1954 Milwaukee Braves Statistics

1953 Season 1955 Season

Record: 89-65-0, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Charlie Grimm (89-65)

General Manager: John Quinn

Ballpark: County Stadium

Attendance: 2,131,388 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92
One-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92

Pythagorean W-L: 90-64, 670 Runs, 556 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	24	138	515	463	60	112	18	2	21	64	0	3	40	56	.242	.305	.425	.731	94	197	14	3	6	2	11
2	1B	Joe Adcock	26	133	562	500	73	154	27	5	23	87	1	4	44	58	.308	.365	.520	.885	134	260	7	3	11	4	4
3	2B	Danny O'Connell	25	146	604	541	61	151	28	4	2	37	2	2	38	46	.279	.326	.357	.683	83	193	11	2	19	4	1
4	SS	Johnny Logan	28	154	638	560	66	154	17	7	8	66	2	0	51	51	.275	.339	.373	.712	91	209	14	6	15	6	1
5	3B	Eddie Mathews*	22	138	601	476	96	138	21	4	40	103	10	3	113	61	.290	.423	.603	1.026	172	287	9	2	3	7	16
6	LF	Henry Aaron	20	122	509	468	58	131	27	6	13	69	2	2	28	39	.280	.322	.447	.769	104	209	13	3	6	4	0
7	CF	Bill Bruton*	28	142	619	567	89	161	20	7	4	30	34	13	40	78	.284	.336	.365	.701	88	207	3	4	8	0	3
8	RF	Andy Pafko	33	138	570	510	61	146	22	4	14	69	1	2	37	36	.286	.335	.427	.763	103	218	14	4	12	7	1
Rk	Pos	Name	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	2B	Jack Dittmer*	26	66	219	192	22	47	8	0	6	20	0	1	19	17	.245	.319	.380	.700	87	73	4	3	3	2	5
10	OF	Jim Pendleton	30	71	179	173	20	38	3	1	1	16	2	1	4	21	.220	.236	.266	.502	35	46	2	0	1	1	0
11	UT	George Metkovich*	33	68	142	123	7	34	5	1	1	15	0	0	15	15	.276	.352	.358	.710	91	44	6	1	0	3	5
12	LF	Bobby Thomson	30	43	113	99	7	23	3	0	2	15	0	0	12	29	.232	.315	.323	.639	72	32	3	0	2	0	0
13	C	Charlie White*	26	50	102	93	14	22	4	0	1	8	0	0	9	8	.237	.304	.312	.616	66	29	5	0	0	0	1
14	IF	Roy Smalley	28	25	42	36	5	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	4	9	.222	.310	.306	.615	66	11	2	1	0	1	1
15	C	Sam Calderone	28	22	34	29	3	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	4	.379	.441	.448	.889	140	13	1	0	0	1	2
16	1B	Mel Roach	21	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
17	RF	Billy Queen	25	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Sibby Sisti	33	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
19	P	Warren Spahn*	33	41	113	101	4	21	6	0	1	10	0	0	7	17	.208	.266	.297	.563	51	30	2	1	3	0	0
20	P	Lew Burdette	27	39	89	79	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	14	.089	.119	.101	.220	-40	8	0	2	5	2	0
21	P	Gene Conley	23	28	80	77	5	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	.156	.156	.169	.325	-13	13	2	0	3	0	0
22	P	Jim Wilson	32	27	48	44	5	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.159	.196	.227	.423	13	10	1	0	2	0	0
23	P	Chet Nichols#	23	35	39	35	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.086	.086	.086	.171	-54	3	0	0	4	0	0
24	P	Dave Jolly	29	48	34	31	6	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.290	.313	.419	.732	94	13	1	0	2	0	0
25	P	Bob Buhl	25	31	33	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.032	.091	.032	.123	-65	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Ernie Johnson	30	40	18	13	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.231	.462	24	3	0	0	5	0	0
27	P	Ray Crone	22	19	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Charlie Gorin*	26	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dave Koslo*	34	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Phil Paine	24	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Joey Jay#	18	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.5	154	5923	5261	670	1395	217	41	139	636	54	31	471	619	.265	.327	.401	.728	94	2111	115	35	110	44	51
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	6	4	6	8	5		2	5	8	3	4	6	6	7		6		1		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.4	154	5455	4836	644	1330	205	41	137	611	54	31	458	531	.275	.339	.419	.758	102	2028	109	32	86	42	51
		Pitcher Totals	28.0	154	468	425	26	65	12	0	2	25	0	0	13	88	.153	.183	.195	.378	2	83	6	3	24	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Warren Spahn*	33	21	12	.636	3.14	39	34	2	23	1	2	283.1	262	107	99	24	86	9	136	1	1	3	1175	119	3.46	1.228	8.3	0.8	2.7	4.3	1.58
2	SP	Lew Burdette	27	15	14	.517	2.76	38	32	3	13	4	0	238.0	224	87	73	17	62	9	79	4	0	1	974	136	3.49	1.202	8.5	0.6	2.3	3.0	1.27
3	SP	Gene Conley	23	14	9	.609	2.96	28	27	1	12	2	0	194.1	171	73	64	17	79	10	113	7	0	4	814	127	3.70	1.286	7.9	0.8	3.7	5.2	1.43
4	SP	Jim Wilson	32	8	2	.800	3.52	27	19	3	6	4	0	127.2	129	55	50	12	36	5	52	5	0	1	534	107	3.77	1.292	9.1	0.8	2.5	3.7	1.44
5	SP	Chet Nichols*	23	9	11	.450	4.41	35	20	5	5	1	1	122.1	132	68	60	5	65	6	55	4	0	1	545	85	3.72	1.610	9.7	0.4	4.8	4.0	0.85
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Dave Jolly	29	11	6	.647	2.43	47	1	31	0	0	10	111.1	87	36	30	6	64	11	62	2	0	2	479	155	3.76	1.356	7.0	0.5	5.2	5.0	0.97
7	RP	Bob Buhl	25	2	7	.222	4.00	31	14	8	2	1	3	110.1	117	54	49	5	65	7	57	2	0	5	505	94	3.78	1.650	9.5	0.4	5.3	4.6	0.88
8	RP	Ernie Johnson	30	5	2	.714	2.81	40	4	13	1	0	2	99.1	77	34	31	11	34	8	68	1	1	2	392	134	3.53	1.117	7.0	1.0	3.1	6.2	2.00
9	RP	Ray Crone	22	1	0	1.000	2.02	19	2	7	1	0	1	49.0	44	11	11	6	19	2	33	1	0	1	200	187	3.87	1.286	8.1	1.1	3.5	6.1	1.74
10	RP	Joey Jay	18	1	0	1.000	6.50	15	1	8	0	0	0	18.0	21	13	13	2	16	0	13	1	0	1	88	59	5.23	2.056	10.5	1.0	8.0	6.5	0.81
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Dave Koslo*	34	1	1	.500	3.12	12	0	3	0	0	1	17.1	13	6	6	0	9	4	7	0	0	1	71	123	3.15	1.269	6.8	0.0	4.7	3.6	0.78
12		Phil Paine	24	1	0	1.000	3.86	11	0	5	0	0	0	14.0	14	9	6	1	12	1	11	1	0	0	64	100	4.54	1.857	9.0	0.6	7.7	7.1	0.92
13		Charlie Gorin*	26	0	1	.000	1.86	5	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	5	3	2	0	6	2	12	0	0	1	40	210	1.78	1.138	4.7	0.0	5.6	11.2	2.00
		Team Totals	27.7	89	65	.578	3.19	154	154	91	63	13	20	1394.2	1296	556	494	106	553	74	698	29	2	23	5881	118	3.64	1.326	8.4	0.7	3.6	4.5	1.26
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		2				2	3	4	1	2	2	2	1	5		2
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W