1941 Boston Braves season
The 1941 Boston Braves season was the 71st season of the franchise, and saw the team revert to the “Braves” moniker after five seasons playing under the name of “Boston Bees”. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses.
Regular season
Notable transactions
- September 20, 1941: Nanny Fernandez was purchased by the Braves from the San Francisco Seals.
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 | Ray Berres | 120 | 279 | 56 | .201 | 1 | 19 |
| 1B | Buddy Hassett | 118 | 405 | 120 | .296 | 1 | 33 |
| 2B | Bama Rowell | 138 | 483 | 129 | .267 | 7 | 60 |
| SS | 154 | 585 | 140 | .239 | 6 | 68 | |
| 3B | Sibby Sisti | 140 | 541 | 140 | .259 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | 129 | 397 | 108 | .272 | 5 | 43 | |
| OF | Johnny Cooney | 123 | 442 | 141 | .319 | 0 | 29 |
| OF | Max West | 138 | 484 | 134 | .277 | 12 | 68 |
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 |
| Paul Waner | 95 | 294 | 82 | .279 | 2 | 46 |
| Phil Masi | 87 | 180 | 40 | .222 | 3 | 18 |
| Skippy Roberge | 55 | 167 | 36 | .216 | 0 | 15 |
| Babe Dahlgren | 44 | 166 | 39 | .235 | 7 | 30 |
| Frank Demaree | 48 | 113 | 26 | .230 | 2 | 15 |
| Buddy Gremp | 37 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 0 | 10 |
| Hank Majeski | 19 | 55 | 8 | .145 | 0 | 3 |
| Al Montgomery | 42 | 52 | 10 | .192 | 0 | 4 |
| Lloyd Waner | 19 | 51 | 21 | .412 | 0 | 4 |
| Chet Ross | 29 | 50 | 6 | .120 | 0 | 4 |
| Whitey Wietelmann | 16 | 33 | 3 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Manno | 22 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| John Dudra | 14 | 25 | 9 | .360 | 0 | 3 |
| Earl Averill | 8 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mel Preibisch | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
| Jim Tobin | 33 | 238.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.10 | 61 |
| Manny Salvo | 35 | 195.0 | 7 | 16 | 4.06 | 67 |
| 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |
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 |
| 43 | 183.1 | 7 | 15 | 3.53 | 70 | |
| Dick Errickson | 38 | 165.2 | 6 | 12 | 4.78 | 45 |
| Al Javery | 34 | 160.2 | 10 | 11 | 4.31 | 54 |
| 33 | 138.2 | 6 | 8 | 2.53 | 54 | |
| Johnny Hutchings | 36 | 95.2 | 1 | 6 | 4.14 | 36 |
| 18 | 53.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.87 | 10 | |
| Wes Ferrell | 4 | 14.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.14 | 10 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Hank LaManna | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5.33 | 23 |
| Joe Sullivan | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.13 | 11 |
| Nick Strincevich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 | |
| Al Piechota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |