1946 Boston Braves

81-72 • 0.529 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
72 Losses
0.529 Win %
4th Rank
630 R 592 RA
Diff +38

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

630 Runs Scored
592 Runs Allowed
+38 Run Diff
969K Attendance

📈 vs. 1946 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 3% above the 1946 league average (.255)
OBP .334 3% above the 1946 league average (.326)
SLG .288 2% below the 1946 league average (.295)
Team ERA 3.35 2% better than the 1946 league average (3.42)
Runs Scored 630 3% above the 1946 league average (614 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBraves Field
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 969,590
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Avg per Game 12,927

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Johnny Hopp 0.333 2 Tommy Holmes 0.310 3 Billy Herman 0.306 4 Ed Wright 0.305 5 Johnny Sain 0.298

Home Runs

1 Danny Litwhiler 8 2 Tommy Holmes 6 3 Ray Sanders 6 4 Billy Herman 3 5 Johnny Hopp 3

RBI

1 Tommy Holmes 79 2 Phil Masi 62 3 Johnny Hopp 48 4 Connie Ryan 48 5 Nanny Fernandez 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tommy Holmes 149 568 80 176 0 0 6 79 58 14 7 0.310
Connie Ryan 143 502 55 121 0 0 1 48 55 63 7 0.241
Dick Culler 134 482 70 123 0 0 0 33 62 18 7 0.255
Johnny Hopp 129 445 71 148 0 0 3 48 34 34 21 0.333
Phil Masi 133 397 52 106 0 0 3 62 55 41 5 0.267
Nanny Fernandez 115 372 37 95 0 0 2 42 30 44 1 0.255
Bama Rowell 95 293 37 82 0 0 3 31 29 15 5 0.280
Ray Sanders 80 259 43 63 0 0 6 35 50 38 0 0.243
Billy Herman 75 252 32 77 0 0 3 22 43 13 1 0.306
Danny Litwhiler 79 247 29 72 0 0 8 38 19 23 1 0.291
Carden Gillenwater 99 224 30 51 0 0 1 14 39 27 3 0.228
Skippy Roberge 48 169 13 39 0 0 2 20 7 12 1 0.231
Mike McCormick 59 164 23 43 0 0 1 16 11 7 0 0.262
Don Padgett 44 98 6 25 0 0 2 21 5 7 0 0.255
Johnny Sain 40 94 6 28 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0.298
Whitey Wietelmann 44 78 7 16 0 0 0 5 14 8 0 0.205
Mort Cooper 28 67 5 14 0 0 1 7 2 14 0 0.209
Ed Wright 36 59 5 18 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 0.305
Stew Hofferth 20 58 3 12 0 0 0 10 3 6 0 0.207
Chuck Workman 25 48 5 8 0 0 2 7 3 11 0 0.167
Bill Lee 25 47 0 8 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 0.170
Tommy Neill 13 45 8 12 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 0.267
Johnny Barrett 24 43 3 10 0 0 0 6 12 1 0 0.233
Warren Spahn 24 43 3 7 0 0 0 4 1 14 0 0.163
Si Johnson 28 37 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 14 0 0.135
Ken O'Dea 12 32 4 7 0 0 0 2 8 4 0 0.219
Johnny Niggeling 8 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.111
Lefty Wallace 27 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 10 0 0.056
Al Dark 15 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.231
Johnny McCarthy 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.143
Frank Barrett 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Hugh Poland 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Bob Brady 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Steve Roser 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Mulligan 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0.000
Elmer Singleton 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ernie White 14 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Bill Posedel 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Konstanty 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Dee Phillips 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Ducky Detweiler 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Hendrickson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnny Hutchings 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Javery 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Max West 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Earl Reid 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sibby Sisti 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ace Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Sain 2.21 2 Si Johnson 2.76 3 Warren Spahn 2.94 4 Mort Cooper 3.12 5 Johnny Niggeling 3.26

Wins

1 Johnny Sain 20 2 Mort Cooper 13 3 Ed Wright 12 4 Bill Lee 10 5 Warren Spahn 8

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Sain 129 2 Mort Cooper 83 3 Warren Spahn 67 4 Ed Wright 44 5 Si Johnson 41
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Sain 20 14 2.21 37 34 2 265.0 87 129
Mort Cooper 13 11 3.12 28 27 1 199.0 39 83
Ed Wright 12 9 3.52 36 21 0 176.1 71 44
Bill Lee 10 9 4.18 25 21 0 140.0 45 32
Si Johnson 6 5 2.76 28 12 1 127.0 35 41
Warren Spahn 8 5 2.94 24 16 1 125.2 36 67
Lefty Wallace 3 3 4.18 27 8 0 75.1 31 27
Johnny Niggeling 2 5 3.26 8 8 0 58.0 21 24
Frank Barrett 2 4 5.09 23 0 1 35.1 17 12
Steve Roser 1 1 3.60 14 1 1 35.0 18 18
Elmer Singleton 0 1 3.74 15 2 1 33.2 21 17
Bill Posedel 2 0 6.99 19 0 4 28.1 13 9
Ernie White 0 1 4.18 12 1 0 23.2 12 8
Jim Konstanty 0 1 5.28 10 1 0 15.1 7 9
Dick Mulligan 1 0 2.35 4 0 0 15.1 9 4
Whitey Wietelmann 0 0 8.10 3 0 0 6.2 4 2
Al Javery 0 1 13.50 2 1 0 3.1 5 0
Johnny Hutchings 0 1 9.00 1 1 0 3.0 1 1
Earl Reid 1 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 3 2
Don Hendrickson 0 1 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 2 2
Ace Williams 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0

👥 Roster (48)

Frank Barrett Johnny Barrett Bob Brady Mort Cooper Dick Culler Al Dark Ducky Detweiler Nanny Fernandez Carden Gillenwater Don Hendrickson Billy Herman Stew Hofferth +36 more

48 players

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