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1961 Milwaukee Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

83-71, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Dressen (71-58) and Birdie Tebbetts (12-13)
Scored 712 runs, Allowed 656 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Ballparks: County Stadium · Attendance: 1,101,441 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 91

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1960 / 1962 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
Hank Aaron HOF 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 8 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 83 78 154 1 0 9.2 All-Star
Joe Adcock 33 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 12 152 148 152 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.7
Johnny Antonelli 31 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 12 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Frank Bolling 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1931 7 148 145 148 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 All-Star
Bob Boyd 41 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 9 36 2 36 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 -0.3
George Brunet 26 R L 6' 1" 195 Jun 8, 1935 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Buhl 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 12, 1928 9 32 28 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Lew Burdette 34 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 22, 1926 12 42 36 42 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
Neil Chrisley 29 L R 6' 3" 187 Dec 16, 1931 5 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.1
Gino Cimoli 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 18, 1929 6 37 28 37 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 31 7 1 -0.8
Tony Cloninger 20 R R 6' 0" 210 Aug 13, 1940 1st 19 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Wes Covington 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 6 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 -0.1
Del Crandall 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 5, 1930 11 15 5 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.4
John DeMerit 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 8, 1936 4 32 19 32 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15 21 6 7 -0.7
Moe Drabowsky 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 6 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Bob Hendley 22 R L 6' 2" 190 Apr 30, 1939 1st 19 13 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Mack Jones 22 L R 6' 1" 180 Nov 6, 1938 1st 28 24 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 2 1 -0.3
Charlie Lau 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1933 5 28 24 28 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2
Johnny Logan 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 11 18 1 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.2
Ken MacKenzie 27 R L 6' 0" 185 Mar 10, 1934 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Felix Mantilla 26 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 6 45 22 45 40 0 0 0 10 6 19 2 5 3 10 5 2 -0.5
Billy Martin 33 R R 5' 11" 165 May 16, 1928 11 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2
Eddie Mathews HOF 29 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 10 152 151 152 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.0 All-Star
Lee Maye 26 L R 6' 2" 190 Dec 11, 1934 3 110 85 110 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 73 96 21 3 2.1
Don McMahon 31 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 4, 1930 5 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Roy McMillan 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 11 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Seth Morehead 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 15, 1934 5 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Don Nottebart 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 23, 1936 2 38 11 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Chi-Chi Olivo 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Mar 18, 1928 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ron Piche 26 R R 5' 11" 165 May 22, 1935 2 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Claude Raymond 24 R R 5' 10" 175 May 7, 1937 2 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Mel Roach 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 7 13 10 13 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 3 0 -0.5
Phil Roof 20 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 5, 1941 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Spahn HOF 40 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 17 39 34 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.1 All-Star
Al Spangler 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 3 68 19 68 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 21 1 44 21 13 0.5
Hawk Taylor 22 R R 6' 1" 187 Apr 3, 1939 3 20 5 20 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 13 1 -0.2
Frank Thomas 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 11 124 113 124 114 0 0 11 0 0 0 108 0 1 109 11 0 2.1
Joe Torre 20 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 2 113 108 113 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.7
Sammy White 33 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 10 21 18 21 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Carl Willey 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 6, 1931 4 35 22 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Del Crandall

Frank Bolling

Bob Boyd
Billy Martin

Charlie Lau

Joe Adcock

Bob Buhl

Roy McMillan

Mel Roach
Frank Thomas

Joe Torre

Carl Willey

Moe Drabowsky

Felix Mantilla

Gino Cimoli
Seth Morehead

Don McMahon

Warren Spahn

Sammy White

Johnny Logan

Lee Maye

Al Spangler

Hawk Taylor

John DeMerit

George Brunet
Neil Chrisley
Mack Jones

Don Nottebart

Lew Burdette

Ron Piche
Claude Raymond

Bob Hendley
Ken MacKenzie

Tony Cloninger
Chi-Chi Olivo
Phil Roof

Eddie Mathews

Johnny Antonelli
Wes Covington

Hank Aaron

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers