You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1955 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

1955 Milwaukee Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
85-69, Finished 2nd in National League
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 743 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Charlie Grimm (85-69)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,005,836 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 92
BaseballAmerica.com: Franchise Executives
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms

1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Hank Aaron HOF 21 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 2 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 27 0 0 26 0 105 126 2 0 All-Star
Joe Adcock 27 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 30, 1927 6 84 77 84 84 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Bill Bruton 29 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 3 149 145 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 3 0
Bob Buhl 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1928 3 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lew Burdette 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 22, 1926 6 45 33 45 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gene Conley 24 R R 6' 8" 225 Nov 10, 1930 3 22 21 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Del Crandall 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 5, 1930 5 133 124 133 133 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 All-Star
Ray Crone 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 7, 1931 2 33 15 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Crowe 32 L L 6' 2" 212 Mar 22, 1923 3 104 77 104 104 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
Jack Dittmer 27 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 4 38 17 38 38 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
John Edelman 19 R R 6' 3" 185 Jul 27, 1935 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Gorin 27 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 6, 1928 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Jay 19 B R 6' 4" 228 Aug 15, 1935 3 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Johnson 31 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 16, 1924 5 40 2 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Jolly 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 14, 1924 3 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Koslo 35 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1920 12 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Logan 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 5 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Eddie Mathews HOF 23 L R 6' 1" 200 Oct 13, 1931 4 141 137 141 141 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 All-Star
Chet Nichols 24 B L 195 Feb 22, 1931 3 34 21 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny O'Connell 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 21, 1927 4 124 117 124 124 0 0 0 114 7 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
Andy Pafko 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 13 86 58 86 86 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 7 52 58 23 1
Phil Paine 25 R R 6' 2" 181 Jun 8, 1930 3 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Pendleton 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 3 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1
Del Rice 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 11 27 19 27 27 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Humberto Robinson 25 R R 6' 1" 155 Jun 25, 1930 1st 13 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Roselli 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1931 1st 6 2 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Warren Spahn HOF 34 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 23, 1921 11 40 32 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chuck Tanner 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1929 1st 97 58 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 11 62 36 1
Ben Taylor 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Sep 30, 1924 3 12 0 12 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Bobby Thomson 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 25, 1923 10 101 86 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 3 0 91 13 0
Roberto Vargas 26 L L 5' 11" 170 May 29, 1929 1st 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie White 26 L R 5' 11" 192 Aug 12, 1928 2 12 9 12 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played