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1933 Boston Braves season

Major League Baseball season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ4563192 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1933 Boston Braves season was the 63rd season of the franchise.

Offseason

December 29, 1932: Shanty Hogan was purchased by the Braves from the New York Giants for $25,000.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

July 31, 1933: Bob Smith was selected off waivers by the Braves from the Cincinnati Reds.

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg.

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This entry incorporates text from “1933 Boston Braves season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.