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1957 Milwaukee Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958)
95-59, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 772 runs, Allowed 613 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61
Manager: Fred Haney (95-59)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,215,404 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 90;   one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 88
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over New York Yankees
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1956 / 1958 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 4 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 84 150 1 0 All-Star
Joe Adcock 29 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 30, 1927 8 65 55 65 65 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Bill Bruton 31 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 5 79 76 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 79 2 0
Bob Buhl 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 12, 1928 5 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lew Burdette 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 22, 1926 8 41 33 41 41 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 All-Star
Dick Cole 31 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 6 15 3 15 15 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Gene Conley 26 R R 6' 8" 225 Nov 10, 1930 5 35 18 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Covington 25 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 2 96 87 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 89 9 0
Del Crandall 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 5, 1930 7 118 101 118 118 0 102 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 9 11 1
Ray Crone 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 7, 1931 4 11 5 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John DeMerit 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 8, 1936 1st 33 6 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 13 6 15
Harry Hanebrink 29 L R 6' 0" 165 Nov 12, 1927 2 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Bob Hazle 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1930 2 41 37 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 40 2 1
Joey Jay 21 B R 6' 4" 228 Aug 15, 1935 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Johnson 33 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 16, 1924 7 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Jolly 32 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 14, 1924 5 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nippy Jones 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1925 8 30 16 30 30 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
Johnny Logan 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 7 129 125 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Bobby Malkmus 25 R R 5' 9" 180 Jul 4, 1931 1st 13 5 13 13 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Felix Mantilla 22 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 2 71 44 71 71 0 0 0 13 7 35 0 1 0 1 9 14
Eddie Mathews HOF 25 L R 6' 1" 200 Oct 13, 1931 6 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Don McMahon 27 R R 6' 2" 222 Jan 4, 1930 1st 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Murff 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 1, 1921 2 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny O'Connell 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 21, 1927 6 48 47 48 48 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Pafko 36 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 15 83 43 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 37 69 29 1
Phil Paine 27 R R 6' 2" 181 Jun 8, 1930 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor Phillips 24 L L 5' 11" 185 Jun 18, 1933 2 27 6 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Pizarro 20 L L 5' 11" 190 Feb 7, 1937 1st 25 10 25 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Del Rice 34 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 13 54 44 54 54 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Mel Roach 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 3 7 1 7 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Carl Sawatski 29 L R 5' 10" 210 Nov 4, 1927 5 58 19 58 58 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Red Schoendienst HOF 34 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 13 93 92 93 93 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 All-Star
Ray Shearer 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 19, 1929 1st 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Warren Spahn HOF 36 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 23, 1921 13 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Chuck Tanner 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1929 3 22 18 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 18 4 0
Hawk Taylor 18 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 3, 1939 1st 7 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Bobby Thomson 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 25, 1923 12 41 37 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6 0 38 4 0
Frank Torre 25 L L 6' 3" 205 Dec 30, 1931 2 129 85 129 129 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Bob Trowbridge 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 27, 1930 2 32 16 32 32 32 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

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