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1944 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 65-97
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 622
Runs Allowed: 800
Exp W-L: 63-99
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 853,168
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 2nd in the NL
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the NL
A: 76-61, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
2B  Billy Johnson 25 156 565 63 144 20 6 14 79 2 0 55 16 .255 .323 .386 .709 70.7 9.0 5.4
3B *Ralph Hodgin 28 153 570 54 191 26 5 5 63 0 0 37 34 .335 .377 .425 .801 83.5 15.1 2.6
C *Billy Sullivan 33 145 474 59 127 17 4 2 37 0 0 37 49 .268 .320 .333 .653 45.1 3.8 6.3
CF #Sam Jethroe 26 137 435 63 113 14 4 13 60 23 5 45 76 .260 .331 .400 .731 59.4 8.0 2.5
RF *Jimmy Wasdell 30 143 413 46 123 13 2 9 50 5 3 29 8 .298 .342 .404 .747 53.3 7.5 1.7
2B *Stan Sperry 30 130 404 37 101 17 0 5 32 0 2 35 13 .250 .310 .329 .639 38.4 2.9 3.2
CF  Bert Haas 30 145 337 60 82 12 2 5 28 26 8 30 18 .243 .304 .335 .640 37.0 3.6 1.8
LF #Chuck Stevens 25 113 322 40 97 9 2 0 21 2 5 37 32 .301 .373 .342 .715 42.5 6.4 1.8
1B  Bill Brubaker 33 147 338 33 94 20 2 8 50 1 0 22 41 .278 .321 .420 .742 43.8 6.2 3.0
SS  Bobby Mattick 28 103 292 18 63 10 1 2 36 1 0 10 20 .216 .239 .277 .517 16.1 0.0 4.6
3B  Al Rubeling 31 90 177 26 43 5 2 6 29 6 1 18 19 .243 .313 .395 .708 22.3 2.7 1.2
RF *Al Zarilla 25 46 146 16 38 3 3 2 15 0 3 10 6 .260 .310 .363 .673 16.2 1.8 0.7
1B *Eddie Lukon 23 43 126 18 32 5 1 3 15 0 0 11 15 .254 .319 .381 .700 15.6 2.0 0.6
P *Fred Hutchinson 24 43 120 11 30 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 .250 .256 .275 .531 6.5 0.0 0.0
CF *Eddie Collins 27 80 105 20 34 3 1 0 10 0 5 11 13 .324 .375 .371 .746 14.7 1.7 0.3
P  Ed Hanyzewski 23 33 92 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 36 .065 .075 .076 .151 -4.3 0.0 0.0
C  Ray Lamanno 24 24 93 8 27 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 14 .290 .320 .355 .674 10.0 1.3 1.0
C *Johnny Peacock 34 52 91 11 22 5 0 0 4 1 2 2 12 .242 .255 .297 .552 5.7 0.0 1.1
P *Hal Newhouser 23 32 79 6 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .177 .188 .177 .365 1.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Gil English 34 47 72 4 14 2 1 0 5 0 2 4 10 .194 .237 .250 .487 2.0 0.0 1.5
SS  Eddie Miller 27 21 67 8 14 3 0 3 16 0 0 4 8 .209 .254 .388 .642 6.3 0.3 0.7
P  Bill Bevens 27 20 61 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 .098 .098 .115 .213 -1.8 0.0 0.0
CF #Hersh Martin 34 33 57 2 15 0 1 0 7 0 0 5 7 .263 .323 .298 .621 5.4 0.6 0.2
LF  Tommy O'Brien 25 15 57 6 13 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 .228 .233 .316 .549 4.6 0.0 0.3
P  Dutch Leonard 35 24 48 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .146 .163 .167 .330 0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Birdie Tebbetts 31 20 38 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 4 .105 .209 .184 .394 1.0 0.0 0.4
P  Hugh East 24 7 17 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .294 .529 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Derringer 37 51 7 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .857 1.286 2.1 0.4 0.0
P  John Burrows 30 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Dain Clay 24 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Ray Prim 37 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Denny Galehouse 32 27 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Pretzel Pezzullo 33 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2194 5618 622 1464 194 38 81 590 67 36 417 508 .261 .312 .352 .663 598.9 73.6 40.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 8 7 8 6 7 8 1 8 7 1 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Fred Hutchinson 24 12 23 .343 43 43 0 337.7 389 137 27 67 90 3.65 27.4
 Ed Hanyzewski 23 15 14 .517 32 32 0 251.3 241 110 26 90 120 3.94 16.9
*Hal Newhouser 23 9 21 .300 32 32 0 232.3 269 130 19 103 123 5.04 5.0
 Bill Bevens 27 6 8 .429 20 20 0 166.3 171 79 13 64 58 4.27 8.6
 Dutch Leonard 35 7 13 .350 24 24 0 158.7 181 80 17 70 29 4.54 7.1
 Paul Derringer 37 2 5 .286 51 4 2 66.7 66 41 11 53 45 5.54 1.1
*John Burrows 30 5 5 .500 39 0 4 55.0 48 23 6 33 23 3.76 5.7
 Hugh East 24 1 5 .167 7 7 0 51.0 49 24 8 20 36 4.24 2.5
*Ray Prim 37 3 0 1.000 35 0 1 49.0 51 27 6 15 15 4.96 2.7
*Pretzel Pezzullo 33 5 3 .625 35 0 14 37.7 48 22 4 18 16 5.26 3.5
 Denny Galehouse 32 0 0 .000 27 0 0 37.7 49 25 4 18 8 5.97 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 65 97 .401 345 162 21 1443.3 1562 698 141 551 563 4.35 80.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 5 8 6 7 8 5 5 6 5  
* - 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 31.7
B.Sullivan 1015.3 114 121 438 37 6 1 .988 38.2
R.Lamanno 189.7 22 22 63 9 2 0 .973 22.2
J.Peacock 165.3 18 21 66 7 0 0 1.000 42.9
B.Tebbetts 71.0 8 8 26 3 0 0 1.000 33.3
J.Wasdell 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1443.3 162 173 594 56 8 1 .988 35.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 12.40
C.Stevens 688.0 89 89 871 92 6 92 .994 12.60
E.Lukon 268.0 36 36 334 22 0 31 1.000 11.96
B.Haas 206.0 16 54 252 19 2 24 .993 11.84
B.Brubaker 189.0 20 35 238 15 1 23 .996 12.05
J.Wasdell 82.7 1 30 106 11 0 11 1.000 12.74
B.Sullivan 6.7 0 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 14.86
R.Lamanno 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
G.English 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 248 1815 160 9 182 .995 12.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.23
S.Sperry 976.3 119 123 260 430 28 101 .961 6.36
A.Rubeling 327.3 35 50 83 138 5 32 .978 6.08
B.Brubaker 123.3 8 26 26 67 0 10 1.000 6.79
E.Miller 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Peacock 4.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Johnson 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.English 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 205 371 638 33 143 .968 6.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.02
B.Johnson 1262.3 148 152 80 320 22 37 .948 2.85
B.Haas 64.0 5 17 7 13 2 2 .909 2.81
B.Brubaker 53.7 6 10 6 12 0 0 1.000 3.02
A.Rubeling 40.7 3 11 2 6 1 1 .889 1.77
B.Sullivan 12.7 0 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.84
G.English 5.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Mattick 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
A.Zarilla 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.3 162 199 99 357 25 40 .948 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.62
B.Mattick 762.0 96 102 129 364 20 73 .961 5.82
B.Brubaker 338.0 34 62 63 139 8 30 .962 5.38
G.English 195.3 16 39 38 96 2 17 .985 6.17
E.Miller 137.0 15 16 21 58 4 12 .952 5.19
E.Hanyzewski 9.0 0 0 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00
A.Rubeling 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.3 161 220 253 661 35 132 .963 5.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
R.Hodgin 1235.7 145 145 281 6 1 4 .997 2.09
H.Martin 91.7 9 16 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
C.Stevens 49.0 5 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.94
J.Wasdell 38.0 3 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
A.Rubeling 20.0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15
B.Sullivan 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Zarilla 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.O'Brien 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Lukon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 190 337 6 1 4 .997 2.14
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.68
S.Jethroe 963.3 107 123 280 3 11 1 .963 2.64
B.Haas 439.7 52 56 123 3 2 1 .984 2.58
H.Martin 20.3 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
E.Collins 14.0 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
S.Sperry 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Zarilla 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 190 411 6 13 2 .970 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.07
J.Wasdell 743.3 86 92 173 2 6 0 .967 2.12
A.Zarilla 364.0 46 46 74 3 3 0 .963 1.90
E.Collins 162.0 15 28 35 1 2 1 .947 2.00
T.O'Brien 118.0 14 14 33 2 0 1 1.000 2.67
B.Sullivan 21.3 1 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Brubaker 11.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
D.Clay 8.7 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
R.Hodgin 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.Rubeling 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Lukon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Haas 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 205 332 8 11 2 .969 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
F.Hutchinson 337.7 43 43 25 67 5 8 .948 2.45
E.Hanyzewski 251.3 32 32 17 49 1 1 .985 2.36
H.Newhouser 232.3 32 32 15 48 3 5 .955 2.44
B.Bevens 166.3 20 20 9 29 3 0 .927 2.06
D.Leonard 158.7 24 24 11 33 2 0 .957 2.50
P.Derringer 66.7 4 51 6 13 2 1 .905 2.57
J.Burrows 55.0 0 39 7 7 1 0 .933 2.29
H.East 51.0 7 7 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.65
R.Prim 49.0 0 35 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.57
P.Pezzullo 37.7 0 35 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.63
D.Galehouse 37.7 0 27 2 14 0 2 1.000 3.82
Team Total 1443.3 162 345 104 288 17 19 .958 2.44
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hodgin .335
On-Base Pct Hodgin .377
Slugging Pct Hodgin .425
OPS Hodgin .801
XR Hodgin 83.5
Games Johnson 156
At-Bats Hodgin 570
Runs Johnson, Jethroe 63
Hits Hodgin 191
Total Bases Hodgin 242
Singles Hodgin 155
Doubles Hodgin 26
Triples Johnson 6
Homeruns Johnson 14
RBIs Johnson 79
Stolen Bases Haas 26
Caught Stealing Haas 8
Walks Johnson 55
Strikeouts Jethroe 76
ERA Hutchinson 3.65
Wins Hanyzewski 15
Losses Hutchinson 23
Winning Pct Hanyzewski .517
Saves Pezzullo 14
Games Pitched Derringer 51
Games Started Hutchinson 43
Complete Games Hutchinson 17
Shutouts Bevens 1
Innings Pitched Hutchinson 337.7
Hits Allowed Hutchinson 389
Homeruns Allowed Hutchinson 27
Strikeouts Newhouser 123
Walks Allowed Newhouser 103
Walks per 9IP Hutchinson 1.8
Hits per 9IP Hanyzewski 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Newhouser 4.8
WHiP Hanyzewski 1.32
OAVG Hanyzewski .251
OOBP Hanyzewski .314
OSLG Hanyzewski .390
OOPS Hanyzewski .704
Team All-Stars
John Burrows
Player Salaries
Billy Sullivan $ 5,250,000
Hal Newhouser $ 3,957,143
Paul Derringer $ 2,000,000
Jimmy Wasdell $ 1,342,857
Bert Haas $ 1,342,857
Stan Sperry $ 1,071,429
Ray Prim $ 1,000,000
Denny Galehouse $ 900,000
Lee Grissom $ 570,000
Hersh Martin $ 549,000
Jimmie Deshong $ 540,000
Harlond Clift $ 528,000
Tom Seats $ 510,000
Tony Freitas $ 510,000
Bobo Newsom $ 510,000
Gilly Campbell $ 500,000
Bill Brubaker $ 500,000
Jumbo Brown $ 500,000
Ival Goodman $ 480,000
George Hockette $ 480,000
Gil English $ 400,000
Bob Klinger $ 350,000
Johnny Peacock $ 350,000
Pretzel Pezzullo $ 350,000
Birdie Tebbetts $ 350,000
Billy Johnson $ 300,000
Eddie Collins $ 300,000
John Burrows $ 300,000
Hugh East $ 300,000
Dain Clay $ 300,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 300,000
Ralph Hodgin $ 300,000
Bill Bevens $ 300,000
Sam Jethroe $ 300,000
Al Zarilla $ 300,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,000
Dutch Leonard $ 300,000
Eddie Lukon $ 300,000
Bobby Mattick $ 300,000
Eddie Miller $ 300,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 300,000
Al Rubeling $ 300,000
Chuck Stevens $ 300,000
Fred Hutchinson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Ray Prim
2/5 Signed     Paul Derringer
2/14 Signed     Tom Seats
2/14 Signed     Lee Grissom
2/15 Signed     Hersh Martin
2/15 Signed     Denny Galehouse
2/16 Signed     Dutch Leonard
2/16 Signed     Bobo Newsom
2/17 Signed     Harlond Clift
2/18 Signed     Ival Goodman
2/21 Traded Tommy De La Cruz Detroit Billy Sullivan
 
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