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1957 Milwaukee Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958

95-59, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Haney (95-59)
Scored 772 runs, Allowed 613 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61

Ballparks: County Stadium · 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

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over New York Yankees

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1956 / 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Hank Aaron HOF 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 4 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 84 150 1 0 7.5 $ All-Star
Joe Adcock 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 8 65 55 65 56 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.6 $
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 1.8 $
Bob Buhl 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 5 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Lew Burdette 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 8 41 33 41 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.8 $ All-Star
Dick Cole 31 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 6 15 3 15 12 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 -0.5 $
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 0.9 $
Wes Covington 25 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 2 96 87 96 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 89 9 0 2.4 $
Del Crandall 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 7 118 101 118 109 0 102 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 9 11 1 1.3 $
Ray Crone 25 R R 6' 2" 165 Aug 7, 1931 4 11 5 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
John DeMerit 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 8, 1936 1st 33 6 33 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 13 6 15 -0.6 $
Harry Hanebrink 29 L R 6' 0" 165 Nov 12, 1927 2 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
Bob Hazle 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1930 2 41 37 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 40 2 1 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 0.1 $
Ernie Johnson 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 7 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dave Jolly 32 R R 6' 0" 160 Oct 14, 1924 5 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Nippy Jones 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1925 8 30 16 30 21 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0.4 $
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 3.7 $ All-Star
Bobby Malkmus 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Jul 4, 1931 1st 13 5 13 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 -0.3 $
Felix Mantilla 22 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 2 71 44 71 53 0 0 0 13 7 35 0 1 0 1 9 14 0.4 $
Eddie Mathews HOF 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 6 148 147 148 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.2 $ All-Star
Don McMahon 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 4, 1930 1st 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
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 -0.5 $
Danny O'Connell 30 R R 5' 11" 168 Jan 21, 1927 6 48 47 48 48 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Andy Pafko 36 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 15 83 43 83 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 37 69 29 1 0.8 $
Phil Paine 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1930 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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 -1.7 $
Juan Pizarro 20 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 7, 1937 1st 25 10 25 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1.3 $
Del Rice 34 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 13 54 44 54 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.8 $
Mel Roach 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 3 7 1 7 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.1 $
Carl Sawatski 29 L R 5' 10" 210 Nov 4, 1927 5 58 19 58 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0.7 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 34 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 13 93 92 93 92 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Ray Shearer 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 19, 1929 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.1 $
Warren Spahn HOF 36 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 13 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $50,000 All-Star
Chuck Tanner 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1928 3 22 18 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 18 4 0 -0.2 $
Hawk Taylor 18 R R 6' 1" 187 Apr 3, 1939 1st 7 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.0 $
Bobby Thomson 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 12 41 37 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6 0 38 4 0 0.1 $
Frank Torre 25 L L 6' 4" 200 Dec 30, 1931 2 129 85 129 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1.2 $
Bob Trowbridge 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 27, 1930 2 32 16 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Del Crandall
Danny O'Connell
Red Schoendienst
Felix Mantilla
Harry Hanebrink
Del Rice
Joe Adcock
Bob Buhl
Dick Cole
Bob Hazle

Frank Torre
Carl Sawatski
Dave Jolly
Taylor Phillips
John DeMerit
Chuck Tanner
Red Murff
Hawk Taylor
Ray Crone
Don McMahon
Warren Spahn

Gene Conley
Johnny Logan
Phil Paine
Nippy Jones
Bobby Thomson
Harry Hanebrink
Bobby Malkmus
Mel Roach
Bob Trowbridge
Ernie Johnson

Lew Burdette
Juan Pizarro
Bill Bruton
Eddie Mathews
Joey Jay
Wes Covington
Hank Aaron
Andy Pafko

Ray Shearer

1956 / 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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