1949 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record75–79 (.487)
League place4th
OwnersLouis R. Perini
General managersJohn J. Quinn
ManagersBilly Southworth, Johnny Cooney
TelevisionWNAC
WBZ-TV
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley)
RadioWHDH
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan)
← 1948
1950 →

The 1949 Boston Braves season was the 79th season of the franchise.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 97 57 0.630 — 48–29 49–28
St. Louis Cardinals 96 58 0.623 1 51–26 45–32
Philadelphia Phillies 81 73 0.526 16 40–37 41–36
Boston Braves 75 79 0.487 22 43–34 32–45
New York Giants 73 81 0.474 24 43–34 30–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 83 0.461 26 36–41 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 62 92 0.403 35 35–42 27–50
Chicago Cubs 61 93 0.396 36 33–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1949 National League record

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


Roster

1949 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Del Crandall 67 228 60 .263 4 34
1B Elbie Fletcher 122 413 108 .262 11 51
2B Eddie Stanky 138 506 144 .285 1 42
SS Al Dark 130 529 146 .276 3 53
3B Bob Elliott 139 482 135 .280 17 76
OF Tommy Holmes 117 380 101 .266 8 59
OF Marv Rickert 100 277 81 .292 6 49
OF Jim Russell 130 415 96 .231 8 54

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
Sibby Sisti 101 268 69 .257 5 22
Pete Reiser 84 221 60 .271 8 40
Ed Sauer 79 214 57 .266 3 31
Connie Ryan 85 208 52 .250 6 20
Bill Salkeld 66 161 41 .255 5 25
Clint Conatser 53 152 40 .263 3 16
Jeff Heath 36 111 34 .306 9 23
Phil Masi 37 105 22 .210 0 6
Earl Torgeson 25 100 26 .260 4 19
Mickey Livingston 28 64 15 .234 0 6
Ray Sanders 9 21 3 .143 0 0
Don Thompson 7 11 2 .182 0 0
Al Lakeman 3 6 1 .167 0 0
Steve Kuczek 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

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
Warren Spahn 38 302.1 21 14 3.07 151
Johnny Sain 37 243.0 10 17 4.81 73
Vern Bickford 37 230.2 16 11 4.25 101
Bill Voiselle 30 169.1 7 8 4.04 63

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
Johnny Antonelli 22 96.0 3 7 3.56 48
Bob Hall 31 74.1 6 4 4.36 43
Glenn Elliott 22 68.1 3 4 3.95 15

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Nels Potter 41 6 11 7 4.19 57
Bobby Hogue 33 2 2 3 3.13 23
Red Barrett 23 1 1 0 5.68 17
Johnny Beazley 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Clyde Shoun 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Milwaukee Brewers American Association Nick Cullop
A Hartford Chiefs Eastern League Earl Browne and Ripper Collins
A Denver Bears Western League Mike Gazella, Bill DeCarlo and Earl Browne
B Evansville Braves Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
B Pawtucket Slaters New England League Ripper Collins, Earl Browne and Dutch Dorman
B Jackson Senators Southeastern League Willis Hudlin
C Eau Claire Bears Northern League Andy Cohen
D Bluefield Blue-Grays Appalachian League Ernie White
D Marysville Braves Far West League Rex Carr
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Bill Adair
D High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms North Carolina State League Jim Gruzdis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield, High Point-Thomasville

References

  1. ^ Nanny Fernandez page at Baseball-Reference

External links


1949 MLB season by team
Atlanta Braves
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