1956 Milwaukee Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1956 Milwaukee Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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*	26	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	548	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
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	128	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	104	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	93	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	130	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	110	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	78	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	51	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			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
		Team Totals	28.6	92	62	.597	3.10	155	155	91	64	12	27	1393.1	1295	569	480	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		5695
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron	22	152	152	1349.1	343	313	17	13	4	.962	14.9	13.3	7.9	2.5	5.3	7			2.20	2.17						RF
Joe Adcock	28	129	129	1004.1	1167	1086	75	6	109	.995	1.3	1.6	1.3	0.3	1.0		0		10.40	9.00						1B
Toby Atwell	32	10	9	69.2	36	32	4	0	1	1.000	1.0	17.2						1	4.65	3.60	1	1	1	4	80%	C
Bill Bruton	30	145	138	1246.1	422	397	11	14	2	.967	12.5	12.0	12.5	4.5	8.0	0			2.95	2.81						CF
Bob Buhl	27	38	33	216.2	55	19	35	1	2	.982									2.24	1.42						P
Lew Burdette	29	39	35	256.1	68	19	48	1	4	.985									2.35	1.72						P
Gene Conley	25	31	19	158.1	35	8	25	2	3	.943									1.88	1.06						P
Wes Covington	24	36	33	255.1	48	45	2	1	1	.979	-0.9	-4.2	-0.9	-0.3	-0.6	0			1.66	1.31						LF-RF
Del Crandall	26	109	87	819.2	494	448	44	2	9	.996	4.0	5.9						4	5.40	4.51	3	6	9	7	44%	C
Ray Crone	24	35	21	169.2	39	15	23	1	2	.974									2.02	1.09						P
Jack Dittmer	28	42	23	248.1	145	64	78	3	15	.979	0.8	3.9	1.8	0.5	1.3		-1		5.15	3.38						2B
Earl Hersh	24	2	2	19.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1.2	-75.8	-1.2	0.0	-1.2				0.00	0.00						LF
Ernie Johnson	32	36	0	51.0	15	4	10	1	0	.933									2.47	0.39						P
Dave Jolly	31	29	0	45.2	6	0	5	1	1	.833									0.99	0.17						P
Johnny Logan	29	148	147	1299.2	757	266	467	24	94	.968	10.7	9.9	9.7	2.2	7.5		1		5.08	4.95						SS
Felix Mantilla	21	18	10	106.2	67	21	45	1	8	.985	1.4	15.7	1.4	0.9	0.5		0		5.57	3.67						SS-3B
Eddie Mathews	24	150	149	1321.0	445	133	287	25	22	.944	-2.5	-2.3	-2.5	-1.8	-0.7		0		2.86	2.80						3B
Red Murff	35	14	1	24.1	9	4	4	1	0	.889									2.96	0.57						P
Chet Nichols	25	2	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									4.50	1.00						P
Danny O'Connell	29	143	133	1168.0	694	299	384	11	99	.984	2.5	2.6	1.5	-5.2	6.7		1		5.26	4.78						2B-3B-SS
Andy Pafko	35	38	21	206.2	49	46	2	1	0	.980	0.3	1.7	-0.7	0.1	-0.7	1			2.09	1.26						LF-RF
Phil Paine	26	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0											0.00						P
Jim Pendleton	32	7	0	10.1	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-11.6	-0.1	-0.2	0.1		0		5.23	0.86						SS-2B-3B-1B
Taylor Phillips	23	23	6	87.2	32	9	23	0	2	1.000									3.29	1.39						P
Del Rice	33	65	59	497.0	297	271	21	5	2	.983	0.0	0.0						0	5.29	4.49	0	7	4	2	33%	C
Humberto Robinson	26	1	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									9.00	2.00						P
Bob Roselli	24	3	0	7.0	9	8	1	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	11.57	3.00	1	0	0	1	100%	C
Lou Sleater	29	25	1	45.2	15	4	11	0	0	1.000									2.96	0.60						P
Warren Spahn	35	39	35	281.1	58	16	41	1	7	.983									1.82	1.46						P
Chuck Tanner	26	8	4	44.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	-0.6	-16.4	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0			0.82	0.50						LF-RF
Bobby Thomson	32	152	118	1086.1	298	271	17	10	0	.966	11.5	12.7	6.5	4.4	2.1	5	0		2.39	1.89						LF-CF-3B
Frank Torre	24	89	26	388.0	435	390	42	3	34	.993	2.9	9.0	1.9	2.5	-0.7		1		10.02	4.85						1B
Bob Trowbridge	26	19	4	50.2	12	0	11	1	1	.917									1.95	0.58						P
Team Totals	27.8	155	1395	12540.0	6048	4180	1738	130	422	.979	58.5	5.6	38.5	10.2	28.2	13	2	5	4.25	3.36	5	14	14	14	50%
Rank in 8 NL teams								6	2	3
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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