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1955 Milwaukee Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956)
85-69, Finished 2nd in National League
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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.

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

Game Results

Season Summary   85-69 , Final Rank: 2, GB:   13.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          18 (last on September 23)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on June 2)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       17.0 (last on September 8)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (June 17 to June 24)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (May 1 to May 5)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (July 1 and September 21)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (June 29)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      10
Times Opponent Shutout:          5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        85  69     743     668    .552

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           46  31     342     295    .597
Road           39  38     401     373    .506

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9   6      76      63    .600
May            12  16     122     141    .429
June           18  10     151     117    .643
July           18  13     152     135    .581
August         16  14     148     122    .533
September      12  10      94      90    .545

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     46  37     404     378    .554
Second Half    39  32     339     290    .549
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        25  23     191     189    .521

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        23  13     249     190    .639

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             7  15     113     132    .318
CHC            15   7     100      66    .682
CIN            13   9     117     116    .591
NYG            14   8     122      96    .636
PHI            14   8      89      78    .636
PIT            11  11      97      89    .500
STL            11  11     105      91    .500

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 12     MLN  CIN  W   4-2        1-0     2     0.5  2:13 W Spahn                    43,640 +
  2 Thu, Apr 14     MLN @STL  L   7-8        1-1     4     1.5  3:19 F Smith                    33,402 -
  3 Sat, Apr 16     MLN @CIN  W   9-5        2-1     3     1.5  2:46 L Burdette                  5,131 +
  4 Sun, Apr 17     MLN @CIN  W  10-1        3-1     4     2.5  2:29 W Spahn                           ++
  5                 MLN @CIN  L   5-6        3-2     4     2.5  2:27 J Staley                   21,655 -
  6 Mon, Apr 18     MLN  CHC  W   2-1        4-2     2     2.5  2:03 B Buhl                     10,306 +
  7 Tue, Apr 19     MLN  CHC  W   3-2        5-2     2     2.5  2:16 G Conley                   11,325 ++
  8 Wed, Apr 20     MLN @CHC  W   9-5        6-2     2     2.5  2:50 L Burdette                  7,233 +++
  9 Fri, Apr 22     MLN  STL  L   1-2        6-3     2     3.0  2:25 B Lawrence                 29,733 -
 10 Sat, Apr 23     MLN  STL  W   5-4        7-3     2     3.0  3:11 C Nichols                  22,338 +
 11 Tue, Apr 26     MLN @NYG  L   2-3        7-4     2     3.0  2:27 J Antonelli                12,618 -
 12 Wed, Apr 27     MLN @NYG  W   9-6        8-4     2     3.0  2:29 G Conley                    5,343 +
 13 Thu, Apr 28     MLN @PHI  L   2-3        8-5     2     4.0  2:39 R Roberts                  12,963 -
 14 Fri, Apr 29     MLN @PHI  L   4-13       8-6     3     4.5  2:43 H Wehmeier                 12,146 --
 15 Sat, Apr 30     MLN @PHI  W   4-2        9-6     2     4.5  2:40 C Nichols                   7,739 +
 16 Sun, May  1     MLN @BRO  L   4-5        9-7     2     5.5  2:29 E Roebuck                  23,968 -
 17 Mon, May  2     MLN @BRO  L   0-2        9-8     3     6.5  3:13 C Erskine                  19,976 --
 18 Tue, May  3     MLN @PIT  L   0-4        9-9     4     7.0  2:27 D Littlefiel               10,784 ---
 19 Wed, May  4     MLN @PIT  L   4-5        9-10    4     8.0  2:37 M Surkont                  13,374 ----
 20 Thu, May  5     MLN @PIT  L   4-9        9-11    5     9.0  2:34 N King                      4,329 -----
 21 Fri, May  6     MLN @STL  W   8-5       10-11    3     9.0  2:55 H Robinson                 13,803 +
 22 Sat, May  7     MLN @STL  W   9-7       11-11    2     9.0  3:05 G Conley                   10,758 ++
 23 Sun, May  8     MLN @STL  W   6-2       12-11    2     9.0  2:17 W Spahn                    13,728 +++
 24 Tue, May 10     MLN  PIT  L   6-9       12-12    3    10.0  2:59 M Surkont                  20,562 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 11     MLN  PIT  W   8-3       13-12    3     9.0  2:14 C Nichols                  14,899 +
 26 Thu, May 12     MLN  BRO  W   2-1       14-12    2     8.0  3:03 G Conley                   39,155 ++
 27 Fri, May 13     MLN  BRO  L   2-6       14-13    3     9.0  2:38 B Loes                     21,966 -
 28 Sat, May 14     MLN  PHI  W   5-4       15-13    2     9.0  2:37 E Johnson                  24,862 +
 29 Sun, May 15     MLN  PHI  W   6-5       16-13    2     9.0  3:08 D Jolly                         0 ++
 30                 MLN  PHI  L   1-9       16-14    2     9.0  3:01 R Roberts                  42,351 -
 31 Tue, May 17     MLN  NYG  W   9-4       17-14    2     8.0  2:30 G Conley                   29,139 +
 32 Wed, May 18     MLN  NYG  L   2-4       17-15    3     8.0  2:29 J Antonelli                35,102 -
 33 Thu, May 19     MLN  NYG  L   2-3       17-16    5     8.5  2:32 J Hearn                    22,135 --
 34 Fri, May 20     MLN  CHC  L   2-4       17-17    5     8.5  2:30 H Jeffcoat                 31,103 ---
 35 Sat, May 21     MLN  CHC  L   1-2       17-18    5     9.5  1:39 W Hacker                   26,278 ----
 36 Sun, May 22     MLN  CHC  W   5-1       18-18    4     9.5  2:34 G Conley                   27,544 +
 37 Wed, May 25     MLN  CIN  L   2-13      18-19    4     9.5  3:17 A Fowler                   21,867 -
 38 Thu, May 26     MLN  CIN  L   4-5       18-20    4    10.5  2:40 J Staley                          --
 39 Fri, May 27     MLN @CHC  W   7-5       19-20    4     9.5  2:51 G Conley                    8,848 +
 40 Sat, May 28     MLN @CHC  L   2-5       19-21    4    10.5  2:22 W Hacker                   17,772 -
 41 Sun, May 29     MLN @CHC  L   6-9       19-22    5    11.5  2:43 H Jeffcoat                 22,796 --
 42 Mon, May 30     MLN @CIN  W   7-6       20-22    4    11.5  3:09 C Nichols                         +
 43                 MLN @CIN  W   8-4       21-22    4    11.5  2:52 H Robinson                 16,598 ++
 44 Wed, Jun  1     MLN @BRO  L   8-11      21-23    4    12.0  2:48 C Erskine                  18,380 -
 45 Thu, Jun  2     MLN @BRO  L   2-13      21-24    4    13.0  2:25 B Loes                      5,301 --
 46 Fri, Jun  3     MLN @PHI  W   4-3       22-24    4    13.0  2:46 L Burdette                 16,362 +
 47 Sat, Jun  4     MLN @PHI  W  11-3       23-24    4    13.0  2:52 W Spahn                     6,465 ++
 48 Sun, Jun  5     MLN @PHI  W   5-4       24-24    4    13.0  2:41 E Johnson                         +++
 49                 MLN @PHI  L   2-4       24-25    4    13.0  2:39 H Wehmeier                 23,431 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun  6     MLN @PHI  W   5-2       25-25    4    13.0  2:20 B Buhl                     11,815 +
 51 Tue, Jun  7     MLN @NYG  W  13-4       26-25    3    13.0  3:08 C Nichols                  23,457 ++
 52 Wed, Jun  8     MLN @NYG  L   4-5       26-26    4    14.0  3:09 W McCall                    3,961 -
 53 Sat, Jun 11     MLN @PIT  W   7-4       27-26    4    14.5  2:07 G Conley                    1,995 +
 54 Sun, Jun 12     MLN @PIT  L   3-5       27-27    4    14.5  2:13 V Law                             -
 55                 MLN @PIT  W   6-5       28-27    4    14.5  2:17 B Buhl                     12,738 +
 56 Mon, Jun 13     MLN @CIN  L   4-6       28-28    4    15.0  2:16 J Collum                    4,857 -
 57 Tue, Jun 14     MLN  PHI  W   4-2       29-28    4    15.0  2:21 L Burdette                 29,252 +
 58 Wed, Jun 15     MLN  PHI  L   0-4       29-29    4    15.0  2:24 H Wehmeier                 27,759 -
 59 Thu, Jun 16     MLN  PHI  L   0-3       29-30    4    15.0  1:58 M Dickson                  17,978 --
 60 Fri, Jun 17     MLN  NYG  W   5-4       30-30    4    15.0  3:00 R Crone                    39,275 +
 61 Sat, Jun 18     MLN  NYG  W   7-4       31-30    3    14.0  2:34 E Johnson                  33,814 ++
 62 Sun, Jun 19     MLN  NYG  W   8-7       32-30    3    14.0  2:33 R Crone                    38,014 +++
 63 Mon, Jun 20     MLN  PIT  W   2-1       33-30    3    13.5  2:02 G Conley                   21,510 ++++
 64 Tue, Jun 21     MLN  PIT  W   6-4       34-30    3    13.5  2:01 B Buhl                     25,510 +++++
 65 Wed, Jun 22     MLN  PIT  W   6-0       35-30    3    13.5  2:10 W Spahn                    23,219 ++++++
 66 Fri, Jun 24     MLN  BRO  W   8-2       36-30    2    13.0  2:43 L Burdette                 43,068 +++++++
 67 Sat, Jun 25     MLN  BRO  L   3-5       36-31    3    14.0  2:43 D Newcombe                 39,153 -
 68 Sun, Jun 26     MLN  BRO  W   4-0       37-31    3    13.0  2:19 B Buhl                     42,056 +
 69 Tue, Jun 28     MLN  CHC  L   3-7       37-32    3    14.0  2:25 S Jones                    42,088 -
 70 Wed, Jun 29     MLN  CHC  W  14-1       38-32    3    13.0  2:38 L Burdette                 35,135 +
 71 Thu, Jun 30     MLN  CHC  W   7-4       39-32    2    13.0  2:30 R Crone                    31,332 ++
 72 Fri, Jul  1     MLN @CIN  L   2-14      39-33    3    13.0  2:32 J Black                    15,098 -
 73 Sat, Jul  2     MLN @CIN  L   5-10      39-34    3    13.0  2:38 J Collum                   17,144 --
 74 Sun, Jul  3     MLN @CIN  W   7-3       40-34    3    12.5  2:09 W Spahn                    11,212 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Mon, Jul  4     MLN  STL  L   2-4       40-35    3    14.5  2:11 T Poholsky                      0 -
 76                 MLN  STL  L   4-5       40-36    3    14.5  3:08 M Wright                   30,948 --
 77 Wed, Jul  6     MLN @CHC  W   5-1       41-36    3    13.5  2:32 G Conley                   22,875 +
 78 Thu, Jul  7     MLN @CHC  W   3-2       42-36    2    13.5  2:06 B Buhl                     14,562 ++
 79 Fri, Jul  8     MLN  CIN  W   4-2       43-36    2    13.0  2:12 W Spahn                           +++
 80                 MLN  CIN  W   5-3       44-36    2    13.0  2:21 L Burdette                 38,631 ++++
 81 Sat, Jul  9     MLN  CIN  W   5-2       45-36    2    12.0  2:24 R Crone                    32,096 +++++
 82 Sun, Jul 10     MLN  CIN  W   7-4       46-36    2    11.5  2:14 G Conley                          ++++++
 83                 MLN  CIN  L   6-7       46-37    2    11.5  2:27 H Freeman                  38,206 -
 84 Thu, Jul 14     MLN @PHI  W   7-1       47-37    2    10.5  2:28 B Buhl                     16,728 +
 85 Fri, Jul 15     MLN @PHI  L   0-1       47-38    2    11.5  2:19 M Dickson                  11,794 -
 86 Sat, Jul 16     MLN @NYG  L   7-8       47-39    2    12.5  2:47 D Liddle                    9,587 --
 87 Sun, Jul 17     MLN @NYG  W   8-7       48-39    2    12.5  2:35 D Jolly                           +
 88                 MLN @NYG  W   3-1       49-39    2    12.5  2:35 C Nichols                  22,413 ++
 89 Mon, Jul 18     MLN @NYG  L   5-6       49-40    2    12.5  2:28 D Liddle                   14,698 -
 90 Tue, Jul 19     MLN @PIT  L   3-4       49-41    2    13.0  4:44 B Friend                    7,953 --
 91 Wed, Jul 20     MLN @PIT  L   3-4       49-42    2    13.5  2:05 D Littlefiel                5,560 ---
 92 Thu, Jul 21     MLN @PIT  W   5-3       50-42    2    13.5  2:51 W Spahn                     2,568 +
 93 Fri, Jul 22     MLN @BRO  L   4-8       50-43    2    14.5  2:16 R Craig                    33,003 -
 94 Sat, Jul 23     MLN @BRO  W  11-6       51-43    2    13.5  2:50 E Johnson                  10,019 +
 95 Sun, Jul 24     MLN @BRO  L   7-9       51-44    2    13.5  2:37 D Bessent                         -
 96                 MLN @BRO  W   9-2       52-44    2    13.5  2:20 R Crone                    27,918 +
 97 Tue, Jul 26     MLN  PHI  W   6-3       53-44    2    13.5  2:15 W Spahn                    29,534 ++
 98 Wed, Jul 27     MLN  PHI  W   2-1       54-44    2    12.5  2:06 L Burdette                 25,936 +++
 99 Thu, Jul 28     MLN  PHI  W   4-2       55-44    2    12.5  2:59 B Buhl                     22,335 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Jul 29     MLN  NYG  W   5-2       56-44    2    12.5  2:23 R Crone                    40,492 +++++
101 Sat, Jul 30     MLN  NYG  W   5-3       57-44    2    12.5  2:35 C Nichols                  31,503 ++++++
102 Sun, Jul 31     MLN  NYG  L   3-7       57-45    2    13.5  2:16 J Hearn                    36,196 -
103 Mon, Aug  1     MLN  BRO  L   3-4       57-46    2    14.5  3:09 K Spooner                  37,721 --
104 Tue, Aug  2     MLN  BRO  W   5-3       58-46    2    13.5  2:26 P Paine                    38,441 +
105 Wed, Aug  3     MLN  BRO  L   6-9       58-47    2    14.5  2:36 D Bessent                  42,747 -
106 Thu, Aug  4     MLN  BRO  L  10-11      58-48    2    15.5  2:48 C Erskine                  32,907 --
107 Fri, Aug  5     MLN  PIT  L   5-8       58-49    2    15.5  2:38 D Hall                     21,791 ---
108 Sat, Aug  6     MLN  PIT  L   0-2       58-50    2    16.0  2:56 B Friend                   16,637 ----
109 Sun, Aug  7     MLN  PIT  W   6-3       59-50    2    14.5  2:08 C Nichols                         +
110                 MLN  PIT  W   4-2       60-50    2    14.5  2:09 B Buhl                     26,955 ++
111 Tue, Aug  9     MLN  STL  W   6-2       61-50    2    14.0  2:10 W Spahn                    32,480 +++
112 Wed, Aug 10     MLN  STL  L   2-7       61-51    2    15.0  2:32 T Poholsky                 32,894 -
113 Thu, Aug 11     MLN  STL  L   1-7       61-52    2    16.0  2:33 H Haddix                          --
114                 MLN  STL  L   0-4       61-53    2    16.0  2:05 W Schmidt                  26,001 ---
115 Fri, Aug 12     MLN @CHC  L   1-7       61-54    2    16.5  2:29 B Rush                     11,333 ----
116 Sat, Aug 13     MLN @CHC  W   4-3       62-54    2    16.0  2:41 B Buhl                     19,907 +
117 Sun, Aug 14     MLN @CHC  W   4-3       63-54    2    15.5  2:11 R Crone                    24,947 ++
118 Mon, Aug 15     MLN @STL  W  12-1       64-54    2    15.0  2:48 W Spahn                     9,964 +++
119 Tue, Aug 16     MLN @STL  L   2-3       64-55    2    15.0  2:26 H Haddix                    9,906 -
120 Wed, Aug 17     MLN @STL  W  11-4       65-55    2    14.0  2:40 B Buhl                     10,565 +
121 Thu, Aug 18     MLN @STL  W   5-3       66-55    2    14.0  2:21 W Spahn                     9,819 ++
122 Fri, Aug 19     MLN  CHC  W   7-0       67-55    2    13.0  2:13 L Burdette                 41,569 +++
123 Sat, Aug 20     MLN  CHC  W   6-1       68-55    2    12.0  2:25 R Crone                    29,857 ++++
124 Sun, Aug 21     MLN  CHC  W   8-1       69-55    2    11.0  3:53 B Buhl                     33,198 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 23     MLN @PHI  L   3-4       69-56    2    12.0  2:33 J Meyer                    23,991 -
126 Thu, Aug 25     MLN @NYG  W   3-2       70-56    2    11.0  2:06 W Spahn                     5,238 +
127 Fri, Aug 26     MLN @NYG  W   7-1       71-56    2    10.0  2:21 B Buhl                     14,485 ++
128 Sat, Aug 27     MLN @NYG  W   5-4       72-56    2    10.0  3:00 L Burdette                  5,954 +++
129 Sun, Aug 28     MLN @PIT  L   3-5       72-57    2    11.5  2:05 D Hall                            -
130                 MLN @PIT  L   0-2       72-58    2    11.5  2:48 V Law                      12,932 --
131 Tue, Aug 30     MLN @BRO  L   6-8       72-59    2    13.0  2:41 D Newcombe                 21,995 ---
132 Wed, Aug 31     MLN @BRO  W  13-8       73-59    2    12.0  2:50 L Burdette                 17,604 +
133 Thu, Sep  1     MLN @BRO  L   3-6       73-60    2    13.0  2:36 R Craig                    13,540 -
134 Fri, Sep  2     MLN  CIN  L   0-2       73-61    2    14.0  2:17 A Fowler                   22,105 --
135 Sat, Sep  3     MLN  CIN  W   6-5       74-61    2    14.0  3:32 P Paine                    23,524 +
136 Sun, Sep  4     MLN  CIN  W   5-2       75-61    2    14.0  2:20 C Nichols                  22,888 ++
137 Mon, Sep  5     MLN @CHC  L   0-2       75-62    2    15.0  1:57 S Jones                         0 -
138                 MLN @CHC  W   1-0       76-62    2    15.0  2:50 R Crone                    25,274 +
139 Wed, Sep  7     MLN  BRO  L   1-3       76-63    2    16.0  2:15 B Loes                     34,919 -
140 Thu, Sep  8     MLN  BRO  L   2-10      76-64    2    17.0  2:35 K Spooner                  18,335 --
141 Fri, Sep  9     MLN  PIT  W   3-2       77-64    2    16.5  2:52 W Spahn                    15,614 +
142 Sat, Sep 10     MLN  PIT  W  13-5       78-64    2    16.0  2:20 R Crone                    11,071 ++
143 Sun, Sep 11     MLN  PHI  W   5-4       79-64    2    14.0  2:30 E Johnson                       0 +++
144                 MLN  PHI  W   9-1       80-64    2    14.0  2:47 H Robinson                 26,426 ++++
145 Tue, Sep 13     MLN  NYG  L   1-9       80-65    2    14.0  2:30 J Antonelli                20,890 -
146 Wed, Sep 14     MLN  NYG  W   9-2       81-65    2    13.0  2:24 W Spahn                    22,312 +
147 Fri, Sep 16     MLN  STL  W   9-4       82-65    2    12.5  2:27 L Burdette                 21,133 ++
148 Sat, Sep 17     MLN  STL  L   1-4       82-66    2    12.5  2:12 W Schmidt                  17,862 -
149 Sun, Sep 18     MLN  STL  W   2-1       83-66    2    12.5  2:21 W Spahn                    34,695 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 20     MLN @CIN  W   7-0       84-66    2    13.0  2:19 L Burdette                  7,035 ++
151 Wed, Sep 21     MLN @CIN  L   5-14      84-67    2    13.5  2:26 J Klippstein                1,503 -
152 Fri, Sep 23     MLN @STL  W   4-2       85-67    2    13.0  2:10 W Spahn                     6,910 +
153 Sat, Sep 24     MLN @STL  L   3-4       85-68    2    12.5  2:27 L Jackson                   7,474 -
154 Sun, Sep 25     MLN @STL  L   5-8       85-69    2    13.5  2:06 L Jackson                   9,940 --

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