1942 Boston Braves season

1942 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	59–89 (.399)
League place	7th
Owners	J.A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Casey Stengel
Radio	WAAB (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
← 1941 1943 →

The 1942 Boston Braves season was the 72nd in franchise history.

Regular season

• May 13, 1942: Jim Tobin of the Braves became the first Major League Baseball pitcher to hit three home runs in one game.^[1]

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	0.688	—	60–17	46–31
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	0.675	2	57–22	47–28
New York Giants	85	67	0.559	20	47–31	38–36
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	0.500	29	38–39	38–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	0.449	36½	41–34	25–47
Chicago Cubs	68	86	0.442	38	36–41	32–45
Boston Braves	59	89	0.399	44	33–36	26–53
Philadelphia Phils	42	109	0.278	62½	23–51	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1942 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	—	6–16	13–9	5–16–1	8–12	14–8	7–12–1	6–16
Brooklyn	16–6	—	16–6	15–7	14–8–1	18–4	16–6	9–13
Chicago	9–13	6–16	—	13–9	9–13–1	14–8	11–11	6–16
Cincinnati	16–5–1	7–15	9–13	—	9–13	16–6	12–9–1	7–15
New York	12–8	8–14–1	13–9–1	13–9	—	17–5	15–7	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14	6–16	5–17	—	6–13	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–7–1	6–16	11–11	9–12–1	7–15	13–6	—	8–14–2
St. Louis	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	15–7	17–5	14–8–2	—

Roster

1942 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers 20 George Diehl 21 Bill Donovan 26 Tom Earley 19 Dick Errickson 24 Jim Hickey 17 Johnny Hutchings 18 Al Javery 29 Art Johnson 24 Frank LaManna 28 Johnny Sain 23 Manny Salvo 16 Warren Spahn 22 Jim Tobin 27 Lou Tost 16 Lefty Wallace		Catchers 11 Clyde Kluttz  5 Ernie Lombardi 10 Phil Masi Infielders 16 Tony Cuccinello 31 Ducky Detweiler  3 Nanny Fernandez 30 Buddy Gremp  7 Eddie Miller 14 Skippy Roberge 19 Mike Sandlock  2 Sibby Sisti  4 Max West 25 Whitey Wietelmann		Outfielders  9 Johnny Cooney 12,31 Frank Demaree  1 Tommy Holmes 20 Frank McElyea  6 Chet Ross  8 Paul Waner		Manager 32 Casey Stengel Coaches  9 Johnny Cooney 33 George Kelly

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	Ernie Lombardi	105	309	102	.330	11	46
1B	Max West	134	452	115	.254	16	56
2B	Sibby Sisti	129	407	86	.211	4	35
3B	Nanny Fernandez	145	577	147	.255	6	55
SS	Eddie Miller	142	534	130	.243	6	47
OF	Chet Ross	76	220	43	.195	5	19
OF	Tommy Holmes	141	558	155	.278	4	41
OF	Paul Waner	114	333	86	.258	1	39

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
Clyde Kluttz	72	210	56	.267	1	31
Buddy Gremp	72	207	45	.217	3	19
Johnny Cooney	74	198	41	.207	0	7
Frank Demaree	64	187	42	.225	3	24
Skippy Roberge	74	172	37	.215	1	12
Tony Cuccinello	40	104	21	.202	1	8
Phil Masi	57	87	19	.218	0	9
Ducky Detweiler	12	44	14	.318	0	5
Whitey Wietelmann	13	34	7	.206	0	0
Frank McElyea	7	4	0	.000	0	0
Mike Sandlock	2	1	1	1.000	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
Jim Tobin	37	287.2	12	21	3.97	71
Al Javery	42	261.0	12	16	3.03	85
Jim Hickey	1	1.1	0	1	20.25	0

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
Lou Tost	35	147.2	10	10	3.53	43
Manny Salvo	25	130.2	7	8	3.03	25
Tom Earley	27	112.2	6	11	4.71	28
Bill Donovan	31	89.1	3	6	3.43	23
Johnny Hutchings	20	65.2	1	0	4.39	27
Lefty Wallace	19	49.1	1	3	3.83	20
Warren Spahn	4	15.2	0	0	5.74	7

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
Johnny Sain	40	4	7	6	3.90	68
Dick Errickson	21	2	5	1	5.01	15
Hank LaManna	5	0	1	0	5.40	2
Art Johnson	4	0	0	0	1.42	0
George Diehl	1	0	0	0	2.45	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Hartford Bees	Eastern League	Del Bissonette
B	Evansville Bees	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
D	Greeneville Burley Cubs	Appalachian League	Dale Alexander
D	Welch Miners	Mountain State League	Don Manno
D	Bradford Bees	PONY League	Jack Burns

Greeneville club folded, June 14, 1942^[2]

Notes

References

• 1942 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference