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1954 Milwaukee Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955) 89-65, Finished 3rd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 670 runs, Allowed 556 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64 Managed by Charlie Grimm Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 2,131,388 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 92   (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 92   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 Stats (1953/1955) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Del Crandall        24  138  463   60  112  18  2  21   64  40   56  .242  .305  .425   0   3  14   3   6   2       94
1B  Joe Adcock          26  133  500   73  154  27  5  23   87  44   58  .308  .365  .520   1   4   7   3  11   4      134
2B  Danny O'Connell     27  146  541   61  151  28  4   2   37  38   46  .279  .326  .357   2   2  11   2  19   4       83
3B *Eddie Mathews       22  138  476   96  138  21  4  40  103 113   61  .290  .423  .603  10   3   9   2   3   7      172
SS  Johnny Logan        27  154  560   66  154  17  7   8   66  51   51  .275  .339  .373   2   0  14   6  15   6       91
OF *Bill Bruton         28  142  567   89  161  20  7   4   30  40   78  .284  .336  .365  34  13   3   4   8   0       88
OF  Andy Pafko          33  138  510   61  146  22  4  14   69  37   36  .286  .335  .427   1   2  14   4  12   7      103
OF  Hank Aaron          20  122  468   58  131  27  6  13   69  28   39  .280  .322  .447   2   2  13   3   6   4      104
   *Jack Dittmer        26   66  192   22   47   8  0   6   20  19   17  .245  .319  .380   0   1   4   3   3   2       87
    Jim Pendleton       30   71  173   20   38   3  1   1   16   4   21  .220  .236  .266   2   1   2   0   1   1       35
   *Catfish Metkovich   33   68  123    7   34   5  1   1   15  15   15  .276  .352  .358   0   0   6   1   0   3       91
    Bobby Thomson       30   43   99    7   23   3  0   2   15  12   29  .232  .315  .323   0   0   3   0   2   0       72
   *Charlie White       25   50   93   14   22   4  0   1    8   9    8  .237  .304  .312   0   0   5   0   0   0       66
    Roy Smalley         28   25   36    5    8   0  0   1    7   4    9  .222  .310  .306   0   0   2   1   0   1       66
    Sam Calderone       28   22   29    3   11   2  0   0    5   4    4  .379  .441  .448   0   0   1   0   0   1      140
    Mel Roach           21    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0     -100
    Billy Queen         25    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Sibby Sisti         33    9    0    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0         

   *Warren Spahn        33   41  101    4   21   6  0   1   10   7   17  .208  .266  .297   0   0   2   1   3   0       51
    Lew Burdette        27   39   79    3    7   1  0   0    4   1   14  .089  .119  .101   0   0   0   2   5   2      -40
    Gene Conley         23   28   77    5   12   1  0   0    3   0   13  .156  .156  .169   0   0   2   0   3   0      -13
    Jim Wilson          32   27   44    5    7   3  0   0    1   2    8  .159  .196  .227   0   0   1   0   2   0       13
   #Chet Nichols        23   35   35    1    3   0  0   0    2   0   12  .086  .086  .086   0   0   0   0   4   0      -54
    Bob Buhl            25   31   31    0    1   0  0   0    0   2   12  .032  .091  .032   0   0   0   0   0   0      -65
    Dave Jolly          29   48   31    6    9   1  0   1    3   1    7  .290  .313  .419   0   0   1   0   2   0       94
    Ernie Johnson       30   40   13    2    3   0  0   0    1   0    2  .231  .231  .231   0   0   0   0   5   0       24
    Ray Crone           22   19   10    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0        8
   *Charlie Gorin       26    5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   *Dave Koslo          34   12    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6  154 5261  670 1395 217 41 139  636 471  619  .265  .326  .401  54  31 115  35 110  44      102
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    6    4   6  8   5        8    6     4     6     6   2   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.

    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        33  39   3.14  21  12  3  34   3  23   1  283.3  262  107   99  24   86  136 1175   3   1  1     119
SP  Lew Burdette        27  38   2.76  15  14  0  32   3  13   4  238.0  224   87   73  17   62   79  974   1   4  0     136
SP  Gene Conley         23  28   2.96  14   9  0  27   1  12   2  194.3  171   73   64  17   79  113  814   4   7  0     126
SP *Chet Nichols        23  35   4.41   9  11  1  20   5   5   1  122.3  132   68   60   5   65   55  545   1   4  0      85
SP  Jim Wilson          32  27   3.52   8   2  0  19   3   6   4  127.7  129   55   50  12   36   52  534   1   5  0     106

CL  Dave Jolly          29  47   2.43  11   6 10   1  31   0   0  111.3   87   36   30   6   64   62  479   2   2  0     154
RP  Ernie Johnson       30  40   2.81   5   2  2   4  13   1   0   99.3   77   34   31  11   34   68  392   2   1  1     133
RP  Bob Buhl            25  31   4.00   2   7  3  14   8   2   1  110.3  117   54   49   5   65   57  505   5   2  0      94
RP  Ray Crone           22  19   2.02   1   0  1   2   7   1   0   49.0   44   11   11   6   19   33  200   1   1  0     185
RP  Joey Jay            18  15   6.50   1   0  0   1   8   0   0   18.0   21   13   13   2   16   13   88   1   1  0      58

   *Dave Koslo          34  12   3.12   1   1  1   0   3   0   0   17.3   13    6    6   0    9    7   71   1   0  0     120
    Phil Paine          24  11   3.86   1   0  0   0   5   0   0   14.0   14    9    6   1   12   11   64   0   1  0      97
   *Charlie Gorin       26   5   1.86   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    9.7    5    3    2   0    6   12   40   1   0  0     201
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 154   3.19  89  65 21 154  91  63  13 1394.0 1296  556  494 106  553  698 5881  23  29  2     118
    Rank among 8 NL teams           2   3   6  4           2   3      1    2    2        1    5    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DCrandall 136 665 79 8 11 .989 6 CWhite 28 101 4 2 0 .981 1 SCalderone 16 45 4 0 3 1.000 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 811 87 10 14 .989 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JAdcock 133 1229 67 6 125 .995 9.74 CMetkovich 18 143 15 0 15 1.000 8.78 DO'Connell 8 63 5 0 7 1.000 8.50 RSmalley 2 14 1 0 1 1.000 7.50 MRoach 1 3 0 0 2 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1452 88 6 150 .996 9.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DO'Connell 103 244 314 12 83 .979 5.42 JDittmer 55 119 141 6 31 .977 4.73 RSmalley 7 13 15 0 5 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 376 470 18 119 .979 5.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMathews 127 112 254 13 28 .966 2.88 DO'Connell 35 44 67 0 7 1.000 3.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 156 321 13 35 .973 3.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLogan 154 324 489 26 104 .969 5.28 RSmalley 9 9 10 1 5 .950 2.11 DO'Connell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 333 499 27 109 .969 5.37 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BBruton 141 350 14 7 3 .981 2.58 0 141 0 APafko 138 245 9 8 3 .969 1.84 0 7 131 HAaron 116 223 5 7 0 .970 1.97 105 0 11 JPendleton 50 90 5 5 0 .950 1.90 23 18 11 BThomson 26 45 3 1 2 .980 1.85 26 0 0 CMetkovich 13 17 2 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 13 EMathews 10 21 0 2 0 .913 2.10 10 0 0 BQueen 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 992 38 30 8 .972 2.22 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WSpahn 39 12 57 4 4 .945 2.19 LBurdette 38 17 49 4 4 .943 2.50 GConley 28 10 29 1 3 .975 1.81 JWilson 27 7 26 0 2 1.000 2.33 CNichols 35 3 27 0 3 1.000 2.21 DJolly 47 4 21 1 3 .962 2.02 BBuhl 31 5 18 1 1 .958 1.88 EJohnson 40 4 22 0 2 1.000 2.36 RCrone 19 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.47 JJay 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 DKoslo 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PPaine 11 0 1 1 0 .500 0.64 CGorin 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 64 260 12 22 .964 2.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Adcock .308 On-base % Mathews .423 Slugging % Mathews .603 OPS Mathews 1.026 Games Logan 154 At Bats Bruton 567 Plate Appearances (approx.) Logan 638 Runs Mathews 96 Hits Bruton 161 Total Bases Mathews 287 Doubles O'Connell 28 Triples Bruton and Logan 7 Home Runs Mathews 40 RBI Mathews 103 Bases on Balls Mathews 113 Strikeouts Bruton 78 Stolen Bases Bruton 34 Singles Bruton 130 Adjusted OPS+ Mathews 172 Runs Created Mathews 123 Adjusted Batting Runs Mathews 55 Batting Wins Mathews 5.2 Extra-Base Hits Mathews 65 Times on Base Mathews 253 Offensive Win% Mathews .766 Hit By Pitch Logan 6 Sac. Hits O'Connell 19 Sac. Flies Mathews and Pafko 7 Grounded into Double Plays Crandall, Logan, and Pafko 14 Caught Stealing Bruton 13 Power/Speed Number Mathews 16.0 At Bats per Strikeout Pafko 14.2 At Bats per Home Run Mathews 11.9 Outs Logan 441

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Burdette 2.76 Wins Spahn 21 Won-Loss % Jolly .647 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Burdette 1.202 Hits Allowed/9IP Conley 7.92 Bases on Balls/9IP Burdette 2.34 Strikeouts/9IP Conley 5.23 Games Jolly 47 Saves Jolly 10 Innings Spahn 283.3 Strikeouts Spahn 136 Games Started Spahn 34 Comp. Games Spahn 23 Shutouts Burdette and Wilson 4 Home Runs Allow. Spahn 24 Bases On Balls Allow. Spahn 86 Hits Allowed Spahn 262 SO to Walk Spahn 1.58 Losses Burdette 14 Earned Runs Allow. Spahn 99 Wild Pitches Buhl 5 Hit Batsmen Conley 7 Batters Faced Spahn 1175 Games Finished Jolly 31 Adjusted ERA+ Burdette 136

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Gene Conley
Del Crandall
Warren Spahn
Jim Wilson

1953/1955

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