1961 Milwaukee Braves Statistics and Roster

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1961 Milwaukee Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960/1962)
83-71, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 712 runs, Allowed 656 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Managed by Chuck Dressen and Birdie Tebbetts

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Joe Torre           20  113  406   40  113  21  4  10   42  28   60  .278  .330  .424   3   5  10   4   2   1   4  104
1B  Joe Adcock          33  152  562   77  160  20  0  35  108  59   94  .285  .354  .507   2   1  22   2   4   2   4  132
2B  Frank Bolling       29  148  585   86  153  16  4  15   56  57   62  .262  .329  .379   7   3  25   3  10   3   1   93
3B *Eddie Mathews       29  152  572  103  175  23  6  32   91  93   95  .306  .402  .535  12   7  10   2   1   4   3  153
SS  Roy McMillan        31  154  505   42  111  16  0   7   48  61   86  .220  .305  .293   2   4  16   4  11   7   2   65
LF  Frank Thomas        32  124  423   58  120  13  3  25   67  29   70  .284  .335  .506   2   4  16   6   2   4   7  126
CF  Hank Aaron          27  155  603  115  197  39 10  34  120  56   64  .327  .381  .594  21   9  16   2   1   9  20  161
RF *Lee Maye            26  110  373   68  101  11  5  14   41  36   50  .271  .337  .440  10   1   1   3   2   3   2  110
    Gino Cimoli         31   37  117   12   23   5  0   3    4  11   15  .197  .266  .316   1   0   3   0   3   0   0   58
   *Mack Jones          22   28  104   13   24   3  2   0   12  12   28  .231  .322  .298   4   4   0   2   1   0   2   71
   *Al Spangler         27   68   97   23   26   2  0   0    6  28    9  .268  .432  .289   4   2   0   0   0   0   2  102
    Felix Mantilla      26   45   93   13   20   3  0   1    5  10   16  .215  .298  .280   1   1   2   1   1   0   0   59
   *Charley Lau         28   28   82    3   17   5  0   0    5  14   11  .207  .323  .268   1   1   1   1   3   2   3   64
    John DeMerit        25   32   74    5   12   3  0   2    5   5   19  .162  .225  .284   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   38
    Sammy White         32   21   63    1   14   1  0   1    5   2    9  .222  .242  .286   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   44
   *Bob Boyd            41   36   41    3   10   0  0   0    3   1    7  .244  .256  .244   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   38
    Mel Roach           28   13   36    3    6   0  0   1    6   2    4  .167  .244  .250   0   0   0   2   1   1   0   35
    Del Crandall        31   15   30    3    6   3  0   0    1   1    0  .200  .226  .300   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   42
    Hawk Taylor         22   20   26    1    5   0  0   1    1   3   11  .192  .276  .308   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   59
   *Wes Covington       29    9   21    3    4   1  0   0    0   2    4  .190  .261  .238   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   38
    Johnny Logan        34   18   19    0    2   1  0   0    1   1    3  .105  .150  .158   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -16
   *Neil Chrisley       29   10    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .222  .300  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46
    Billy Martin        33    6    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Phil Roof           20    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Lew Burdette        34   42  103   10   21   5  0   3   11   2   39  .204  .219  .340   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   50
   *Warren Spahn        40   39   94   13   21   7  0   4   15   7   33  .223  .279  .426   0   0   1   1   2   2   0   89
    Bob Buhl            32   32   60    2    4   0  0   0    2   5   30  .067  .138  .067   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -42
    Carl Willey         30   35   54    0    1   0  0   0    0   1   26  .019  .036  .019   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -84
    Don Nottebart       25   38   38    4    7   0  0   0    1   3    9  .184  .244  .184   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   19
    Bob Hendley         22   19   31    2    1   0  0   0    0   2   10  .032  .091  .032   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -64
    Tony Cloninger      20   19   30    4    5   0  0   0    4   1    6  .167  .194  .167   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    0
    Don McMahon         31   53   16    1    3   1  0   0    1   0    4  .188  .188  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   18
    Ron Piche           26   12    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Moe Drabowsky       25   16    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   83
    Claude Raymond      24   13    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ken Mackenzie       27    5    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Johnny Antonelli    31    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8  155 5288  712 1365 199 34 188  662 534  880  .258  .326  .415  70  43 133  34  62  40  50  109
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    3    5   6  7   1        3    3     6     5     4   3   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Lew Burdette        34  40   4.00  18  11  0  36   4  14   3  272.3  295  131  121  31   33   92 1126   1   3  1   3  93
SP *Warren Spahn        40  38   3.02  21  13  0  34   3  21   4  262.7  236   96   88  24   64  115 1064   4   4  0   1 123
SP  Bob Buhl            32  32   4.11   9  10  0  28   2   9   1  188.3  180   99   86  23   98   77  820   3   5  0   4  90
SP  Carl Willey         30  35   3.83   6  12  0  22   6   4   0  159.7  147   71   68  20   65   91  676   5   2  0   9  97
SP *Bob Hendley         22  19   3.90   5   7  0  13   2   3   0   97.0   96   46   42   8   39   44  412   2   0  0   2  95
SP  Tony Cloninger      20  19   5.25   7   2  0  10   4   3   0   84.0   84   49   49  16   33   51  363   7   1  4   1  71

CL  Don McMahon         31  53   2.84   6   4  8   0  32   0   0   92.0   84   35   29   4   51   55  402   4   2  0   6 131
RP  Don Nottebart       25  38   4.06   6   7  3  11  13   2   0  126.3  117   61   57  11   48   66  532   1   2  0   2  91
RP  Moe Drabowsky       25  16   4.62   0   2  2   0   7   0   0   25.3   26   15   13   4   18    5  118   1   1  1   3  80
RP  Claude Raymond      24  13   3.98   1   0  2   0   8   0   0   20.3   22    9    9   2    9   13   91   0   1  0   1  93
RP *Seth Morehead       26  12   6.46   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   15.3   16   11   11   4    7   13   70   1   1  0   0  57

    Ron Piche           26  12   3.47   2   2  1   1   5   1   0   23.3   20   12    9   1   16   16  104   0   0  0   2 107
   *Johnny Antonelli    31   9   7.59   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   10.7   16    9    9   2    3    8   51   0   0  0   0  49
   *Ken Mackenzie       27   5   5.14   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    7.0    8    5    4   1    2    5   31   0   1  0   0  72
   *George Brunet       26   5   5.40   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    5.0    7    3    3   1    2    0   23   1   0  0   0  69
    Chi-Chi Olivo       33   3  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    4    4   1    5    1   12   0   0  0   1  21
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.8 155   3.89  83  71 16 155  98  57   8 1391.0 1357  656  601 153  493  652 5895  30  23  6  35  95
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   4   5  7           1   7      1    5    3        5    3    8

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JTorre 964 108 112 494 50 10 4 .982 10 20 29 28 CLau 217 24 25 114 7 4 2 .968 1 2 9 5 SWhite 162 18 20 107 5 3 0 .974 0 2 3 2 DCrandall 43 5 5 17 3 0 0 1.000 0 4 2 1 HTaylor 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 PRoof 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1391 155 155 734 65 17 6 .979 11 28 43 36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JAdcock 1315 148 148 1471 102 11 133 .993 10.77 FThomas 45 4 11 48 4 0 6 1.000 10.33 BBoyd 21 2 3 20 5 0 3 1.000 10.71 MRoach 10 1 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 16.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 1557 111 11 142 .993 10.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FBolling 1307 145 148 326 489 10 112 .988 5.61 FMantilla 84 10 10 25 27 1 4 .981 5.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 351 516 11 116 .987 5.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 1340 151 151 168 281 18 30 .961 3.01 FMantilla 42 4 6 5 11 1 1 .941 3.43 HAaron 9 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 175 294 19 31 .961 3.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMcMillan 1352 154 154 257 496 19 110 .975 5.01 FMantilla 29 0 19 5 9 1 2 .933 4.34 JLogan 10 1 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 262 508 20 113 .975 4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FThomas 932 108 108 199 4 10 0 .953 1.96 LMaye 205 22 25 39 1 1 0 .976 1.76 ASpangler 75 3 23 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 MRoach 72 9 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 HTaylor 42 5 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 WCovington 36 5 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 JDeMerit 19 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 FMantilla 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 286 6 11 0 .964 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HAaron 712 80 83 211 2 4 0 .982 2.69 GCimoli 246 27 30 61 0 1 0 .984 2.23 MJones 217 24 26 44 2 0 1 1.000 1.91 ASpangler 147 16 21 38 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 FMantilla 35 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JDeMerit 34 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 371 6 5 1 .987 2.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HAaron 654 74 78 167 11 3 2 .983 2.45 LMaye 580 63 73 124 5 4 0 .970 2.00 JDeMerit 112 13 15 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 FMantilla 23 3 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 GCimoli 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 FThomas 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 ASpangler 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 321 19 7 2 .980 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.16 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HAaron 1367 154 154 377 13 7 3 .982 2.57 FThomas 941 109 109 202 4 10 0 .954 1.97 LMaye 785 85 96 169 6 5 0 .972 2.00 GCimoli 255 28 31 66 0 1 0 .985 2.33 ASpangler 225 19 44 56 2 0 0 1.000 2.32 MJones 217 24 26 45 2 0 1 1.000 1.95 JDeMerit 165 19 21 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.28 MRoach 72 9 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 FMantilla 67 8 10 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 HTaylor 42 5 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 WCovington 36 5 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1391 155 155 990 31 23 4 .978 2.20 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBurdette 272 36 40 27 60 1 2 .989 2.88 WSpahn 262 34 38 16 63 2 7 .975 2.71 BBuhl 188 28 32 16 37 1 1 .981 2.53 CWilley 159 22 35 9 42 0 3 1.000 2.87 DNottebart 126 11 38 9 31 1 1 .976 2.85 BHendley 97 13 19 6 24 1 0 .968 2.78 DMcMahon 92 0 53 7 23 3 1 .909 2.93 TCloninger 84 10 19 11 16 0 0 1.000 2.89 MDrabowsky 25 0 16 1 7 1 0 .889 2.85 RPiche 23 1 12 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.32 CRaymond 20 0 13 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.10 SMorehead 15 0 12 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.18 JAntonelli 10 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.68 KMackenzie 7 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 GBrunet 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 COlivo 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1391 155 155 105 323 10 16 .977 2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Aaron .327

On-base % Mathews .402

Slugging % Aaron .594

OPS Aaron .975

Games Aaron 155

At Bats Aaron 603

Plate Appearances (approx.) Mathews 672

Runs Aaron 115

Hits Aaron 197

Total Bases Aaron 358

Doubles Aaron 39

Triples Aaron 10

Home Runs Adcock 35

RBI Aaron 120

Bases on Balls Mathews 93

Strikeouts Mathews 95

Stolen Bases Aaron 21

Singles Bolling 118

Adjusted OPS+ Aaron 161

Runs Created Aaron 132

Adjusted Batting Runs Aaron 52

Batting Wins Aaron 5.0

Extra-Base Hits Aaron 83

Times on Base Mathews 270

Offensive Win% Mathews .736

Hit By Pitch Thomas 6

Sac. Hits McMillan 11

Sac. Flies Aaron 9

Intentional Walks Aaron 20

Grounded into Double Plays Bolling 25

Caught Stealing Aaron 9

Power/Speed Number Aaron 26.0

At Bats per Strikeout Aaron and Bolling 9.4

At Bats per Home Run Adcock 16.1

Outs Bolling 473

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Spahn 3.02

Wins Spahn 21

Won-Loss % Burdette .621

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.142

Hits Allowed/9IP Spahn 8.09

Bases on Balls/9IP Burdette 1.09

Strikeouts/9IP Willey 5.13

Games McMahon 53

Saves McMahon 8

Innings Burdette 272.3

Strikeouts Spahn 115

Games Started Burdette 36

Comp. Games Spahn 21

Shutouts Spahn 4

Home Runs Allow. Burdette 31

Bases On Balls Allow. Buhl 98

Hits Allowed Burdette 295

SO to Walk Burdette 2.79

Losses Spahn 13

Earned Runs Allow. Burdette 121

Wild Pitches Cloninger 7

Hit Batsmen Buhl 5

Batters Faced Burdette 1126

Games Finished McMahon 32

Adjusted ERA+ Spahn 123

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron
Frank Bolling (Starting 2B)
Frank Bolling (Starting 2B)
Eddie Mathews (Starting 3B)
Eddie Mathews (Starting 3B)
Warren Spahn (Starting P)
Warren Spahn

1960/1962

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