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1954 Milwaukee Braves  (1953)  (1955) 82-72, 4th in National League Scored 684 runs, Allowed 586 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .727 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 89 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 91-63   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-65 Manager(s): Jim Pardee

 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           30  154  605   92  181  34   3  34  119   2   1   81   78  .299  .379  .534  120   7.3  1e7       -39  
 3B  Ray Boone            30  153  592   86  178  21   9  19   77   6   1   85   60  .301  .388  .463  107   6.6  4e20        9  
 OF  Andy Pafko           33  141  551   63  150  28   5   9   57   1   3   41   51  .272  .324  .390   66   4.2  2(-1)e10  -48  
 OF  Sid Gordon           36  109  320   53  101  17   0   9   32   0   0   52   16  .316  .410  .453   63   7.5  4(-2)e8    20  
 OF  Hank Aaron           20  125  434   61  124  31  10  10   55   0   2   25   40  .286  .326  .472   62   5.1  3(0)e10    30  
 SS  Johnny Logan         28  154  606   66  144  17  11   7   60   2   0   51   52  .238  .300  .337   62   3.4  2e26      -75  
 OF *Bill Bruton          28  135  588   79  156  21   8   2   40  33   8   26  100  .265  .299  .338   62   3.8  1(+1)e8   -63  
 C   Del Crandall         24  122  403   53  101  12   6  24   67   0   0   25   35  .251  .298  .489   56   4.8  2(-2)e4    56  
 2B *Solly Hemus          31  106  220   35   70  19   4   2   29   5   1   56   26  .318  .459  .468   54   9.5  4e11       45  
 C  *Ed Bailey            23   61  193   23   46  10   6   9   31   0   1   26   33  .238  .326  .492   32   5.7  4(+1)e9   106  
 2B *Jack Dittmer         26   81  211   24   43   5   0   9   32   0   0   16   24  .204  .268  .355   19   3.1  2e21      -76  
 2B  Hank Majeski         37   45  129    5   33   2   1   1    8   0   0    5   16  .256  .279  .310   11   3.0  4e8      -119  
 OF *Joe Frazier          31   48   62   10   15   0   1   3    8   0   0   10   14  .242  .360  .419   10   5.9  4(+1)e16 -109  
 UT  Roy Smalley          28   21   12    3    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .417  .500  .750    4  18.4            635  
 2B  Rocky Bridges        26    8   25    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .200  .231  .200    1   1.6  2e26     -141  
 PH *Catfish Metkovich    33   11   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .300  .300  .400    1   4.6            -10  
 C  *Charlie White        26    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  4(+3)e7  -616  
 C   Sam Calderone        28    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  4(+2)e16 -889  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           739                  -16

     * - 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         33  17  10  .630  38  38  14   0   0   0   4  294.0  266  129  118  29  128  140  3.61  128   3.9   -9  
  P  Mike Garcia          30  15  14  .517  37  37   9   0   0   0   3  273.1  228   90   74   8   90  118  2.44   92   3.1   11  
  P  Lew Burdette         27  15  15  .500  36  35  13   1   0   0   4  263.2  263  108  101  23   67   89  3.45  115   3.9    7  
  P  Gene Conley          23  11  11  .500  27  27   9   0   0   0   2  203.1  171   77   66  16   75  124  2.92   72   3.2  -62  
  P  Bob Chakales         26   9   3  .750  29   5   0  18   0   2   0   62.1   49   31   26   6   44   28  3.75   31   4.4    0  
  P *Bill Henry           26   7   4  .636  46   7   0  21   1   1   0   98.2   97   47   45  10   49   37  4.10   54   5.0  -59  
  P  Dave Jolly           29   5   4  .556  25   0   0  15   2   6   0   49.2   41   20   20   4   32   23  3.62   23   4.1   47  
  P  Ernie Johnson        30   1   2  .333  45   0   0  23   2   1   0   54.0   45   17   16   2   18   32  2.67   19   3.2  -24  
  P  Bob Buhl             25   1   3  .250   6   5   1   1   0   0   0   35.2   56   31   25   4   19   13  6.31   33   8.5  157  
  P  Ray Crone            22   1   5  .167  25   0   0  17  11   5   0   26.0   28   19   19   1   17   19  6.58   16   5.5   35  
  P  Erv Palica           26   0   0  .000   6   0   0   5   0   0   0    9.2   13    7    6   3    5    4  5.59    8   8.1  157  
  P  Johnny Sain          36   0   1  .000  25   0   0   7   1   1   0   18.2   18   10   10   3    4    5  4.82    8   4.2   91  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      605         -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 895 98 111 487 32 6 4 .989 25 10 Ed Bailey 489 56 57 263 23 12 0 .960 17 15 Solly Hemus 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 Charlie White 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Sam Calderone 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 1387 154 154 1472 190 7 175 .996 10.78 Joe Frazier 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 Roy Smalley 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jack Dittmer 534 56 76 160 189 6 47 .983 5.88 Solly Hemus 530 61 67 149 168 4 48 .988 5.38 Hank Majeski 268 31 34 98 84 2 26 .989 6.12 Rocky Bridges 54 6 7 15 19 2 3 .944 5.67 Roy Smalley 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Boone 1328 153 153 105 306 21 19 .951 2.79 Solly Hemus 30 0 17 1 4 1 0 .833 1.50 Hank Majeski 24 1 4 1 3 2 0 .667 1.50 Sid Gordon 6 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Rocky Bridges 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Logan 1382 154 154 311 559 18 135 .980 5.66 Solly Hemus 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.91 Roy Smalley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sid Gordon 764 87 89 162 6 4 1 .977 1.98 Andy Pafko 536 59 59 123 1 3 0 .976 2.08 Joe Frazier 73 8 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 Hank Aaron 16 0 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Bruton 1172 130 130 361 9 3 1 .992 2.84 Andy Pafko 217 24 25 61 1 1 0 .984 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 931 104 105 169 4 4 0 .977 1.67 Andy Pafko 453 50 51 78 5 0 1 1.000 1.65 Joe Frazier 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Catfish Metkovich 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1954 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Johnny Sain
Round 2 (#19):	Sid Gordon
Round 3 (#33):	Hank Majeski
Round 4 (#47):	Bob Chakales
Round 5 (#59):	Erv Palica
Round 6 (#71):	Rocky Bridges
Round 7 (#81):	Roy Smalley

Transactions

• 1954 postseason: released Bob Thorpe

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