1948 Boston Braves Roster

The 1948 Boston Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1948 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 1948 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1948 Boston Braves salary list, a 1948 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1948 Boston Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1948 Boston Braves



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Roster
Schedule
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 6-01½ 190 Right Right 1918-05-25
24 Vern Bickford 6-00 185 Right Right 1920-08-17
16 Glenn Elliott 5-10 170 Left Both 1919-11-11
37 Bobby Hogue 5-10 195 Right Right 1921-04-05
25 Al Lyons 6-02 195 Right Right 1918-07-18
11 Ray Martin 6-02 177 Right Right 1925-03-13
22, 25 Nels Potter 5-11 180 Right Left 1911-08-23
38 Jim Prendergast 6-01 208 Left Left 1917-08-23
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
39, 96 Bill Voiselle 6-04 200 Right Right 1919-01-29
29 Ernie White 5-11½ 175 Left Right 1916-09-05
16 Ed Wright 6-01 180 Right Right 1919-05-15
11 Paul Burris 6-00 190 Right Right 1923-07-21
10 Phil Masi 5-10 180 Right Right 1916-01-06
15 Bill Salkeld 5-10 190 Right Left 1917-03-08
2 Al Dark 5-11 185 Right Right 1922-01-07
3 Bob Elliott 6-00 185 Right Right 1916-11-26
6 Frank McCormick 6-04 205 Right Right 1911-06-09
8 Connie Ryan 5-11 175 Right Right 1920-02-27
7 Sibby Sisti 5-11 175 Right Right 1920-07-26
12 Eddie Stanky 5-08 170 Right Right 1915-09-03
14 Bobby Sturgeon 6-00 175 Right Right 1919-08-06
9 Earl Torgeson 6-03 180 Left Left 1924-01-01
19 Clint Conatser 5-11 182 Right Right 1921-07-24
4, 36 Jeff Heath 5-11½ 200 Right Left 1915-04-01
1 Tommy Holmes 5-10 180 Left Left 1917-03-29
7 Danny Litwhiler 5-10½ 198 Right Right 1916-08-31
31 Mike McCormick 6-00 200 Right Right 1917-05-06
4 Marv Rickert 6-02 195 Right Left 1921-01-08
5 Jim Russell 6-01 181 Right Both 1918-10-01
5, 20 Ray Sanders 6-02 185 Right Left 1916-12-04
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The 1948 Boston Braves played 153 games during the regular season, won 91 games, lost 62 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Braves Field (Park Factors: 98/97) where 1,455,439 fans witnessed their 1948 Braves finish the season with a .595 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 1948 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1948 Boston Braves salary list, a 1948 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1948 Boston Braves primary starters list:

1948 Boston Braves
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1948 Boston Braves
Most Games by Position

C Phil Masi (109)
1B Earl Torgeson (129)
2B Eddie Stanky (66)
3B Bob Elliott (150)
SS Al Dark (133)
LF Jeff Heath (99)
CF Jim Russell (82)
RF Tommy Holmes (137)
  
SP Vern Bickford
SP Johnny Sain
SP Warren Spahn
SP Bill Voiselle
  
RP Bobby Hogue
CL Clyde Shoun


1948 Boston Braves
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1948 Boston Braves
Uniform Numbers

#1 Tommy Holmes
#2 Al Dark
#3 Bob Elliott
#4 Jeff Heath
#4 Marv Rickert
#5 Jim Russell
#5 Ray Sanders
#6 Frank McCormick
#7 Danny Litwhiler
#7 Sibby Sisti
#8 Connie Ryan
#9 Earl Torgeson
#10 Phil Masi
#11 Paul Burris
#11 Ray Martin
#12 Eddie Stanky
#13 Red Barrett
#14 Bobby Sturgeon
#15 Bill Salkeld
#16 Glenn Elliott
#16 Ed Wright
#17 Johnny Beazley
#19 Clint Conatser
#20 Ray Sanders
#21 Warren Spahn
#22 Nels Potter
#24 Vern Bickford
#25 Al Lyons
#25 Nels Potter
#26 Clyde Shoun
#29 Ernie White
#31 Mike McCormick
#33 Johnny Sain
#34 Johnny Antonelli
#36 Jeff Heath
#37 Bobby Hogue
#38 Jim Prendergast
#39 Bill Voiselle
#96 Bill Voiselle

Did you know that a 1948 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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