1923 Boston Braves Season
The 1923 Boston Braves season was the 53rd season of the franchise. Offseason * October 15, 1922: Gus Felix was drafted by the Braves from the Shreveport Gassers (Texas) in the 1922 rule 5 draft. Regular season * 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. Padgett played just four games for the Braves all season, but would become the Braves' regular third baseman in 1924. Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position ''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Braves Field
Braves Field was a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts. Today the site is home to Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University. The stadium was home of the Boston Braves of the National League from 1915 to 1952, prior to the Braves' move to Milwaukee in 1953. The stadium hosted the 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and Braves home games during the 1948 World Series. The Boston Red Sox used Braves Field for their home games in the 1915 and 1916 World Series since the stadium had a larger seating capacity than Fenway Park. Braves Field was the site of Babe Ruth's final season, playing for the Braves in 1935. From 1929 to 1932, the Boston Red Sox played select regular season games periodically at Braves Field. On May 1, 1920, Braves Field hosted the longest major league baseball game in history: 26 innings, which eventually ended in a 1–1 tie. Braves Field was also home to multiple professional football teams between 1929 and 1948, including the first ho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joe Genewich
Joseph Edward Genewich (January 15, 1897 – December 21, 1985) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), .... He played for the Boston Braves and New York Giants from 1922 to 1930. His key pitch was the slow curve.James, Bill and Neyer, Rob. The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 216. References External links 1897 births 1985 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Boston Braves players New York Giants (NL) players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Montreal Royals players Baseball players from New York (state) Sportspeople from Elmira, New York {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jocko Conlon
Arthur Joseph "Jocko" Conlon (December 10, 1897 – August 5, 1987) was a professional baseball player for the Boston Braves in Major League Baseball. Conlon was an alumnus of Harvard College, class of 1922, where he captained the Crimson baseball team. Baseball Reference Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history. The site is often used by major media organizations and baseball broadcasters as a source for statistics. It offers a variety of advan ... lists no minor league statistics for Conlon; his one season in professional baseball was spent in MLB with the Braves. After his brief baseball career, Conlon became a businessman. References 1897 births 1987 deaths Baseball players from Massachusetts Boston Braves players Harvard Crimson baseball players Harvard College alumni {{US-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tony Boeckel
Norman Doxie "Tony" Boeckel (August 25, 1892 – February 16, 1924) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played six seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves of the National League (NL). He drove in one of the runs scored in a 1–1 tie game on May 1, 1920 that lasted a record-breaking 26 innings. Boeckel was an active MLB player when he was killed in an automobile accident. Early life Boeckel was born in 1892 in Los Angeles. He played minor league baseball for several teams before his MLB career. Boeckel's minor league career began with the Stockton Producers of the California State League. He split the 1914 season between Stockton and the Tacoma Tigers of the Northwestern League. He moved to another Northwestern League team, the Great Falls Electrics, for 1916 and part of 1917. Boeckel's minor league statistics are only complete for 1913, when he hit for a .268 batting average in 115 games and committed 49 errors in 579 total chances. Major le ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Earl Smith (catcher)
Earl Sutton Smith (February 14, 1897 – June 8, 1963) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1930. He would play for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals. In 860 games over 12 seasons, Smith posted a .303 batting average (686-for-2264) with 225 runs, 115 doubles, 19 triples, 46 home runs, 355 RBI, 247 bases on balls, .374 on-base percentage and .432 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .971 fielding percentage In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball. It is calculated by the sum of putouts and assists, div .... In five World Series over 17 games (1921,'22,'25,'27 and '28) Smith batted .239 (11-for-46) with no runs or RBI. External links * 1897 births 1963 deaths Major League Baseball catchers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mickey O'Neil (baseball)
George Michael Jakob O'Neil (April 12, 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri – April 8, 1964), was a professional baseball player who played catcher from 1919 to 1927. O'Neil was coaching third base for the Brooklyn Robins when Babe Herman "doubled into a double play" against the Boston Braves August 15, 1926. Otto Miller was the Dodgers' regular third base coach, but before the seventh inning, complained about getting tired walking there and back from the dugout because nothing happened at third base. O'Neil jumped up and offered to coach in Miller's place. The Dodgers promptly loaded the bases with one out. Herman then hit the ball off the right field wall for an easy double and tried to stretch it into a triple. Chick Fewster, who had been on first base, advanced to third – which was already occupied by Dazzy Vance, who had started from second base but got a slow start because he hadn't seen the hit well, became caught in a rundown between third and home, and was trying to get ba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hank Gowdy
Harry Morgan Gowdy (August 24, 1889 – August 1, 1966) was an American Professional baseball, professional baseball catcher, first baseman, manager (baseball), manager and coach (baseball), coach who played in the Major League Baseball, major leagues for the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants and the Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves. He was a member of the Atlanta Braves#1914: Miracle, "Miracle" Boston Braves. He was the first active major league player to enlist for service in World War I, and the only player to fight in both World War I and World War II. Background Gowdy was born in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Columbus International High School, Columbus North High School in 1908. He and his wife Pauline had no children. A nephew, Pat Bonaventura, is completing a book about Gowdy's life. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frank Gibson (baseball)
Frank Gilbert Gibson (September 27, 1890 – April 27, 1961) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Braves. Gibson began his professional career in with the Dallas Giants of the Texas League. After two seasons, he was picked up by the Tigers, making his major league debut with them in April . He played in 23 games for the Tigers, batting just .140, with below average fielding. He also played in 87 games with the Nashville Vols of the Southern Association. On May 5, 1914, the Tigers released Gibson and he rejoined Nashville. After spending 1915 and 1916 with the Little Rock Travelers, he returned to the Texas League in with the Beaumont Oilers and San Antonio Bronchos. Following four seasons with the Bronchos (renamed the Bears in 1919), Gibson was purchased from the team by the Boston Braves in August 1920. He made his return to the major leagues in after eight years away. For the next four s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dee Cousineau
Edward Thomas "Dee" Cousineau (December 16, 1898 – July 14, 1951) was a professional baseball player. He played in five games in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves The Atlanta Braves, a current Major League Baseball franchise, originated in Boston, Massachusetts. This article details the history of the Boston Braves, from 1871 to 1952, after which they moved to Milwaukee, and then to Atlanta. During it ... over three seasons: one in 1923, three in 1924, and one in 1925, all as a catcher. In 1923, he went 2-for-2 at the plate for a 1.000 batting average, but in 1924 he went 0-for-2 to bring his career average to .500. External links * Major League Baseball catchers Boston Braves players Waterbury Brasscos players Worcester Panthers players Albany Senators players Scranton Miners players Memphis Chickasaws players Mobile Bears players Hattiesburg Pinetoppers players Baton Rouge Essos players Fordham Rams baseball players Baseball players from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mule Watson
John Reaves "Mule" Watson (October 15, 1896 in Arizona, Louisiana – August 25, 1949 in Shreveport, Louisiana), was a professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1918 to 1924. He played for the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. .... On the 12th and 13 August 1921, Watson became the last pitcher in Major League history to start both games of a doubleheader twice in the same season. References External links 1896 births 1949 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (NL) players Boston Braves players Philadelphia Athletics players Pittsburgh Pirates players Baseball players from Louisiana People from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Fort Smit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dick Rudolph
Richard Rudolph (August 25, 1887 – October 20, 1949), was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Giants and Boston Braves through 13 seasons spanning 1910–1927. He attended Fordham University. Though he stood only 5' 9.5" and weighed just 160 lbs., Rudolph was a large contributor for the 1914 "Miracle Braves" team that went from last place to first place of the National League in two months, becoming the first team to win a pennant after being in last place on the Fourth of July. The Braves then went on to sweep 's heavily favored [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joe Oeschger
Joseph Carl Oeschger (May 24, 1892 – July 28, 1986) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins from 1914 to 1925. Oeschger is best known for holding the MLB record for the most innings pitched in a single game. In 1920, both Oeschger and Leon Cadore pitched 26 innings for their respective teams in a game that was eventually called a tie due to darkness. After his baseball career ended, Oeschger was a teacher for the San Francisco Board of Education for 27 years. Early life Oeschger was born in Chicago, one of six children of immigrants from Switzerland. In 1900 his family moved to Ferndale, California, where Joe's father bought of land and established a dairy ranch. Joe and his three brothers all attended Ferndale High School, where they played baseball. After high school, Joe attended and played baseball at Saint Mary's College of California, graduating in 1914. Early MLB ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |