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1961 Milwaukee Braves

1961 > Class Major League > 1961 National League
Overall: 83-71
Scored 712 runs, Allowed 656 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Chuck Dressen and Birdie Tebbetts
Represented: Milwaukee, WI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1960 / 1962

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Hank Aaron 27 155 671 603 115 197 39 10 34 120 21 9 56 64 .327 .381 .594 .974 358 16 2 1 9 20
2 Joe Adcock 33 152 629 562 77 160 20 0 35 108 2 1 59 94 .285 .354 .507 .861 285 22 2 4 2 4
3 Johnny Antonelli* 31 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Frank Bolling 29 148 658 585 86 153 16 4 15 56 7 3 57 62 .262 .329 .379 .708 222 25 3 10 3 1
5 Bob Boyd* 41 36 43 41 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .244 .256 .244 .500 10 1 0 0 1 0
6 Bob Buhl 32 32 67 60 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 30 .067 .138 .067 .205 4 1 0 2 0 0
7 Lew Burdette 34 42 108 103 10 21 5 0 3 11 0 0 2 39 .204 .219 .340 .559 35 0 0 3 0 0
8 Neil Chrisley* 29 10 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Tony Cloninger 20 19 33 30 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .167 .194 .167 .360 5 0 0 2 0 0
10 Del Crandall 31 15 32 30 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .226 .300 .526 9 1 0 1 0 0
11 John DeMerit 25 32 80 74 5 12 3 0 2 5 0 0 5 19 .162 .225 .284 .509 21 2 1 0 0 0
12 Moe Drabowsky 25 16 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 Bob Hendley 22 19 35 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .032 .091 .032 .123 1 0 0 2 0 0
14 Mack Jones* 22 28 119 104 13 24 3 2 0 12 4 4 12 28 .231 .322 .298 .620 31 0 2 1 0 2
15 Charlie Lau* 28 28 102 82 3 17 5 0 0 5 1 1 14 11 .207 .323 .268 .592 22 1 1 3 2 3
16 Ken MacKenzie 27 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Felix Mantilla 26 45 105 93 13 20 3 0 1 5 1 1 10 16 .215 .298 .280 .578 26 2 1 1 0 0
18 Billy Martin 33 6 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Eddie Mathews* 29 152 672 572 103 175 23 6 32 91 12 7 93 95 .306 .402 .535 .937 306 10 2 1 4 3
20 Lee Maye* 26 110 417 373 68 101 11 5 14 41 10 1 36 50 .271 .337 .440 .777 164 1 3 2 3 2
21 Don McMahon 31 53 17 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .250 .438 4 0 0 1 0 0
22 Roy McMillan 31 154 588 505 42 111 16 0 7 48 2 4 61 86 .220 .305 .293 .598 148 16 4 11 7 2
23 Don Nottebart 25 38 42 38 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .184 .244 .184 .428 7 3 0 1 0 0
24 Ron Piche 26 12 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 Claude Raymond 24 13 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Warren Spahn* 40 39 106 94 13 21 7 0 4 15 0 0 7 33 .223 .279 .426 .704 40 1 1 2 2 0
27 Al Spangler* 27 68 125 97 23 26 2 0 0 6 4 2 28 9 .268 .432 .289 .721 28 0 0 0 0 2
28 Hawk Taylor 22 20 29 26 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 11 .192 .276 .308 .584 8 0 0 0 0 0
29 Joe Torre 20 113 441 406 40 113 21 4 10 42 3 5 28 60 .278 .330 .424 .754 172 10 4 2 1 4
30 Sammy White 33 21 68 63 1 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .222 .242 .286 .528 18 1 0 2 1 0
31 Carl Willey 30 35 58 54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .019 .036 .019 .055 1 0 0 3 0 0
31 Players 28.5 155 5958 5288 712 1365 199 34 188 662 70 43 534 880 .258 .328 .415 .743 2196 133 34 62 40 50
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Johnny Antonelli* 31 1 0 1.000 7.59 9 0 4 0 0 0 10.2 16 9 9 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 51 1.781 13.5 1.7 2.5 6.8 2.67
2 George Brunet* 26 0 0 5.40 5 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 23 1.800 12.6 1.8 3.6 0.0 0.00
3 Bob Buhl 32 9 10 .474 4.11 32 28 2 9 1 0 188.1 180 99 86 23 98 4 77 5 0 3 820 1.476 8.6 1.1 4.7 3.7 0.79
4 Lew Burdette 34 18 11 .621 4.00 40 36 4 14 3 0 272.1 295 131 121 31 33 3 92 3 1 1 1126 1.204 9.7 1.0 1.1 3.0 2.79
5 Tony Cloninger 20 7 2 .778 5.25 19 10 4 3 0 0 84.0 84 49 49 16 33 1 51 1 4 7 363 1.393 9.0 1.7 3.5 5.5 1.55
6 Moe Drabowsky 25 0 2 .000 4.62 16 0 7 0 0 2 25.1 26 15 13 4 18 3 5 1 1 1 118 1.737 9.2 1.4 6.4 1.8 0.28
7 Bob Hendley* 22 5 7 .417 3.90 19 13 2 3 0 0 97.0 96 46 42 8 39 2 44 0 0 2 412 1.392 8.9 0.7 3.6 4.1 1.13
8 Ken MacKenzie* 27 0 1 .000 5.14 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 4 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 31 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 6.4 2.50
9 Don McMahon 31 6 4 .600 2.84 53 0 32 0 0 8 92.0 84 35 29 4 51 6 55 2 0 4 402 1.467 8.2 0.4 5.0 5.4 1.08
10 Seth Morehead* 26 1 0 1.000 6.46 12 0 3 0 0 0 15.1 16 11 11 4 7 0 13 1 0 1 70 1.500 9.4 2.3 4.1 7.6 1.86
11 Don Nottebart 25 6 7 .462 4.06 38 11 13 2 0 3 126.1 117 61 57 11 48 2 66 2 0 1 532 1.306 8.3 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.38
12 Chi-Chi Olivo 33 0 0 18.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 4 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 12 4.000 13.5 4.5 22.5 4.5 0.20
13 Ron Piche 26 2 2 .500 3.47 12 1 5 1 0 1 23.1 20 12 9 1 16 2 16 0 0 0 104 1.543 7.7 0.4 6.2 6.2 1.00
14 Claude Raymond 24 1 0 1.000 3.98 13 0 8 0 0 2 20.1 22 9 9 2 9 1 13 1 0 0 91 1.525 9.7 0.9 4.0 5.8 1.44
15 Warren Spahn* 40 21 13 .618 3.02 38 34 3 21 4 0 262.2 236 96 88 24 64 1 115 4 0 4 1064 1.142 8.1 0.8 2.2 3.9 1.80
16 Carl Willey 30 6 12 .333 3.83 35 22 6 4 0 0 159.2 147 71 68 20 65 9 91 2 0 5 676 1.328 8.3 1.1 3.7 5.1 1.40
16 Players 30.2 83 71 .539 3.89 155 155 98 57 8 16 1391.1 1357 656 602 153 493 35 652 23 6 30 5895 1.330 8.8 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.32

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Joe Torre 112 494 50 10 4 .982 4.86 10 29 28 49%
Charlie Lau 25 114 7 4 2 .968 4.84 1 9 5 36%
Sammy White 20 107 5 3 0 .974 5.60 0 3 2 40%
Del Crandall 5 17 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 2 1 33%
Phil Roof 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 0
Hawk Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Adcock 148 1471 102 11 133 .993 10.63
Bob Boyd 3 20 5 0 3 1.000 8.33

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Frank Bolling 148 326 489 10 112 .988 5.51
Felix Mantilla 10 25 27 1 4 .981 5.20

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eddie Mathews 151 168 281 18 30 .961 2.97
Felix Mantilla 6 5 11 1 1 .941 2.67
Hank Aaron 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Roy McMillan 154 257 496 19 110 .975 4.89
Felix Mantilla 19 5 9 1 2 .933 0.74

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lee Maye 26 0.00
Al Spangler 23 0.00
Hawk Taylor 4 0.00
John DeMerit 2 0.00
Felix Mantilla 2 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hank Aaron 71 0.00
Mack Jones 26 0.00
Al Spangler 21 0.00
Felix Mantilla 6 0.00
John DeMerit 5 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hank Aaron 88 0.00
Lee Maye 72 0.00
John DeMerit 15 0.00
Felix Mantilla 2 0.00
Al Spangler 1 0.00
Hawk Taylor 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hank Aaron 154 377 13 7 3 .982 2.53
Lee Maye 96 169 6 5 0 .972 1.82
Al Spangler 44 56 2 0 0 1.000 1.32
Mack Jones 26 45 2 0 1 1.000 1.81
John DeMerit 21 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Felix Mantilla 10 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.30
Hawk Taylor 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.80

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don McMahon 53 7 23 3 1 .909 0.57
Lew Burdette 40 27 60 1 2 .989 2.18
Don Nottebart 38 9 31 1 1 .976 1.05
Warren Spahn 38 16 63 2 7 .975 2.08
Carl Willey 35 9 42 0 3 1.000 1.46
Bob Buhl 32 16 37 1 1 .981 1.66
Tony Cloninger 19 11 16 0 0 1.000 1.42
Bob Hendley 19 6 24 1 0 .968 1.58
Moe Drabowsky 16 1 7 1 0 .889 0.50
Claude Raymond 13 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.54
Seth Morehead 12 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.17
Ron Piche 12 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.50
Johnny Antonelli 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.22
George Brunet 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60
Ken MacKenzie 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60
Chi-Chi Olivo 3 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Hank Aaron 27 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 Mobile, AL, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Joe Adcock 33 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Oct 30, 1927 Coushatta, LA, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Johnny Antonelli 31 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 12, 1930 Rochester, NY, US 1961-07-06 1961-09-04
Frank Bolling 29 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Nov 16, 1931 Mobile, AL, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Bob Boyd 41 L L 5' 10.0" 170 Oct 1, 1919 Potts Camp, MS, US 1961-06-11 1961-09-24
George Brunet 26 R L 6' 1.0" 195 Jun 8, 1935 Houghton, MI, US 1961-04-30 1961-06-14
Bob Buhl 32 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Aug 12, 1928 Saginaw, MI, US 1961-04-14 1961-09-16
Lew Burdette 34 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Nov 22, 1926 Nitro, WV, US 1961-04-13 1961-10-01
Neil Chrisley 29 L R 6' 3.0" 187 Dec 16, 1931 Calhoun Falls, SC, US 1961-08-20 1961-09-24
Gino Cimoli 31 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Dec 18, 1929 San Francisco, CA, US 1961-06-16 1961-09-29
Tony Cloninger 20 R R 6' 0.0" 210 Aug 13, 1940 Lincoln County, NC, US 1961-06-15 1961-09-23
Wes Covington 29 L R 6' 1.0" 205 Mar 27, 1932 Laurinburg, NC, US 1961-04-11 1961-05-10
Del Crandall 31 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Mar 5, 1930 Ontario, CA, US 1961-04-11 1961-07-03
John DeMerit 25 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jan 8, 1936 West Bend, WI, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Moe Drabowsky 25 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Jul 21, 1935 Ozanna, PL 1961-04-24 1961-06-08
Bob Hendley 22 R L 6' 2.0" 190 Apr 30, 1939 Macon, GA, US 1961-06-23 1961-09-24
Mack Jones 22 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Nov 6, 1938 Atlanta, GA, US 1961-07-13 1961-08-17
Charlie Lau 28 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Apr 12, 1933 Romulus, MI, US 1961-04-20 1961-06-09
Johnny Logan 34 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Mar 23, 1927 Endicott, NY, US 1961-04-20 1961-06-06
Ken MacKenzie 27 R L 6' 0.0" 185 Mar 10, 1934 Gore Bay, ON, CA 1961-04-20 1961-05-14
Felix Mantilla 26 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 Isabella, PR 1961-05-02 1961-10-01
Billy Martin 33 R R 5' 11.0" 165 May 16, 1928 Berkeley, CA, US 1961-04-30 1961-05-30
Eddie Mathews 29 L R 6' 1.0" 190 Oct 13, 1931 Texarkana, TX, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Lee Maye 26 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 11, 1934 Tuscaloosa, AL, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Don McMahon 31 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Jan 4, 1930 Brooklyn, NY, US 1961-04-13 1961-09-25
Roy McMillan 31 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jul 17, 1929 Bonham, TX, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Seth Morehead 26 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 15, 1934 Houston, TX, US 1961-04-13 1961-09-15
Don Nottebart 25 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jan 23, 1936 West Newton, MA, US 1961-04-15 1961-10-01
Chi-Chi Olivo 33 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Mar 18, 1928 Guayubin, Monte Cristi, DO 1961-06-05 1961-06-09
Ron Piche 26 R R 5' 11.0" 165 May 22, 1935 Verdun, QC, CA 1961-04-13 1961-10-01
Claude Raymond 24 R R 5' 10.0" 175 May 7, 1937 St. Jean, QC, CA 1961-05-21 1961-07-03
Mel Roach 28 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jan 25, 1933 Richmond, VA, US 1961-04-13 1961-05-07
Phil Roof 20 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Mar 5, 1941 Paducah, KY, US 1961-04-29 1961-04-29
Warren Spahn 40 L L 6' 0.0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 Buffalo, NY, US 1961-04-11 1961-09-29
Al Spangler 27 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 Philadelphia, PA, US 1961-04-13 1961-10-01
Hawk Taylor 22 R R 6' 1.0" 187 Apr 3, 1939 Metropolis, IL, US 1961-04-30 1961-10-01
Frank Thomas 32 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Jun 11, 1929 Pittsburgh, PA, US 1961-05-09 1961-10-01
Joe Torre 20 R R 6' 2.0" 212 Jul 18, 1940 Brooklyn, NY, US 1961-05-21 1961-10-01
Sammy White 33 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Jul 7, 1927 Wenatchee, WA, US 1961-07-02 1961-09-20
Carl Willey 30 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jun 6, 1931 Cherryfield, ME, US 1961-04-15 1961-09-25

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