1942 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 63-99
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 631
Runs Allowed: 878
Exp W-L: 57-105
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,241,001
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 5th in the NL
AA: 60-77, 8th in the NL
A: 62-75, 6th 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
CF  Bert Haas 28 156 608 77 188 33 7 1 61 40 7 35 19 .309 .345 .391 .737 81.0 13.7 3.0
RF *Jimmy Wasdell 28 156 593 67 180 28 7 8 65 12 14 29 26 .304 .335 .415 .750 74.0 11.4 2.8
3B *Ralph Hodgin 26 156 554 66 191 34 4 2 65 0 0 32 36 .345 .383 .431 .814 79.1 14.9 1.9
SS  Pinky Higgins 33 153 524 62 146 28 3 6 58 3 2 51 49 .279 .339 .378 .717 64.9 8.4 4.7
C *Bill Dickey 35 133 479 49 138 19 1 3 53 12 3 25 73 .288 .322 .351 .673 48.6 5.1 7.0
3B  Pete Suder 26 135 384 47 111 25 4 4 53 0 0 22 16 .289 .324 .406 .731 43.8 5.4 3.0
2B *Stan Sperry 28 124 377 36 99 14 5 2 41 0 0 28 12 .263 .314 .342 .656 36.5 3.1 3.0
RF *Buzz Boyle 34 132 355 50 106 18 2 4 43 0 0 25 47 .299 .345 .394 .739 44.4 7.0 1.4
RF  Frank Demaree 32 77 294 37 96 11 1 7 40 0 0 14 29 .327 .354 .442 .796 41.6 7.1 1.3
3B  Woody English 36 77 281 32 71 12 1 0 36 2 1 25 26 .253 .313 .302 .615 24.4 1.5 3.3
2B  Leo Norris 34 94 183 14 40 4 0 3 15 2 1 12 22 .219 .267 .290 .556 12.1 0.0 1.3
SS  Gil English 32 62 136 7 26 4 1 0 7 1 3 13 18 .191 .262 .235 .497 7.6 0.0 1.8
C *Johnny Peacock 32 78 135 21 27 3 0 1 13 4 1 11 9 .200 .260 .244 .505 6.5 0.0 1.1
3B  Al Rubeling 29 38 101 13 27 1 1 4 8 6 3 14 14 .267 .362 .416 .778 16.5 2.7 0.5
P #Johnny Vander Meer 27 43 92 4 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 31 .130 .147 .141 .289 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Danny Macfayden 37 36 83 5 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 29 .084 .083 .120 .204 -2.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Burgess Whitehead 32 66 70 9 23 2 0 1 5 13 6 4 10 .329 .355 .400 .755 10.8 1.5 0.4
P  Bob Klinger 34 25 61 9 18 2 0 1 14 0 0 2 3 .295 .308 .377 .685 8.3 0.9 0.0
CF *Eddie Collins 25 35 57 7 17 3 0 0 7 2 1 9 8 .298 .388 .351 .739 9.0 1.6 0.3
SS  Eddie Miller 25 36 56 6 13 3 1 1 4 0 0 6 5 .232 .317 .375 .692 5.5 0.5 0.4
C  Birdie Tebbetts 29 29 57 2 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .193 .220 .263 .483 1.5 0.0 0.7
P *Joe Krakauskas 27 24 33 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Woody Rich 26 10 22 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .227 .261 .227 .488 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Cox 29 55 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .167 .278 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dizzy Dean 32 7 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .133 .200 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dizzy Trout 27 7 15 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .133 .133 .200 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Freitas 34 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Winford 32 62 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Tost 31 6 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1 0.0
P *Al Epperly 24 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Mark Christman 28 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Pretzel Pezzullo 31 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Lee Grissom 34 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Cantrell 38 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bivin 32 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 2113 5638 631 1566 251 40 48 606 97 44 366 532 .278 .321 .362 .683 613.5 84.9 37.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 8 4 6 5 8 8 1 8 8 3 3 7 7 7 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
*Johnny Vander Meer 27 10 22 .313 43 40 0 295.3 253 128 22 155 219 3.90 19.5
 Danny Macfayden 37 13 17 .433 36 34 0 254.0 273 118 7 79 60 4.18 15.1
 Bob Klinger 34 10 11 .476 25 25 0 194.3 220 91 17 75 40 4.21 13.5
 Bill Cox 29 3 6 .333 55 7 0 112.3 133 68 9 65 49 5.45 2.8
*Joe Krakauskas 27 7 6 .538 24 8 2 103.3 107 69 10 70 50 6.01 2.0
 Jim Winford 32 7 6 .538 62 1 2 88.0 107 66 12 52 37 6.75 0.2
 Woody Rich 26 2 7 .222 10 10 0 62.0 92 55 10 23 18 7.98 0.0
 Dizzy Trout 27 3 3 .500 7 4 0 54.0 63 27 3 18 27 4.50 3.1
 Dizzy Dean 32 0 4 .000 7 7 0 51.3 66 33 8 15 40 5.78 0.0
*Pretzel Pezzullo 31 4 6 .400 49 0 8 48.0 65 25 5 19 16 4.69 3.5
*Tony Freitas 34 2 2 .500 6 5 0 38.3 56 25 5 7 2 5.87 0.7
*Lou Tost 31 1 2 .333 6 4 0 28.7 32 16 4 14 5 5.02 1.2
*Lee Grissom 34 1 1 .500 20 0 0 26.3 19 9 1 13 14 3.08 2.6
 Al Epperly 24 0 2 .000 4 4 0 26.0 34 15 2 14 14 5.19 0.8
*Joe Sullivan 31 0 1 .000 17 0 0 21.3 28 9 2 12 1 3.80 1.3
 Jim Bivin 32 0 1 .000 11 1 0 14.0 32 24 4 8 7 15.43 0.0
 Guy Cantrell 38 0 2 .000 7 2 0 12.7 17 15 1 11 5 10.66 0.0
Team Totals 30.9 63 99 .389 389 152 12 1430.0 1597 793 122 650 604 4.99 66.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 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 30.7
B.Dickey 1096.0 124 127 478 48 4 0 .992 35.0
J.Peacock 237.7 27 31 87 6 1 0 .989 25.0
B.Tebbetts 96.3 11 12 51 6 1 0 .983 66.7
Team Total 1430.0 162 170 616 60 6 0 .991 34.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.52
J.Wasdell 1260.7 145 148 1577 128 18 181 .990 12.17
E.Miller 65.3 7 10 103 5 0 6 1.000 14.88
G.English 65.0 7 10 93 10 0 11 1.000 14.26
B.Boyle 35.0 3 7 36 1 0 3 1.000 9.51
B.Haas 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 2 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1430.0 162 177 1816 144 18 203 .991 12.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.37
S.Sperry 847.0 98 110 229 406 22 80 .967 6.75
L.Norris 311.3 36 46 79 155 6 40 .975 6.76
P.Suder 209.0 25 30 56 84 6 25 .959 6.03
A.Rubeling 26.7 2 8 6 18 0 3 1.000 8.10
B.Whitehead 24.0 0 14 9 14 0 4 1.000 8.63
E.Miller 12.0 1 3 3 8 0 2 1.000 8.25
Team Total 1430.0 162 211 382 685 34 154 .969 6.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.01
W.English 631.9 67 72 49 193 10 22 .960 3.45
P.Suder 626.7 76 80 39 155 14 16 .933 2.79
G.English 84.3 8 17 11 34 1 4 .978 4.80
A.Rubeling 22.0 2 3 1 1 2 0 .500 0.82
B.Whitehead 12.3 1 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
P.Higgins 11.0 0 7 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.09
R.Hodgin 7.3 0 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.91
M.Christman 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Haas 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1405.2 154 190 104 391 27 43 .948 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.63
P.Higgins 1142.7 131 138 206 487 16 104 .977 5.46
G.English 160.0 19 22 32 86 8 19 .937 6.64
P.Suder 59.3 6 12 16 25 2 4 .953 6.22
E.Miller 34.3 3 9 6 14 1 5 .952 5.24
W.English 32.9 3 4 7 17 4 3 .857 6.57
L.Norris 32.7 3 7 10 13 0 4 1.000 6.34
Team Total 1461.9 165 192 277 642 31 139 .967 5.66
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.00
R.Hodgin 1162.3 134 139 216 3 1 2 .995 1.70
A.Rubeling 165.3 20 23 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.91
B.Boyle 95.0 8 17 19 0 2 0 .905 1.80
J.Wasdell 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
F.Demaree 2.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Collins 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.9 162 184 269 5 4 2 .986 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.57
B.Haas 1259.7 145 149 332 6 5 3 .985 2.41
B.Boyle 64.7 6 11 23 0 1 0 .958 3.20
E.Collins 62.0 7 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
S.Sperry 34.7 4 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.86
R.Hodgin 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
F.Demaree 6.7 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.40
Team Total 1434.7 162 183 390 6 6 3 .985 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
F.Demaree 595.1 59 59 146 1 5 1 .967 2.22
B.Boyle 520.3 60 69 116 4 4 0 .968 2.08
B.Whitehead 177.7 21 31 34 0 1 0 .971 1.72
E.Collins 65.0 5 14 20 0 1 0 .952 2.77
A.Rubeling 18.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
R.Hodgin 11.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Peacock 3.7 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 2.46
J.Wasdell 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Tebbetts 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Norris 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1396.1 147 185 322 5 12 1 .965 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
J.Vander Meer 295.3 40 43 13 54 3 4 .957 2.04
D.Macfayden 254.0 34 36 17 45 1 3 .984 2.20
B.Klinger 194.3 25 25 19 50 3 7 .958 3.20
B.Cox 112.3 7 55 7 19 1 1 .963 2.08
J.Krakauskas 103.3 8 24 7 18 1 0 .962 2.18
J.Winford 88.0 1 62 9 18 1 4 .964 2.76
W.Rich 62.0 10 10 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.89
D.Trout 54.0 4 7 5 14 0 1 1.000 3.17
D.Dean 51.3 7 7 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.45
P.Pezzullo 48.0 0 49 0 10 0 0 1.000 1.88
T.Freitas 38.3 5 6 1 13 0 1 1.000 3.29
L.Tost 28.7 4 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.88
L.Grissom 26.3 0 20 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.39
A.Epperly 26.0 4 4 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.46
J.Sullivan 21.3 0 17 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Bivin 14.0 1 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
G.Cantrell 12.7 2 7 1 1 1 0 .667 1.42
Team Total 1430.0 152 389 91 287 11 21 .972 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hodgin .345
On-Base Pct Hodgin .383
Slugging Pct Hodgin .431
OPS Hodgin .814
XR Haas 81.0
Games Hodgin, Haas, Wasdell 156
At-Bats Haas 608
Runs Haas 77
Hits Hodgin 191
Total Bases Wasdell 246
Singles Hodgin 151
Doubles Hodgin 34
Triples Haas, Wasdell 7
Homeruns Wasdell 8
RBIs Hodgin, Wasdell 65
Stolen Bases Haas 40
Caught Stealing Wasdell 14
Walks Higgins 51
Strikeouts Dickey 73
ERA Vander Meer 3.90
Wins Macfayden 13
Losses Vander Meer 22
Winning Pct Klinger .476
Saves Pezzullo 8
Games Pitched Winford 62
Games Started Vander Meer 40
Complete Games Vander Meer 12
Shutouts Vander Meer 2
Innings Pitched Vander Meer 295.3
Hits Allowed Macfayden 273
Homeruns Allowed Vander Meer 22
Strikeouts Vander Meer 219
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 155
Walks per 9IP Macfayden 2.8
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 6.7
WHiP Vander Meer 1.38
OAVG Vander Meer .234
OOBP Macfayden .327
OSLG Macfayden .351
OOPS Macfayden .678
Team All-Stars
Bill Dickey
Bert Haas
Ralph Hodgin
Pretzel Pezzullo
Player Salaries
Johnny Vander Meer $ 6,671,429
Buzz Boyle $ 4,390,000
Pinky Higgins $ 4,000,000
Bill Dickey $ 3,530,000
Danny Macfayden $ 3,000,000
Mark Koenig $ 1,400,000
Leo Norris $ 671,429
Jim Winford $ 570,000
Tony Freitas $ 510,000
Lee Grissom $ 510,000
Woody Rich $ 510,000
Gil English $ 400,000
Birdie Tebbetts $ 350,000
Joe Sullivan $ 350,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 350,000
Bill Cox $ 300,000
Fred Hutchinson $ 300,000
Eddie Collins $ 300,000
Mark Christman $ 300,000
Guy Cantrell $ 300,000
Al Epperly $ 300,000
Jimmy Wasdell $ 300,000
Bert Haas $ 300,000
Bob Klinger $ 300,000
Ralph Hodgin $ 300,000
Jim Bivin $ 300,000
Bobby Mattick $ 300,000
Eddie Miller $ 300,000
Johnny Peacock $ 300,000
Pretzel Pezzullo $ 300,000
Al Rubeling $ 300,000
Stan Sperry $ 300,000
Pete Suder $ 300,000
Lou Tost $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Pinky Higgins
2/2 Signed     Danny Macfayden
2/6 Signed     Lee Grissom
2/8 Signed     Jim Winford
5/1 Traded Dizzy Trout Oakland Fred Hutchinson
Round Draft Pick.
5/1 Traded Dizzy Dean San Diego Eddie Lukon
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Joe Krakauskas Detroit Ed Boland
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Woody English Detroit Chuck Stevens
7/1 Traded Frank Demaree Montreal Ken Silvestri
7/1 Traded Ken Silvestri Detroit Spades Wood