1941_Boston_Braves_season Knowpia

1941 Boston Braves
1941 Boston Braves
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)
	← 1940 1942 →

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.

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	0.649	—	52–25	48–29
St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	0.634	2½	53–24	44–32
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	0.571	12	45–34	43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	0.526	19	45–32	36–41
New York Giants	74	79	0.484	25½	38–39	36–40
Chicago Cubs	70	84	0.455	30	38–39	32–45
Boston Braves	62	92	0.403	38	32–44	30–48
Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	0.279	57	23–52	20–59

Record vs. opponents edit

1941 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 edit

1941 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

32 Casey Stengel

Coaches

9 Johnny Cooney
33 George Kelly

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

Note: 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
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 edit

Note: 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
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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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 edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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 edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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 edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
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