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1939 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 71-91
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 747
Runs Allowed: 817
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,707,286
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 2nd in the NL
AA: 81-56, 1st in the NL
A: 68-69, 3rd 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
RF *Buzz Boyle 31 155 557 74 182 25 6 11 94 1 2 38 55 .327 .367 .452 .819 85.3 19.0 2.0
SS  Travis Jackson 35 150 544 70 167 26 8 10 79 0 1 26 74 .307 .338 .439 .777 70.5 14.0 1.6
3B  Dee Moore 25 145 472 56 132 23 5 3 63 1 0 77 72 .280 .379 .369 .748 65.3 12.9 4.5
LF *Roy Johnson 36 137 449 69 152 18 6 1 66 11 7 47 39 .339 .400 .412 .812 66.3 14.6 1.0
C *Bill Dickey 32 134 472 66 126 19 3 7 57 3 1 23 65 .267 .300 .364 .664 48.5 7.2 5.1
1B  Bill Brubaker 28 142 444 44 119 24 4 3 49 0 3 19 58 .268 .300 .360 .660 43.0 5.8 2.2
CF  Bert Haas 25 113 317 60 106 16 4 6 44 29 9 17 5 .334 .368 .467 .835 51.3 11.9 1.8
2B  Billy Herman 29 76 305 40 100 18 0 2 32 2 2 18 6 .328 .363 .407 .770 40.9 8.6 0.8
CF *Johnny Watwood 33 116 256 37 76 10 3 2 33 10 6 18 14 .297 .338 .383 .721 32.0 5.4 1.2
RF *Gene Moore 29 84 256 46 66 13 5 3 26 6 2 12 39 .258 .288 .383 .671 27.8 4.1 0.7
C  Birdie Tebbetts 26 83 220 27 65 8 0 3 27 3 0 23 7 .295 .359 .373 .732 29.1 5.6 2.3
2B  Johnny Hodapp 33 52 164 16 49 7 0 3 28 0 0 10 34 .299 .335 .396 .732 20.2 3.6 0.5
2B  Burgess Whitehead 29 90 167 31 35 2 1 2 16 11 7 4 14 .210 .227 .269 .496 7.7 0.0 0.8
RF *Jimmy Wasdell 25 68 155 22 45 8 1 3 20 2 1 15 6 .290 .355 .413 .768 22.5 4.7 0.5
LF *Buck Jordan 32 84 139 17 44 4 3 1 19 0 2 5 3 .317 .338 .410 .748 15.8 2.8 0.4
SS  Gil English 29 62 120 12 29 3 2 0 10 0 1 7 15 .242 .283 .300 .583 9.3 0.7 0.6
CF *Dusty Cooke 32 25 95 13 34 13 3 3 21 0 0 9 20 .358 .410 .653 1.062 21.0 5.6 0.3
P  Dizzy Trout 24 32 84 6 21 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 14 .250 .259 .274 .533 4.2 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 24 33 79 7 15 4 0 0 8 0 0 1 27 .190 .198 .241 .438 3.5 0.0 0.0
P  Spud Chandler 31 21 58 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .155 .153 .155 .308 0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Willis 33 43 48 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .125 .143 .167 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0
2B *Stan Sperry 25 26 47 1 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .277 .292 .298 .590 3.6 0.4 0.2
P  Bob Klinger 31 17 32 5 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .281 .324 .375 .699 4.3 0.8 0.0
P *Lefty Mills 29 11 31 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .194 .194 .194 .387 0.9 0.0 0.0
RF  Carl Reynolds 36 11 33 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .242 .265 .242 .507 1.7 0.0 0.1
P *Ed Durham 31 9 23 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .043 .080 .043 .123 -0.7 0.0 0.0
LF  Wattie Holm 37 8 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .182 .280 .182 .462 1.4 0.0 0.2
P  Slick Castleman 25 9 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .238 .227 .238 .465 1.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Harlin Pool 31 5 16 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .438 .688 1.3 0.0 0.1
P *George Hockette 31 26 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Mahaffey 36 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Shores 35 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bob Weiland 33 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P #Bud Tinning 33 48 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Pretzel Pezzullo 28 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Cantrell 35 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Murphy 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 2087 5664 740 1634 247 55 64 717 79 46 380 648 .288 .332 .385 .717 679.4 128.0 26.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 3 1 7 1 7 3 1 8 6 5 1 3 4 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
 Dizzy Trout 24 8 21 .276 32 32 0 247.3 275 111 13 81 99 4.04 8.2
*Johnny Vander Meer 24 16 13 .552 33 33 0 243.7 208 87 8 117 192 3.21 14.6
*Lefty Willis 33 11 8 .579 43 21 4 168.0 159 70 9 68 78 3.75 9.0
 Spud Chandler 31 9 7 .563 21 8 0 166.0 205 95 11 48 63 5.15 3.3
 Bob Klinger 31 5 5 .500 17 13 3 101.0 112 47 7 35 34 4.19 3.8
*Lefty Mills 29 4 4 .500 11 3 0 85.0 70 31 7 48 48 3.28 4.6
 Slick Castleman 25 3 3 .500 9 9 0 65.7 73 28 2 27 20 3.84 2.9
 Ed Durham 31 3 4 .429 9 9 0 63.3 105 48 7 16 11 6.82 0.0
 Bud Tinning 33 2 5 .286 48 1 7 62.0 76 22 5 18 24 3.19 3.8
*Joe Sullivan 28 0 7 .000 48 0 1 46.3 78 47 6 29 8 9.13 0.0
 Guy Cantrell 35 4 3 .571 41 0 3 46.3 45 20 2 28 34 3.89 3.0
*George Hockette 31 2 3 .400 26 4 1 45.7 71 21 5 9 15 4.14 1.1
 Bill Shores 35 1 2 .333 3 3 0 23.3 25 15 2 14 7 5.79 0.3
 Roy Mahaffey 36 1 2 .333 3 2 0 23.3 31 15 2 8 7 5.79 0.2
*Pretzel Pezzullo 28 2 2 .500 16 0 3 23.0 16 5 1 8 7 1.96 2.7
*Bob Weiland 33 0 2 .000 2 2 0 12.0 18 11 1 10 6 8.25 0.0
 Johnny Murphy 30 0 0 .000 7 1 0 11.7 19 4 1 1 7 3.08 0.7
 Leon Chagnon 36 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.1
 Mike Meola 33 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 30.8 71 91 .438 371 141 23 1435.3 1586 677 89 567 660 4.25 58.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 5 5 8 6 5 5 8 3 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 .991 35.4
B.Dickey 963.3 106 124 457 45 3 0 .994 40.0
B.Tebbetts 460.0 56 59 218 20 3 0 .988 38.9
D.Moore 10.0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Whitehead 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1435.3 162 188 678 66 7 0 .991 39.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.19
B.Brubaker 499.0 63 64 616 57 6 47 .991 12.14
B.Haas 459.7 51 62 611 53 5 40 .993 13.00
J.Watwood 363.3 36 66 499 30 8 51 .985 13.10
B.Jordan 54.0 6 11 72 4 0 7 1.000 12.67
H.Pool 33.0 4 4 42 3 0 3 1.000 12.27
J.Wasdell 16.0 2 4 19 0 0 1 1.000 10.69
B.Boyle 7.3 0 4 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.28
G.English 6.0 0 4 6 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 219 1874 148 19 150 .991 12.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
B.Herman 655.3 71 74 147 268 15 51 .965 5.70
J.Hodapp 373.3 48 49 94 160 8 34 .969 6.12
B.Whitehead 217.3 21 38 59 98 0 14 1.000 6.50
S.Sperry 76.7 7 19 20 44 0 8 1.000 7.51
B.Brubaker 21.0 2 5 5 15 0 2 1.000 8.57
Team Total 1343.6 149 185 325 585 23 109 .975 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.16
D.Moore 1136.7 136 139 91 347 27 32 .942 3.47
B.Whitehead 91.0 8 19 9 27 2 2 .947 3.56
B.Haas 64.7 5 14 3 25 3 2 .903 3.90
W.Holm 57.0 7 7 5 13 0 2 1.000 2.84
G.English 51.3 4 14 4 19 0 1 1.000 4.03
B.Brubaker 27.0 2 7 1 11 0 1 1.000 4.00
T.Jackson 3.7 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.92
G.Moore 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hodapp 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.6 162 205 113 444 32 41 .946 3.50
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.46
T.Jackson 1193.7 138 142 175 521 34 72 .953 5.25
G.English 213.7 22 39 34 84 7 14 .944 4.97
B.Brubaker 28.0 2 6 3 15 0 5 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1435.3 162 187 212 620 41 91 .953 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.03
G.Moore 469.4 52 52 95 3 6 1 .942 1.88
R.Johnson 435.0 48 63 69 3 13 1 .847 1.49
D.Cooke 202.0 23 23 43 1 2 0 .957 1.96
B.Jordan 135.7 13 29 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Wasdell 130.0 15 20 31 1 2 0 .941 2.22
B.Boyle 19.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
C.Reynolds 8.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Moore 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Hodapp 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Pool 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1404.1 153 195 275 8 23 2 .925 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.67
B.Boyle 1137.7 131 134 283 11 17 2 .945 2.33
B.Haas 121.7 13 16 35 0 1 0 .972 2.59
J.Watwood 86.3 8 14 25 1 0 1 1.000 2.71
C.Reynolds 58.0 7 8 14 0 1 0 .933 2.17
S.Sperry 27.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Cooke 6.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
J.Wasdell 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Moore 1.9 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.47
Team Total 1441.3 162 180 367 12 19 3 .952 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.07
R.Johnson 546.7 63 68 111 5 5 3 .959 1.91
B.Brubaker 470.3 56 62 92 2 1 2 .989 1.80
J.Wasdell 180.7 22 25 31 3 1 0 .971 1.69
B.Whitehead 89.7 10 14 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
B.Boyle 56.3 6 8 7 1 2 0 .800 1.28
J.Watwood 51.0 3 14 10 1 1 1 .917 1.94
B.Jordan 17.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
G.Moore 16.9 2 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.79
B.Haas 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Dickey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Tebbetts 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Pool 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.6 162 204 280 12 10 6 .967 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.28
D.Trout 247.3 32 32 21 55 2 0 .974 2.77
J.Vander Meer 243.7 33 33 20 58 3 5 .963 2.88
L.Willis 168.0 21 43 16 42 0 5 1.000 3.11
S.Chandler 166.0 8 21 8 33 0 5 1.000 2.22
B.Klinger 101.0 13 17 7 20 0 2 1.000 2.41
L.Mills 85.0 3 11 8 15 1 1 .958 2.44
S.Castleman 65.7 9 9 3 12 1 2 .938 2.06
E.Durham 63.3 9 9 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.85
B.Tinning 62.0 1 48 6 13 3 1 .864 2.76
J.Sullivan 46.3 0 48 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.75
G.Cantrell 46.3 0 41 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.75
G.Hockette 45.7 4 26 6 4 1 0 .909 1.97
B.Shores 23.3 3 3 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.47
R.Mahaffey 23.3 2 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.09
P.Pezzullo 23.0 0 16 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.17
B.Weiland 12.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
J.Murphy 11.7 1 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.08
L.Chagnon 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
M.Meola 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 141 371 111 293 11 23 .973 2.53
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Johnson .337
On-Base Pct Johnson .398
Slugging Pct Boyle .452
OPS Boyle .819
XR Boyle 85.3
Games Boyle 155
At-Bats Boyle 557
Runs Boyle 74
Hits Boyle 182
Total Bases Boyle 252
Singles Boyle 140
Doubles Jackson 26
Triples Jackson 8
Homeruns Boyle 11
RBIs Boyle 94
Stolen Bases Haas 29
Caught Stealing Haas 9
Walks Moore 77
Strikeouts Jackson 74
ERA Vander Meer 3.21
Wins Vander Meer 16
Losses Trout 21
Winning Pct Willis .579
Saves Tinning 7
Games Pitched Sullivan, Tinning 48
Games Started Vander Meer 33
Complete Games Trout 16
Shutouts Klinger, Trout, Vander Meer 1
Innings Pitched Trout 247.3
Hits Allowed Trout 275
Homeruns Allowed Trout 13
Strikeouts Vander Meer 192
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 117
Walks per 9IP Chandler 2.6
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 7.1
WHiP Vander Meer 1.33
OAVG Vander Meer .230
OOBP Vander Meer .319
OSLG Vander Meer .328
OOPS Vander Meer .647
Team All-Stars
Buzz Boyle
Travis Jackson
Roy Johnson
Player Salaries
Johnny Hodapp $ 9,000,000
Harlin Pool $ 7,130,971
Johnny Watwood $ 5,650,000
Travis Jackson $ 5,000,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,790,000
Buzz Boyle $ 4,000,000
Roy Johnson $ 3,500,000
Lefty Willis $ 2,420,000
Gene Moore $ 1,750,000
Buck Jordan $ 1,010,000
Bill Brubaker $ 730,000
Leon Chagnon $ 600,000
Wattie Holm $ 500,000
Mike Meola $ 500,000
Guy Cantrell $ 470,000
George Hockette $ 350,000
Joe Sullivan $ 350,000
George Susce $ 350,000
Bud Tinning $ 330,000
Gil English $ 300,000
Ed Durham $ 300,000
Slick Castleman $ 300,000
Bert Haas $ 300,000
Bob Klinger $ 300,000
Dee Moore $ 300,000
Pretzel Pezzullo $ 300,000
Carl Reynolds $ 300,000
Bill Shores $ 300,000
Stan Sperry $ 300,000
Birdie Tebbetts $ 300,000
Dizzy Trout $ 300,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 300,000
Jimmy Wasdell $ 300,000
Bob Weiland $ 300,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 300,000
Hal McKain $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Euel Moore Montreal Roy Johnson
2/3 Traded George Stumpf New York (A) Bill Brubaker
2/5 Signed     Lefty Willis
2/7 Traded Doc Marshall Detroit Leon Chagnon
Mike Meola
Randy Gumpert
2/13 Traded Otto Bluege New York (G) Al Epperly
Pretzel Pezzullo
2/14 Signed     Hal Mckain
2/21 Traded Don Padgett Detroit Frankie Gustine
5/1 Traded Dusty Cooke
Roy Mahaffey
Johnny Murphy
$2,000,000		 Detroit Gene Moore
Don Ross
6/1 Signed     Bob Weiland
6/1 Signed     Ray Phelps
6/1 Signed     Bump Hadley
6/1 Signed     Ed Durham
6/1 Signed     Al Yeargin
6/1 Signed     Bill Shores
6/1 Signed     Don Brennan
6/1 Signed     Earl Averill
6/1 Signed     Carl Reynolds
7/1 Traded Al Yeargin
Round Draft Pick.		 Cincinnati Harlin Pool
7/1 Traded Spud Chandler
Lefty Mills
Billy Herman		 Tampa Bay Johnny Hodapp
Ralph Hodgin
Round Draft Pick.
7/21 Released Max Bishop    
 
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