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1962 Milwaukee Braves  (1961)  (1963) 79-83, 6th in National League Scored 712 runs, Allowed 767 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .704 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 83-79   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-76 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           28  161  635  103  184  30   8  45   98   9   5   59   77  .290  .350  .575  120   6.8  1(-2)e8   -84  
 UT  Orlando Cepeda       24  162  638   84  190  23   1  35  101   1   2   34  100  .298  .336  .502  100   5.6            -28  
 3B  Bob Johnson          26  131  463   68  145  23   1  15   48   6   2   19   43  .313  .340  .464   67   5.4  4e29       54  
 OF *Al Luplow            23  117  315   61   85  13   3  23   44   2   2   35   57  .270  .358  .549   64   7.5  3(+1)e14   73  
 SS  Roy McMillan         32  140  457   50  112  16   0   9   46   1   3   68   47  .245  .349  .339   58   4.3  2e25        1  
 OF  Chuck Essegian       30  108  328   57   86  10   0  23   45   1   0   34   73  .262  .338  .503   55   6.0  4(+1)e2   -20  
 2B  Frank Bolling        30  138  439   50  116  16   3  11   47   2   1   30   53  .264  .315  .390   53   4.3  2e10      -27  
 1B  Joe Adcock           34  129  401   54   82  13   0  24   50   1   0   43   89  .204  .282  .416   44   3.7  4e5      -141  
 OF *Willie Kirkland      28  115  349   44   71   8   2  21   52   3   1   31   48  .203  .268  .418   34   3.2  2(-3)e9    37  
 UT  Tommie Aaron         22  100  309   30   68  23   5   4   31   0   0   39   56  .220  .306  .366   34   3.6            -15  
 C  *Charlie Lau          29   62  193   22   60   9   1   5   21   0   0    6    8  .311  .335  .446   27   5.3  4(+2)e1     0  
 C   Del Crandall         32  102  375   36   80  12   2   4   33   0   2   23   40  .213  .261  .288   25   2.2  2(-3)e2  -217  
 UT  Don Zimmer           31   76  154   14   35   8   2   2   22   0   3    9   24  .227  .267  .344   10   2.2             40  
 C  *Sammy Taylor         29   39  111    6   20   2   0   3    9   0   0   11   17  .180  .258  .279    8   2.4  4(+2)e3   -99  
 OF *Howie Bedell         26   23   17    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .235  .278  .235    1   2.5  2(+1)e20   26  
 OF *Gus Bell             33   15    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222  .200  .333    0   2.4  3(-1)e6  -114  
 OF  Manny Mota           24   13    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2(+2)e5  -442  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           708                  -34

     * - 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  Bob Shaw             29  17  11  .607  35  34   7   0   0   0   0  239.1  238   99   86  30   37  136  3.23  101   3.8  -30  
  P *Warren Spahn         41  15  15  .500  39  39  10   0   0   0   1  283.2  296  132  123  31   67  110  3.90  146   4.7   48  
  P  Bob Buhl             33  11  14  .440  30  29   2   0   0   0   0  181.2  197  107   98  30   75   98  4.86  114   5.6   35  
  P *Bob Hendley          23   9  15  .375  31  31   5   0   0   0   1  196.2  212  117  106  25   79   94  4.85  111   5.1   59  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         39   7   4  .636  49   0   0  45  28   5   0   88.2   62   28   24   7   37   89  2.44   27   2.7   15  
  P  Ray Washburn         24   5   8  .385  20  16   1   2   0   0   0  115.0  119   67   61  18   26   80  4.77   62   4.9  -48  
  P *Denny Lemaster       23   4   4  .500  35   1   0  20   3   3   0   57.2   63   47   38  15   30   42  5.93   43   6.6  167  
  P  Lew Burdette         35   4   4  .500  29   6   0  16   0   1   0   85.1  114   52   49  17   15   36  5.17   58   6.2   -5  
  P  Bob Botz             27   3   3  .500  35   0   0  19   2   3   0   55.2   64   26   25   4   11   26  4.04   27   4.5  -42  
  P  Ron Kline            30   1   0 1.000  25   0   0  13   0   0   0   39.1   46   23   21   6   14   24  4.81   24   5.6   -3  
  P  Cecil Butler         24   1   1  .500  10   1   0   3   1   0   0   13.1   26   15   13   3    1   12  8.78   14   9.7  283  
  P *Jack Curtis          25   1   2  .333  35   2   0  16   0   1   0   76.0   69   35   33   6   24   38  3.91   31   3.7 -101  
  P  Tony Cloninger       21   1   2  .333   5   3   1   1   0   0   1   22.2   20   11   10   3    9   19  3.97   10   4.3  -37  
  P  Carl Willey          31   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    4    3    3   0    0    0 27.00    3  33.5  600  
  P  Dave Giusti          22   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    6    5    5   1    1    1 13.50    4  12.4  443  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      784         18

     * - 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 806 87 95 486 20 2 5 .996 9 3 Charlie Lau 362 41 45 233 18 1 2 .996 27 16 Sammy Taylor 291 34 34 207 8 0 1 1.000 28 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Adcock 901 101 107 898 70 2 79 .998 9.67 Orlando Cepeda 552 61 67 556 45 7 53 .988 9.80 Tommie Aaron 6 0 2 5 2 0 1 1.000 10.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Bolling 1046 114 132 293 326 6 87 .990 5.33 Tommie Aaron 400 48 48 114 111 11 21 .953 5.07 Don Zimmer 14 0 3 5 9 1 3 .933 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Johnson 964 111 115 111 189 17 19 .946 2.80 Tommie Aaron 358 41 42 38 57 8 5 .922 2.39 Don Zimmer 132 10 35 19 34 0 3 1.000 3.61 Manny Mota 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy McMillan 1169 129 135 234 471 18 75 .975 5.43 Don Zimmer 264 31 32 58 113 1 23 .994 5.83 Bob Johnson 26 2 6 4 11 0 3 1.000 5.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Orlando Cepeda 841 100 102 163 1 9 1 .948 1.76 Chuck Essegian 359 42 44 73 5 2 2 .975 1.95 Al Luplow 162 18 21 33 1 1 0 .971 1.89 Willie Kirkland 39 2 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.43 Howie Bedell 29 0 15 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 Gus Bell 15 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 Manny Mota 14 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 1355 151 153 409 13 7 3 .984 2.80 Willie Kirkland 68 7 9 24 2 0 1 1.000 3.44 Howie Bedell 19 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 Al Luplow 17 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Kirkland 710 80 88 144 4 5 0 .967 1.88 Al Luplow 419 45 50 85 1 7 0 .925 1.85 Chuck Essegian 274 32 33 61 4 0 1 1.000 2.14 Hank Aaron 47 4 9 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.87 Orlando Cepeda 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Manny Mota 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1962 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Hoyt Wilhelm
Round 2 (#23):	Bob Johnson
Round 3 (#38):	Chuck Essegian
Round 4 (#53):	Charlie Lau
Round 5 (#66):	Carl Willey
Round 6 (#79):	Eli Grba
Round 7 (#90):	Bob Botz
Round 8 (#101):	Sammy Taylor
Round 9 (#111):	Don Zimmer
Round 10 (#118):	Dave Giusti
Round 11 (#125):	Ron Kline
Round 12 (#130):	Manny Mota

Transactions

• 1962-05: traded Eli Grba to CHN for Bob Buhl
• 1962 postseason: released Charlie Lau

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