# 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
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 48‍–‍29 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 56 | .634 | 2½ | 53‍–‍24 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 45‍–‍34 | 43‍–‍32 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 73 | .526 | 19 | 45‍–‍32 | 36‍–‍41 |
| New York Giants | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 38‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 70 | 84 | .455 | 30 | 38‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 62 | 92 | .403 | 38 | 32‍–‍44 | 30‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 | .279 | 57 | 23‍–‍52 | 20‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1941 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 4–18–2 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 18–4–2 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 |
| New York | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 8–14–2 | 6–15–1 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 5–17 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 14–8–2 | 16–6 | — | 6–16 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–6–1 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — |

### Notable transactions

* September 20, 1941: Nanny Fernandez was purchased by the Braves from the San Francisco Seals.

### Roster
## 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 | Eddie Miller | 154 | 585 | 140 | .239 | 6 | 68 |
| 3B | Sibby Sisti | 140 | 541 | 140 | .259 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Gene Moore | 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 |
| Buster Bray | 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 |
| George Barnicle | 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 |
| Art Johnson | 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 |
| Tom Earley | 33 | 138.2 | 6 | 8 | 2.53 | 54 |
| Johnny Hutchings | 36 | 95.2 | 1 | 6 | 4.14 | 36 |
| Bill Posedel | 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 |
| Eddie Carnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 |
| Al Piechota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Hartford Bees | Eastern League | Jack Onslow and Don Manno |
| B | Evansville Bees | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
| B | Bridgeport Bees | Interstate League | Rudy Hulswitt |
| D | Bradford Bees | PONY League | Del Bissonette |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bradford