Atlanta Braves History - 1919 Summary

1919 was not a very good year for the Braves. They were in Boston playing at Braves Field. The attendance for the year was 167,401 (7th of 8). Not overwhelming fan support.

They had a 57-82 record, finishing 6th in the National League. George Stallings is the manager. This is not George's best year since he won the World Series in 1914. One more year and he will be out. Always sad to see that.

When you look at their run totals, that kind of tells the story. They scored 465 runs and allowed 563 runs.

I like the year 1919. Not because of the Braves because they kind of stunk but because my dad was born on July 4th in 1919. Because of that, I enjoy poking around what was going on with the Braves that year.

The dark years start (1917)

In George Stallings 5th year as manager of the Braves, they plunged from third place the year before to sixth in 1917. They were 72-81 and 25 1/2 games behind. World War I began that year and it was a bleak year for the team. This was the start of series of VERY bad years going to World War II and 1945.

Perhaps this should be known as the dark years for the Braves. For 29 years, the Braves only had six years of .500 plus ball. Eight times they won fewer than 40 percent of their games. Twelve times they finished 35 or more games out of the lead.

Amazing and dark years for sure.