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1959 Milwaukee Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

86-70, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Haney (86-70)
Scored 724 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-67

Ballparks: County Stadium · 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 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 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 13 144 152 0 0 8.8 $40,000 All-Star
Joe Adcock 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 10 115 105 115 107 0 0 89 0 0 0 21 0 0 21 10 0 3.5 $
Bobby Avila 35 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 11 51 45 51 51 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.4 $
Ray Boone 35 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 12 13 3 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.2 $
Bill Bruton 33 L R 6' 0" 169 Nov 9, 1925 7 133 114 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 133 7 1 1.9 $
Bob Buhl 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 7 31 25 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Lew Burdette 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 10 52 39 52 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.1 $36,000 All-Star
Chuck Cottier 23 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 18, 1936 1st 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Wes Covington 27 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 4 103 93 103 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 94 10 0 -0.8 $
Del Crandall 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 9 150 142 150 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3.7 $ All-Star
John DeMerit 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 8, 1936 3 11 1 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 8 0.0 $
Bob Giggie 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 13, 1933 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Hartman 21 R L 5' 11" 185 Aug 28, 1937 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Joey Jay 23 B R 6' 4" 228 Aug 15, 1935 6 34 19 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Johnny Logan 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 9 138 137 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Stan Lopata 33 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 12, 1925 12 25 9 25 13 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -1.0 $
Felix Mantilla 24 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 4 103 71 103 94 0 0 0 58 9 25 1 6 0 7 6 15 -1.3 $
Eddie Mathews HOF 27 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 8 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 $ All-Star
Lee Maye 24 L R 6' 2" 190 Dec 11, 1934 1st 51 37 51 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 19 44 7 3 0.7 $
Don McMahon 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 4, 1930 3 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Joe Morgan 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 19, 1930 1st 13 4 13 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.3 $
Johnny O'Brien 28 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 6 44 34 44 37 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 -0.2 $
Andy Pafko 38 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 17 71 35 71 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 22 8 64 16 1 0.1 $
Jim Pisoni 29 R R 5' 10" 169 Aug 14, 1929 4 9 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 9 1 1 -0.1 $
Juan Pizarro 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 7, 1937 3 29 14 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Del Rice 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 15 13 8 13 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.4 $
Mel Roach 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 5 19 7 19 13 0 0 0 8 1 0 4 0 0 4 6 0 -0.9 $
Bob Rush 33 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 21, 1925 12 31 9 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 36 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 15 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 43 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 19 11 5 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 0 -0.2 $
Warren Spahn HOF 38 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 15 40 36 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $65,000 All-Star
Al Spangler 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 1st 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 3 1 0.2 $
Frank Torre 27 L L 6' 4" 200 Dec 30, 1931 4 115 63 115 87 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 -0.7 $
Bob Trowbridge 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 27, 1930 4 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Mickey Vernon 41 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 19 74 7 74 13 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 65 0 -0.1 $
Carl Willey 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 6, 1931 2 26 15 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Casey Wise 26 B R 6' 0" 170 Sep 8, 1932 3 22 18 22 22 0 0 0 20 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1.1 $
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
Red Schoendienst
Stan Lopata
Del Rice
Joe Adcock
Bob Buhl
Bobby Avila
Johnny O'Brien
Mel Roach

Chuck Cottier
Frank Torre
Mickey Vernon
Carl Willey
Bob Rush
Felix Mantilla
Ray Boone
Joe Morgan
Casey Wise
Don McMahon

Warren Spahn
Johnny Logan
Lee Maye
Jim Pisoni
Enos Slaughter
Al Spangler
John DeMerit
Bob Trowbridge
Bob Hartman
Bob Giggie

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

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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