The 1941 Boston Braves season was the 71st season of the franchise, and saw the team revert to the “Braves” moniker after five seasons playing under the name of “Boston Bees”. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses.
1941 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 62–92 (.403) |
League place | 7th |
Owners | J.A. Robert Quinn |
Managers | Casey Stengel |
Radio | WAAB (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey) |
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 52–25 | 48–29 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 56 | .634 | 2½ | 53–24 | 44–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 45–34 | 43–32 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 73 | .526 | 19 | 45–32 | 36–41 |
New York Giants | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 38–39 | 36–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 70 | 84 | .455 | 30 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 92 | .403 | 38 | 32–44 | 30–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 | .279 | 57 | 23–52 | 20–59 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 4–18–2 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–4–2 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 8–14–2 | 6–15–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 14–8–2 | 16–6 | — | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–6–1 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- September 20, 1941: Nanny Fernandez was purchased by the Braves from the San Francisco Seals.[1]
Roster
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Ray Berres | 120 | 279 | 56 | .201 | 1 | 19 |
1B | Buddy Hassett | 118 | 405 | 120 | .296 | 1 | 33 |
2B | Bama Rowell | 138 | 483 | 129 | .267 | 7 | 60 |
SS | Eddie Miller | 154 | 585 | 140 | .239 | 6 | 68 |
3B | Sibby Sisti | 140 | 541 | 140 | .259 | 1 | 45 |
OF | Gene Moore | 129 | 397 | 108 | .272 | 5 | 43 |
OF | Johnny Cooney | 123 | 442 | 141 | .319 | 0 | 29 |
OF | Max West | 138 | 484 | 134 | .277 | 12 | 68 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Paul Waner | 95 | 294 | 82 | .279 | 2 | 46 |
Phil Masi | 87 | 180 | 40 | .222 | 3 | 18 |
Skippy Roberge | 55 | 167 | 36 | .216 | 0 | 15 |
Babe Dahlgren | 44 | 166 | 39 | .235 | 7 | 30 |
Frank Demaree | 48 | 113 | 26 | .230 | 2 | 15 |
Buddy Gremp | 37 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 0 | 10 |
Hank Majeski | 19 | 55 | 8 | .145 | 0 | 3 |
Al Montgomery | 42 | 52 | 10 | .192 | 0 | 4 |
Lloyd Waner | 19 | 51 | 21 | .412 | 0 | 4 |
Chet Ross | 29 | 50 | 6 | .120 | 0 | 4 |
Whitey Wietelmann | 16 | 33 | 3 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Don Manno | 22 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
John Dudra | 14 | 25 | 9 | .360 | 0 | 3 |
Earl Averill | 8 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
Buster Bray | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
Mel Preibisch | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Tobin | 33 | 238.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.10 | 61 |
Manny Salvo | 35 | 195.0 | 7 | 16 | 4.06 | 67 |
George Barnicle | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Art Johnson | 43 | 183.1 | 7 | 15 | 3.53 | 70 |
Dick Errickson | 38 | 165.2 | 6 | 12 | 4.78 | 45 |
Al Javery | 34 | 160.2 | 10 | 11 | 4.31 | 54 |
Tom Earley | 33 | 138.2 | 6 | 8 | 2.53 | 54 |
Johnny Hutchings | 36 | 95.2 | 1 | 6 | 4.14 | 36 |
Bill Posedel | 18 | 53.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.87 | 10 |
Wes Ferrell | 4 | 14.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.14 | 10 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Hank LaManna | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5.33 | 23 |
Joe Sullivan | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.13 | 11 |
Nick Strincevich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 |
Eddie Carnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 |
Al Piechota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
editLevel | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Hartford Bees | Eastern League | Jack Onslow and Don Manno |
B | Evansville Bees | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
B | Bridgeport Bees | Interstate League | Rudy Hulswitt |
D | Bradford Bees | PONY League | Del Bissonette |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bradford[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Nanny Fernandez page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
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