1949 Boston Braves season
1949 Boston Braves | |
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Record | 75–79 (.487) |
League place | 4th |
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Owner(s) | Louis R. Perini |
General manager(s) | John J. Quinn |
Manager(s) | Billy Southworth, Johnny Cooney |
Local television | WNAC WBZ-TV (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley) |
Local radio | WHDH (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan) |
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The 1949 Boston Braves season was the 79th season of the franchise.
Offseason[]
- December 15, 1948: Mike McCormick and Nanny Fernandez were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Reiser.[1]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 48–29 | 49–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | 1 | 51–26 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 16 | 40–37 | 41–36 |
Boston Braves | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 22 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
New York Giants | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 24 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 26 | 36–41 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 35 | 35–42 | 27–50 |
Chicago Cubs | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 36 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10–2 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 5–17 | 13–9 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 5–17–1 | |||||
New York | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 17–5–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — |
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Del Crandall | 67 | 228 | 60 | .263 | 4 | 34 |
1B | Elbie Fletcher | 122 | 413 | 108 | .262 | 11 | 51 |
2B | Eddie Stanky | 138 | 506 | 144 | .285 | 1 | 42 |
SS | Al Dark | 130 | 529 | 146 | .276 | 3 | 53 |
3B | Bob Elliott | 139 | 482 | 135 | .280 | 17 | 76 |
OF | Tommy Holmes | 117 | 380 | 101 | .266 | 8 | 59 |
OF | Marv Rickert | 100 | 277 | 81 | .292 | 6 | 49 |
OF | Jim Russell | 130 | 415 | 96 | .231 | 8 | 54 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Sibby Sisti | 101 | 268 | 69 | .257 | 5 | 22 |
Pete Reiser | 84 | 221 | 60 | .271 | 8 | 40 |
Ed Sauer | 79 | 214 | 57 | .266 | 3 | 31 |
Connie Ryan | 85 | 208 | 52 | .250 | 6 | 20 |
Bill Salkeld | 66 | 161 | 41 | .255 | 5 | 25 |
Clint Conatser | 53 | 152 | 40 | .263 | 3 | 16 |
Jeff Heath | 36 | 111 | 34 | .306 | 9 | 23 |
Phil Masi | 37 | 105 | 22 | .210 | 0 | 6 |
Earl Torgeson | 25 | 100 | 26 | .260 | 4 | 19 |
Mickey Livingston | 28 | 64 | 15 | .234 | 0 | 6 |
Ray Sanders | 9 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Don Thompson | 7 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Al Lakeman | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Kuczek | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Warren Spahn | 38 | 302.1 | 21 | 14 | 3.07 | 151 |
Johnny Sain | 37 | 243 | 10 | 17 | 4.81 | 73 |
Vern Bickford | 37 | 230.2 | 16 | 11 | 4.25 | 101 |
Bill Voiselle | 30 | 169.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.04 | 63 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Antonelli | 22 | 96 | 3 | 7 | 3.56 | 48 |
Bob Hall | 31 | 74.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.36 | 43 |
Glenn Elliott | 22 | 68.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.95 | 15 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Nels Potter | 41 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4.19 | 57 |
Bobby Hogue | 33 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.13 | 23 |
Red Barrett | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 | 17 |
Johnny Beazley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Clyde Shoun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Milwaukee Brewers | American Association | Nick Cullop |
A | Hartford Chiefs | Eastern League | Earl Browne and Ripper Collins |
A | Denver Bears | Western League | Mike Gazella, and Earl Browne |
B | Evansville Braves | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
B | Pawtucket Slaters | New England League | Ripper Collins, Earl Browne and Dutch Dorman |
B | Jackson Senators | Southeastern League | Willis Hudlin |
C | Eau Claire Bears | Northern League | Andy Cohen |
D | Bluefield Blue-Grays | Appalachian League | Ernie White |
D | Marysville Braves | Far West League | |
D | Owensboro Oilers | KITTY League | Bill Adair |
D | High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms | North Carolina State League |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield, High Point-Thomasville
References[]
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