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1961 Milwaukee Braves  (1960)  (1962) 81-73, 2nd in National League Scored 735 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .718 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 74-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-71 Manager(s): Jeff Tripodi

 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           27  154  636  113  207  41  11  33  113   5   1   45   67  .325  .368  .580  126   7.3  1(-2)e8   -26  
 OF  Orlando Cepeda       23  154  613   93  189  28   1  45  125   5   6   51  104  .308  .365  .577  119   7.0  4(+2)e8   -27  
 OF *Bill Bruton          35  153  577   79  166   9   6  19   76  11   7   58   82  .288  .349  .423   85   5.2  2(+1)e5    60  
 C   Gene Green           28  102  372   63  113  18   2  22   63   0   0   37   74  .304  .367  .540   70   6.9  4(+2)e6    77  
 3B  Danny O'Connell      34  134  509   71  126  29   1   0   31   9   5   74   69  .248  .345  .308   60   4.1  3e33      -38  
 2B  Jake Wood            24  138  483   57  120  14  11   7   51  13   1   48   99  .248  .314  .366   59   4.3  4e25      -15  
 1B *Dale Long            35  102  336   39   91  24   3  11   55   0   0   27   42  .271  .325  .458   49   5.3  4e25        8  
 SS  Roy McMillan         31  153  520   58  105  13   0   5   45   2   2   73  100  .202  .303  .256   43   2.6  1e20      -39  
 OF *Al Spangler          28   78   96   25   29  10   1   0   10   4   0   41    9  .302  .504  .427   27  10.8  3(+2)e3   210  
 UT  Bob Johnson          25   80  195   37   53   7   1   4   22   3   3   16   22  .272  .330  .379   23   4.2  4e27      -82  
 C   Hank Foiles          32   34  127   22   32   7   0   6   13   0   0   13   34  .252  .319  .449   18   4.9  3(+2)e2   -36  
 1B  Gil Hodges           37   68  118   15   27   4   0   6   18   2   0   17   32  .229  .321  .415   14   4.0  1e4        52  
 C  *Charlie Lau          28   28   93   11   24   4   0   0    8   0   0   10   12  .258  .349  .301   10   3.9  4(+1)e16  115  
 OF  Joe Christopher      25   57  147   14   33   5   0   0   10   2   4   13   14  .224  .282  .259    8   1.8  3(0)e8   -119  
 C   Del Rice             38   25   46    4    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    5   12  .174  .255  .239    2   1.8  3(+1)e1  -324  
 C   Del Crandall         31    5   14    0    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .286  .333  .429    2   5.6  1(+5)e7   236  
 SS  Johnny Logan         35    2    7    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .286  .444  .429    1   8.4  4e29      355  
 3B  Rocky Bridges        33    7    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250  .400  .250    0   4.5  4e37       33  
 OF  Gordie Windhorn      27    7   11    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .091  .231  .091    0    .9  3(0)e16  -548  
 OF  Gino Cimoli          31   10   13    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .154  .154  .231    0    .5  2(-3)e9  -237  
 PH  John DeMerit         25    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -509  
 PH  Alex Grammas         35    3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -576  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           724                   -5

     * - 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         34  25   9  .735  39  38  16   0   0   0   3  298.0  288  130  118  39   39   84  3.56  125   3.8  -66  
  P *Warren Spahn         40  17  15  .531  40  37  14   2   0   1   1  281.2  256  131  120  33   82  128  3.83  129   4.1   14  
  P  Carl Willey          30  10   7  .588  30  27   3   3   1   0   0  168.1  175   96   83  23   67   88  4.44   96   5.1   11  
  P  Ron Kline            29   9  10  .474  31  17   3   3   0   1   0  131.1  146   83   74  13   60  106  5.07   78   5.3  -24  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         38   7   6  .538  67   0   0  58  30  10   0  106.0  105   42   36   4   45   78  3.06   52   4.4   59  
  P  Bob Buhl             32   7  17  .292  29  29   2   0   0   0   1  173.1  179  120   98  25  104   72  5.09  119   6.1   22  
  P *Bob Hendley          22   3   4  .429  54   2   1  17   2   1   0  100.0   97   53   48   8   59   47  4.32   58   5.2   41  
  P  Ray Washburn         23   2   0 1.000  13   0   0   6   1   0   0   20.1   13    4    3   2    3   10  1.33    4   1.7  -12  
  P  Tony Cloninger       20   1   2  .333  27   0   0  16   0   0   0   37.0   37   21   21   8   16   21  5.11   24   6.2   -5  
  P  Roger Craig          31   0   0  .000  29   1   0  10   1   0   0   48.0   59   39   39  13   25   25  7.31   42   7.9   47  
  P *Jim Brewer           23   0   3  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   14.1   24   13   13   1    2    9  8.16   13   8.0   34  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                                      743          1

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gene Green 792 89 94 431 24 11 3 .976 28 10 Hank Foiles 274 30 32 140 16 0 5 1.000 11 9 Charlie Lau 197 23 25 121 8 5 1 .963 5 1 Del Rice 78 8 13 44 3 0 0 1.000 2 3 Del Crandall 37 4 5 29 1 0 1 1.000 2 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dale Long 719 84 86 741 47 13 60 .984 9.86 Orlando Cepeda 397 44 49 413 37 2 29 .996 10.19 Gil Hodges 262 26 43 270 26 2 27 .993 10.17 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jake Wood 1173 132 135 365 335 22 82 .970 5.37 Bob Johnson 125 13 21 39 31 0 9 1.000 5.05 Danny O'Connell 81 9 11 31 18 1 2 .980 5.44 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Danny O'Connell 1046 117 121 110 221 18 26 .948 2.85 Bob Johnson 217 24 30 35 35 3 3 .959 2.90 Hank Aaron 110 13 14 11 22 2 1 .943 2.70 Rocky Bridges 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy McMillan 1357 152 152 254 522 14 80 .982 5.15 Johnny Logan 19 2 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.32 Bob Johnson 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Orlando Cepeda 889 99 103 163 6 3 0 .983 1.71 Joe Christopher 327 37 40 66 3 1 0 .986 1.90 Al Spangler 118 13 18 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.67 Gene Green 20 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Gordie Windhorn 15 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Gino Cimoli 9 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Bruton 1344 151 151 408 22 5 4 .989 2.88 Gino Cimoli 16 2 3 5 1 1 0 .857 3.31 Joe Christopher 11 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 Al Spangler 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 1260 140 144 298 12 2 5 .994 2.21 Orlando Cepeda 84 11 11 17 0 2 0 .895 1.82 Al Spangler 26 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 Joe Christopher 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gene Green 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gino Cimoli 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1961 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Gil Hodges
Round 2 (#14):	Roger Craig
Round 3 (#27):	Gene Green
Round 4 (#41):	Danny O'Connell
Round 5 (#55):	Hank Foiles
Round 6 (#68):	Al Spangler
Round 7 (#80):	Alex Grammas
Round 8 (#90):	Del Rice
Round 9 (#99):	Joe Christopher
Round 10 (#107):	Rocky Bridges
Round 11 (#114):	Charlie Lau
Round 12 (#119):	Gordie Windhorn
Round 13 (#124):	Gino Cimoli

Transactions

• 1961-01: traded Joe Adcock to PIN for Johnny Logan, PIN#1
• 1961-01: traded Frank Bolling, Willie Kirkland, Chuck Essegian to DEA for Bill Bruton, Jake Wood, Dale Long
• 1961-14: acquired Jim Brewer as a free agent
• 1961 postseason: released Jim Brewer, John DeMerit

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