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1959 Milwaukee Braves

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .735 102 190 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 70 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 .768 112 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 5 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 3 359 139 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 95 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 2 427 149 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 61 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 90 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 17 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 102 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 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 CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 25 154 154 144 1368.2 297 270 22 5 3 .983 -4 -4 1.92 1.80 RF-CF-3B
Joe Adcock 31 107 105 71 874.1 893 805 81 7 67 .992 8 10 9.12 8.05 1B-LF
Bobby Avila 35 51 45 41 410.2 242 103 131 8 21 .967 -6 -18 5.13 4.59 2B
Ray Boone 35 3 3 1 21.0 20 19 1 0 4 1.000 1 40 8.57 6.67 1B
Bill Bruton 33 133 114 105 1045.1 309 300 6 3 2 .990 -2 -3 2.63 2.30 CF
Bob Buhl 30 31 25 12 198.0 65 21 43 1 4 .985 2.91 2.06 2 11 85% 0 P
Lew Burdette 32 41 39 20 289.2 69 21 47 1 6 .986 2.11 1.66 3 6 67% 0 P
Chuck Cottier 23 10 9 7 75.2 41 18 22 1 2 .976 -1 -11 4.76 4.00 2B
Wes Covington 27 94 93 84 814.2 155 144 5 6 2 .961 -12 -17 1.65 1.59 LF
Del Crandall 29 146 142 139 1271.2 859 783 71 5 15 .994 12 11 6.04 5.85 2 23 29 32 52% 5 C
John DeMerit 23 4 1 1 15.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 4.02 1.75 CF-LF
Bob Giggie 25 13 0 0 20.0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 3.60 0.62 0 2 100% 0 P
Bob Hartman 21 3 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Joey Jay 23 34 19 4 136.1 43 13 28 2 3 .953 2.71 1.21 8 1 11% 1 P
Johnny Logan 32 138 137 132 1201.0 709 260 431 18 78 .975 2 2 5.18 5.01 SS
Stan Lopata 33 13 9 7 83.1 49 49 0 0 1 1.000 -2 -26 5.29 3.77 1 1 6 0 0% 0 C-1B
Felix Mantilla 24 94 71 49 645.0 364 136 211 17 40 .953 -6 -12 4.84 3.51 2B-SS-3B-CF-LF
Eddie Mathews 27 148 148 146 1315.2 467 144 305 18 21 .961 -2 -2 3.07 3.03 3B
Lee Maye 24 44 37 20 318.0 79 74 3 2 1 .975 1 5 2.18 1.71 LF-RF
Don McMahon 29 60 0 0 80.2 16 4 10 2 0 .875 1.56 0.23 3 1 25% 0 P
Joe Morgan 28 7 4 3 37.0 23 9 12 2 1 .913 -2 -58 5.11 3.00 2B
Johnny O'Brien 28 37 34 22 296.0 155 70 83 2 24 .987 1 4 4.65 4.14 2B
Andy Pafko 38 64 35 18 343.1 92 89 1 2 0 .978 3 10 2.36 1.27 LF-CF-RF
Jim Pisoni 29 9 5 3 53.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 -0 -7 2.89 1.70 CF-LF
Juan Pizarro 22 29 14 6 133.2 25 7 18 0 0 1.000 1.68 0.86 4 5 56% 4 P
Del Rice 36 9 8 4 63.2 45 42 1 2 1 .956 -1 -19 6.08 4.78 2 2 1 0 0% 1 C
Mel Roach 26 13 7 4 62.2 33 12 16 5 2 .848 -4 -71 4.02 2.15 2B-LF-3B
Bob Rush 33 31 9 1 101.1 25 9 13 3 0 .880 1.95 0.71 9 2 18% 1 P
Red Schoendienst 36 4 0 0 6.1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -1 -208 2.84 0.50 2B
Enos Slaughter 43 5 5 1 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -62 1.67 1.00 LF
Warren Spahn 38 40 36 21 292.0 62 14 45 3 4 .952 1.82 1.48 1 2 67% 1 P
Al Spangler 25 4 2 2 23.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.28 1.50 CF-LF
Frank Torre 27 87 63 55 591.0 672 622 46 4 43 .994 -1 -2 10.17 7.68 1B
Bob Trowbridge 29 16 0 0 30.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.25 0 0 0 P
Mickey Vernon 41 13 7 4 79.0 71 65 4 2 3 .972 1 15 7.86 4.93 1B-LF-RF
Carl Willey 28 26 15 5 117.0 23 5 17 1 0 .957 1.69 0.85 5 2 29% 0 P
Casey Wise 26 22 18 15 162.0 95 48 44 3 15 .968 -4 -31 5.11 3.68 2B-SS
Team Totals 29.2 157 1413 1147 12606.0 6061 4202 1732 127 363 .979 -21 -2 4.24 3.39 5 26 36 32 47% 13
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 6 2
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 25 693 69 7 -2 0 -4 -7 22 84 8.8 89 9.3 -0.5 $40,000 Free Agency *98/5
Joe Adcock 31 444 19 -2 2 -1 8 -6 15 34 3.5 27 2.8 0.7 $ Traded 37
Bobby Avila 35 204 -4 1 3 1 -6 2 7 4 0.4 10 1.0 -0.6 $ Waivers 4
Ray Boone 35 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Waivers /3
Bill Bruton* 33 523 0 5 -2 1 -2 -1 18 19 1.9 21 2.2 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Bob Buhl 30 74 -17 0 -1 0 0 0 3 -15 -1.7 -15 -1.6 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Lew Burdette 32 113 -9 0 1 0 0 0 4 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $36,000 Traded 1
Chuck Cottier 23 28 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Unknown 4
Wes Covington* 27 405 -2 -2 1 -2 -12 -5 14 -8 -0.8 4 0.4 -1.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 7
Del Crandall 29 582 -1 1 0 -4 12 9 20 37 3.7 25 2.6 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
John DeMerit 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby /78
Bob Giggie 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Joey Jay# 23 38 -7 0 0 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby 1
Johnny Logan 32 540 11 2 -2 -2 2 9 19 39 3.9 37 3.9 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Stan Lopata 33 51 -9 0 0 0 -2 0 2 -9 -1.0 -7 -0.7 -0.3 $ Traded 2/3
Felix Mantilla 24 274 -19 0 1 0 -6 3 9 -12 -1.3 -6 -0.6 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent 46/587
Eddie Mathews* 27 682 57 -2 -2 1 -2 2 21 75 7.8 77 8.0 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Lee Maye* 24 150 2 0 0 0 1 -2 5 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 79
Don McMahon 29 10 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Joe Morgan* 28 26 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent /4
Johnny O'Brien 28 133 -9 0 1 0 1 1 5 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 4
Andy Pafko 38 158 -7 0 1 0 3 -1 6 2 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ Traded 78/9
Jim Pisoni 29 26 -3 0 1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /87
Juan Pizarro* 22 46 -7 0 1 0 0 0 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Del Rice 36 32 -3 0 0 -1 -1 0 1 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded /2
Mel Roach 26 33 -6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 -9 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby /475
Bob Rush 33 33 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Red Schoendienst# 36 3 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded /4
Enos Slaughter* 43 21 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Waivers /7
Warren Spahn* 38 112 -8 0 1 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $65,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Al Spangler* 25 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /87
Frank Torre* 27 307 -10 0 -2 0 -1 -4 11 -6 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Bob Trowbridge 29 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mickey Vernon* 41 99 -4 0 0 0 1 -1 3 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Traded 3/79
Carl Willey 28 41 -8 0 0 0 0 0 1 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Casey Wise# 26 86 -7 -1 -1 -1 -4 1 3 -10 -1.1 -6 -0.6 -0.5 $ Traded 4/6
Team Total 29.3 6012 5 9 2 -8 -21 0 203 190 18.8 211 22.2 -3.4 $141,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bob Buhl 30 198.0 25 76 107 -3 1.1 31 3.6 $ Free Agency
Lew Burdette 32 289.2 39 144 158 -4 1.0 14 1.6 $ Traded
Bob Giggie 25 20.0 0 10 11 0 .2 1 0.0 $ Unknown
Bob Hartman* 21 1.2 0 5 1 0 .6 -4 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Joey Jay 23 136.1 19 71 76 -2 1.0 5 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby
Don McMahon 29 80.2 0 26 44 -1 1.4 18 1.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Juan Pizarro* 22 133.2 14 61 72 -2 .9 11 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Rush 33 101.1 9 39 57 -1 1.0 18 1.8 $ Traded
Warren Spahn* 38 292.0 36 106 161 -4 1.1 55 6.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Trowbridge 29 30.1 0 25 17 0 .5 -8 -0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Carl Willey 28 117.0 15 60 64 -2 1.0 4 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 30.5 1400.2 157 623 768 -19 1.0 145 16.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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