1948 Boston Braves Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 91–62 (.595), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Dark 137 553 85 175 39 6 3 48 24 36 4 0 .316 .347 .425 .772
Al Lyons 16 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Bill Voiselle 37 79 2 7 0 0 0 4 4 17 0 0 .089 .133 .089 .221
Bill Salkeld 78 207 26 48 8 1 8 28 42 37 1 0 .232 .364 .396 .760
Bob Elliott 151 544 99 153 24 5 23 100 131 57 6 0 .281 .421 .471 .891
Bobby Sturgeon 34 78 10 17 3 1 0 4 4 5 0 0 .218 .256 .282 .538
Bobby Hogue 40 28 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .071 .071 .107 .179
Clint Conatser 90 226 30 62 9 3 3 23 32 27 0 0 .274 .367 .381 .747
Clyde Shoun 36 23 2 4 2 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 .174 .174 .261 .435
Connie Ryan 51 126 14 26 3 0 0 10 21 16 0 0 .206 .324 .230 .554
Danny Litwhiler 13 34 0 9 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 .265 .375 .324 .699
Earl Torgeson 134 448 70 111 23 5 10 67 81 54 19 0 .248 .365 .388 .754
Eddie Stanky 67 251 49 79 14 2 2 29 61 13 3 0 .315 .449 .410 .859
Ernie White 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank McCormick 75 184 14 45 9 2 4 34 10 9 0 0 .245 .284 .380 .664
Glenn Elliott 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jeff Heath 115 367 64 116 26 5 20 76 51 46 2 0 .316 .401 .578 .979
Jim Prendergast 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Russell 89 325 44 85 18 1 9 54 46 31 4 0 .262 .358 .406 .764
Johnny Sain 43 131 11 25 3 1 0 16 1 3 0 0 .191 .197 .229 .426
Johnny Beazley 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Marv Rickert 3 13 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .231 .286 .385 .670
Mike McCormick 115 351 45 104 22 7 1 39 32 34 1 0 .296 .355 .407 .762
Nels Potter 18 31 0 11 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 .355 .355 .387 .742
Paul Burris 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Phil Masi 113 387 43 95 19 0 5 44 35 26 2 0 .245 .310 .333 .643
Ray Sanders 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Red Barrett 34 43 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 0 .163 .163 .163 .326
Sibby Sisti 83 229 30 54 6 2 0 21 31 34 0 0 .236 .330 .279 .609
Tommy Holmes 139 592 85 190 35 7 6 61 46 20 1 0 .321 .371 .434 .805
Vern Bickford 33 55 3 10 2 0 0 7 2 12 0 0 .182 .211 .218 .429
Warren Spahn 37 97 10 15 3 0 1 7 6 24 0 0 .155 .204 .216 .420
– 153 5,437 739 1,458 272 49 95 695 667 537 43 0 .268 .350 .389 .739

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Al Lyons 7 12.2 1 0 0 0 0 17 11 11 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 7.82 1.97
Bill Voiselle 37 215.2 13 13 2 0 0 226 93 87 90 3 89 30 0 9 2 3.63 1.47
Bobby Hogue 40 86.1 8 2 2 0 0 88 34 31 19 2 43 1 0 0 0 3.23 1.24
Clyde Shoun 36 74.0 5 1 4 0 0 77 37 33 20 0 25 2 0 1 0 4.01 1.31
Ed Wright 3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.93 2.36
Ernie White 15 23.0 0 2 2 0 0 13 7 5 17 0 8 0 0 0 0 1.96 1.30
Glenn Elliott 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 2.00
Jim Prendergast 10 16.2 1 1 1 0 0 30 20 19 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 10.26 2.10
Johnny Sain 42 314.2 24 15 1 0 0 297 105 91 83 5 137 39 0 28 4 2.60 1.21
Johnny Antonelli 4 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.25
Johnny Beazley 3 16.0 0 1 0 0 0 19 13 8 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 4.50 1.62
Nels Potter 18 85.0 5 2 2 0 0 77 27 22 8 0 47 7 0 3 0 2.33 1.00
Ray Martin 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.43
Red Barrett 34 128.1 7 8 0 0 0 132 56 52 26 0 40 13 0 3 0 3.65 1.23
Vern Bickford 33 146.0 11 5 1 0 0 125 59 53 63 3 60 22 0 10 1 3.27 1.29
Warren Spahn 36 257.0 15 12 1 0 0 237 115 106 77 1 114 35 0 16 3 3.71 1.22
– 153 1389.1 91 62 17 0 0 1,354 582 521 430 14 579 154 0 70 10 3.37 1.28

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Al Lyons P 7 3 8 0 11 0 - - - 1.000 1.57
Bill Voiselle P 37 6 33 5 44 0 - - - .886 1.05
Bobby Hogue P 40 4 11 0 15 1 - - - 1.000 0.37
Clyde Shoun P 36 5 4 3 12 1 - - - .750 0.25
Ed Wright P 3 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.33
Ernie White P 15 0 2 2 4 0 - - - .500 0.13
Glenn Elliott P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Jim Prendergast P 10 4 4 0 8 0 - - - 1.000 0.80
Johnny Sain P 42 21 48 2 71 3 - - - .972 1.64
Johnny Antonelli P 4 0 3 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.75
Johnny Beazley P 3 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Nels Potter P 18 4 20 2 26 1 - - - .923 1.33
Ray Martin P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Red Barrett P 34 13 26 1 40 1 - - - .975 1.15
Vern Bickford P 33 6 22 1 29 0 - - - .966 0.85
Warren Spahn P 36 4 52 1 57 3 - - - .982 1.56
Bill Salkeld C 59 254 32 3 289 5 0 0 .0 .990 4.85
Paul Burris C 2 6 1 0 7 0 0 0 .0 1.000 3.50
Phil Masi C 109 458 39 6 503 5 0 0 .0 .988 4.56
Earl Torgeson 1B 129 1,069 81 8 1,158 85 - - - .993 8.91
Frank McCormick 1B 50 343 33 5 381 30 - - - .987 7.52
Bobby Sturgeon 2B 18 36 40 5 81 9 - - - .938 4.22
Connie Ryan 2B 40 89 112 7 208 19 - - - .966 5.02
Eddie Stanky 2B 66 168 202 7 377 45 - - - .981 5.61
Sibby Sisti 2B 44 104 107 6 217 19 - - - .972 4.80
Bob Elliott 3B 150 146 298 26 470 18 - - - .945 2.96
Bobby Sturgeon 3B 4 3 3 1 7 0 - - - .857 1.50
Connie Ryan 3B 4 2 2 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Al Dark SS 133 253 393 25 671 66 - - - .963 4.86
Bobby Sturgeon SS 4 4 3 1 8 0 - - - .875 1.75
Sibby Sisti SS 26 36 66 8 110 13 - - - .927 3.92
Danny Litwhiler LF 8 24 1 0 25 0 - - - 1.000 3.12
Jeff Heath LF 106 223 6 2 231 2 - - - .991 2.16
Marv Rickert LF 3 9 1 0 10 0 - - - 1.000 3.33
Mike McCormick LF 100 187 7 5 199 3 - - - .975 1.94
Clint Conatser CF 76 146 3 4 153 1 - - - .974 1.96
Jim Russell CF 84 246 3 2 251 0 - - - .992 2.96
Al Lyons RF 4 4 0 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Tommy Holmes RF 137 283 8 5 296 4 - - - .983 2.12
– 153 4,164 1,677 143 5,984 334 0 0 .0 .976 3.48

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Dark 6 25 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .160 .160 .200 .360
Bill Voiselle 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bill Salkeld 5 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 .200 .467 .500 .967
Bob Elliott 6 21 4 7 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 0 .333 .391 .619 1.010
Clint Conatser 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Connie Ryan 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Earl Torgeson 5 18 2 7 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 .389 .450 .556 1.006
Eddie Stanky 6 15 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .267 .500 .333 .833
Frank McCormick 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Johnny Sain 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Marv Rickert 5 19 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 .211 .211 .368 .579
Mike McCormick 6 24 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Nels Potter 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Phil Masi 5 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
Ray Sanders 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Red Barrett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sibby Sisti 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tommy Holmes 6 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .192 .192 .192 .385
Vern Bickford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Warren Spahn 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– 6 194 17 43 6 0 4 16 16 19 1 0 .222 .281 .314 .595

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Bill Voiselle 2 10.2 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2.53 0.94
Johnny Sain 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 9 2 2 0 0 9 2 0 2 1 1.06 0.53
Nels Potter 2 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.44 1.50
Red Barrett 2 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.27
Vern Bickford 1 3.1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2.70 2.70
Warren Spahn 3 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 10 4 4 3 0 12 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.08
– 153 52.0 2 4 0 0 0 38 17 15 12 1 26 6 0 2 1 2.60 0.96

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Bill Voiselle P 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Johnny Sain P 2 2 2 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Nels Potter P 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Red Barrett P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Vern Bickford P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Warren Spahn P 3 0 3 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Bill Salkeld C 4 19 2 0 21 0 0 0 .0 1.000 5.25
Phil Masi C 5 10 1 0 11 0 0 0 .0 1.000 2.20
Earl Torgeson 1B 5 44 5 0 49 2 - - - 1.000 9.80
Frank McCormick 1B 1 5 1 0 6 1 - - - 1.000 6.00
Eddie Stanky 2B 6 8 13 0 21 2 - - - 1.000 3.50
Sibby Sisti 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bob Elliott 3B 6 11 13 3 27 1 - - - .889 4.00
Al Dark SS 6 7 12 3 22 1 - - - .864 3.17
Marv Rickert LF 5 20 0 0 20 0 - - - 1.000 4.00
Mike McCormick LF 2 6 0 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Clint Conatser CF 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Mike McCormick CF 5 11 0 0 11 0 - - - 1.000 2.20
Tommy Holmes RF 6 10 2 0 12 1 - - - 1.000 2.00
– 6 156 54 6 216 8 0 0 .0 .972 1.84

Awards

Player Award Stats
Al Dark Rookie of the Year (SS) .316–3–48, 4 SB
Johnny Sain All-Star (P) 24–15, 1 Sv, 137 SO, 2.60 ERA
Phil Masi All-Star (C) .245–5–44, 2 SB
Eddie Stanky All-Star (2B) .315–2–29, 3 SB
Bob Elliott All-Star (3B) .281–23–100, 6 SB
Tommy Holmes All-Star (CF) .321–6–61, 1 SB