1951 Boston Braves

76-78 • 0.494 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
78 Losses
0.494 Win %
4th Rank
723 R 662 RA
Diff +61

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⚡ Quick Stats

723 Runs Scored
662 Runs Allowed
+61 Run Diff
485K Attendance

📈 vs. 1951 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 1% above the 1951 league average (.259)
OBP .332 1% above the 1951 league average (.328)
SLG .335 1% above the 1951 league average (.331)
Team ERA 3.75 5% better than the 1951 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 723 4% above the 1951 league average (694 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBraves Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 485,575
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Avg per Game 6,225

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Walker Cooper 0.313 2 Sid Gordon 0.287 3 Bob Elliott 0.285 4 Ebba St. Claire 0.282 5 Willard Marshall 0.281

Home Runs

1 Sid Gordon 29 2 Earl Torgeson 24 3 Walker Cooper 18 4 Sam Jethroe 18 5 Bob Elliott 15

RBI

1 Sid Gordon 109 2 Earl Torgeson 92 3 Bob Elliott 70 4 Sam Jethroe 65 5 Willard Marshall 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Earl Torgeson 155 581 99 153 0 0 24 92 102 70 20 0.263
Sam Jethroe 148 572 101 160 0 0 18 65 57 88 35 0.280
Sid Gordon 150 550 96 158 0 0 29 109 80 32 2 0.287
Bob Elliott 136 480 73 137 0 0 15 70 65 56 2 0.285
Willard Marshall 136 469 65 132 0 0 11 62 48 18 0 0.281
Roy Hartsfield 120 450 63 122 0 0 6 31 41 73 7 0.271
Sibby Sisti 114 362 46 101 0 0 2 38 32 50 4 0.279
Walker Cooper 109 342 42 107 0 0 18 59 28 18 1 0.313
Ebba St. Claire 72 220 22 62 0 0 1 25 12 24 2 0.282
Bob Addis 85 199 23 55 0 0 1 24 9 10 3 0.276
Buddy Kerr 69 172 18 32 0 0 1 18 22 20 0 0.186
Johnny Logan 62 169 14 37 0 0 0 16 18 13 0 0.219
Luis Márquez 68 122 19 24 0 0 0 11 10 20 4 0.197
Warren Spahn 42 116 8 22 0 0 1 18 6 27 0 0.190
Max Surkont 37 73 2 11 0 0 0 4 7 17 0 0.151
Ray Mueller 28 70 8 11 0 0 1 9 7 11 0 0.157
Luis Olmo 21 56 4 11 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0.196
Vern Bickford 25 52 1 6 0 0 0 4 2 12 0 0.115
Johnny Sain 26 52 4 11 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0.212
Chet Nichols 33 51 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 18 0 0.137
Jim Wilson 20 39 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.179
Tommy Holmes 27 29 1 5 0 0 0 5 3 4 0 0.172
Gene Mauch 19 20 5 2 0 0 0 1 7 4 0 0.100
Dave Cole 23 17 1 6 0 0 1 6 0 4 0 0.353
Bob Chipman 33 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.100
George Estock 37 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.286
Phil Paine 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Donovan 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.333
Bobby Hogue 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.500
Bob Thorpe 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Lew Burdette 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Blix Donnelly 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sid Schacht 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Chet Nichols 2.88 2 Warren Spahn 2.98 3 Phil Paine 3.06 4 Vern Bickford 3.12 5 Max Surkont 3.99

Wins

1 Warren Spahn 22 2 Max Surkont 12 3 Vern Bickford 11 4 Chet Nichols 11 5 Jim Wilson 7

Strikeouts

1 Warren Spahn 164 2 Max Surkont 110 3 Vern Bickford 76 4 Chet Nichols 71 5 Johnny Sain 63
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Warren Spahn 22 14 2.98 39 36 0 310.2 109 164
Max Surkont 12 16 3.99 37 33 1 237.0 89 110
Vern Bickford 11 9 3.12 25 20 0 164.2 76 76
Johnny Sain 5 13 4.21 26 22 1 160.1 45 63
Chet Nichols 11 8 2.88 33 19 2 156.0 69 71
Jim Wilson 7 7 5.40 20 15 1 110.0 40 33
Dave Cole 2 4 4.26 23 7 0 67.2 64 33
George Estock 0 1 4.33 37 1 3 60.1 37 11
Bob Chipman 4 3 4.85 33 0 4 52.0 19 17
Phil Paine 2 0 3.06 21 0 0 35.1 20 17
Dick Donovan 0 0 5.27 8 2 0 13.2 11 4
Blix Donnelly 0 1 7.36 6 0 0 7.1 6 3
Bobby Hogue 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 5.0 3 0
Sid Schacht 0 2 1.93 5 0 0 4.2 2 1
Lew Burdette 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 5 1

👥 Roster (33)

Bob Addis Vern Bickford Lew Burdette Bob Chipman Dave Cole Walker Cooper Blix Donnelly Dick Donovan Bob Elliott George Estock Sid Gordon Roy Hartsfield +21 more

33 players

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