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

Offseason December 15, 1948: Mike McCormick and Nanny Fernandez were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Reiser.Nanny Fernandez page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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 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 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 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 23 1 1 0 5.68 17 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Clyde Shoun 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield, High Point-Thomasville

References

External links 1949 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference