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1954 Milwaukee Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

89-65, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (89-65)
Scored 670 runs, Allowed 556 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64

Ballparks: County Stadium · Attendance: 2,131,388 (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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1953 / 1955 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
Hank Aaron HOF 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 1st 122 113 122 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 11 116 7 1 1.6
Joe Adcock 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 5 133 132 133 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.2
Bill Bruton 28 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 2 142 129 142 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 4 1 1.5
Bob Buhl 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 2 31 14 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Lew Burdette 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 5 39 32 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.4
Sam Calderone 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 6, 1926 3 22 5 22 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0.3
Gene Conley 23 R R 6' 8" 225 Nov 10, 1930 2 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 All-Star
Del Crandall 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 4 138 133 138 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.8 All-Star
Ray Crone 22 R R 6' 2" 165 Aug 7, 1931 1st 19 2 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Jack Dittmer 26 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 3 66 50 66 54 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.7
Charlie Gorin 26 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 6, 1928 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Joey Jay 18 B R 6' 4" 228 Aug 15, 1935 2 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ernie Johnson 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 4 40 4 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Dave Jolly 29 R R 6' 0" 160 Oct 14, 1924 2 48 1 48 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.9
Dave Koslo 34 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1920 11 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Johnny Logan 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 4 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Eddie Mathews HOF 22 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 3 138 136 138 136 0 0 0 0 127 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 7.8
George Metkovich 33 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 8, 1920 10 68 25 68 30 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 38 2 -0.1
Chet Nichols 23 B L 6' 1" 165 Feb 22, 1931 2 35 20 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Danny O'Connell 27 R R 5' 11" 168 Jan 21, 1927 3 146 136 146 142 0 0 8 102 36 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2.2
Andy Pafko 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 12 138 136 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 130 138 1 0 1.6
Phil Paine 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1930 2 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jim Pendleton 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 2 71 39 71 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 18 11 50 17 10 -0.6
Billy Queen 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 28, 1928 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -0.1
Mel Roach 21 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Sibby Sisti 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 26, 1920 13 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Roy Smalley 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 9, 1926 7 25 5 25 18 0 0 2 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.4
Warren Spahn HOF 33 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 10 41 34 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.4 All-Star
Bobby Thomson 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 9 43 23 43 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 1 26 18 2 0.0
Charlie White 26 L R 5' 11" 192 Aug 12, 1927 1st 50 16 50 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 -0.1
Jim Wilson 32 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 8 27 19 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 All-Star
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

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Del Crandall
Jim Pendleton
Danny O'Connell
Hank Aaron
Jack Dittmer
Billy Queen
Sam Calderone
Joe Adcock

Bob Buhl
Phil Paine
Ray Crone
Sibby Sisti
Mel Roach
Charlie Gorin
Dave Jolly
Chet Nichols
Dave Jolly
Chet Nichols

Jim Wilson
Ray Crone
Dave Koslo
Warren Spahn
Gene Conley
Johnny Logan
Charlie White
George Metkovich
Roy Smalley

Ernie Johnson
Lew Burdette
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Eddie Mathews
Sam Calderone
Joey Jay
Andy Pafko

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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