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1955 Milwaukee Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

85-69, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (85-69)
Scored 743 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: County Stadium · 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

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1954 / 1956 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 21 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 2 153 151 153 151 0 0 0 27 0 0 30 0 104 126 2 0 6.7 All-Star
Joe Adcock 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 6 84 77 84 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.0
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 2.7
Bob Buhl 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 3 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Lew Burdette 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 6 45 33 45 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.6
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 0.8 All-Star
Del Crandall 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 5 133 124 133 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2.7 All-Star
Ray Crone 23 R R 6' 2" 165 Aug 7, 1931 2 33 15 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
George Crowe 34 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1921 3 104 77 104 79 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 2.3
Jack Dittmer 27 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 4 38 17 38 28 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 -1.1
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 -0.2
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 -0.3
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 0.0
Ernie Johnson 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 5 40 2 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Dave Jolly 30 R R 6' 0" 160 Oct 14, 1924 3 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
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 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 6.4 All-Star
Eddie Mathews HOF 23 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 4 141 137 141 137 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8.3 All-Star
Chet Nichols 24 B L 6' 1" 165 Feb 22, 1931 3 34 21 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Danny O'Connell 28 R R 5' 11" 168 Jan 21, 1927 4 124 117 124 120 0 0 0 114 8 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.6
Andy Pafko 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 13 86 58 86 69 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 7 52 58 22 1 0.3
Phil Paine 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1930 3 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Jim Pendleton 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 3 8 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 -0.2
Del Rice 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 11 27 19 27 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3
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 0.4
Bob Roselli 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1931 1st 6 2 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Warren Spahn HOF 34 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 11 40 32 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.0
Chuck Tanner 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1928 1st 97 58 97 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 11 62 36 1 0.4
Ben Taylor 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Sep 30, 1927 3 12 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1
Bobby Thomson 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 10 101 86 101 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 3 0 91 13 0 1.0
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 -1.0
Charlie White 27 L R 5' 11" 192 Aug 12, 1927 2 12 9 12 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
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
Jack Dittmer
Del Rice
Joe Adcock
Bob Buhl
Phil Paine

Ray Crone
Charlie Gorin
Dave Jolly
Chet Nichols
Chuck Tanner
Ben Taylor
Ray Crone
Dave Koslo
Warren Spahn

Gene Conley
Johnny Logan
Bob Roselli
Charlie White
Danny O'Connell
Roberto Vargas
John Edelman
Ernie Johnson
Lew Burdette

Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
George Crowe
Eddie Mathews
Hank Aaron
Joey Jay
Andy Pafko
Humberto Robinson

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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