
1949 Boston Braves Statistics
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 1,081,795, Avg. 16,171
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Billy Southworth (55-54)
Manager: Johnny Cooney (20-25)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1949 Boston Braves Results
The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1949 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Braves plated 706 runs and gave up 719 runs. Bob Elliott paced Boston with 17 home runs and drove in 76 runs. Eddie Stanky led batters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Warren Spahn topped the squad with 21 wins, while Vern Bickford added 15 or more wins, too Warren Spahn recorded a 3.07 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Billy Southworth and Johnny Cooney 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Warren Spahn | 21 | 14 | .600 | 3.07 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 302.3 | 283 | 125 | 103 | 27 | 86 | 0 | 151 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1258 |
Vern Bickford | 16 | 11 | .593 | 4.25 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 230.7 | 246 | 125 | 109 | 20 | 106 | 0 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1026 |
Johnny Sain | 10 | 17 | .370 | 4.81 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 243.0 | 285 | 150 | 130 | 15 | 75 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1072 |
Bill Voiselle | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.04 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 169.3 | 170 | 84 | 76 | 14 | 78 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 737 |
Bob Hall | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.36 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 77 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 333 |
Nels Potter | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.19 | 41 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 96.7 | 99 | 49 | 45 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 418 |
Glenn Elliott | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.95 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 70 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 291 |
Johnny Antonelli | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.56 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 99 | 49 | 38 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 416 |
Bobby Hogue | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.13 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 78 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 314 |
Red Barrett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.68 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 58 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 197 |
Johnny Beazley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Clyde Shoun | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.99 | 316 | 157 | 89 | 68 | 12 | 11 | 1400.0 | 1466 | 719 | 620 | 110 | 520 | 0 | 591 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 6072 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Dark | 130 | 572 | 529 | 74 | 146 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 43 | .276 | .317 | .355 | .673 | 188 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Stanky | 138 | 628 | 506 | 90 | 144 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 41 | .285 | .417 | .358 | .775 | 181 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Elliott | 139 | 578 | 482 | 77 | 135 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 38 | .280 | .395 | .467 | .862 | 225 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Elbie Fletcher | 122 | 518 | 413 | 57 | 108 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 65 | .262 | .396 | .402 | .798 | 166 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Holmes | 117 | 425 | 380 | 47 | 101 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | .266 | .337 | .403 | .740 | 153 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Russell | 130 | 486 | 415 | 57 | 96 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 68 | .231 | .337 | .347 | .684 | 144 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Marv Rickert | 100 | 301 | 277 | 44 | 81 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 38 | .292 | .347 | .444 | .791 | 123 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sibby Sisti | 101 | 311 | 268 | 39 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 42 | .257 | .343 | .358 | .701 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Reiser | 84 | 258 | 221 | 32 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 42 | .271 | .369 | .443 | .812 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Del Crandall | 67 | 239 | 228 | 21 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .263 | .291 | .368 | .660 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Sauer | 79 | 234 | 214 | 26 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 34 | .266 | .323 | .364 | .688 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Connie Ryan | 85 | 233 | 208 | 28 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 30 | .250 | .319 | .409 | .727 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Salkeld | 66 | 209 | 161 | 17 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 24 | .255 | .417 | .379 | .796 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Clint Conatser | 53 | 167 | 152 | 10 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .263 | .325 | .362 | .687 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Heath | 36 | 126 | 111 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26 | .306 | .389 | .613 | 1.002 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Torgeson | 25 | 113 | 100 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | .260 | .345 | .450 | .795 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Masi | 37 | 120 | 105 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .210 | .303 | .229 | .531 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Sain | 39 | 102 | 97 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .206 | .222 | .237 | .459 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Warren Spahn | 40 | 120 | 111 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .162 | .191 | .216 | .408 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Livingston | 28 | 69 | 64 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .234 | .290 | .297 | .587 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vern Bickford | 37 | 93 | 81 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .185 | .205 | .185 | .390 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Hall | 31 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .364 | .364 | .409 | .773 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Voiselle | 30 | 65 | 61 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .115 | .169 | .148 | .317 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Hogue | 33 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .318 | .286 | .604 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Sanders | 9 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .143 | .280 | .190 | .470 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nels Potter | 41 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .130 | .200 | .174 | .374 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Antonelli | 22 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .120 | .154 | .120 | .274 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Don Thompson | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Kuczek | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Barrett | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Lakeman | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glenn Elliott | 22 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Shoun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Johnny Beazley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1877 | 6139 | 5336 | 706 | 1376 | 246 | 33 | 103 | 654 | 28 | 0 | 684 | 656 | .258 | .345 | .374 | .719 | 1997 | 130 | 23 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earl Torgeson | 1B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 242 | 8 | 3 | 21 | .988 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Sanders | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 8.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Connie Ryan | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marv Rickert | 1B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .963 | 6.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Lakeman | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elbie Fletcher | 1B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 965 | 71 | 9 | 96 | .991 | 8.562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Stanky | 2B | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 357 | 354 | 15 | 92 | .979 | 5.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sibby Sisti | 2B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 3.476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Connie Ryan | 2B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 9 | .958 | 4.313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sibby Sisti | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Connie Ryan | 3B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 50 | 2 | 7 | .973 | 2.880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Reiser | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Elliott | 3B | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 141 | 300 | 17 | 27 | .963 | 3.392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Dark | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Salkeld | C | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 230 | 21 | 5 | 3 | .980 | 3.984 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Masi | C | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 3.973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey Livingston | C | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 3.864 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Del Crandall | C | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 287 | 39 | 6 | 5 | .982 | 5.175 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Thompson | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sibby Sisti | OF | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Sauer | OF | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 1.930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Russell | OF | 120 | 0 | 0.0 | 269 | 3 | 7 | 3 | .975 | 2.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marv Rickert | OF | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 2.107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Reiser | OF | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 139 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .980 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Holmes | OF | 103 | 0 | 0.0 | 210 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .987 | 2.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Heath | OF | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clint Conatser | OF | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 93 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 2.227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Voiselle | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 1.367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Warren Spahn | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 41 | 4 | 2 | .932 | 1.447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clyde Shoun | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Sain | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .942 | 1.324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nels Potter | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Hogue | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Hall | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glenn Elliott | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vern Bickford | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 1.541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Beazley | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Red Barrett | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Antonelli | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .826 | .864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sibby Sisti | SS | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 42 | 5 | 3 | .937 | 4.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Connie Ryan | SS | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 50 | 3 | 7 | .965 | 4.611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Dark | SS | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 232 | 387 | 25 | 76 | .961 | 4.952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1725 | 0 | 0.0 | 4201 | 1727 | 149 | 393 | .975 | 3.437 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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