1949 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 69-93
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 715
Runs Allowed: 821
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 935,822
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the NL
AA: 60-77, 7th in the NL
A: 63-74, 7th 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  Hal Jeffcoat 24 157 562 63 143 15 6 5 49 4 5 47 66 .254 .312 .329 .641 56.8 6.2 3.9
RF *George Myatt 35 152 497 71 143 17 5 0 61 51 11 60 46 .288 .363 .342 .705 69.0 12.7 2.0
C  Ray Lamanno 29 138 463 50 121 21 0 5 61 0 0 47 60 .261 .327 .339 .666 52.8 7.1 5.9
1B *Tony Lupien 32 127 344 49 98 12 3 3 38 21 14 34 14 .285 .350 .363 .713 42.1 6.2 2.0
LF *Marv Rackley 27 99 329 45 92 9 4 2 40 9 4 26 13 .280 .331 .350 .681 37.0 5.3 1.3
RF *Vance Dinges 34 129 302 38 76 9 2 3 35 7 1 29 12 .252 .315 .325 .640 33.1 4.4 1.3
DH  Pat Seerey 26 81 265 59 73 4 0 20 57 0 0 65 59 .275 .416 .517 .933 57.8 13.0 1.1
SS  Al Brancato 30 112 296 38 59 15 0 3 32 3 3 31 43 .199 .277 .280 .558 21.4 0.0 3.0
2B *Grady Hatton 26 78 266 53 78 11 3 17 57 9 3 56 25 .293 .411 .549 .960 60.4 14.3 2.5
LF  Tommy O'Brien 30 92 230 30 64 6 1 3 28 1 0 29 7 .278 .359 .352 .711 27.4 4.2 1.0
3B  Pete Suder 33 85 228 26 58 15 1 2 20 0 0 15 14 .254 .299 .355 .654 21.9 2.4 3.1
RF *Dick Kokos 21 54 191 31 50 8 0 9 28 0 0 32 35 .262 .364 .445 .809 31.7 6.2 0.9
SS  George Kell 26 52 195 22 50 14 0 3 30 1 0 13 12 .256 .305 .374 .679 20.1 2.5 1.5
3B *Johnny Pesky 29 51 186 27 54 11 0 1 26 1 1 19 2 .290 .354 .366 .720 22.6 3.7 2.2
C  Frank Mancuso 31 85 176 22 52 3 5 2 24 0 0 14 21 .295 .349 .403 .752 23.4 4.3 2.5
SS  Eddie Miller 32 67 165 11 38 3 1 3 15 0 0 10 21 .230 .274 .315 .589 11.4 0.1 0.9
1B *Eddie Lukon 28 44 149 27 43 7 0 7 25 0 0 15 12 .289 .349 .477 .826 24.0 4.8 0.6
CF #Sam Jethroe 31 86 91 14 19 2 1 0 12 2 2 10 19 .209 .294 .253 .547 5.5 0.0 0.3
P  Joe Dobson 32 37 78 6 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 30 .205 .235 .231 .465 3.9 0.0 0.0
P #Steve Gromek 29 29 73 2 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 12 .137 .158 .178 .336 1.0 0.0 0.0
3B *Glenn Crawford 35 20 56 3 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 9 10 .196 .308 .196 .504 3.4 0.0 0.6
P  Bill Ayers 29 26 54 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .167 .196 .185 .382 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 30 15 39 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .077 .075 .077 .152 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh East 29 36 42 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .119 .119 .119 .238 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Haynes 31 15 39 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .205 .205 .205 .410 1.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Sam Dente 27 33 33 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 1 .152 .256 .242 .499 2.2 0.0 0.5
P *Joe Nuxhall 20 13 30 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .100 .156 .133 .290 0.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Paul Campbell 31 27 30 5 13 3 0 1 9 0 0 0 4 .433 .433 .633 1.067 6.5 1.9 0.0
P  Johnny Beazley 31 22 23 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .130 .167 .174 .341 0.0 0.0 0.0
C  Buddy Gremp 29 18 18 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .278 .333 .500 .833 3.2 0.4 0.3
LF *Al Libke 30 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 0.0 0.0 0.0
LF #Chuck Stevens 30 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .375 .333 .708 1.4 0.2 0.1
P  Bill Cox 36 44 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
CF *Eddie Collins 32 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Hal White 30 60 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2 0.0
P  Tommy De La Cruz 37 43 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P *Dutch McCall 28 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2194 5487 715 1407 194 33 91 686 111 46 578 614 .256 .327 .354 .680 640.8 100.3 37.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 5 5 7 4 7 5 1 8 6 4 5 5 8 7 6  
* - 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
 Joe Dobson 32 9 14 .391 37 37 0 255.7 262 108 22 91 83 3.80 18.0
 Steve Gromek 29 10 13 .435 29 29 0 217.7 217 96 19 117 67 3.97 13.5
 Bill Ayers 29 5 14 .263 26 26 0 163.3 164 86 20 83 77 4.74 6.1
 Hugh East 29 7 12 .368 36 17 3 140.0 116 72 12 100 72 4.63 6.3
 Joe Haynes 31 8 6 .571 15 15 0 110.3 132 52 4 29 23 4.24 6.2
 Bill Voiselle 30 8 4 .667 15 15 0 108.3 93 45 18 41 72 3.74 8.1
*Joe Nuxhall 20 5 5 .500 13 13 0 94.0 105 55 8 48 41 5.27 2.9
 Johnny Beazley 31 3 4 .429 22 8 0 78.3 87 40 10 36 14 4.60 2.5
 Hal White 30 5 5 .500 60 0 2 74.3 96 50 8 58 25 6.05 1.1
 Tommy De La Cruz 37 1 2 .333 43 0 1 52.0 58 36 9 30 11 6.23 0.4
 Bill Cox 36 1 9 .100 44 2 14 48.3 64 48 7 41 12 8.94 0.0
*Dutch McCall 28 5 2 .714 37 0 1 44.0 53 25 13 16 13 5.11 2.2
 Jesse Flores 34 2 0 1.000 20 0 2 22.3 29 11 4 9 9 4.43 1.7
 Lee Stine 35 0 3 .000 11 0 1 9.3 15 10 4 9 2 9.65 0.0
 Glenn Gardner 33 0 0 .000 5 0 1 5.3 7 4 2 0 2 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 30.9 69 93 .426 413 162 25 1423.3 1498 738 160 708 523 4.67 69.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 5 6 7 6 8 5 5 7 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 .990 33.8
R.Lamanno 1054.0 121 126 396 48 8 0 .982 34.0
F.Mancuso 344.3 38 50 148 20 1 0 .994 55.6
B.Gremp 25.0 3 5 26 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1423.3 162 181 570 69 9 0 .986 40.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.19
V.Dinges 356.0 41 48 437 35 4 41 .992 11.93
P.Seerey 297.0 35 37 409 34 6 38 .987 13.42
T.Lupien 238.0 26 31 296 26 4 39 .988 12.18
E.Miller 159.0 19 22 200 18 0 19 1.000 12.34
E.Lukon 121.6 15 15 165 10 1 16 .994 12.95
R.Lamanno 44.0 5 7 54 5 0 6 1.000 12.07
P.Campbell 19.0 2 6 20 6 0 3 1.000 12.32
B.Gremp 10.0 0 5 15 1 0 2 1.000 14.40
C.Stevens 3.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1247.6 143 173 1601 136 15 164 .991 12.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.31
G.Myatt 593.3 68 74 141 269 11 63 .974 6.22
G.Kell 152.5 17 18 36 70 2 15 .981 6.26
E.Miller 151.0 17 19 49 71 2 17 .984 7.15
G.Hatton 57.4 7 7 14 27 1 7 .976 6.43
A.Brancato 36.7 3 8 7 9 0 4 1.000 3.93
P.Suder 33.0 4 6 7 16 1 5 .958 6.27
S.Dente 30.0 3 6 11 17 1 2 .966 8.40
G.Crawford 7.0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 6.43
J.Pesky 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1062.9 120 140 267 483 18 113 .977 6.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.94
G.Hatton 554.9 66 70 38 143 8 12 .958 2.94
P.Suder 354.0 43 48 23 92 2 10 .983 2.92
T.Lupien 295.7 33 41 14 82 2 2 .980 2.92
G.Kell 271.9 32 32 21 71 5 6 .948 3.05
G.Crawford 115.5 16 17 9 30 2 3 .951 3.04
A.Brancato 99.0 11 15 5 23 1 1 .966 2.55
S.Dente 36.7 2 14 1 16 0 1 1.000 4.17
G.Myatt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1728.6 203 238 111 457 20 35 .966 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.49
A.Brancato 651.0 78 87 119 275 30 50 .929 5.45
J.Pesky 424.2 49 50 76 199 7 39 .975 5.83
P.Suder 203.7 22 31 43 105 4 26 .974 6.54
E.Miller 95.7 10 20 26 38 4 12 .941 6.02
S.Dente 34.0 2 13 6 12 2 4 .900 4.76
G.Crawford 9.4 1 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.74
G.Kell 8.4 0 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.50
M.Rackley 3.7 0 3 2 2 1 1 .800 9.84
S.Jethroe 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Mancuso 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.3 162 213 274 642 48 133 .950 5.75
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
M.Rackley 679.7 82 83 134 0 1 0 .993 1.77
E.Lukon 223.4 27 28 50 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
G.Myatt 163.3 18 24 29 3 2 0 .941 1.76
V.Dinges 86.0 9 18 19 3 0 0 1.000 2.30
T.Lupien 47.0 4 11 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.91
T.O'Brien 45.7 3 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
P.Seerey 26.2 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
C.Stevens 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
A.Brancato 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
D.Kokos 3.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Collins 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1292.5 148 186 264 8 3 0 .989 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.60
H.Jeffcoat 1234.7 145 152 349 8 6 4 .983 2.60
V.Dinges 97.0 9 20 37 0 0 0 1.000 3.43
S.Jethroe 78.7 8 15 28 0 1 0 .966 3.20
G.Myatt 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Libke 6.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Seerey 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33
M.Rackley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Campbell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Lukon 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.8 163 197 417 8 7 4 .984 2.68
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
D.Kokos 450.1 52 52 99 1 5 0 .952 2.00
T.O'Brien 409.0 46 56 87 1 3 1 .967 1.94
G.Myatt 336.7 40 41 76 3 1 1 .988 2.11
P.Seerey 328.2 36 38 78 1 3 0 .963 2.17
T.Lupien 149.7 17 19 33 0 1 0 .971 1.98
V.Dinges 71.3 8 11 20 3 1 0 .958 2.90
E.Collins 12.7 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
E.Lukon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Stevens 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
S.Jethroe 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Brancato 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1762.6 200 224 400 9 14 2 .967 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.33
J.Dobson 255.7 37 37 14 47 3 7 .953 2.15
S.Gromek 217.7 29 29 15 59 0 4 1.000 3.06
B.Ayers 163.3 26 26 8 31 1 2 .975 2.15
H.East 140.0 17 36 7 31 1 7 .974 2.44
J.Haynes 110.3 15 15 8 25 0 1 1.000 2.69
B.Voiselle 108.3 15 15 5 28 2 1 .943 2.74
J.Nuxhall 94.0 13 13 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.82
J.Beazley 78.3 8 22 7 23 0 1 1.000 3.45
H.White 74.3 0 60 9 16 1 2 .962 3.03
T.De La Cruz 52.0 0 43 8 13 0 1 1.000 3.63
B.Cox 48.3 2 44 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.23
D.McCall 44.0 0 37 3 9 1 0 .923 2.45
J.Flores 22.3 0 20 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.21
L.Stine 9.3 0 11 2 1 1 0 .750 2.89
G.Gardner 5.3 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1423.3 162 413 97 308 10 29 .976 2.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Myatt .288
On-Base Pct Myatt .363
Slugging Pct Myatt .342
OPS Myatt .705
XR Myatt 69.0
Games Jeffcoat 157
At-Bats Jeffcoat 562
Runs Myatt 71
Hits Jeffcoat, Myatt 143
Total Bases Jeffcoat 185
Singles Myatt 121
Doubles Lamanno 21
Triples Jeffcoat 6
Homeruns Seerey 20
RBIs Myatt, Lamanno 61
Stolen Bases Myatt 51
Caught Stealing Lupien 14
Walks Seerey 65
Strikeouts Jeffcoat 66
ERA Dobson 3.80
Wins Gromek 10
Losses Ayers, Dobson 14
Winning Pct Gromek .435
Saves Cox 14
Games Pitched White 60
Games Started Dobson 37
Complete Games Gromek 8
Shutouts Haynes 2
Innings Pitched Dobson 255.7
Hits Allowed Dobson 262
Homeruns Allowed Dobson 22
Strikeouts Dobson 83
Walks Allowed Gromek 117
Walks per 9IP Dobson 3.2
Hits per 9IP Gromek 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Ayers 4.2
WHiP Dobson 1.38
OAVG Ayers .262
OOBP Dobson .329
OSLG Dobson .362
OOPS Dobson .691
Team All-Stars
Hugh East
Player Salaries
Joe Dobson $ 7,000,000
Cecil Travis $ 4,500,000
Sam Jethroe $ 3,850,000
Glenn Crawford $ 3,000,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 1,600,000
George Myatt $ 1,520,000
Lee Stine $ 1,320,000
Bill Cox $ 1,291,429
Ray Lamanno $ 978,571
Tommy De La Cruz $ 870,000
Bucky Jacobs $ 380,000
Jesse Flores $ 360,000
Frank Mancuso $ 350,000
Tony Lupien $ 350,000
Al Libke $ 350,000
Eddie Miller $ 350,000
Pete Suder $ 350,000
Vance Dinges $ 350,000
Al Brancato $ 300,000
Paul Campbell $ 300,000
Dain Clay $ 300,000
Eddie Collins $ 300,000
Don Wheeler $ 300,000
Chuck Stevens $ 300,000
Sam Dente $ 300,000
Joe Rullo $ 300,000
Hal Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Glenn Gardner $ 300,000
Dutch McCall $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Steve Gromek $ 300,000
Warren Hacker $ 300,000
Bill Ayers $ 300,000
Marv Rackley $ 300,000
Hal White $ 300,000
Dick Kokos $ 300,000
Hugh East $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Doyle Lade Montreal Hal White
Lee Stine
Spec Shea
$1,320,000
6/1 Traded Joe Nuxhall
Joe Haynes
George Kell
St. Louis Glenn Crawford
Billy Goodman
Cecil Travis
6/1 Traded Bill Voiselle
Johnny Pesky
Minnesota Joe Rullo
6/1 Traded Eddie Lukon New York (N) Warren Hacker
Johnny Pramesa
Buddy Lively
Jesse Flores
Al Libke
7/1 Traded Grady Hatton
Pat Seerey
Johnny Beazley
Tampa Bay Dick Kokos
Nellie Fox
Bob Hall