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1956 Milwaukee Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
92-62, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 709 runs, Allowed 569 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Manager: Charlie Grimm (24-22) and Fred Haney (68-40)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 3 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 1 0 All-Star
Joe Adcock 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 30, 1927 7 137 129 137 137 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Toby Atwell 32 L R 185 Mar 8, 1924 5 15 9 15 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Bill Bruton 30 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 4 147 138 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 4 2
Bob Buhl 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1928 4 38 33 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lew Burdette 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 22, 1926 7 45 35 45 45 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
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
Wes Covington 24 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 1st 75 33 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 2 35 26 0
Del Crandall 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 5, 1930 6 112 87 112 112 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 All-Star
Ray Crone 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 7, 1931 3 35 21 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Dittmer 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1928 5 44 23 44 44 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Earl Hersh 24 L L 6' 0" 205 May 21, 1932 1st 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0
Ernie Johnson 32 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 16, 1924 6 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Jolly 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 14, 1924 4 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Felix Mantilla 21 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 1st 35 10 35 35 0 0 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 5 8
Eddie Mathews HOF 24 L R 6' 1" 200 Oct 13, 1931 5 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 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
Chet Nichols 25 B L 195 Feb 22, 1931 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny O'Connell 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 21, 1927 5 139 133 139 139 0 0 0 138 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andy Pafko 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 14 45 21 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 5 37 8 1
Phil Paine 26 R R 6' 2" 181 Jun 8, 1930 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Pendleton 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 4 14 0 14 14 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1
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
Del Rice 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 12 71 59 71 71 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
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
Bob Roselli 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1931 2 4 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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
Warren Spahn HOF 35 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 23, 1921 12 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Chuck Tanner 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1929 2 60 4 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 8 36 0
Bobby Thomson 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 25, 1923 11 142 118 142 142 0 0 0 0 3 0 126 23 0 136 5 0
Frank Torre 24 L L 6' 3" 205 Dec 30, 1931 1st 111 26 111 111 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Bob Trowbridge 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 27, 1930 1st 19 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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