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1949 Boston Braves  (1948)  (1950) 77-77, 4th in National League Scored 695 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .694 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-79 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Jerry Priddy         29  148  593   89  167  21   5  13   58  13   9   88  107  .282  .376  .400   92   5.5  2e28      -20  
 3B  Bob Elliott          32  140  532   89  138  24   5  14   71   0   3   91   54  .259  .368  .402   81   5.3  4e20      -92  
 1B  Gil Hodges           25  146  575   79  164  26   3  11   70  15   4   64   57  .285  .355  .398   78   4.8  1e7       -60  
 OF  Wally Westlake       28  145  578   84  145  23   3  30  102   1   5   51   99  .251  .309  .457   77   4.5  2(0)e6    -69  
 OF *Tommy Holmes         32   93  331   41   99  12   4   5   38   2   1   28    6  .299  .358  .405   48   5.4  3(+1)e4    23  
 OF *Jeff Heath           34   47  146   33   47  10   0  15   42   1   1   28   39  .322  .429  .699   44  11.3  4(0)e9    127  
 C  *Bill Salkeld         32   70  182   33   57  10   0   7   29   4   4   46   30  .313  .450  .484   41   8.3  3(-1)e7   137  
 SS  Sibby Sisti          28  100  296   39   79  11   0   8   41   5   3   29   48  .267  .334  .385   37   4.4  3e42       18  
 OF *Cliff Mapes          27   92  293   35   68  15   1   5   25   5   3   48   58  .232  .339  .341   36   4.0  3(0)e8    -67  
 OF  Ed Sauer             30   63  231   31   63  12   0   4   27   0   1   17   38  .273  .325  .377   27   4.3  3(+3)e9    32  
 SS  Eddie Miksis         22   89  289   21   69  14   0   2   25   8   2   15   20  .239  .280  .308   24   2.9  3e31       29  
 C   Del Crandall         19   70  226   25   57   2   2   6   35   1   3   11   27  .252  .288  .358   20   3.0  2(-2)e7   -14  
 1B *Elbie Fletcher       33   86  104   17   25   6   0   3   15   1   0   15   11  .240  .339  .385   14   4.6  3e11      -75  
 OF #Jim Russell          30   43  145   15   31   2   0   2   10   5   1   20   30  .214  .311  .269   12   2.7  2(+1)e9  -103  
 C  *Rube Walker          23   29   98    7   26   2   1   1   10   0   0    7   12  .265  .318  .337   10   4.0  3(+1)e12   41  
 2B *Solly Hemus          26   19   39   10   15   2   0   0    2   1   0    8    2  .385  .489  .436    9   9.9  3e21      112  
 OF  Clint Conatser       27   43   73    9   18   4   0   1   13   0   0    8   12  .247  .317  .342    7   3.5  3(+1)e17  -28  
 C   Phil Masi            33   19   39    4   10   0   0   2    6   0   1    7    3  .256  .370  .410    6   5.6  3(-1)e7   135  
 OF *Gil Coan             27   33   64    8   13   3   0   0    5   1   0    6   16  .203  .268  .250    4   2.1  2(0)e9    -68  
 C   Mickey Livingston    34   10   10    1    4   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .400  .455  .800    3  16.9  3(0)e7    531  
 3B  Whitey Kurowski      31   13   42    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .167  .222  .190    1   1.5  2e24       70  
 PH *Cal Abrams           25    7    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .250  .571  .500    1  14.3            656  
 C   Johnny Pramesa       23    3   11    0    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    6  .182  .250  .273    0   2.4  4(+1)e7  -199  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           685                  -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  Mike Garcia          25  18   4  .818  38  25   3   8   3   2   1  192.2  165   60   52   9   61  119  2.43   63   2.9  -40  
  P  Joe Coleman          26  13  11  .542  40  38  13   1   1   0   2  265.0  264  123   98  11  118  147  3.33  119   4.0  -73  
  P  Johnny Sain          31  11  18  .379  40  39   9   1   0   0   0  255.1  331  175  150  17   98   98  5.29  179   6.3   21  
  P *Warren Spahn         28  11  20  .355  42  39  10   2   0   0   2  286.2  275  133  107  23  110  165  3.36  128   3.9  -27  
  P  Ken Trinkle          29   7   2  .778  50   0   0  22   6   1   0   80.2   66   28   22   1   41   18  2.45   28   3.2 -122  
  P  Nels Potter          37   6   6  .500  65   0   0  47  16   8   0  102.0  105   46   42   7   42   71  3.71   52   4.6  -31  
  P *Glenn Elliott        29   6   6  .500  48   0   0  21   3   5   0   77.0   89   44   43   9   46   27  5.03   52   6.1   49  
  P  Vern Bickford        28   5  10  .333  32  13   4  13   1   2   1  129.2  138   89   79  12   62   59  5.48   75   5.2  -33  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      700        -30

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Del Crandall 550 60 67 322 18 4 2 .988 5 4 Bill Salkeld 468 52 55 263 13 6 0 .979 12 3 Rube Walker 241 28 29 150 8 6 0 .963 17 5 Phil Masi 97 11 13 57 5 0 0 1.000 3 5 Johnny Pramesa 25 3 3 13 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 Mickey Livingston 7 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 1295 144 144 1289 122 7 147 .995 9.81 Elbie Fletcher 93 10 11 90 3 1 10 .989 9.00 Phil Masi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Priddy 1312 146 146 352 460 24 117 .971 5.57 Solly Hemus 72 8 9 21 16 0 2 1.000 4.65 Sibby Sisti 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Eddie Miksis 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 15.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 1266 140 140 152 308 14 33 .970 3.27 Whitey Kurowski 103 13 13 9 19 2 1 .933 2.44 Sibby Sisti 19 1 6 2 1 1 0 .750 1.42 Eddie Miksis 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Miksis 694 77 86 146 246 15 49 .963 5.08 Sibby Sisti 692 77 86 142 235 13 63 .967 4.90 Clint Conatser 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Sauer 495 57 57 103 3 1 0 .991 1.93 Jeff Heath 349 39 43 67 5 2 0 .973 1.86 Jim Russell 264 30 31 56 2 0 1 1.000 1.97 Gil Coan 153 16 25 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 Tommy Holmes 66 7 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 Clint Conatser 50 4 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 Wally Westlake 8 1 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.38 Sibby Sisti 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cliff Mapes 671 74 76 190 12 9 0 .957 2.71 Wally Westlake 556 63 63 149 3 3 0 .981 2.46 Jim Russell 78 9 9 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.88 Clint Conatser 70 8 10 13 0 2 0 .867 1.67 Ed Sauer 8 0 5 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 Gil Coan 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tommy Holmes 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Westlake 727 79 82 211 4 4 0 .982 2.66 Tommy Holmes 628 72 73 175 5 5 1 .973 2.58 Ed Sauer 26 3 3 8 0 1 0 .889 2.77 Clint Conatser 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jeff Heath 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Cliff Mapes 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Jerry Priddy
Round 2 (#16):	Phil Masi
Round 3 (#32):	Mike McCormick
Round 4 (#44):	Ken Trinkle

Transactions

• 1949-04: acquired Johnny Pramesa as a free agent
• 1949-12: acquired Cal Abrams as a free agent
• 1949-14: acquired Whitey Kurowski as a free agent
• 1949 postseason: released Ernie White

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