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1953 Milwaukee Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 92-62, Finished 2nd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 738 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61 Managed by Charlie Grimm Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,826,397 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 92   (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 92   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Del Crandall        23  116  382   55  104  13  1  15   51  33   47  .272  .330  .429   2   1  13   0   5          101
1B  Joe Adcock          25  157  590   71  168  33  6  18   80  42   82  .285  .334  .453   3   2  22   2   6          108
2B *Jack Dittmer        25  138  504   54  134  22  1   9   63  18   35  .266  .293  .367   1   0  11   1   2           75
3B *Eddie Mathews       21  157  579  110  175  31  8  47  135  99   83  .302  .406  .627   1   3   6   2   1          171
SS  Johnny Logan        26  150  611  100  167  27  8  11   73  41   33  .273  .326  .398   2   2  13   7   9           92
OF *Bill Bruton         27  151  613   82  153  18 14   1   41  44  100  .250  .306  .330  26  11   9   6   5           70
OF  Andy Pafko          32  140  516   70  153  23  4  17   72  37   33  .297  .347  .455   2   1  14   3  12          113
OF  Sid Gordon          35  140  464   67  127  22  4  19   75  71   40  .274  .372  .461   1   1  14   2   4          121
    Jim Pendleton       29  120  251   48   75  12  4   7   27   7   36  .299  .323  .462   6   5   5   2   1          107
    Walker Cooper       38   53  137   12   30   6  0   3   16  12   15  .219  .287  .328   1   0   6   1   1           64
   *Harry Hanebrink     25   51   80    8   19   1  1   1    8   6    8  .238  .291  .313   1   0   0   0   1           61
   #Ebba St. Claire     31   33   80    7   16   3  0   2    5   3    9  .200  .229  .313   0   0   0   0   0           43
   *George Crowe        30   47   42    6   12   2  0   2    6   2    7  .286  .333  .476   0   0   1   1   0          113
    Bob Thorpe          26   27   37    1    6   1  0   0    5   1    6  .162  .184  .189   0   1   0   0   1            0
    Sibby Sisti         32   38   23    8    5   1  0   0    4   5    2  .217  .357  .261   0   0   1   0   0           69
   *Billy Klaus         24    2    2    1    0   0  0   0    1   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Mel Roach           20    5    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Paul Burris         29    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Warren Spahn        32   38  105    6   23   5  0   2   12   1   22  .219  .226  .324   0   0   1   0   5           45
   *Johnny Antonelli    23   31   62    7   11   2  0   0    4   3   14  .177  .215  .210   0   0   0   0   4           14
    Max Surkont         31   28   56   10   16   5  1   0    6   5    7  .286  .344  .411   0   0   1   0   5          101
    Bob Buhl            24   30   53    3    6   0  0   0    2   2   18  .113  .145  .113   0   0   1   0   5          -30
    Lew Burdette        26   46   53    4    9   0  0   0    1   0   13  .170  .170  .170   0   0   0   0   5           -9
    Jim Wilson          31   20   36    2    6   0  0   1    2   2    3  .167  .211  .250   0   0   3   0   2           23
   *Don Liddle          28   31   34    2    3   0  0   0    1   3    9  .088  .162  .088   0   0   0   0   4          -31
    Vern Bickford       32   20   15    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    7  .067  .125  .067   0   0   1   0   1          -47
    Ernie Johnson       29   36   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .071  .071  .071   0   0   0   0   1          -62
   #Joey Jay            17    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Dave Cole           22   10    2    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    0  .500  .500 2.000   0   0   0   0   0          529
    Dave Jolly          28   24    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .500  .667  .500   0   0   0   0   0          218
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3  157 5349  738 1422 227 52 156  691 439  637  .266  .322  .415  46  27 122  27  80          103
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    4    4   4  5   4        8    5     4     7     4   3   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Warren Spahn        32  35   2.10  23   7  3  32   3  24   5  265.7  211   75   62  14   70  148 1055   3   1  2     188
SP *Johnny Antonelli    23  31   3.18  12  12  1  26   2  11   2  175.3  167   83   62  15   71  131  763   3   1  0     124
SP  Max Surkont         31  28   4.18  11   5  0  24   2  11   2  170.0  168   82   79  22   64   83  732   2   0  2      94
SP  Bob Buhl            24  30   2.97  13   8  0  18   5   8   3  154.3  133   59   51   9   73   83  648   1   3  1     132
SP  Jim Wilson          31  20   4.34   4   9  0  18   2   5   0  114.0  107   59   55  16   43   71  491   1   3  0      91

CL  Lew Burdette        26  46   3.24  15   5  8  13  24   6   1  175.0  177   73   63   7   56   58  741   1   5  0     122
RP  Ernie Johnson       29  36   2.67   4   3  0   1  10   0   0   81.0   79   34   24   4   22   36  331   2   3  1     148
RP  Dave Jolly          28  24   3.52   0   1  0   0  10   0   0   38.3   34   16   15   4   27   23  172   1   1  0     112
RP *Don Liddle          28  31   3.08   7   6  2  15   9   4   0  128.7  119   54   44   6   55   63  543   3   2  0     128
RP  Vern Bickford       32  20   5.28   2   5  1   9   8   2   0   58.0   60   35   34   8   35   25  258   2   2  1      75

    Dave Cole           22  10   8.59   0   1  0   0   8   0   0   14.7   17   14   14   1   14   13   75   1   0  0      46
    Joey Jay            17   3   0.00   1   0  0   1   1   1   1   10.0    6    0    0   0    5    4   37   1   0  0        
    Virgil Jester       25   2  22.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    5    5   1    4    0   14   0   0  0      18
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 157   3.30  92  62 15 157  85  72  14 1387.0 1282  589  509 107  539  738 5860  21  21  7     119
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   2   7  5           2   1      1    1    1        1    5    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DCrandall 108 566 62 9 13 .986 6 WCooper 35 165 6 3 1 .983 0 ESt. Claire 27 106 11 1 3 .992 4 PBurris 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 838 79 13 17 .986 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JAdcock 157 1389 96 13 146 .991 9.46 GCrowe 9 17 2 0 1 1.000 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1406 98 13 147 .991 9.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDittmer 138 290 343 23 95 .965 4.59 HHanebrink 21 38 55 2 18 .979 4.43 SSisti 13 10 9 0 1 1.000 1.46 MRoach 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 338 407 25 114 .968 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 157 154 311 30 33 .939 2.96 SSisti 4 2 5 2 0 .778 1.75 HHanebrink 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 157 316 32 33 .937 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .958 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLogan 150 295 481 20 104 .975 5.17 JPendleton 7 11 28 0 3 1.000 5.57 SSisti 6 1 4 0 2 1.000 0.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 307 513 20 109 .976 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.11 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BBruton 150 397 15 9 5 .979 2.75 0 150 0 APafko 139 241 5 6 1 .976 1.77 0 0 139 SGordon 137 245 10 6 2 .977 1.86 137 0 0 JPendleton 105 141 7 6 1 .961 1.41 75 15 25 BThorpe 18 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 10 0 8 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1036 37 27 9 .975 2.32 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 35 12 53 4 7 .942 2.20 JAntonelli 31 6 34 1 3 .976 2.05 LBurdette 46 11 37 1 6 .980 2.47 MSurkont 28 11 32 2 3 .956 2.28 BBuhl 30 14 25 1 3 .975 2.27 DLiddle 31 5 20 2 2 .926 1.75 JWilson 20 10 23 0 1 1.000 2.61 EJohnson 36 4 15 2 1 .905 2.11 VBickford 20 3 14 0 3 1.000 2.64 DJolly 24 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.88 DCole 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.06 JJay 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 VJester 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 79 264 13 29 .963 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Mathews .302 On-base % Mathews .406 Slugging % Mathews .627 OPS Mathews 1.033 Games Adcock and Mathews 157 At Bats Bruton 613 Plate Appearances (approx.) Mathews 681 Runs Mathews 110 Hits Mathews 175 Total Bases Mathews 363 Doubles Adcock 33 Triples Bruton 14 Home Runs Mathews 47 RBI Mathews 135 Bases on Balls Mathews 99 Strikeouts Bruton 100 Stolen Bases Bruton 26 Singles Logan 121 Adjusted OPS+ Mathews 171 Runs Created Mathews 145 Adjusted Batting Runs Mathews 62 Batting Wins Mathews 5.8 Extra-Base Hits Mathews 86 Times on Base Mathews 276 Offensive Win% Mathews .767 Hit By Pitch Logan 7 Sac. Hits Pafko 12 Grounded into Double Plays Adcock 22 Caught Stealing Bruton 11 Power/Speed Number Pendleton 6.5 At Bats per Strikeout Logan 18.5 At Bats per Home Run Mathews 12.3 Outs Bruton 485

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Spahn 2.10 Wins Spahn 23 Won-Loss % Spahn .767 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.058 Hits Allowed/9IP Spahn 7.15 Bases on Balls/9IP Spahn 2.37 Strikeouts/9IP Antonelli 6.72 Games Burdette 46 Saves Burdette 8 Innings Spahn 265.7 Strikeouts Spahn 148 Games Started Spahn 32 Comp. Games Spahn 24 Shutouts Spahn 5 Home Runs Allow. Surkont 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Buhl 73 Hits Allowed Spahn 211 SO to Walk Spahn 2.11 Losses Antonelli 12 Earned Runs Allow. Surkont 79 Wild Pitches Antonelli, Liddle, and Spahn 3 Hit Batsmen Burdette 5 Batters Faced Spahn 1055 Games Finished Burdette 24 Adjusted ERA+ Spahn 188

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Del Crandall
Eddie Mathews (Starting 3B)
Warren Spahn

1952/1954

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