1919 Boston Braves season

The 1919 Boston Braves season was the 49th season of the franchise.

1919 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record57–82 (.410)
League place6th
OwnersGeorge W. Grant
ManagersGeorge Stallings
← 1918
1920 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 96 44 .686 51‍–‍19 45‍–‍25
New York Giants 87 53 .621 9 46‍–‍23 41‍–‍30
Chicago Cubs 75 65 .536 21 40‍–‍31 35‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 68 .511 24½ 39‍–‍31 32‍–‍37
Brooklyn Robins 69 71 .493 27 36‍–‍34 33‍–‍37
Boston Braves 57 82 .410 38½ 29‍–‍38 28‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 54 83 .394 40½ 34‍–‍35 20‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 47 90 .343 47½ 26‍–‍44 21‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1919 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Hank Gowdy 78 219 61 .279 1 22
1B Walter Holke 137 518 151 .292 0 48
2B Buck Herzog 73 275 77 .280 1 25
SS Rabbit Maranville 131 480 128 .267 5 43
3B Tony Boeckel 95 365 91 .249 1 26
OF Joe Riggert 63 240 68 .283 4 17
OF Walton Cruise 73 241 52 .216 1 21
OF Ray Powell 123 470 111 .236 2 33

Other batters

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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 Rawlings 77 275 70 .255 1 16
Red Smith 87 241 59 .245 1 25
Art Wilson 71 191 49 .257 0 16
Jim Thorpe 60 156 51 .327 1 25
Leslie Mann 40 145 41 .283 3 20
Charlie Pick 34 114 29 .254 1 7
Lena Blackburne 31 80 21 .263 0 4
Joe Kelly 18 64 9 .141 0 3
Dizzy Nutter 18 52 11 .212 0 3
Dixie Carroll 15 49 13 .265 0 7
Walt Tragesser 20 40 7 .175 0 3
Lloyd Christenbury 7 31 9 .290 0 4
Hod Ford 10 28 6 .214 0 3
Mickey O'Neil 11 28 6 .214 0 1
Tom Miller 7 6 2 .333 0 0
Gene Bailey 4 6 2 .333 0 1
Lee King 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Sam White 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Rudolph 37 273.2 13 18 2.17 76
Art Nehf 22 168.2 8 9 3.09 53
Red Causey 10 69.0 4 5 4.57 14
Joe Oeschger 7 56.2 4 2 2.54 16
Pat Ragan 4 12.2 0 2 7.11 3

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dana Fillingim 32 186.1 6 13 3.38 50
Ray Keating 22 136.0 7 11 2.98 48
Al Demaree 25 128.0 6 6 3.80 34
Jack Scott 19 103.2 6 6 3.13 44
Hugh McQuillan 16 60.0 2 3 3.45 13
Jake Northrop 11 37.1 1 5 4.58 9
Larry Cheney 8 33.0 0 2 3.55 13

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill James 1 0 0 0 3.38 1

References

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