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1955 Milwaukee Braves  (1954)  (1956)
76-78, 4th in National League
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .702
Park Factor: Batting - 92 / Pitching - 91 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 83-71   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 85-69
Manager(s): John Storer

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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS  Johnny Logan         29  153  625  108  201  33   7   9   60   1   2   85   49  .322  .411  .440  116   6.9  2e30       49  
 OF  Hank Aaron           21  153  638  101  195  41  15  26  122   2   0   58   51  .306  .362  .539  113   6.3  2(-1)e12   -5  
 1B  Gil Hodges           31  154  576   81  154  32   3  22   93   2   0   84   95  .267  .359  .448   95   5.7  1e15      -70  
 3B  Ray Boone            31  150  532   66  137  16   8  18   81   0   0   62   63  .258  .332  .419   74   4.8  4e24      -71  
 OF *Bill Bruton          29  125  486   63  125  24   7   6   45  16   5   38   53  .257  .311  .372   59   4.2  1(+1)e15  -44  
 C   Del Crandall         25  128  457   56  106  22   2  22   74   3   1   34   64  .232  .293  .433   54   3.9  2(-2)e5   -30  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       39  105  292   44   85   7   3  10   40   1   1   41   16  .291  .379  .438   49   5.9  3(+1)e6   -25  
 1B  Norm Zauchin         25   86  227   27   66   7   0  10   32   1   0   32   48  .291  .376  .454   41   6.6  2e8        65  
 OF *Harry Simpson        29   86  159   33   55  13   3   6   16   1   1   20   19  .346  .429  .579   39  10.0  3(+1)e10  236  
 2B *Solly Hemus          32   95  216   25   56  14   2   6   22   0   0   33   22  .259  .365  .426   37   6.2  4e16       73  
 2B  Wayne Terwilliger    30  102  262   27   67  16   1   0   12   1   1   42   39  .256  .359  .324   31   4.1  2e14       -4  
 OF  Hoot Evers           34   84  245   19   51  10   0   8   33   1   0   13   32  .208  .246  .347   20   2.8  2(+1)e3  -146  
 C   Del Rice             32   41  104   10   12   1   2   2    9   0   0   13   13  .115  .212  .221    4   1.4  2(-1)e12 -146  
 3B  Andy Pafko           34   61   69    6   14   0   2   0    5   0   0    2    6  .203  .222  .261    3   1.9  4e14     -187  
 2B *Jack Dittmer         27   23   33    2    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .212  .212  .242    1   1.8  3e21       75  
 PH *Chuck Tanner         27   27   25    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .200  .286  .200    1   1.9           -216  
 C  *Ed Bailey            24    6   27    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    8  .148  .233  .185    1   1.3  4(+1)e16 -267  
 PH *Charlie White        27    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -628  
 PH *Joe Frazier          32    5    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0    .0           -255  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           744                  -19

     * - 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  Mike Garcia          31  17   9  .654  35  34   0   1   1   0   0  228.2  254  110   88  25   61  146  3.46  119   4.7   -9  
  P *Warren Spahn         34  14  14  .500  36  36  10   0   0   0   2  263.2  274  129  112  36   66  120  3.82  130   4.4   27  
  P  Lew Burdette         28  12  14  .462  37  36   3   1   0   0   2  251.0  286  128  109  21   68   67  3.91  129   4.6  -34  
  P  Gene Conley          24   9  10  .474  27  24   2   0   0   0   1  157.0  164   87   73  20   40  127  4.18   78   4.4   -8  
  P  Bob Buhl             26   9  12  .429  26  24   2   2   0   0   1  169.1  149   81   75  13  100   87  3.99   80   4.2   14  
  P *Bill Henry           27   6   4  .600  49   0   0  20   1   1   0   61.2   47   12   12   2   21   20  1.75   18   2.7 -164  
  P  Paul Giel            22   4   4  .500  52   0   0  23   2   0   0   72.2   65   27   25   5   45   47  3.10   38   4.8  -12  
  P  Ernie Johnson        31   3   8  .273  55   0   0  47  23   7   0   76.0   74   39   26   0   62   34  3.08   38   4.4   33  
  P  Ray Crone            23   2   3  .400  85   0   0  32   6   3   0  108.1  101   40   36   7   43   66  2.99   47   3.9   44  
  P *Roberto Vargas       26   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    2    0  0.00    0   1.9 -612  
  P  Dave Jolly           30   0   0  .000  17   0   0  10   0   0   0   14.2   19   19   16   2   18    6  9.82   15   8.9  170  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      698         -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         1089 121 125  658   47   5   4  .993  19  10
 Del Rice              256  27  37  134    6   5   1  .966   2   1
 Ed Bailey              59   6   6   37    3   1   1  .976   0   1
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 957 100 113 1054 129 9 124 .992 11.13 Norm Zauchin 447 54 54 476 48 0 52 1.000 10.55 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wayne Terwilliger 673 68 92 183 242 7 53 .984 5.68 Solly Hemus 471 58 62 153 156 4 55 .987 5.91 Hank Aaron 194 24 28 58 81 2 22 .986 6.44 Jack Dittmer 66 4 19 17 21 0 7 1.000 5.18 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Boone 1265 150 150 78 324 24 27 .944 2.86 Solly Hemus 76 2 27 9 28 3 2 .925 4.36 Andy Pafko 57 2 22 5 17 1 0 .957 3.45 Jack Dittmer 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 Wayne Terwilliger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Logan 1393 153 153 252 529 24 130 .970 5.05 Solly Hemus 11 1 3 2 3 2 3 .714 4.09 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Enos Slaughter        611  71  75  143    5   2   0  .987  2.18
 Gil Hodges            418  51  51   93    2   6   0  .941  2.05
 Hoot Evers            208  17  41   53    0   0   0 1.000  2.29
 Harry Simpson         132  14  20   30    0   2   0  .938  2.05
 Andy Pafko             18   1   6    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.47
 Hank Aaron              8   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.12
 Chuck Tanner            8   0   2    5    0   0   0 1.000  5.62
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Bruton 1037 113 119 283 10 10 1 .967 2.54 Hoot Evers 353 41 42 82 1 1 0 .988 2.12 Harry Simpson 14 0 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 1186 129 137 257 7 9 3 .967 2.00 Harry Simpson 127 15 18 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.78 Enos Slaughter 43 4 11 8 0 1 0 .889 1.67 Andy Pafko 30 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 Hoot Evers 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Wayne Terwilliger 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft


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