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1940 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 76-86
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 634
Runs Allowed: 685
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,427,500
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 48-89, 8th in the NL
AA: 65-72, 5th in the NL
A: 66-71, 5th 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
CF  Bert Haas 26 155 609 83 161 29 3 4 51 55 14 32 33 .264 .300 .342 .641 64.9 7.8 3.9
RF *Buzz Boyle 32 154 538 69 177 31 6 3 57 1 2 38 43 .329 .372 .426 .798 75.5 13.8 3.6
1B  Bill Brubaker 29 148 472 38 121 20 3 3 68 2 2 37 59 .256 .309 .331 .640 47.7 5.3 5.6
C *Bill Dickey 33 117 409 52 115 24 4 7 62 4 3 39 52 .281 .341 .411 .751 53.6 8.1 9.3
RF  Pepper Martin 36 131 368 44 105 13 3 5 54 12 6 23 56 .285 .327 .378 .705 42.6 5.8 3.5
LF *Goody Rosen 27 98 330 48 92 16 4 4 34 10 4 40 16 .279 .354 .388 .742 46.2 7.3 2.9
RF *Jimmy Wasdell 26 129 320 33 84 15 2 3 34 7 3 20 16 .263 .306 .350 .656 32.1 3.7 1.5
LF *Roy Johnson 37 91 298 36 93 12 5 2 36 10 6 25 33 .312 .365 .406 .771 40.7 7.1 1.7
2B *Stan Sperry 26 105 298 32 81 14 2 2 35 1 1 11 13 .272 .298 .352 .650 28.6 3.1 2.2
SS  Gil English 30 108 274 16 56 5 1 2 22 9 7 12 23 .204 .238 .252 .490 11.6 0.0 4.7
C  Birdie Tebbetts 27 78 223 24 39 11 0 1 19 5 1 12 14 .175 .219 .238 .457 8.3 0.0 5.1
2B  Johnny Hodapp 34 91 189 15 51 12 2 1 16 0 2 8 41 .270 .299 .370 .670 17.9 2.1 1.4
2B #Mark Koenig 35 52 179 23 51 5 2 1 24 3 2 7 7 .285 .316 .352 .667 17.4 2.0 2.0
LF  Al Simmons 38 62 158 23 49 9 0 2 22 4 1 7 16 .310 .339 .405 .744 19.8 3.2 0.9
RF *Paul Waner 37 59 148 20 42 3 0 0 7 2 1 16 20 .284 .358 .304 .662 15.6 1.9 0.8
P  Dizzy Dean 30 44 125 5 25 4 1 0 8 0 0 2 16 .200 .211 .248 .459 6.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Earl Clark 32 47 124 16 43 8 0 1 20 1 2 9 4 .347 .388 .435 .824 18.3 3.5 1.1
P  Dizzy Trout 25 42 111 6 25 2 0 0 8 2 0 3 21 .225 .246 .243 .489 6.5 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 25 44 104 5 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 30 .106 .139 .115 .254 -1.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Burgess Whitehead 30 76 111 25 29 5 3 0 6 22 5 4 9 .261 .284 .360 .645 12.8 1.6 0.9
P *Joe Krakauskas 25 32 86 3 15 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 27 .174 .211 .221 .432 3.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Art Shires 32 33 41 7 15 2 0 2 8 0 1 1 4 .366 .381 .561 .942 6.8 1.4 0.1
SS  Travis Jackson 36 22 29 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .172 .200 .207 .407 0.9 0.0 0.5
CF *Lloyd Waner 34 23 27 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .333 .345 .333 .678 3.3 0.3 0.3
C *Johnny Peacock 30 18 18 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.4 0.0 0.6
2B  Pep Young 32 17 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .286 .333 .286 .619 1.1 0.0 0.3
3B  Mark Christman 26 8 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .333 .619 0.6 0.1 0.1
P  Guy Cantrell 36 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Willis 34 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Pretzel Pezzullo 29 36 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *George Hockette 32 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 2129 5618 634 1502 245 42 43 608 150 64 359 566 .267 .311 .349 .660 581.1 78.2 52.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 7 4 5 5 8 7 1 8 7 3 5 7 8 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
 Dizzy Dean 30 16 17 .485 44 44 0 356.7 343 139 28 71 201 3.51 25.6
 Dizzy Trout 25 16 22 .421 42 42 0 338.3 349 174 30 119 138 4.63 15.1
*Johnny Vander Meer 25 18 14 .563 44 43 0 338.0 267 102 24 146 245 2.72 31.0
*Joe Krakauskas 25 15 10 .600 32 32 0 246.7 234 115 15 117 135 4.20 15.3
 Guy Cantrell 36 2 6 .250 46 0 3 53.7 64 27 3 33 28 4.53 2.4
*George Hockette 32 4 6 .400 43 0 2 46.0 47 18 6 5 7 3.52 4.3
*Pretzel Pezzullo 29 5 7 .417 36 0 12 37.0 45 22 0 27 14 5.35 1.2
*Lefty Willis 34 0 3 .000 20 0 1 29.0 26 12 2 10 12 3.72 1.8
*Joe Sullivan 29 0 1 .000 5 1 0 6.3 9 4 0 1 3 5.69 0.0
 Roy Johnson 37 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 30.2 76 86 .469 313 162 18 1453.6 1387 613 108 529 783 3.80 96.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 6 5 3 1 6 1 6 1 1  
* - 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 33.6
B.Dickey 915.3 101 115 506 37 0 1 1.000 50.0
B.Tebbetts 493.3 56 62 286 21 2 0 .994 47.4
J.Peacock 45.0 5 6 16 6 0 0 1.000 75.0
Team Total 1453.7 162 183 808 64 2 1 .998 51.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.37
B.Haas 601.7 68 74 754 66 3 77 .996 12.27
B.Boyle 458.0 51 59 586 37 2 56 .997 12.24
J.Wasdell 255.0 28 34 327 22 3 39 .991 12.32
G.English 54.0 6 10 64 9 0 10 1.000 12.17
B.Brubaker 50.7 5 7 69 1 1 5 .986 12.44
A.Shires 34.3 4 6 47 3 0 3 1.000 13.11
Team Total 1453.7 162 190 1847 138 9 190 .995 12.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.32
S.Sperry 672.3 83 92 167 306 13 76 .973 6.33
J.Hodapp 240.3 23 44 57 112 4 26 .977 6.33
B.Whitehead 195.0 17 38 38 102 5 23 .966 6.46
M.Koenig 138.7 15 16 34 56 2 12 .978 5.84
B.Brubaker 14.0 0 6 4 5 0 2 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1260.4 138 196 300 581 24 139 .973 6.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.07
P.Martin 777.3 87 99 51 230 10 22 .966 3.25
B.Brubaker 486.7 59 61 26 117 10 11 .935 2.64
J.Hodapp 98.7 10 20 11 27 3 6 .927 3.47
M.Koenig 52.2 6 6 4 15 1 1 .950 3.28
B.Whitehead 36.0 3 11 2 11 1 1 .929 3.25
G.English 26.0 2 6 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.73
B.Haas 15.0 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20
T.Jackson 10.0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
G.Rosen 2.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Waner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Christman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1507.0 168 216 96 408 25 42 .953 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.57
G.English 652.3 76 91 114 294 16 60 .962 5.63
B.Brubaker 587.7 68 74 83 267 10 54 .972 5.36
M.Koenig 212.1 21 26 38 92 6 18 .956 5.52
T.Jackson 73.7 6 16 8 33 1 5 .976 5.01
P.Young 46.0 2 16 9 21 3 3 .909 5.87
M.Christman 15.0 2 2 2 9 1 2 .917 6.60
J.Hodapp 6.0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.50
S.Sperry 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
P.Martin 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1596.8 175 228 256 722 37 144 .964 5.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.97
G.Rosen 493.4 52 57 95 5 2 0 .980 1.82
R.Johnson 337.0 36 42 73 2 6 1 .926 2.00
A.Simmons 247.0 29 31 49 0 1 0 .980 1.79
J.Hodapp 80.7 9 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.34
L.Waner 23.0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78
E.Clark 12.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Boyle 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Wasdell 5.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Shires 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1208.1 132 156 234 8 9 1 .964 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.60
B.Haas 634.7 74 80 163 4 6 1 .965 2.37
B.Boyle 592.0 67 73 142 4 4 0 .973 2.22
G.Rosen 227.0 23 30 72 6 1 1 .987 3.09
E.Clark 107.9 15 19 30 3 1 1 .971 2.75
A.Simmons 69.0 8 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
S.Sperry 53.0 7 8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.53
P.Martin 44.7 4 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.22
L.Waner 25.0 2 7 10 2 0 1 1.000 4.32
Team Total 1753.2 200 236 454 20 13 4 .973 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.08
J.Wasdell 394.3 43 52 71 1 2 1 .973 1.64
R.Johnson 300.3 36 42 64 1 4 1 .942 1.95
P.Waner 278.3 35 39 52 3 1 0 .982 1.78
E.Clark 164.6 22 24 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Boyle 153.7 17 18 29 2 3 0 .912 1.82
B.Whitehead 55.3 4 16 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
G.Rosen 35.1 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
P.Martin 14.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brubaker 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1399.7 160 208 272 8 10 2 .966 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.34
D.Dean 356.7 44 44 29 55 8 2 .913 2.12
D.Trout 338.3 42 42 29 74 4 5 .963 2.74
J.Vander Meer 338.0 43 44 18 65 3 7 .965 2.21
J.Krakauskas 246.7 32 32 16 49 2 8 .970 2.37
G.Cantrell 53.7 0 46 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.35
G.Hockette 46.0 0 43 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.74
P.Pezzullo 37.0 0 36 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.68
L.Willis 29.0 0 20 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.55
J.Sullivan 6.3 1 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
R.Johnson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.6 162 313 100 279 18 25 .955 2.35
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Boyle .329
On-Base Pct Boyle .372
Slugging Pct Boyle .426
OPS Boyle .798
XR Boyle 75.5
Games Haas 155
At-Bats Haas 609
Runs Haas 83
Hits Boyle 177
Total Bases Boyle 229
Singles Boyle 137
Doubles Boyle 31
Triples Boyle 6
Homeruns Dickey 7
RBIs Brubaker 68
Stolen Bases Haas 55
Caught Stealing Haas 14
Walks Rosen 40
Strikeouts Brubaker 59
ERA Vander Meer 2.72
Wins Vander Meer 18
Losses Trout 22
Winning Pct Krakauskas .600
Saves Pezzullo 12
Games Pitched Cantrell 46
Games Started Dean 44
Complete Games Dean 23
Shutouts Dean 3
Innings Pitched Dean 356.7
Hits Allowed Trout 349
Homeruns Allowed Trout 30
Strikeouts Vander Meer 245
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 146
Walks per 9IP Dean 1.8
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 6.5
WHiP Dean 1.16
OAVG Vander Meer .217
OOBP Dean .290
OSLG Vander Meer .338
OOPS Vander Meer .637
Team All-Stars
Dizzy Dean
Bill Dickey
Johnny Vander Meer
Player Salaries
Johnny Hodapp $ 9,000,000
Earl Clark $ 6,500,000
Paul Waner $ 6,000,000
Dizzy Dean $ 5,750,000
Travis Jackson $ 5,000,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,790,000
Buzz Boyle $ 4,000,000
Roy Johnson $ 3,500,000
Pepper Martin $ 2,450,000
Lefty Willis $ 2,420,000
Mark Koenig $ 1,400,000
Al Simmons $ 970,000
Bill Brubaker $ 730,000
Wattie Holm $ 500,000
Johnny Neun $ 500,000
Mike Meola $ 500,000
Guy Cantrell $ 470,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 450,000
George Hockette $ 350,000
Joe Sullivan $ 350,000
George Susce $ 350,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 300,000
Mark Christman $ 300,000
Jimmy Wasdell $ 300,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 300,000
Dizzy Trout $ 300,000
Gil English $ 300,000
Birdie Tebbetts $ 300,000
Johnny Peacock $ 300,000
Stan Sperry $ 300,000
Art Shires $ 300,000
Goody Rosen $ 300,000
Pretzel Pezzullo $ 300,000
Pep Young $ 300,000
Bert Haas $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Babe Barna
Dee Moore
Don Ross
Frankie Gustine
Rusty Peters		 Tampa Bay Dizzy Dean
2/1 Traded Jess Dobernic
Ralph Hodgin		 Tampa Bay Red Phillips
2/1 Traded Warren Huston Detroit Paul Waner
2/1 Traded Red Phillips Cincinnati Joe Krakauskas
2/4 Signed     Johnny Neun
2/7 Signed     Lloyd Waner
2/9 Signed     Al Simmons
2/23 Signed     Pepper Martin
3/3 Released Harlin Pool    
4/2 Released Gene Moore    
6/1 Traded Glen Stewart Montreal Goody Rosen
7/31 Traded Slick Castleman
$7,000,000		 Tampa Bay Art Shires
7/31 Traded Johnny Hudson Pittsburgh Mark Koenig
Earl Clark
10/3 Released Lloyd Waner    
 
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