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1945 Boston Braves  (1944)  (1946) 76-78, 5th in National League Scored 652 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .683 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 67-85 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 *Tommy Holmes         28  154  659  127  217  35   5  31   79  27  10   66   30  .329  .391  .539  140   8.1  3(+1)e6   -67  
 2B  Eddie Lake           29  150  525   90  144  20   0  13   72  24  10  146   42  .274  .433  .387  104   6.9  3e26       -3  
 OF  Bob Elliott          28  154  581   62  148  26   8  12   78  12   6   74   56  .255  .335  .389   76   4.4  2(-2)e8   -66  
 1B *Catfish Metkovich    24  153  585   62  159  19   1   7   60  32   3   31   79  .272  .308  .344   64   3.8  3e23      -26  
 3B  George Kell          22  146  639   73  172  37   2   4   55   7   6   17   22  .269  .288  .352   61   3.3  1e20      -22  
 OF *Butch Nieman         27   91  276   48   73  21   0  23   62  13   2   47   39  .264  .370  .591   61   7.6  4(-1)e25  122  
 C   Phil Masi            29  115  418   38  101  18   1   6   47   7   7   36   43  .242  .301  .333   41   3.3  3(-1)e7  -132  
 SS #Whitey Wietelmann    26  131  470   44  114  13   3   3   52   5  10   39   33  .243  .300  .302   41   2.9  3e44      -81  
 OF *Whitey Lockman       18   40  145   13   48  10   0   0   17   1   1   13   10  .331  .377  .400   21   5.5  3(+3)e14 -114  
 2B *Morrie Aderholt      29  106  197   17   53   3   1   1   13   8   4   13   33  .269  .324  .310   19   3.4  4e29      -64  
 1B  Joe Medwick          33   53  144   15   43   9   0   1   22   6   2    9    9  .299  .335  .382   18   4.7  4e15       20  
 C   Stew Hofferth        32   53  154   16   39   3   0   2   15   0   1   10   13  .253  .299  .312   13   3.1  3(-1)e7    13  
 OF  Bill Ramsey          24   38  103    8   29   4   0   2   11   3   1    3   16  .282  .299  .379   11   3.9  3(+3)e10  -21  
 PH *Vince Shupe          23   21   19    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .368  .429  .421    3   8.2            241  
 PH  Mike Ulisney         27   17   16    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .250  .294  .312    1   3.5           -426  
 3B  Tommy Nelson         28    9   37    4    7   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    1  .189  .189  .216    1   1.1  4e45       32  
 1B #Joe Mack             33   28   23    2    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    0    4  .174  .167  .217    1   1.4  2e15     -259  
 SS  Granny Hamner        18    4   14    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .214  .214  .214    0   1.6  2e88       19  
 2B  Frank Drews          29    2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000 1.000  .000    0     ?  2e29     -527  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           684                  -40

     * - 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 *Bob Logan            35  12  11  .522  31  31   2   0   0   0   1  187.0  235   88   69   9   44   79  3.32  101   4.8   -6  
  P  Bill Lee             35  11   7  .611  31  31   2   0   0   0   0  193.1  212   97   82   8   79   47  3.82   98   4.5  -42  
  P  Jim Tobin            32  11  15  .423  31  31   3   0   0   0   0  199.2  252  109   91   7   62   45  4.10  115   5.1  -27  
  P  Allie Reynolds       28  10  14  .417  31  31   3   0   0   0   2  212.0  171   87   70   7  106  126  2.97   78   3.3  -68  
  P *Ed Lopat             27   9  12  .429  30  30   2   0   0   0   0  187.2  208   90   84   8   60   82  4.03   93   4.4  -46  
  P  Joe Berry            40   5   6  .455  60   0   0  53  33   8   0  104.2  101   33   28   4   29   51  2.41   39   3.4  -14  
  P  Ed Klieman           27   4   4  .500  35   0   0  19   5   3   0   58.2   58   29   26   1   31   17  3.99   26   4.0    2  
  P *Johnny Johnson       30   3   0 1.000  36   0   0  18   0   3   0   63.1   83   35   30   4   36   35  4.26   45   6.4   37  
  P  Al Javery            27   3   3  .500  43   0   0  16   5   5   0   76.2   85   46   46   2   42   28  5.40   46   5.5  -74  
  P *Lefty Wallace        23   2   0 1.000  13   0   0   5   1   1   0   20.0   20    6    4   1   10    4  1.80    9   4.2  -77  
  P  Ira Hutchinson       34   2   1  .667  18   0   0  10   1   0   0   30.0   44   16   15   3    4    7  4.50   21   6.6 -189  
  P  Tom Earley           28   2   1  .667   6   0   0   1   0   0   0   11.0   12    2    2   0    6    5  1.64    5   4.5  -39  
  P  Mel Bosser           31   1   1  .500  11   0   0   4   2   0   0   15.0   11    6    4   0   17    2  2.40    6   3.8   76  
  P  Johnny Hutchings     29   1   3  .250  21   0   0  15   1   1   0   32.2   37   22   19   5   17   18  5.23   21   5.6  113  
  P *Ewald Pyle           34   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.2    3    3    1   0    2    1  5.40    2   9.2  179  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      712        -31

     * - 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 1028 115 115 470 39 15 5 .971 24 15 Stew Hofferth 365 39 47 184 14 2 3 .990 13 5 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Catfish Metkovich 1137 130 130 1167 106 23 136 .982 10.07 Joe Medwick 245 24 35 272 26 4 23 .987 10.93 Joe Mack 11 0 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 7.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Lake 1084 119 119 326 370 13 109 .982 5.78 Morrie Aderholt 305 35 35 78 91 8 19 .955 4.99 Frank Drews 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Kell 1315 146 146 197 386 15 48 .975 3.99 Tommy Nelson 78 8 9 21 21 2 0 .955 4.85 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Wietelmann 1084 119 119 253 384 25 89 .962 5.29 Eddie Lake 277 31 31 62 103 7 17 .959 5.36 Granny Hamner 32 4 4 8 6 3 1 .824 3.94 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Butch Nieman 615 67 67 118 2 10 0 .923 1.76 Whitey Lockman 327 37 37 73 1 2 0 .974 2.03 Catfish Metkovich 208 23 23 50 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 Bill Ramsey 186 21 21 38 3 4 0 .911 1.98 Joe Medwick 55 6 6 17 0 1 0 .944 2.78 Morrie Aderholt 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 1390 154 154 466 27 8 3 .984 3.19 Butch Nieman 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Holmes 1393 154 154 284 15 7 5 .977 1.93 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1945 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Eddie Lake
Round 1 (#7):	Joe Berry
Round 2 (#16):	George Kell
Round 3 (#29):	Whitey Lockman

Transactions

• 1945-01: acquired Mike Ulisney as a free agent
• 1945-07: released Whitey Lockman
• 1945-07: acquired Johnny Johnson as a free agent
• 1945-09: acquired Mel Bosser as a free agent
• 1945-17: released Mike Ulisney
• 1945-17: acquired Granny Hamner as a free agent
• 1945 postseason: released Warren Huston, Stan Klopp, Eddie Lake

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