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1956 Milwaukee Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

92-62, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Grimm (24-22) and Fred Haney (68-40)
Scored 709 runs, Allowed 569 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: County Stadium · Attendance: 2,046,331 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96

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1955 / 1957 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 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 3 153 152 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 1 0 6.8 All-Star
Joe Adcock 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 7 137 129 137 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4.5
Toby Atwell 32 L R 5' 9" 185 Mar 8, 1924 5 15 9 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2
Bill Bruton 30 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 4 147 138 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 4 2 2.9
Bob Buhl 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 4 38 33 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Lew Burdette 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 7 45 35 45 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.8
Gene Conley 25 R R 6' 8" 225 Nov 10, 1930 4 31 19 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Wes Covington 24 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 1st 75 33 75 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 2 36 40 1 0.6
Del Crandall 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 6 112 87 112 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.8 All-Star
Ray Crone 24 R R 6' 2" 165 Aug 7, 1931 3 35 21 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Jack Dittmer 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 5 44 23 44 42 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.3
Earl Hersh 24 L L 6' 0" 205 May 21, 1932 1st 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 -0.1
Ernie Johnson 32 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 6 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Dave Jolly 31 R R 6' 0" 160 Oct 14, 1924 4 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Johnny Logan 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 6 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1
Felix Mantilla 21 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 1st 35 10 35 18 0 0 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 5 15 0.2
Eddie Mathews HOF 24 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 5 151 149 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.4 All-Star
Red Murff 35 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 1, 1921 1st 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Chet Nichols 25 B L 6' 1" 165 Feb 22, 1931 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Danny O'Connell 29 R R 5' 11" 168 Jan 21, 1927 5 139 133 139 139 0 0 0 138 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.6
Andy Pafko 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 14 45 21 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 5 37 13 2 0.3
Phil Paine 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1930 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jim Pendleton 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 4 15 0 15 7 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 9 1 -0.2
Taylor Phillips 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Jun 18, 1933 1st 23 6 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Del Rice 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 12 71 59 71 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.5
Humberto Robinson 26 R R 6' 1" 155 Jun 25, 1930 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bob Roselli 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1931 2 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Lou Sleater 29 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 8, 1926 5 25 1 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Warren Spahn HOF 35 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 12 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 All-Star
Chuck Tanner 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1928 2 60 4 60 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 8 53 0 -0.2
Bobby Thomson 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 11 142 118 142 139 0 0 0 0 3 0 126 23 0 136 6 1 1.3
Frank Torre 24 L L 6' 4" 200 Dec 30, 1931 1st 111 26 111 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3 -0.3
Bob Trowbridge 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 27, 1930 1st 19 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
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
1

Del Crandall
3

Jim Pendleton
4

Danny O'Connell
5

Felix Mantilla
6

Jack Dittmer
7

Del Rice
9

Joe Adcock
10

Bob Buhl
11

Phil Paine
Jim Pendleton
14

Frank Torre
16

Dave Jolly
17

Chet Nichols
Taylor Phillips
18

Chuck Tanner
19

Red Murff
20

Ray Crone
21

Warren Spahn
22

Gene Conley
23

Johnny Logan
24

Bob Roselli
25

Bobby Thomson
28

Earl Hersh
30

Bob Trowbridge
32

Ernie Johnson
33

Lew Burdette
36

Lou Sleater
38

Bill Bruton
39

Toby Atwell
41

Eddie Mathews
43

Wes Covington
44

Hank Aaron
48

Andy Pafko
49

Humberto Robinson

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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