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1951 Boston Braves  (1950)  (1952) 69-85, 6th in National League Scored 699 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .684 Park Factor: Batting - 92 / Pitching - 93 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-78 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  Sid Gordon           33  150  601  110  182  38   0  33  101   6  10   90   32  .303  .394  .531  121   7.3  3(-1)e5    42  
 1B  Gil Hodges           27  154  596  107  157  17   7  36  124  16   5   89  107  .263  .358  .497  109   6.3  1e11      -46  
 3B  Bob Elliott          34  146  521   65  137  27   1  19   87   1   5   78   71  .263  .358  .428   79   5.2  4e28      -32  
 OF *Gil Coan             29  139  520   77  156  25   9   9   64   8   5   30   80  .300  .340  .435   73   5.0  3(0)e16    -8  
 2B *Solly Hemus          28  129  484   81  130  12   5   2   38  23  12   76   30  .269  .374  .326   63   4.5  3e25      -76  
 C  *Joe Ginsberg         24  103  325   37   94  13   2   9   43   2   2   45   22  .289  .372  .425   53   5.8  3(+1)e8    57  
 SS  Sibby Sisti          30  111  418   41  123  24   1   0   51   8   7   31   65  .294  .341  .356   48   4.0  3e34       -6  
 C   Matt Batts           29  103  293   22   87  19   2   3   28   1   1   16   31  .297  .333  .406   35   4.3  4(-1)e13  -10  
 OF *Cal Abrams           27   51  187   34   49   3   0   5   15   5   3   35   42  .262  .385  .358   28   5.2  3(+1)e18  -69  
 OF *Hal Rice             27   76  263   21   58  11   0   4   26   0   0   33   27  .221  .307  .308   25   3.3  4(+1)e14  -72  
 2B  Roy Hartsfield       25   84  179   31   42   3   1   4   21   6   1   20   33  .235  .307  .330   19   3.6  4e26      -41  
 SS  Johnny Logan         25   66  182    8   44   4   1   0   25   0   0   15   12  .242  .296  .275   15   3.0  3e34        1  
 OF  Luis Marquez         25   51  120   11   25   1   1   0    3   6   0    9   27  .208  .269  .233    7   2.1  3(+3)e7   -26  
 OF  Erv Dusak            30   27   48    5   10   3   0   2    3   0   0    5   15  .208  .283  .396    5   4.1  3(0)e7   -221  
 OF *Tommy Holmes         34   36  111    9   16  10   0   0    4   0   1    9   21  .144  .220  .234    5   1.6  3(+1)e7   -38  
 OF  Luis Olmo            31   23   69    2   15   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    4  .217  .273  .246    4   1.9  3(+1)e7    19  
 UT  Buddy Kerr           28   21   46    3   11   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    9  .239  .314  .239    4   2.9             44  
 C   Ray Mueller          39    7    5    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .400  .500 1.000    2  23.7  4(0)e7   1038  
 PH  Ray Murray           33   13   12    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2            -68  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           705                  -19

     * - 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  Vern Bickford        30  13   7  .650  29  28   5   1   0   0   1  188.2  176   89   72  10   83  113  3.43   82   3.9  -24  
  P *Warren Spahn         30  12  11  .522  32  31   9   0   0   0   1  228.2  225  115   95  13   90  147  3.74   97   3.8    7  
  P  Mike Garcia          27  11  14  .440  34  32  10   1   0   1   3  232.2  261  109   98  14   90  106  3.79  124   4.8   67  
  P  Johnny Sain          33   9   8  .529  27  25   5   2   0   0   0  174.1  206   90   82  15   53   94  4.23  104   5.4  -42  
  P  George Estock        26   7   6  .538  49   0   0  31   5   1   0   76.0   67   33   29   2   51   14  3.43   35   4.2  -20  
  P *Mickey McDermott     21   6  12  .333  44  19   4  18   4   1   2  186.2  167   84   80  16   86  149  3.86   77   3.7  -40  
  P  Joe Coleman          28   4   3  .571  20   8   1   6   0   1   0   65.2   78   51   44  13   40   30  6.03   58   7.9   41  
  P  Bobby Hogue          30   3   3  .500  25   0   0  15   4   5   0   36.0   45   23   22   2   22   19  5.50   24   6.1   59  
  P  Erv Palica           23   2  10  .167  42   5   2  22   5   2   0   93.0   99   53   48  11   39   37  4.65   52   5.0  -80  
  P *Bill Kennedy         30   1   2  .333   6   3   1   1   0   0   0   27.2   33   19   17   3   12   19  5.53   20   6.6  -99  
  P *Bob Chipman          32   1   8  .111  44   0   0  19   5   1   0   71.0  102   58   45   9   29   24  5.70   62   7.7  104  
  P  Jack Kramer          33   0   1  .000   4   3   0   1   0   0   0   16.2   27   21   19   0   13    6 10.26   15   8.3  152  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      757          1

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Joe Ginsberg 776 87 89 466 38 8 1 .984 46 20 Matt Batts 613 67 76 374 27 4 3 .990 28 13 Ray Mueller 6 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 Ray Murray 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 1397 154 154 1418 148 15 153 .991 10.09 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Solly Hemus 1038 115 116 247 398 17 96 .974 5.59 Roy Hartsfield 309 34 39 85 100 4 21 .979 5.39 Buddy Kerr 40 5 5 10 9 0 1 1.000 4.28 Erv Dusak 10 0 3 4 3 0 2 1.000 6.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Elliott 1219 133 134 150 296 28 37 .941 3.29 Sid Gordon 153 18 18 21 35 1 0 .982 3.29 Sibby Sisti 25 3 4 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.52 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sibby Sisti 946 104 104 234 345 28 85 .954 5.51 Johnny Logan 379 43 48 85 124 9 18 .959 4.96 Buddy Kerr 62 7 8 12 18 0 4 1.000 4.33 Solly Hemus 10 0 2 0 6 1 2 .857 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sid Gordon 1199 132 133 282 9 2 0 .993 2.18 Luis Olmo 68 8 8 18 0 1 0 .947 2.38 Tommy Holmes 63 8 8 14 3 3 0 .850 2.43 Erv Dusak 30 3 4 13 1 0 0 1.000 4.20 Luis Marquez 23 2 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 Gil Coan 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Coan 849 94 97 231 9 6 1 .976 2.54 Hal Rice 220 24 26 48 5 2 0 .964 2.17 Luis Marquez 216 23 24 48 2 1 0 .980 2.08 Luis Olmo 108 13 13 33 0 2 0 .943 2.75 Sid Gordon 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cal Abrams 432 48 48 104 4 6 1 .947 2.25 Hal Rice 423 49 49 89 4 4 1 .959 1.98 Tommy Holmes 230 27 28 46 4 1 0 .980 1.96 Gil Coan 187 20 22 30 2 1 0 .970 1.54 Luis Marquez 77 7 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Erv Dusak 41 3 10 6 1 1 0 .875 1.55 Sid Gordon 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1951 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Bob Elliott
Round 2 (#15):	Matt Batts
Round 3 (#30):	Bobby Hogue
Round 4 (#43):	Joe Coleman
Round 5 (#57):	Cal Abrams
Round 6 (#65):	Erv Dusak

Transactions

• 1951-12: acquired Jack Kramer as a free agent
• 1951-15: acquired Bill Kennedy as a free agent
• 1951 postseason: released Cal Abrams, Bobby Hogue, Bill Kennedy, Hal Rice, Emil Verban

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