1949 Boston Braves Roster by Baseball Almanac

1949 Boston Braves Roster

The 1949 Boston Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1949 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 1949 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1949 Boston Braves salary list, a 1949 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1949 Boston Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
34	Johnny Antonelli	6-00	190	Left	Left	1930-04-12
13	Red Barrett	5-11	183	Right	Right	1915-02-14
17	Johnny Beazley	6-01�	190	Right	Right	1918-05-25
24	Vern Bickford	6-00	185	Right	Right	1920-08-17
18	Glenn Elliott	5-10	170	Left	Both	1919-11-11
25	Bob Hall	6-02	195	Right	Right	1923-12-22
37	Bobby Hogue	5-10	195	Right	Right	1921-04-05
22	Nels Potter	5-11	180	Right	Left	1911-08-23
33	Johnny Sain	6-02	200	Right	Right	1917-09-25
26	Clyde Shoun	6-01	188	Left	Left	1912-03-20
21	Warren Spahn	6-00	175	Left	Left	1921-04-23
96	Bill Voiselle	6-04	200	Right	Right	1919-01-29
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
23	Del Crandall	6-01	195	Right	Right	1930-03-05
10, 26	Mickey Livingston	6-01�	185	Right	Right	1914-11-15
10	Phil Masi	5-10	180	Right	Right	1916-01-06
15	Bill Salkeld	5-10	190	Right	Left	1917-03-08
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
2	Al Dark	5-11	185	Right	Right	1922-01-07
3	Bob Elliott	6-00	185	Right	Right	1916-11-26
17	Elbie Fletcher	6-00	180	Left	Left	1916-03-18
14	Al Lakeman	6-02	195	Right	Right	1918-12-31
8	Connie Ryan	5-11	175	Right	Right	1920-02-27
6	Ray Sanders	6-02	185	Right	Left	1916-12-04
12	Eddie Stanky	5-08	170	Right	Right	1915-09-03
9	Earl Torgeson	6-03	180	Left	Left	1924-01-01
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
19	Clint Conatser	5-11	182	Right	Right	1921-07-24
4	Jeff Heath	5-11�	200	Right	Left	1915-04-01
1	Tommy Holmes	5-10	180	Left	Left	1917-03-29
11	Pete Reiser	5-10�	185	Right	Left	1919-03-17
31	Marv Rickert	6-02	195	Right	Left	1921-01-08
5	Jim Russell	6-01	181	Right	Both	1918-10-01
14	Ed Sauer	6-01	188	Right	Right	1919-01-03
7	Sibby Sisti	5-11	175	Right	Right	1920-07-26
23	Don Thompson	6-00	185	Left	Left	1923-12-28
#	Other Positions	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
16	Steve Kuczek	6-00	160	Right	Right	1924-12-28
1949 Boston Braves Roster

The 1949 Boston Braves played 154 games during the regular season, won 75 games, lost 79 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Braves Field (Park Factors: 95/94) where 1,081,795 fans witnessed their 1949 Braves finish the season with a .487 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 1949 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1949 Boston Braves salary list, a 1949 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1949 Boston Braves primary starters list:

1949 Boston Braves
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1949 Boston Braves
Most Games by Position
C Del Crandall (63)
C Bill Salkeld (63)
1B Elbie Fletcher (121)
2B Eddie Stanky (135)
3B Bob Elliott (130)
SS Al Dark (125)
LF Marv Rickert (53)
CF Jim Russell (93)
RF Tommy Holmes (103)

SP Vern Bickford
SP Johnny Sain
SP Warren Spahn
SP Bill Voiselle

RP Red Barrett
RP Glenn Elliott
RP Bob Hall
RP Bobby Hogue
CL Nels Potter

1949 Boston Braves
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1949 Boston Braves
Uniform Numbers
#1 Tommy Holmes
#2 Al Dark
#3 Bob Elliott
#4 Jeff Heath
#5 Jim Russell
#6 Ray Sanders
#7 Sibby Sisti
#8 Connie Ryan
#9 Earl Torgeson
#10 Mickey Livingston
#10 Phil Masi
#11 Pete Reiser
#12 Eddie Stanky
#13 Red Barrett
#14 Al Lakeman
#14 Ed Sauer
#15 Bill Salkeld
#16 Steve Kuczek
#17 Johnny Beazley
#17 Elbie Fletcher
#18 Glenn Elliott
#19 Clint Conatser
#21 Warren Spahn
#22 Nels Potter
#23 Del Crandall
#23 Don Thompson
#24 Vern Bickford
#25 Bob Hall
#26 Mickey Livingston
#26 Clyde Shoun
#31 Marv Rickert
#33 Johnny Sain
#34 Johnny Antonelli
#37 Bobby Hogue
#96 Bill Voiselle

Did you know that a 1949 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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