1947 Boston Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 86-68
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,277,361, Avg. 18,791
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Billy Southworth (86-68)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1947 Boston Braves Roster
1947 Boston Braves Results

The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1947 season with a record of 86 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Braves paced the league with just 622 runs allowed. Boston scored 701 runs. Bob Elliott led the team with 22 home runs, while Earl Torgeson walloped 20 or more, too. Bob Elliott drove in 113 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .317 average. Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn paced the squad with 21 wins each, and Warren Spahn recorded a 2.33 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Southworth coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Warren Spahn	21	10	.677	2.33	40	35	4	22	7	3	289.7	245	87	75	15	84	123	1	0	5	1174
Johnny Sain	21	12	.636	3.52	38	35	3	22	3	1	266.0	265	117	104	19	79	132	4	0	3	1131
Red Barrett	11	12	.478	3.55	36	30	3	12	3	1	210.7	200	102	83	16	53	53	2	0	1	881
Bill Voiselle	8	7	.533	4.32	22	20	0	7	0	0	131.3	146	66	63	10	51	59	1	0	1	576
Si Johnson	6	8	.429	4.23	36	10	15	3	0	2	112.7	124	57	53	7	34	27	1	0	1	493
Clyde Shoun	5	3	.625	4.40	26	3	9	1	1	1	73.7	73	41	36	6	21	23	0	0	0	312
Walt Lanfranconi	4	4	.500	2.95	36	4	12	1	0	1	64.0	65	23	21	2	27	18	0	0	0	271
Ed Wright	3	3	.500	6.40	23	6	6	1	0	0	64.7	80	52	46	9	35	14	2	0	1	305
Johnny Beazley	2	0	1.000	4.40	9	2	4	2	0	0	28.7	30	15	14	1	19	12	0	0	3	133
Andy Karl	2	3	.400	3.86	27	0	17	0	0	3	35.0	41	18	15	2	13	5	0	0	0	147
Mort Cooper	2	5	.286	4.05	10	7	1	2	0	0	46.7	48	26	21	2	13	15	2	0	0	198
Ray Martin	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	37
Ernie White	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	13
Max Macon	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7
Dick Mulligan	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	11
Johnny Lanning	0	0		9.82	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	4	5	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	18
Glenn Elliott	0	1	.000	4.74	11	0	4	0	0	1	19.0	18	10	10	4	11	8	0	0	0	80
Totals	86	68	.558	3.62	321	154	80	74	14	13	1362.7	1352	622	548	93	453	494	13	1	15	5787

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Tommy Holmes	150	676	618	90	191	33	3	9	53	3	44	16	.309	.360	.416	.776	257	15	5	9
Bob Elliott	150	645	555	93	176	35	5	22	113	3	87	60	.317	.410	.517	.927	287	15	0	3
Connie Ryan	150	627	544	60	144	33	5	5	69	5	71	60	.265	.351	.371	.722	202	12	1	11
Phil Masi	126	470	411	54	125	22	4	9	50	7	47	27	.304	.377	.443	.820	182	12	1	11
Johnny Hopp	134	502	430	74	124	20	2	2	32	13	58	30	.288	.376	.358	.734	154	8	2	12
Earl Torgeson	128	484	399	73	112	20	6	16	78	11	82	59	.281	.403	.481	.885	192	6	0	3
Bama Rowell	113	414	384	48	106	23	2	5	40	7	18	14	.276	.310	.385	.696	148	3	1	11
Mike McCormick	92	315	284	42	81	13	7	3	36	1	20	21	.285	.332	.412	.744	117	10	0	11
Frank McCormick	81	225	212	24	75	18	2	2	43	2	11	8	.354	.386	.486	.871	103	8	0	2
Danny Litwhiler	91	254	226	38	59	5	2	7	31	1	25	43	.261	.337	.394	.731	89	6	1	2
Dick Culler	77	241	214	20	53	5	1	0	19	1	19	15	.248	.309	.280	.589	60	5	0	8
Sibby Sisti	56	181	153	22	43	8	0	2	15	2	20	17	.281	.371	.373	.744	57	4	2	6
Nanny Fernandez	83	237	209	16	43	4	0	2	21	2	22	20	.206	.281	.254	.535	53	5	0	6
Johnny Sain	40	118	107	13	37	7	0	0	18	0	3	1	.346	.364	.411	.775	44	2	0	8
Hank Camelli	52	170	150	10	29	8	1	1	11	0	18	18	.193	.280	.280	.560	42	8	0	2
Warren Spahn	41	112	98	6	16	2	1	0	6	0	6	29	.163	.212	.204	.416	20	0	0	8
Bill Voiselle	22	56	53	3	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	12	.170	.170	.208	.377	11	3	0	3
Red Barrett	36	80	72	6	8	5	0	0	4	0	1	12	.111	.123	.181	.304	13	3	0	7
Clyde Shoun	26	20	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.158	.158	.158	.316	3	0	0	1
Ed Wright	23	24	23	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	4	.130	.167	.217	.384	5	1	0	0
Tommy Neill	7	12	10	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	4	1	1	0
Ernie White	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Glenn Elliott	11	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1
Andy Karl	27	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	2	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0
Si Johnson	36	31	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	.033	.065	.033	.098	1	0	0	0
Ray Martin	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Max Macon	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Beazley	9	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2
Bob Brady	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mort Cooper	10	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	1	0	1
Walt Lanfranconi	37	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Dick Mulligan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Johnny Lanning	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1819	5954	5253	701	1444	265	42	85	645	58	558	502	.275	.346	.390	.736	2048	130	14	129

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Earl Torgeson	1B	117	1033	76	18	83	.984	9.479	0
Frank McCormick	1B	46	428	26	2	31	.996	9.870	0
Sibby Sisti	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Connie Ryan	2B	150	393	432	23	88	.973	5.500	0
Bama Rowell	2B	7	9	11	1	1	.952	2.857	0
Danny Murtaugh	2B	2	7	6	0	1	1.000	6.500	0
Bama Rowell	3B	4	5	6	2	0	.846	2.750	0
Danny Murtaugh	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Nanny Fernandez	3B	6	7	6	1	0	.929	2.167	0
Bob Elliott	3B	148	129	302	20	25	.956	2.912	0
Phil Masi	C	123	411	58	5	1	.989	3.813	3
Hank Camelli	C	51	194	20	5	3	.977	4.196	4
Bama Rowell	OF	100	202	4	12	0	.945	2.060	0
Tommy Neill	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Mike McCormick	OF	79	155	4	3	0	.981	2.013	0
Danny Litwhiler	OF	66	119	2	3	0	.976	1.833	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	125	296	2	6	0	.980	2.384	0
Tommy Holmes	OF	147	336	12	4	4	.989	2.367	0
Nanny Fernandez	OF	8	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.125	0
Ed Wright	P	23	4	10	0	1	1.000	.609	0
Ernie White	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bill Voiselle	P	22	6	26	1	3	.970	1.455	0
Warren Spahn	P	40	5	48	1	1	.981	1.325	0
Clyde Shoun	P	26	2	9	0	0	1.000	.423	0
Johnny Sain	P	38	11	55	3	1	.957	1.737	0
Dick Mulligan	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ray Martin	P	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Max Macon	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Johnny Lanning	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Walt Lanfranconi	P	36	1	20	0	0	1.000	.583	0
Andy Karl	P	27	5	13	0	2	1.000	.667	0
Si Johnson	P	36	3	36	0	3	1.000	1.083	0
Glenn Elliott	P	11	0	5	0	1	1.000	.455	0
Mort Cooper	P	10	2	5	0	0	1.000	.700	0
Johnny Beazley	P	9	3	4	0	0	1.000	.778	0
Red Barrett	P	36	17	38	3	2	.948	1.528	0
Sibby Sisti	SS	51	93	121	12	24	.947	4.196	0
Connie Ryan	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Nanny Fernandez	SS	62	89	146	17	22	.933	3.790	0
Dick Culler	SS	77	106	212	11	31	.967	4.130	0
Totals		1696	4086	1723	153	328	.974	3.425	7

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