1961 MILWAUKEE BRAVES

| Level: MLB

Location: Milwaukee,WI
Team Record: 83-71 .539
Result: 4th in National League
Manager(s): Chuck Dressen, Birdie Tebbetts
General Manager: John McHale
Stadium: County Stadium
Attendance: 1,101,441
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Milwaukee Braves affiliate history

Oldest Player: Warren Spahn (40)
Youngest Player: Tony Cloninger (20)
Longest Tenure: Johnny Logan, Joe Adcock, Bob Buhl, Lew Burdette, Del Crandall, Warren Spahn, Eddie Mathews (9)
Top Hitter: Hank Aaron (2)
Top Pitcher: Warren Spahn (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 74.54%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	93	61	.604	--
LA Dodgers	89	65	.578	4.0
SF Giants	85	69	.552	8.0
Milwaukee	83	71	.539	10.0
St. Louis	80	74	.519	13.0
Pittsburgh	75	79	.487	18.0
Chi Cubs	64	90	.416	29.0
Philadelphia	47	107	.305	46.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	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	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
44	Hank Aaron	of	2	27	UDFA: 1952	MLB	155	603	115	197	39	10	34	120	21	9	56	64	2	20	1	9	16	.327	.381	.594	974	358	671	441	145	8.9	.317
2	Frank Bolling	2b	25	29	-	MLB	148	585	86	153	16	4	15	56	7	3	57	62	3	1	10	3	25	.262	.329	.379	708	222	658	473	76	4.3	.270
41	Eddie Mathews	3b	6	29	-	MLB	152	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	12	7	93	95	2	3	1	4	10	.306	.402	.535	937	306	672	419	131	8.5	.318
9	Joe Adcock	1b-of	15	33	-	MLB	152	562	77	160	20	0	35	108	2	1	59	94	2	4	4	2	22	.285	.354	.507	861	285	629	431	102	6.4	.287
11	Roy McMillan	ss	22	31	-	MLB	154	505	42	111	16	0	7	48	2	4	61	86	4	2	11	7	16	.220	.305	.293	598	148	588	432	44	2.8	.248
12	Frank Thomas	of-3b	27	32	-	MLB	124	423	58	120	13	3	25	67	2	4	29	70	6	7	2	4	16	.284	.335	.506	841	214	464	329	71	5.9	.286
15	Joe Torre	c-1b	-	20	UDFA: 1959	MLB	113	406	40	113	21	4	10	42	3	5	28	60	4	4	2	1	10	.278	.330	.424	754	172	441	311	59	5.1	.306
24	Lee Maye	of	57	26	-	MLB	110	373	68	101	11	5	14	41	10	1	36	50	3	2	2	3	1	.271	.337	.440	777	164	417	279	64	6.2	.279
19	Gino Cimoli	of	-	31	-	MLB	37	117	12	23	5	0	3	4	1	0	11	15	0	0	3	0	3	.197	.266	.316	582	37	131	100	10	2.8	.202
30	Mack Jones	of	-	22	-	MLB	28	104	13	24	3	2	0	12	4	4	12	28	2	2	1	0	0	.231	.322	.298	620	31	119	85	9	2.9	.316
33	Lew Burdette	p	-	34	-	MLB	42	103	10	21	5	0	3	11	0	0	2	39	0	0	3	0	0	.204	.219	.340	559	35	108	85	5	1.7	.295
25	Al Spangler	of	-	27	-	MLB	68	97	23	26	2	0	0	6	4	2	28	9	0	2	0	0	0	.268	.432	.289	721	28	125	73	17	6.2	.295
21	Warren Spahn	p	-	40	-	MLB	39	94	13	21	7	0	4	15	0	0	7	33	1	0	2	2	1	.223	.279	.426	704	40	106	78	11	3.8	.288
18	Felix Mantilla	2b-ss	-	26	-	MLB	45	93	13	20	3	0	1	5	1	1	10	16	1	0	1	0	2	.215	.298	.280	578	26	105	77	7	2.6	.250
6	Charlie Lau	c	-	28	-	MLB	28	82	3	17	5	0	0	5	1	1	14	11	1	3	3	2	1	.207	.323	.268	592	22	102	72	9	3.2	.233
29	John DeMerit	of	-	25	-	MLB	32	74	5	12	3	0	2	5	0	0	5	19	1	0	0	0	2	.162	.225	.284	509	21	80	64	3	1.3	.189
22	Sammy White	c	-	32	-	MLB	21	63	1	14	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2	1	1	.222	.242	.286	528	18	68	53	4	2.0	.241
10	Bob Buhl	p	-	32	-	MLB	32	60	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	30	0	0	2	0	1	.067	.138	.067	205	4	67	59	-5	-2.5	.133
16	Carl Willey	p	-	30	-	MLB	35	54	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	0	0	3	0	0	.019	.036	.019	55	1	58	56	-7	-3.5	.036
3	Bob Boyd	1b	-	35	-	MLB	36	41	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	1	.244	.256	.244	500	10	43	33	2	1.4	.286
32	Don Nottebart	p	-	25	-	MLB	38	38	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	0	0	1	0	3	.184	.244	.184	428	7	42	35	0	-0.2	.241
12	Mel Roach	2b-of	-	28	-	MLB	13	36	3	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	4	2	0	1	1	0	.167	.244	.250	494	9	42	32	2	2.0	.156
36	Bob Hendley	p	-	22	-	MLB	19	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	2	0	0	.032	.091	.032	123	1	35	32	-3	-2.4	.048
1	Del Crandall	c	-	31	-	MLB	15	30	3	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.226	.300	526	9	32	26	2	2.5	.200
40	Tony Cloninger	p	-	20	UDFA: 1958	MLB	19	30	4	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.194	.167	360	5	33	27	0	-0.0	.208
26	Hawk Taylor	c-of	-	22	-	MLB	20	26	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.308	584	8	29	22	1	1.4	.286
43	Wes Covington	of	-	29	-	MLB	9	21	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.238	499	5	23	17	1	2.0	.235
23	Johnny Logan	ss	-	34	-	MLB	18	19	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	.105	.150	.158	308	3	20	18	0	-0.7	.125
20	Don McMahon	p	-	31	-	MLB	53	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.187	.187	.250	437	4	17	14	0	0.8	.250
30	Neil Chrisley	of	-	29	-	MLB	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	2	10	7	1	2.5	.250
3	Billy Martin	2b	-	33	-	MLB	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
35	Ron Piche	p	-	26	-	MLB	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
17	Moe Drabowsky	p	-	25	-	MLB	16	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	650	1	5	3	0	4.3	.333
35	Claude Raymond	p	-	24	-	MLB	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
36	Ken MacKenzie	p	-	27	-	MLB	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
43	Johnny Antonelli	p	-	31	-	MLB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							154	5288	712	1365	199	34	188	662	70	43	534	880	34	50	62	40	133	.258	.328	.415	743	2196	5958	4201	756	4.9	.276

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
33	Lew Burdette	4	34	-	MLB	18	11	4.00	40	36	14	3	4	0	272.1	295	131	121	31	33	92	1	1	1.20	9.75	1.02	1.09	3.04	0.36	.276	1.21
21	Warren Spahn	2	40	-	MLB	21	13	3.02	38	34	21	4	3	0	262.2	236	96	88	24	64	115	4	0	1.14	8.09	0.82	2.19	3.94	0.56	.255	1.02
10	Bob Buhl	41	32	-	MLB	9	10	4.11	32	28	9	1	2	0	188.1	180	99	86	23	98	77	3	0	1.48	8.60	1.10	4.68	3.68	1.27	.260	1.23
16	Carl Willey	39	30	-	MLB	6	12	3.83	35	22	4	0	6	0	159.2	147	71	68	20	65	91	5	0	1.33	8.29	1.13	3.66	5.13	0.71	.262	1.18
32	Don Nottebart	53	25	-	MLB	6	7	4.06	38	11	2	0	13	3	126.1	117	61	57	11	48	66	1	0	1.31	8.34	0.78	3.42	4.70	0.73	.272	0.88
36	Bob Hendley	-	22	-	MLB	5	7	3.90	19	13	3	0	2	0	97.0	96	46	42	8	39	44	2	0	1.39	8.91	0.74	3.62	4.08	0.89	.280	1.15
20	Don McMahon	37	31	-	MLB	6	4	2.84	53	0	0	0	32	8	92.0	84	35	29	4	51	55	4	0	1.47	8.22	0.39	4.99	5.38	0.93	.288	0.94
40	Tony Cloninger	-	20	UDFA: 1958	MLB	7	2	5.25	19	10	3	0	4	0	84.0	84	49	49	16	33	51	7	4	1.39	9.00	1.71	3.54	5.46	0.65	.265	0.94
17	Moe Drabowsky	-	25	-	MLB	0	2	4.62	16	0	0	0	7	2	25.1	26	15	13	4	18	5	1	1	1.74	9.24	1.42	6.39	1.78	3.60	.259	0.97
35	Ron Piche	-	26	-	MLB	2	2	3.47	12	1	1	0	5	1	23.1	20	12	9	1	16	16	0	0	1.54	7.71	0.39	6.17	6.17	1.00	.284	0.82
35	Claude Raymond	-	24	-	MLB	1	0	3.98	13	0	0	0	8	2	20.1	22	9	9	2	9	13	0	0	1.52	9.74	0.89	3.98	5.75	0.69	.308	0.44
19	Seth Morehead	-	26	-	MLB	1	0	6.46	12	0	0	0	3	0	15.1	16	11	11	4	7	13	1	0	1.50	9.39	2.35	4.11	7.63	0.54	.286	1.27
43	Johnny Antonelli	-	31	-	MLB	1	0	7.59	9	0	0	0	4	0	10.2	16	9	9	2	3	8	0	0	1.78	13.50	1.69	2.53	6.75	0.38	--	0.60
36	Ken MacKenzie	-	27	-	MLB	0	1	5.14	5	0	0	0	1	0	7.0	8	5	4	1	2	5	0	0	1.43	10.29	1.29	2.57	6.43	0.40	.333	1.25
30	George Brunet	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	5	0	0	0	3	0	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	1.80	12.60	1.80	3.60	0.00	--	.375	0.75
40	Chi-Chi Olivo	-	33	-	MLB	0	0	18.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	4	4	1	5	1	0	0	4.00	13.50	4.50	22.50	4.50	5.00	.400	3.00
Totals: (36 players)						83	71	3.89	154	154	57	8	97	16	1,391	1357	656	602	188	493	652	30	6	1.36	8.78	0.99	3.19	4.22	0.76	.267

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Torre	C	112		494	50	10	4	.982	0.00
Charlie Lau	C	25		114	7	4	2	.968	0.00
Sammy White	C	20		107	5	3	0	.974	0.00
Del Crandall	C	5		17	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Phil Roof	C	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hawk Taylor	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Adcock	1B	148		1471	102	11	133	.993	0.00
Frank Thomas	1B	11		48	4	0	6	1.000	0.00
Bob Boyd	1B	3		20	5	0	3	1.000	0.00
Mel Roach	1B	2		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Bolling	2B	148		326	489	10	112	.988	0.00
Felix Mantilla	2B	10		25	27	1	4	.981	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Mathews	3B	151		168	281	18	30	.961	0.00
Felix Mantilla	3B	6		5	11	1	1	.941	0.00
Hank Aaron	3B	2		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy McMillan	SS	154		257	496	19	110	.975	0.00
Felix Mantilla	SS	19		5	9	1	2	.933	0.00
Johnny Logan	SS	2		0	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Aaron	OF	154		377	13	7	3	.982	0.00
Frank Thomas	OF	109		202	4	10	0	.954	0.00
Lee Maye	OF	96		169	6	5	0	.972	0.00
Al Spangler	OF	44		56	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gino Cimoli	OF	31		66	0	1	0	.985	0.00
Mack Jones	OF	26		45	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
John DeMerit	OF	21		40	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Felix Mantilla	OF	10		12	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mel Roach	OF	9		12	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wes Covington	OF	5		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hawk Taylor	OF	5		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don McMahon	P	53	92	7	23	3	1	.909	2.93
Lew Burdette	P	40	272	27	60	1	2	.989	2.88
Don Nottebart	P	38	126	9	31	1	1	.976	2.85
Warren Spahn	P	38	262	16	63	2	7	.975	2.71
Carl Willey	P	35	159	9	42	0	3	1.000	2.88
Bob Buhl	P	32	188	16	37	1	1	.981	2.54
Tony Cloninger	P	19	84	11	16	0	0	1.000	2.89
Bob Hendley	P	19	97	6	24	1	0	.968	2.78
Moe Drabowsky	P	16	25	1	7	1	0	.889	2.87
Claude Raymond	P	13	20	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.13
Seth Morehead	P	12	15	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.19
Ron Piche	P	12	23	0	6	0	1	1.000	2.34
Johnny Antonelli	P	9	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
George Brunet	P	5	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	5.40
Ken MacKenzie	P	5	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.86
Chi-Chi Olivo	P	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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