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1925 Boston (N) Braves

Record: 77-77
Finish: 1st in NL NL East Division
Runs Scored: 728
Runs Allowed: 705
Exp W-L: 79-75

Ballpark: Braves Field
Attendance: 1,511,515
Manager: Ken Lonc

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-50, 2nd in the National League
AA: 64-65, 5th in the National League
A: 66-63, 3rd in the National League

Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Champ Series 2-4 to Cincinnati Reds

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
LF	*Chino Smith	22	150	602	117	199	24	14	4	70	53	21	65	18	.331	.397	.437	.834	99.4	16.4	4.0
1B	#George Carr	29	148	553	99	155	18	16	17	88	57	18	62	35	.280	.364	.463	.827	92.8	14.3	2.1
RF	*Elmer Smith	32	146	497	75	148	22	7	4	71	11	4	67	19	.298	.382	.394	.777	77.0	11.7	3.6
SS	Everett Scott	32	148	553	58	167	17	4	4	73	14	13	14	50	.302	.322	.369	.691	59.3	5.9	9.3
C	*Earl Smith	28	142	471	61	127	17	4	10	79	1	0	53	15	.270	.340	.386	.727	62.3	7.4	7.1
3B	Ralph Michaels	23	116	328	39	95	9	0	0	27	9	4	17	25	.290	.326	.317	.643	33.0	2.9	3.0
CF	Bill Cunningham	29	120	308	24	84	14	5	1	41	6	5	17	12	.273	.309	.360	.669	30.2	1.8	2.4
LF	*Earle Combs	26	81	297	40	82	17	8	2	36	7	5	23	29	.276	.328	.407	.736	36.5	4.2	2.2
3B	George Scales	24	120	273	32	69	8	1	1	22	14	2	41	27	.253	.348	.300	.648	33.0	3.4	2.2
2B	Bingo Demoss	35	100	285	37	61	9	3	1	25	36	6	24	21	.214	.281	.277	.558	25.9	0.9	1.9
SS	Ike Davis	30	62	237	26	63	12	7	0	26	3	6	18	14	.266	.322	.376	.697	25.7	2.4	2.4
C	Pete Lapan	34	102	208	29	61	3	3	2	31	4	0	12	22	.293	.332	.365	.697	24.0	2.7	2.2
LF	*Freddy Leach	27	62	205	34	75	9	2	4	36	1	2	10	5	.366	.388	.488	.876	33.5	5.5	1.6
P	*Colonel Snover	30	40	113	6	11	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	29	.097	.113	.115	.228	-3.1	0.0	0.0
SS	Rabbit Maranville	33	58	105	13	23	0	2	0	12	5	4	4	5	.219	.255	.257	.512	5.0	0.0	1.7
P	Bob Shawkey	34	32	85	10	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.106	.146	.106	.252	-1.5	0.0	0.0
3B	Chuck Dressen	26	39	58	6	13	2	1	1	10	0	0	1	3	.224	.233	.345	.578	4.7	0.0	0.5
P	Howard Ehmke	31	17	48	6	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	7	.188	.231	.188	.418	2.2	0.0	0.0
P	Red Causey	31	18	44	3	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	4	9	.159	.224	.182	.406	1.9	0.0	0.0
P	Freddie Fitzsimmons	23	20	42	6	11	4	0	1	7	0	0	2	5	.262	.311	.429	.740	5.7	0.8	0.0
P	Johnny Morrison	29	12	27	2	7	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	4	.259	.286	.296	.582	2.2	0.1	0.0
P	Firpo Marberry	26	16	23	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.087	.087	.087	.174	-0.8	0.0	0.0
P	Leo Dickerman	28	41	14	3	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	6	.214	.235	.429	.664	2.6	0.1	0.0
P	*Benn Karr	31	7	7	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.571	.625	.714	1.339	2.3	0.6	0.0
SS	*Carter Elliott	31	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	0.0	0.0
P	*Fred Fussell	29	48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	#Mike Kircher	27	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Frank Shellenback	26	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.8	1916	5394	728	1485	190	77	53	684	223	90	446	376	.275	.332	.369	.701	652.9	81.3	46.1
	Rank among 8 NL teams			6	8	7	8	6	6	8	1	7	7	3	7	7	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
*Colonel Snover	30	22	10	.688	40	40	0	305.7	295	95	4	53	101	2.80	31.2
Bob Shawkey	34	9	20	.310	32	32	0	245.3	255	110	8	96	72	4.04	13.9
Red Causey	31	5	5	.500	18	17	0	135.7	158	63	2	29	20	4.18	8.5
Freddie Fitzsimmons	23	9	8	.529	20	17	0	133.0	145	63	5	38	28	4.26	9.7
Howard Ehmke	31	6	8	.429	17	16	0	130.7	144	56	1	44	25	3.86	9.3
Johnny Morrison	29	4	3	.571	12	12	0	80.3	76	40	3	26	14	4.48	5.2
Leo Dickerman	28	8	4	.667	41	4	0	78.3	101	36	2	41	24	4.14	5.8
Firpo Marberry	26	0	6	.000	16	11	1	73.7	101	47	2	30	21	5.74	0.6
By Speece	28	5	4	.556	49	0	14	52.3	58	25	1	35	14	4.30	6.1
*Fred Fussell	29	5	1	.833	48	0	1	50.7	41	20	1	24	18	3.55	5.7
Frank Shellenback	26	2	2	.500	40	6	8	45.7	44	13	2	22	12	2.56	7.1
Mike Kircher	27	1	3	.250	23	0	0	25.3	36	16	2	5	7	5.68	0.5
Benn Karr	31	0	1	.000	7	3	0	24.0	25	20	1	15	4	7.50	0.0
*John Sullivan	31	1	2	.333	9	0	0	6.7	15	10	0	6	3	13.51	0.0
Team Totals	28.9	77	77	.500	372	158	24	1387.3	1494	614	34	464	363	3.98	103.6
Rank among 8 NL teams				4	4	1	3	2	3	1	1	5	7	1
* - 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	.968	32.7
E.Smith	1051.7	115	129	285	78	9	1	.976	37.6
P.Lapan	335.7	39	40	105	20	4	0	.969	29.3
Team Total	1387.3	154	169	390	98	13	1	.974	35.8
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.991	12.72
G.Carr	1293.3	143	146	1798	141	16	149	.992	13.49
G.Scales	94.0	11	13	128	9	2	8	.986	13.12
F.Leach	1.5	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	12.00
Team Total	1388.8	154	160	1928	150	18	157	.991	13.47
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.972	6.52
B.Demoss	699.7	83	84	179	339	14	59	.974	6.66
I.Davis	373.0	35	38	110	188	5	38	.983	7.19
R.Maranville	105.0	9	21	29	60	4	10	.957	7.63
G.Scales	32.0	1	14	5	21	2	3	.929	7.31
C.Smith	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
C.Dressen	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1211.7	128	159	324	608	25	110	.974	6.92
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.947	3.11
R.Michaels	807.0	99	102	53	219	11	10	.961	3.03
G.Scales	439.7	43	68	35	137	13	4	.930	3.52
C.Dressen	124.7	11	30	9	39	2	4	.960	3.47
R.Maranville	16.0	1	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.25
Team Total	1387.3	154	205	97	399	26	18	.950	3.22
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.955	5.86
E.Scott	1193.0	138	146	221	619	23	109	.973	6.34
I.Davis	201.9	19	22	42	91	9	17	.937	5.93
R.Maranville	148.3	16	29	27	86	5	9	.958	6.86
G.Scales	23.0	0	12	3	10	1	3	.929	5.09
R.Michaels	20.0	0	8	4	8	0	1	1.000	5.40
C.Elliott	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1587.2	173	218	297	814	38	139	.967	6.30
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.947	2.14
E.Combs	653.1	76	79	148	4	5	2	.968	2.09
C.Smith	383.3	42	44	72	4	5	2	.938	1.78
E.Smith	224.0	27	29	63	1	3	1	.955	2.57
F.Leach	213.3	24	29	46	2	1	1	.980	2.03
B.Cunningham	62.3	7	8	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.59
P.Lapan	6.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
R.Maranville	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1543.1	176	193	339	12	14	6	.962	2.05

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.963	2.78
B.Cunningham	503.7	58	58	145	1	2	1	.986	2.61
C.Smith	451.0	50	52	129	4	9	2	.937	2.65
F.Leach	202.3	23	27	56	2	1	0	.983	2.58
E.Smith	12.0	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
G.Scales	12.0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
E.Combs	2.2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.09
R.Maranville	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1184.2	133	144	337	7	12	3	.966	2.61
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.952	2.12
E.Smith	914.3	102	104	202	3	12	1	.945	2.02
C.Smith	443.0	49	49	91	0	3	0	.968	1.85
G.Scales	29.0	3	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.62
F.Leach	14.5	1	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.24
E.Combs	1.6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	5.63
Team Total	1402.4	155	162	298	3	15	1	.953	1.93
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	2.45
C.Snover	305.7	40	40	27	69	3	2	.970	2.83
B.Shawkey	245.3	32	32	22	57	6	4	.929	2.90
R.Causey	135.7	17	18	12	23	0	1	1.000	2.32
F.Fitzsimmons	133.0	17	20	5	22	1	0	.964	1.83
H.Ehmke	130.7	16	17	11	27	2	2	.950	2.62
J.Morrison	80.3	12	12	10	17	0	0	1.000	3.03
L.Dickerman	78.3	4	41	3	23	2	2	.929	2.99
F.Marberry	73.7	11	16	4	15	2	0	.905	2.32
B.Speece	52.3	0	49	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.89
F.Fussell	50.7	0	48	5	5	2	1	.833	1.78
F.Shellenback	45.7	6	40	2	8	1	1	.909	1.97
M.Kircher	25.3	0	23	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.13
B.Karr	24.0	3	7	0	9	1	2	.900	3.38
J.Sullivan	6.7	0	9	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1387.3	158	372	105	288	20	15	.952	2.55

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Smith	.331
On-Base Pct	Smith	.397
Slugging Pct	Carr	.463
OPS	Smith	.834
XR	Smith	99.4
Games	Smith	150
At-Bats	Smith	602
Runs	Smith	117
Hits	Smith	199
Total Bases	Smith	263
Singles	Smith	157
Doubles	Smith	24
Triples	Carr	16
Homeruns	Carr	17
RBIs	Carr	88
Stolen Bases	Carr	57
Caught Stealing	Smith	21
Walks	Smith	67
Strikeouts	Scott	50

ERA	Snover	2.80
Wins	Snover	22
Losses	Shawkey	20
Winning Pct	Snover	.688
Saves	Speece	14
Games Pitched	Speece	49
Games Started	Snover	40
Complete Games	Shawkey	14
Shutouts	Ehmke, Shawkey, Snover	2
Innings Pitched	Snover	305.7
Hits Allowed	Snover	295
Homeruns Allowed	Shawkey	8
Strikeouts	Snover	101
Walks Allowed	Shawkey	96
Walks per 9IP	Snover	1.6
Hits per 9IP	Snover	8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP	Snover	3.0
WHiP	Snover	1.14
OAVG	Snover	.254
OOBP	Snover	.291
OSLG	Snover	.337
OOPS	Snover	.628

Team All-Stars

No players selected to All-Star Team

Player Salaries
Bob Shawkey	$ 15,111,220
Colonel Snover	$ 4,007,143
Elmer Smith	$ 4,000,000
Earl Smith	$ 3,907,143
John Sullivan	$ 2,666,554
George Carr	$ 2,642,857
Fred Fussell	$ 1,982,857
Red Causey	$ 1,840,000
Ike Davis	$ 1,800,000
Arnie Stone	$ 1,555,555
George Scales	$ 885,714
Mule Watson	$ 741,000
Bingo Demoss	$ 672,000
Rabbit Maranville	$ 660,000
Bill Cunningham	$ 371,429
Carter Elliott	$ 350,000
George Harper	$ 350,000
Pete Lapan	$ 350,000
John Peters	$ 350,000
Mike Kircher	$ 300,000
Benn Karr	$ 300,000
Firpo Marberry	$ 300,000
Freddie Fitzsimmons	$ 300,000
Ralph Michaels	$ 300,000
Howard Ehmke	$ 300,000
Chuck Dressen	$ 300,000
Leo Dickerman	$ 300,000
Everett Scott	$ 300,000
Chino Smith	$ 300,000
By Speece	$ 300,000
Freddy Leach	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/24	Signed			John Sullivan
2/25	Signed			Bob Shawkey
7/16	Traded	Johnny Morrison Frank Shellenback Earle Combs Round Draft Pick. Round Draft Pick.	Philadelphia (A)	Red Causey Howard Ehmke Ike Davis Freddy Leach