1948 Boston Braves Roster, Stats, and Awards

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

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1948 Al Dark 137 553 85 175 39 6 3 48 24 36 4 0 .316 .347 .425 .772
1948 Al Lyons 16 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
1948 Bill Salkeld 78 207 26 48 8 1 8 28 42 37 1 0 .232 .364 .396 .760
1948 Bill Voiselle 37 79 2 7 0 0 0 4 4 17 0 0 .089 .133 .089 .221
1948 Bob Elliott 151 544 99 153 24 5 23 100 131 57 6 0 .281 .421 .471 .891
1948 Bobby Sturgeon 34 78 10 17 3 1 0 4 4 5 0 0 .218 .256 .282 .538
1948 Bobby Hogue 40 28 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .071 .071 .107 .179
1948 Clint Conatser 90 226 30 62 9 3 3 23 32 27 0 0 .274 .367 .381 .747
1948 Clyde Shoun 36 23 2 4 2 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 .174 .174 .261 .435
1948 Connie Ryan 51 126 14 26 3 0 0 10 21 16 0 0 .206 .324 .230 .554
1948 Danny Litwhiler 13 34 0 9 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 .265 .375 .324 .699
1948 Earl Torgeson 134 448 70 111 23 5 10 67 81 54 19 0 .248 .365 .388 .754
1948 Eddie Stanky 67 251 49 79 14 2 2 29 61 13 3 0 .315 .449 .410 .859
1948 Ernie White 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Frank McCormick 75 184 14 45 9 2 4 34 10 9 0 0 .245 .284 .380 .664
1948 Glenn Elliott 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Jeff Heath 115 367 64 116 26 5 20 76 51 46 2 0 .316 .401 .578 .979
1948 Jim Prendergast 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Jim Russell 89 325 44 85 18 1 9 54 46 31 4 0 .262 .358 .406 .764
1948 Johnny Beazley 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Johnny Sain 43 131 11 25 3 1 0 16 1 3 0 0 .191 .197 .229 .426
1948 Marv Rickert 3 13 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .231 .286 .385 .670
1948 Mike McCormick 115 351 45 104 22 7 1 39 32 34 1 0 .296 .355 .407 .762
1948 Nels Potter 18 31 0 11 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 .355 .355 .387 .742
1948 Paul Burris 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1948 Phil Masi 113 387 43 95 19 0 5 44 35 26 2 0 .245 .310 .333 .643
1948 Ray Sanders 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
1948 Red Barrett 34 43 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 0 .163 .163 .163 .326
1948 Sibby Sisti 83 229 30 54 6 2 0 21 31 34 0 0 .236 .330 .279 .609
1948 Tommy Holmes 139 592 85 190 35 7 6 61 46 20 1 0 .321 .371 .434 .805
1948 Vern Bickford 33 55 3 10 2 0 0 7 2 12 0 0 .182 .211 .218 .429
1948 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

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1948 Al Lyons 7 12.2 1 0 0 0 0 17 11 11 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 7.82 1.97
1948 Bill Voiselle 37 215.2 13 13 2 0 0 226 93 87 90 3 89 30 0 9 2 3.63 1.47
1948 Bobby Hogue 40 86.1 8 2 2 0 0 88 34 31 19 2 43 1 0 0 0 3.23 1.24
1948 Clyde Shoun 36 74.0 5 1 4 0 0 77 37 33 20 0 25 2 0 1 0 4.01 1.31
1948 Ed Wright 3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.93 2.36
1948 Ernie White 15 23.0 0 2 2 0 0 13 7 5 17 0 8 0 0 0 0 1.96 1.30
1948 Glenn Elliott 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 2.00
1948 Jim Prendergast 10 16.2 1 1 1 0 0 30 20 19 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 10.26 2.10
1948 Johnny Beazley 3 16.0 0 1 0 0 0 19 13 8 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 4.50 1.62
1948 Johnny Antonelli 4 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.25
1948 Johnny Sain 42 314.2 24 15 1 0 0 297 105 91 83 5 137 39 0 28 4 2.60 1.21
1948 Nels Potter 18 85.0 5 2 2 0 0 77 27 22 8 0 47 7 0 3 0 2.33 1.00
1948 Ray Martin 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.43
1948 Red Barrett 34 128.1 7 8 0 0 0 132 56 52 26 0 40 13 0 3 0 3.65 1.23
1948 Vern Bickford 33 146.0 11 5 1 0 0 125 59 53 63 3 60 22 0 10 1 3.27 1.29
1948 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 1,389.1 91 62 17 0 0 1,354 582 521 430 14 579 154 0 70 10 3.37 1.28

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1948 Al Lyons P 7 3 8 0 11 0 1.000 1.57
1948 Bill Voiselle P 37 6 33 5 44 0 .886 1.05
1948 Bobby Hogue P 40 4 11 0 15 1 1.000 0.37
1948 Clyde Shoun P 36 5 4 3 12 1 .750 0.25
1948 Ed Wright P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1948 Ernie White P 15 0 2 2 4 0 .500 0.13
1948 Glenn Elliott P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1948 Jim Prendergast P 10 4 4 0 8 0 1.000 0.80
1948 Johnny Beazley P 3 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1948 Johnny Antonelli P 4 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.75
1948 Johnny Sain P 42 21 48 2 71 3 .972 1.64
1948 Nels Potter P 18 4 20 2 26 1 .923 1.33
1948 Ray Martin P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1948 Red Barrett P 34 13 26 1 40 1 .975 1.15
1948 Vern Bickford P 33 6 22 1 29 0 .966 0.85
1948 Warren Spahn P 36 4 52 1 57 3 .982 1.56
1948 Bill Salkeld C 59 254 32 3 289 5 0 0 0.0% .990 4.85
1948 Paul Burris C 2 6 1 0 7 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.50
1948 Phil Masi C 109 458 39 6 503 5 0 0 0.0% .988 4.56
1948 Earl Torgeson 1B 129 1,069 81 8 1,158 85 .993 8.91
1948 Frank McCormick 1B 50 343 33 5 381 30 .987 7.52
1948 Bobby Sturgeon 2B 18 36 40 5 81 9 .938 4.22
1948 Connie Ryan 2B 40 89 112 7 208 19 .966 5.02
1948 Eddie Stanky 2B 66 168 202 7 377 45 .981 5.61
1948 Sibby Sisti 2B 44 104 107 6 217 19 .972 4.80
1948 Bob Elliott 3B 150 146 298 26 470 18 .945 2.96
1948 Bobby Sturgeon 3B 4 3 3 1 7 0 .857 1.50
1948 Connie Ryan 3B 4 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 1.00
1948 Al Dark SS 133 253 393 25 671 66 .963 4.86
1948 Bobby Sturgeon SS 4 4 3 1 8 0 .875 1.75
1948 Sibby Sisti SS 26 36 66 8 110 13 .927 3.92
1948 Danny Litwhiler LF 8 24 1 0 25 0 1.000 3.12
1948 Jeff Heath LF 106 223 6 2 231 2 .991 2.16
1948 Marv Rickert LF 3 9 1 0 10 0 1.000 3.33
1948 Mike McCormick LF 100 187 7 5 199 3 .975 1.94
1948 Clint Conatser CF 76 146 3 4 153 1 .974 1.96
1948 Jim Russell CF 84 246 3 2 251 0 .992 2.96
1948 Al Lyons RF 4 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 1.00
1948 Tommy Holmes RF 137 283 8 5 296 4 .983 2.12
– – 153 4,164 1,677 143 5,984 334 0 0 .976 38.18

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1948 Al Dark 6 25 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .160 .160 .200 .360
1948 Bill Salkeld 5 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 .200 .467 .500 .967
1948 Bill Voiselle 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Bob Elliott 6 21 4 7 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 0 .333 .391 .619 1.010
1948 Clint Conatser 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Connie Ryan 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Earl Torgeson 5 18 2 7 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 .389 .450 .556 1.006
1948 Eddie Stanky 6 15 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .267 .500 .333 .833
1948 Frank McCormick 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1948 Johnny Sain 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1948 Marv Rickert 5 19 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 .211 .211 .368 .579
1948 Mike McCormick 6 24 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1948 Nels Potter 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1948 Phil Masi 5 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
1948 Ray Sanders 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Red Barrett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Sibby Sisti 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 Tommy Holmes 6 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .192 .192 .192 .385
1948 Vern Bickford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 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

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1948 Bill Voiselle 2 10.2 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2.53 0.94
1948 Johnny Sain 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 9 2 2 0 0 9 2 0 2 1 1.06 0.53
1948 Nels Potter 2 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.44 1.50
1948 Red Barrett 2 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.27
1948 Vern Bickford 1 3.1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2.70 2.70
1948 Warren Spahn 3 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 10 4 4 3 0 12 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.08
– – 8 52.0 2 4 0 0 0 38 17 15 12 1 26 6 0 2 1 2.60 0.96

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1948 Bill Voiselle P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1948 Johnny Sain P 2 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1948 Nels Potter P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1948 Red Barrett P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1948 Vern Bickford P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1948 Warren Spahn P 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1948 Bill Salkeld C 4 19 2 0 21 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 5.25
1948 Phil Masi C 5 10 1 0 11 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.20
1948 Earl Torgeson 1B 5 44 5 0 49 2 1.000 9.80
1948 Frank McCormick 1B 1 5 1 0 6 1 1.000 6.00
1948 Eddie Stanky 2B 6 8 13 0 21 2 1.000 3.50
1948 Sibby Sisti 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1948 Bob Elliott 3B 6 11 13 3 27 1 .889 4.00
1948 Al Dark SS 6 7 12 3 22 1 .864 3.17
1948 Marv Rickert LF 5 20 0 0 20 0 1.000 4.00
1948 Mike McCormick LF 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 3.00
1948 Clint Conatser CF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1948 Mike McCormick CF 5 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 2.20
1948 Tommy Holmes RF 6 10 2 0 12 1 1.000 2.00
– – 6 156 54 6 216 8 0 0 .972 35.00

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

Frequently asked questions about the 1948 Atlanta Braves

Who had the most hits on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Tommy Holmes led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with 190 hits in 139 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Tommy Holmes led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with a .321 batting average in 139 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Bob Elliott led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with 23 home runs in 151 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Bob Elliott led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with a .421 on-base percentage (OBP) in 151 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Bob Elliott led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with a .471 slugging percentage in 151 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Earl Torgeson led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with 19 stolen bases in 134 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Johnny Sain had a 2.60 earned-run average (ERA) in 42 games, the lowest on the 1948 Atlanta Braves.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Johnny Sain had a 1.21 WHIP in 42 games, the lowest on the 1948 Atlanta Braves.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Johnny Sain led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with 137 strikeouts in 42 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Johnny Sain led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with 24 wins in 42 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1948 Atlanta Braves?

Clyde Shoun led the 1948 Atlanta Braves with 4 saves in 36 games.