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1941 Boston Braves Season
The 1941 History of the Boston Braves, 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 Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions * September 20, 1941: Nanny Fernandez was purchased by the Braves from the San Francisco Seals (baseball), San Francisco Seals. 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 run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Art Johnson (1940s Pitcher)
Arthur Henry Johnson (July 16, 1919 – April 27, 2008) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Bees/Braves from 1940 through 1942. Listed at , , Johnson also batted left-handed. Although he threw and batted left handed, he was ambidextrous. Whenever he was asked to give someone his autograph, he always obliged, but wrote with his right hand. Biography Born in Winchester, Massachusetts, Johnson began his minor league career with Erie of the Middle Atlantic League in 1938. That year, in 14 games, he won 2 and lost 6. In 1939, he was with Evansville of the Three-I League. In 12 games, he won all four of his decisions, earning a promotion to Hartford the next year. 1940 was his best year in baseball. In 33 games with Hartford of the Eastern League, Johnson won 17 and lost 11, with 27 complete games. This earned him a promotion to the major league Boston Bees at the end of the regular minor league season. Johnson made his major le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Gremp
Lewis Edward "Buddy" Gremp (August 5, 1919 in Denver, Colorado – January 20, 1995 in Manteca, California) was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from 1940 to 1942. He played 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 .... External links 1919 births 1995 deaths Major League Baseball infielders Boston Braves players Baseball players from Denver {{baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dudra
John Joseph Dudra (May 27, 1916 – October 25, 1965) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Boston Braves in 1941. A native of Assumption, Illinois, the 25-year-old rookie stood and weighed 175 lbs. Dudra put up some impressive numbers during his short time in the big leagues. In his fourteen games (September 7-September 25) he played all four infield positions and went 9-for-25, a .360 batting average. He hit three doubles, one triple, scored three runs, and had three runs batted in. His on-base percentage was .429, and his slugging percentage was .560. On defense, he had 20 putouts, 13 assists, and 1 error, giving him a fielding percentage of .971. He also took part in 5 double plays. Dudra served in the US Army during World War II, and died from diabetes at the age of 49 in Pana, Illinois. Trivia *Dudra was born in the same week as Braves second baseman Frank Drews Frank John Drews (May 25, 1916 – April 22, 1972) was a Major League Baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe Dahlgren
Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren (June 15, 1912 – September 4, 1996) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1946 for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Dahlgren is perhaps best remembered for replacing Lou Gehrig in the lineup on May 2, 1939,"Retrosheet Boxscore: New York Yankees 22, Detroit Tigers 2" . which ended Gehrig's 14-year, 2,130 consecutive game streak. Dahlgren hit a home run and a double as the Yankees routed Detroit 22–2. He went on to hit 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Montgomery
Alvin Atlas Montgomery (July 3, 1920 – April 26, 1942) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Braves in 1941."Al Montgomery Statistics and History" ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-23. He appeared in the movie '''' as an uncredited extra, playing various catchers. Montgomery died in an automobile accident in on April 26, 1942. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Masi
Philip Samuel Masi (January 6, 1916March 29, 1990) was an American professional baseball player. From though , he played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Boston Braves (1939–1949), Pittsburgh Pirates (1949) and Chicago White Sox (1950–1952). Although he was known for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era, Masi was notable for his involvement in a controversial play that occurred during the 1948 World Series between the Boston Braves and the Cleveland Indians. Playing career Early career Born in Chicago, Masi attended Austin High School, then began his professional baseball career when he was contracted in by the Cleveland Indians at the age of 20. In , he played for the Wausau Timberjacks and demonstrated his versatility by playing as a catcher, outfielder, third baseman and as a first baseman. Masi became known as the Pepper Martin of the Northern League because of his head-first slides and prancing running style, while leading the league with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Berres
Raymond Frederick Berres (August 31, 1907 – February 1, 2007) was an American professional baseball catcher and pitching coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees / Braves and New York Giants."Ray Berres Statistics and History" "baseball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2017-05-12. Born in , Berres was a 170-lb, light-hitting catcher who, thanks to his fine glove, managed to play in 11 major league seasons for four teams, usually in a backup rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Tobin
James Anthony Tobin (December 27, 1912 – May 19, 1969), known as "Abba Dabba", was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees/Braves and Detroit Tigers from 1937 to 1945. With the Boston Braves in 1944, he pitched two no-hitters, although one of them was five innings, which was considered a no-hitter until 1991 when the MLB officially defined a no-hitter as having to be nine innings or longer. Professional baseball career Tobin was born in Oakland, California, where the hometown Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League picked him up. They sent him to their Bisbee-Douglas farm team in the Arizona–Texas League. The New York Yankees signed him shortly thereafter. He played for them in Binghamton and Wheeling in 1933 and 1934. The Yankees sent him back to Oakland in 1935, where he compiled an 11–8 record before tearing the cartilage in his left knee. Appendicitis kept him off the Yankee roster the following year, and he went 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sullivan (pitcher)
Joe Sullivan (September 26, 1910 – April 8, 1985), was a left-handed American baseball pitcher. Sullivan played professional baseball from 1931 to 1949, including five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1935–36), Boston Bees / Braves (1939–41), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1941). In five major league seasons, he compiled a record of 30–37 with a 4.01 earned run average (ERA). A knuckleball specialist, Sullivan once pitched 12 straight scoreless innings as a relief pitcher. Early years Sullivan was born in 1910 in Mason City, Illinois. His family moved west, initially to Twin Falls, Idaho, and then to Tracyton, Washington, where his father went to work in the shipyards. Sullivan was a three-sport athlete, playing football, baseball, and basketball, at Silverdale High School where he graduated in 1928. After high school, Sullivan played semi-pro ball for the Bremerton Cruisers of the Northwest League. In 1929, he played for New Westminster of the Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Strincevich
Nicholas Strincevich (March 1, 1915 – November 11, 2011) was an American Major League baseball player. Born in Gary, Indiana, the right-handed pitcher made his big-league debut with the Boston Bees on April 23, 1940, played part of the 1941 season with the Boston Braves, played from 1941 to 1948 (excluding 1943) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and finished his big league career on June 11, 1948, with the Philadelphia Phillies. According to at least one source, Strincevich was selected to play on the 1945 All-Star team from the National League, but, due to wartime travel restrictions, the game was never played. In a 10-season career, Strincevich posted a 46–49 record with a 4.05 ERA in 889 innings pitched. Nicknamed "Jumbo", he was listed as tall and . Strincevich died on November 11, 2011, in Valparaiso, Indiana Valparaiso ( ), colloquially Valpo, is a city and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 34,151 at the 2020 census. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Salvo
Manuel Salvo (June 30, 1912 – February 7, 1997) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The , right-hander played for the New York Giants (1939), Boston Bees / Braves (1940–43), and Philadelphia Phillies (1943). His nickname was "Gyp", short for "Gypsy". A native of , Salvo had his best season statistically in 1940 with the Bees. He won 10, lost 9, making it the only season of his career in which he finished with more wins than losses. He also shared the lead with 5 |
