1951 BOSTON BRAVES

| Level: MLB

Location: Boston,MA
Team Record: 76-78 .494
Result: 4th in National League
Manager(s): Tommy Holmes, Billy Southworth
General Manager: John Quinn
Stadium: Braves Field
Attendance: 487,475
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Boston Braves affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ray Mueller (39)
Youngest Player: Chet Nichols (20)
Longest Tenure: Sibby Sisti, Tommy Holmes (10)
Top Hitter: Sam Jethroe (8)
Top Pitcher: Warren Spahn (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 83.83%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Giants	98	59	.624	--
Brooklyn	97	60	.618	1.0
St. Louis	81	73	.526	15.5
Boston	76	78	.494	20.5
Philadelphia	73	81	.474	23.5
Cincinnati	68	86	.442	28.5
Pittsburgh	64	90	.416	32.5
Chi Cubs	62	92	.403	34.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
9	Earl Torgeson	1b	14	27	-	MLB	155	581	99	153	21	4	24	92	20	11	102	70	2		5		18	.263	.000	.437	0	254			-	-
5	Sam Jethroe	of	8	33	-	MLB	148	572	101	160	29	10	18	65	35	5	57	88	11		4		7	.280	.000	.460	0	263			-	-
4	Sid Gordon	of-3b	10	33	-	MLB	150	550	96	158	28	1	29	109	2	0	80	32	5		6		28	.287	.000	.500	0	275			-	-
3	Bob Elliott	3b-of	33	34	-	MLB	136	480	73	137	29	2	15	70	2	0	65	56	0		2		16	.285	.000	.448	0	215			-	-
27	Willard Marshall	of	40	30	-	MLB	136	469	65	132	24	7	11	62	0	3	48	18	2		4		18	.281	.000	.433	0	203			-	-
12	Roy Hartsfield	2b	27	25	-	MLB	120	450	63	122	11	2	6	31	7	2	41	73	1		5		5	.271	.000	.344	0	155			-	-
13	Sibby Sisti	2b-3b	-	30	-	MLB	114	362	46	101	20	2	2	38	4	5	32	50	2		3		5	.279	.000	.362	0	131			-	-
39	Walker Cooper	c	60	36	-	MLB	109	342	42	107	14	1	18	59	1	1	28	18	1		1		10	.313	.000	.518	1000	177			-	-
7	Ebba St. Claire	c	-	29	-	MLB	72	220	22	62	17	2	1	25	2	0	12	24	1		0		2	.282	.000	.391	0	86			-	-
6	Bob Addis	of	-	25	-	MLB	85	199	23	55	7	0	1	24	3	2	9	10	0		3		4	.276	.000	.327	0	65			-	-
10	Buddy Kerr	ss	-	28	-	MLB	69	172	18	32	4	0	1	18	0	0	22	20	1		5		2	.186	.000	.227	0	39			-	-
23	Johnny Logan	ss	-	24	-	MLB	62	169	14	37	7	1	0	16	0	0	18	13	1		5		6	.219	.000	.272	0	46			-	-
18	Luis Marquez	of	-	25	-	MLB	68	122	19	24	5	1	0	11	4	4	10	20	3		3		2	.197	.000	.254	0	31			-	-
21	Warren Spahn	p	-	30	-	MLB	42	116	8	22	6	1	1	18	0	0	6	27	0		4		0	.190	.000	.284	0	33			-	-
36	Max Surkont	p	55	29	-	MLB	37	73	2	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	17	0		8		4	.151	.000	.164	0	12			-	-
1,8	Ray Mueller	c	-	39	-	MLB	28	70	8	11	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	11	0		2		3	.157	.000	.229	0	16			-	-
15	Luis Olmo	of	-	31	-	MLB	21	56	4	11	1	1	0	4	0	1	4	4	0		0		0	.196	.000	.250	0	14			-	-
24	Vern Bickford	p	-	30	-	MLB	25	52	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	12	0		6		2	.115	.000	.135	0	7			-	-
33	Johnny Sain	p	-	33	-	MLB	26	52	4	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	1		4		6	.212	.000	.308	0	16			-	-
17	Chet Nichols	p	-	20	-	MLB	33	51	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	0		4		0	.137	.000	.137	0	7			-	-
19	Jim Wilson	p	-	29	-	MLB	20	39	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	0		3		0	.179	.000	.205	0	8			-	-
1	Tommy Holmes	of	-	34	-	MLB	27	29	1	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	4	0		0		0	.172	.000	.241	0	7			-	-
2	Gene Mauch	2b-ss	-	25	-	MLB	19	20	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	4	0		1		0	.100	.000	.100	0	2			-	-
16,26	Dave Cole	p	-	20	-	MLB	23	17	1	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	4	0		0		0	.353	.000	.706	1000	12			-	-
14,44	Bob Chipman	p	-	32	-	MLB	33	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0		0		0	.100	.000	.100	0	1			-	-
22	George Estock	p	-	26	-	MLB	37	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		1		0	.286	.000	.286	0	2			-	-
11	Phil Paine	p	-	21	-	MLB	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
20	Dick Donovan	p	-	23	-	MLB	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		0	.333	.000	.667	1000	2			-	-
8	Bob Thorpe	of	-	24	-	MLB	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.500	.000	1.500	1000	3			-	-
37	Bobby Hogue	p	-	30	-	MLB	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.500	.000	.500	0	1			-	-
33	Lew Burdette	p	-	24	-	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
11	Blix Donnelly	p	-	37	-	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
21	Warren Spahn	3	30	-	MLB	22	14	2.98	39	36	26	7	3	0	310.2	278	111	103	20	109	164	7	1	1.25	8.05	0.58	3.16	4.75	0.66	--	0.68
36	Max Surkont	14	29	-	MLB	12	16	3.99	37	33	11	2	3	1	237.0	230	119	105	21	89	110	5	0	1.35	8.73	0.80	3.38	4.18	0.81	--	0.73
24	Vern Bickford	17	30	-	MLB	11	9	3.12	25	20	12	3	5	0	164.2	146	68	57	7	76	76	0	0	1.35	7.98	0.38	4.15	4.15	1.00	--	1.17
33	Johnny Sain	32	33	-	MLB	5	13	4.21	26	22	6	1	2	1	160.1	195	88	75	16	45	63	0	0	1.50	10.95	0.90	2.53	3.54	0.71	--	0.75
17	Chet Nichols	15	20	-	MLB	11	8	2.88	33	19	12	3	6	2	156.0	142	61	50	4	69	71	8	0	1.35	8.19	0.23	3.98	4.10	0.97	--	1.44
19	Jim Wilson	-	29	-	MLB	7	7	5.40	20	15	5	0	3	1	110.0	131	67	66	14	40	33	1	0	1.55	10.72	1.15	3.27	2.70	1.21	--	0.53
16,26	Dave Cole	-	20	-	MLB	2	4	4.26	23	7	1	0	4	0	67.2	64	43	32	3	64	33	2	1	1.89	8.51	0.40	8.51	4.39	1.94	--	0.75
22	George Estock	41	26	-	MLB	0	1	4.33	37	1	0	0	16	3	60.1	56	33	29	2	37	11	2	0	1.54	8.35	0.30	5.52	1.64	3.36	--	0.84
14,44	Bob Chipman	40	32	-	MLB	4	3	4.85	33	0	0	0	22	4	52.0	59	29	28	5	19	17	2	0	1.50	10.21	0.87	3.29	2.94	1.12	--	0.78
11	Phil Paine	-	21	-	MLB	2	0	3.06	21	0	0	0	9	0	35.1	36	15	12	2	20	17	2	0	1.58	9.17	0.51	5.09	4.33	1.18	--	0.98
20	Dick Donovan	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	5.27	8	2	0	0	3	0	13.2	17	11	8	0	11	4	0	0	2.05	11.20	0.00	7.24	2.63	2.75	--	1.47
11	Blix Donnelly	-	37	-	MLB	0	1	7.36	6	0	0	0	1	0	7.1	8	6	6	1	6	3	1	1	1.91	9.82	1.23	7.36	3.68	2.00	--	0.50
37	Bobby Hogue	-	30	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	1.40	7.20	1.80	5.40	0.00	--	--	1.60
11	Sid Schacht	-	33	-	MLB	0	2	1.93	5	0	0	0	4	0	4.2	6	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.71	11.57	0.00	3.86	1.93	2.00	--	1.33
33	Lew Burdette	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	6.23	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	3	0	5	1	1	0	2.54	12.46	0.00	10.38	2.08	5.00	--	0.67
Totals: (32 players)						76	78	3.75	154	154	73	16	81	12	1,389	1378	662	578	130	595	604	31	3	1.40	8.93	0.62	3.86	3.91	0.99	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Walker Cooper	C	90		367	57	8	9	.981	0.00
Ebba St. Claire	C	62		267	29	7	5	.977	0.00
Ray Mueller	C	23		85	15	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Earl Torgeson	1B	155		1330	107	17	137	.988	0.00
Sibby Sisti	1B	1		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Hartsfield	2B	114		336	293	20	87	.969	0.00
Sibby Sisti	2B	52		129	114	6	23	.976	0.00
Buddy Kerr	2B	5		5	4	0	3	1.000	0.00
Gene Mauch	2B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Elliott	3B	127		138	242	24	31	.941	0.00
Sid Gordon	3B	34		51	71	5	8	.961	0.00
Sibby Sisti	3B	6		3	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gene Mauch	3B	3		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Buddy Kerr	SS	63		110	173	9	31	.969	0.00
Johnny Logan	SS	58		98	155	11	31	.958	0.00
Sibby Sisti	SS	55		91	113	12	24	.944	0.00
Gene Mauch	SS	10		15	16	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sam Jethroe	OF	140		356	18	10	4	.974	0.00
Willard Marshall	OF	136		220	11	0	3	1.000	0.00
Sid Gordon	OF	122		249	4	4	1	.984	0.00
Bob Addis	OF	46		107	1	2	1	.982	0.00
Luis Marquez	OF	43		100	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Luis Olmo	OF	16		23	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tommy Holmes	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Sibby Sisti	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Warren Spahn	P	39	310	7	50	3	1	.950	1.65
George Estock	P	37	60	4	13	1	1	.944	2.55
Max Surkont	P	37	237	11	31	2	2	.955	1.59
Bob Chipman	P	33	52	9	5	0	1	1.000	2.42
Chet Nichols	P	33	156	6	36	0	2	1.000	2.42
Johnny Sain	P	26	160	13	28	1	3	.976	2.30
Vern Bickford	P	25	164	14	38	1	4	.981	2.85
Dave Cole	P	23	67	4	13	1	2	.944	2.28
Phil Paine	P	21	35	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.79
Jim Wilson	P	20	110	4	16	0	2	1.000	1.64
Dick Donovan	P	8	13	1	4	0	0	1.000	3.41
Blix Donnelly	P	6	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.80
Sid Schacht	P	5	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lew Burdette	P	3	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.20
Bobby Hogue	P	3	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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