1949 Boston Braves

75-79 • .487 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
79 Losses
.487 Win %
4th Rank
706 R 719 RA
Diff -13

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706 Runs Scored
719 Runs Allowed
-13 Run Diff
1,083K Attendance

📈 vs. 1949 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 2% below the 1949 league average (.262)
OBP .344 3% above the 1949 league average (.334)
SLG .374 4% below the 1949 league average (.389)
Team ERA 3.99 1% better than the 1949 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 706 equal to the 1949 league average (706 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBraves Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,083,470
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Avg per Game 14,071

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1949

Batting Avg

1 Jeff Heath 0.306 2 Marv Rickert 0.292 3 Eddie Stanky 0.285 4 Bob Elliott 0.280 5 Al Dark 0.276

Home Runs

1 Bob Elliott 17 2 Elbie Fletcher 11 3 Jeff Heath 9 4 Tommy Holmes 8 5 Pete Reiser 8

RBI

1 Bob Elliott 76 2 Tommy Holmes 59 3 Jim Russell 54 4 Al Dark 53 5 Elbie Fletcher 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Dark 130 529 74 146 23 5 3 53 31 43 5 0.276
Eddie Stanky 138 506 90 144 24 5 1 42 113 41 3 0.285
Bob Elliott 139 482 77 135 29 5 17 76 90 38 0 0.280
Jim Russell 130 415 57 96 22 1 8 54 64 68 3 0.231
Elbie Fletcher 122 413 57 108 19 3 11 51 84 65 1 0.262
Tommy Holmes 117 380 47 101 20 4 8 59 39 6 1 0.266
Marv Rickert 100 277 44 81 18 3 6 49 23 38 1 0.292
Sibby Sisti 101 268 39 69 12 0 5 22 34 42 1 0.257
Del Crandall 67 228 21 60 10 1 4 34 9 18 2 0.263
Pete Reiser 84 221 32 60 8 3 8 40 33 42 3 0.271
Ed Sauer 79 214 26 57 12 0 3 31 17 34 0 0.266
Connie Ryan 85 208 28 52 13 1 6 20 21 30 1 0.250
Bill Salkeld 66 161 17 41 5 0 5 25 44 24 1 0.255
Clint Conatser 53 152 10 40 6 0 3 16 14 19 0 0.263
Jeff Heath 36 111 17 34 7 0 9 23 15 26 0 0.306
Warren Spahn 40 111 11 18 0 0 2 10 4 27 1 0.162
Phil Masi 37 105 13 22 2 0 0 6 14 10 1 0.210
Earl Torgeson 25 100 17 26 5 1 4 19 13 4 4 0.260
Johnny Sain 39 97 10 20 3 0 0 3 2 2 0 0.206
Vern Bickford 37 81 7 15 0 0 0 8 2 20 0 0.185
Mickey Livingston 28 64 6 15 2 1 0 6 3 5 0 0.234
Bill Voiselle 30 61 1 7 2 0 0 5 4 7 0 0.115
Johnny Antonelli 22 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.120
Nels Potter 41 23 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.130
Bob Hall 31 22 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 7 0 0.364
Bobby Hogue 33 21 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.286
Ray Sanders 9 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 9 0 0.143
Glenn Elliott 22 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.059
Don Thompson 7 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.182
Al Lakeman 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.167
Red Barrett 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Steve Kuczek 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Johnny Beazley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clyde Shoun 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1949

ERA

1 Warren Spahn 3.07 2 Bobby Hogue 3.13 3 Johnny Antonelli 3.56 4 Glenn Elliott 3.95 5 Bill Voiselle 4.04

Wins

1 Warren Spahn 21 2 Vern Bickford 16 3 Johnny Sain 10 4 Bill Voiselle 7 5 Bob Hall 6

Strikeouts

1 Warren Spahn 151 2 Vern Bickford 101 3 Johnny Sain 73 4 Bill Voiselle 63 5 Nels Potter 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Warren Spahn 21 14 3.07 38 38 0 302.1 283 103 86 151
Johnny Sain 10 17 4.81 37 36 0 243.0 285 130 75 73
Vern Bickford 16 11 4.25 37 36 0 230.2 246 109 106 101
Bill Voiselle 7 8 4.04 30 22 1 169.1 170 76 78 63
Nels Potter 6 11 4.19 41 3 7 96.2 99 45 30 57
Johnny Antonelli 3 7 3.56 22 10 0 96.0 99 38 42 48
Bob Hall 6 4 4.36 31 6 0 74.1 77 36 41 43
Bobby Hogue 2 2 3.13 33 0 3 72.0 78 25 25 23
Glenn Elliott 3 4 3.95 22 6 0 68.1 70 30 27 15
Red Barrett 1 1 5.68 23 0 0 44.1 58 28 10 17
Johnny Beazley 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0
Clyde Shoun 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (34)

Johnny Antonelli Red Barrett Johnny Beazley Vern Bickford Clint Conatser Del Crandall Al Dark Bob Elliott Glenn Elliott Elbie Fletcher Bob Hall Jeff Heath +22 more

34 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1949 Boston Braves

What was the 1949 Boston Braves record?
The 1949 Boston Braves finished 75-79 (.487 win pct).
Who led the 1949 Boston Braves in home runs?
Bob Elliott led the 1949 Boston Braves with 17 home runs.
What was the 1949 Boston Braves team ERA?
The 1949 Boston Braves posted a team ERA of 3.99.
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