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1954 Milwaukee Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955)
89-65, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 670 runs, Allowed 556 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64
Manager: Charlie Grimm (89-65)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
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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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 24 138 514 463 60 112 18 2 21 64 0 3 40 56 .242 .305 .425 .731 94 197 14 3 6 2
2 1B Joe Adcock 26 133 562 500 73 154 27 5 23 87 1 4 44 58 .308 .365 .520 .885 134 260 7 3 11 4
3 2B Danny O'Connell 27 146 604 541 61 151 28 4 2 37 2 2 38 46 .279 .326 .357 .683 83 193 11 2 19 4
4 SS Johnny Logan 27 154 638 560 66 154 17 7 8 66 2 0 51 51 .275 .339 .373 .712 91 209 14 6 15 6
5 3B Eddie Mathews* 22 138 601 476 96 138 21 4 40 103 10 3 113 61 .290 .423 .603 1.026 172 287 9 2 3 7
6 LF Hank Aaron 20 122 509 468 58 131 27 6 13 69 2 2 28 39 .280 .322 .447 .769 104 209 13 3 6 4
7 CF Bill Bruton* 28 142 619 567 89 161 20 7 4 30 34 13 40 78 .284 .336 .365 .701 88 207 3 4 8 0
8 RF Andy Pafko 33 138 570 510 61 146 22 4 14 69 1 2 37 36 .286 .335 .427 .763 103 218 14 4 12 7
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 2B Jack Dittmer* 26 66 219 192 22 47 8 0 6 20 0 1 19 17 .245 .319 .380 .700 87 73 4 3 3 2
10 OF Jim Pendleton 30 71 179 173 20 38 3 1 1 16 2 1 4 21 .220 .236 .266 .502 35 46 2 0 1 1
11 UT Catfish Metkovich* 33 68 142 123 7 34 5 1 1 15 0 0 15 15 .276 .352 .358 .710 91 44 6 1 0 3
12 LF Bobby Thomson 30 43 113 99 7 23 3 0 2 15 0 0 12 29 .232 .315 .323 .639 72 32 3 0 2 0
13 C Charlie White* 25 50 102 93 14 22 4 0 1 8 0 0 9 8 .237 .304 .312 .616 66 29 5 0 0 0
14 IF Roy Smalley 28 25 42 36 5 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 9 .222 .310 .306 .615 66 11 2 1 0 1
15 C Sam Calderone 28 22 34 29 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 4 .379 .441 .448 .889 140 13 1 0 0 1
16 1B Mel Roach 21 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0
17 RF Billy Queen 25 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
18 P Warren Spahn* 33 41 112 101 4 21 6 0 1 10 0 0 7 17 .208 .266 .297 .563 51 30 2 1 3 0
19 P Lew Burdette 27 39 89 79 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .089 .119 .101 .220 -40 8 0 2 5 2
20 P Gene Conley 23 28 80 77 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .156 .156 .169 .325 -13 13 2 0 3 0
21 P Jim Wilson 32 27 48 44 5 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .159 .196 .227 .423 13 10 1 0 2 0
22 P Chet Nichols# 23 35 39 35 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .086 .086 .086 .171 -54 3 0 0 4 0
23 P Dave Jolly 29 48 34 31 6 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 .290 .313 .419 .732 94 13 1 0 2 0
24 P Bob Buhl 25 31 33 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .032 .091 .032 .123 -65 1 0 0 0 0
25 P Ernie Johnson 30 40 18 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462 24 3 0 0 5 0
26 P Ray Crone 22 19 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 2 0 0 0 0
27 P Charlie Gorin* 26 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Dave Koslo* 34 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.5 154 5921 5261 670 1395 217 41 139 636 54 31 471 619 .265 .327 .401 .728 94 2111 115 35 110 44 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 6 4 6 8 5 2 3 8 6 4 6 6 7 6
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* 33 21 12 .636 3.14 39 34 3 23 1 3 283.1 262 107 99 24 86 136 1 1 3 1175 119 1.228 8.3 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.58
2 SP Lew Burdette 27 15 14 .517 2.76 38 32 3 13 4 0 238.0 224 87 73 17 62 79 4 0 1 974 136 1.202 8.5 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.27
3 SP Gene Conley 23 14 9 .609 2.96 28 27 1 12 2 0 194.1 171 73 64 17 79 113 7 0 4 814 126 1.286 7.9 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.43
4 SP Jim Wilson 32 8 2 .800 3.52 27 19 3 6 4 0 127.2 129 55 50 12 36 52 5 0 1 534 106 1.292 9.1 0.8 2.5 3.7 1.44
5 SP Chet Nichols* 23 9 11 .450 4.41 35 20 5 5 1 1 122.1 132 68 60 5 65 55 4 0 1 545 85 1.610 9.7 0.4 4.8 4.0 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
6 CL Dave Jolly 29 11 6 .647 2.43 47 1 31 0 0 10 111.1 87 36 30 6 64 62 2 0 2 479 154 1.356 7.0 0.5 5.2 5.0 0.97
7 RP Bob Buhl 25 2 7 .222 4.00 31 14 8 2 1 3 110.1 117 54 49 5 65 57 2 0 5 505 94 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.6 0.88
8 RP Ernie Johnson 30 5 2 .714 2.81 40 4 13 1 0 2 99.1 77 34 31 11 34 68 1 1 2 392 133 1.117 7.0 1.0 3.1 6.2 2.00
9 RP Ray Crone 22 1 0 1.000 2.02 19 2 7 1 0 1 49.0 44 11 11 6 19 33 1 0 1 200 185 1.286 8.1 1.1 3.5 6.1 1.74
10 RP Joey Jay 18 1 0 1.000 6.50 15 1 8 0 0 0 18.0 21 13 13 2 16 13 1 0 1 88 58 2.056 10.5 1.0 8.0 6.5 0.81
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 Koslo* 34 1 1 .500 3.12 12 0 3 0 0 1 17.1 13 6 6 0 9 7 0 0 1 71 120 1.269 6.8 0.0 4.7 3.6 0.78
12 Phil Paine 24 1 0 1.000 3.86 11 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 14 9 6 1 12 11 1 0 0 64 97 1.857 9.0 0.6 7.7 7.1 0.92
13 Charlie Gorin* 26 0 1 .000 1.86 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 5 3 2 0 6 12 0 0 1 40 201 1.138 4.7 0.0 5.6 11.2 2.00
Team Totals 27.7 89 65 .578 3.19 154 154 92 63 13 21 1394.2 1296 556 494 106 553 698 29 2 23 5881 118 1.326 8.4 0.7 3.6 4.5 1.26
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 6 2 3 4 1 2 2 2 1 5 2
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

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 20 116 113 1031.0 229 217 5 7 1 .969 -1.0 -1.2 -1.0 1.2 -2.2 0 1.94 1.91 LF-RF
Joe Adcock 26 133 132 1178.2 1302 1229 67 6 125 .995 -3.8 -3.9 -2.8 -0.7 -2.1 -1 9.90 9.74 1B
Bill Bruton 28 141 129 1193.1 359 338 14 7 3 .981 3.6 3.6 4.6 0.5 4.1 -1 2.65 2.50 CF
Bob Buhl 25 31 14 110.1 24 5 18 1 1 .958 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.74 P
Lew Burdette 27 38 32 238.0 70 17 49 4 4 .943 0.0 0.0 2.50 1.74 P
Sam Calderone 28 16 5 69.0 49 45 4 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.39 3.06 3 1 3 3 50% C
Gene Conley 23 28 27 194.1 40 10 29 1 3 .975 0.0 0.0 1.81 1.39 P
Del Crandall 24 136 133 1167.1 752 665 79 8 11 .989 5.0 5.1 5 5.74 5.47 6 15 26 23 47% C
Ray Crone 22 19 2 49.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.47 0.42 P
Jack Dittmer 26 55 50 445.0 266 119 141 6 31 .977 0.8 2.2 2.8 1.1 1.7 -2 5.26 4.73 2B
Charlie Gorin 26 5 0 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.93 0.20 P
Joey Jay 18 15 1 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.20 P
Ernie Johnson 30 40 4 99.1 26 4 22 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.36 0.65 P
Dave Jolly 29 47 1 111.1 26 4 21 1 3 .962 0.0 0.0 2.02 0.53 P
Dave Koslo 34 12 0 17.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Johnny Logan 27 154 154 1354.0 839 324 489 26 104 .969 4.8 4.3 5.8 2.8 3.0 -1 5.40 5.28 SS
Eddie Mathews 22 137 136 1207.1 402 133 254 15 28 .963 2.9 2.9 1.9 1.4 0.4 0 1 2.88 2.82 3B-LF
Catfish Metkovich 33 31 25 236.0 178 161 17 0 15 1.000 -1.9 -9.7 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 -1 0 6.79 5.74 1B-RF
Chet Nichols 23 35 20 122.1 30 3 27 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.21 0.86 P
Danny O'Connell 27 147 136 1251.0 749 351 386 12 97 .984 12.2 11.7 10.2 1.1 9.1 2 5.30 5.01 2B-3B-1B-SS
Andy Pafko 33 138 136 1211.0 260 241 11 8 3 .969 -3.9 -3.9 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 -3 1.87 1.83 RF-CF
Phil Paine 24 11 0 14.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.64 0.09 P
Jim Pendleton 30 52 39 356.2 97 87 5 5 0 .948 -0.4 -1.3 1.6 0.9 0.7 -2 2.32 1.77 LF-CF-RF
Billy Queen 25 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 RF
Mel Roach 21 1 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 5.40 3.00 1B
Roy Smalley 28 18 5 92.2 63 36 26 1 11 .984 -1.7 -22.0 -1.7 -1.4 -0.3 0 6.02 3.44 2B-SS-1B
Warren Spahn 33 39 34 283.1 73 12 57 4 4 .945 0.0 0.0 2.19 1.77 P
Bobby Thomson 30 26 23 200.0 45 41 3 1 2 .978 -0.6 -3.6 -0.6 1.2 -1.9 0 1.98 1.69 LF-RF
Charlie White 25 28 16 158.1 107 101 4 2 0 .981 -1.0 -7.6 -1 5.97 3.75 1 3 4 2 33% C
Jim Wilson 32 27 19 127.2 33 7 26 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.33 1.22 P
Team Totals 26.6 154 1386 12552.0 6063 4184 1763 116 457 .981 14.9 1.4 18.9 7.8 10.9 -7 -1 4 4.26 3.55 10 19 33 28 46%
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 4 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics