1923 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1923 National League Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 54–100 (.351) 7th Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson 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.Gus Felix page at Baseball Reference Regular season 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.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac Padgett played just four games for the Braves all season, but would become the Braves' regular third baseman in 1924. Season standings Boston Braves Record vs. opponents BSN Roster 1923 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Jesse Barnes Joe Batchelder Larry Benton Johnny Cooney Dana Fillingim Joe Genewich Rube Marquard Tim McNamara Frank Miller Joe Oeschger Dick Rudolph Mule Watson Catchers Dee Cousineau Frank Gibson Hank Gowdy Mickey O'Neil Earl Smith Infielders Tony Boeckel Jocko Conlon Hod Ford Al Hermann Larry Kopf Stuffy McInnis Ernie Padgett Bob Smith Outfielders Bill Bagwell Walton Cruise Bob Emmerich Gus Felix Al Nixon Ray Powell Billy Southworth Other batters Snake Henry Manager Fred Mitchell Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Mickey O'Neil Mickey O'Neil (baseball) 96 306 65 .212 0 20 1B Stuffy McInnis 154 607 191 .315 2 95 2B Hod Ford 111 380 103 .271 2 50 SS Bob Smith Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895) 115 375 94 .251 0 40 3B Tony Boeckel 148 568 169 .298 7 79 OF Billy Southworth 153 611 195 .319 6 78 OF Gus Felix 139 506 138 .273 6 44 OF Ray Powell 97 338 102 .302 4 38 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Al Nixon 88 321 88 .274 0 19 Earl Smith Earl Smith (catcher) 72 191 55 .288 3 19 Jocko Conlon 59 147 32 .218 0 17 Larry Kopf 39 138 38 .275 0 10 Bill Bagwell 56 93 27 .290 2 10 Al Hermann 31 93 22 .237 0 11 Frank Gibson Frank Gibson (baseball) 41 50 15 .300 0 5 Hank Gowdy 23 48 6 .125 0 5 Walton Cruise 21 38 8 .211 0 0 Bob Emmerich 13 24 2 .083 0 0 Ernie Padgett 4 11 2 .182 0 0 Snake Henry 11 9 1 .111 0 2 Dee Cousineau 1 2 2 1.000 0 2 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Rube Marquard 38 239.0 11 14 3.73 78 Jesse Barnes 31 195.1 10 14 2.76 41 Frank Miller 8 39.1 0 3 4.58 6 Dick Rudolph 4 19.1 1 2 3.72 3 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Joe Genewich 43 227.1 13 14 3.72 54 Joe Oeschger 44 166.1 5 15 5.68 33 Tim McNamara 32 139.1 3 13 4.91 32 Larry Benton 35 128.0 5 9 4.99 42 Dana Fillingim 35 100.1 1 9 5.20 27 Johnny Cooney 23 98.0 3 5 3.31 23 Mule Watson 11 31.1 1 2 5.17 10 Joe Batchelder 4 9.0 1 0 7.00 2 References 2 External links 1923 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1920s in Boston