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1946 Boston Braves  (1945)  (1947) 50-104, 7th in National League Scored 449 runs, Allowed 644 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-104 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .696 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 67-87   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-72 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         29  154  617   74  180  36   7   2   48  14   4   72   23  .292  .368  .382   90   5.3  3(+1)e4   -51  
 C   Phil Masi            30  130  443   42  121  23   7   3   41   2   3   56   54  .273  .358  .377   62   5.0  3(-1)e6    20  
 3B  Bob Elliott          29  140  541   51  121  26   6   3   48   5   3   68   67  .224  .311  .311   51   3.1  4e23      -88  
 OF  Bob Kennedy          25  124  509   51  129  11   4   2   31  12   6   19   72  .253  .285  .303   42   2.8  2(-2)e12  -63  
 1B *Ray Sanders          29   77  272   24   70  19   0   5   30   2   3   44   48  .257  .364  .382   39   5.0  3e18       19  
 2B  Emil Verban          30  112  448   33  116  16   4   0   39   6   6   19   11  .259  .287  .312   37   2.8  2e30      -37  
 OF *Harry Walker         27  108  387   35   81   9   3   9   42  12   5   29   50  .209  .268  .318   34   2.9  2(0)e10   -52  
 SS  Nanny Fernandez      27  122  410   35   90  12   1   1   24   0   2   39   56  .220  .292  .261   31   2.5  4e42      -82  
 OF  Whitey Platt         25   66  170   12   46   6   3   1   25   0   0    7   26  .271  .302  .359   19   4.1  2(+2)e10   -6  
 OF  Mike McCormick       29   58  143   14   37  10   1   0    9   1   0    5    9  .259  .283  .343   14   3.7  3(0)e8     11  
 OF *Catfish Metkovich    25   73  176   16   33   6   2   1   12   4   1   21   30  .188  .274  .261   13   2.5  3(+2)e13 -154  
 1B  Joe Medwick          34   38   82    3   24   6   0   1    9   0   1   12    7  .293  .379  .402   12   5.6  4e30      -29  
 UT  Billy Hitchcock      29   66  204   12   33   2   1   0   11   1   2   12   37  .162  .206  .181    6   1.0           -129  
 1B *Frank Colman         28   23   75    8   12   2   1   2    7   0   0    3   11  .160  .200  .293    4   2.0  4e30      -66  
 SS #Whitey Wietelmann    27   38   97    5   16   3   0   0    9   0   0    7   21  .165  .221  .196    4   1.4  3e47     -114  
 3B  Skippy Roberge       29   15   25    3    8   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    2  .320  .393  .360    4   5.9  3e23      158  
 SS *Bobby Brown          21   26   27    2    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    0  .259  .364  .259    3   4.1  4e36     -181  
 C   Stew Hofferth        33   18   60    4   11   1   2   0    5   0   0    2    6  .183  .210  .267    3   1.7  3(-1)e8   -28  
 OF *Bill Endicott        27   20   20    1    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .250  .318  .400    2   4.9  4(+3)e8    35  
 UT  Bob Ramazzotti       29   16   59    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    8   11  .102  .221  .119    1   1.0           -166  
 UT *Charlie Gilbert      27   22   20    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .200  .333  .200    1   2.3            -51  
 C   Rollie Hemsley       39   12   40    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .175  .195  .200    1   1.1  3(-1)e8  -141  
 SS  Eddie Pellagrini     28    7   21    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    9  .143  .208  .143    0   1.2  2e83     -268  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           485                  -54

     * - 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 *Ed Lopat             28  14  13  .519  31  31  10   0   0   0   3  240.2  228   84   75  24   62  102  2.80  101   3.7  -67  
  P  Johnny Sain          28  10  16  .385  32  32  17   0   0   0   5  264.2  235   89   77   9  110  156  2.62   97   3.3   -2  
  P  Si Johnson           39   8   8  .500  55   3   1  38   3   2   0  104.1  125   58   52   6   28   44  4.49   57   4.9  -26  
  P  Allie Reynolds       29   6  17  .261  27  26   2   1   0   0   0  165.2  160  114  100  12  125  124  5.43   99   5.3   -3  
  P *Warren Spahn         25   4   8  .333  36  16   0  15   4   0   0  121.2  110   54   45   9   44   82  3.33   49   3.6   10  
  P  Ken Trinkle          26   2  10  .167  28  13   1  13   4   0   0  108.1   97   52   43   4   62   39  3.57   47   4.0  -12  
  P  Mort Cooper          33   2  12  .143  14  14   5   0   0   0   0  110.2  115   47   40   9   27   59  3.25   51   4.1   25  
  P  Fred Sanford         26   1   1  .500   6   3   0   2   1   0   0   22.0   19    7    4   0   13    6  1.64    8   3.3    8  
  P *Lefty Wallace        24   1   4  .200  42   0   0  19   0   2   0   48.2   55   34   31   4   28   23  5.73   32   6.0   38  
  P  Bill Lee             36   1   4  .200  10   4   2   1   0   0   0   38.1   49   21   19   2   15   11  4.46   23   5.5   80  
  P  Johnny Niggeling     43   1   6  .143  14  12   0   1   0   0   0   73.2   83   39   37   1   35   23  4.52   40   4.8   20  
  P  Bill Posedel         39   0   0  .000   5   0   0   3   0   0   0    6.0    9    5    4   0    5    1  6.00    6   9.9   88  
  P  Frank Barrett        33   0   1  .000  11   0   0   5   1   0   0   15.2   15   12    7   0   11    5  4.02    8   4.4  -20  
  P  Steve Roser          28   0   4  .000  29   0   0  18   1   1   0   47.0   52   28   25   3   25   36  4.79   28   5.4   43  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      653         -5

     * - 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 1135 128 129 702 39 14 4 .981 46 19 Stew Hofferth 149 16 18 75 4 3 0 .963 3 2 Del Rice 84 9 10 56 6 1 0 .984 Rollie Hemsley 83 10 10 40 4 1 0 .978 1 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Sanders 651 73 74 671 50 5 66 .993 9.97 Harry Walker 356 41 41 365 27 5 38 .987 9.90 Frank Colman 199 22 23 187 22 9 18 .959 9.44 Joe Medwick 150 17 18 150 14 4 22 .976 9.82 Mike McCormick 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Emil Verban 992 112 112 281 351 18 89 .972 5.73 Billy Hitchcock 278 31 31 90 81 9 21 .950 5.53 Bob Ramazzotti 60 7 7 20 21 1 5 .976 6.15 Whitey Wietelmann 37 4 5 11 15 0 4 1.000 6.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 1116 127 127 152 309 16 31 .966 3.72 Billy Hitchcock 115 13 13 23 35 2 3 .967 4.54 Bob Ramazzotti 83 9 9 9 31 0 3 1.000 4.34 Skippy Roberge 44 5 5 11 7 0 2 1.000 3.68 Bobby Brown 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 3.00 Whitey Wietelmann 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nanny Fernandez 1026 119 121 170 293 31 69 .937 4.06 Whitey Wietelmann 168 19 21 33 45 3 16 .963 4.19 Billy Hitchcock 108 11 16 21 28 8 7 .860 4.10 Eddie Pellagrini 49 4 6 5 15 3 1 .870 3.67 Bobby Brown 13 1 3 4 4 0 1 1.000 5.68 Skippy Roberge 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Holmes 1333 154 154 344 8 4 0 .989 2.38 Mike McCormick 25 0 15 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.20 Joe Medwick 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Harry Walker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bill Endicott 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Kennedy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Whitey Platt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harry Walker 574 66 66 138 12 8 0 .949 2.35 Whitey Platt 353 39 44 100 5 1 0 .991 2.67 Bob Kennedy 249 29 29 56 5 1 0 .984 2.20 Mike McCormick 91 10 10 21 2 0 0 1.000 2.27 Bob Elliott 90 10 11 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 Tommy Holmes 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bill Endicott 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joe Medwick 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Kennedy 807 92 93 171 7 11 3 .942 1.99 Catfish Metkovich 333 39 40 80 0 5 0 .941 2.16 Mike McCormick 180 20 21 48 1 4 1 .925 2.45 Bob Elliott 23 3 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.35 Whitey Platt 18 0 10 5 0 1 0 .833 2.45 Bill Endicott 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1946 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Bob Elliott
Round 2 (#18):	Allie Reynolds
Round 3 (#31):	Catfish Metkovich
Round 4 (#43):	Harry Walker
Round 5 (#51):	Whitey Wietelmann
Round 6 (#61):	Nanny Fernandez
Round 7 (#67):	Bob Kennedy
Round 8 (#71):	Billy Hitchcock
Round 9 (#74):	Whitey Platt
Round 10 (#77):	Joe Medwick

Transactions

• 1946-01: acquired Bobby Brown as a free agent
• 1946-08: acquired Charlie Gilbert as a free agent
• 1946-09: released Bobby Brown
• 1946-09: acquired Bill Endicott as a free agent
• 1946-12: traded Ray Sanders, Emil Verban to SLN for Bill Lee, SLN#3
• 1946-12: traded Mort Cooper to SLN for SLN#1
• 1946-12: traded Johnny Niggeling to WAA for WAA#3
• 1946-13: acquired Rollie Hemsley as a free agent
• 1946-14: acquired Frank Colman as a free agent
• 1946-15: acquired Bob Ramazzotti as a free agent
• 1946-16: released Bill Endicott
• 1946-16: acquired Eddie Pellagrini as a free agent
• 1946 postseason: released Don Hendrickson, Steve Shemo

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