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1955 Milwaukee Braves (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 Managed by Charlie Grimm Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 2,005,836 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 93   (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 92   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats (1954/1956) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Del Crandall        25  133  440   61  104  15  2  26   62  40   56  .236  .299  .457   2   1  12   2   6   6  11  102
1B *George Crowe        32  104  303   41   85  12  4  15   55  45   44  .281  .374  .495   1   0   2   1   4   1   8  134
2B  Danny O'Connell     28  124  453   47  102  15  4   6   40  28   43  .225  .276  .316   2   2   7   5   2   3   2   61
3B *Eddie Mathews       23  141  499  108  144  23  5  41  101 109   98  .289  .413  .601   3   4   5   1   1   6  20  172
SS  Johnny Logan        28  154  595   95  177  37  5  13   83  58   58  .297  .360  .442   3   3  12   4  16   7   1  117
OF *Bill Bruton         29  149  636  106  175  30 12   9   47  43   72  .275  .325  .403  25  11   2   4   2   0   6   97
OF  Hank Aaron          21  153  602  105  189  37  9  27  106  49   61  .314  .366  .540   3   1  20   3   7   4   5  143
OF  Bobby Thomson       31  101  343   40   88  12  3  12   56  34   52  .257  .319  .414   2   1  10   0   1   5   4   98
    Joe Adcock          27   84  288   40   76  14  0  15   45  31   44  .264  .339  .469   0   2  13   2   2   1   3  117
    Andy Pafko          34   86  252   29   67   3  5   5   34   7   23  .266  .293  .377   1   2   8   4   1   3   1   81
   *Chuck Tanner        25   97  243   27   60   9  3   6   27  27   32  .247  .319  .383   0   0  11   0   2   3   3   90
   *Jack Dittmer        27   38   72    4    9   1  1   1    4   4   15  .125  .171  .208   0   0   1   0   1   0   1    3
    Del Rice            32   27   71    5   14   0  1   2    7   6   12  .197  .260  .310   0   0   1   0   1   0   2   54
   *Charlie White       26   12   30    3    7   1  0   0    4   5    7  .233  .361  .267   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   74
    Jim Pendleton       31    8   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Ben Taylor          30   12   10    2    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .100  .250  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0
    Bob Roselli         23    6    9    1    2   1  0   0    0   1    4  .222  .364  .333   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   91

    Lew Burdette        28   45   86   10   20   5  0   0    7   3   20  .233  .258  .291   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   49
   *Warren Spahn        34   40   81    7   17   1  1   4   14   4   20  .210  .247  .395   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   71
    Bob Buhl            26   38   57    2    6   0  0   0    0   3   24  .105  .150  .105   0   0   2   0   7   0   0  -29
    Gene Conley         24   22   54    2   11   1  0   0    4   0   12  .204  .204  .222   0   0   2   0   8   0   0   16
   #Chet Nichols        24   34   52    2    8   1  0   0    1   0   12  .154  .154  .173   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -11
    Ray Crone           23   33   44    4    7   0  0   0    1   3    9  .159  .213  .159   0   0   2   0   3   0   0    3
    Ernie Johnson       31   40   20    1    2   0  0   0    1   2    4  .100  .182  .100   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -20
    Humberto Robinson   25   13   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .077  .077  .077   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -58
    Dave Jolly          30   36    6    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32
   #Joey Jay            19   12    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  264
    Phil Paine          25   15    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   82
   *Roberto Vargas      26   25    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  173
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  154 5277  743 1377 219 55 182  699 504  735  .261  .325  .427  42  27 113  28  72  39  67  110
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    3    3   3  2   2        4    2     3     4     2   5   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Lew Burdette        28  42   4.03  13   8  0  33   4  11   2  230.0  253  114  103  25   73   70 1001   3   6  1   9  93
SP *Warren Spahn        34  39   3.26  17  14  1  32   7  16   1  245.7  249   99   89  25   65  110 1025   4   2  0   4 115
SP  Bob Buhl            26  38   3.21  13  11  1  27   6  11   1  201.7  168   85   72  13  109  117  866   2   1  0   5 117
SP  Gene Conley         24  22   4.16  11   7  0  21   1  10   0  158.0  152   81   73  23   52  107  669   2   1  0   9  90
SP *Chet Nichols        24  34   4.00   9   8  1  21   5   6   0  144.0  139   79   64  20   67   44  625   3   1  2   6  94

RP  Ernie Johnson       31  40   3.42   5   7  4   2  18   0   0   92.0   81   38   35   5   55   43  404   3   2  0   8 110
RP  Dave Jolly          30  36   5.71   2   3  1   0  13   0   0   58.3   58   42   37   6   51   23  283   4   1  0   7  66
RP *Roberto Vargas      26  25   8.76   0   0  2   0   7   0   0   24.7   39   25   24   4   14   13  128   4   1  0   2  43
RP  Ray Crone           23  33   3.46  10   9  0  15   9   6   1  140.3  117   63   54  11   42   76  568   2   0  0   7 108

    Humberto Robinson   25  13   3.08   3   1  2   2   6   1   0   38.0   31   13   13   1   25   19  164   1   4  0   2 122
    Phil Paine          25  15   2.49   2   0  0   0   7   0   0   25.3   20    8    7   2   14   26  109   1   0  0   3 151
    Joey Jay            19  12   4.74   0   0  0   1   7   0   0   19.0   23   11   10   2   13    3   86   1   0  0   2  79
    John Edelman        19   5  11.12   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.7    7    7    7   0    8    3   31   0   0  0   0  34
   *Charlie Gorin       27   2  54.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.3    1    2    2   0    3    0    5   0   0  0   0   7
   *Dave Koslo          35   1          0   1  0   0   1   0   0    0.0    1    1    1   1    0    0    1   0   0  0   0   0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2 154   3.85  85  69 12 154  93  61   5 1383.0 1339  668  592 138  591  654 5965  30  19  3  64  98
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   2   7  8           1   7      2    4    3        1    7    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DCrandall 131 611 67 10 8 .985 7 DRice 22 90 12 2 2 .981 1 CWhite 10 39 2 0 0 1.000 1 BRoselli 2 9 2 1 0 .917 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 749 83 13 10 .985 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GCrowe 79 677 61 8 62 .989 9.34 JAdcock 78 725 44 8 68 .990 9.86 BTaylor 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1403 105 16 130 .990 9.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DO'Connell 114 309 357 13 76 .981 5.84 JDittmer 28 44 42 2 9 .977 3.07 HAaron 27 86 84 6 23 .966 6.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 439 483 21 108 .978 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 137 140 280 21 23 .952 3.07 APafko 12 9 26 1 1 .972 2.92 DO'Connell 7 8 4 1 2 .923 1.71 JPendleton 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 157 310 23 26 .953 3.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLogan 154 268 511 30 100 .963 5.06 DO'Connell 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 JPendleton 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 271 512 30 100 .963 5.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BBruton 149 412 17 14 6 .968 2.88 0 149 0 HAaron 126 254 9 9 2 .967 2.09 26 0 105 BThomson 91 182 5 6 0 .969 2.05 88 3 0 CTanner 62 101 4 2 0 .981 1.69 52 0 11 APafko 58 96 1 2 0 .980 1.67 1 7 52 JPendleton 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1048 36 33 8 .970 2.35 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 39 13 44 3 4 .950 2.09 LBurdette 42 18 47 2 6 .970 2.54 BBuhl 38 12 30 2 1 .955 1.87 GConley 22 7 24 0 0 1.000 1.77 CNichols 34 6 35 2 3 .953 2.56 RCrone 33 11 19 0 5 1.000 1.92 EJohnson 40 7 14 3 0 .875 2.05 DJolly 36 2 15 2 2 .895 2.62 HRobinson 13 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.89 PPaine 15 1 6 2 0 .778 2.49 RVargas 25 4 8 0 0 1.000 4.37 JJay 12 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.47 JEdelman 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.58 CGorin 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DKoslo 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 82 251 16 23 .954 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Aaron .314 On-base % Mathews .413 Slugging % Mathews .601 OPS Mathews 1.014 Games Logan 154 At Bats Bruton 636 Plate Appearances (approx.) Bruton 685 Runs Mathews 108 Hits Aaron 189 Total Bases Aaron 325 Doubles Aaron and Logan 37 Triples Bruton 12 Home Runs Mathews 41 RBI Aaron 106 Bases on Balls Mathews 109 Strikeouts Mathews 98 Stolen Bases Bruton 25 Singles Bruton 124 Adjusted OPS+ Mathews 172 Runs Created Mathews 131 Adjusted Batting Runs Mathews 55 Batting Wins Mathews 5.3 Extra-Base Hits Aaron 73 Times on Base Mathews 254 Offensive Win% Mathews .783 Hit By Pitch O'Connell 5 Sac. Hits Logan 16 Sac. Flies Logan 7 Intentional Walks Mathews 20 Grounded into Double Plays Aaron 20 Caught Stealing Bruton 11 Power/Speed Number Bruton 13.2 At Bats per Strikeout O'Connell 10.5 At Bats per Home Run Mathews 12.2 Outs Bruton 476

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Buhl 3.21 Wins Spahn 17 Won-Loss % Burdette .619 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.278 Hits Allowed/9IP Buhl 7.50 Bases on Balls/9IP Spahn 2.38 Strikeouts/9IP Conley 6.09 Games Burdette 42 Saves Johnson 4 Innings Spahn 245.7 Strikeouts Buhl 117 Games Started Burdette 33 Comp. Games Spahn 16 Shutouts Burdette 2 Home Runs Allow. Burdette and Spahn 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Buhl 109 Hits Allowed Burdette 253 SO to Walk Conley 2.06 Losses Spahn 14 Earned Runs Allow. Burdette 103 Wild Pitches Jolly, Spahn, and Vargas 4 Hit Batsmen Burdette 6 Batters Faced Spahn 1025 Games Finished Johnson 18 Adjusted ERA+ Buhl 117

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Hank Aaron
Gene Conley
Del Crandall (Starting C)
Johnny Logan
Eddie Mathews (Starting 3B)

1954/1956

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