1923 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 54-100
Finish: 4th in NL NL East Division
Runs Scored: 709
Runs Allowed: 874
Exp W-L: 62-92
 
Ballpark: Braves Field
Attendance: 977,072
Manager: Ken Lonc

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-53, 2nd in the National League
AA: 60-71, 7th in the National League
A: 64-67, 5th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B *Dutch Zwilling 34 154 588 74 149 27 6 13 100 2 0 78 68 .253 .342 .386 .728 80.9 7.1 6.5
1B #George Carr 27 148 601 112 203 30 16 19 90 58 35 59 58 .338 .404 .536 .940 116.9 16.2 1.0
RF *Elmer Smith 30 150 580 95 170 17 5 1 49 18 10 59 18 .293 .358 .345 .703 72.9 6.6 2.9
SS  George Scales 22 146 484 60 116 15 5 5 70 24 6 78 49 .240 .346 .322 .668 61.9 4.7 2.7
CF  Tilly Walker 35 148 472 59 116 18 8 7 50 11 3 70 48 .246 .347 .362 .709 60.7 4.9 3.8
C *Earl Smith 26 140 479 65 138 24 4 11 77 0 0 49 11 .288 .348 .424 .771 68.9 6.9 4.9
LF *Jack Fournier 33 139 454 63 125 22 6 3 64 25 8 78 29 .275 .381 .370 .751 67.2 7.2 2.9
2B  Bingo Demoss 33 136 466 53 103 18 18 1 51 39 15 37 37 .221 .280 .343 .624 46.8 1.1 5.2
RF *George Harper 31 121 256 31 71 13 2 3 28 2 5 17 17 .277 .320 .379 .699 28.1 1.8 1.0
C  Pete Lapan 32 47 157 12 42 2 1 0 19 2 1 10 23 .268 .310 .293 .603 12.7 0.1 1.4
CF  Bill Cunningham 27 84 121 24 36 4 0 2 16 1 4 6 3 .298 .336 .380 .716 13.6 1.0 0.3
SS  Lena Blackburne 36 59 111 12 17 4 2 0 14 6 0 10 16 .153 .230 .225 .455 5.6 0.0 1.0
P *Colonel Snover 28 38 103 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 29 .117 .124 .136 .260 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Morrison 27 37 99 17 28 1 5 1 12 0 2 2 16 .283 .297 .424 .721 11.2 0.9 0.0
P  Leo Dickerman 26 21 55 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 15 .073 .121 .145 .266 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Rube Kroh 36 19 50 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 .060 .060 .100 .160 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Firpo Marberry 24 39 41 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .195 .233 .195 .428 1.4 0.0 0.0
RF *Butch Weis 22 41 31 8 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 .258 .378 .323 .701 4.4 0.5 0.0
P *Art Nehf 30 12 31 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .129 .206 .161 .367 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Charlie Robertson 27 10 23 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .217 .280 .304 .584 1.0 0.0 0.0
C  John Peters 29 4 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.7 0.1 0.1
P  Frank Shellenback 24 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Mike Kircher 25 46 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.1 0.0
P  Mule Watson 26 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Fred Fussell 27 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.2 0.0
P *Benn Karr 29 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Harry Coveleski 37 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 1857 5228 706 1363 202 80 67 665 188 89 570 472 .261 .334 .368 .703 650.3 59.5 33.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 4 6 8 1 6 2 5 8 8 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Johnny Morrison 27 11 18 .379 36 36 0 268.0 291 135 10 88 97 4.53 15.6
*Colonel Snover 28 15 9 .625 38 38 0 260.0 264 90 2 71 95 3.12 22.3
 Leo Dickerman 26 7 9 .438 21 21 0 157.3 194 98 8 60 52 5.61 5.1
 Firpo Marberry 24 4 13 .235 39 16 0 151.7 179 88 4 75 46 5.22 5.7
*Rube Kroh 36 3 14 .176 19 19 0 146.3 219 102 16 50 33 6.27 0.5
*Art Nehf 30 3 8 .273 12 12 0 90.7 122 48 9 28 10 4.77 3.5
 Charlie Robertson 27 0 8 .000 10 10 0 70.0 119 63 3 29 14 8.10 0.0
 Mule Watson 26 3 3 .500 50 0 4 62.3 53 13 6 20 21 1.88 9.0
 Mike Kircher 25 4 6 .400 46 0 1 52.0 78 36 2 12 4 6.23 1.3
 Frank Shellenback 24 1 3 .250 20 2 0 40.0 45 22 2 22 10 4.95 1.7
*Fred Fussell 27 2 3 .400 30 0 8 33.0 34 16 3 15 6 4.36 4.1
 Ed Hovlik 31 1 5 .167 19 0 0 17.7 30 22 2 22 6 11.21 0.0
 Benn Karr 29 0 1 .000 16 0 0 15.7 31 15 0 6 0 8.62 0.0
*Harry Coveleski 37 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.4 54 100 .351 357 154 13 1365.6 1660 748 67 498 394 4.93 68.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 2 8 5 7 3 6 5 6 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 34.4
E.Smith 1022.0 113 130 317 85 13 1 .969 36.6
P.Lapan 323.7 39 41 94 30 8 0 .939 38.3
J.Peters 20.0 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1365.7 154 175 414 116 21 1 .962 36.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.60
G.Carr 1251.7 140 145 1677 150 26 140 .986 13.14
Team Total 1251.7 140 145 1677 150 26 140 .986 13.14
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 6.67
B.Demoss 1135.0 135 135 346 570 17 110 .982 7.26
L.Blackburne 153.0 11 34 42 78 2 12 .984 7.06
G.Scales 56.0 7 10 16 32 1 5 .980 7.71
E.Smith 8.7 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.16
G.Carr 8.0 1 1 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.75
P.Lapan 5.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1365.7 154 182 410 686 20 131 .982 7.22
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.86
D.Zwilling 1350.7 154 154 98 386 11 32 .978 3.23
G.Scales 9.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
B.Demoss 6.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1365.7 154 156 100 390 11 32 .978 3.23
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 5.84
G.Scales 1160.3 132 132 232 524 30 93 .962 5.86
L.Blackburne 144.3 15 22 30 73 4 12 .963 6.42
B.Cunningham 44.0 5 7 13 16 4 3 .879 5.93
G.Carr 16.0 2 2 6 8 0 1 1.000 7.88
G.Harper 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1365.7 154 164 281 621 38 109 .960 5.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.06
J.Fournier 1078.3 121 132 234 14 19 4 .929 2.07
G.Harper 198.7 24 26 33 1 5 1 .872 1.54
T.Walker 76.7 9 9 12 1 1 0 .929 1.53
B.Cunningham 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Weis 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1365.7 154 173 280 16 25 5 .922 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.56
T.Walker 1128.3 135 139 297 8 19 1 .941 2.43
G.Harper 125.7 9 35 33 0 2 0 .943 2.36
B.Cunningham 100.7 10 16 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
E.Smith 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Weis 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1365.7 154 193 352 8 21 1 .945 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.14
E.Smith 1190.7 134 142 248 6 15 1 .944 1.92
G.Harper 165.0 20 20 30 1 3 0 .912 1.69
B.Weis 10.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
Team Total 1365.7 154 169 279 7 18 1 .941 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.45
J.Morrison 268.0 36 36 19 49 0 1 1.000 2.28
C.Snover 260.0 38 38 20 57 7 3 .917 2.67
L.Dickerman 157.3 21 21 13 34 2 2 .959 2.69
F.Marberry 151.7 16 39 16 35 2 3 .962 3.03
R.Kroh 146.3 19 19 10 39 0 2 1.000 3.01
A.Nehf 90.7 12 12 13 29 1 1 .977 4.17
C.Robertson 70.0 10 10 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.19
M.Watson 62.3 0 50 2 9 1 0 .917 1.59
M.Kircher 52.0 0 46 5 13 1 0 .947 3.12
F.Shellenback 40.0 2 20 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.03
F.Fussell 33.0 0 30 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.00
E.Hovlik 17.7 0 19 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.55
B.Karr 15.7 0 16 1 4 1 0 .833 2.87
H.Coveleski 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1365.6 154 357 109 302 15 13 .965 2.71
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carr .338
On-Base Pct Carr .404
Slugging Pct Carr .536
OPS Carr .940
XR Carr 116.9
Games Zwilling 154
At-Bats Carr 601
Runs Carr 112
Hits Carr 203
Total Bases Carr 322
Singles Smith 147
Doubles Carr 30
Triples Demoss 18
Homeruns Carr 19
RBIs Zwilling 100
Stolen Bases Carr 58
Caught Stealing Carr 35
Walks Fournier, Zwilling, Scales 78
Strikeouts Zwilling 68
ERA Snover 3.12
Wins Snover 15
Losses Morrison 18
Winning Pct Snover .625
Saves Fussell 8
Games Pitched Watson 50
Games Started Snover 38
Complete Games Kroh, Morrison 12
Shutouts Kroh, Marberry, Snover 1
Innings Pitched Morrison 268.0
Hits Allowed Morrison 291
Homeruns Allowed Kroh 16
Strikeouts Morrison 97
Walks Allowed Morrison 88
Walks per 9IP Snover 2.5
Hits per 9IP Snover 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Snover 3.3
WHiP Snover 1.29
OAVG Snover .264
OOBP Snover .316
OSLG Snover .333
OOPS Snover .649
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jack Fournier $ 6,750,000
Dutch Zwilling $ 6,500,000
Elmer Smith $ 4,000,000
Earl Smith $ 3,192,857
Tilly Walker $ 3,000,000
Colonel Snover $ 2,514,286
Bingo Demoss $ 1,621,429
Ed Hovlik $ 920,000
Art Nehf $ 350,000
George Harper $ 350,000
John Peters $ 350,000
Frank Shellenback $ 350,000
Mule Watson $ 350,000
Johnny Morrison $ 300,000
Leo Dickerman $ 300,000
Carter Elliott $ 300,000
Fred Fussell $ 300,000
George Carr $ 300,000
Bill Cunningham $ 300,000
Benn Karr $ 300,000
Mike Kircher $ 300,000
Lena Blackburne $ 300,000
Firpo Marberry $ 300,000
Charlie Robertson $ 300,000
George Scales $ 300,000
Butch Weis $ 300,000
Pete Lapan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Traded Larry Benton New York (A) Trade H Bait
6/18 Released Harry Coveleski    
8/15 Released Rube Kroh    
8/20 Released Fred Luderus