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1923 Boston Braves season

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1923 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record54–100 (.351)
League place7th
OwnersEmil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson
ManagersFred Mitchell
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The 1923 Boston Braves season was the 53rd season of the franchise.

Offseason

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Regular season

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  • October 6, 1923: Ernie Padgett of the Braves executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base.[2] Padgett played just four games for the Braves all season, but would become the Braves' regular third baseman in 1924.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 95 58 .621 47‍–‍30 48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds 91 63 .591 46‍–‍32 45‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 67 .565 47‍–‍30 40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 83 71 .539 12½ 46‍–‍31 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 79 74 .516 16 42‍–‍35 37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins 76 78 .494 19½ 37‍–‍40 39‍–‍38
Boston Braves 54 100 .351 41½ 22‍–‍55 32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 50 104 .325 45½ 20‍–‍55 30‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 8–14 6–16 7–15 6–16 13–9 5–17 9–13–1
Brooklyn 14–8 10–12 8–14 11–11 12–10–1 11–11 10–12
Chicago 16–6 12–10 9–13 10–12 13–9 11–11 12–10
Cincinnati 15–7 14–8 13–9 12–10 19–3 8–14 10–12
New York 16–6 11–11 12–10 10–12 19–3 13–9 14–7
Philadelphia 9–13 10–12–1 9–13 3–19 3–19 9–13 7–15
Pittsburgh 17–5 11–11 11–11 14–8 9–13 13–9 12–10
St. Louis 13–9–1 12–10 10–12 12–10 7–14 15–7 10–12


Roster

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1923 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mickey O'Neil 96 306 65 .212 0 20
1B Stuffy McInnis 154 607 191 .315 2 95
2B Hod Ford 111 380 103 .271 2 50
SS Bob Smith 115 375 94 .251 0 40
3B Tony Boeckel 148 568 169 .298 7 79
OF Billy Southworth 153 611 195 .319 6 78
OF Gus Felix 139 506 138 .273 6 44
OF Ray Powell 97 338 102 .302 4 38

Other batters

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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
Al Nixon 88 321 88 .274 0 19
Earl Smith 72 191 55 .288 3 19
Jocko Conlon 59 147 32 .218 0 17
Larry Kopf 39 138 38 .275 0 10
Bill Bagwell 56 93 27 .290 2 10
Al Hermann 31 93 22 .237 0 11
Frank Gibson 41 50 15 .300 0 5
Hank Gowdy 23 48 6 .125 0 5
Walton Cruise 21 38 8 .211 0 0
Bob Emmerich 13 24 2 .083 0 0
Ernie Padgett 4 11 2 .182 0 0
Snake Henry 11 9 1 .111 0 2
Dee Cousineau 1 2 2 1.000 0 2

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rube Marquard 38 239.0 11 14 3.73 78
Jesse Barnes 31 195.1 10 14 2.76 41
Frank Miller 8 39.1 0 3 4.58 6
Dick Rudolph 4 19.1 1 2 3.72 3

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Genewich 43 227.1 13 14 3.72 54
Joe Oeschger 44 166.1 5 15 5.68 33
Tim McNamara 32 139.1 3 13 4.91 32
Larry Benton 35 128.0 5 9 4.99 42
Dana Fillingim 35 100.1 1 9 5.20 27
Johnny Cooney 23 98.0 3 5 3.31 23
Mule Watson 11 31.1 1 2 5.17 10
Joe Batchelder 4 9.0 1 0 7.00 2

References

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  1. ^ Gus Felix page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".
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