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1963 Milwaukee Braves  (1962)  (1964) 63-99, 7th in National League Scored 570 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .714 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 84-78 Manager(s): Ron Tidrow

 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           29  162  646  114  189  29   3  43   95  33   6   73  110  .293  .363  .546  131   7.5  1(-2)e7   -68  
 1B  Orlando Cepeda       25  160  610  101  186  34   4  40  105   7   0   59   80  .305  .378  .570  130   7.9  2e25       20  
 3B  Don Wert             24   89  219   32   77  10   5   9   21   0   2   18   39  .352  .404  .566   49   8.8  2e23      262  
 1B  Joe Adcock           35  109  283   32   74   7   0  16   51   3   1   27   62  .261  .325  .456   41   5.2  4e8        40  
 2B  Frank Bolling        31  139  470   44  116  14   2   3   22   1   1   31   38  .247  .296  .304   40   2.9  2e17      -10  
 OF *Willie Kirkland      29  114  389   38   75  11   0  14   41   4   1   55   92  .193  .292  .329   39   3.2  3(-3)e7   -56  
 3B  Bob Bailey           20  124  460   36   98   8   0   9   33  11  12   44   73  .213  .290  .289   37   2.6  3e37      -53  
 OF *Al Luplow            24  104  240   34   68   5   2   4   19   0   0   25   54  .283  .357  .371   32   5.0  3(0)e2     72  
 SS  Roy McMillan         33  109  308   13   68  10   1   3   18   0   3   20   29  .221  .268  .289   23   2.5  2e17      -59  
 OF  Howie Goss           28  100  269   25   51  12   0   7   26   3   4   20   77  .190  .243  .312   20   2.4  2(0)e3    -37  
 C  *Charlie Lau          30   80  193   12   54   9   0   1   19   0   1   15   19  .280  .327  .342   19   3.5  4(+2)e8   -10  
 OF  Bob Perry            28   43  123   19   37  10   0   4   18   3   1    8   23  .301  .351  .480   18   5.4  2(+2)e20  169  
 C   Del Crandall         33  105  287   13   43   9   0   1   15   3   1   20   22  .150  .202  .192   11   1.2  3(0)e4   -108  
 2B  Ernie Fazio          21   55  127   10   27   4   1   0    9   2   4   17   46  .213  .311  .260   11   2.8  3e25       17  
 UT  Ken McMullen         21   33   53    8   12   2   0   3   12   0   1    5    8  .226  .305  .434    7   4.5            103  
 SS  Al Moran             24   72  200    6   28   1   1   1    7   1   2   16   38  .140  .207  .170    6   1.0  3e42     -126  
 UT  Tommie Aaron         23   31   99    5   18   7   1   1   13   0   0    6   27  .182  .226  .303    5   1.7             -9  
 C   Ed Sadowski          32   41  106   10   15   2   0   4    8   0   1    6   22  .142  .186  .274    4   1.3  4(0)e1    -44  
 OF *Ty Cline             24   12   23    0    6   1   0   0    0   1   1    1    5  .261  .292  .304    1   2.9  2(-1)e3    54  
 OF *Don Dillard          26    6   21    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    0   10  .143  .136  .190    0    .9  3(+1)e16 -321  
 2B  Cookie Rojas         24   11    8    3    1   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    1  .125  .222  .125    0   2.0  3e8      -198  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           635                  -13

     * - 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 *Warren Spahn         42  14  13  .519  34  34   8   0   0   0   1  255.0  252   98   84  26   60   77  2.96  107   3.7    5  
  P  Lew Burdette         36  12  11  .522  31  31   1   0   0   0   1  179.0  153   74   60  15   30   67  3.02   56   2.8 -140  
  P *Denny Lemaster       24  11  15  .423  39  34   7   2   0   0   3  232.0  222  112  104  35   80  182  4.03  119   4.6   31  
  P *Bob Hendley          24   5  17  .227  33  31   2   2   1   0   1  179.1  209  111  102  23   69   96  5.12  116   5.8  101  
  P  Ray Washburn         25   4   1  .800  15   7   2   4   0   0   1   64.1   37   18   17   7   10   46  2.38   14   2.0  -81  
  P  Larry Bearnarth      21   4   7  .364  86   0   0  37  11   6   0  143.2  112   56   39   8   49   56  2.44   46   2.8 -133  
  P  Hank Fischer         23   3   3  .500  48   0   0  18   2   2   0   76.1   83   39   36   7   24   61  4.24   44   5.1  -42  
  P  Tony Cloninger       22   3  12  .200  57   9   1  30   4   6   1  132.0  117   62   56  16   51   89  3.82   58   4.0  -52  
  P  Frank Funk           27   2   3  .400  33   0   0  23  10   2   0   39.2   33   12   10   4    4   21  2.27   13   3.0  -60  
  P  Bob Shaw             30   2   9  .182  19  14   0   1   0   0   0   87.0  100   67   61  10   26   52  6.31   53   5.4  106  
  P  Bill Faul            23   1   1  .500   6   2   0   1   0   0   0   20.2   23   15   15   3   12   13  6.53   14   6.4   39  
  P  Bobby Tiefenauer     33   1   3  .250  23   0   0  16   6   1   0   31.1   27   11   10   0    5   22  2.87    9   2.6   49  
  P *Nick Willhite        22   1   4  .200  13   0   0   7   0   1   0   14.0   28   13   13   2    3   11  8.36   17  11.3  197  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      671        -11

     * - 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 761 82 103 483 34 7 1 .987 46 17 Charlie Lau 410 48 59 257 24 9 1 .969 35 14 Ed Sadowski 280 32 39 165 10 2 1 .989 11 6 Don Wert 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 .800 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Orlando Cepeda 870 95 99 905 98 10 63 .990 10.37 Joe Adcock 556 64 66 582 62 3 58 .995 10.42 Tommie Aaron 28 3 4 37 1 0 2 1.000 12.21 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Bolling 1087 119 128 315 330 11 72 .983 5.34 Ernie Fazio 239 27 31 76 65 3 21 .979 5.30 Don Wert 64 9 11 22 25 1 6 .979 6.64 Ken McMullen 28 4 5 13 7 2 0 .909 6.51 Tommie Aaron 16 2 2 3 6 1 2 .900 5.06 Cookie Rojas 12 0 5 2 5 0 2 1.000 5.25 Roy McMillan 9 1 1 5 6 0 1 1.000 11.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Bailey 1002 114 116 71 271 30 11 .919 3.07 Don Wert 328 34 43 18 69 8 4 .916 2.38 Tommie Aaron 79 9 10 4 24 1 2 .966 3.20 Ken McMullen 44 5 9 2 10 5 0 .706 2.45 Ernie Fazio 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy McMillan 734 79 92 178 281 11 58 .977 5.63 Al Moran 503 61 64 99 192 10 28 .967 5.20 Ernie Fazio 97 11 15 26 44 7 8 .909 6.52 Don Wert 78 6 18 11 31 2 5 .955 4.85 Bob Bailey 42 5 9 12 13 3 2 .893 5.31 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Orlando Cepeda 548 64 65 127 3 10 2 .929 2.14 Al Luplow 443 50 50 76 3 0 0 1.000 1.61 Willie Kirkland 253 26 28 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 Bob Perry 130 14 17 29 0 2 0 .935 2.01 Don Dillard 51 5 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 Ken McMullen 21 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 Tommie Aaron 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 Ty Cline 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Kirkland 660 75 76 171 10 2 1 .989 2.47 Howie Goss 529 58 64 132 9 2 0 .986 2.40 Bob Perry 151 16 20 45 3 1 1 .980 2.86 Tommie Aaron 85 10 10 25 1 1 0 .963 2.75 Ty Cline 29 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 1447 162 162 285 5 9 0 .970 1.80 Al Luplow 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Ty Cline 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1963 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Lew Burdette
Round 2 (#26):	Willie Kirkland
Round 3 (#41):	Al Luplow
Round 4 (#56):	Al Moran
Round 5 (#71):	Charlie Lau
Round 6 (#85):	Ken McMullen
Round 7 (#93):	Ernie Fazio
Round 8 (#100):	Howie Goss

Transactions

• 1963-01: traded Joe Torre, Dick Stigman to MNA for Joe Adcock, Cookie Rojas
• 1963-01: acquired Ed Sadowski as a free agent
• 1963-09: released Hank Fischer
• 1963-09: acquired Bill Faul as a free agent
• 1963 postseason: released Bob Bailey, Ed Sadowski

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