1951 Boston Braves season

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1951 Boston Braves
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Braves Field (Since 1915) Boston, Massachusetts (Since 1871)
1951 Information
Owner(s)	Louis R. Perini
General manager(s)	John 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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Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

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	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	98	59	--	.624
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	60	1	.618
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	15.5	.526
Boston Braves	76	78	20.5	.494
Philadelphia Phillies	73	81	23.5	.474
Cincinnati Reds	68	86	28.5	.442
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	90	32.5	.416
Chicago Cubs	62	92	34.5	.403

Roster

1951 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

8 Bob Thorpe

Manager

1 Tommy Holmes
30 Billy Southworth

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

References

^ Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference

External links

1951 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

v d e 1951 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1951 All-Star Game • 1951 World Series

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