1956 MILWAUKEE BRAVES

+ Level: MLB

Location: Milwaukee,WI
Team Record: 92-62 .597
Result: 2nd in National League
Manager(s): Fred Haney, Charlie Grimm
General Manager: John Quinn
Stadium: County Stadium
Attendance: 2,046,331
Playoffs: -

Milwaukee Braves affiliate history

Oldest Player: Andy Pafko (35)
Youngest Player: Felix Mantilla (21)
Longest Tenure: Dave Jolly, Lew Burdette, Del Crandall, Eddie Mathews, Jim Pendleton, Bob Buhl, Johnny Logan, Andy Pafko, Ernie Johnson, Warren Spahn, Jack Dittmer, Joe Adcock, Bill Bruton (4)
Top Hitter: Hank Aaron (3)
Top Pitcher: Warren Spahn (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 91.01%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Brooklyn	93	61	.604	--
Milwaukee	92	62	.597	1.0
Cincinnati	91	63	.591	2.0
St. Louis	76	78	.494	17.0
Philadelphia	71	83	.461	22.0
NY Giants	67	87	.435	26.0
Pittsburgh	66	88	.429	27.0
Chi Cubs	60	94	.390	33.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Track	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
44	Hank Aaron	+	of	3	22	UDFA: 1952	MLB	153	609	106	200	34	14	26	92	2	4	37	54	2	6	5	7	21	.328	.365	.558	923	.399	340	660	446	131	8.0	.325
41	Eddie Mathews	+	3b	7	24	-	MLB	151	552	103	150	21	2	37	95	6	0	91	86	1	17	3	4	4	.272	.373	.518	892	.385	286	651	413	119	7.8	.261
23	Johnny Logan	+	ss	35	29	-	MLB	148	545	69	153	27	5	15	46	3	0	46	49	5	2	31	4	13	.281	.340	.431	771	.343	235	631	440	91	5.6	.285
38	Bill Bruton	+	of	21	30	-	MLB	147	525	73	143	23	15	8	56	8	6	26	63	1	11	18	8	7	.272	.304	.419	723	.310	220	578	421	75	4.8	.292
4	Danny O'Connell	+	2b-3b	20	29	-	MLB	139	498	71	119	17	9	2	42	3	3	76	42	4	0	16	4	6	.239	.342	.321	663	.310	160	598	408	68	4.5	.255
9	Joe Adcock	+	1b-of	17	28	-	MLB	137	454	76	132	23	1	38	103	1	0	32	86	1	6	11	2	11	.291	.337	.597	934	.400	271	500	346	95	7.4	.283
25,34	Bobby Thomson	+	of	49	32	-	MLB	142	451	59	106	10	4	20	74	2	4	43	75	2	4	5	4	9	.235	.302	.408	710	.314	184	505	367	58	4.3	.239
1	Del Crandall	+	c	44	26	-	MLB	112	311	37	74	14	2	16	48	1	2	35	30	1	15	6	5	5	.238	.312	.450	763	.320	140	358	255	50	5.3	.215
7	Del Rice	+	c	68	33	-	MLB	71	188	15	40	9	1	3	17	0	0	18	34	0	7	2	0	5	.213	.282	.319	601	.260	60	208	155	16	2.8	.245
14,37	Frank Torre	+	1b	-	24	-	MLB	111	159	17	41	6	0	0	16	1	0	11	4	0	2	4	1	5	.258	.304	.296	600	.271	47	175	128	16	3.4	.263
43	Wes Covington	+	of	-	24	-	MLB	75	138	17	39	4	0	2	16	1	0	16	20	1	3	2	0	2	.283	.361	.355	716	.324	49	157	103	19	5.0	.319
21	Warren Spahn	+	p	-	35	-	MLB	39	105	8	22	3	0	3	10	1	0	4	32	0	0	2	0	3	.210	.239	.324	562	.252	34	111	88	6	1.7	.271
6	Jack Dittmer	+	2b	-	28	-	MLB	44	102	8	25	4	0	1	6	0	0	8	8	0	0	2	0	0	.245	.300	.314	614	.282	32	112	79	11	3.9	.258
48	Andy Pafko	+	of	-	35	-	MLB	45	93	15	24	5	0	2	9	0	0	10	13	0	0	1	0	0	.258	.330	.376	706	.322	35	104	70	13	5.2	.282
33	Lew Burdette	+	p	52	29	-	MLB	45	86	9	16	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	16	1	0	11	2	1	.186	.209	.198	406	.187	17	102	84	2	0.5	.222
10	Bob Buhl	+	p	-	27	-	MLB	38	73	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	34	0	0	6	0	0	.096	.108	.123	231	.106	9	80	72	-5	-1.9	.179
18	Chuck Tanner	+	of	-	26	-	MLB	60	63	6	15	2	0	1	4	0	0	10	10	0	2	0	0	3	.238	.342	.317	660	.299	20	73	51	7	3.6	.269
5	Felix Mantilla	+	2b-ss	-	21	-	MLB	35	53	9	15	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	8	1	0	1	0	1	.283	.309	.340	649	.294	18	56	41	5	3.4	.333
20	Ray Crone	+	p	-	24	-	MLB	35	49	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	18	0	0	5	0	1	.122	.246	.143	388	.202	7	62	49	0	-0.1	.194
22	Gene Conley	+	p	65	25	-	MLB	31	45	1	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	8	0	1	.156	.174	.178	352	.162	8	54	47	0	0.3	.167
39	Toby Atwell	+	c	-	32	-	MLB	15	30	2	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.265	.400	665	.285	12	34	25	4	4.4	.111
17	Taylor Phillips	+	p	-	23	-	MLB	23	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.087	.000	87	.062	0	24	22	-3	-3.3	.000
28	Earl Hersh	+	of	-	24	-	MLB	7	13	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.462	692	.297	6	13	10	2	4.3	.375
3	Jim Pendleton	+	of	-	32	-	MLB	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.083	.000	83	.059	0	12	12	-	-	.000
36	Lou Sleater	+	p	-	29	-	MLB	25	10	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.545	.500	1045	.477	5	11	5	2	13.2	.714
12,30	Bob Trowbridge	+	p	-	26	-	MLB	19	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	.089	0	9	8	-1	-2.3	.000
19	Red Murff	+	p	-	35	-	MLB	14	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	.181	1	5	4	0	1.1	.200
32	Ernie Johnson	+	p	-	32	-	MLB	36	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.200	.250	450	.181	1	5	4	0	2.0	.200
16	Dave Jolly	+	p	-	31	-	MLB	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	.142	0	6	5	0	-1.5	.000
24	Bob Roselli	+	c	-	24	-	MLB	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2500	1.045	4	2	1	2	42.4	.000
17	Chet Nichols	+	p	-	25	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (31 players)								154	5207	709	1350	212	54	177	667	29	20	486	714	20	76	142	42	99	.259	.323	.423	746	--	2201	5897	4160	781	5.1	.269

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Track	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	HB	IBB	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
21	Warren Spahn	+	2	35	-	MLB	20	11	2.78	39	35	20	3	3	3	281.1	249	92	87	25	52	128	7	0		0	1.07	7.97	0.80	1.66	4.09	0.41	--	0.83
33	Lew Burdette	+	5	29	-	MLB	19	10	2.70	39	35	16	6	2	1	256.1	234	92	77	22	52	110	2	0		0	1.12	8.22	0.77	1.83	3.86	0.47	--	1.19
10	Bob Buhl	+	13	27	-	MLB	18	8	3.32	38	33	13	2	0	0	216.2	190	96	80	18	105	86	3	0		1	1.36	7.89	0.75	4.36	3.57	1.22	--	1.04
20	Ray Crone	+	35	24	-	MLB	11	10	3.87	35	21	6	0	7	2	169.2	173	92	73	19	44	73	3	0		1	1.28	9.18	1.01	2.33	3.87	0.60	--	0.88
22	Gene Conley	+	36	25	-	MLB	8	9	3.13	31	19	5	1	9	3	158.1	169	74	55	13	52	68	3	0		0	1.40	9.61	0.74	2.96	3.87	0.76	--	0.86
17	Taylor Phillips	+	-	23	-	MLB	5	3	2.26	23	6	3	0	6	2	87.2	69	25	22	6	33	36	0	0		0	1.16	7.08	0.62	3.39	3.70	0.92	--	1.16
32	Ernie Johnson	+	40	32	-	MLB	4	3	3.71	36	0	0	0	23	6	51.0	54	21	21	9	21	26	1	0		0	1.47	9.53	1.59	3.71	4.59	0.81	--	0.69
12,30	Bob Trowbridge	+	-	26	-	MLB	3	2	2.66	19	4	1	0	8	0	50.2	38	15	15	4	34	40	3	0		0	1.42	6.75	0.71	6.04	7.11	0.85	--	0.57
36	Lou Sleater	+	-	29	-	MLB	2	2	3.15	25	1	0	0	11	2	45.2	42	22	16	6	27	32	0	0		0	1.51	8.28	1.18	5.32	6.31	0.84	--	1.15
16	Dave Jolly	+	43	31	-	MLB	2	3	3.74	29	0	0	0	18	7	45.2	39	21	19	7	35	20	2	0		0	1.62	7.69	1.38	6.90	3.94	1.75	--	0.60
19	Red Murff	+	-	35	-	MLB	0	0	4.44	14	1	0	0	4	1	24.1	25	14	12	3	7	18	0	0		0	1.32	9.25	1.11	2.59	6.66	0.39	--	2.62
17	Chet Nichols	+	-	25	-	MLB	0	1	6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	3	3	1	3	2	0	0		0	3.00	20.25	2.25	6.75	4.50	1.50	--	2.00
49	Humberto Robinson	+	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	1.50	4.50	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	2.00
11	Phil Paine	+	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Totals: (31 players)							92	62	3.10	154	154	64	12	90	27	1,393	1295	569	480	177	467	639	24	-	-	2	1.32	8.36	0.86	3.02	4.13	0.73	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Del Crandall	C	109		448	44	2	9	.996	0.00
Del Rice	C	65		271	21	5	2	.983	0.00
Toby Atwell	C	10		32	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bob Roselli	C	3		8	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Adcock	1B	129		1086	75	6	109	.995	0.00
Frank Torre	1B	89		390	42	3	34	.993	0.00
Jim Pendleton	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny O'Connell	2B	138		295	381	10	98	.985	0.00
Jack Dittmer	2B	42		64	78	3	15	.979	0.00
Jim Pendleton	2B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Mathews	3B	150		133	287	25	22	.944	0.00
Danny O'Connell	3B	4		3	2	1	0	.833	0.00
Felix Mantilla	3B	3		2	4	1	0	.857	0.00
Bobby Thomson	3B	3		5	10	3	0	.833	0.00
Jim Pendleton	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Logan	SS	148		266	467	24	94	.968	0.00
Felix Mantilla	SS	15		19	41	0	8	1.000	0.00
Jim Pendleton	SS	3		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Danny O'Connell	SS	1		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Aaron	OF	152		316	17	13	4	.962	0.00
Bill Bruton	OF	145		391	10	13	1	.969	0.00
Bobby Thomson	OF	136		257	7	7	0	.974	0.00
Andy Pafko	OF	37		43	2	1	0	.978	0.00
Wes Covington	OF	35		44	2	1	1	.979	0.00
Chuck Tanner	OF	8		4	0	1	0	.800	0.00
Earl Hersh	OF	2		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lew Burdette	P	39	256	19	48	1	4	.985	2.35
Warren Spahn	P	39	281	16	41	1	7	.983	1.82
Bob Buhl	P	38	216	19	35	1	2	.982	2.25
Ernie Johnson	P	36	51	4	10	1	0	.933	2.47
Ray Crone	P	35	169	15	23	1	2	.974	2.02
Gene Conley	P	31	158	8	25	2	3	.943	1.88
Dave Jolly	P	29	45	0	5	1	1	.833	1.00
Lou Sleater	P	25	45	4	11	0	0	1.000	2.99
Taylor Phillips	P	23	87	9	23	0	2	1.000	3.30
Bob Trowbridge	P	19	50	0	11	1	1	.917	1.97
Red Murff	P	14	24	4	4	1	0	.889	2.99
Chet Nichols	P	2	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50
Phil Paine	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Humberto Robinson	P	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	9.00

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