1959 Milwaukee Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1959 Milwaukee Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Del Crandall	29	150	581	518	65	133	19	2	21	72	5	1	46	48	.257	.318	.423	.741	103	219	24	3	9	5	8
2	1B	Joe Adcock	31	115	444	404	53	118	19	2	25	76	0	0	32	77	.292	.339	.535	.874	137	216	8	0	2	6	6
3	2B	Bobby Avila	35	51	204	172	29	41	3	2	3	19	3	0	24	31	.238	.330	.331	.661	84	57	1	0	7	1	0
4	SS	Johnny Logan	32	138	540	470	59	137	17	0	13	50	1	3	57	45	.291	.369	.411	.780	115	193	12	3	6	4	9
5	3B	Eddie Mathews*	27	148	682	594	118	182	16	8	46	114	2	1	80	71	.306	.390	.593	.983	167	352	6	3	3	2	2
6	LF	Wes Covington*	27	103	405	373	38	104	17	3	7	45	0	1	26	41	.279	.329	.397	.726	100	148	13	3	1	2	8
7	CF	Bill Bruton*	33	133	522	478	72	138	22	6	6	41	13	5	35	54	.289	.338	.397	.735	103	190	9	1	7	1	2
8	RF	Hank Aaron	25	154	693	629	116	223	46	7	39	123	8	0	51	54	.355	.401	.636	1.037	181	400	19	4	0	9	17
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	1B	Frank Torre*	27	115	307	263	23	60	15	1	1	33	0	0	35	12	.228	.321	.304	.625	74	80	5	3	2	4	6
10	MI	Felix Mantilla	24	103	274	251	26	54	5	0	3	19	6	1	16	31	.215	.266	.271	.537	49	68	8	2	3	2	1
11	OF	Andy Pafko	38	71	158	142	17	31	8	2	1	15	0	0	14	15	.218	.293	.324	.617	71	46	4	1	1	0	1
12	OF	Lee Maye*	24	51	150	140	17	42	5	1	4	16	2	2	7	26	.300	.338	.436	.774	112	61	2	1	2	0	2
13	2B	Johnny O'Brien	28	44	133	116	16	23	4	0	1	8	0	0	11	15	.198	.271	.259	.530	48	30	3	1	4	1	1
14	UT	Mickey Vernon*	41	74	99	91	8	20	4	0	3	14	0	0	7	20	.220	.283	.363	.645	77	33	2	1	0	0	1
15	2B	Casey Wise#	26	22	86	76	11	13	2	0	1	5	0	0	10	5	.171	.267	.237	.504	41	18	3	0	0	0	0
16	UT	Stan Lopata	33	25	51	48	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	13	.104	.157	.104	.261	-26	5	1	0	0	0	0
17	UT	Mel Roach	26	19	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.097	.152	.097	.248	-29	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	C	Del Rice	36	13	32	29	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.207	.250	.207	.457	28	6	2	0	0	1	0
19	2B	Chuck Cottier	23	10	28	24	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.125	.222	.167	.389	10	4	0	0	1	0	0
20	2B	Joe Morgan*	28	13	26	23	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.217	.280	.261	.541	51	6	1	0	1	0	0
21	OF	Jim Pisoni	29	9	26	24	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.167	.231	.208	.439	23	5	1	0	0	0	0
22	LF	Enos Slaughter*	43	11	21	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	1B	Ray Boone	35	13	20	15	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	.200	.368	.400	.768	113	6	1	0	1	0	0
24	OF	Al Spangler*	25	6	14	12	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.417	.462	.583	1.045	187	7	0	0	1	0	0
25	OF	John DeMerit	23	11	6	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	52	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	2B	Red Schoendienst#	36	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
27	P	Lew Burdette	32	52	113	104	14	21	7	1	0	8	0	0	3	36	.202	.231	.288	.520	43	30	0	1	5	0	0
28	P	Warren Spahn*	38	40	112	104	11	24	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	28	.231	.243	.298	.541	49	31	2	0	1	4	0
29	P	Bob Buhl	30	31	74	70	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	38	.057	.083	.057	.140	-60	4	1	0	2	0	0
30	P	Juan Pizarro*	22	29	46	41	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	14	.122	.159	.171	.330	-9	7	0	0	2	1	0
31	P	Carl Willey	28	26	41	39	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	22	.103	.125	.128	.253	-30	5	1	0	1	0	0
32	P	Joey Jay#	23	34	38	35	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.086	.135	.086	.221	-37	3	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Bob Rush	33	31	33	32	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.188	.188	.188	.375	4	6	1	0	1	0	0
34	P	Don McMahon	29	60	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.222	.300	.222	.522	47	2	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Trowbridge	29	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bob Giggie	25	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Bob Hartman	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.3	157	6010	5388	724	1426	216	36	177	683	41	14	488	765	.265	.326	.417	.743	104	2245	130	27	64	43	64
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	3	5	6	1		5	8	5	5	3	4	2	2		2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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						1	1	6	2	5	2	2	1	2		4
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

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron	25	162	154	1368.2	296	269	22	5	3	.983	-4.2	-3.7	-8.2	-8.3	0.1	4	0		1.91	1.80						RF-CF-3B
Joe Adcock	31	110	105	874.1	893	805	81	7	67	.992	7.6	10.4	9.6	3.7	5.9	-2	0		9.12	8.05						1B-LF
Bobby Avila	35	51	45	410.2	242	103	131	8	21	.967	-6.0	-17.5	-5.0	-6.9	1.9		-1		5.13	4.59						2B
Ray Boone	35	3	3	21.0	20	19	1	0	4	1.000	0.7	40.0	0.7	0.7	0.0		0		8.57	6.67						1B
Bill Bruton	33	133	114	1045.1	314	305	6	3	2	.990	-2.3	-2.6	-1.3	-0.6	-0.6	-1			2.68	2.34						CF
Bob Buhl	30	31	25	198.0	65	21	43	1	4	.985									2.91	2.06						P
Lew Burdette	32	41	39	289.2	69	21	47	1	6	.986									2.11	1.66						P
Chuck Cottier	23	10	9	75.2	41	18	22	1	2	.976	-0.7	-11.1	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2		0		4.76	4.00						2B
Wes Covington	27	94	93	814.2	157	146	5	6	2	.962	-11.5	-16.9	-10.5	-5.1	-5.4	-1			1.67	1.61						LF
Del Crandall	29	146	142	1271.2	859	783	71	5	15	.994	12.0	11.3						12	6.04	5.85	2	22	28	32	53%	C
John DeMerit	23	4	1	15.2	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0.1	7.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0			4.02	1.75						CF-LF
Bob Giggie	25	13	0	20.0	8	0	8	0	0	1.000									3.60	0.62						P
Bob Hartman	21	3	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Joey Jay	23	34	19	136.1	43	13	28	2	3	.953									2.71	1.21						P
Johnny Logan	32	138	137	1201.0	709	260	431	18	78	.975	2.1	2.1	4.1	1.0	3.1		-2		5.18	5.01						SS
Stan Lopata	33	13	9	83.1	49	49	0	0	1	1.000	-1.8	-25.9	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1		0	-1	5.29	3.77	1	1	6	0	0%	C-1B
Felix Mantilla	24	99	71	645.0	364	136	211	17	40	.953	-6.3	-11.7	-5.3	-2.5	-2.9	0	-1		4.84	3.51						2B-SS-3B-CF-LF
Eddie Mathews	27	148	148	1315.2	467	144	305	18	21	.961	-2.4	-2.2	-2.4	0.5	-2.9		0		3.07	3.03						3B
Lee Maye	24	45	37	318.0	83	78	3	2	1	.976	1.4	5.3	3.4	0.7	2.7	-2			2.29	1.80						LF-RF
Don McMahon	29	60	0	80.2	16	4	10	2	0	.875									1.56	0.23						P
Joe Morgan	28	7	4	37.0	23	9	12	2	1	.913	-1.8	-58.4	-0.8	-1.9	1.1		-1		5.11	3.00						2B
Johnny O'Brien	28	37	34	296.0	155	70	83	2	24	.987	1.0	4.1	1.0	0.8	0.2		0		4.65	4.14						2B
Andy Pafko	38	71	35	343.1	92	89	1	2	0	.978	2.8	9.8	3.8	1.4	2.4	-1			2.36	1.27						LF-CF-RF
Jim Pisoni	29	10	5	53.0	18	16	1	1	0	.944	-0.3	-6.8	-0.3	-1.0	0.7	0			2.89	1.70						CF-LF
Juan Pizarro	22	29	14	133.2	25	7	18	0	0	1.000									1.68	0.86						P
Del Rice	36	9	8	63.2	45	42	1	2	1	.956	-1.0	-18.8						-1	6.08	4.78	2	2	1	0	0%	C
Mel Roach	26	13	7	62.2	33	12	16	5	2	.848	-3.7	-70.9	-3.7	-2.6	-1.1	0	0		4.02	2.15						2B-LF-3B
Bob Rush	33	31	9	101.1	25	9	13	3	0	.880									1.95	0.71						P
Red Schoendienst	36	4	0	6.1	3	1	1	1	0	.667	-1.1	-208.4	-1.1	-1.4	0.3		0		2.84	0.50						2B
Enos Slaughter	43	5	5	27.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1.4	-62.2	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	-1			1.67	1.00						LF
Warren Spahn	38	40	36	292.0	62	14	45	3	4	.952									1.82	1.48						P
Al Spangler	25	4	2	23.2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0			2.28	1.50						CF-LF
Frank Torre	27	87	63	591.0	672	622	46	4	43	.994	-0.8	-1.6	-0.8	1.6	-2.5		0		10.17	7.68						1B
Bob Trowbridge	29	16	0	30.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000									1.19	0.25						P
Mickey Vernon	41	14	7	79.0	71	65	4	2	3	.972	1.0	15.2	2.0	0.4	1.6	-1	0		7.86	4.93						1B-LF-RF
Carl Willey	28	26	15	117.0	23	5	17	1	0	.957									1.69	0.85						P
Casey Wise	26	25	18	162.0	95	48	44	3	15	.968	-4.2	-31.1	-4.2	-3.5	-0.8		0		5.11	3.68						2B-SS
Team Totals	29.2	157	1413	12606.0	6061	4202	1732	127	363	.979	-20.8	-2.0	-20.8	-24.3	3.3	-5	-5	10	4.24	3.39	5	25	35	32	48%
Rank in 8 NL teams								7	6	2
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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