1951 Boston Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 487,475, Avg. 7,587
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Billy Southworth (28-31)
Manager: Tommy Holmes (48-47)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1951 Boston Braves Roster
1951 Boston Braves Results

The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1951 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Braves scored 723 runs and allowed 662 runs. Sid Gordon led Boston with 29 home runs, while Sam Jethroe, Earl Torgeson, Walker Cooper and Bob Elliott each walloped 20 or more also. Sid Gordon drove in 109 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .287 average. Warren Spahn paced the squad with 22 wins, and Chet Nichols recorded a 2.88 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Southworth and Tommy Holmes 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	22	14	.611	2.98	39	36	3	26	7	0	310.7	278	111	103	20	109	164	1	1	7	1289
Max Surkont	12	16	.429	3.99	37	33	3	11	2	1	237.0	230	119	105	21	89	110	7	0	5	1022
Chet Nichols	11	8	.579	2.88	33	19	6	12	3	2	156.0	142	61	50	4	69	71	1	0	8	663
Vern Bickford	11	9	.550	3.12	25	20	5	12	3	0	164.7	146	68	57	7	76	76	6	0	0	697
Jim Wilson	7	7	.500	5.40	20	15	3	5	0	1	110.0	131	67	66	14	40	33	4	0	1	491
Johnny Sain	5	13	.278	4.21	26	22	2	6	1	1	160.3	195	88	75	16	45	63	3	0	0	711
Bob Chipman	4	3	.571	4.85	33	0	22	0	0	4	52.0	59	29	28	5	19	17	2	0	2	233
Phil Paine	2	0	1.000	3.06	21	0	9	0	0	0	35.3	36	15	12	2	20	17	4	0	2	158
Dave Cole	2	4	.333	4.26	23	7	4	1	0	0	67.7	64	43	32	3	64	33	2	1	2	320
Dick Donovan	0	0		5.27	8	2	3	0	0	0	13.7	17	11	8	0	11	4	0	0	0	69
Bobby Hogue	0	0		5.40	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	20
Lew Burdette	0	0		6.23	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	6	4	3	0	5	1	1	0	1	23
George Estock	0	1	.000	4.33	37	1	16	0	0	3	60.3	56	33	29	2	37	11	0	0	2	263
Blix Donnelly	0	1	.000	7.36	6	0	1	0	0	0	7.3	8	6	6	1	6	3	1	1	1	38
Sid Schacht	0	2	.000	1.93	5	0	4	0	0	0	4.7	6	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	22
Totals	76	78	.494	3.75	319	155	82	73	16	12	1389.0	1378	662	578	96	595	604	32	3	31	6019

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Sam Jethroe	148	644	572	101	160	29	10	18	65	35	5	57	88	.280	.356	.460	.816	263	7	11	4
Sid Gordon	150	641	550	96	158	28	1	29	109	2	0	80	32	.287	.383	.500	.883	275	28	5	6
Earl Torgeson	155	690	581	99	153	21	4	24	92	20	11	102	70	.263	.375	.437	.812	254	18	2	5
Bob Elliott	136	547	480	73	137	29	2	15	70	2	0	65	56	.285	.371	.448	.819	215	16	0	2
Willard Marshall	136	523	469	65	132	24	7	11	62	0	3	48	18	.281	.351	.433	.784	203	18	2	4
Roy Hartsfield	120	497	450	63	122	11	2	6	31	7	2	41	73	.271	.333	.344	.678	155	5	1	5
Walker Cooper	109	372	342	42	107	14	1	18	59	1	1	28	18	.313	.367	.518	.884	177	10	1	1
Sibby Sisti	114	399	362	46	101	20	2	2	38	4	5	32	50	.279	.341	.362	.703	131	5	2	3
Ebba St. Claire	72	233	220	22	62	17	2	1	25	2	0	12	24	.282	.322	.391	.713	86	2	1	0
Bob Addis	85	211	199	23	55	7	0	1	24	3	2	9	10	.276	.308	.327	.634	65	4	0	3
Johnny Logan	62	193	169	14	37	7	1	0	16	0	0	18	13	.219	.298	.272	.570	46	6	1	5
Buddy Kerr	69	200	172	18	32	4	0	1	18	0	0	22	20	.186	.282	.227	.509	39	2	1	5
Luis Marquez	68	138	122	19	24	5	1	0	11	4	4	10	20	.197	.274	.254	.528	31	2	3	3
Warren Spahn	42	126	116	8	22	6	1	1	18	0	0	6	27	.190	.230	.284	.514	33	0	0	4
Johnny Sain	26	58	52	4	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	.212	.241	.308	.548	16	6	1	4
Luis Olmo	21	60	56	4	11	1	1	0	4	0	1	4	4	.196	.250	.250	.500	14	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	28	79	70	8	11	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	11	.157	.234	.229	.462	16	3	0	2
Max Surkont	37	88	73	2	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	17	.151	.225	.164	.389	12	4	0	8
Jim Wilson	20	43	39	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.179	.200	.205	.405	8	0	0	3
Chet Nichols	33	55	51	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	.137	.137	.137	.275	7	0	0	4
Dave Cole	23	17	17	1	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	4	.353	.353	.706	1.059	12	0	0	0
Vern Bickford	25	60	52	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	12	.115	.148	.135	.283	7	2	0	6
Tommy Holmes	27	32	29	1	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	4	.172	.250	.241	.491	7	0	0	0
George Estock	37	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	1
Gene Mauch	19	28	20	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	4	.100	.333	.100	.433	2	0	0	1
Bobby Hogue	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Bob Thorpe	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	0	0	0
Dick Donovan	8	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.667	1.267	2	0	0	0
Bob Chipman	33	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0
Phil Paine	21	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lew Burdette	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Blix Donnelly	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Sid Schacht	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1843	5968	5293	723	1385	234	37	130	683	80	34	565	617	.262	.336	.394	.730	2083	139	31	79

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Earl Torgeson	1B	155	1330	107	17	137	.988	9.271	0
Sibby Sisti	1B	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Sibby Sisti	2B	52	129	114	6	23	.976	4.673	0
Gene Mauch	2B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Buddy Kerr	2B	5	5	4	0	3	1.000	1.800	0
Roy Hartsfield	2B	114	336	293	20	87	.969	5.518	0
Sibby Sisti	3B	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gene Mauch	3B	3	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Sid Gordon	3B	34	51	71	5	8	.961	3.588	0
Bob Elliott	3B	127	138	242	24	31	.941	2.992	0
Ebba St. Claire	C	62	267	29	7	5	.977	4.774	5
Ray Mueller	C	23	85	15	0	2	1.000	4.348	0
Walker Cooper	C	90	367	57	8	9	.981	4.711	8
Sibby Sisti	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Luis Olmo	OF	16	23	2	0	0	1.000	1.563	0
Willard Marshall	OF	136	220	11	0	3	1.000	1.699	0
Luis Marquez	OF	43	100	2	0	0	1.000	2.372	0
Sam Jethroe	OF	140	356	18	10	4	.974	2.671	0
Tommy Holmes	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Sid Gordon	OF	122	249	4	4	1	.984	2.074	0
Bob Addis	OF	46	107	1	2	1	.982	2.348	0
Jim Wilson	P	20	4	16	0	2	1.000	1.000	0
Max Surkont	P	37	11	31	2	2	.955	1.135	0
Warren Spahn	P	39	7	50	3	1	.950	1.462	0
Sid Schacht	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Sain	P	26	13	28	1	3	.976	1.577	0
Phil Paine	P	21	2	5	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Chet Nichols	P	33	6	36	0	2	1.000	1.273	0
Bobby Hogue	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
George Estock	P	37	4	13	1	1	.944	.459	0
Dick Donovan	P	8	1	4	0	0	1.000	.625	0
Blix Donnelly	P	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Dave Cole	P	23	4	13	1	2	.944	.739	0
Bob Chipman	P	33	9	5	0	1	1.000	.424	0
Lew Burdette	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Vern Bickford	P	25	14	38	1	4	.981	2.080	0
Sibby Sisti	SS	55	91	113	12	24	.944	3.709	0
Gene Mauch	SS	10	15	16	0	2	1.000	3.100	0
Johnny Logan	SS	58	98	155	11	31	.958	4.362	0
Buddy Kerr	SS	63	110	173	9	31	.969	4.492	0
Totals		1686	4167	1672	145	420	.976	3.463	13

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