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1954 Milwaukee Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 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 34 46 2 0 1 1
11 UT George 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* 26 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
18 Sibby Sisti 33 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 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
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 P Phil Paine 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Joey Jay# 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 6 4 6 8 5 2 3 8 6 4 6 6 7 6 1 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
* - 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 2 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 4 814 127 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 1 534 107 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 2 479 155 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 2 392 134 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 1 200 187 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 59 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 71 123 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 64 100 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 40 210 1.138 4.7 0.0 5.6 11.2 2.00
Team Totals 27.7 89 65 .578 3.19 154 154 91 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 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 20 116 113 111 1031.0 213 202 4 7 1 .967 -1 -1 1.80 1.78 LF-RF
Joe Adcock 26 133 132 127 1178.2 1302 1229 67 6 125 .995 -4 -4 9.90 9.74 1B
Bill Bruton 28 141 129 128 1193.1 336 315 14 7 3 .979 4 4 2.48 2.33 CF
Bob Buhl 25 31 14 2 110.1 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.88 0.74 4 4 50% 0 P
Lew Burdette 27 38 32 13 238.0 70 17 49 4 4 .943 2.50 1.74 4 4 50% 0 P
Sam Calderone 28 16 5 4 70.0 49 45 4 0 3 1.000 0 0 6.30 3.06 3 1 4 3 43% 0 C
Gene Conley 23 28 27 12 194.1 40 10 29 1 3 .975 1.81 1.39 8 5 38% 1 P
Del Crandall 24 136 133 113 1166.1 752 665 79 8 11 .989 5 5 5.74 5.47 6 16 30 29 49% 7 C
Ray Crone 22 19 2 1 49.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.42 4 3 43% 0 P
Jack Dittmer 26 54 50 46 445.0 266 119 141 6 31 .977 1 2 5.26 4.73 2B
Charlie Gorin 26 5 0 0 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 0.20 0 0 0 P
Joey Jay 18 15 1 0 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.20 2 1 33% 0 P
Ernie Johnson 30 40 4 1 99.1 26 4 22 0 2 1.000 2.36 0.65 3 3 50% 0 P
Dave Jolly 29 47 1 0 111.1 26 4 21 1 3 .962 2.02 0.53 2 2 50% 0 P
Dave Koslo 34 12 0 0 17.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Johnny Logan 27 154 154 145 1354.0 839 324 489 26 104 .969 5 4 5.40 5.28 SS
Eddie Mathews 22 136 136 127 1207.1 402 133 254 15 28 .963 3 3 2.88 2.82 3B-LF
George Metkovich 33 30 25 18 236.0 178 161 17 0 15 1.000 -2 -10 6.79 5.74 1B-RF
Chet Nichols 23 35 20 5 122.1 30 3 27 0 3 1.000 2.21 0.86 4 2 33% 3 P
Danny O'Connell 27 142 136 129 1251.0 749 351 386 12 97 .984 12 12 5.30 5.01 2B-3B-1B-SS
Andy Pafko 33 138 136 129 1211.0 248 231 9 8 2 .968 -4 -4 1.78 1.74 RF-CF
Phil Paine 24 11 0 0 14.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.64 0.09 0 1 100% 0 P
Jim Pendleton 30 50 39 27 357.2 97 87 5 5 0 .948 -0 -1 2.32 1.77 LF-CF-RF
Billy Queen 25 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 RF
Mel Roach 21 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -72 5.40 3.00 1B
Roy Smalley 28 18 5 4 92.2 63 36 26 1 11 .984 -2 -22 6.02 3.44 2B-SS-1B
Warren Spahn 33 39 34 23 283.1 73 12 57 4 4 .945 2.19 1.77 5 1 17% 5 P
Bobby Thomson 30 26 23 17 199.0 45 41 3 1 2 .978 -1 -4 1.99 1.69 LF-RF
Charlie White 26 28 16 11 158.1 107 101 4 2 0 .981 -1 -8 5.97 3.75 1 3 9 2 18% 0 C
Jim Wilson 32 27 19 6 127.2 33 7 26 0 2 1.000 2.33 1.22 4 4 50% 1 P
Team Totals 26.6 154 1386 1199 12552.0 6063 4184 1763 116 457 .981 15 1 4.26 3.55 10 20 43 34 43% 17
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 4 1
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 20 509 2 -2 1 -1 -1 0 17 16 1.6 17 1.7 -0.1 $ Free Agency *79
Joe Adcock 26 562 24 1 -1 2 -4 0 19 41 4.2 45 4.6 -0.4 $ Traded *3
Bill Bruton* 28 619 -10 2 -2 1 4 0 20 15 1.5 11 1.1 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Bob Buhl 25 33 -7 0 0 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Lew Burdette 27 89 -15 0 0 1 0 0 3 -11 -1.2 -11 -1.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Sam Calderone 28 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 2
Gene Conley 23 80 -12 0 0 0 0 0 3 -9 -1.0 -9 -0.9 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Del Crandall 24 515 -4 1 0 -2 5 0 18 18 1.8 13 1.3 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Ray Crone 22 10 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jack Dittmer* 26 219 -3 0 0 1 1 0 8 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 4
Charlie Gorin* 26 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Ernie Johnson 30 18 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Dave Jolly 29 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Dave Koslo* 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Johnny Logan 27 638 -6 1 0 -1 5 0 22 21 2.1 16 1.6 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Eddie Mathews* 22 600 54 0 1 0 3 0 19 76 7.8 74 7.6 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *57
George Metkovich* 33 142 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased 39
Chet Nichols# 23 39 -8 0 0 0 0 0 1 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Danny O'Connell 27 604 -12 1 1 0 12 0 20 22 2.2 10 1.0 1.2 $ Traded *45/36
Andy Pafko 33 570 3 0 0 -2 -4 0 19 16 1.6 20 2.0 -0.4 $ Traded *9/8
Jim Pendleton 30 179 -16 0 2 1 -0 0 6 -6 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ Traded 789
Billy Queen 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /9
Mel Roach 21 4 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby /3
Roy Smalley 28 42 -2 0 0 -1 -2 0 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Traded /643
Warren Spahn* 33 113 -7 0 -1 0 0 0 4 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bobby Thomson 30 113 -4 0 1 0 -1 0 4 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 7/9
Charlie White* 26 102 -4 0 1 0 -1 0 4 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Traded 2
Jim Wilson 32 47 -6 0 1 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Team Total 26.5 5921 -37 3 3 -2 15 0 198 180 17.9 165 16.8 1.1 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bob Buhl 25 110.1 14 54 64 1 1.3 10 1.0 $ Free Agency
Lew Burdette 27 238.0 32 87 136 3 1.2 49 5.6 $ Traded
Gene Conley 23 194.1 27 73 111 2 1.2 38 4.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ray Crone 22 49.0 2 11 28 0 .9 17 1.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Charlie Gorin* 26 9.2 0 3 4 0 1.3 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Joey Jay 18 18.0 1 13 10 0 .4 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby
Ernie Johnson 30 99.1 4 34 57 1 .6 23 1.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dave Jolly 29 111.1 1 36 63 1 1.6 27 2.8 $ Rule 5 Draft
Dave Koslo* 34 17.1 0 6 10 0 1.1 4 0.3 $ Free Agency
Chet Nichols* 23 122.1 20 68 67 1 1.3 -1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Phil Paine 24 14.0 0 9 7 0 .2 -2 -0.2 $ MinorLg Draft
Warren Spahn* 33 283.1 34 107 159 3 1.1 52 5.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Wilson 32 127.2 19 55 73 1 1.0 18 1.8 $ Traded
Team Total 27.7 1394.2 154 556 789 13 1.1 233 24.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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