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1956 Milwaukee Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957) 92-62, Finished 2nd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 709 runs, Allowed 569 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62 Managed by Charlie Grimm and Fred Haney Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 2,046,331 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 92   (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 96   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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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        26  112  311   37   74  14  2  16   48  35   30  .238  .313  .450   1   2   5   1   6   5  15  108
1B  Joe Adcock          28  137  454   76  132  23  1  38  103  32   86  .291  .337  .597   1   0  11   1  11   2   6  152
2B  Danny O'Connell     29  139  498   71  119  17  9   2   42  76   42  .239  .342  .321   3   3   6   4  16   4   0   85
3B *Eddie Mathews       24  151  552  103  150  21  2  37   95  91   86  .272  .373  .518   6   0   4   1   3   4  17  143
SS  Johnny Logan        29  148  545   69  153  27  5  15   46  46   49  .281  .340  .431   3   0  13   5  31   4   2  112
LF  Bobby Thomson       32  142  451   59  106  10  4  20   74  43   75  .235  .302  .408   2   4   9   2   5   4   4   94
CF *Bill Bruton         30  147  525   73  143  23 15   8   56  26   63  .272  .304  .419   8   6   7   1  18   8  11   97
RF  Hank Aaron          22  153  609  106  200  34 14  26   92  37   54  .328  .365  .558   2   4  21   2   5   7   6  151
    Del Rice            33   71  188   15   40   9  1   3   17  18   34  .213  .282  .319   0   0   5   0   2   0   7   66
   *Frank Torre         24  111  159   17   41   6  0   0   16  11    4  .258  .304  .296   1   0   5   0   4   1   2   67
   *Wes Covington       24   75  138   17   39   4  0   2   16  16   20  .283  .361  .355   1   0   2   1   2   0   3   99
   *Jack Dittmer        28   44  102    8   25   4  0   1    6   8    8  .245  .300  .314   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   70
    Andy Pafko          35   45   93   15   24   5  0   2    9  10   13  .258  .330  .376   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   95
   *Chuck Tanner        26   60   63    6   15   2  0   1    4  10   10  .238  .342  .317   0   0   3   0   0   0   2   84
    Felix Mantilla      21   35   53    9   15   1  1   0    3   1    8  .283  .309  .340   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   79
   *Toby Atwell         32   15   30    2    5   1  0   2    7   4    1  .167  .265  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   81
   *Earl Hersh          24    7   13    0    3   3  0   0    0   0    5  .231  .231  .462   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   85
    Jim Pendleton       32   14   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .083  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -74
    Bob Roselli         24    4    2    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    1  .500  .500 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  548

   *Warren Spahn        35   39  105    8   22   3  0   3   10   4   32  .210  .239  .324   1   0   3   0   2   0   0   54
    Lew Burdette        29   45   86    9   16   1  0   0    8   2   16  .186  .209  .198   0   0   1   1  11   2   0   13
    Bob Buhl            27   38   73    1    7   2  0   0    3   1   34  .096  .108  .123   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -36
    Ray Crone           24   35   49    4    6   1  0   0    2   8   18  .122  .246  .143   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   11
    Gene Conley         25   31   45    1    7   1  0   0    4   1    3  .156  .174  .178   0   0   1   0   8   0   0   -2
   *Taylor Phillips     23   23   21    0    0   0  0   0    0   2   11  .000  .087  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -73
   *Lou Sleater         29   25   10    1    5   0  0   0    2   1    3  .500  .545  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  192
    Bob Trowbridge      26   19    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -61
    Red Murff           35   14    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11
    Ernie Johnson       32   36    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .250  .200  .250   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   24
    Dave Jolly          31   29    4    0    0   0  0   0    2   1    2  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -38
   #Chet Nichols        25    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  155 5207  709 1350 212 54 177  667 486  714  .259  .323  .423  29  20  99  20 142  42  76  112
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    3    3   2  2   3        5    5     3     5     2   7   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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        29  39   2.70  19  10  1  35   2  16   6  256.3  234   92   77  22   52  110 1035   2   3  0   7 128
SP *Warren Spahn        35  39   2.78  20  11  3  35   3  20   3  281.3  249   92   87  25   52  128 1113   7   3  0  12 125
SP  Bob Buhl            27  38   3.32  18   8  0  33   0  13   2  216.7  190   96   80  18  105   86  924   3   2  1   7 104
SP  Ray Crone           24  35   3.87  11  10  2  21   7   6   0  169.7  173   92   73  19   44   73  716   3   1  1   3  90
SP  Gene Conley         25  31   3.13   8   9  3  19   9   5   1  158.3  169   74   55  13   52   68  681   3   2  0  10 111

CL  Dave Jolly          31  29   3.74   2   3  7   0  18   0   0   45.7   39   21   19   7   35   20  209   2   0  0   4  93
RP  Ernie Johnson       32  36   3.71   4   3  6   0  23   0   0   51.0   54   21   21   9   21   26  224   1   1  0   2  94
RP *Lou Sleater         29  25   3.15   2   2  2   1  11   0   0   45.7   42   22   16   6   27   32  209   0   0  0   9 110
RP *Taylor Phillips     23  23   2.26   5   3  2   6   6   3   0   87.7   69   25   22   6   33   36  357   0   7  0   8 154
RP  Bob Trowbridge      26  19   2.66   3   2  0   4   8   1   0   50.7   38   15   15   4   34   40  220   3   2  0   2 130

    Red Murff           35  14   4.44   0   0  1   1   4   0   0   24.3   25   14   12   3    7   18  103   0   0  0   0  78
   *Chet Nichols        25   2   6.75   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    9    3    3   1    3    2   20   0   0  0   1  51
    Humberto Robinson   26   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    0    0   0    2    0    9   0   0  0   0    
    Phil Paine          26   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    3    2    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 155   3.11  92  62 27 155  91  64  12 1393.0 1295  569  481 133  467  639 5823  24  21  2  65 112
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   2   7  5           1   1      1    3    1        1    4    8

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

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DCrandall 819 87 109 448 44 2 9 .996 3 6 9 7 DRice 497 59 65 271 21 5 2 .983 0 7 4 2 TAtwell 69 9 10 32 4 0 1 1.000 1 1 1 4 BRoselli 7 0 3 8 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 0 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1393 155 155 759 70 7 13 .992 5 14 14 14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JAdcock 1004 129 129 1086 75 6 109 .995 10.40 FTorre 388 26 89 390 42 3 34 .993 10.02 JPendleton 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 1478 117 9 143 .994 10.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DO'Connell 1142 132 138 295 381 10 98 .985 5.33 JDittmer 248 23 42 64 78 3 15 .979 5.15 JPendleton 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 359 460 13 113 .984 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 1321 149 150 133 287 25 22 .944 2.86 BThomson 27 3 3 5 10 3 0 .833 5.00 DO'Connell 25 1 4 3 2 1 0 .833 1.80 FMantilla 19 2 3 2 4 1 0 .857 2.84 JPendleton 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 143 303 30 22 .937 2.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLogan 1299 147 148 266 467 24 94 .968 5.08 FMantilla 87 8 15 19 41 0 8 1.000 6.16 JPendleton 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 DO'Connell 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 287 511 24 103 .971 5.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BThomson 912 98 126 221 6 7 0 .970 2.24 WCovington 243 32 34 45 2 1 1 .979 1.74 APafko 185 20 33 40 1 1 0 .976 1.99 CTanner 33 3 6 4 0 1 0 .800 1.09 EHersh 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 310 9 10 1 .970 2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBruton 1246 138 145 397 11 14 2 .967 2.95 BThomson 147 17 23 45 1 0 0 1.000 2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 442 12 14 2 .970 2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HAaron 1349 152 152 313 17 13 4 .962 2.20 APafko 21 1 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 WCovington 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CTanner 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 319 18 13 4 .963 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.28 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HAaron 1349 152 152 316 17 13 4 .962 2.22 BBruton 1246 138 145 391 10 13 1 .969 2.90 BThomson 1059 115 136 257 7 7 0 .974 2.24 WCovington 255 33 35 44 2 1 1 .979 1.62 APafko 206 21 37 43 2 1 0 .978 1.96 CTanner 44 4 8 4 0 1 0 .800 0.82 EHersh 19 2 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1393 155 155 1055 38 37 6 .967 2.35 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 281 35 39 16 41 1 7 .983 1.82 LBurdette 256 35 39 19 48 1 4 .985 2.35 BBuhl 216 33 38 19 35 1 2 .982 2.24 RCrone 169 21 35 15 23 1 2 .974 2.02 GConley 158 19 31 8 25 2 3 .943 1.88 TPhillips 87 6 23 9 23 0 2 1.000 3.28 EJohnson 51 0 36 4 10 1 0 .933 2.47 BTrowbridge 50 4 19 0 11 1 1 .917 1.95 LSleater 45 1 25 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.95 DJolly 45 0 29 0 5 1 1 .833 0.98 RMurff 24 1 14 4 4 1 0 .889 2.96 CNichols 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 HRobinson 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 PPaine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 99 239 10 22 .971 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Aaron .328 On-base % Mathews .373 Slugging % Adcock .597 OPS Adcock .934 Games Aaron 153 At Bats Aaron 609 Plate Appearances (approx.) Aaron 660 Runs Aaron 106 Hits Aaron 200 Total Bases Aaron 340 Doubles Aaron 34 Triples Bruton 15 Home Runs Adcock 38 RBI Adcock 103 Bases on Balls Mathews 91 Strikeouts Adcock and Mathews 86 Stolen Bases Bruton 8 Singles Aaron 126 Adjusted OPS+ Adcock 152 Runs Created Aaron 115 Adjusted Batting Runs Aaron 41 Batting Wins Aaron 4.1 Extra-Base Hits Aaron 74 Times on Base Mathews 242 Offensive Win% Mathews .714 Hit By Pitch Logan 5 Sac. Hits Logan 31 Sac. Flies Bruton 8 Intentional Walks Mathews 17 Grounded into Double Plays Aaron 21 Caught Stealing Bruton 6 Power/Speed Number Mathews 10.3 At Bats per Strikeout O'Connell 11.9 At Bats per Home Run Adcock 11.9 Outs Aaron 446

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Burdette 2.70 Wins Spahn 20 Won-Loss % Buhl .692 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.070 Hits Allowed/9IP Buhl 7.89 Bases on Balls/9IP Spahn 1.66 Strikeouts/9IP Spahn 4.09 Games Burdette and Spahn 39 Saves Jolly 7 Innings Spahn 281.3 Strikeouts Spahn 128 Games Started Burdette and Spahn 35 Comp. Games Spahn 20 Shutouts Burdette 6 Home Runs Allow. Spahn 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Buhl 105 Hits Allowed Spahn 249 SO to Walk Spahn 2.46 Losses Spahn 11 Earned Runs Allow. Spahn 87 Wild Pitches Spahn 7 Hit Batsmen Phillips 7 Batters Faced Spahn 1113 Games Finished Johnson 23 Adjusted ERA+ Burdette 128

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