1926 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 74-80
Finish: 3rd in NL NL East Division
Runs Scored: 734
Runs Allowed: 753
Exp W-L: 75-79
 
Ballpark: Braves Field
Attendance: 1,602,918
Manager: Ken Lonc

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-65, 5th in the National League
AA: 73-61, 2nd in the National League
A: 74-60, 2nd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 23 143 583 124 204 31 17 9 73 60 29 63 17 .350 .412 .508 .920 117.2 29.0 1.9
1B #George Carr 30 145 534 77 139 25 11 9 68 45 31 65 34 .260 .344 .399 .742 74.3 11.8 1.2
LF *Babe Herman 23 145 547 83 191 27 9 5 97 31 6 52 48 .349 .402 .459 .861 99.3 24.2 2.1
LF *Freddy Leach 28 142 518 55 142 26 5 2 76 15 14 27 14 .274 .317 .355 .672 52.9 6.7 1.8
2B  George Scales 25 135 432 47 103 16 5 3 45 20 8 68 45 .238 .348 .319 .668 52.3 7.6 4.6
C *Earl Smith 29 131 431 77 128 33 3 13 77 0 0 54 23 .297 .373 .478 .851 73.5 16.8 4.6
3B  Chuck Dressen 27 125 429 64 107 23 4 1 54 8 5 29 12 .249 .306 .329 .635 39.8 4.2 5.2
3B  Ralph Michaels 24 129 371 36 78 15 3 3 35 6 5 31 35 .210 .271 .291 .562 26.4 0.4 5.2
CF  Bill Cunningham 30 100 246 17 62 6 2 1 23 2 5 6 9 .252 .272 .305 .577 16.3 0.2 0.8
SS  Everett Scott 33 81 230 28 74 4 1 4 34 4 5 9 22 .322 .349 .400 .749 29.8 5.6 2.4
C  Pete Lapan 35 59 196 19 57 2 2 3 31 9 0 9 21 .291 .319 .367 .686 24.1 4.0 1.9
SS  Ike Davis 31 82 171 28 39 7 5 1 22 9 4 17 11 .228 .317 .345 .662 21.7 2.8 2.5
RF *Elmer Smith 33 91 141 18 38 12 3 1 26 2 1 15 8 .270 .338 .418 .756 18.9 3.5 0.3
P  Red Causey 32 41 114 10 23 5 0 0 10 0 1 6 25 .202 .242 .246 .487 5.9 0.0 0.0
P  Leo Dickerman 29 39 104 10 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 31 .115 .152 .163 .315 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Freddie Fitzsimmons 24 30 85 11 16 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 .188 .258 .235 .493 5.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Bingo Demoss 36 63 81 18 16 0 0 0 7 18 3 7 11 .198 .258 .198 .456 6.4 0.0 0.8
P  Firpo Marberry 27 28 77 7 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 17 .156 .195 .169 .364 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Shawkey 35 17 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .160 .167 .327 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Welzer 27 7 12 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2 .083 .450 .083 .533 2.0 0.2 0.0
P *Fred Fussell 30 57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Charlie Robertson 30 22 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  By Speece 29 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Benn Karr 32 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *John Sullivan 32 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1902 5336 734 1447 239 70 56 696 229 117 476 403 .271 .334 .374 .707 669.7 117.0 35.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 7 4 7 6 6 7 2 8 5 6 5 3 7 6 5  
* - 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
 Leo Dickerman 29 16 16 .500 39 39 0 312.7 304 127 5 150 89 3.66 18.7
 Red Causey 32 16 19 .457 41 41 0 303.0 343 129 3 92 56 3.83 16.8
 Freddie Fitzsimmons 24 15 9 .625 30 30 0 226.7 254 105 8 66 53 4.17 13.8
 Firpo Marberry 27 13 10 .565 28 28 0 215.3 218 98 8 104 49 4.10 10.8
 Bob Shawkey 35 2 6 .250 17 9 0 71.3 94 50 2 31 7 6.31 0.0
*Fred Fussell 30 3 6 .333 57 0 3 71.0 72 26 1 20 20 3.30 6.2
 Tony Welzer 27 3 4 .429 7 7 0 58.3 58 28 6 19 12 4.32 2.7
 Benn Karr 32 3 2 .600 44 0 0 48.3 72 32 1 20 11 5.96 0.3
 By Speece 29 3 6 .333 31 0 18 26.3 38 16 0 21 3 5.47 0.4
 Charlie Robertson 30 0 0 .000 22 0 0 25.3 34 18 3 11 4 6.40 0.0
*John Sullivan 32 0 2 .000 15 0 0 16.0 15 13 0 10 5 7.31 0.0
Team Totals 29.7 74 80 .481 331 154 21 1374.3 1502 642 37 544 309 4.20 69.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 1 6 5 7 1 6 7 7 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 .965 34.3
E.Smith 942.7 101 119 250 71 14 0 .958 34.5
P.Lapan 431.7 53 55 89 37 8 1 .940 44.6
Team Total 1374.3 154 174 339 108 22 1 .953 37.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.90
G.Carr 1230.3 138 141 1703 120 23 172 .988 13.34
F.Leach 144.0 16 17 217 13 4 21 .983 14.38
Team Total 1374.3 154 158 1920 133 27 193 .987 13.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 6.70
G.Scales 1088.0 131 131 335 557 21 128 .977 7.38
B.Demoss 197.3 16 39 55 104 4 24 .975 7.25
I.Davis 83.0 7 15 30 56 1 13 .989 9.33
C.Dressen 6.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1374.3 154 186 422 719 26 165 .978 7.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .940 2.98
C.Dressen 972.7 110 122 75 281 20 27 .947 3.29
R.Michaels 398.7 44 58 29 107 2 14 .986 3.07
G.Scales 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
I.Davis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1374.3 154 183 104 390 22 41 .957 3.24
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.88
R.Michaels 530.0 65 66 112 274 14 58 .965 6.55
E.Scott 493.3 54 65 95 246 21 45 .942 6.22
I.Davis 338.0 35 53 68 177 7 30 .972 6.52
G.Scales 12.0 0 2 1 9 1 2 .909 7.50
B.Cunningham 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1374.3 154 187 277 706 43 135 .958 6.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.10
B.Herman 1199.3 135 143 287 9 11 1 .964 2.22
E.Smith 117.0 13 18 23 0 1 0 .958 1.77
F.Leach 31.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
B.Cunningham 27.0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
Team Total 1374.3 154 170 317 9 12 1 .964 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
C.Smith 918.3 102 105 226 3 12 2 .950 2.24
B.Cunningham 431.7 51 54 109 4 4 3 .966 2.36
F.Leach 15.3 1 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
E.Smith 9.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1374.3 154 172 340 7 16 5 .956 2.27
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 2.13
F.Leach 958.3 108 109 197 14 2 3 .991 1.98
C.Smith 329.0 37 37 67 0 4 0 .944 1.83
E.Smith 86.0 9 16 26 1 3 0 .900 2.83
P.Lapan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1374.3 154 163 290 15 9 3 .971 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.41
L.Dickerman 312.7 39 39 17 61 4 6 .951 2.25
R.Causey 303.0 41 41 27 59 2 9 .977 2.55
F.Fitzsimmons 226.7 30 30 15 42 1 4 .983 2.26
F.Marberry 215.3 28 28 10 48 0 4 1.000 2.42
B.Shawkey 71.3 9 17 10 12 0 1 1.000 2.78
F.Fussell 71.0 0 57 7 16 1 2 .958 2.92
T.Welzer 58.3 7 7 11 14 1 1 .962 3.86
B.Karr 48.3 0 44 2 6 2 2 .800 1.49
B.Speece 26.3 0 31 2 6 1 1 .889 2.73
C.Robertson 25.3 0 22 0 3 1 0 .750 1.07
J.Sullivan 16.0 0 15 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1374.3 154 331 102 270 13 31 .966 2.44
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Smith .350
On-Base Pct Smith .412
Slugging Pct Smith .508
OPS Smith .920
XR Smith 117.2
Games Carr, Herman 145
At-Bats Smith 583
Runs Smith 124
Hits Smith 204
Total Bases Smith 296
Singles Herman 150
Doubles Smith 33
Triples Smith 17
Homeruns Smith 13
RBIs Herman 97
Stolen Bases Smith 60
Caught Stealing Carr 31
Walks Scales 68
Strikeouts Herman 48
ERA Dickerman 3.66
Wins Causey, Dickerman 16
Losses Causey 19
Winning Pct Fitzsimmons .625
Saves Speece 18
Games Pitched Fussell 57
Games Started Causey 41
Complete Games Dickerman 19
Shutouts Marberry 3
Innings Pitched Dickerman 312.7
Hits Allowed Causey 343
Homeruns Allowed Fitzsimmons, Marberry 8
Strikeouts Dickerman 89
Walks Allowed Dickerman 150
Walks per 9IP Fitzsimmons 2.6
Hits per 9IP Dickerman 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Dickerman 2.6
WHiP Fitzsimmons 1.41
OAVG Dickerman .257
OOBP Fitzsimmons .334
OSLG Dickerman .338
OOPS Dickerman .677
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bob Shawkey $ 15,111,220
Earl Smith $ 8,500,000
Red Causey $ 5,500,000
George Carr $ 3,078,571
John Sullivan $ 2,666,554
Elmer Smith $ 2,660,000
Fred Fussell $ 1,982,857
Ike Davis $ 1,800,000
Everett Scott $ 1,752,000
Freddy Leach $ 1,707,143
George Scales $ 885,714
Bingo Demoss $ 672,000
Mule Watson $ 640,000
Bill Cunningham $ 371,429
Firpo Marberry $ 367,857
Carter Elliott $ 350,000
John Peters $ 350,000
Pete Lapan $ 350,000
Tony Welzer $ 300,000
Benn Karr $ 300,000
Babe Herman $ 300,000
Ralph Michaels $ 300,000
Freddie Fitzsimmons $ 300,000
Chuck Dressen $ 300,000
Leo Dickerman $ 300,000
Charlie Robertson $ 300,000
Chino Smith $ 300,000
By Speece $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/20 Signed     Everett Scott