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1948 Boston Braves  (1947)  (1949) 70-84, 5th in National League Scored 677 runs, Allowed 707 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .706 Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 84-70   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 91-62 Manager(s): Jim Pardee

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Jeff Heath           33  109  396   83  132  37   2  21   60   2   3   62   50  .333  .424  .596  106  10.5  4(0)e3     33  
 OF *Tommy Holmes         31  146  624   77  204  46   8   0   60   2   6   45   28  .327  .369  .426   97   5.8  3(+2)e6   -19  
 3B  Bob Elliott          31  125  409   67  125  18   8  17   71   2   1   80   51  .306  .416  .513   91   8.1  2e27       32  
 2B  Jerry Priddy         28  154  574   73  151  33   6   9   74   6   8   78   71  .263  .347  .389   78   4.6  2e30      -98  
 OF  Wally Westlake       27  126  482   59  137  11   9  14   64   3   1   39   44  .284  .341  .432   74   5.6  2(0)e10   -42  
 SS  Alvin Dark           26  134  583   61  178  38   3   2   65   3   4   17   51  .305  .327  .391   72   4.5  3e30      -68  
 C   Phil Masi            32  123  419   49  109  28   0   3   49   1   5   47   29  .260  .338  .348   48   3.9  2(-2)e2    26  
 OF #Jim Russell          29   83  230   31   57  14   1   8   34   0   2   34   23  .248  .348  .422   33   4.9  1(-1)e4    -1  
 1B  Frank McCormick      37   52  191   26   55  11   5   8   34   0   0   14   16  .288  .337  .524   30   5.5  3e22      182  
 1B  Gil Hodges           24  119  434   39   82  13   2   7   46   8   2   35   69  .189  .246  .276   28   2.0  2e22     -165  
 C  *Bill Salkeld         31   46   88   17   24   5   1   5   16   0   2   24   19  .273  .430  .523   21   8.6  4(+2)e1   161  
 OF  Mike McCormick       31   50   65   14   24   6   1   0    2   0   1    8    5  .369  .438  .492   14   8.9  3(0)e10   151  
 3B  Eddie Miksis         21   39  122   11   32   6   0   1   10   3   0    7   19  .262  .298  .336   12   3.5  3e16       75  
 OF  Clint Conatser       26   27   60    8   17   1   3   0    5   0   0    7    9  .283  .358  .400    8   5.1  3(-3)e11    5  
 OF *Gil Coan             26   47   51   13   13   1   2   2   10   6   3    5    5  .255  .333  .471    8   5.3  3(+1)e13  173  
 3B  Willie Jones         22   18   67    6   20   3   0   2    5   0   0    3    7  .299  .329  .433    7   3.7  3e37      -70  
 SS  Sibby Sisti          27   26   84    8   19   1   0   0    8   0   0    8   22  .226  .287  .238    5   2.0  3e60     -104  
 OF  Steve Filipowicz     27   13   29    3   10   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .345  .387  .345    4   5.8  4(+1)e16  -84  
 C  *Rube Walker          22   51   55    4   12   0   1   1    7   0   0    3    6  .218  .267  .309    4   2.3  4(+2)e3  -204  
 PH *Jack Harshman        20    7    8    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250  .333  .250    0   3.4              0  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           747                  -21

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Fred Sanford         28  15  16  .484  39  38   6   0   0   0   3  247.2  258  149  124  19  110   97  4.51  135   4.8  -71  
  P  Johnny Sain          30  15  20  .429  41  39  20   1   0   0   1  310.2  323  143  127  25   83  126  3.68  142   4.1    5  
  P  Joe Coleman          25  14  14  .500  36  35   5   1   0   0   0  241.0  269  145  122  16  118  112  4.56  136   5.0    6  
  P *Warren Spahn         27  12  17  .414  40  39  16   1   0   0   5  282.0  256  133  118  14  117  151  3.77  125   4.0  -17  
  P  Nels Potter          36   6   7  .462  35   0   0  29   6   1   0   77.2   66   20   18   5   11   41  2.09   23   2.7  -31  
  P  Ken Trinkle          28   3   3  .500  41   0   0  23   3   2   0   66.2   57   35   33   5   41   18  4.46   30   4.1  -26  
  P *Clyde Shoun          36   3   3  .500  54   0   0  24   4   2   0   81.2   66   35   27   9   30   34  2.98   34   3.7 -108  
  P  Ed Klieman           30   2   4  .333  46   0   0  28   9   4   0   68.0   80   39   36   2   45   14  4.76   46   6.2  114  
  P  Earl Harrist         28   0   0  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   19.1   19    8    7   0    9    8  3.26    8   3.9 -118  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      683        -18

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Phil Masi 1081 123 123 583 32 2 4 .997 3 7 Bill Salkeld 217 23 31 107 12 2 3 .983 10 5 Gil Hodges 52 5 9 24 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 Rube Walker 44 3 10 20 2 0 0 1.000 3 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 940 103 110 978 150 16 120 .986 10.80 Frank McCormick 448 50 51 502 61 8 46 .986 11.32 Jack Harshman 7 1 1 7 2 0 1 1.000 11.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Priddy 1389 154 154 430 496 31 125 .968 6.00 Eddie Miksis 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 976 109 110 81 227 19 26 .942 2.84 Eddie Miksis 267 29 32 24 65 1 4 .989 3.00 Willie Jones 150 16 16 11 40 6 4 .895 3.06 Sibby Sisti 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alvin Dark 1210 133 133 276 473 29 101 .963 5.57 Sibby Sisti 185 21 21 41 69 7 20 .940 5.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeff Heath 762 86 89 142 7 1 1 .993 1.76 Jim Russell 376 42 45 73 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 Gil Coan 105 11 19 20 1 1 0 .955 1.80 Mike McCormick 105 10 21 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 Steve Filipowicz 47 5 5 12 0 1 0 .923 2.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Westlake 1101 126 126 341 12 6 4 .983 2.89 Jim Russell 153 14 31 48 5 0 2 1.000 3.12 Clint Conatser 124 14 16 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 Mike McCormick 17 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Holmes 1304 145 145 250 14 6 4 .978 1.82 Jeff Heath 78 8 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 Jim Russell 10 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Mike McCormick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Wally Westlake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Clint Conatser 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1948 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Fred Sanford
Round 2 (#20):	Ed Klieman
Round 3 (#34):	Ken Trinkle
Round 4 (#46):	Clyde Shoun
Round 5 (#56):	Earl Harrist
Round 6 (#66):	Willie Jones

Transactions

• 1948-01: acquired Steve Filipowicz as a free agent
• 1948-02: traded Vern Bickford, Cliff Mapes to BOA for Alvin Dark
• 1948-04: acquired Karl Drews as a free agent
• 1948-08: released Steve Filipowicz
• 1948-13: acquired Jack Harshman as a free agent
• 1948 postseason: released Gil Hodges, Willie Jones

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