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1953 Milwaukee Braves  (1952)  (1954)
92-62, 2nd in National League
Scored 710 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700
Park Factor: Batting - 89 / Pitching - 88 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 96-58   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 92-62
Manager(s): Jim Pardee

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Gil Hodges           29  153  568  102  142  11   4  36   96   1   0   91  110  .250  .356  .474   97   5.9  1e9      -114  
 SS  Johnny Logan         27  154  636   73  188  32   9  11   73   2   1   50   51  .296  .350  .426   95   5.5  3e20       52  
 OF  Andy Pafko           32  139  579   87  181  34   4  18   89   8   3   24   47  .313  .343  .478   92   5.9  3(-1)e6    18  
 3B  Ray Boone            29  154  532   78  134  28   8  20   70   5   4   93  106  .252  .367  .447   90   5.8  4e23      -95  
 OF *Bill Bruton          27  154  658   91  180  18  15   6   65  42  10   49  111  .274  .326  .374   86   4.6  2(+1)e9    65  
 2B *Solly Hemus          30  154  590   82  157  16   3  13   59   8  12   85   46  .266  .361  .369   79   4.6  3e23      -95  
 OF  Sid Gordon           35  150  525   65  137  23   1  21   99   1   0   62   46  .261  .342  .429   78   5.2  3(-1)e7   -63  
 C   Del Crandall         23  114  381   45  121  16   0  18   65   4   4   35   44  .318  .376  .501   68   6.6  2(-2)e6   118  
 C   Ray Murray           35   56  171   23   50   7   1   2   23   0   0   20   20  .292  .364  .380   24   4.9  4(0)e6    -13  
 PH  Hank Majeski         36   59   50    7   15   1   0   3    9   0   0    5    3  .300  .368  .500    8   6.2             77  
 OF *Tom Wright           29   24   69    6   11   1   1   1    3   0   0    7   10  .159  .247  .246    4   2.0  4(0)e7   -208  
 OF *Gil Coan             31   43   43   10    7   0   0   0    1   7   0    2    7  .163  .200  .163    1   1.4  2(0)e7   -223  
 PH  Dick Rand            22    1    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    1     ?           1344  
 PH *Jack Dittmer         25   10    9    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .222  .222  .333    0   2.6           -104  
 3B  Rocky Bridges        25   38   12    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .000  .294  .000    0    .9  3e23     -267  
 1B  Gus Triandos         22    3   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200  .200  .300    0    .9  4e16       41  
 PH  Sam Calderone        27    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000 1.000  .000    0     ?           -506  
 PH  Wally Post           23    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -688  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           732                  -22

     * - 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         32  21   9  .700  36  36  19   0   0   0   3  292.0  241   96   79  20   72  210  2.43   94   2.9   -7  
  P *Mickey McDermott     23  17   9  .654  37  37   4   0   0   0   0  227.1  189   82   68   9  129  132  2.69   82   3.2  -27  
  P  Mike Garcia          29  12   9  .571  30  30   0   0   0   0   0  193.1  183   80   67  15   61  119  3.12   81   3.7  -11  
  P  Bob Buhl             24  10   6  .625  17  16  10   0   0   1   0  132.2  129   57   52  12   54   90  3.53   63   4.4   33  
  P  Lew Burdette         26  10   7  .588  35  17   2  14   5   1   0  142.1  163   76   56   3   54   67  3.54   68   4.3   -4  
  P  Ernie Johnson        29   7   3  .700  37   0   0  27  11   2   0   57.2   47   20   17   2   20   30  2.65   17   2.7 -125  
  P  Johnny Sain          35   6   9  .400  29  16   8  10   4   2   0  150.2  168   86   78  10   53   82  4.66   81   4.9    6  
  P  Bob Chakales         25   3   1  .750  17   0   0  11   2   1   0   31.1   43   27   24   5   14    3  6.89   24   7.0   96  
  P  Dave Jolly           28   3   3  .500  25   0   0  14   4   2   0   42.0   35   25   25   6   31   32  5.36   23   4.9  -26  
  P *Bill Henry           25   2   4  .333  28   2   1  20  10   1   0   71.1   82   38   34   6   22   62  4.29   39   5.0   38  
  P  Vern Bickford        32   1   2  .333  17   0   0  14   1   2   0   33.2   46   33   28   9   17   11  7.49   34   9.2  134  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      611         -2

     * - 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          939 106 109  627   36  12   4  .982  23  13
 Ray Murray            435  48  51  294   18   2   1  .994  12  10
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 1349 151 151 1318 131 12 137 .992 9.66 Gus Triandos 25 3 3 21 1 2 0 .917 7.92 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Solly Hemus 1368 154 154 362 448 29 113 .965 5.33 Rocky Bridges 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 Hank Majeski 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Boone 1315 154 154 151 352 15 38 .971 3.44 Rocky Bridges 46 0 28 7 11 0 0 1.000 3.52 Hank Majeski 13 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Logan 1370 154 154 272 471 23 97 .970 4.88 Rocky Bridges 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Sid Gordon           1287 147 147  337   11   7   0  .980  2.43
 Gil Coan               87   7  18   23    1   0   0 1.000  2.47
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Bruton 1374 154 154 401 25 5 3 .988 2.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Pafko 1211 136 136 199 10 12 2 .946 1.55 Tom Wright 159 18 19 26 1 2 1 .931 1.53 Sid Gordon 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1953 Draft


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