1957 Milwaukee Braves Statistics and Roster

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1957 Milwaukee Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956/1958)
95-59, Finished 1st in National League
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World Series Champs
Scored 772 runs, Allowed 613 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61
Managed by Fred Haney

Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,215,404 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 90
  (one-year): Batting - 91, Pitching - 88
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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Team Batting Glossary

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        27  118  383   45   97  11  2  15   46  30   38  .253  .308  .410   1   2  13   1   4   2   9   97
1B *Frank Torre         25  129  364   46   99  19  5   5   40  29   19  .272  .339  .393   0   0  10   9   7   2   1  103
2B #Red Schoendienst    34   93  394   56  122  23  4   6   32  23    7  .310  .348  .434   2   3   6   1   7   1   1  116
3B *Eddie Mathews       25  148  572  109  167  28  9  32   94  90   79  .292  .387  .540   3   1   6   0   2   2   5  154
SS  Johnny Logan        30  129  494   59  135  19  7  10   49  31   49  .273  .319  .401   5   0  14   4   8   4   2   98
LF *Wes Covington       25   96  328   51   93   4  8  21   65  29   44  .284  .339  .537   4   1   5   2   5   7   7  138
CF *Bill Bruton         31   79  306   41   85  16  9   5   30  19   35  .278  .317  .438  11   4   2   1   1   5   4  107
RF  Hank Aaron          23  151  615  118  198  27  6  44  132  57   58  .322  .378  .600   1   1  13   0   0   3  15  166
    Andy Pafko          36   83  220   31   61   6  1   8   27  10   22  .277  .308  .423   1   0   6   1   1   3   2  100
    Joe Adcock          29   65  209   31   60  13  2  12   38  20   51  .287  .351  .541   0   0   7   1   0   1   3  143
    Danny O'Connell     30   48  183   29   43   9  1   1    8  19   20  .235  .312  .311   1   0   1   2   2   1   0   74
    Felix Mantilla      22   71  182   28   43   9  1   4   21  14   34  .236  .296  .363   2   0   3   2   1   1   2   82
    Bobby Thomson       33   41  148   15   35   5  3   4   23   8   27  .236  .285  .392   2   1   1   2   2   0   0   86
    Del Rice            34   54  144   15   33   1  1   9   20  17   37  .229  .309  .438   0   0   5   0   1   1   7  104
   *Bob Hazle           26   41  134   26   54  12  0   7   27  18   15  .403  .477  .649   1   3   1   1   2   0   4  209
   *Carl Sawatski       29   58  105   13   25   4  0   6   17  10   15  .238  .316  .448   0   0   2   2   1   0   2  109
    Nippy Jones         32   30   79    5   21   2  1   2    8   3    7  .266  .293  .392   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   88
   *Chuck Tanner        27   22   69    5   17   3  0   2    6   5    4  .246  .297  .377   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   86
    John DeMerit        21   33   34    8    5   0  0   0    1   0    8  .147  .147  .147   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  -18
    Bobby Malkmus       25   13   22    6    2   0  1   0    0   3    3  .091  .200  .182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Dick Cole           31   15   14    1    1   0  0   0    0   3    5  .071  .235  .071   0   0   1   0   2   0   1   -9
   *Harry Hanebrink     29    6    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   87
    Mel Roach           24    7    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -7
    Ray Shearer         27    2    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .500  .667  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  231
    Hawk Taylor         18    7    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Warren Spahn        36   39   94    3   13   2  1   2    8   4   25  .138  .170  .245   0   0   3   0   3   2   0   13
    Lew Burdette        30   41   88   11   13   2  0   2    9   3   22  .148  .183  .239   0   0   4   1   4   1   0   16
    Bob Buhl            28   34   73    4    6   0  0   0    4   6   34  .082  .152  .082   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -32
    Gene Conley         26   35   46    1    9   2  0   0    2   1   14  .196  .213  .239   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   25
    Bob Trowbridge      27   32   39    1    4   0  0   0    0   2   18  .103  .146  .103   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -29
   *Juan Pizarro        20   25   36    5    9   1  0   1    2   1   10  .250  .263  .361   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   71
   *Taylor Phillips     24   27   20    0    2   0  0   0    1   0   12  .100  .100  .100   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -44
    Ernie Johnson       33   30   17    1    6   1  0   1    7   0    3  .353  .353  .588   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  156
    Ray Crone           25   11   11    1    2   1  0   0    0   2    4  .182  .308  .273   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   63
    Don McMahon         27   32    8    1    2   1  0   0    3   2    2  .250  .400  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  117
    Red Murff           36   12    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Dave Jolly          32   23    5    1    3   0  0   0    2   0    1  .600  .600  .600   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  235
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  155 5458  772 1469 221 62 199  722 461  729  .269  .326  .442  35  16 107  30  64  37  66  120
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    1    2   5  1   1        5    6     2     3     1   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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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 *Warren Spahn        36  39   2.69  21  11  3  35   4  18   4  271.0  241   94   81  23   78  111 1111   2   2  0   4 130
SP  Lew Burdette        30  37   3.72  17   9  0  33   3  14   1  256.7  260  117  106  25   59   78 1067   2   2  0   8  94
SP  Bob Buhl            28  34   2.74  18   7  0  31   0  14   2  216.7  191   77   66  15  121  117  926   3   0  0   4 127
SP  Gene Conley         26  35   3.16   9   9  1  18   6   6   1  148.0  133   63   52   9   64   61  629   6   2  0   5 110

CL  Don McMahon         27  32   1.54   2   3  9   0  19   0   0   46.7   33   13    8   0   29   46  200   0   0  0   4 226
RP  Ernie Johnson       33  30   3.88   7   3  4   0  16   0   0   65.0   67   29   28   9   26   44  284   2   1  0   5  90
RP  Dave Jolly          32  23   5.02   1   1  1   0  10   0   0   37.7   37   22   21   4   21   27  170   3   3  0   0  70
RP *Taylor Phillips     24  27   5.55   3   2  2   6   9   0   0   73.0   82   46   45   3   40   36  324   3   1  0   3  63
RP  Bob Trowbridge      27  32   3.64   7   5  1  16   8   3   1  126.0  118   57   51   9   52   75  537   2   1  0   5  96

   *Juan Pizarro        20  24   4.62   5   6  0  10   7   3   0   99.3   99   58   51  16   51   68  440   2   1  0   2  76
    Ray Crone           25  11   4.46   3   1  0   5   3   2   0   42.3   54   23   21   8   15   15  189   0   0  0   2  78
    Red Murff           36  12   4.85   2   2  2   1   8   0   0   26.0   31   14   14   3   11   13  115   0   0  0   1  72
    Phil Paine          27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1    0    0   0    3    2   10   0   0  0   0    
    Joey Jay            21   1   0.00   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    0.7    0    0    0   0    0    0    2   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 155   3.47  95  59 24 155  95  60   9 1411.0 1347  613  544 124  570  693 6004  25  13  0  43 101
    Rank among 8 NL teams           2   1   8  5           1   3      2    2    2        1    7    7

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DCrandall 845 92 102 414 59 6 11 .987 4 11 37 23 DRice 374 44 48 235 14 2 3 .992 1 7 14 8 CSawatski 189 19 28 121 20 2 2 .986 1 8 7 8 HTaylor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1411 155 155 770 93 10 16 .989 6 26 58 39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FTorre 842 85 117 859 71 4 89 .996 9.94 JAdcock 432 55 56 477 30 2 60 .996 10.56 NJones 133 15 20 143 12 1 12 .994 10.49 DCrandall 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 DCole 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 1481 114 7 161 .996 10.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSchoendien 810 92 92 238 282 7 72 .987 5.78 DO'Connell 420 47 48 128 145 5 43 .982 5.85 FMantilla 84 7 13 20 29 1 6 .980 5.25 BMalkmus 47 5 7 16 19 1 4 .972 6.70 DCole 34 3 10 11 9 1 5 .952 5.19 MRoach 15 1 5 4 3 0 0 1.000 4.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 417 487 15 130 .984 5.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 1333 147 147 131 299 16 27 .964 2.90 FMantilla 63 7 7 9 17 0 1 1.000 3.71 HHanebrink 11 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27 DCole 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 141 320 16 28 .966 2.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLogan 1146 125 129 263 440 29 94 .960 5.52 FMantilla 265 30 35 58 90 11 21 .931 5.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 321 530 40 115 .955 5.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WCovington 765 87 89 152 7 3 1 .981 1.87 BThomson 295 32 36 63 2 1 0 .985 1.98 APafko 185 15 31 43 0 1 0 .977 2.09 CTanner 145 18 18 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 JDeMerit 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 RShearer 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DCrandall 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BHazle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 294 9 5 1 .984 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBruton 689 76 79 208 5 4 2 .982 2.78 HAaron 611 69 69 178 3 3 0 .984 2.66 JDeMerit 58 5 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 BThomson 38 5 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 APafko 9 0 1 4 0 1 0 .800 4.00 RSchoendien 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FMantilla 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 425 8 8 2 .982 2.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HAaron 745 81 84 165 6 3 0 .983 2.07 BHazle 323 37 40 56 1 6 0 .905 1.59 APafko 268 28 37 63 1 0 1 1.000 2.15 DCrandall 66 8 9 12 0 1 0 .923 1.64 NJones 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 297 8 10 1 .968 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.29 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HAaron 1356 150 150 346 9 6 0 .983 2.36 WCovington 765 87 89 150 9 3 1 .981 1.87 BBruton 689 76 79 206 5 4 2 .981 2.75 APafko 462 43 69 108 1 2 1 .982 2.12 BThomson 334 37 38 78 2 1 0 .988 2.16 BHazle 324 37 40 57 1 6 0 .906 1.61 CTanner 145 18 18 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 DCrandall 70 9 9 13 0 1 0 .929 1.67 JDeMerit 68 6 13 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 NJones 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 RShearer 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RSchoendien 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FMantilla 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1411 155 155 1015 27 23 4 .978 2.22 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 271 35 39 18 47 0 4 1.000 2.16 LBurdette 256 33 37 22 53 4 3 .949 2.63 BBuhl 216 31 34 14 25 2 2 .951 1.62 GConley 148 18 35 5 27 1 3 .970 1.95 BTrowbridge 126 16 32 13 15 0 1 1.000 2.00 JPizarro 99 10 24 0 15 1 1 .937 1.36 TPhillips 73 6 27 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.22 EJohnson 65 0 30 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.63 DMcMahon 46 0 32 1 5 1 1 .857 1.16 RCrone 42 5 11 3 10 0 2 1.000 2.77 DJolly 37 0 23 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.91 RMurff 26 1 12 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.77 PPaine 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 JJay 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 12.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 155 155 88 240 9 19 .973 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Aaron .322

On-base % Mathews .387

Slugging % Aaron .600

OPS Aaron .978

Games Aaron 151

At Bats Aaron 615

Plate Appearances (approx.) Aaron 675

Runs Aaron 118

Hits Aaron 198

Total Bases Aaron 369

Doubles Mathews 28

Triples Bruton and Mathews 9

Home Runs Aaron 44

RBI Aaron 132

Bases on Balls Mathews 90

Strikeouts Mathews 79

Stolen Bases Bruton 11

Singles Aaron 121

Adjusted OPS+ Aaron 166

Runs Created Aaron 136

Adjusted Batting Runs Aaron 55

Batting Wins Aaron 5.3

Extra-Base Hits Aaron 77

Times on Base Mathews 257

Offensive Win% Aaron .753

Hit By Pitch Torre 9

Sac. Hits Logan 8

Sac. Flies Covington 7

Intentional Walks Aaron 15

Grounded into Double Plays Logan 14

Caught Stealing Bruton 4

Power/Speed Number Bruton 6.9

At Bats per Strikeout Aaron 10.6

At Bats per Home Run Aaron 14.0

Outs Aaron 434

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Spahn 2.69

Wins Spahn 21

Won-Loss % Buhl .720

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.177

Hits Allowed/9IP Buhl 7.93

Bases on Balls/9IP Burdette 2.07

Strikeouts/9IP Buhl 4.86

Games Spahn 39

Saves McMahon 9

Innings Spahn 271.0

Strikeouts Buhl 117

Games Started Spahn 35

Comp. Games Spahn 18

Shutouts Spahn 4

Home Runs Allow. Burdette 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Buhl 121

Hits Allowed Burdette 260

SO to Walk Spahn 1.42

Losses Spahn 11

Earned Runs Allow. Burdette 106

Wild Pitches Conley 6

Hit Batsmen Jolly 3

Batters Faced Spahn 1111

Games Finished McMahon 19

Adjusted ERA+ Spahn 130

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Hank Aaron (Starting RF)
Lew Burdette
Johnny Logan
Eddie Mathews
Red Schoendienst
Warren Spahn

1956/1958

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