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1951 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 59-103
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 703
Runs Allowed: 972
Exp W-L: 58-104
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,988,412
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 93-44, 1st in the NL
AA: 67-70, 7th in the NL
A: 85-52, 2nd 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 *Richie Ashburn 24 156 569 80 175 22 3 2 59 43 19 70 12 .308 .387 .367 .754 76.4 11.3 2.5
RF *Dick Kokos 23 156 528 85 142 30 2 24 82 4 1 96 94 .269 .380 .470 .849 94.0 16.7 1.4
SS  Al Cuccinello 36 155 529 68 183 15 3 14 81 0 0 21 65 .346 .370 .465 .835 81.2 15.2 6.8
C  Ray Lamanno 31 130 486 58 118 12 0 3 41 0 0 26 63 .243 .284 .286 .570 35.2 0.0 7.5
3B  Ken Keltner 34 123 414 45 103 23 3 5 51 7 3 48 41 .249 .325 .355 .680 46.4 4.3 2.6
1B *Johnny Mize 38 128 383 45 96 25 2 7 46 0 0 41 70 .251 .324 .381 .705 47.6 6.1 1.6
LF *Charlie Maxwell 24 134 363 72 81 15 3 19 56 14 4 50 57 .223 .317 .438 .755 51.8 6.6 1.1
1B *Tony Lupien 34 135 377 51 99 12 2 2 52 25 13 31 25 .263 .318 .321 .639 38.3 2.8 1.7
LF *Marv Rackley 29 138 357 32 102 10 2 1 41 3 5 37 12 .286 .351 .333 .684 40.0 4.6 1.1
2B  Marty Marion 33 107 259 17 53 16 0 1 35 0 1 16 21 .205 .248 .278 .526 16.4 0.0 3.0
C  Frank Mancuso 33 109 246 30 66 5 0 6 27 0 1 12 25 .268 .298 .362 .659 24.1 1.5 2.9
SS  Al Brancato 32 77 189 21 42 11 1 4 21 3 0 19 27 .222 .293 .354 .648 20.2 1.9 2.2
3B  Pete Suder 35 59 144 16 40 9 1 3 17 1 0 9 6 .278 .320 .417 .737 17.7 2.4 1.4
RF  Carden Gillenwater 33 43 110 18 28 9 2 0 12 1 2 27 14 .255 .406 .373 .779 17.9 3.0 0.6
P  Randy Gumpert 33 40 90 6 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 19 .156 .179 .156 .335 1.5 0.0 0.0
CF #Sam Jethroe 33 125 95 24 28 6 0 4 22 12 3 8 18 .295 .346 .484 .830 15.8 2.5 0.2
3B  Sam Dente 29 86 93 13 19 2 1 3 14 0 0 11 5 .204 .288 .344 .633 8.9 0.3 1.5
P  Hal Brown 26 36 89 3 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 17 .112 .160 .135 .294 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Steve Gromek 31 37 87 7 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 23 .184 .202 .195 .398 2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Pollet 30 27 69 2 12 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 17 .174 .174 .174 .348 0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 36 14 32 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Don Wheeler 28 32 23 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .261 .370 .304 .675 3.0 0.3 0.1
RF *George Myatt 37 13 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.3 0.0 0.1
P  Preacher Roe 36 43 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Cuddles Marshall 26 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Emil Kush 34 39 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Bill Ayers 31 53 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Allie Reynolds 34 24 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Hal White 32 77 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh East 31 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.5 2333 5584 703 1445 227 25 98 680 115 53 535 654 .259 .323 .361 .684 639.6 79.9 38.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 7 6 6 7 7 7 1 8 8 2 6 7 7 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
 Randy Gumpert 33 8 25 .242 40 40 0 289.0 326 182 42 180 127 5.67 6.4
 Hal Brown 26 13 19 .406 36 36 0 270.3 325 163 39 90 86 5.43 9.3
 Steve Gromek 31 12 15 .444 37 37 0 258.3 274 144 35 132 107 5.02 12.1
*Howie Pollet 30 10 11 .476 27 27 0 193.0 146 72 14 119 176 3.36 17.4
*Johnny Vander Meer 36 6 5 .545 14 14 0 100.7 87 43 15 48 86 3.84 7.3
 Hal White 32 2 7 .222 77 0 2 89.3 111 73 22 65 30 7.35 0.0
 Bill Ayers 31 3 8 .273 53 2 5 62.3 92 65 17 46 23 9.39 0.0
*Preacher Roe 36 3 1 .750 43 3 3 57.0 60 35 9 28 19 5.53 3.0
 Emil Kush 34 0 1 .000 39 0 0 42.3 47 31 3 33 20 6.59 0.4
 Allie Reynolds 34 0 7 .000 24 0 9 30.7 37 20 3 28 20 5.87 0.6
 Cuddles Marshall 26 2 4 .333 14 3 6 30.7 32 16 2 21 19 4.70 2.4
 Hugh East 31 0 0 .000 23 0 0 18.7 25 24 3 22 10 11.58 0.0
Team Totals 31.7 59 103 .364 427 162 25 1442.3 1562 868 204 812 723 5.42 58.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 3 6 5 7 8 6 7 4 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 .992 30.0
R.Lamanno 1004.7 113 118 523 46 0 1 1.000 42.1
F.Mancuso 413.0 47 52 206 20 1 0 .996 22.7
D.Wheeler 24.3 2 7 14 0 1 0 .933 0.0
Team Total 1442.0 162 177 743 66 2 1 .998 35.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.01
J.Mize 835.7 94 112 1071 91 10 117 .991 12.51
T.Lupien 335.3 38 50 430 32 6 50 .987 12.40
C.Gillenwater 231.3 27 29 306 29 0 37 1.000 13.03
R.Lamanno 31.0 3 7 39 5 0 4 1.000 12.77
A.Brancato 7.0 0 3 7 0 0 3 1.000 9.00
A.Cuccinello 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1442.3 162 202 1856 157 16 212 .992 12.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.28
M.Marion 539.3 62 76 138 271 10 66 .976 6.83
A.Brancato 470.0 57 64 104 235 4 54 .988 6.49
P.Suder 313.0 37 44 90 145 7 36 .971 6.76
S.Dente 100.3 5 37 35 50 4 16 .955 7.62
G.Myatt 13.0 1 5 4 5 0 2 1.000 6.23
A.Cuccinello 4.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Maxwell 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1442.3 162 230 371 708 25 174 .977 6.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
K.Keltner 965.3 117 118 72 236 18 24 .945 2.87
T.Lupien 286.0 31 39 20 72 2 6 .979 2.90
S.Dente 102.7 8 26 9 31 0 1 1.000 3.51
M.Marion 50.3 4 12 3 12 1 0 .938 2.68
P.Suder 21.3 2 5 1 4 2 0 .714 2.11
J.Mize 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Brancato 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Cuccinello 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Rackley 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Mancuso 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Wheeler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jethroe 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 209 105 358 23 31 .953 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.51
A.Cuccinello 1189.7 147 150 219 563 10 135 .987 5.92
S.Dente 81.0 6 19 16 43 2 7 .967 6.56
M.Marion 61.0 5 14 14 32 1 10 .979 6.79
P.Suder 31.0 1 10 5 6 0 2 1.000 3.19
A.Brancato 25.0 1 4 3 11 0 1 1.000 5.04
C.Gillenwater 21.3 2 7 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.22
K.Keltner 9.0 0 4 3 5 0 2 1.000 8.00
M.Rackley 7.0 0 5 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.14
S.Jethroe 6.0 0 4 2 3 1 1 .833 7.50
T.Lupien 6.0 0 2 1 3 0 3 1.000 6.00
F.Mancuso 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Wheeler 2.3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.73
Team Total 1442.3 162 222 268 679 14 162 .985 5.91
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
C.Maxwell 779.0 88 107 146 1 2 1 .987 1.70
M.Rackley 604.0 70 81 122 2 1 0 .992 1.85
T.Lupien 42.0 4 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.07
D.Kokos 17.3 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
Team Total 1442.3 162 206 276 3 3 1 .989 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.49
R.Ashburn 1321.3 149 150 317 3 6 0 .982 2.18
S.Jethroe 61.0 6 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
M.Rackley 58.0 7 9 18 1 3 0 .864 2.95
G.Myatt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 170 351 4 9 0 .975 2.22
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.98
D.Kokos 1209.0 140 142 208 5 14 3 .938 1.59
T.Lupien 172.3 18 24 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
C.Gillenwater 23.0 1 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
G.Myatt 18.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.Brancato 10.0 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.70
C.Maxwell 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Wheeler 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Rackley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Mancuso 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Cuccinello 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 162 185 249 6 14 4 .948 1.59
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.27
R.Gumpert 289.0 40 40 19 49 3 6 .958 2.12
H.Brown 270.3 36 36 14 55 2 6 .972 2.30
S.Gromek 258.3 37 37 21 65 1 7 .989 3.00
H.Pollet 193.0 27 27 9 30 2 0 .951 1.82
J.Vander Meer 100.7 14 14 6 17 1 2 .958 2.06
H.White 89.3 0 77 7 20 1 2 .964 2.72
B.Ayers 62.3 2 53 7 14 0 1 1.000 3.03
P.Roe 57.0 3 43 1 12 0 5 1.000 2.05
E.Kush 42.3 0 39 3 12 0 2 1.000 3.19
A.Reynolds 30.7 0 24 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.47
C.Marshall 30.7 3 14 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.47
H.East 18.7 0 23 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.89
Team Total 1442.3 162 427 94 283 10 31 .974 2.35
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cuccinello .346
On-Base Pct Ashburn .387
Slugging Pct Kokos .470
OPS Kokos .849
XR Kokos 94.0
Games Ashburn, Kokos 156
At-Bats Ashburn 569
Runs Kokos 85
Hits Cuccinello 183
Total Bases Kokos 248
Singles Cuccinello 151
Doubles Kokos 30
Triples Ashburn, Cuccinello, Keltner, Maxwell 3
Homeruns Kokos 24
RBIs Kokos 82
Stolen Bases Ashburn 43
Caught Stealing Ashburn 19
Walks Kokos 96
Strikeouts Kokos 94
ERA Pollet 3.36
Wins Brown 13
Losses Gumpert 25
Winning Pct Pollet .476
Saves Reynolds 9
Games Pitched White 77
Games Started Gumpert 40
Complete Games Brown 14
Shutouts Gumpert, Pollet 1
Innings Pitched Gumpert 289.0
Hits Allowed Gumpert 326
Homeruns Allowed Gumpert 42
Strikeouts Pollet 176
Walks Allowed Gumpert 180
Walks per 9IP Brown 3.0
Hits per 9IP Pollet 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Pollet 8.2
WHiP Pollet 1.37
OAVG Pollet .213
OOBP Pollet .328
OSLG Pollet .332
OOPS Pollet .660
Team All-Stars
Al Cuccinello
Cuddles Marshall
Player Salaries
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 6,000,000
Randy Gumpert $ 2,730,000
Preacher Roe $ 2,000,000
Ed Lopat $ 1,708,571
Ray Lamanno $ 1,492,857
George Myatt $ 1,000,000
Enos Slaughter $ 1,000,000
Newt Kimball $ 960,000
Sam Jethroe $ 912,000
Allie Reynolds $ 912,000
Tony Lupien $ 760,000
Ken Keltner $ 750,000
Hank Wyse $ 714,000
Al Cuccinello $ 700,000
Al Brazle $ 680,000
Jesse Flores $ 610,000
Dick Fowler $ 600,000
Dee Moore $ 570,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 570,000
Mickey Owen $ 555,000
Howie Krist $ 540,000
Russ Christopher $ 540,000
Frank Biscan $ 510,000
Dom Dimaggio $ 510,000
Walt Lanfranconi $ 510,000
Johnny Grodzicki $ 500,000
Bob Cain $ 450,000
Mickey Harris $ 450,000
Joe Hatten $ 450,000
Bob Joyce $ 450,000
Buster Adams $ 450,000
Babe Young $ 450,000
Johnny Podgajny $ 400,000
Lefty West $ 400,000
Hillis Layne $ 380,000
Emil Kush $ 360,000
Eddie Collins $ 350,000
Frank Mancuso $ 350,000
Fred Martin $ 350,000
Al Libke $ 350,000
Eddie Miller $ 350,000
Pete Suder $ 350,000
Hugh East $ 350,000
Vance Dinges $ 350,000
Tom Earley $ 340,000
Marty Marion $ 310,000
Hal Brown $ 300,000
Al Brancato $ 300,000
Bill Ayers $ 300,000
Richie Ashburn $ 300,000
Hal White $ 300,000
Don Wheeler $ 300,000
Sam Dente $ 300,000
Dick Kokos $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Steve Gromek $ 300,000
Charlie Maxwell $ 300,000
Cuddles Marshall $ 300,000
Marv Rackley $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bob Cain
2/2 Signed     Emil Kush
2/3 Signed     Carden Gillenwater
2/4 Signed     Lefty West
2/4 Signed     Russ Christopher
2/4 Signed     Joe Hatten
2/5 Signed     Bob Joyce
2/9 Signed     Howie Pollet
2/9 Signed     Hank Wyse
2/9 Signed     Walt Lanfranconi
2/10 Signed     Allie Reynolds
2/11 Signed     Randy Gumpert
2/11 Signed     Hillis Layne
2/11 Signed     Frank Biscan
2/11 Signed     Dee Moore
2/12 Signed     Johnny Grodzicki
2/14 Signed     Tom Earley
2/17 Signed     Mickey Owen
2/18 Signed     Fred Martin
2/19 Signed     Dom Dimaggio
7/1 Traded Dick Littlefield Montreal Don Carlsen
Harry Simpson
7/31 Traded Howie Pollet
$5,000,000		 Detroit Johnny Vander Meer
Ed Lopat
 
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