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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The 1951 Boston Braves season was the 81st season of the franchise and its penultimate in Boston.

Offseason

  • Prior to 1951 season: Georges Maranda was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9859 0.624 — 50–28 48–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 9760 0.618 1 49–29 48–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8173 0.526 15½ 44–34 37–39
Boston Braves 7678 0.494 20½ 42–35 34–43
Philadelphia Phillies 7381 0.474 23½ 38–39 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 6886 0.442 28½ 35–42 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 6490 0.416 32½ 32–45 32–45
Chicago Cubs 6292 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 —10–12–110–1210–128–1412–1013–913–9
Brooklyn 12–10–1—14–814–814–1115–710–1218–4
Chicago 12–108–14—10–127–157–159–139–13–1
Cincinnati 12–108–1412–10—5–1711–1112–10–18–14
New York 14–811–1415–717–5—16–614–811–11
Philadelphia 10–127–1515–711–116–16—15–79–13
Pittsburgh 9–1312–1013–910–12–18–147–15—5–17
St. Louis 9–134–1813–9–114–811–1113–917–5—

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
3BBob Elliott136480137.2851570
OFSid Gordon150550158.28729109

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
Johnny Logan6216937.219016
Luis Márquez6812224.197011
Tommy Holmes27295.17205
Bob Thorpe221.50001

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 Spahn39310.222142.98164
Vern Bickford25164.21193.1276
Jim Wilson20110775.4033

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
Chet Nichols331561182.8871
Dave Cole2367.2244.2633
Dick Donovan813.2005.274

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
Bob Chipman334344.8517
Phil Paine212003.0617
Blix Donnelly60107.363
Lew Burdette30006.231

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


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