1923 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record54–100 (.351)
League place7th
OwnersEmil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson
ManagersFred Mitchell
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The 1923 Boston Braves season was the 53rd season of the franchise.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 95 58 0.621 — 47–30 48–28
Cincinnati Reds 91 63 0.591 4½ 46–32 45–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 67 0.565 8½ 47–30 40–37
Chicago Cubs 83 71 0.539 12½ 46–31 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 79 74 0.516 16 42–35 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 76 78 0.494 19½ 37–40 39–38
Boston Braves 54 100 0.351 41½ 22–55 32–45
Philadelphia Phillies 50 104 0.325 45½ 20–55 30–49

Record vs. opponents

1923 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 8–14 6–16 7–15 6–16 13–9 5–17 9–13–1
Brooklyn 14–8 — 10–12 8–14 11–11 12–10–1 11–11 10–12
Chicago 16–6 12–10 — 9–13 10–12 13–9 11–11 12–10
Cincinnati 15–7 14–8 13–9 — 12–10 19–3 8–14 10–12
New York 16–6 11–11 12–10 10–12 — 19–3 13–9 14–7
Philadelphia 9–13 10–12–1 9–13 3–19 3–19 — 9–13 7–15
Pittsburgh 17–5 11–11 11–11 14–8 9–13 13–9 — 12–10
St. Louis 13–9–1 12–10 10–12 12–10 7–14 15–7 10–12 —


Roster

1923 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Mickey O'Neil 96 306 65 .212 0 20
1B Stuffy McInnis 154 607 191 .315 2 95
2B Hod Ford 111 380 103 .271 2 50
SS Bob Smith 115 375 94 .251 0 40
3B Tony Boeckel 148 568 169 .298 7 79
OF Billy Southworth 153 611 195 .319 6 78
OF Gus Felix 139 506 138 .273 6 44
OF Ray Powell 97 338 102 .302 4 38

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Al Nixon 88 321 88 .274 0 19
Earl Smith 72 191 55 .288 3 19
Jocko Conlon 59 147 32 .218 0 17
Larry Kopf 39 138 38 .275 0 10
Bill Bagwell 56 93 27 .290 2 10
Al Hermann 31 93 22 .237 0 11
Frank Gibson 41 50 15 .300 0 5
Hank Gowdy 23 48 6 .125 0 5
Walton Cruise 21 38 8 .211 0 0
Bob Emmerich 13 24 2 .083 0 0
Ernie Padgett 4 11 2 .182 0 0
Snake Henry 11 9 1 .111 0 2
Dee Cousineau 1 2 2 1.000 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rube Marquard 38 239.0 11 14 3.73 78
Jesse Barnes 31 195.1 10 14 2.76 41
Frank Miller 8 39.1 0 3 4.58 6
Dick Rudolph 4 19.1 1 2 3.72 3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Genewich 43 227.1 13 14 3.72 54
Joe Oeschger 44 166.1 5 15 5.68 33
Tim McNamara 32 139.1 3 13 4.91 32
Larry Benton 35 128.0 5 9 4.99 42
Dana Fillingim 35 100.1 1 9 5.20 27
Johnny Cooney 23 98.0 3 5 3.31 23
Mule Watson 11 31.1 1 2 5.17 10
Joe Batchelder 4 9.0 1 0 7.00 2

References

  1. ^ Gus Felix page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".

External links


1923 MLB season by team
Atlanta Braves
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