0 324.0 350 155 18 83 107 4.31 23.2
 Johnny Murphy 28 17 13 .567 34 34 0 259.0 304 138 10 92 67 4.80 11.9
 Bobo Newsom 29 9 11 .450 29 29 0 213.3 248 113 16 69 83 4.77 9.7
*Johnny Vander Meer 22 1 7 .125 10 10 0 62.0 60 31 6 31 43 4.50 2.1
*Joe Sullivan 26 3 5 .375 48 0 7 50.7 62 34 6 21 16 6.04 0.7
*Lefty Mills 27 5 8 .385 38 2 11 47.3 58 39 4 34 21 7.42 0.0
 Sam Dailey 33 0 0 .000 23 0 0 41.0 44 22 3 17 16 4.83 1.7
*Hal Wiltse 33 3 2 .600 26 0 0 37.7 27 8 2 12 18 1.91 5.5
 Bud Tinning 31 2 2 .500 8 1 3 27.0 29 13 2 13 8 4.33 2.6
*Leon Pettit 35 0 0 .000 21 0 0 25.3 23 17 1 13 6 6.04 0.2
*George Hockette 29 0 0 .000 23 0 0 21.3 29 14 3 6 9 5.91 0.3
Team Totals 29.7 81 81 .500 344 160 21 1433.3 1580 737 90 476 526 4.63 78.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 5 4 7 5 3 7 6 7 7  
* - 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 31.2
B.Dickey 1161.3 130 138 453 41 5 0 .990 26.5
C.Autry 265.0 32 33 106 8 2 0 .983 20.0
D.Padgett 7.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1433.3 162 175 564 49 7 0 .989 25.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.67
B.Boyle 1116.0 129 131 1468 114 14 137 .991 12.76
L.Lary 192.0 21 26 242 18 2 30 .992 12.19
E.Browne 121.3 12 18 159 9 2 21 .988 12.46
J.Watwood 4.0 0 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1433.3 162 176 1874 141 18 189 .991 12.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.50
B.Herman 1058.0 126 135 288 449 23 115 .970 6.27
M.Bishop 359.7 36 61 100 166 6 38 .978 6.66
F.Spurgeon 11.7 0 7 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.63
B.Whitehead 4.0 0 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1433.3 162 205 390 624 29 155 .972 6.37
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.14
W.Holm 1221.3 145 147 82 334 21 24 .952 3.07
F.Spurgeon 145.0 12 33 11 39 1 2 .980 3.10
B.Whitehead 61.0 5 15 1 20 1 0 .955 3.10
G.Moore 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Bishop 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 198 94 393 23 26 .955 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.64
T.Jackson 1167.3 139 141 196 582 30 129 .963 6.00
L.Lary 246.3 23 41 30 133 5 16 .970 5.96
C.Autry 9.0 0 6 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00
D.Padgett 8.7 0 1 2 5 1 0 .875 7.27
F.Spurgeon 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 190 230 723 37 145 .963 5.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.88
E.Browne 950.0 109 111 206 3 0 1 1.000 1.98
D.Taylor 463.3 52 55 86 2 2 0 .978 1.71
B.Boyle 11.0 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.45
D.Padgett 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Watwood 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Davis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 174 295 6 2 2 .993 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.72
J.Watwood 1002.7 115 126 323 4 26 0 .926 2.94
K.Davis 393.7 47 51 107 3 1 1 .991 2.51
D.Taylor 33.0 0 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
B.Boyle 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 194 435 7 27 1 .942 2.78
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.02
D.Padgett 896.0 108 112 193 12 10 1 .953 2.06
G.Moore 517.3 54 76 105 5 2 1 .982 1.91
B.Whitehead 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
L.Lary 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Boyle 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Watwood 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 195 303 18 12 2 .964 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.39
R.Mahaffey 324.7 42 42 35 79 4 8 .966 3.16
S.Chandler 324.0 42 42 23 66 2 4 .978 2.47
J.Murphy 259.0 34 34 15 61 0 7 1.000 2.64
B.Newsom 213.3 29 29 12 37 1 1 .980 2.07
J.Vander Meer 62.0 10 10 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.03
J.Sullivan 50.7 0 48 1 7 1 2 .889 1.42
L.Mills 47.3 2 38 1 10 2 2 .846 2.09
S.Dailey 41.0 0 23 7 7 0 1 1.000 3.07
H.Wiltse 37.7 0 26 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.39
B.Tinning 27.0 1 8 1 5 1 1 .857 2.00
L.Pettit 25.3 0 21 2 8 2 0 .833 3.55
G.Hockette 21.3 0 23 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.95
Team Total 1433.3 160 344 104 304 13 28 .969 2.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Padgett .311
On-Base Pct Herman .377
Slugging Pct Dickey .475
OPS Dickey .840
XR Dickey 86.6
Games Holm 147
At-Bats Dickey 545
Runs Watwood 80
Hits Dickey 169
Total Bases Dickey 259
Singles Herman 121
Doubles Dickey 37
Triples Browne 9
Homeruns Dickey 13
RBIs Dickey 97
Stolen Bases Watwood 29
Caught Stealing Watwood 11
Walks Herman 53
Strikeouts Taylor 61
ERA Mahaffey 4.24
Wins Chandler 22
Losses Chandler 17
Winning Pct Murphy .567
Saves Mills 11
Games Pitched Sullivan 48
Games Started Chandler, Mahaffey 42
Complete Games Chandler 23
Shutouts Mahaffey 5
Innings Pitched Mahaffey 324.7
Hits Allowed Chandler 350
Homeruns Allowed Mahaffey 19
Strikeouts Mahaffey 132
Walks Allowed Murphy 92
Walks per 9IP Chandler 2.3
Hits per 9IP Mahaffey 9.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Mahaffey 3.7
WHiP Mahaffey 1.33
OAVG Mahaffey .270
OOBP Chandler .315
OSLG Mahaffey .384
OOPS Mahaffey .701
Team All-Stars
Spud Chandler
Bill Dickey
Roy Mahaffey
Player Salaries
Roy Mahaffey $ 7,500,000
Johnny Watwood $ 5,650,000
Travis Jackson $ 5,000,000
Don Hurst $ 5,000,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,250,000
Max Bishop $ 4,000,000
Buzz Boyle $ 4,000,000
Wattie Holm $ 3,290,000
Johnny Murphy $ 3,078,571
George Winn $ 3,000,000
Danny Taylor $ 2,750,000
Kiddo Davis $ 2,500,000
Billy Herman $ 2,442,857
Gene Moore $ 2,385,714
Hal Wiltse $ 1,500,000
Ed Brandt $ 750,000
Chick Autry $ 544,000
Beauty McGowan $ 500,000
Doc Farrell $ 500,000
Freddy Spurgeon $ 500,000
Sam Dailey $ 450,000
George Susce $ 350,000
Ed Walsh $ 350,000
Bud Tinning $ 350,000
Harry Smythe $ 350,000
Lyn Lary $ 350,000
Ad Liska $ 310,000
Leon Pettit $ 300,000
George Hockette $ 300,000
Joe Sullivan $ 300,000
Lefty Mills $ 300,000
Carl Lind $ 300,000
Spud Chandler $ 300,000
Earl Browne $ 300,000
Jim Brillheart $ 300,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 300,000
Don Padgett $ 300,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 300,000
Bennie Tate $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Sam Dailey
2/7 Signed     Buzz Boyle
2/7 Signed     Chick Autry
2/10 Signed     Jim Brillheart
2/16 Signed     Roy Mahaffey
2/21 Traded Ed Morgan New York (G) Paul Gregory
Round Draft Pick.
2/21 Traded Ed Fallenstein New York (A) Don Hurst
Round Draft Pick.
2/21 Traded Paul Gregory
Round Draft Pick.		 Detroit Slick Castleman
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Bobo Newsom
$1,200,000		 New York (G) Babe Barna
Bud Tinning
Bennie Tate
Carl Lind
Round Draft Pick.
 
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