1923 Boston Braves season explained

Boston Braves
Season:	1923
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Braves Field
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	54–100 (.351)
League Place:	7th
Owners:	Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson
Managers:	Fred Mitchell

The 1923 Boston Braves season was the 53rd season of the franchise.

Offseason

October 15, 1922: Gus Felix was drafted by the Braves from the Shreveport Gassers (Texas) in the 1922 rule 5 draft.^[1]

October 6, 1923: Ernie Padgett of the Braves executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base.^[2] Padgett played just four games for the Braves all season, but would become the Braves' regular third baseman in 1924.

1923 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	96	306	65	.212	0	20
1B	154	607	191	.315	2	95
2B	111	380	103	.271	2	50
SS	115	375	94	.251	0	40
3B	148	568	169	.298	7	79
OF	153	611	195	.319	6	78
OF	139	506	138	.273	6	44
OF	97	338	102	.302	4	38

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
88	321	88	.274	0	19
72	191	55	.288	3	19
59	147	32	.218	0	17
39	138	38	.275	0	10
56	93	27	.290	2	10
31	93	22	.237	0	11
41	50	15	.300	0	5
23	48	6	.125	0	5
21	38	8	.211	0	0
13	24	2	.083	0	0
4	11	2	.182	0	0
11	9	1	.111	0	2
1	2	2	1.000	0	2

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	239.0	11	14	3.73	78
31	195.1	10	14	2.76	41
8	39.1	0	3	4.58	6
4	19.1	1	2	3.72	3

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
43	227.1	13	14	3.72	54
44	166.1	5	15	5.68	33
32	139.1	3	13	4.91	32
35	128.0	5	9	4.99	42
35	100.1	1	9	5.20	27
23	98.0	3	5	3.31	23
11	31.1	1	2	5.17	10
4	9.0	1	0	7.00	2