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1956 Milwaukee Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Del Crandall 26 112 358 311 37 74 14 2 16 48 1 2 35 30 .238 .313 .450 .763 108 140 5 1 6 5 15
2 1B Joe Adcock 28 137 500 454 76 132 23 1 38 103 1 0 32 86 .291 .337 .597 .934 152 271 11 1 11 2 6
3 2B Danny O'Connell 29 139 598 498 71 119 17 9 2 42 3 3 76 42 .239 .342 .321 .663 85 160 6 4 16 4 0
4 SS Johnny Logan 29 148 631 545 69 153 27 5 15 46 3 0 46 49 .281 .340 .431 .771 112 235 13 5 31 4 2
5 3B Eddie Mathews* 24 151 651 552 103 150 21 2 37 95 6 0 91 86 .272 .373 .518 .892 143 286 4 1 3 4 17
6 LF Bobby Thomson 32 142 505 451 59 106 10 4 20 74 2 4 43 75 .235 .302 .408 .710 94 184 9 2 5 4 4
7 CF Bill Bruton* 30 147 578 525 73 143 23 15 8 56 8 6 26 63 .272 .304 .419 .723 97 220 7 1 18 8 11
8 RF Hank Aaron 22 153 660 609 106 200 34 14 26 92 2 4 37 54 .328 .365 .558 .923 151 340 21 2 5 7 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Del Rice 33 71 208 188 15 40 9 1 3 17 0 0 18 34 .213 .282 .319 .601 66 60 5 0 2 0 7
10 1B Frank Torre* 24 111 175 159 17 41 6 0 0 16 1 0 11 4 .258 .304 .296 .600 67 47 5 0 4 1 2
11 LF Wes Covington* 24 75 157 138 17 39 4 0 2 16 1 0 16 20 .283 .361 .355 .716 99 49 2 1 2 0 3
12 2B Jack Dittmer* 28 44 112 102 8 25 4 0 1 6 0 0 8 8 .245 .300 .314 .614 70 32 0 0 2 0 0
13 LF Andy Pafko 35 45 104 93 15 24 5 0 2 9 0 0 10 13 .258 .330 .376 .706 95 35 0 0 1 0 0
14 OF Chuck Tanner* 27 60 73 63 6 15 2 0 1 4 0 0 10 10 .238 .342 .317 .660 84 20 3 0 0 0 2
15 IF Felix Mantilla 21 35 56 53 9 15 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 8 .283 .309 .340 .649 79 18 1 1 1 0 0
16 C Toby Atwell* 32 15 34 30 2 5 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 1 .167 .265 .400 .665 81 12 0 0 0 0 1
17 LF Earl Hersh* 24 7 13 13 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .231 .231 .462 .692 85 6 0 0 0 0 0
18 IF Jim Pendleton 32 14 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 -74 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 C Bob Roselli 24 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 547 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Warren Spahn* 35 39 111 105 8 22 3 0 3 10 1 0 4 32 .210 .239 .324 .562 54 34 3 0 2 0 0
21 P Lew Burdette 29 45 102 86 9 16 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 16 .186 .209 .198 .406 13 17 1 1 11 2 0
22 P Bob Buhl 27 38 80 73 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 34 .096 .108 .123 .231 -36 9 0 0 6 0 0
23 P Ray Crone 24 35 62 49 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 18 .122 .246 .143 .388 11 7 1 0 5 0 0
24 P Gene Conley 25 31 54 45 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .156 .174 .178 .352 -2 8 1 0 8 0 0
25 P Taylor Phillips* 23 23 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .000 .087 .000 .087 -73 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 P Lou Sleater* 29 25 11 10 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .500 .545 .500 1.045 192 5 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Bob Trowbridge 26 19 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -61 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Dave Jolly 31 29 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -38 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Red Murff 35 14 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Ernie Johnson 32 36 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450 24 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 P Chet Nichols# 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Phil Paine 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Humberto Robinson 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 155 5897 5207 709 1350 212 54 177 667 29 20 486 714 .259 .323 .423 .745 104 2201 99 20 142 42 76
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 3 2 2 3 7 8 5 5 3 5 2 3 2 5 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Warren Spahn* 35 20 11 .645 2.78 39 35 3 20 3 3 281.1 249 92 87 25 52 12 128 3 0 7 1113 125 1.070 8.0 0.8 1.7 4.1 2.46
2 SP Lew Burdette 29 19 10 .655 2.70 39 35 2 16 6 1 256.1 234 92 77 22 52 7 110 3 0 2 1035 129 1.116 8.2 0.8 1.8 3.9 2.12
3 SP Bob Buhl 27 18 8 .692 3.32 38 33 0 13 2 0 216.2 190 96 80 18 105 7 86 2 1 3 924 105 1.362 7.9 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.82
4 SP Ray Crone 24 11 10 .524 3.87 35 21 7 6 0 2 169.2 173 92 73 19 44 3 73 1 1 3 716 90 1.279 9.2 1.0 2.3 3.9 1.66
5 SP Gene Conley 25 8 9 .471 3.13 31 19 9 5 1 3 158.1 169 74 55 13 52 10 68 2 0 3 681 111 1.396 9.6 0.7 3.0 3.9 1.31
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Dave Jolly 31 2 3 .400 3.74 29 0 18 0 0 7 45.2 39 21 19 7 35 4 20 0 0 2 209 94 1.620 7.7 1.4 6.9 3.9 0.57
7 RP Taylor Phillips* 23 5 3 .625 2.26 23 6 6 3 0 2 87.2 69 25 22 6 33 8 36 7 0 0 357 154 1.163 7.1 0.6 3.4 3.7 1.09
8 RP Ernie Johnson 32 4 3 .571 3.71 36 0 23 0 0 6 51.0 54 21 21 9 21 2 26 1 0 1 224 94 1.471 9.5 1.6 3.7 4.6 1.24
9 RP Bob Trowbridge 26 3 2 .600 2.66 19 4 8 1 0 0 50.2 38 15 15 4 34 2 40 2 0 3 220 131 1.421 6.8 0.7 6.0 7.1 1.18
10 RP Lou Sleater* 29 2 2 .500 3.15 25 1 11 0 0 2 45.2 42 22 16 6 27 9 32 0 0 0 209 111 1.511 8.3 1.2 5.3 6.3 1.19
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Red Murff 35 0 0 4.44 14 1 4 0 0 1 24.1 25 14 12 3 7 0 18 0 0 0 103 80 1.315 9.2 1.1 2.6 6.7 2.57
12 Chet Nichols* 25 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 20 57 3.000 20.3 2.3 6.8 4.5 0.67
13 Humberto Robinson 26 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
14 Phil Paine 26 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8
Team Totals 28.6 92 62 .597 3.11 155 155 91 64 12 27 1393.1 1295 569 482 133 467 65 639 21 2 24 5823 112 1.265 8.4 0.9 3.0 4.1 1.37
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 4 8
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 22 152 152 147 1349.1 344 314 17 13 4 .962 15 13 2.21 2.16 RF-CF
Joe Adcock 28 129 129 66 1002.1 1167 1086 75 6 109 .995 1 2 10.42 9.00 1B
Toby Atwell 32 10 9 7 69.0 36 32 4 0 1 1.000 1 17 4.70 3.60 1 1 2 4 67% 1 C
Bill Bruton 30 145 138 132 1247.1 422 397 11 14 2 .967 12 12 2.94 2.81 CF
Bob Buhl 27 38 33 13 216.2 55 19 35 1 2 .982 2.24 1.42 2 6 75% 1 P
Lew Burdette 29 39 35 16 256.1 68 19 48 1 4 .985 2.35 1.72 4 4 50% 0 P
Gene Conley 25 31 19 5 158.1 35 8 25 2 3 .943 1.88 1.06 4 3 43% 1 P
Wes Covington 24 36 33 9 248.1 48 45 2 1 1 .979 -1 -4 1.70 1.31 LF-RF
Del Crandall 26 109 87 81 822.2 494 448 44 2 9 .996 4 6 5.38 4.51 3 8 14 15 52% 2 C
Ray Crone 24 35 21 6 169.2 39 15 23 1 2 .974 2.02 1.09 3 4 57% 0 P
Jack Dittmer 28 42 23 17 244.0 145 64 78 3 15 .979 1 4 5.24 3.38 2B
Earl Hersh 24 2 2 2 19.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -76 0.00 0.00 LF
Ernie Johnson 32 36 0 0 51.0 15 4 10 1 0 .933 2.47 0.39 2 1 33% 0 P
Dave Jolly 31 29 0 0 45.2 6 0 5 1 1 .833 0.99 0.17 0 0 0 P
Johnny Logan 29 148 147 136 1296.2 757 266 467 24 94 .968 11 10 5.09 4.95 SS
Felix Mantilla 21 18 10 9 109.2 67 21 45 1 8 .985 1 15 5.42 3.67 SS-3B
Eddie Mathews 24 150 149 143 1321.0 445 133 287 25 22 .944 -2 -2 2.86 2.80 3B
Red Murff 35 14 1 0 24.1 9 4 4 1 0 .889 2.96 0.57 0 1 100% 0 P
Chet Nichols 25 2 0 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 P
Danny O'Connell 29 139 133 113 1172.1 694 299 384 11 99 .984 2 3 5.24 4.78 2B-3B-SS
Andy Pafko 35 37 21 10 205.2 48 45 2 1 0 .979 0 2 2.06 1.24 LF-RF
Phil Paine 26 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Jim Pendleton 32 7 0 0 10.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 5.23 0.86 SS-2B-3B-1B
Taylor Phillips 23 23 6 3 87.2 32 9 23 0 2 1.000 3.29 1.39 1 2 67% 2 P
Del Rice 33 65 59 35 494.2 297 271 21 5 2 .983 0 0 5.31 4.49 0 10 15 8 35% 2 C
Humberto Robinson 26 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 2.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Bob Roselli 24 3 0 0 7.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 11.57 3.00 1 1 0 1 100% 0 C
Lou Sleater 29 25 1 0 45.2 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.96 0.60 1 0 0% 1 P
Warren Spahn 35 39 35 20 281.1 58 16 41 1 7 .983 1.82 1.46 2 2 50% 1 P
Chuck Tanner 27 8 4 3 44.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1 -16 0.82 0.50 LF-RF
Bobby Thomson 32 139 118 101 1093.1 289 262 17 10 0 .965 11 13 2.30 1.84 LF-CF-3B-RF
Frank Torre 24 89 26 26 390.0 435 390 42 3 34 .993 3 9 9.97 4.85 1B
Bob Trowbridge 26 19 4 1 50.2 12 0 11 1 1 .917 1.95 0.58 4 2 33% 1 P
Team Totals 27.8 155 1395 1101 12540.0 6048 4180 1738 130 422 .979 58 6 4.25 3.36 5 20 31 28 49% 12
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 2 3
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 22 660 43 2 0 -2 15 -8 22 72 7.5 57 6.0 1.5 $ Free Agency *9/8
Joe Adcock 28 500 31 0 1 -1 1 -7 17 42 4.5 41 4.3 0.2 $ Traded *3
Toby Atwell* 32 34 -1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Purchased 2
Bill Bruton* 30 578 -4 3 -2 1 12 -1 19 29 2.9 16 1.7 1.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Bob Buhl 27 80 -14 0 -1 0 0 0 3 -12 -1.4 -12 -1.3 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Lew Burdette 29 102 -10 -1 1 0 0 0 3 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Gene Conley 25 54 -7 0 0 0 0 0 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Wes Covington* 24 157 1 0 0 0 -1 -2 5 3 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 7/9
Del Crandall 26 357 1 -1 0 0 4 6 12 22 2.2 18 1.9 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Ray Crone 24 62 -6 0 0 0 0 0 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jack Dittmer* 28 112 -4 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 4
Earl Hersh* 24 13 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /7
Ernie Johnson 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Dave Jolly 31 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Johnny Logan 29 631 11 2 0 -1 11 10 21 54 5.5 43 4.5 1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Felix Mantilla 21 56 -1 -1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 6/5
Eddie Mathews* 24 651 35 1 0 1 -2 2 21 57 6.0 60 6.3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Red Murff 35 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Chet Nichols# 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Danny O'Connell 29 598 -5 0 -3 0 2 4 20 18 1.7 16 1.7 0.0 $ Traded *4/56
Andy Pafko 35 105 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 4 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 7/9
Jim Pendleton 32 12 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded /6534
Taylor Phillips* 23 25 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Del Rice 33 208 -10 -1 0 -1 0 4 7 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Bob Roselli 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Lou Sleater* 29 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Warren Spahn* 35 111 -7 0 0 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Chuck Tanner* 27 73 -1 0 0 -1 -1 0 3 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent /79
Bobby Thomson 32 505 -4 0 -2 -1 12 -5 17 17 1.7 5 0.5 1.2 $ Traded *78/59
Frank Torre* 24 175 -7 0 -1 0 3 -3 6 -2 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Bob Trowbridge 26 9 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Team Total 27.6 5898 32 4 -8 -3 58 2 196 282 28.3 223 23.5 4.8 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bob Buhl 27 216.2 33 96 107 9 1.1 11 1.3 $ Free Agency
Lew Burdette 29 256.1 35 92 130 11 .9 38 4.1 $ Traded
Gene Conley 25 158.1 19 74 80 7 1.0 6 0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ray Crone 24 169.2 21 92 89 8 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ernie Johnson 32 51.0 0 21 26 2 .9 5 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dave Jolly 31 45.2 0 21 24 2 .9 3 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Red Murff 35 24.1 1 14 12 1 .5 -2 -0.2 $ Traded
Chet Nichols* 25 4.0 0 3 2 0 .9 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Phil Paine 26 0.0 0 2 0 0 .0 -2 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft
Taylor Phillips* 23 87.2 6 25 44 4 1.2 19 2.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Humberto Robinson 26 2.0 0 0 1 0 .1 1 0.1 $ Unknown
Lou Sleater* 29 45.2 1 22 24 2 1.4 2 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft
Warren Spahn* 35 281.1 35 92 142 12 1.1 50 5.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Trowbridge 26 50.2 4 15 26 2 .7 11 0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 28.6 1393.1 155 569 707 60 1.0 138 14.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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