1946 Boston Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac

1946 Boston Braves Roster

The 1946 Boston Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1946 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1946 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1946 Boston Braves salary list, a 1946 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1946 Boston Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1946 Boston Braves 1946 Boston Braves Official Logo Complete Roster Roster Schedule Statmaster
#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
19	Frank Barrett	6-02	173	Right	Right	1913-07-01
13	Mort Cooper	6-02	210	Right	Right	1913-03-02
35	Don Hendrickson	6-02	204	Right	Right	1913-07-14
17	Johnny Hutchings	6-02	250	Right	Both	1916-04-14
21	Al Javery	6-03	183	Right	Right	1918-06-05
34, 36	Si Johnson	5-11�	185	Right	Right	1906-10-05
38	Jim Konstanty	6-01�	202	Right	Right	1917-03-02
26	Bill Lee	6-03	195	Right	Right	1909-10-21
-	Dick Mulligan	6-00	167	Left	Left	1918-03-18
32	Johnny Niggeling	6-00	170	Right	Right	1903-07-10
25	Bill Posedel	5-11	175	Right	Right	1906-08-02
22	Earl Reid	6-03	190	Right	Left	1913-06-08
17	Steve Roser	6-04	220	Right	Right	1918-01-25
33	Johnny Sain	6-02	200	Right	Right	1917-09-25
15	Elmer Singleton	6-02	174	Right	Right	1918-06-26
21	Warren Spahn	6-00	175	Left	Left	1921-04-23
19, 34	Lefty Wallace	5-11	160	Left	Left	1921-08-12
18	Ernie White	5-11�	175	Left	Right	1916-09-05
23	Ace Williams	6-02	174	Left	Right	1917-03-18
16	Ed Wright	6-01	180	Right	Right	1919-05-15
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
15	Bob Brady	6-01	175	Right	Left	1922-11-08
27	Stew Hofferth	6-02	195	Right	Right	1913-01-27
10	Phil Masi	5-10	180	Right	Right	1916-01-06
27	Ken O'Dea	6-00	180	Right	Left	1913-03-16
6	Don Padgett	6-00	190	Right	Left	1911-12-05
18	Hugh Poland	5-11�	185	Right	Left	1910-01-19
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
14	Dick Culler	5-09�	155	Right	Right	1915-01-15
23	Al Dark	5-11	185	Right	Right	1922-01-07
11	Nanny Fernandez	5-09	170	Right	Right	1918-10-25
20	Billy Herman	5-11	180	Right	Right	1909-07-07
12	Johnny Hopp	5-10	175	Left	Left	1916-07-18
3	Johnny McCarthy	6-01�	185	Left	Left	1910-01-07
20	Skippy Roberge	5-11	185	Right	Right	1917-05-19
8	Connie Ryan	5-11	175	Right	Right	1920-02-27
4, 5, 37	Ray Sanders	6-02	185	Right	Left	1916-12-04
2	Sibby Sisti	5-11	175	Right	Right	1920-07-26
4	Max West	6-01�	182	Right	Left	1916-11-28
7	Whitey Wietelmann	6-00	170	Right	Both	1919-03-15
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
2	Johnny Barrett	5-10�	170	Left	Left	1915-12-18
24	Carden Gillenwater	6-01	178	Right	Right	1918-05-13
1	Tommy Holmes	5-10	180	Left	Left	1917-03-29
22	Danny Litwhiler	5-10�	198	Right	Right	1916-08-31
31	Mike McCormick	6-00	200	Right	Right	1917-05-06
3	Tommy Neill	6-02	200	Right	Left	1919-11-07
4, 5	Bama Rowell	5-11	185	Right	Left	1916-01-13
6	Chuck Workman	6-00	175	Right	Left	1915-01-06
#	Other Positions	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
32	Ducky Detweiler	5-11	178	Right	Right	1919-02-15
-	Damon Phillips	6-00	176	Right	Right	1919-06-08
1946 Boston Braves Roster

The 1946 Boston Braves played 153 games during the regular season, won 81 games, lost 72 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Braves Field (Park Factors: 101/101) where 969,673 fans witnessed their 1946 Braves finish the season with a .529 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1946 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1946 Boston Braves salary list, a 1946 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1946 Boston Braves primary starters list:

1946 Boston Braves
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1946 Boston Braves
Most Games by Position
C Phil Masi (124)
1B Ray Sanders (77)
2B Connie Ryan (120)
3B Nanny Fernandez (81)
SS Dick Culler (132)
LF Bama Rowell (71)
CF Carden Gillenwater (69)
RF Tommy Holmes (146)

SP Mort Cooper
SP Bill Lee
SP Johnny Sain
SP Warren Spahn
SP Ed Wright

RP Frank Barrett
RP Lefty Wallace
CL Bill Posedel

1946 Boston Braves
Salaries
Elmer Singleton $5,100.00

1946 Boston Braves
Uniform Numbers
#1 Tommy Holmes
#2 Johnny Barrett
#2 Sibby Sisti
#3 Johnny McCarthy
#3 Tommy Neill
#4 Bama Rowell
#4 Ray Sanders
#4 Max West
#5 Bama Rowell
#5 Ray Sanders
#6 Don Padgett
#6 Chuck Workman
#7 Whitey Wietelmann
#8 Connie Ryan
#10 Phil Masi
#11 Nanny Fernandez
#12 Johnny Hopp
#13 Mort Cooper
#14 Dick Culler
#15 Bob Brady
#15 Elmer Singleton
#16 Ed Wright
#17 Johnny Hutchings
#17 Steve Roser
#18 Hugh Poland
#18 Ernie White
#19 Frank Barrett
#19 Lefty Wallace
#20 Billy Herman
#20 Skippy Roberge
#21 Al Javery
#21 Warren Spahn
#22 Danny Litwhiler
#22 Earl Reid
#23 Al Dark
#23 Ace Williams
#24 Carden Gillenwater
#25 Bill Posedel
#26 Bill Lee
#27 Stew Hofferth
#27 Ken O'Dea
#31 Mike McCormick
#32 Ducky Detweiler
#32 Johnny Niggeling
#33 Johnny Sain
#34 Si Johnson
#34 Lefty Wallace
#35 Don Hendrickson
#36 Si Johnson
#37 Ray Sanders
#38 Jim Konstanty

Did you know that a 1946 Boston Braves Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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