Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason
You Are Here > smileyleague.org > Teams > 1952 Boston Braves

1952 Boston Braves  (1951)  (1953) 63-91, 7th in National League Scored 523 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-95 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .676 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 64-89 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           34  151  572   96  165  26   3  38   88   3   1   79   67  .288  .376  .544  114   7.1  4(-1)e1    53  
 1B  Gil Hodges           28  154  516   69  117  24   1  27   82   9   7  133  131  .227  .383  .434   91   5.8  1e11      -68  
 3B *Solly Hemus          29  154  602   83  140  19   4  13   47   1   4   93   71  .233  .338  .342   75   4.3  3e65     -136  
 SS  Johnny Logan         26  127  487   46  139  16   1   5   32   3   0   23   40  .285  .317  .353   53   4.0  3e23      -32  
 OF *Gil Coan             30  113  364   35   72  17   6  12   53   5   2   30   47  .198  .263  .376   35   3.2  4(0)e7     44  
 OF *Hal Rice             28   92  321   32   79   7   6   6   34   3   2   24   42  .246  .295  .361   32   3.4  4(-1)e7  -109  
 C  *Joe Ginsberg         25  105  324   24   66   8   0   4   24   1   0   50   38  .204  .306  .265   28   2.8  3(+1)e6  -102  
 OF *Al Zarilla           33   92  191   18   44   4   1   5   22   6   0   32   19  .230  .342  .340   24   4.4  4(-2)e9    18  
 2B  Roy Hartsfield       26   54  114   15   34   5   3   0    6   0   0    5    7  .298  .341  .395   14   4.6  4e36       86  
 2B *Jack Dittmer         24  103  350   20   47   7   1   5   30   0   1   24   34  .134  .188  .203   14   1.2  3e21     -155  
 SS *Fred Hatfield        27   65  170   17   38   4   0   1   11   2   1   16   24  .224  .295  .265   13   2.5  3e33      -50  
 C   Ray Murray           34   42  157   14   35   9   0   1    6   0   0   10   22  .223  .274  .299   11   2.3  4(0)e6     53  
 OF *Jack Daniels         24   58  169    5   29   1   0   2   17   3   2   23   29  .172  .269  .213   10   1.9  4(+1)e7   -52  
 UT  Sibby Sisti          31   59  181   11   29   6   0   3   12   0   1    7   45  .160  .196  .243    8   1.4           -126  
 2B *Billy Reed           29   22   48    4   17   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .354  .367  .396    7   6.2  4e43      249  
 C   Paul Burris          28   42  119    6   22   2   0   1    7   0   0    8   17  .185  .238  .227    6   1.8  4(-1)e6   -70  
 UT *Tommy Holmes         35    4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -339  
 C   Ray Katt             25    3    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143  .143  .143    0    .0  4(+1)e6  -187  
 SS  Jack Cusick          24    2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  3e32     -406  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           544                  -48

     * - 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 *Warren Spahn         31  15  18  .455  40  40  17   0   0   0   2  297.2  299  136  112  19   80  202  3.39  125   3.7    6  
  P  Mike Garcia          28  15  18  .455  40  40  15   0   0   0   4  301.0  327  120   98  13   87  167  2.93  135   4.0   14  
  P *Mickey McDermott     22   9  12  .429  24  24   9   0   0   0   2  172.1  146   63   53   7   96  152  2.77   68   3.5  -72  
  P  Ernie Johnson        28   6   7  .462  50   0   0  38   4   2   0   97.1  114   54   42   6   36   63  3.88   54   4.9    0  
  P  Vern Bickford        31   6  11  .353  25  22   4   3   0   0   0  147.1  169  101   81  16   73   78  4.95   92   5.6   67  
  P  Johnny Sain          34   5  10  .333  21  13   4   6   0   1   1  108.0  115   51   42  11   34   47  3.50   53   4.4  -11  
  P  Virgil Jester        24   2   3  .400  26   5   0  12   1   1   0   78.0   82   33   28   1   26   21  3.23   34   3.9  -75  
  P *Bill Henry           24   2   4  .333  30   0   0  23   6   5   0   60.2   73   48   36   5   41   28  5.34   40   5.6   12  
  P  Lew Burdette         25   2   8  .200  20  10   0   9   0   0   0   80.0   99   51   43   6   27   31  4.84   50   5.6   64  
  P *Bob Chipman          33   1   0 1.000  18   0   0  14   7   2   0   27.1   20   10    8   3   14   15  2.63   10   3.5   13  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      665          2

     * - 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 841 94 99 551 47 14 1 .977 53 22 Paul Burris 311 36 38 191 19 6 1 .972 12 8 Ray Murray 199 22 24 124 7 1 0 .992 3 6 Ray Katt 19 2 3 16 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 1369 154 154 1335 180 14 154 .991 9.96 Tommy Holmes 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jack Dittmer 890 101 102 243 302 15 82 .973 5.51 Roy Hartsfield 212 23 28 60 59 3 17 .975 5.04 Sibby Sisti 187 21 25 53 60 3 7 .974 5.45 Billy Reed 80 9 11 25 21 5 6 .902 5.15 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Solly Hemus 1365 154 154 167 313 54 34 .899 3.17 Sibby Sisti 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Sid Gordon 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Logan 1024 115 115 233 369 20 87 .968 5.29 Fred Hatfield 345 39 39 85 100 7 16 .964 4.83 Jack Cusick 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hal Rice 754 85 86 143 6 8 0 .949 1.78 Jack Daniels 413 48 51 97 3 4 0 .962 2.18 Sibby Sisti 178 20 22 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 Al Zarilla 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.59 Tommy Holmes 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gil Coan 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Coan 830 93 94 230 13 4 2 .984 2.63 Al Zarilla 365 41 44 90 2 1 0 .989 2.27 Ray Murray 168 20 20 34 1 3 0 .921 1.87 Hal Rice 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jack Daniels 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sid Gordon 1305 147 147 251 10 0 0 1.000 1.80 Sibby Sisti 58 7 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 Gil Coan 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Hal Rice 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1952 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Joe Ginsberg
Round 2 (#26):	Harry Rice
Round 3 (#40):	Fred Hatfield
Round 4 (#53):	Kite Thomas
Round 5 (#65):	Al Zarilla

Transactions

• 1952-01: traded Kite Thomas, Sam Jethroe to BRN for Tommy Holmes
• 1952-15: acquired Ray Katt as a free agent
• 1952 postseason: released Bob Chakales, Ernie Johnson

Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason