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1953 Milwaukee Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

92-62, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (92-62)
Scored 738 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61

Ballparks: County Stadium · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Joe Adcock 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 4 157 157 157 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Johnny Antonelli 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 4 31 26 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Vern Bickford 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1920 6 20 9 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bill Bruton 27 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 1st 151 147 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 1 1 0.8
Bob Buhl 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 1st 30 18 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Lew Burdette 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 4 46 13 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Paul Burris 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 21, 1923 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dave Cole 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 29, 1930 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Walker Cooper 38 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 14 53 34 53 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -0.3
Del Crandall 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 3 116 106 116 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2.1 All-Star
George Crowe 32 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1921 2 47 0 47 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0.4
Jack Dittmer 25 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 2 138 137 138 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Sid Gordon 35 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 11 140 137 140 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 137 3 0 3.7
Harry Hanebrink 25 L R 6' 0" 165 Nov 12, 1927 1st 51 14 51 22 0 0 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 2 -0.1
Joey Jay 17 B R 6' 4" 228 Aug 15, 1935 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Virgil Jester 25 R R 5' 11" 188 Jul 23, 1927 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ernie Johnson 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 3 36 1 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Dave Jolly 28 R R 6' 0" 160 Oct 14, 1924 1st 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Billy Klaus 24 L R 5' 9" 160 Dec 9, 1928 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Don Liddle 28 L L 5' 10" 165 May 25, 1925 1st 31 15 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Johnny Logan 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 3 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9
Eddie Mathews HOF 21 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 2 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.9 All-Star
Andy Pafko 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 11 140 136 140 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 139 1 0 2.4
Jim Pendleton 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 1st 120 54 120 113 0 0 0 0 0 7 77 14 25 106 5 32 1.5
Mel Roach 20 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 1st 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.1
Sibby Sisti 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 12 38 6 38 21 0 0 0 13 4 6 0 0 0 0 3 18 -0.2
Warren Spahn HOF 32 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 9 38 32 38 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8.8 All-Star
Ebba St. Claire 31 B R 6' 1" 219 Aug 5, 1921 3 33 17 33 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.6
Max Surkont 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 5 28 24 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Bob Thorpe 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 19, 1926 3 27 4 27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 8 18 9 4 -0.5
Jim Wilson 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 7 20 18 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

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Del Crandall
Harry Hanebrink
Billy Klaus
Jim Pendleton
Sid Gordon
Jack Dittmer
Joe Adcock
Bob Buhl
Sibby Sisti

Paul Burris
Don Liddle
Dave Jolly
Bob Thorpe
Jim Wilson
Warren Spahn
Virgil Jester
Johnny Logan

Vern Bickford
Mel Roach
Mel Roach
Dave Cole
Ernie Johnson
Lew Burdette
Johnny Antonelli
Max Surkont

George Crowe
Bill Bruton
Walker Cooper
Eddie Mathews
Ebba St. Claire
Don Liddle
Joey Jay
Andy Pafko

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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