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1942 Boston Braves  (1941)  (1943)
60-94, 6th in National League
Scored 510 runs, Allowed 597 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .709
Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 91 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 59-95   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 59-89
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 *Tommy Holmes         25  152  604   85  168  27   2  11   43  11   7   70   14  .278  .354  .384   87   5.2  3(+1)e4    29  
 UT  Bob Elliott          25  153  588   60  147  28   7  10   61   3   5   64   44  .250  .323  .372   68   3.9            -79  
 OF  Vince Dimaggio       29  149  534   70  130  21   2  14   65  21   7   66  113  .243  .324  .369   66   4.1  1(-3)e10   -4  
 SS  Eddie Miller         25  154  569   54  138  32   1   9   60   5   3   24   49  .243  .280  .350   54   3.2  1e14       14  
 1B *Nick Etten           28  139  489   46  106  15   3   7   44  14   3   62   31  .217  .300  .303   48   3.2  3e21     -129  
 UT  Nanny Fernandez      23  128  421   32   93  12   5   5   33  10   5   25   54  .221  .268  .309   31   2.4            -73  
 2B *Harry Walker         23   72  222   19   74  10   1   0   26   1   0   12   24  .333  .366  .387   29   4.9  4e28        1  
 3B  Buddy Gremp          22   94  228   22   52  16   0   6   31   0   2   14   33  .228  .276  .377   23   3.3  4e31       73  
 C  #George Dickey        26   79  246   16   54   5   1   1   26   0   1   19   26  .220  .275  .260   18   2.5  4(+2)e16  -37  
 C   Gene Desautels       35   62  168    6   41   8   0   0    9   2   1   13   11  .244  .297  .292   15   3.0  3(+1)e8     8  
 2B  Skeeter Webb         32   63  124   14   31   5   4   0    7   1   2    9   12  .250  .301  .355   13   3.7  3e31      239  
 3B  Ducky Detweiler      23   18   41    4   18   3   2   0    2   0   0    4   10  .439  .489  .610   12  14.8  4e31      342  
 OF  Johnny Cooney        41   63  128   10   32   2   0   0   12   2   0    8    4  .250  .300  .266   10   2.8  2(0)e7     39  
 2B  Dutch Meyer          26   30   56    6   16   1   0   2    9   0   1    7    6  .286  .365  .411    8   5.7  4e27     -110  
 2B #Whitey Wietelmann    23   21   35    4   12   4   0   0    3   0   0    7    5  .343  .452  .457    8   8.5  2e28      355  
 C   Cliff Dapper         22    8   20    3    9   2   0   1    7   0   0    2    4  .450  .500  .700    7  17.5  4(-1)e8   -32  
 C   Phil Masi            26   65  119    7   18   5   0   0    4   3   2   18   11  .151  .273  .193    6   1.6  3(-1)e8  -122  
 OF  Chet Ross            25   65   79    8   14   1   2   3   10   0   0    4   16  .177  .217  .354    5   2.1  3(+2)e7     8  
 2B  Oscar Grimes         27   47   85   10   10   2   0   0    3   1   0   11   25  .118  .214  .141    3   1.2  3e31     -136  
 C  *Jim Castiglia        23    7   19    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .368  .409  .421    3   7.0  4(-1)e16   20  
 2B  Don Heffner          31   19   38    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .105  .125  .132    0    .6  2e71     -155  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           523                  -18

     * - 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  Jim Tobin            29  12  22  .353  40  40  14   0   0   0   3  308.2  303  142  122  20  104   93  3.56  143   4.1  -23  
  P *Lou Tost             31  10   7  .588  25  23   3   1   0   0   0  157.1  155   68   60  10   55   49  3.43   76   4.4    9  
  P  Al Javery            24  10  17  .370  35  35  13   0   0   0   2  266.0  252   98   88  12   70  102  2.98  104   3.6  -47  
  P  Early Wynn           22   6   5  .545  27  10   4  11   2   0   0  107.2  120   46   35   6   39   51  2.93   54   4.5 -104  
  P  Johnny Sain          24   6   7  .462  47   3   1  36   6   4   0   75.0   57   34   31   3   47   43  3.72   28   3.4  -73  
  P *Bill Donovan         26   5   4  .556  38   9   5  11   1   0   5  105.2  111   34   30   1   29   39  2.56   42   3.6  -73  
  P  Tom Earley           25   5  13  .278  40  11   1  23   7   1   0  125.2  129   65   57   8   59   37  4.08   70   5.1  -90  
  P  Manny Salvo          30   3  12  .200  28  15   3   8   1   1   1  138.0  130   50   42   5   45   34  2.74   50   3.3  -46  
  P *Lefty Wallace        20   1   1  .500  27   1   0   9   1   2   0   34.1   24    9    5   1   14   15  1.31    9   2.5  -94  
  P  Johnny Lindell       25   1   2  .333  26   2   0   8   0   1   0   39.2   51   20   20   3   14   25  4.54   28   6.5   83  
  P  Dick Errickson       30   1   4  .200  12   5   0   3   1   0   0   35.2   62   31   29   4   11   13  7.32   36   8.9   87  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      645        -40

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 George Dickey         612  71  76  255   37   7   1  .977  46  21
 Gene Desautels        419  46  61  196   21   4   1  .982  34  15
 Phil Masi             272  28  45  117   17   4   2  .971  10   6
 Jim Castiglia          52   7   7   24    3   2   0  .931   7   1
 Cliff Dapper           38   2   7   13    1   0   0 1.000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nick Etten 1174 129 139 1312 94 13 117 .991 10.78 Buddy Gremp 215 25 34 217 16 2 23 .991 9.77 Oscar Grimes 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Johnny Cooney 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harry Walker 495 59 63 165 166 3 41 .991 6.02 Skeeter Webb 338 38 58 125 116 5 32 .980 6.42 Oscar Grimes 246 26 43 85 82 7 22 .960 6.11 Don Heffner 113 11 19 31 35 4 11 .943 5.26 Whitey Wietelmann 105 10 19 37 26 0 7 1.000 5.42 Dutch Meyer 97 10 19 29 21 4 5 .926 4.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 643 71 71 69 179 17 11 .936 3.47 Nanny Fernandez 391 46 49 48 109 11 9 .935 3.61 Buddy Gremp 275 30 40 32 89 7 8 .945 3.96 Ducky Detweiler 81 7 14 14 20 2 2 .944 3.78 Oscar Grimes 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Miller 1388 153 154 319 513 13 97 .985 5.40 Skeeter Webb 6 1 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Tommy Holmes          679  77  79  157   11   2   0  .988  2.23
 Nanny Fernandez       508  61  66  122    4   3   0  .977  2.23
 Johnny Cooney         143  11  30   30    1   0   0 1.000  1.95
 Chet Ross              58   5  13    9    0   0   0 1.000  1.40
 Bob Elliott             2   0   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Phil Masi               2   0   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Harry Walker            2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vince Dimaggio 1278 141 145 354 24 7 2 .982 2.66 Johnny Cooney 67 8 8 12 0 1 0 .923 1.62 Chet Ross 22 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 Tommy Holmes 12 1 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Bob Elliott 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 Nanny Fernandez 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 688 78 81 136 11 2 1 .987 1.92 Tommy Holmes 626 71 72 159 1 1 1 .994 2.30 Johnny Cooney 61 5 14 19 0 1 0 .950 2.80 Nanny Fernandez 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Chet Ross 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Harry Walker 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Phil Masi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1942 Draft


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