# 1919 Boston Braves season

The 1919 Boston Braves season was the 49th season of the franchise.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 96 | 44 | .686 | — | 51‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍25 |
| New York Giants | 87 | 53 | .621 | 9 | 46‍–‍23 | 41‍–‍30 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 65 | .536 | 21 | 40‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 68 | .511 | 24½ | 39‍–‍31 | 32‍–‍37 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 69 | 71 | .493 | 27 | 36‍–‍34 | 33‍–‍37 |
| Boston Braves | 57 | 82 | .410 | 38½ | 29‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 83 | .394 | 40½ | 34‍–‍35 | 20‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 90 | .343 | 47½ | 26‍–‍44 | 21‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1919 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–13 | 7–13 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 15–5 | 8–11 | 10–10–1 |
| Brooklyn | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 12–8–1 | 9–11 | 11–9 |
| Chicago | 13–7 | 11–9 | — | 8–12 | 6–14 | 13–7 | 11–9 | 13–7 |
| Cincinnati | 16–4 | 13–7 | 12–8 | — | 12–8 | 15–5 | 14–6 | 14–6 |
| New York | 14–6 | 12–8 | 14–6 | 8–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–9 | 14–6 |
| Philadelphia | 5–15 | 8–12–1 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 6–14 | — | 6–14 | 10–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–8 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 14–6 | — | 11–9 |
| St. Louis | 10–10–1 | 9–11 | 7–13 | 6–14 | 6–14 | 7–10 | 9–11 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 21, 1919: Pat Ragan was traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Jim Thorpe.
* May 1919: Walton Cruise was purchased by the Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.

### 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 | Hank Gowdy | 78 | 219 | 61 | .279 | 1 | 22 |
| 1B | Walter Holke | 137 | 518 | 151 | .292 | 0 | 48 |
| 2B | Buck Herzog | 73 | 275 | 77 | .280 | 1 | 25 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 131 | 480 | 128 | .267 | 5 | 43 |
| 3B | Tony Boeckel | 95 | 365 | 91 | .249 | 1 | 26 |
| OF | Joe Riggert | 63 | 240 | 68 | .283 | 4 | 17 |
| OF | Walton Cruise | 73 | 241 | 52 | .216 | 1 | 21 |
| OF | Ray Powell | 123 | 470 | 111 | .236 | 2 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 77 | 275 | 70 | .255 | 1 | 16 |
| Red Smith | 87 | 241 | 59 | .245 | 1 | 25 |
| Art Wilson | 71 | 191 | 49 | .257 | 0 | 16 |
| Jim Thorpe | 60 | 156 | 51 | .327 | 1 | 25 |
| Leslie Mann | 40 | 145 | 41 | .283 | 3 | 20 |
| Charlie Pick | 34 | 114 | 29 | .254 | 1 | 7 |
| Lena Blackburne | 31 | 80 | 21 | .263 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Kelly | 18 | 64 | 9 | .141 | 0 | 3 |
| Dizzy Nutter | 18 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
| Dixie Carroll | 15 | 49 | 13 | .265 | 0 | 7 |
| Walt Tragesser | 20 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 3 |
| Lloyd Christenbury | 7 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 4 |
| Hod Ford | 10 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
| Mickey O'Neil | 11 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Miller | 7 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Bailey | 4 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee King | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam White | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Dick Rudolph | 37 | 273.2 | 13 | 18 | 2.17 | 76 |
| Art Nehf | 22 | 168.2 | 8 | 9 | 3.09 | 53 |
| Red Causey | 10 | 69.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.57 | 14 |
| Joe Oeschger | 7 | 56.2 | 4 | 2 | 2.54 | 16 |
| Pat Ragan | 4 | 12.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.11 | 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 |
| Dana Fillingim | 32 | 186.1 | 6 | 13 | 3.38 | 50 |
| Ray Keating | 22 | 136.0 | 7 | 11 | 2.98 | 48 |
| Al Demaree | 25 | 128.0 | 6 | 6 | 3.80 | 34 |
| Jack Scott | 19 | 103.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.13 | 44 |
| Hugh McQuillan | 16 | 60.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.45 | 13 |
| Jake Northrop | 11 | 37.1 | 1 | 5 | 4.58 | 9 |
| Larry Cheney | 8 | 33.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.55 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Bill James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |