1963 Milwaukee Braves Statistics and Roster

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1963 Milwaukee Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962/1964)
84-78, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 677 runs, Allowed 603 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Managed by Bobby Bragan

Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 773,018 (9th of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  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           22  142  501   57  147  19  4  14   71  42   79  .293  .350  .431   1   5  19   5   1   7   4  125
1B  Gene Oliver         28   95  296   34   74  12  2  11   47  27   59  .250  .320  .416   4   4   8   5   0   3   1  112
2B  Frank Bolling       31  142  542   73  132  18  2   5   43  41   47  .244  .299  .312   2   1  11   3  17   3   3   77
3B *Eddie Mathews       31  158  547   82  144  27  4  23   84 124  119  .263  .399  .453   3   4   9   1   0   3  14  147
SS  Roy McMillan        33  100  320   35   80  10  1   4   29  17   25  .250  .291  .325   1   5   4   2   6   1   2   78
LF *Lee Maye            28  124  442   67  120  22  7  11   34  36   52  .271  .329  .428  14   2   6   3   3   3   2  117
CF *Mack Jones          24   93  228   36   50  11  4   3   22  26   59  .219  .317  .342   8   4   2   7   1   1   5   91
RF  Hank Aaron          29  161  631  121  201  29  4  44  130  78   94  .319  .391  .586  31   5  11   0   0   5  18  179
    Denis Menke         22  146  518   58  121  16  4  11   50  37  106  .234  .289  .344   6   7   8   6   4   7   4   83
    Del Crandall        33   86  259   18   52   4  0   3   28  18   22  .201  .251  .251   1   4  10   0   3   2   5   46
   *Ty Cline            24   72  174   17   41   2  1   0   10  10   31  .236  .283  .259   2   1   1   2   3   1   0   58
   *Norm Larker         32   64  147   15   26   6  0   1   14  24   24  .177  .297  .238   0   2   2   2   1   2   2   57
    Tommie Aaron        23   72  135    6   27   6  1   1   15  11   27  .200  .257  .281   0   3   7   0   3   2   1   56
   *Len Gabrielson      23   46  120   14   26   5  0   3   15   8   23  .217  .264  .333   1   1   0   0   0   1   1   72
   *Don Dillard         26   67  119    9   28   6  4   1   12   5   21  .235  .270  .378   0   2   3   1   1   1   0   86
   *Lou Klimchock       23   24   46    6    9   1  0   0    1   0   12  .196  .196  .217   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   20
    Hawk Taylor         24   16   29    1    2   0  0   0    0   1   12  .069  .100  .069   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -50
    Bubba Morton        31   15   28    1    5   0  0   0    4   2    3  .179  .258  .179   0   0   2   1   0   0   1   29
    Amado Samuel        24   15   17    0    3   1  0   0    0   0    4  .176  .176  .235   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   18
    Bob Uecker          28   13   16    3    4   2  0   0    0   2    5  .250  .333  .375   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  105
   *Gus Bell            34    3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   94
    Rico Carty          23    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Woody Woodward      20   10    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Warren Spahn        42   33   90    7   16   4  0   2    6   5   24  .178  .219  .289   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   46
    Denny Lemaster      24   46   74    5   14   1  0   2    3   0   19  .189  .189  .284   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   35
    Bob Hendley         24   46   47    5    5   0  0   0    0   1   17  .106  .143  .106   0   0   1   1   5   0   0  -26
    Bob Shaw            30   48   41    1    5   0  0   0    3   4   15  .122  .200  .122   1   0   0   0   7   0   0   -4
    Tony Cloninger      22   41   37    2    5   0  0   0    1   1    8  .135  .158  .135   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -14
    Bob Sadowski        25   19   35    0    2   0  0   0    0   0   15  .057  .083  .057   0   0   1   1   3   0   0  -58
    Lew Burdette        36   17   26    2    1   0  1   0    1   1   11  .038  .138  .115   0   0   0   2   4   0   0  -26
    Hank Fischer        23   31   19    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    7  .105  .150  .105   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -24
    Ron Piche           28   37    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dan Schneider       20   30    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bobby Tiefenauer    33   12    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -47
    Frank Funk          27   26    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -36
    Claude Raymond      26   45    4    0    2   2  0   0    1   1    1  .500  .667 1.000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  376
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  163 5518  677 1345 204 39 139  624 525  954  .244  .309  .370  75  52 108  43  82  43  63  104
    Rank among 10 NL teams         5    3    6   6  6   2        1    5     7     3     5   4   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Warren Spahn        42  33   2.60  23   7  0  33   0  22   7  259.7  241   85   75  23   49  102 1037   4   0  0   4 124
SP *Denny Lemaster      24  46   3.04  11  14  1  31   3  10   1  237.0  199   87   80  30   85  190  975  13   1  3  14 106
SP *Bob Hendley         24  41   3.93   9   9  3  24   8   7   3  169.3  153   80   74  16   64  105  708   4   1  0   4  82
SP  Bob Sadowski        25  19   2.62   5   7  0  18   0   5   1  116.7   99   36   34   8   30   72  470   2   5  1   6 123
SP  Lew Burdette        36  15   3.64   6   5  0  13   2   4   1   84.0   71   40   34  15   24   28  342   0   1  0   4  88

CL  Bob Shaw            30  48   2.66   7  11 13  16  27   3   3  159.0  144   51   47  10   55  105  664   6   4  8  12 121
RP  Claude Raymond      26  45   5.40   4   6  5   0  23   0   0   53.3   57   36   32  12   27   44  246   2   4  3   4  60
RP  Ron Piche           28  37   3.40   1   1  0   1   7   0   0   53.0   53   32   20   4   25   40  236   2   0  1   6  95
RP *Dan Schneider       20  30   3.09   1   0  0   3   4   0   0   43.7   36   20   15   2   20   19  184   5   0  1   5 104
RP  Hank Fischer        23  31   4.96   4   3  0   6   1   1   0   74.3   74   46   41   8   28   72  323   2   5  0   4  65

    Tony Cloninger      22  41   3.78   9  11  1  18  11   4   2  145.3  131   68   61  17   63  100  622  11   2  2  12  85
    Frank Funk          27  25   2.68   3   3  0   0   8   0   0   43.7   42   14   13   3   13   19  179   1   1  0   3 120
    Bobby Tiefenauer    33  12   1.21   1   1  2   0  11   0   0   29.7   20    4    4   1    4   22  110   1   0  0   0 266
   *Wade Blasingame     19   2  12.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    7    4    4   0    2    6   18   1   0  0   0  27
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 163   3.27  84  78 25 163 107  56  18 1471.0 1327  603  534 149  489  924 6114  54  24 19  78  99
    Rank among 10 NL teams          5   6   5  8           1   3      1    3    6        9    8    7

    * - 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 835 94 105 584 46 4 9 .994 11 33 28 21 DCrandall 609 67 75 413 38 4 2 .991 4 17 31 21 BUecker 25 2 6 21 2 1 1 .958 0 3 1 1 GOliver 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 .667 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1471 163 163 1020 86 10 12 .991 15 53 60 43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GOliver 418 53 55 440 19 7 39 .985 9.87 JTorre 313 35 37 335 30 2 36 .995 10.49 NLarker 310 35 42 320 33 3 23 .992 10.23 TAaron 206 14 45 197 9 0 26 1.000 8.97 LGabrielson 104 13 16 111 9 4 5 .968 10.38 LKlimchock 69 7 12 76 6 1 11 .988 10.59 DCrandall 46 6 7 46 5 0 7 1.000 9.98 DMenke 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 1528 112 17 148 .990 10.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FBolling 1237 137 141 326 379 14 107 .981 5.13 DMenke 180 20 22 51 51 3 12 .971 5.09 TAaron 31 3 6 12 8 0 2 1.000 5.81 ASamuel 23 3 4 8 7 1 1 .937 5.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 397 445 18 122 .979 5.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .941 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 1048 115 121 113 276 13 23 .968 3.34 DMenke 414 47 51 58 96 12 9 .928 3.35 TAaron 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 LGabrielson 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 172 373 25 32 .956 3.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *4.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMcMillan 781 90 94 143 283 9 60 .979 4.91 DMenke 654 71 82 120 250 9 45 .976 5.09 ASamuel 26 2 7 4 7 3 2 .786 3.71 WWoodward 10 0 5 1 6 0 0 1.000 6.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 268 546 21 107 .975 4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMaye 419 36 75 92 2 3 1 .969 2.02 EMathews 321 42 42 63 1 6 0 .914 1.79 GOliver 239 33 35 32 1 1 1 .971 1.24 DDillard 162 18 24 25 5 2 0 .937 1.67 LGabrielson 98 9 18 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 MJones 78 8 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 TAaron 74 9 14 10 0 1 0 .909 1.21 HTaylor 36 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 BMorton 27 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JTorre 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DMenke 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 278 9 13 2 .957 1.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMaye 500 63 70 126 2 1 0 .992 2.30 MJones 474 45 69 122 1 3 0 .976 2.33 TCline 387 41 62 116 5 1 3 .992 2.81 DDillard 36 3 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 LGabrielson 32 5 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 BMorton 23 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.13 HTaylor 16 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 TAaron 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 396 8 5 3 .988 2.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HAaron 1446 161 161 267 12 5 1 .982 1.74 LMaye 19 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 LGabrielson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DDillard 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HTaylor 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 271 12 5 1 .983 1.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.01 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HAaron 1446 161 161 267 10 6 1 .979 1.72 LMaye 938 101 111 231 4 4 1 .983 2.25 MJones 553 53 80 135 1 3 0 .978 2.21 TCline 387 41 62 116 5 1 3 .992 2.81 EMathews 321 42 42 63 1 6 0 .914 1.79 GOliver 239 33 35 29 0 1 0 .967 1.09 DDillard 200 21 30 34 5 2 0 .951 1.75 LGabrielson 133 14 22 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 TAaron 77 10 14 11 0 1 0 .917 1.28 HTaylor 54 6 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 BMorton 50 5 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 JTorre 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DMenke 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1471 163 163 948 26 24 5 .976 1.99 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 259 33 33 11 71 3 8 .965 2.84 DLemaster 237 31 46 12 26 2 1 .950 1.44 BHendley 169 24 41 3 39 0 0 1.000 2.23 BShaw 159 16 48 8 20 2 3 .933 1.58 TCloninger 145 18 41 8 17 1 0 .962 1.55 BSadowski 116 18 19 7 23 0 2 1.000 2.31 LBurdette 84 13 15 7 15 3 2 .880 2.35 HFischer 74 6 31 4 9 1 0 .929 1.57 CRaymond 53 0 45 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.70 RPiche 53 1 37 8 13 0 0 1.000 3.57 DSchneider 43 3 30 4 3 1 0 .875 1.44 FFunk 43 0 25 3 3 1 0 .857 1.24 BTiefenauer 29 0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.64 WBlasingame 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 83 260 14 17 .961 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Aaron .319

On-base % Mathews .399

Slugging % Aaron .586

OPS Aaron .977

Games Aaron 161

At Bats Aaron 631

Plate Appearances (approx.) Aaron 714

Runs Aaron 121

Hits Aaron 201

Total Bases Aaron 370

Doubles Aaron 29

Triples Maye 7

Home Runs Aaron 44

RBI Aaron 130

Bases on Balls Mathews 124

Strikeouts Mathews 119

Stolen Bases Aaron 31

Singles Aaron 124

Adjusted OPS+ Aaron 179

Runs Created Aaron 149

Adjusted Batting Runs Aaron 65

Batting Wins Aaron 6.8

Extra-Base Hits Aaron 77

Times on Base Aaron 279

Offensive Win% Aaron .818

Hit By Pitch Jones 7

Sac. Hits Bolling 17

Sac. Flies Menke and Torre 7

Intentional Walks Aaron 18

Grounded into Double Plays Torre 19

Caught Stealing Menke 7

Power/Speed Number Aaron 36.4

At Bats per Strikeout Bolling 11.5

At Bats per Home Run Aaron 14.3

Outs Aaron 451

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Spahn 2.60

Wins Spahn 23

Won-Loss % Spahn .767

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Spahn 1.117

Hits Allowed/9IP Lemaster 7.56

Bases on Balls/9IP Spahn 1.70

Strikeouts/9IP Lemaster 7.22

Games Shaw 48

Saves Shaw 13

Innings Spahn 259.7

Strikeouts Lemaster 190

Games Started Spahn 33

Comp. Games Spahn 22

Shutouts Spahn 7

Home Runs Allow. Lemaster 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Lemaster 85

Hits Allowed Spahn 241

SO to Walk Lemaster 2.24

Losses Lemaster 14

Earned Runs Allow. Lemaster 80

Wild Pitches Lemaster 13

Hit Batsmen Fischer and Sadowski 5

Batters Faced Spahn 1037

Games Finished Shaw 27

Adjusted ERA+ Spahn 124

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Hank Aaron (Starting RF)
Warren Spahn
Joe Torre

1962/1964

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