1949 Boston Braves season
The 1949 Boston Braves season was the 79th season of the franchise.
Offseason
- December 15, 1948: Mike McCormick and Nanny Fernandez were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Reiser.
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 | Del Crandall | 67 | 228 | 60 | .263 | 4 | 34 |
| 1B | Elbie Fletcher | 122 | 413 | 108 | .262 | 11 | 51 |
| 2B | Eddie Stanky | 138 | 506 | 144 | .285 | 1 | 42 |
| SS | Al Dark | 130 | 529 | 146 | .276 | 3 | 53 |
| 3B | 139 | 482 | 135 | .280 | 17 | 76 | |
| OF | Tommy Holmes | 117 | 380 | 101 | .266 | 8 | 59 |
| OF | Marv Rickert | 100 | 277 | 81 | .292 | 6 | 49 |
| OF | Jim Russell | 130 | 415 | 96 | .231 | 8 | 54 |
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 |
| Sibby Sisti | 101 | 268 | 69 | .257 | 5 | 22 |
| 84 | 221 | 60 | .271 | 8 | 40 | |
| Ed Sauer | 79 | 214 | 57 | .266 | 3 | 31 |
| Connie Ryan | 85 | 208 | 52 | .250 | 6 | 20 |
| Bill Salkeld | 66 | 161 | 41 | .255 | 5 | 25 |
| Clint Conatser | 53 | 152 | 40 | .263 | 3 | 16 |
| Jeff Heath | 36 | 111 | 34 | .306 | 9 | 23 |
| Phil Masi | 37 | 105 | 22 | .210 | 0 | 6 |
| Earl Torgeson | 25 | 100 | 26 | .260 | 4 | 19 |
| Mickey Livingston | 28 | 64 | 15 | .234 | 0 | 6 |
| Ray Sanders | 9 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Thompson | 7 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Lakeman | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Kuczek | 1 | 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 |
| Warren Spahn | 38 | 302.1 | 21 | 14 | 3.07 | 151 |
| Johnny Sain | 37 | 243.0 | 10 | 17 | 4.81 | 73 |
| Vern Bickford | 37 | 230.2 | 16 | 11 | 4.25 | 101 |
| Bill Voiselle | 30 | 169.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.04 | 63 |
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 |
| 22 | 96.0 | 3 | 7 | 3.56 | 48 | |
| Bob Hall | 31 | 74.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.36 | 43 |
| Glenn Elliott | 22 | 68.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.95 | 15 |
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 |
| Nels Potter | 41 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4.19 | 57 |
| Bobby Hogue | 33 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.13 | 23 |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 | 17 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Clyde Shoun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |