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1950 Boston Braves  (1949)  (1951) 69-85, 6th in National League Scored 716 runs, Allowed 756 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .704 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 71-83   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-71 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Gil Hodges           26  154  589  104  160  26   4  35  100   2   6   77   85  .272  .353  .508  104   6.2  1e10      -15  
 3B  Bob Elliott          33  152  546   88  151  29   4  33   91   0   1   76   66  .277  .365  .526   99   6.3  4e24       -8  
 OF  Wally Westlake       29  140  538   80  160  25   6  30   85   0   3   30   92  .297  .340  .533   92   6.2  2(0)e4     21  
 OF  Sid Gordon           32  140  535   80  141  32   9  25   82   0   0   69   27  .264  .348  .497   91   6.0  3(-1)e4  -115  
 OF *Cliff Mapes          28  113  402   57  117  14   6  18   66   0   3   47   63  .291  .363  .490   69   5.9  3(-5)e16   93  
 2B  Roy Hartsfield       24  111  397   49  119  14   5   9   45   2   3   21   57  .300  .336  .428   55   5.2  4e41       69  
 SS  Buddy Kerr           27  138  523   56  109  23   8   2   45   0   1   36   50  .208  .258  .294   38   2.3  2e29      -54  
 OF *Tommy Holmes         33   96  158   26   56  14   0   3   16   0   0   21    4  .354  .434  .500   35   8.9  3(+1)e3   113  
 2B *Nellie Fox           22   62  222   25   58   7   4   0   25   1   0   14    8  .261  .304  .329   21   3.4  2e24       25  
 OF *Gil Coan             28   89  223   28   57   3   5   1   10   6   4    8   39  .256  .291  .327   21   3.2  2(0)e12  -170  
 C   Del Crandall         20   71  221   22   55   6   0   8   31   0   0    8   19  .249  .267  .385   20   3.0  2(-1)e15   84  
 C  *Rube Walker          24   71  227   21   51   6   0   6   22   0   0    9   35  .225  .252  .330   18   2.6  3(+2)e11  -64  
 OF #Jim Russell          31   35   96   13   18   4   0   4   13   1   1   14   13  .188  .301  .354    9   3.2  2(+1)e3   -99  
 SS  Eddie Miksis         23   20   57    7   16   3   0   2   13   0   0    7    6  .281  .359  .439    9   5.6  3e48      120  
 3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss    31   36   55    8   16   1   0   1    7   1   0   10    6  .291  .400  .364    8   5.5  4e22      155  
 C   Sam Calderone        24   22   56    9   17   2   0   3   11   0   0    0    2  .304  .304  .500    8   5.9  4(+2)e9   127  
 C  *Joe Ginsberg         23   23   70    8   19   6   0   0    6   0   0    5    7  .271  .320  .357    8   4.1  4(+2)e6    65  
 OF *Carmen Mauro         23   13   14    5    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .143  .250  .214    0    .8  4(+1)e16 -118  
 UT  Sibby Sisti          29   19   11    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .091  .231  .182    0    .4           -150  
 OF  Luis Olmo            30    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(+1)e10 -691  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           714                   -4

     * - 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  Johnny Sain          32  15  13  .536  34  33  15   1   0   0   1  257.1  255  112   93  28   71   93  3.25  122   4.3  -47  
  P  Vern Bickford        29  14  14  .500  32  32  11   0   0   0   3  238.1  232  117  105  25   96  101  3.97  118   4.4   -6  
  P  Mike Garcia          26  13  10  .565  34  32   3   1   1   0   0  198.1  189   82   78  21   89   88  3.54   97   4.4  -30  
  P *Warren Spahn         29   9  14  .391  33  33  13   0   0   0   2  244.0  240  136  112  24   90  180  4.13  126   4.6   58  
  P  Erv Palica           22   6  11  .353  26  19   1   6   1   2   0  127.0  133   87   77  11   85  113  5.46   85   6.0   84  
  P *Mickey McDermott     20   5   4  .556  30   5   1  11   3   2   0   67.0   72   66   54   7   76   52  7.25   52   6.9   32  
  P  Normie Roy           21   4   3  .571  56   0   0  28   1   2   0   96.0  113   66   59  14   71   54  5.53   77   7.2  -97  
  P *Bob Chipman          31   2   6  .250  49   0   0  34  16   7   0   70.2   72   31   26   5   31   26  3.31   37   4.9  -22  
  P  Joe Coleman          27   1  10  .091  47   0   0  29   4   1   0   77.0   88   59   58  12   69   30  6.78   63   7.5 -118  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      781         -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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Rube Walker 571 66 70 347 16 14 1 .963 16 6 Del Crandall 552 60 69 340 15 10 2 .973 8 6 Joe Ginsberg 161 18 21 93 4 0 0 1.000 7 0 Sam Calderone 93 10 12 72 1 2 0 .973 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 1376 154 154 1292 142 8 131 .994 9.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Hartsfield 827 93 99 266 232 23 70 .956 5.42 Nellie Fox 533 61 61 180 152 3 36 .991 5.61 Snuffy Stirnweiss 10 0 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 4.66 Sibby Sisti 5 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20 Eddie Miksis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 1273 143 144 153 241 18 36 .956 2.78 Snuffy Stirnweiss 96 11 11 12 19 0 1 1.000 2.90 Sibby Sisti 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Kerr 1223 138 138 208 450 18 81 .973 4.84 Eddie Miksis 135 15 17 23 51 4 10 .949 4.93 Carmen Mauro 8 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.62 Snuffy Stirnweiss 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Sibby Sisti 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sid Gordon 1158 130 130 266 13 3 0 .989 2.17 Gil Coan 180 20 22 40 1 2 0 .953 2.05 Carmen Mauro 20 2 3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.25 Cliff Mapes 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tommy Holmes 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Westlake 1100 123 123 329 19 4 0 .989 2.85 Jim Russell 176 20 21 55 3 0 0 1.000 2.96 Cliff Mapes 72 8 8 21 0 1 0 .955 2.61 Gil Coan 26 3 3 8 0 1 0 .889 2.77 Luis Olmo 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cliff Mapes 804 92 94 180 5 14 1 .930 2.07 Gil Coan 216 24 24 49 1 2 0 .962 2.08 Tommy Holmes 208 23 28 51 0 1 0 .981 2.20 Wally Westlake 96 11 11 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 Jim Russell 36 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 Sibby Sisti 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Sid Gordon 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Carmen Mauro 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Luis Olmo 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1950 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Wally Westlake
Round 2 (#19):	Snuffy Stirnweiss
Round 3 (#33):	Cliff Mapes
Round 4 (#46):	Eddie Miksis
Round 5 (#58):	Rube Walker
Round 6 (#68):	Nellie Fox
Round 7 (#74):	Carmen Mauro

Transactions

• 1950-03: traded Luis Olmo to BRN for Jim Russell
• 1950 postseason: released Red Barrett, Joe Ginsberg, Mickey McDermott, Erv Palica

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