1942 Boston Braves season explained

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]

1942 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	105	309	102	.330	11	46
1B	134	452	115	.254	16	56
2B	129	407	86	.211	4	35
3B	145	577	147	.255	6	55
SS	142	534	130	.243	6	47
OF	76	220	43	.195	5	19
OF	141	558	155	.278	4	41
OF	114	333	86	.258	1	39

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
72	210	56	.267	1	31
72	207	45	.217	3	19
74	198	41	.207	0	7
64	187	42	.225	3	24
74	172	37	.215	1	12
40	104	21	.202	1	8
57	87	19	.218	0	9
12	44	14	.318	0	5
13	34	7	.206	0	0
7	4	0	.000	0	0
2	1	1	1.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	287.2	12	21	3.97	71
42	261.0	12	16	3.03	85
1	1.1	0	1	20.25	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	147.2	10	10	3.53	43
25	130.2	7	8	3.03	25
27	112.2	6	11	4.71	28
31	89.1	3	6	3.43	23
20	65.2	1	0	4.39	27
19	49.1	1	3	3.83	20
4	15.2	0	0	5.74	7

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
40	4	7	6	3.90	68
21	2	5	1	5.01	15
5	0	1	0	5.40	2
4	0	0	0	1.42	0
1	0	0	0	2.45	0

Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 259, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997