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1957 Milwaukee Braves  (1956)  (1958) 86-68, 2nd in National League Scored 670 runs, Allowed 593 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-69   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 95-59 Manager(s): John Storer

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Hank Aaron           23  154  620  104  173  18   6  40   95   2   1   58   79  .279  .343  .521  105   6.0  2(-2)e6  -114  
 UT  Gil Hodges           33  153  618  104  171  22   7  15   64   5   2   72  133  .277  .353  .408   93   5.5           -117  
 C   Del Crandall         27  120  414   54  117  12   2  25   68   0   0   36   52  .283  .339  .502   71   6.2  2(-2)e4   124  
 3B  Alvin Dark           35  152  628   73  169  28   2   6   53   4   3   26   76  .269  .298  .349   64   3.5  3e22      -59  
 SS  Johnny Logan         31  152  538   48  128  20   7  12   42   0   0   25   64  .238  .273  .368   52   3.3  3e34      -78  
 OF *Wes Covington        25  108  321   50   79   8  13  15   54   4   4   41   53  .246  .332  .492   48   5.0  4(+3)e7   -52  
 OF *Bob Hazle            26   51  142   21   57  16   0   5   33   2   4   17   24  .401  .463  .620   41  12.2  3(+3)e23  -43  
 OF  Woodie Held          25   78  232   40   57   7   1  17   35   2   1   20   70  .246  .309  .504   36   5.3  3(+1)e7    10  
 1B *Bob Speake           26  120  385   36   87   9   7   5   43   5   6   31   65  .226  .283  .325   32   2.8  1e15      -95  
 2B  Ted Kazanski         23   81  184   24   55   5   3   5   19   4   0   22   35  .299  .377  .440   32   6.7  2e19      128  
 OF *Bill Bruton          31  114  335   33   81  15   8   6   46  14   7   10   53  .242  .261  .388   29   2.9  2(+1)e8  -106  
 OF  Andy Pafko           36   72  159   15   45   7   0   4   29   3   0    3   21  .283  .299  .403   17   3.9  3(-1)e7   -29  
 C   Del Rice             34   58  152   23   22   0   0   8   18   0   0   24   43  .145  .266  .303   12   2.6  2(0)e5   -178  
 SS  Andre Rodgers        22   33   40    6   14   1   0   1    7   0   0    4    6  .350  .422  .450    8   8.5  4e38      157  
 1B  Norm Zauchin         27   44   51    6   11   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    4  .216  .259  .314    3   2.4  3e25     -166  
 2B *Solly Hemus          34   17   64    3    9   3   1   0    3   0   1    8    3  .141  .233  .219    3   1.6  3e19     -131  
 PH *Jim King             24   29   26    0    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    3  .231  .333  .231    2   3.2           -135  
 PH  Nippy Jones          32    9    9    1    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .333  .333  .667    2   9.0            315  
 UT  Billy Harrell        28    4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   9.2            -13  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           659                  -57

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Lew Burdette         30  18  10  .643  38  37   8   0   0   0   3  282.2  228   83   70  15   61   93  2.23   87   2.8 -129  
  P *Warren Spahn         36  18  11  .621  38  38   7   0   0   0   4  290.0  271   80   67  16   72  131  2.08  103   3.1  -48  
  P  Mike Garcia          33  13  12  .520  33  32   5   0   0   0   1  231.2  223   94   81  16   79  134  3.15   98   3.8  -67  
  P  Bob Buhl             28  13  13  .500  34  33   2   0   0   0   1  230.1  203   99   85  15  125  134  3.32  100   3.9  -22  
  P  Gene Conley          26   9   5  .643  64   1   0  40   9   8   0  108.2  108   60   50   3   65   56  4.14   56   4.6   29  
  P  Turk Lown            33   5   5  .500  60   0   0  39  24   8   0   61.0   60   46   42   9   44   34  6.20   41   5.9  104  
  P  Roger Craig          27   5   5  .500  13  12   0   1   1   0   0   66.1   75   43   39  12   31   41  5.29   43   6.0   21  
  P  Ernie Johnson        33   2   1  .667  49   0   0  19   0   0   0   46.1   54   31   31   9   20   39  6.02   34   6.7  112  
  P  Ray Crone            25   2   3  .400  32   1   0  21   1   1   0   47.0   63   23   20   3   16   27  3.83   32   6.3   28  
  P  Dave Jolly           32   0   0  .000  10   0   0   5   0   0   0   12.0   13    8    8   1    8    6  6.00    6   5.2  -75  
  P  Red Murff            36   0   1  .000   4   0   0   2   0   0   0    6.0    5    3    3   0    4    3  4.50    2   3.8 -235  
  P *Art Ceccarelli       27   0   2  .000  41   0   0   4   2   3   0   15.1   27   23   16   2   12   10  9.39   18  10.8  226  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      626        -34

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Del Crandall 1020 113 118 580 29 6 3 .990 33 12 Del Rice 381 41 54 221 16 7 3 .971 25 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Speake 780 89 92 784 67 9 85 .990 9.82 Gil Hodges 592 62 79 618 48 8 76 .988 10.12 Norm Zauchin 28 3 8 29 0 2 2 .935 9.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 790 91 93 215 247 13 66 .973 5.26 Ted Kazanski 466 46 74 136 158 5 42 .983 5.67 Solly Hemus 137 16 17 34 46 4 12 .952 5.26 Billy Harrell 7 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alvin Dark 1381 152 152 150 390 29 37 .949 3.52 Ted Kazanski 10 1 3 1 5 0 2 1.000 5.40 Andre Rodgers 10 1 2 1 4 1 0 .833 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Logan 1344 148 152 339 420 30 103 .962 5.08 Ted Kazanski 27 3 4 7 14 1 5 .955 6.91 Andre Rodgers 26 3 6 8 7 0 1 1.000 5.19 Billy Harrell 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wes Covington 691 83 87 172 1 6 0 .966 2.25 Andy Pafko 354 33 66 78 4 1 0 .988 2.09 Bob Hazle 310 38 38 60 1 5 0 .924 1.77 Bob Speake 30 0 17 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.34 Woodie Held 16 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Bruton 774 80 105 208 9 8 3 .964 2.52 Woodie Held 492 58 61 117 10 1 0 .992 2.32 Bob Speake 131 16 19 28 1 1 0 .967 1.99 Nippy Jones 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim King 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 1401 154 154 331 12 1 2 .997 2.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1957 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Alvin Dark
Round 1 (#13):	Woodie Held
Round 2 (#21):	Bob Hazle
Round 3 (#34):	Turk Lown
Round 4 (#47):	Bob Speake
Round 5 (#60):	Art Ceccarelli
Round 6 (#70):	Norm Zauchin
Round 7 (#79):	Andre Rodgers
Round 8 (#86):	Jim King
Round 9 (#91):	Billy Harrell

Transactions

• 1957-09: traded MLN#2 to NY2 for Ray Crone
• 1957 postseason: released Bob Speake

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