1953 Milwaukee Braves Batting Statistics

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1953 Milwaukee Braves Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
92-62, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 738 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61
Manager: Charlie Grimm (92-62)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,826,397 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92; one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92
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1952 / 1954 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Del Crandall	23	116	420	382	55	104	13	1	15	51	2	1	33	47	.272	.330	.429	.759	101	164	13	0	5
2	1B	Joe Adcock	25	157	640	590	71	168	33	6	18	80	3	2	42	82	.285	.334	.453	.787	108	267	22	2	6
3	2B	Jack Dittmer*	25	138	525	504	54	134	22	1	9	63	1	0	18	35	.266	.293	.367	.660	75	185	11	1	2
4	SS	Johnny Logan	26	150	668	611	100	167	27	8	11	73	2	2	41	33	.273	.326	.398	.724	92	243	13	7	9
5	3B	Eddie Mathews*	21	157	681	579	110	175	31	8	47	135	1	3	99	83	.302	.406	.627	1.033	171	363	6	2	1
6	OF	Sid Gordon	35	140	541	464	67	127	22	4	19	75	1	1	71	40	.274	.372	.461	.834	121	214	14	2	4
7	OF	Bill Bruton*	27	151	668	613	82	153	18	14	1	41	26	11	44	100	.250	.306	.330	.636	70	202	9	6	5
8	OF	Andy Pafko	32	140	568	516	70	153	23	4	17	72	2	1	37	33	.297	.347	.455	.803	113	235	14	3	12
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Jim Pendleton	29	120	261	251	48	75	12	4	7	27	6	5	7	36	.299	.323	.462	.785	107	116	5	2	1
10	C	Walker Cooper	38	53	151	137	12	30	6	0	3	16	1	0	12	15	.219	.287	.328	.615	64	45	6	1	1
11	2B	Harry Hanebrink*	25	51	87	80	8	19	1	1	1	8	1	0	6	8	.238	.291	.313	.603	61	25	0	0	1
12	C	Ebba St. Claire#	31	33	83	80	7	16	3	0	2	5	0	0	3	9	.200	.229	.313	.541	43	25	0	0	0
13	1B	George Crowe*	30	47	45	42	6	12	2	0	2	6	0	0	2	7	.286	.333	.476	.810	113	20	1	1	0
14	OF	Bob Thorpe	26	27	39	37	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	1	1	6	.162	.184	.189	.373	0	7	0	0	1
15	IF	Sibby Sisti	32	38	28	23	8	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	2	.217	.357	.261	.618	69	6	1	0	0
16	2B	Mel Roach	20	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
17		Billy Klaus*	24	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
18	C	Paul Burris	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Warren Spahn*	32	38	111	105	6	23	5	0	2	12	0	0	1	22	.219	.226	.324	.550	45	34	1	0	5
20	P	Johnny Antonelli*	23	31	69	62	7	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	14	.177	.215	.210	.425	14	13	0	0	4
21	P	Max Surkont	31	28	66	56	10	16	5	1	0	6	0	0	5	7	.286	.344	.411	.755	101	23	1	0	5
22	P	Bob Buhl	24	30	60	53	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.113	.145	.113	.259	-30	6	1	0	5
23	P	Lew Burdette	26	46	58	53	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.170	.170	.170	.340	-9	9	0	0	5
24	P	Don Liddle*	28	31	41	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	4
25	P	Jim Wilson	31	20	40	36	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	.167	.211	.250	.461	23	9	3	0	2
26	P	Vern Bickford	32	20	17	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	-47	1	1	0	1
27	P	Ernie Johnson	29	36	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.071	.143	-62	1	0	0	1
28	P	Joey Jay#	17	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dave Jolly	28	24	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	218	1	0	0	0
30	P	Dave Cole	22	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	529	4	0	0	0
31	P	Virgil Jester	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.3	157	5895	5349	738	1422	227	52	156	691	46	27	439	637	.266	.325	.415	.740	96	2221	122	27	80	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	4	4	4	5	4		3	3	8	5	4	7	4	4		4
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary
Joe Adcock	25	640	452	88	5.2	105	.306	.285	.267	.334	.337	.453	.416	.787	.753	108	.529	6.6	0.6	.700	.241	.168	5.1	*3
*Johnny Antonelli	23	69	55	3	1.4	105	.229	.177	.267	.215	.337	.210	.416	.425	.753	14	.098	-7.6	-0.7	.314	.081	.032		1
Vern Bickford	32	17	16	0	0.0	105	.125	.067	.267	.125	.337	.067	.416	.192	.753	-47	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.133	.067	.000		1
*Bill Bruton	27	668	485	61	3.3	105	.297	.250	.267	.306	.337	.330	.416	.636	.753	70	.336	-26.6	-2.6	.556	.176	.080	1.9	*O
Bob Buhl	24	60	53	1	0.5	105	.171	.113	.267	.145	.337	.113	.416	.259	.753	-30	.016	-9.9	-1.0	.167	.038	.000		1
Lew Burdette	26	58	49	2	1.1	105	.225	.170	.267	.170	.337	.170	.416	.340	.753	-9	.061	-8.3	-0.8	.205	.000	.000		1
Paul Burris	29	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.000	.337	.000	.416	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000		/2
Dave Cole	22	2	1	2	52.9	105	.000	.500	.267	.500	.337	2.000	.416	2.500	.753	529	.988	1.1	0.1	4.000	1.500	1.500	.0	1
Walker Cooper	38	151	114	13	3.0	105	.227	.219	.267	.287	.337	.328	.416	.615	.753	64	.298	-6.9	-0.7	.522	.204	.109	1.5	2
Del Crandall	23	420	297	54	4.8	105	.278	.272	.267	.330	.337	.429	.416	.759	.753	101	.498	0.5	0.0	.678	.246	.157	3.5	*2
*George Crowe	30	45	31	6	5.1	105	.303	.286	.267	.333	.337	.476	.416	.810	.753	113	.527	0.8	0.1	.742	.238	.190	.0	/3
*Jack Dittmer	25	525	383	54	3.7	105	.272	.266	.267	.293	.337	.367	.416	.660	.753	75	.384	-18.6	-1.8	.538	.139	.101	1.8	*4
Sid Gordon	35	541	356	79	5.9	105	.267	.274	.267	.372	.337	.461	.416	.834	.753	121	.588	16.8	1.6	.815	.341	.188	1.9	*O
*Harry Hanebrink	25	87	62	7	3.0	105	.254	.238	.267	.291	.337	.313	.416	.603	.753	61	.294	-4.6	-0.4	.525	.163	.075	1.0	4/5
#Joey Jay	17	3	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.000	.337	.000	.416	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Virgil Jester	25	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Ernie Johnson	29	15	14	0	0.0	105	.100	.071	.267	.071	.337	.071	.416	.143	.753	-62	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.077	.000	.000		1
Dave Jolly	28	3	1	1	26.4	105	1.000	.500	.267	.667	.337	.500	.416	1.167	.753	218	.957	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.000		1
*Billy Klaus	24	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.000	.337	.000	.416	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
*Don Liddle	28	41	35	0	0.0	105	.120	.088	.267	.162	.337	.088	.416	.250	.753	-31	.000	-6.4	-0.6	.194	.088	.000		1
Johnny Logan	26	668	468	77	4.4	105	.275	.273	.267	.326	.337	.398	.416	.724	.753	92	.452	-6.6	-0.6	.634	.191	.124	3.4	*6
*Eddie Mathews	21	681	414	145	9.3	105	.285	.302	.267	.406	.337	.627	.416	1.033	.753	171	.767	61.6	5.8	1.119	.492	.325	2.0	*5
Andy Pafko	32	568	390	81	5.5	105	.292	.297	.267	.347	.337	.455	.416	.803	.753	113	.558	9.2	0.9	.730	.233	.159	3.6	*O
Jim Pendleton	29	261	187	36	5.1	105	.327	.299	.267	.323	.337	.462	.416	.785	.753	107	.524	1.6	0.2	.677	.195	.163	6.5	*O/6
Mel Roach	20	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.000	.337	.000	.416	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/4
Sibby Sisti	32	28	19	2	2.8	105	.238	.217	.267	.357	.337	.261	.416	.618	.753	69	.267	-0.7	-0.1	.579	.261	.043		4/65
*Warren Spahn	32	111	88	8	2.4	105	.259	.219	.267	.226	.337	.324	.416	.550	.753	45	.218	-8.4	-0.8	.422	.114	.105	.0	1
#Ebba St. Claire	31	83	64	6	2.5	105	.203	.200	.267	.229	.337	.313	.416	.541	.753	43	.228	-6.7	-0.6	.438	.150	.113	.0	2
Max Surkont	31	66	46	8	4.6	105	.327	.286	.267	.344	.337	.411	.416	.755	.753	101	.478	0.3	0.0	.683	.214	.125		1
Bob Thorpe	26	39	33	1	0.8	105	.194	.162	.267	.184	.337	.189	.416	.373	.753	0	.036	-5.3	-0.5	.219	.027	.027		O
Jim Wilson	31	40	35	2	1.5	105	.156	.167	.267	.211	.337	.250	.416	.461	.753	23	.106	-4.1	-0.4	.333	.139	.083	.0	1
League Average					4.8	110	.280	.265	.274	.335	.345	.409	.427	.744	.773	93	.494			.678	.247	.144
Team Total		5895	4156	737	4.7	105	.278	.266	.267	.325	.337	.415	.416	.740	.753	96	.487	-30.6	-3.2	.664	.235	.149	71.1
	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact
Joe Adcock	25	163	655	610	73	172	34	6	18	82	3		43	85	.282	.331	.446	.777	90	157	157
*Johnny Antonelli	23	32	68	65	8	12	2	0	0	4	0		3	15	.185	.221	.215	.436	3	31	31
Vern Bickford	32	21	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	20	20
*Bill Bruton	27	157	690	638	85	160	19	15	1	42	27		46	104	.251	.307	.332	.640	63	151	151
Bob Buhl	24	31	58	56	4	7	0	0	0	2	0		2	19	.125	.155	.125	.280	1	30	30
Lew Burdette	26	48	55	55	5	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	14	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	46	46
Paul Burris	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
Dave Cole	22	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	10	10
Walker Cooper	38	55	157	143	13	32	6	0	3	17	1		13	16	.224	.293	.329	.622	14	53	53
Del Crandall	23	120	431	397	57	108	14	1	16	53	2		34	49	.272	.329	.433	.763	56	116	116
*George Crowe	30	49	46	43	6	12	2	0	2	6	0		2	7	.279	.326	.465	.791	6	47	47
*Jack Dittmer	25	143	542	522	55	138	23	1	9	64	1		19	36	.264	.292	.364	.655	55	138	138
Sid Gordon	35	145	556	481	69	131	23	4	20	77	1		73	42	.272	.371	.462	.832	81	140	140
*Harry Hanebrink	25	53	88	82	8	19	1	1	1	8	1		6	8	.232	.284	.305	.589	7	51	51
#Joey Jay	17	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
Ernie Johnson	29	37	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36	36
Dave Jolly	28	25	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	24	24
*Billy Klaus	24	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
*Don Liddle	28	32	38	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	9	.000	.079	.000	.079	0	31	31
Johnny Logan	26	156	681	632	102	171	28	8	11	75	2		42	34	.271	.323	.392	.715	79	150	150
*Eddie Mathews	21	163	704	600	113	180	32	8	48	139	1		102	86	.300	.403	.620	1.023	150	157	157
Andy Pafko	32	145	576	535	72	158	24	4	18	74	2		38	34	.295	.345	.456	.802	83	140	140
Jim Pendleton	29	125	268	259	49	76	12	4	7	28	6		7	37	.293	.317	.452	.769	36	120	120
Mel Roach	20	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5	5
Sibby Sisti	32	39	29	24	8	5	1	0	0	4	0		5	2	.208	.345	.250	.595	2	38	38
*Warren Spahn	32	39	110	109	6	24	5	0	2	13	0		1	23	.220	.227	.321	.548	8	38	38
#Ebba St. Claire	31	34	86	83	8	17	3	0	2	5	0		3	9	.205	.233	.313	.546	6	33	33
Max Surkont	31	29	64	59	10	17	5	1	0	6	0		5	7	.288	.344	.407	.751	8	28	28
Bob Thorpe	26	28	38	37	1	5	1	0	0	5	0		1	6	.135	.158	.162	.320	1	27	27
Jim Wilson	31	21	39	37	2	6	0	0	1	2	0		2	3	.162	.205	.243	.448	2	20	20
	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Joe Adcock	25	4	1864	489	1864	1735	200	478	87	15	49	234	7	8	113	173	.276	.321	.428	.749	99	742	69	4	12
*Johnny Antonelli	23	4	116	77	116	103	8	16	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	26	.155	.187	.175	.362	-2	18	1	0	9	0	0
Vern Bickford	32	6	411	181	411	364	23	57	4	0	0	28	0	0	10	84	.157	.179	.168	.347	-5	61	10	0	37
*Bill Bruton	27	1	668	151	668	613	82	153	18	14	1	41	26	11	44	100	.250	.306	.330	.636	70	202	9	6	5
Bob Buhl	24	1	60	30	60	53	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.113	.145	.113	.259	-30	6	1	0	5
Lew Burdette	26	4	104	96	104	89	5	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	21	.146	.183	.146	.329	-9	13	2	1	11	0	0
Paul Burris	29	4	208	69	208	196	15	43	5	0	2	24	0	0	8	21	.219	.254	.276	.529	48	54	11	1	3
Dave Cole	22	4	28	59	28	28	2	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	8	.250	.250	.571	.821	121	16	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	38	14	4604	1260	4604	4272	529	1219	210	35	154	740	18	1	272	296	.285	.331	.459	.790	115	1961	141	19	41
Del Crandall	23	3	933	262	933	865	97	220	34	2	23	122	4	1	55	89	.254	.299	.378	.677	81	327	27	0	13
*George Crowe	30	2	285	120	285	259	31	68	15	1	6	26	0	1	20	32	.263	.330	.398	.728	102	103	6	6	0
*Jack Dittmer	25	2	880	231	880	830	80	197	29	3	16	104	2	0	44	61	.237	.277	.337	.615	67	280	20	2	4
Sid Gordon	35	11	5140	1262	5140	4438	676	1261	201	42	183	730	19	5	637	311	.284	.377	.472	.849	131	2095	161	22	43
*Harry Hanebrink	25	1	87	51	87	80	8	19	1	1	1	8	1	0	6	8	.238	.291	.313	.603	61	25	0	0	1
#Joey Jay	17	1	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Virgil Jester	25	2	22	21	22	19	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.211	.250	.316	.566	58	6	0	0	2	0	0
Ernie Johnson	29	3	45	81	45	38	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.105	.150	.132	.282	-22	5	1	0	5
Dave Jolly	28	1	3	24	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	218	1	0	0	0
*Billy Klaus	24	2	7	9	7	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-57	0	0	0	0
*Don Liddle	28	1	41	31	41	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	4
Johnny Logan	26	3	1361	329	1361	1236	170	333	55	12	15	131	3	4	90	79	.269	.325	.370	.695	90	457	29	12	23
*Eddie Mathews	21	2	1274	302	1274	1107	190	303	54	13	72	193	7	7	158	198	.274	.366	.541	.907	145	599	15	3	6
Andy Pafko	32	11	5507	1334	5507	4911	674	1428	213	49	180	799	35	9	468	351	.291	.360	.464	.824	124	2279	129	64	64
Jim Pendleton	29	1	261	120	261	251	48	75	12	4	7	27	6	5	7	36	.299	.323	.462	.785	107	116	5	2	1
Mel Roach	20	1	2	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Sibby Sisti	32	12	3368	1007	3368	2999	399	732	121	19	27	260	30	5	283	440	.244	.313	.324	.637	79	972	62	16	70
*Warren Spahn	32	9	861	319	861	787	62	143	19	3	9	79	3	0	34	201	.182	.217	.248	.465	27	195	6	2	38
#Ebba St. Claire	31	3	433	144	433	408	34	101	22	2	5	34	2	1	23	45	.248	.289	.348	.637	75	142	5	1	1
Max Surkont	31	5	277	149	277	237	19	45	11	1	1	20	0	0	20	55	.190	.253	.257	.510	40	61	6	0	20
Bob Thorpe	26	3	343	110	343	331	22	83	9	3	3	32	3	2	6	48	.251	.266	.323	.590	64	107	7	1	5
Jim Wilson	31	7	235	105	235	217	15	40	6	0	1	15	0	0	7	36	.184	.213	.226	.439	23	49	4	1	10	0	0
	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

1952 / 1954 Batting Statistics

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