1942 Boston Braves season
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.
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 | 105 | 309 | 102 | .330 | 11 | 46 | |
| 1B | Max West | 134 | 452 | 115 | .254 | 16 | 56 |
| 2B | Sibby Sisti | 129 | 407 | 86 | .211 | 4 | 35 |
| 3B | 145 | 577 | 147 | .255 | 6 | 55 | |
| SS | 142 | 534 | 130 | .243 | 6 | 47 | |
| OF | Chet Ross | 76 | 220 | 43 | .195 | 5 | 19 |
| OF | Tommy Holmes | 141 | 558 | 155 | .278 | 4 | 41 |
| OF | Paul Waner | 114 | 333 | 86 | .258 | 1 | 39 |
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 |
| Clyde Kluttz | 72 | 210 | 56 | .267 | 1 | 31 |
| Buddy Gremp | 72 | 207 | 45 | .217 | 3 | 19 |
| Johnny Cooney | 74 | 198 | 41 | .207 | 0 | 7 |
| Frank Demaree | 64 | 187 | 42 | .225 | 3 | 24 |
| Skippy Roberge | 74 | 172 | 37 | .215 | 1 | 12 |
| Tony Cuccinello | 40 | 104 | 21 | .202 | 1 | 8 |
| Phil Masi | 57 | 87 | 19 | .218 | 0 | 9 |
| Ducky Detweiler | 12 | 44 | 14 | .318 | 0 | 5 |
| Whitey Wietelmann | 13 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank McElyea | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| 37 | 287.2 | 12 | 21 | 3.97 | 71 | |
| Al Javery | 42 | 261.0 | 12 | 16 | 3.03 | 85 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 20.25 | 0 |
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 |
| Lou Tost | 35 | 147.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.53 | 43 |
| Manny Salvo | 25 | 130.2 | 7 | 8 | 3.03 | 25 |
| Tom Earley | 27 | 112.2 | 6 | 11 | 4.71 | 28 |
| 31 | 89.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.43 | 23 | |
| Johnny Hutchings | 20 | 65.2 | 1 | 0 | 4.39 | 27 |
| Lefty Wallace | 19 | 49.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.83 | 20 |
| Warren Spahn | 4 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 7 |
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 |
| Johnny Sain | 40 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3.90 | 68 |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.01 | 15 | |
| Hank LaManna | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
| Art Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 0 |