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1959 Milwaukee Braves Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
86-70, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 724 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-67
Manager: Fred Haney (86-70)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,749,112 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 90;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93
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1958 / 1960 Pitching Statistics

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* 38 21 15 .583 2.96 40 36 3 21 4 0 292.0 282 106 96 21 70 9 143 1 0 2 1203 120 1.205 8.7 0.6 2.2 4.4 2.04
2 SP Lew Burdette 32 21 15 .583 4.07 41 39 2 20 4 1 289.2 312 144 131 38 38 3 105 1 0 2 1193 87 1.208 9.7 1.2 1.2 3.3 2.76
3 SP Bob Buhl 30 15 9 .625 2.86 31 25 2 12 4 0 198.0 181 76 63 19 74 3 105 2 0 4 832 124 1.288 8.2 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.42
4 SP Joey Jay 23 6 11 .353 4.09 34 19 5 4 1 0 136.1 130 71 62 11 64 6 88 5 0 1 601 87 1.423 8.6 0.7 4.2 5.8 1.38
5 SP Carl Willey 28 5 9 .357 4.15 26 15 4 5 2 0 117.0 126 60 54 12 31 4 51 2 0 4 503 86 1.342 9.7 0.9 2.4 3.9 1.65
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 Don McMahon 29 5 3 .625 2.57 60 0 49 0 0 15 80.2 81 26 23 5 37 5 55 1 1 3 359 138 1.463 9.0 0.6 4.1 6.1 1.49
7 RP Juan Pizarro* 22 6 2 .750 3.77 29 14 4 6 2 0 133.2 117 61 56 13 70 3 126 8 0 4 578 94 1.399 7.9 0.9 4.7 8.5 1.80
8 RP Bob Rush 33 5 6 .455 2.40 31 9 6 1 1 0 101.1 102 39 27 5 23 2 64 1 0 2 427 148 1.234 9.1 0.4 2.0 5.7 2.78
9 RP Bob Trowbridge 29 1 0 1.000 5.93 16 0 6 0 0 1 30.1 45 25 20 2 10 2 22 0 0 3 146 60 1.813 13.4 0.6 3.0 6.5 2.20
10 RP Bob Giggie 25 1 0 1.000 4.05 13 0 7 0 0 1 20.0 24 10 9 2 10 0 15 0 1 0 88 88 1.700 10.8 0.9 4.5 6.8 1.50
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 Bob Hartman* 21 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 13 4.800 32.4 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
Team Totals 30.5 86 70 .551 3.51 157 157 88 69 18 18 1400.2 1406 623 546 128 429 37 775 21 2 25 5943 101 1.310 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.81
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 2 1 1 6 2 5 2 2 1 2 6526
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Bob Buhl 30 198.0 46% 2.3% 12.6% 8.9% 5.8% 27% 1.32 75% 137 13 9%
Lew Burdette 32 289.2 45% 3.2% 8.8% 3.2% 7.5% 29% 1.21 84% 214 28 13%
Bob Giggie 25 20.0 40% 2.3% 17.1% 11.4% 8.0% 29% 2.90 66% 20 5 25%
*Bob Hartman 21 1.2 54% 0.0% 7.7% 15.4% 0.0% 0% 1.00 77% 4 0 0%
Joey Jay 23 136.1 47% 1.8% 14.6% 10.7% 3.7% 17% 1.06 71% 119 10 8%
Don McMahon 29 80.2 47% 1.4% 15.5% 10.4% 4.8% 21% 0.60 71% 72 5 7%
*Juan Pizarro 22 133.2 70% 2.3% 21.8% 12.1% 6.4% 32% 0.80 62% 100 9 9%
Bob Rush 33 101.1 49% 1.2% 15.0% 5.4% 6.6% 28% 1.03 78% 69 6 9%
*Warren Spahn 38 292.0 75% 1.7% 11.9% 5.8% 6.1% 26% 1.14 79% 207 18 9%
Bob Trowbridge 29 30.1 43% 1.4% 15.1% 6.9% 6.9% 22% 1.12 74% 37 2 5%
Carl Willey 28 117.0 44% 2.4% 10.1% 6.1% 6.7% 27% 0.83 80% 102 4 4%
League Average 52% 2.4% 13.7% 8.4% 6.9% 30% 1.04 74% 10%
Team Total 54% 2.2% 13.0% 7.2% 6.2% 26% 1.08 76% 1081 100 9%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bob Buhl 30 198.0 31 832 745 76 181 25 4 19 2 11 74 105 .243 .312 .364 .676 .260 271 13 2 9 2 3
Lew Burdette 32 289.2 41 1193 1141 144 312 44 7 38 3 6 38 105 .273 .295 .424 .719 .272 484 28 1 4 9 3
Bob Giggie 25 20.0 13 88 75 10 24 4 1 2 0 2 10 15 .320 .400 .480 .880 .379 36 5 0 3 0 0
*Bob Hartman 21 1.2 3 13 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .545 .615 .545 1.161 .600 6 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Jay 23 136.1 34 601 524 71 130 10 1 11 8 1 64 88 .248 .334 .334 .668 .279 175 10 5 6 2 6
Don McMahon 29 80.2 60 356 310 26 81 10 2 5 3 1 37 55 .261 .338 .355 .693 .299 110 5 1 4 4 5
*Juan Pizarro 22 133.2 29 577 492 61 117 23 1 13 4 5 70 126 .238 .341 .368 .709 .293 181 9 8 5 2 3
Bob Rush 33 101.1 31 427 398 39 102 20 3 5 9 2 23 64 .256 .297 .359 .656 .293 143 6 1 3 2 2
*Warren Spahn 38 292.0 40 1206 1118 106 282 45 8 21 1 2 70 143 .252 .296 .363 .659 .272 406 18 1 13 4 9
Bob Trowbridge 29 30.1 16 146 131 25 45 8 0 2 0 0 10 22 .344 .387 .450 .838 .398 59 2 0 4 1 2
Carl Willey 28 117.0 26 506 463 60 126 21 1 12 5 2 31 51 .272 .317 .400 .717 .281 185 4 2 5 5 4
League Average .261 .326 .401 .728 .283
Team Total 324 5945 5408 623 1406 210 28 128 35 32 429 775 .260 .315 .380 .695 .282 2056 100 21 56 31 37
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Bob Buhl 30 198.0 31 25 15 8 2 1 2 15 10 .600 1 1 12 4 16 64% 57 85 13 16 6 12 5 5.1 5.1 7.5
Lew Burdette 32 289.2 41 39 21 15 3 5 5 22 17 .564 2 0 20 4 21 54% 51 85 16 17 12 23 3 5.1 5.2 7.4
Joey Jay 23 136.1 34 19 5 9 5 1 5 7 12 .368 0 4 4 1 11 58% 50 75 19 26 8 7 10 3.9 4.3 5.7
*Juan Pizarro 22 133.2 29 14 6 2 6 0 1 9 5 .643 1 3 6 2 7 50% 57 92 29 23 12 6 3 5.5 5.3 6.5
Bob Rush 33 101.1 31 9 2 4 3 0 2 3 5 .375 1 0 1 1 5 56% 49 85 26 13 5 5 2 3.9 4.1 5.7
*Warren Spahn 38 292.0 40 36 21 12 3 4 3 23 13 .639 0 5 21 4 23 64% 58 82 22 17 4 20 5 4.6 4.4 7.8
Carl Willey 28 117.0 26 15 5 7 3 1 1 7 8 .467 0 0 5 2 6 40% 50 81 29 13 3 7 5 4.0 5.1 6.4
League Average .498 51% 51 107 4 4.5 4.3 6.4
Team Total 324 157 75 57 25 12 19 86 70 .551 5 13 69 18 89 57% 54 92 13 142 58 80 33 4.7 4.8 7.0
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Bob Buhl 30 198.0 31 6 2 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 1 0 0% 7 1.074 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 5 3 1 3 1 5.5
Lew Burdette 32 289.2 41 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 0.984 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2.5
Bob Giggie 25 20.0 13 13 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 0.210 0 0 11 0 0 12 2 10 6 2 6 0 4.6
*Bob Hartman 21 1.2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.658 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.7
Joey Jay 23 136.1 34 15 5 1 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 13 4 31% 5 1.017 5 1 8 2 3 9 9 5 9 2 9 1 5.6
Don McMahon 29 80.2 60 60 49 5 3 15 15 1 100% 18 0 44 21 48% 8 1.496 23 10 23 18 8 30 21 35 24 12 24 17 4.0
*Juan Pizarro 22 133.2 29 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 38% 3 0.945 4 2 9 0 2 13 8 7 14 0 14 1 8.5
Bob Rush 33 101.1 31 22 6 3 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 31 8 26% 5 1.040 9 4 9 3 4 15 13 9 15 2 16 3 6.9
*Warren Spahn 38 292.0 40 4 3 0 3 2 0 2 0% 2 0 6 1 17% 7 1.112 4 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 8.5
Bob Trowbridge 29 30.1 16 16 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 11 5 45% 6 0.591 3 5 8 4 0 12 5 11 11 2 11 2 5.7
Carl Willey 28 117.0 26 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 54% 1 1.012 0 3 8 1 1 9 7 4 7 3 7 0 5.6
League Average 65% 38% 1.048 5.2
Team Total 324 167 88 11 13 24 18 8 75% 28 0 144 58 40% 1.037 51 27 81 33 21 106 71 89 92 28 93 27 5.4
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Bob Buhl 30 198.0 769 181 19 1 14 8 11 9 10 24 17 1 71% 12 4 0 274 2 11 15% 1 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 63
Lew Burdette 32 289.2 1186 312 38 1 9 26 12 21 17 45 31 3 69% 15 2 0 416 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 7
Bob Giggie 25 20.0 84 24 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 1 2 17% 2 0 0 44 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
*Bob Hartman 21 1.2 13 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Jay 23 136.1 563 130 11 1 17 4 6 5 5 27 14 3 52% 11 1 1 225 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 38
Don McMahon 29 80.2 339 81 5 0 22 2 3 1 4 31 16 4 52% 7 3 0 141 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 17
*Juan Pizarro 22 133.2 487 117 13 0 19 11 1 3 9 22 10 8 45% 6 4 1 193 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 6 0 11 91
Bob Rush 33 101.1 427 102 5 0 18 4 1 3 2 23 9 6 39% 9 2 0 155 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
*Warren Spahn 38 292.0 1171 282 21 1 17 18 2 11 9 44 19 4 43% 13 2 1 438 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 7 35
Bob Trowbridge 29 30.1 146 45 2 0 5 0 2 1 1 13 5 3 38% 3 3 2 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Carl Willey 28 117.0 478 126 12 0 5 8 3 8 3 22 9 1 41% 5 4 0 202 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 28
League Average 50% 62%
Team Total 5663 1406 128 4 128 82 42 62 62 258 131 35 51% 83 25 5 2161 35 32 52% 32 29 3 2 0 1 15 0 81 283
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Bob Buhl 30 12 9 .571 3.42 195.0 201 82 74 21 82 103 2 1.451 9.3 3.8 4.8 1.26 1.0 31 31
Lew Burdette 32 13 18 .419 4.81 286.0 347 170 153 42 42 104 1 1.360 10.9 1.3 3.3 2.48 1.3 41 41
Bob Giggie 25 1 1 .500 5.00 18.0 26 11 10 2 11 14 0 2.056 13.0 5.5 7.0 1.27 1.0 13 13
*Bob Hartman 21 0 0 27.00 2.0 7 7 6 0 2 1 0 4.500 31.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 3 3
Joey Jay 23 6 9 .400 4.87 135.0 145 81 73 12 71 87 6 1.600 9.7 4.7 5.8 1.23 0.8 34 34
Don McMahon 29 5 3 .625 3.04 80.0 91 30 27 6 42 55 1 1.663 10.2 4.7 6.2 1.31 0.7 60 60
*Juan Pizarro 22 6 8 .429 4.50 130.0 129 72 65 14 77 123 9 1.585 8.9 5.3 8.5 1.60 1.0 29 29
Bob Rush 33 7 4 .636 2.82 102.0 113 36 32 6 25 64 1 1.353 10.0 2.2 5.6 2.56 0.5 31 31
*Warren Spahn 38 18 14 .563 3.49 289.0 311 124 112 23 77 142 1 1.343 9.7 2.4 4.4 1.84 0.7 40 40
Bob Trowbridge 29 1 2 .333 7.20 30.0 51 27 24 2 11 22 0 2.067 15.3 3.3 6.6 2.00 0.6 16 16
Carl Willey 28 5 7 .417 4.85 117.0 140 70 63 13 34 51 2 1.487 10.8 2.6 3.9 1.50 1.0 26 26
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
Bob Buhl 30 7 84 52 .618 3.14 213 158 22 63 13 5 1170.2 1054 480 409 84 577 19 592 11 2 21 5020 115 1.393 8.1 0.6 4.4 4.6 1.03 115
Lew Burdette 32 10 126 82 .606 3.39 333 230 62 104 21 17 1863.2 1886 792 701 160 442 34 661 29 3 15 7741 107 1.249 9.1 0.8 2.1 3.2 1.50 107
Bob Giggie 25 1 1 0 1.000 4.05 13 0 7 0 0 1 20.0 24 10 9 2 10 0 15 0 1 0 88 88 1.700 10.8 0.9 4.5 6.8 1.50 88
*Bob Hartman 21 1 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 13 4.800 32.4 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50 13
Joey Jay 23 6 15 16 .484 3.46 83 34 24 11 5 1 280.2 240 120 108 23 141 11 182 7 0 6 1201 103 1.357 7.7 0.7 4.5 5.8 1.29 103
Don McMahon 29 3 14 8 .636 2.66 130 0 96 0 0 32 186.0 164 64 55 9 95 14 138 3 1 4 809 132 1.392 7.9 0.4 4.6 6.7 1.45 132
*Juan Pizarro 22 3 17 12 .586 3.71 69 34 15 16 3 1 329.2 291 155 136 41 168 5 278 13 1 12 1426 95 1.392 7.9 1.1 4.6 7.6 1.65 95
Bob Rush 33 12 125 152 .451 3.63 398 321 31 118 16 7 2381.1 2287 1109 961 171 779 27 1224 34 1 50 10085 110 1.288 8.6 0.6 2.9 4.6 1.57 110
*Warren Spahn 38 15 267 172 .608 2.95 531 476 46 287 47 23 3813.0 3437 1410 1250 289 1084 36 1926 26 5 60 15643 125 1.186 8.1 0.7 2.6 4.5 1.78 125
Bob Trowbridge 29 4 12 10 .545 3.78 94 24 34 4 1 3 262.0 254 123 110 19 122 12 168 4 0 8 1145 93 1.435 8.7 0.7 4.2 5.8 1.38 93
Carl Willey 28 2 14 16 .467 3.36 49 34 4 14 6 0 257.0 236 104 96 26 84 8 125 4 0 7 1076 105 1.245 8.3 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.49 105
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


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