1951 Boston Braves season

1951 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 76–78 (.494)
League place 4th
Other information
Owner(s) Louis R. Perini
General manager(s) John J. Quinn
Manager(s) Billy Southworth, Tommy Holmes
Local television WNAC
WBZ-TV
Local radio WNAC
(Jim Britt, Bump Hadley, Les Smith)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 59 0.624 — 50–28 48–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 97 60 0.618 1 49–29 48–31
St. Louis Cardinals 81 73 0.526 15½ 44–34 37–39
Boston Braves 76 78 0.494 20½ 42–35 34–43
Philadelphia Phillies 73 81 0.474 23½ 38–39 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 68 86 0.442 28½ 35–42 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 64 90 0.416 32½ 32–45 32–45
Chicago Cubs 62 92 0.403 34½ 32–45 30–47

Record vs. opponents

1951 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 10–12–1 10–12 10–12 8–14 12–10 13–9 13–9
Brooklyn 12–10–1 — 14–8 14–8 14–11 15–7 10–12 18–4
Chicago 12–10 8–14 — 10–12 7–15 7–15 9–13 9–13–1
Cincinnati 12–10 8–14 12–10 — 5–17 11–11 12–10–1 8–14
New York 14–8 11–14 15–7 17–5 — 16–6 14–8 11–11
Philadelphia 10–12 7–15 15–7 11–11 6–16 — 15–7 9–13
Pittsburgh 9–13 12–10 13–9 10–12–1 8–14 7–15 — 5–17
St. Louis 9–13 4–18 13–9–1 14–8 11–11 13–9 17–5 —

Roster

1951 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
3B Elliott, BobBob Elliott 136 480 137 .285 15 70
OF Gordon, SidSid Gordon 150 550 158 .287 29 109

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
Logan, JohnnyJohnny Logan 62 169 37 .219 0 16
Márquez, LuisLuis Márquez 68 122 24 .197 0 11
Holmes, TommyTommy Holmes 27 29 5 .172 0 5
Thorpe, BobBob Thorpe 2 2 1 .500 0 1

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
Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn 39 310.2 22 14 2.98 164
Bickford, VernVern Bickford 25 164.2 11 9 3.12 76
Wilson, JimJim Wilson 20 110 7 7 5.40 33

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
Nichols, ChetChet Nichols 33 156 11 8 2.88 71
Cole, DaveDave Cole 23 67.2 2 4 4.26 33
Donovan, DickDick Donovan 8 13.2 0 0 5.27 4

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
Chipman, BobBob Chipman 33 4 3 4 4.85 17
Paine, PhilPhil Paine 21 2 0 0 3.06 17
Donnelly, BlixBlix Donnelly 6 0 1 0 7.36 3
Burdette, LewLew Burdette 3 0 0 0 6.23 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Milwaukee Brewers American Association Charlie Grimm
AA Atlanta Crackers Southern Association Dixie Walker and Whit Wyatt
A Hartford Chiefs Eastern League Tommy Holmes and Travis Jackson
A Denver Bears Western League Andy Cohen
B Evansville Braves Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
B Hagerstown Braves Interstate League Dutch Dorman
C Ventura Braves California League Gene Lillard
C Eau Claire Bears Northern League Bill Adair
C Quebec Braves Provincial League George McQuinn
D Bluefield Blue-Grays Appalachian League Travis Jackson and Xavier Rescigno

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Milwaukee

References

External links


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