1950 Boston Braves

83-71 • 0.539 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
71 Losses
0.539 Win %
4th Rank
785 R 736 RA
Diff +49

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⚡ Quick Stats

785 Runs Scored
736 Runs Allowed
+49 Run Diff
937K Attendance

📈 vs. 1950 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 1950 league average (.261)
OBP .338 2% above the 1950 league average (.332)
SLG .345 2% above the 1950 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.14 equal to the 1950 league average (4.14)
Runs Scored 785 9% above the 1950 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBraves Field
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 937,798
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Avg per Game 11,870

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Walker Cooper 0.329 2 Bob Elliott 0.305 3 Sid Gordon 0.304 4 Tommy Holmes 0.298 5 Earl Torgeson 0.290

Home Runs

1 Sid Gordon 27 2 Bob Elliott 24 3 Earl Torgeson 23 4 Sam Jethroe 18 5 Walker Cooper 14

RBI

1 Bob Elliott 107 2 Sid Gordon 103 3 Earl Torgeson 87 4 Walker Cooper 60 5 Sam Jethroe 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sam Jethroe 141 582 100 159 0 0 18 58 52 93 35 0.273
Earl Torgeson 156 576 120 167 0 0 23 87 119 69 15 0.290
Bob Elliott 142 531 94 162 0 0 24 107 68 67 2 0.305
Buddy Kerr 155 507 45 115 0 0 2 46 50 50 0 0.227
Sid Gordon 134 481 78 146 0 0 27 103 78 31 2 0.304
Roy Hartsfield 107 419 62 116 0 0 7 24 27 61 7 0.277
Walker Cooper 102 337 52 111 0 0 14 60 30 26 1 0.329
Tommy Holmes 105 322 44 96 0 0 9 51 33 8 0 0.298
Willard Marshall 105 298 38 70 0 0 5 40 36 5 1 0.235
Del Crandall 79 255 21 56 0 0 4 37 13 24 0 0.220
Luis Olmo 69 154 23 35 0 0 5 22 18 23 3 0.227
Gene Mauch 48 121 17 28 0 0 1 15 14 9 1 0.231
Vern Bickford 40 116 9 16 0 0 0 6 3 24 0 0.138
Warren Spahn 41 106 7 23 0 0 1 13 6 33 1 0.217
Sibby Sisti 69 105 21 18 0 0 2 11 16 19 1 0.171
Johnny Sain 37 102 9 21 0 0 1 15 6 3 0 0.206
Pete Reiser 53 78 12 16 0 0 1 10 18 22 1 0.205
Connie Ryan 20 72 12 14 0 0 3 6 12 9 0 0.194
Bob Chipman 27 39 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 12 0 0.154
Bob Addis 16 28 7 7 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 0.250
Paul Burris 10 23 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.174
Max Surkont 9 23 4 10 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 0.435
Normie Roy 19 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.167
Johnny Antonelli 20 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.125
Bobby Hogue 36 13 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.231
Bob Hall 21 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.083
Mickey Haefner 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.286
Dick Donovan 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.167
Walt Linden 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.400
Emil Verban 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ernie Johnson 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Bucky Walters 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Cole 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Murray Wall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Manville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Warren Spahn 3.16 2 Max Surkont 3.23 3 Vern Bickford 3.47 4 Johnny Sain 3.94 5 Bob Chipman 4.43

Wins

1 Warren Spahn 21 2 Johnny Sain 20 3 Vern Bickford 19 4 Bob Chipman 7 5 Max Surkont 5

Strikeouts

1 Warren Spahn 191 2 Vern Bickford 126 3 Johnny Sain 96 4 Bob Chipman 40 5 Johnny Antonelli 33
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vern Bickford 19 14 3.47 40 39 0 311.2 122 126
Warren Spahn 21 17 3.16 41 39 1 293.0 111 191
Johnny Sain 20 13 3.94 37 37 0 278.1 70 96
Bob Chipman 7 7 4.43 27 12 1 124.0 37 40
Bobby Hogue 3 5 5.03 36 1 7 62.2 31 15
Normie Roy 4 3 5.13 19 6 1 59.2 39 25
Johnny Antonelli 2 3 5.93 20 6 0 57.2 22 33
Max Surkont 5 2 3.23 9 6 0 55.2 20 21
Bob Hall 0 2 6.97 21 4 0 50.1 33 22
Dick Donovan 0 2 8.19 10 3 0 29.2 34 9
Mickey Haefner 0 2 5.63 8 2 0 24.0 12 10
Ernie Johnson 2 0 6.97 16 1 0 20.2 13 15
Dave Cole 0 1 1.13 4 0 0 8.0 3 8
Murray Wall 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 4.0 2 2
Bucky Walters 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 4.0 2 0
Dick Manville 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 3 2

👥 Roster (35)

Bob Addis Johnny Antonelli Vern Bickford Paul Burris Bob Chipman Dave Cole Walker Cooper Del Crandall Dick Donovan Bob Elliott Sid Gordon Mickey Haefner +23 more

35 players

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