1929 Boston Braves

56-98 • 0.364 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

56 Wins
98 Losses
0.364 Win %
8th Rank
657 R 876 RA
Diff -219

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

657 Runs Scored
876 Runs Allowed
-219 Run Diff
508K Attendance

📈 vs. 1929 NL Average

Batting Avg .279 5% below the 1929 league average (.294)
OBP .331 6% below the 1929 league average (.353)
SLG .298 14% below the 1929 league average (.346)
Team ERA 5.12 9% worse than the 1929 league average (4.72)
Runs Scored 657 20% below the 1929 league average (826 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBraves Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 508,370
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Avg per Game 6,602

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Sisler 0.326 2 Johnny Cooney 0.319 3 Earl Clark 0.315 4 Bernie James 0.307 5 Lance Richbourg 0.305

Home Runs

1 George Harper 10 2 Les Bell 9 3 Lance Richbourg 3 4 George Sisler 2 5 Al Spohrer 2

RBI

1 George Sisler 79 2 Les Bell 72 3 George Harper 68 4 Lance Richbourg 56 5 Rabbit Maranville 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George Sisler 154 629 67 205 0 0 2 79 33 17 6 0.326
Rabbit Maranville 146 560 87 159 0 0 0 55 47 33 13 0.284
Lance Richbourg 139 557 76 170 0 0 3 56 42 26 7 0.305
Freddie Maguire 138 496 54 125 0 0 0 41 19 40 8 0.252
Les Bell 139 483 58 144 0 0 9 72 50 42 4 0.298
George Harper 136 457 65 133 0 0 10 68 69 27 5 0.291
Al Spohrer 114 342 42 93 0 0 2 48 26 35 1 0.272
Earl Clark 84 279 43 88 0 0 1 30 12 30 6 0.315
Jimmy Welsh 53 186 24 54 0 0 2 16 13 9 1 0.290
Joe Dugan 60 125 14 38 0 0 0 15 8 8 0 0.304
Bernie James 46 101 12 31 0 0 0 9 9 13 3 0.307
Zack Taylor 34 101 8 25 0 0 0 10 7 9 0 0.248
Bob Smith 39 99 12 17 0 0 1 8 2 8 1 0.172
Heinie Mueller 46 93 10 19 0 0 0 11 12 12 2 0.204
Lou Legett 39 81 7 13 0 0 0 6 3 18 2 0.160
Johnny Cooney 41 72 10 23 0 0 0 6 3 3 1 0.319
Socks Seibold 33 70 6 20 0 0 0 9 6 6 0 0.286
Phil Voyles 20 68 9 16 0 0 0 14 6 8 0 0.235
Ed Brandt 29 64 7 15 0 0 0 5 4 6 0 0.234
Percy Jones 36 61 4 9 0 0 0 3 2 16 0 0.148
Buzz Boyle 17 57 8 15 0 0 1 2 6 11 2 0.263
Ben Cantwell 27 50 5 9 0 0 0 5 4 5 0 0.180
Gorham Leverett 24 32 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.188
Bill Dunlap 10 29 6 12 0 0 1 4 4 4 0 0.414
Gene Robertson 8 28 1 8 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0.286
Bruce Cunningham 19 27 3 4 0 0 0 2 4 7 0 0.148
Red Barron 10 21 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 0.190
Art Delaney 20 21 4 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0.143
Jack Smith 19 20 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0.250
Hank Gowdy 10 16 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.438
Red Peery 10 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0.214
Henry Peploski 6 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.200
Bill Cronin 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.111
Doc Farrell 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.125
Jack Cummings 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Pat Collins 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0.000
Kent Greenfield 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Al Weston 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Clarkson 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Bunny Hearn 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Clay Touchstone 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Johnny Werts 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Johnny Evers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ben Cantwell 4.47 2 Bruce Cunningham 4.52 3 Percy Jones 4.64 4 Bob Smith 4.68 5 Socks Seibold 4.73

Wins

1 Socks Seibold 12 2 Bob Smith 11 3 Ed Brandt 8 4 Percy Jones 7 5 Ben Cantwell 4

Strikeouts

1 Percy Jones 69 2 Bob Smith 65 3 Socks Seibold 54 4 Ed Brandt 50 5 Gorham Leverett 28
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Smith 11 17 4.68 34 29 3 231.0 71 65
Socks Seibold 12 17 4.73 33 27 1 205.2 80 54
Percy Jones 7 15 4.64 35 22 0 188.1 84 69
Ed Brandt 8 13 5.53 26 21 0 167.2 83 50
Ben Cantwell 4 13 4.47 27 20 2 157.0 52 25
Gorham Leverett 3 7 6.36 24 12 1 97.2 30 28
Bruce Cunningham 4 6 4.52 17 8 1 91.2 32 22
Art Delaney 3 5 6.12 20 8 0 75.0 35 17
Johnny Cooney 2 3 5.00 14 2 3 45.0 22 11
Red Peery 0 1 5.11 9 1 0 44.0 9 3
Bunny Hearn 2 0 4.42 10 1 0 18.1 9 12
Kent Greenfield 0 0 10.91 6 2 0 15.2 15 7
Bill Clarkson 0 1 10.29 2 1 0 7.0 4 0
Johnny Werts 0 0 10.50 4 0 1 6.0 4 2
Clay Touchstone 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 2.2 0 1

👥 Roster (43)

Red Barron Les Bell Buzz Boyle Ed Brandt Ben Cantwell Earl Clark Bill Clarkson Pat Collins Johnny Cooney Bill Cronin Jack Cummings Bruce Cunningham +31 more

43 players

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