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1939 Boston Braves  (1938)  (1940)
66-88, 6th in National League
Scored 690 runs, Allowed 815 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .683
Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 68-86   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 63-88
Manager(s): Thomas Treece

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Morrie Arnovich      28  140  536   88  195  28   4   7   58  13   8   47   28  .364  .415  .470  104   7.7  3(+1)e7    74  
 OF *Ival Goodman         30  139  518   88  162  36  15  18   79   8   5   49   30  .313  .369  .544   95   6.3  2(0)e6     -3  
 C   Frankie Hayes        24  134  458   61  120  16   5  18   71   4   3   32   84  .262  .315  .437   61   4.7  3(+1)e6  -107  
 1B *Elbie Fletcher       23  139  501   72  119  19   0  11   67  14   7   74   40  .238  .334  .341   59   3.9  3e15     -141  
 3B  Hank Majeski         22   96  343   38   91  19   4   4   39   9   1   27   33  .265  .318  .379   43   4.4  4e38        8  
 2B  Tony Cuccinello      31   76  273   39   94  17   0   0   31  12   2   19   31  .344  .384  .407   42   5.9  3e29       44  
 UT  Oscar Grimes         24   77  298   42   78  19   2   3   34   3   2   34   65  .262  .339  .369   38   4.4            -44  
 OF  Johnny Cooney        38  124  377   40  108   7   0   0   33   7   4   20    8  .286  .320  .305   36   3.4  2(0)e3    -10  
 OF *Gene Moore           29  102  317   33   71   9   6   3   39   8   3   38   59  .224  .309  .319   33   3.4  3(-3)e10  -24  
 2B  Odell Hale           30   89  242   28   65   8   4   4   34   4   0   21   28  .269  .323  .384   31   4.5  4e30     -105  
 SS  Don Heffner          28  110  295   32   65   5   1   0   30   0   0   46   42  .220  .330  .244   26   3.0  2e43      -87  
 OF  Bob Elliott          22   81  134   27   46  13   2   0   16   0   0   10    3  .343  .386  .470   25   7.7  2(-2)e10  -48  
 UT #Roy Cullenbine       25   77  198   27   42   7   5   6   21   0   0   27   41  .212  .310  .389   24   4.0            -76  
 SS  Eddie Miller         22  117  319   29   68   9   1   3   33   5   0   21   32  .213  .260  .276   23   2.3  1e41     -141  
 C  *Jake Early           24   38   83    8   20   6   5   0   11   0   0    5   13  .241  .297  .434    8   3.4  4(-2)e12   34  
 C   Phil Masi            23   24   57    4   14   5   1   0    8   0   0    4   13  .246  .302  .368    6   4.1  3(-1)e9   -22  
 C  *Joe Schultz          20    6   18    1    6   3   0   0    4   1   0    2    0  .333  .400  .500    4   8.4  4(+5)e6    96  
 OF  Chet Ross            22   12   27    3    5   0   1   0    3   0   0    1   10  .185  .214  .259    1   1.9  3(+2)e9  -309  
 3B  Pinky Whitney        34   11   18    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .111  .158  .333    0   1.7  1e28      -18  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           667                  -43

     * - 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  Max Butcher          28  12  14  .462  31  31  10   0   0   0   0  209.0  233  110   98  16   82   55  4.22  120   5.2  -54  
  P  Danny MacFayden      34   9  15  .375  32  30   9   2   1   0   1  210.1  236  116  100  18   68   55  4.28  112   4.7  -24  
  P  Bill Swift           31   8  10  .444  60   9   1  28   1   4   0  140.1  194   81   71   9   36   57  4.55   91   5.7   32  
  P *Johnny Vander Meer   24   7   7  .500  30  23   2   2   0   2   0  141.2  139   98   88  11  123  131  5.59   92   5.7    1  
  P  Monte Pearson        30   7  10  .412  36  21   2   9   0   0   0  159.1  165   88   78  19   68   99  4.41   93   5.2    8  
  P  Johnny Niggeling     35   5   4  .556  11  11   1   0   0   0   1   58.2   74   41   35   2   13   37  5.37   35   5.5  -76  
  P *Tom Sunkel           26   4   8  .333  42   9   1   8   1   2   0   93.0   91   59   47  10   67   88  4.55   56   5.4   40  
  P  Dick Errickson       27   4   9  .308  28  12   3   9   3   1   0   98.1  115   74   63   6   51   29  5.77   66   6.1   23  
  P  Fred Frankhouse      35   3   0 1.000  30   0   0  15   7   1   0   34.0   35   12   10   1   13    9  2.65   16   4.4  -40  
  P  Ira Hutchinson       28   3   4  .429  50   1   0  30   6   3   0  100.0   98   60   51  14   55   32  4.59   58   5.2    7  
  P  Hank Johnson         33   1   0 1.000  15   0   0   8   1   0   0   31.2   24   13   12   2   17    8  3.41   12   3.7  -38  
  P  Les McCrabb          24   1   1  .500   3   3   1   0   0   0   1   22.0   23    6    6   1    3   10  2.45    7   2.9 -165  
  P  Floyd Giebell        29   1   1  .500  12   0   0   6   0   2   0   16.2   24   16   15   1   13   13  8.10   15   8.1   24  
  P  Carl Doyle           26   1   2  .333   9   0   0   4   0   1   0   21.2   12   11    9   2   10    6  3.74    5   2.1   96  
  P  Hiker Moran          27   0   1  .000   7   2   0   1   0   0   0   22.1   22   17   16   3   15    6  6.45   13   5.5  -32  
  P  Tom Earley           22   0   2  .000   4   2   1   1   0   0   0   18.0   20   13   12   1    8    8  6.00   10   5.2  -84  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      809         -9

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Frankie Hayes        1007 111 126  541   59  11   4  .982 105  34
 Jake Early            187  22  28  108   16   9   1  .932   8  13
 Phil Masi             129  15  19   72    8   1   1  .988   6   4
 Joe Schultz            52   6   6   21    3   1   0  .960  11   3
 Roy Cullenbine          2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elbie Fletcher 1166 129 136 1153 96 11 114 .991 9.64 Roy Cullenbine 168 21 24 177 13 3 25 .984 10.18 Johnny Cooney 31 3 6 32 1 0 4 1.000 9.58 Oscar Grimes 8 1 1 8 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 Pinky Whitney 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Cuccinello 553 64 65 161 185 7 47 .980 5.63 Odell Hale 348 40 47 105 123 2 40 .991 5.90 Oscar Grimes 323 35 38 87 100 4 27 .979 5.21 Don Heffner 153 15 30 44 55 7 14 .934 5.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Majeski 803 91 95 102 207 17 27 .948 3.46 Oscar Grimes 330 38 40 41 84 5 9 .962 3.41 Odell Hale 182 19 32 26 44 9 5 .886 3.46 Pinky Whitney 34 3 9 4 7 1 0 .917 2.91 Tony Cuccinello 28 3 4 3 9 3 0 .800 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Miller 781 84 107 151 276 20 61 .955 4.92 Don Heffner 586 70 72 137 186 20 44 .942 4.96 Oscar Grimes 10 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Morrie Arnovich      1091 125 135  317    7   3   2  .991  2.67
 Roy Cullenbine        136  14  28   34    1   1   0  .972  2.32
 Gene Moore            101  12  22   34    0   1   0  .971  3.02
 Chet Ross              31   2   7   11    0   0   0 1.000  3.19
 Ival Goodman           12   1   3    4    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
 Bob Elliott             6   0   5    3    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Cooney 785 87 108 243 13 2 1 .992 2.94 Gene Moore 490 57 68 126 9 3 2 .978 2.48 Bob Elliott 45 3 14 11 4 0 0 1.000 2.98 Ival Goodman 40 5 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 Chet Ross 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Roy Cullenbine 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Morrie Arnovich 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ival Goodman 1052 118 129 223 13 5 5 .979 2.02 Bob Elliott 176 20 27 29 4 0 0 1.000 1.69 Gene Moore 107 11 24 20 2 1 0 .957 1.86 Roy Cullenbine 41 5 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 3.51 Morrie Arnovich 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft


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