1950 Boston Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 944,391, Avg. 13,591
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Billy Southworth (83-71)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1950 Boston Braves Roster
1950 Boston Braves Results

The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1950 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Braves scored 785 runs and yielded 736 runs. Sid Gordon paced Boston with 27 home runs, while Earl Torgeson, Bob Elliott and Sam Jethroe each walloped 20 or more, too. Bob Elliott drove in 107 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Warren Spahn led the squad with 21 wins, and Vern Bickford and Johnny Sain added 15 or more victories as well Warren Spahn recorded a 3.16 ERA, tops 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	17	.553	3.16	41	39	2	25	1	1	293.0	248	123	103	22	111	191	1	0	8	1217
Johnny Sain	20	13	.606	3.94	37	37	0	25	3	0	278.3	294	139	122	34	70	96	2	3	5	1178
Vern Bickford	19	14	.576	3.47	40	39	1	27	2	0	311.7	293	135	120	25	122	126	6	1	5	1325
Bob Chipman	7	7	.500	4.43	27	12	9	4	0	1	124.0	127	75	61	10	37	40	4	3	0	534
Max Surkont	5	2	.714	3.23	9	6	3	2	0	0	55.7	63	29	20	5	20	21	2	0	0	246
Normie Roy	4	3	.571	5.13	19	6	4	2	0	1	59.7	72	38	34	7	39	25	2	1	0	279
Bobby Hogue	3	5	.375	5.03	36	1	20	0	0	7	62.7	69	35	35	8	31	15	4	0	2	284
Ernie Johnson	2	0	1.000	6.97	16	1	7	0	0	0	20.7	37	21	16	1	13	15	0	0	1	110
Johnny Antonelli	2	3	.400	5.93	20	6	6	2	1	0	57.7	81	46	38	2	22	33	4	1	0	275
Dick Manville	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	10
Bucky Walters	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	19
Murray Wall	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	20
Dave Cole	0	1	.000	1.13	4	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	7	2	1	0	3	8	1	0	0	32
Mickey Haefner	0	2	.000	5.63	8	2	3	1	0	0	24.0	23	15	15	3	12	10	0	0	0	106
Bob Hall	0	2	.000	6.97	21	4	5	0	0	0	50.3	58	43	39	8	33	22	2	3	2	237
Dick Donovan	0	2	.000	8.19	10	3	4	0	0	0	29.7	28	28	27	4	34	9	2	1	1	147
Totals	83	71	.539	4.14	291	156	68	88	7	10	1385.3	1411	736	637	129	554	615	30	13	26	6019

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Earl Torgeson	156	704	576	120	167	30	3	23	87	15	119	69	.290	.412	.472	.885	272	10	1	8
Bob Elliott	142	602	531	94	162	28	5	24	107	2	68	67	.305	.386	.512	.898	272	18	2	1
Sam Jethroe	141	642	582	100	159	28	8	18	58	35	52	93	.273	.338	.442	.780	257	8	5	3
Sid Gordon	134	562	481	78	146	33	4	27	103	2	78	31	.304	.403	.557	.960	268	14	2	1
Roy Hartsfield	107	450	419	62	116	15	2	7	24	7	27	61	.277	.322	.372	.694	156	3	1	3
Buddy Kerr	155	571	507	45	115	24	6	2	46	0	50	50	.227	.296	.310	.606	157	21	0	14
Walker Cooper	102	373	337	52	111	19	3	14	60	1	30	26	.329	.389	.528	.917	178	8	3	3
Tommy Holmes	105	363	322	44	96	20	1	9	51	0	33	8	.298	.370	.450	.821	145	10	4	4
Willard Marshall	105	336	298	38	70	10	2	5	40	1	36	5	.235	.319	.332	.652	99	10	1	1
Del Crandall	79	274	255	21	56	11	0	4	37	0	13	24	.220	.257	.310	.567	79	6	0	6
Luis Olmo	69	173	154	23	35	7	1	5	22	3	18	23	.227	.308	.383	.691	59	7	0	1
Gene Mauch	48	137	121	17	28	5	0	1	15	1	14	9	.231	.316	.298	.614	36	5	1	1
Warren Spahn	41	118	106	7	23	0	0	1	13	1	6	33	.217	.265	.245	.511	26	1	1	5
Johnny Sain	37	116	102	9	21	2	0	1	15	0	6	3	.206	.257	.255	.512	26	2	1	7
Sibby Sisti	69	123	105	21	18	3	1	2	11	1	16	19	.171	.287	.276	.563	29	3	1	1
Pete Reiser	53	98	78	12	16	2	0	1	10	1	18	22	.205	.367	.269	.637	21	1	2	0
Vern Bickford	40	128	116	9	16	0	0	0	6	0	3	24	.138	.160	.138	.298	16	0	0	9
Connie Ryan	20	87	72	12	14	2	0	3	6	0	12	9	.194	.326	.347	.673	25	3	2	1
Max Surkont	9	24	23	4	10	2	0	1	5	0	1	3	.435	.458	.652	1.111	15	0	0	0
Bob Addis	16	31	28	7	7	1	0	0	2	1	3	5	.250	.323	.286	.608	8	0	0	0
Bob Chipman	27	42	39	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	.154	.195	.154	.349	6	1	0	1
Paul Burris	10	25	23	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	.174	.208	.217	.426	5	2	0	1
Bobby Hogue	36	15	13	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	4	0	0	1
Normie Roy	19	21	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.250	.167	.417	3	1	0	1
Walt Linden	3	6	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	3	0	0	0
Mickey Haefner	8	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	1	0	1
Johnny Antonelli	20	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	1	0	0
Ernie Johnson	16	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Dick Donovan	10	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.167	.500	.167	.667	1	0	0	0
Bob Hall	21	13	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	0	0
Dave Cole	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Emil Verban	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Murray Wall	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bucky Walters	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Manville	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1809	6079	5363	785	1411	246	36	148	726	71	615	616	.263	.342	.405	.747	2173	136	27	74

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Earl Torgeson	1B	156	1365	110	21	126	.986	9.455	0
Sibby Sisti	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Del Crandall	1B	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Emil Verban	2B	2	7	3	2	2	.833	5.000	0
Sibby Sisti	2B	19	42	41	5	8	.943	4.368	0
Connie Ryan	2B	20	57	59	0	16	1.000	5.800	0
Gene Mauch	2B	28	77	72	5	17	.968	5.321	0
Roy Hartsfield	2B	96	236	247	26	53	.949	5.031	0
Sibby Sisti	3B	13	14	15	2	0	.935	2.231	0
Pete Reiser	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Luis Olmo	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gene Mauch	3B	7	2	5	2	0	.778	1.000	0
Sid Gordon	3B	10	5	24	1	0	.967	2.900	0
Bob Elliott	3B	137	141	256	20	26	.952	2.898	0
Walt Linden	C	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Del Crandall	C	75	311	41	12	7	.967	4.693	3
Walker Cooper	C	88	386	47	12	9	.973	4.920	5
Paul Burris	C	8	39	0	0	0	1.000	4.875	1
Sibby Sisti	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Pete Reiser	OF	24	46	0	1	0	.979	1.917	0
Luis Olmo	OF	55	74	1	2	0	.974	1.364	0
Willard Marshall	OF	85	150	11	7	2	.958	1.894	0
Sam Jethroe	OF	141	355	17	12	6	.969	2.638	0
Tommy Holmes	OF	88	151	6	0	0	1.000	1.784	0
Sid Gordon	OF	123	278	8	3	1	.990	2.325	0
Bob Addis	OF	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bucky Walters	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Murray Wall	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Max Surkont	P	9	1	9	0	0	1.000	1.111	0
Warren Spahn	P	41	9	55	8	3	.889	1.561	0
Johnny Sain	P	37	14	42	4	3	.933	1.514	0
Normie Roy	P	19	3	11	0	1	1.000	.737	0
Dick Manville	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ernie Johnson	P	16	1	10	0	0	1.000	.688	0
Bobby Hogue	P	36	1	14	0	4	1.000	.417	0
Bob Hall	P	21	4	7	1	0	.917	.524	0
Mickey Haefner	P	8	0	4	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Dick Donovan	P	10	1	5	0	1	1.000	.600	0
Dave Cole	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Bob Chipman	P	27	5	12	2	0	.895	.630	0
Vern Bickford	P	40	26	45	2	5	.973	1.775	0
Johnny Antonelli	P	20	2	13	1	0	.938	.750	0
Sibby Sisti	SS	23	14	13	2	3	.931	1.174	0
Gene Mauch	SS	5	4	8	0	1	1.000	2.400	0
Buddy Kerr	SS	155	310	471	28	97	.965	5.039	0
Totals		1664	4155	1683	182	392	.970	3.508	9

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