1931 Boston Braves
64 - 90
1930 / 1932 (Organization)
7th place in the NL (37 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		36 - 41 (.468)
28 - 49 (.364)		 -8.8 wins
-4.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 533 / 674 ( -141 )
Allowed/Expected: 680 / 668 ( -12 )
Pyth Record: 60 - 94 (+4)
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Attendance: 515,005 Avg Att: 6,603 (0.89)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 7,417
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.85 R/L HR: 0.94 / 0.71
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
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via
1 Lance Richbourg
RF
33.5
0.6
7.4
1.7
5
N
9
17
1926
 Purchased Milwaukee (American Asso
2 Earl Clark
LF
23.7
-0.2
0.7
-0.4
5
Y
8
15
1927
 Purchased Richmond (Virginia)
3 Bill Cronin
C
28.5
-0.4
1.3
-1.4
4
Y
Not Available
4 Ed Brandt
SP
26.4
6.1
25.2
15.9
4
Y
8
31
1927
 Purchased Seattle (PCL)
5 Ben Cantwell
SP
29.2
2.2
10.7
4.9
4
N
6
15
1928
 Trade NY1 NL
6 Al Spohrer
C
28.6
-0.4
6.7
-2.8
4
N
6
15
1928
 Trade NY1 NL
7 Socks Seibold
SP
35.1
-0.5
6.3
-1.4
3
N
11
7
1928
 Trade CHN NL
8 Freddie Maguire
2B
32.1
-1.4
7.2
-4.9
3
N
11
7
1928
 Trade CHN NL
9 Bruce Cunningham
SP
25.8
0.2
4.6
-0.4
3
Y
11
7
1928
 Trade CHN NL
10 Rabbit Maranville
SS
39.6
1.0
9.1
-5.2
3
N
12
8
1928
 Purchased SLN NL
11 Bob Brown
SP
20.3
-0.3
0.1
-0.1
2
Y
Not Available
12 Randy Moore
3B
25.0
0.3
3.8
-0.4
2
N
9
17
1929
 Purchased Dallas (Texas)
13 Johnny Neun
1B
30.7
-0.4
0.9
-1.0
2
N
10
7
1929
 Draft (Rule 5) Baltimore (International
14 Wally Berger
CF
25.7
5.7
30.7
16.7
2
Y
11
14
1929
 Trade Los Angeles (PCL)
15 Tom Zachary
SP
35.2
4.5
19.8
11.3
2
N
5
12
1930
 Waivers NYA AL
16 Buster Chatham
3B
29.5
-0.0
0.7
-0.3
2
Y
5
21
1930
 Trade Portland (PCL)
17 Bill Sherdel
SP
34.9
1.4
7.3
2.2
2
N
6
16
1930
 Trade SLN NL
18 Fred Frankhouse
SP
27.2
1.4
7.6
3.0
2
N
6
16
1930
 Trade SLN NL
19 Bucky Walters
3B
22.2
-0.1
0.3
-0.4
1
Y
1
1
1929
 Free Agency (Amateur)
20 Charlie Wilson
3B
26.5
-0.2
0.4
-0.9
1
Y
9
15
1930
 Purchased Rochester (International
21 Red Worthington
LF
25.2
1.0
12.6
2.9
1
Y
9
15
1930
 Purchased Rochester (International
22 Hal Haid
RP
33.5
-0.3
1.2
-0.7
1
N
9
18
1930
 Waivers SLN NL
23 Earl Sheely
1B
38.4
-0.7
7.7
-2.5
1
N
9
30
1930
 Draft (Rule 5) San Francisco (PCL)
24 Bill Dreesen
3B
26.9
0.4
3.2
-0.9
1
Y
9
30
1930
 Draft (Rule 5) Springfield (Eastern)
25 Bill McAfee
RP
23.8
-0.5
0.0
-1.0
1
N
10
14
1930
 Trade CHN NL
26 Wes Schulmerich
RF
29.9
1.6
10.5
3.9
1
Y
10
14
1930
 Trade CHN NL
27 Al Bool
C
33.9
-0.4
1.2
-0.9
1
N
11
12
1930
 Waivers PIT NL
28 Pat Veltman
-
25.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
N
1
13
1931
 Purchased New Haven (Eastern)
29 Ray Moss
SP
29.6
-0.7
0.5
-1.2
1
N
5
23
1931
 Purchased BRO NL
30 Bill Hunnefield
3B
32.5
-0.0
0.3
-0.3
1
N
5
28
1931
 Waivers CLE AL
31 Johnny Scalzi
-
24.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
Y
6
1
1931
 Free Agency (Amateur)
32 Billy Urbanski
3B
28.1
-0.2
4.1
-3.3
1
Y
6
30
1931
 Purchased Montreal (International
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Wally Berger CF San Francisco, CA (US)
Al Bool C Lincoln, NE (USA)
Ed Brandt SP Spokane, WA (US)
Bob Brown SP Dorchester, MA (USA)
Ben Cantwell SP Milan, TN (USA)
Buster Chatham 3B West, TX (USA)
Earl Clark LF Washington, DC (US)
Bill Cronin C West Newton, MA (USA)
Bruce Cunningham SP San Francisco, CA (USA)
Bill Dreesen 3B New York, NY (USA)
Fred Frankhouse SP Port Royal, PA (USA)
Hal Haid RP Belmont, NC (US)
Bill Hunnefield 3B Dedham, MA (USA)
Freddie Maguire 2B Roxbury, MA (USA)
Rabbit Maranville SS Springfield, MA (US)
Bill McAfee RP Smithville, GA (USA)
Randy Moore 3B Naples, TX (USA)
Ray Moss SP Chattanooga, TN (USA)
Johnny Neun 1B Baltimore, MD (USA)
Lance Richbourg RF DeFuniak Springs, FL (US)
Johnny Scalzi - Stamford, CT (US)
Wes Schulmerich RF Hillsboro, OR (US)
Socks Seibold SP Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Earl Sheely 1B Bushnell, IL (USA)
Bill Sherdel SP McSherrystown, PA (USA)
Al Spohrer C Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Billy Urbanski 3B Linoleumville, NY (USA)
Pat Veltman - Mobile, AL (USA)
Bucky Walters 3B Germantown, PA (US)
Charlie Wilson 3B Clinton, SC (USA)
Red Worthington LF Alhambra, CA (USA)
Tom Zachary SP Graham, NC (USA)

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