1919 Boston Braves season

1919  Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	57–82 (.410)
League place	6th
Owners	George W. Grant
Managers	George Stallings
←  1918 1920  →

The 1919 Boston Braves season was the 49th season of the franchise.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	96	44	0.686	—	51–19	45–25
New York Giants	87	53	0.621	9	46–23	41–30
Chicago Cubs	75	65	0.536	21	40–31	35–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	68	0.511	24½	39–31	32–37
Brooklyn Robins	69	71	0.493	27	36–34	33–37
Boston Braves	57	82	0.410	38½	29–38	28–44
St. Louis Cardinals	54	83	0.394	40½	34–35	20–48
Philadelphia Phillies	47	90	0.343	47½	26–44	21–46

Record vs. opponents

1919 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–13	7–13	4–16	6–14	15–5	8–11	10–10–1
Brooklyn	13–7	—	9–11	7–13	8–12	12–8–1	9–11	11–9
Chicago	13–7	11–9	—	8–12	6–14	13–7	11–9	13–7
Cincinnati	16–4	13–7	12–8	—	12–8	15–5	14–6	14–6
New York	14–6	12–8	14–6	8–12	—	14–6	11–9	14–6
Philadelphia	5–15	8–12–1	7–13	5–15	6–14	—	6–14	10–7
Pittsburgh	11–8	11–9	9–11	6–14	9–11	14–6	—	11–9
St. Louis	10–10–1	9–11	7–13	6–14	6–14	7–10	9–11	—

Notable transactions

• May 21, 1919: Pat Ragan was traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Jim Thorpe. ^[1]
• May 1919: Walton Cruise was purchased by the Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[2]

Roster

1919 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Red Causey Larry Cheney Al Demaree Dana Fillingim Bill James Ray Keating Hugh McQuillan Art Nehf Jake Northrop Joe Oeschger Pat Ragan Dick Rudolph Jack Scott		Catchers Hank Gowdy Mickey O'Neil Walt Tragesser Sam White Art Wilson Infielders Lena Blackburne Tony Boeckel Hod Ford Buck Herzog Walter Holke Rabbit Maranville Charlie Pick Johnny Rawlings		Outfielders Gene Bailey Dixie Carroll Lloyd Christenbury Walton Cruise Joe Kelly Les Mann Dizzy Nutter Ray Powell Joe Riggert Red Smith Jim Thorpe Other batters Lee King Tom Miller		Manager George Stallings

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hank Gowdy	78	219	61	.279	1	22
1B	Walter Holke	137	518	151	.292	0	48
2B	Buck Herzog	73	275	77	.280	1	25
SS	Rabbit Maranville	131	480	128	.267	5	43
3B	Tony Boeckel	95	365	91	.249	1	26
OF	Joe Riggert	63	240	68	.283	4	17
OF	Walton Cruise	73	241	52	.216	1	21
OF	Ray Powell	123	470	111	.236	2	33

Other batters

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
Johnny Rawlings	77	275	70	.255	1	16
Red Smith	87	241	59	.245	1	25
Art Wilson	71	191	49	.257	0	16
Jim Thorpe	60	156	51	.327	1	25
Leslie Mann	40	145	41	.283	3	20
Charlie Pick	34	114	29	.254	1	7
Lena Blackburne	31	80	21	.263	0	4
Joe Kelly	18	64	9	.141	0	3
Dizzy Nutter	18	52	11	.212	0	3
Dixie Carroll	15	49	13	.265	0	7
Walt Tragesser	20	40	7	.175	0	3
Lloyd Christenbury	7	31	9	.290	0	4
Hod Ford	10	28	6	.214	0	3
Mickey O'Neil	11	28	6	.214	0	1
Tom Miller	7	6	2	.333	0	0
Gene Bailey	4	6	2	.333	0	1
Lee King	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Sam White	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dick Rudolph	37	273.2	13	18	2.17	76
Art Nehf	22	168.2	8	9	3.09	53
Red Causey	10	69.0	4	5	4.57	14
Joe Oeschger	7	56.2	4	2	2.54	16
Pat Ragan	4	12.2	0	2	7.11	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dana Fillingim	32	186.1	6	13	3.38	50
Ray Keating	22	136.0	7	11	2.98	48
Al Demaree	25	128.0	6	6	3.80	34
Jack Scott	19	103.2	6	6	3.13	44
Hugh McQuillan	16	60.0	2	3	3.45	13
Jake Northrop	11	37.1	1	5	4.58	9
Larry Cheney	8	33.0	0	2	3.55	13

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill James	1	0	0	0	3.38	1

References

1. Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference
2. Walton Cruise page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1919 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference