# 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.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 48 | .688 | — | 60‍–‍17 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 50 | .675 | 2 | 57‍–‍22 | 47‍–‍28 |
| New York Giants | 85 | 67 | .559 | 20 | 47‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍36 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 76 | .500 | 29 | 38‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 81 | .449 | 36½ | 41‍–‍34 | 25‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 38 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 59 | 89 | .399 | 44 | 33‍–‍36 | 26‍–‍53 |
| Philadelphia Phils | 42 | 109 | .278 | 62½ | 23‍–‍51 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–16–1 | 8–12 | 14–8 | 7–12–1 | 6–16 |
| Brooklyn | 16–6 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 9–13 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 6–16 |
| Cincinnati | 16–5–1 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–9–1 | 7–15 |
| New York | 12–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9–1 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 5–17 | — | 6–13 | 5–17 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–7–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 9–12–1 | 7–15 | 13–6 | — | 8–14–2 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8–2 | — |

### 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 | Ernie Lombardi | 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 | Nanny Fernandez | 145 | 577 | 147 | .255 | 6 | 55 |
| SS | Eddie Miller | 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 |
| Mike Sandlock | 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 |
| Jim Tobin | 37 | 287.2 | 12 | 21 | 3.97 | 71 |
| Al Javery | 42 | 261.0 | 12 | 16 | 3.03 | 85 |
| Jim Hickey | 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 |
| Bill Donovan | 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 |
| Dick Errickson | 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 |
| George Diehl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Hartford Bees | Eastern League | Del Bissonette |
| B | Evansville Bees | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
| D | Greeneville Burley Cubs | Appalachian League | Dale Alexander |
| D | Welch Miners | Mountain State League | Don Manno |
| D | Bradford Bees | PONY League | Jack Burns |
Greeneville club folded, June 14, 1942