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1953 Milwaukee Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Warren Spahn* 32 23 7 .767 2.10 35 32 3 24 5 3 265.2 211 75 62 14 70 148 1 2 3 1055 188 1.058 7.1 0.5 2.4 5.0 2.11
2 SP Johnny Antonelli* 23 12 12 .500 3.18 31 26 2 11 2 1 175.1 167 83 62 15 71 131 1 0 3 763 124 1.357 8.6 0.8 3.6 6.7 1.85
3 SP Max Surkont 31 11 5 .688 4.18 28 24 2 11 2 0 170.0 168 82 79 22 64 83 0 2 2 732 94 1.365 8.9 1.2 3.4 4.4 1.30
4 SP Bob Buhl 24 13 8 .619 2.97 30 18 5 8 3 0 154.1 133 59 51 9 73 83 3 1 1 648 132 1.335 7.8 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.14
5 SP Jim Wilson 31 4 9 .308 4.34 20 18 2 5 0 0 114.0 107 59 55 16 43 71 3 0 1 491 91 1.316 8.4 1.3 3.4 5.6 1.65
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Lew Burdette 26 15 5 .750 3.24 46 13 24 6 1 8 175.0 177 73 63 7 56 58 5 0 1 741 122 1.331 9.1 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04
7 RP Don Liddle* 28 7 6 .538 3.08 31 15 9 4 0 2 128.2 119 54 44 6 55 63 2 0 3 543 128 1.352 8.3 0.4 3.8 4.4 1.15
8 RP Ernie Johnson 29 4 3 .571 2.67 36 1 10 0 0 0 81.0 79 34 24 4 22 36 3 1 2 331 148 1.247 8.8 0.4 2.4 4.0 1.64
9 RP Vern Bickford 32 2 5 .286 5.28 20 9 8 2 0 1 58.0 60 35 34 8 35 25 2 1 2 258 75 1.638 9.3 1.2 5.4 3.9 0.71
10 RP Dave Jolly 28 0 1 .000 3.52 24 0 10 0 0 0 38.1 34 16 15 4 27 23 1 0 1 172 112 1.591 8.0 0.9 6.3 5.4 0.85
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Dave Cole 22 0 1 .000 8.59 10 0 8 0 0 0 14.2 17 14 14 1 14 13 0 0 1 75 46 2.114 10.4 0.6 8.6 8.0 0.93
12 Joey Jay 17 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 1 1 1 1 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 37 1.100 5.4 0.0 4.5 3.6 0.80
13 Virgil Jester 25 0 0 22.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 14 18 4.000 18.0 4.5 18.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.1 92 62 .597 3.30 157 157 85 72 14 15 1387.0 1282 589 508 107 539 738 21 7 21 5860 119 1.313 8.3 0.7 3.5 4.8 1.37
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 5308
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Joe Adcock 25 157 1498 1389 96 13 146 .991 9.46 1B
Johnny Antonelli 23 31 41 6 34 1 3 .976 1.29 P
Vern Bickford 32 20 17 3 14 0 3 1.000 0.85 P
Bill Bruton 27 150 0 150 0 421 397 15 9 5 .979 2.75 OF
Bob Buhl 24 30 40 14 25 1 3 .975 1.30 P
Lew Burdette 26 46 49 11 37 1 6 .980 1.04 P
Paul Burris 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 C
Dave Cole 22 10 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Walker Cooper 38 35 174 165 6 3 1 .983 4.89 0 C
Del Crandall 23 108 637 566 62 9 13 .986 5.81 6 C
George Crowe 30 9 19 17 2 0 1 1.000 2.11 1B
Jack Dittmer 25 138 656 290 343 23 95 .965 4.59 2B
Sid Gordon 35 137 137 0 0 261 245 10 6 2 .977 1.86 OF
Harry Hanebrink 25 22 96 39 55 2 18 .979 4.27 2B-3B
Joey Jay 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Virgil Jester 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ernie Johnson 29 36 21 4 15 2 1 .905 0.53 P
Dave Jolly 28 24 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Don Liddle 28 31 27 5 20 2 2 .926 0.81 P
Johnny Logan 26 150 796 295 481 20 104 .975 5.17 SS
Eddie Mathews 21 157 495 154 311 30 33 .939 2.96 3B
Andy Pafko 32 139 0 0 139 252 241 5 6 1 .976 1.77 OF
Jim Pendleton 29 112 75 15 25 193 152 35 6 4 .969 1.67 OF-SS
Mel Roach 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2B
Sibby Sisti 32 23 33 13 18 2 3 .939 1.35 2B-SS-3B
Warren Spahn 32 35 69 12 53 4 7 .942 1.86 P
Ebba St. Claire 31 27 118 106 11 1 3 .992 4.33 4 C
Max Surkont 31 28 45 11 32 2 3 .956 1.54 P
Bob Thorpe 26 18 10 0 8 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 OF
Jim Wilson 31 20 33 10 23 0 1 1.000 1.65 P
Team Totals 27.4 157 6018 4161 1714 143 458 .976 3.45 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 2 4
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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