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1958 Milwaukee Braves  (1957)  (1959) 80-74, 4th in National League Scored 716 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .699 Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 89-65   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 92-62 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           24  154  625  122  210  34   2  32  102   9   3   58   74  .336  .393  .550  136   8.5  1(-2)e5    12  
 1B  Orlando Cepeda       20  154  624   89  195  30   6  23  101  24   2   37  102  .312  .353  .490  109   6.6  3e16      -10  
 OF *Wes Covington        26  106  307   57  100  12   0  31   79   0   1   38   39  .326  .402  .668   80  10.0  4(+3)e11   68  
 C   Del Crandall         28  132  446   66  108  19   1  23   77   8   3   66   45  .242  .338  .444   67   5.1  1(-2)e4   -23  
 3B  Gil Hodges           34  146  518   66  113  11   0  18   44  23   5   58  113  .218  .300  .344   54   3.5  4e24     -120  
 SS  Johnny Logan         32  146  512   52  122  26   0  12   65   0   0   28   63  .238  .283  .359   51   3.4  3e33       30  
 2B *Solly Hemus          35  115  372   55  101  14   3   7   30  10   4   37   44  .272  .339  .382   49   4.7  3e23      -85  
 OF *Bill Bruton          32  112  361   42   83   8   3   4   23   6   5   24   53  .230  .283  .302   29   2.7  2(+1)e8  -111  
 OF  Chuck Essegian       26   44  122   20   39   6   2   7   27   0   0   14   35  .320  .387  .574   28   8.9  4(0)e15   187  
 OF *Marv Throneberry     24   71  168   21   46   6   3   7   30   1   0   11   47  .274  .315  .470   26   5.6  4(+1)e25   43  
 OF  Andy Pafko           37   69  188   22   49  10   1   5   30   0   0   11   14  .261  .302  .404   23   4.4  3(-1)e7    52  
 2B  Ted Kazanski         24   81  230   18   49   7   2   0   17   2   1   20   35  .213  .282  .261   18   2.6  2e20      -63  
 OF *Whitey Herzog        26   66  108   13   28   0   2   0    8   1   0   20   34  .259  .380  .296   14   4.7  2(0)e6     63  
 C   Del Rice             35   37  113   10   30   7   1   0    9   0   0    7   27  .265  .311  .345   12   3.9  2(0)e5     80  
 UT #Dick Schofield       23   78  146   18   24   2   0   0    6   0   0   30   35  .164  .305  .178    9   2.0           -109  
 OF #Ellis Burton         21   11   35    7   11   0   1   4    6   0   0    2   10  .314  .351  .714    8   8.9  3(0)e7    242  
 PH  Steve Bilko          29   48   43    2    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    4   12  .163  .224  .163    2   1.4           -387  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           721                  -18

     * - 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         31  21  12  .636  36  36   6   0   0   0   3  268.2  269  103   93   9   47  125  3.12  101   3.4  -68  
  P *Warren Spahn         37  17  13  .567  39  38  18   1   0   0   6  305.0  284  120   99  26   87  193  2.92  122   3.6  -31  
  P  Carl Willey          27  12   5  .706  21  20   4   1   0   0   2  154.1  143   73   63  14   53   87  3.67   63   3.6    0  
  P *Jack Harshman        30  10  15  .400  33  32   7   0   0   0   3  239.1  217  107   96  32   59  200  3.61  100   3.8   13  
  P  Stan Williams        21   7   5  .583  15  13   1   1   0   0   0   81.2   74   39   34   6   37   59  3.75   36   3.9  -55  
  P  Bob Buhl             29   4   4  .500  56   0   0  34   4   2   0   77.2   75   31   23   5   31   36  2.67   33   3.7  -83  
  P  Gene Conley          27   4   8  .333  38   6   0  21   1   1   0   68.2   91   42   38   8   25   61  4.98   47   6.2   -6  
  P  Bob Rush             32   2   3  .400  12   7   0   3   1   0   0   54.0   55   25   19   7   11   27  3.17   24   4.0    7  
  P  Roger Craig          28   1   0 1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   13.2   14    6    6   0    7    9  3.95    6   4.2  -35  
  P  Humberto Robinson    28   1   3  .250  29   0   0  25  15   2   0   32.1   29   14   11   3   11   25  3.06   12   3.4   68  
  P *Hal Woodeshick       25   1   4  .200  72   0   0  22   3   5   0   63.0   75   37   33   8   21   29  4.71   37   5.5   41  
  P  Ernie Johnson        34   0   1  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    4.2   12    7    6   1    0    6 11.57    8  16.0  345  
  P  Nelson Chittum       25   0   1  .000  17   0   0   8   0   0   0   16.1   21    7    7   2    4    3  3.86   12   6.9   -5  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      607        -21

     * - 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 1121 128 131 771 47 3 1 .996 25 17 Del Rice 258 26 37 180 14 4 1 .980 12 8 Gil Hodges 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Orlando Cepeda 1362 154 154 1318 94 12 121 .992 9.33 Gil Hodges 18 0 7 19 1 0 1 1.000 10.19 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Solly Hemus 795 90 96 193 294 14 60 .972 5.51 Ted Kazanski 584 64 72 140 198 9 44 .974 5.21 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Hodges 1174 141 143 187 308 18 32 .965 3.79 Dick Schofield 176 13 45 22 33 4 4 .932 2.81 Solly Hemus 28 0 15 5 5 0 0 1.000 3.21 Ted Kazanski 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Logan 1189 131 145 235 383 21 73 .967 4.68 Dick Schofield 180 23 24 40 58 5 12 .951 4.90 Ted Kazanski 11 0 8 5 3 0 1 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wes Covington 657 81 86 152 4 7 0 .957 2.14 Marv Throneberry 294 34 37 60 2 8 0 .886 1.90 Chuck Essegian 272 35 38 53 2 3 0 .948 1.82 Andy Pafko 75 3 29 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 Whitey Herzog 61 0 28 14 0 1 0 .933 2.07 Gil Hodges 14 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 Ellis Burton 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Bill Bruton 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Bruton 788 85 104 186 15 6 0 .971 2.30 Hank Aaron 450 52 55 122 11 2 1 .985 2.66 Whitey Herzog 135 16 21 38 1 1 0 .975 2.60 Ellis Burton 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Andy Pafko 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 924 102 112 214 8 2 0 .991 2.16 Andy Pafko 352 41 44 79 2 2 1 .976 2.07 Ellis Burton 59 7 7 14 0 3 0 .824 2.14 Whitey Herzog 28 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 Marv Throneberry 10 1 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 Bill Bruton 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1958 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Jack Harshman
Round 2 (#17):	Solly Hemus
Round 3 (#30):	Humberto Robinson
Round 4 (#43):	Chuck Essegian
Round 5 (#55):	Hal Woodeshick
Round 6 (#66):	Ted Kazanski
Round 7 (#74):	Steve Bilko
Round 8 (#81):	Dick Schofield
Round 9 (#86):	Marv Throneberry
Round 10 (#90):	Ernie Johnson
Round 11 (#93):	Ellis Burton
Round 12 (#95):	Nelson Chittum

Transactions

• 1958-09: traded Bob Rush to CHN for Stan Williams, CHN#1

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