1955 Milwaukee Braves Roster (40-man)

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 85-69-0, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Charlie Grimm (85-69)

General Manager: John Quinn

Ballpark: County Stadium

Attendance: 2,005,836 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 92

Pythagorean W-L: 84-70, 743 Runs, 668 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Henry Aaron HOF	21	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Feb 5, 1934	2	153	151	153	151	0	0	0	27	0	0	30	0	104	126	2	0	6.2	$10,000	All-Star
Joe Adcock	27	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Oct 30, 1927	6	84	77	84	78	0	0	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.6	$23,000
Bill Bruton	29	us US	L	R	6' 0"	169	Nov 9, 1925	3	149	145	149	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	149	0	149	3	0	2.6	$12,500
Bob Buhl	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Aug 12, 1928	3	38	27	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	$10,000
Lew Burdette	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Nov 22, 1926	6	45	33	45	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2.2	$20,000
Gene Conley	24	us US	R	R	6' 8"	225	Nov 10, 1930	3	22	21	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1		All-Star
Del Crandall	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 5, 1930	5	133	124	133	131	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2.6		All-Star
Ray Crone	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	165	Aug 7, 1931	2	33	15	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
George Crowe	34	us US	L	L	6' 2"	210	Mar 22, 1921	5	104	77	104	79	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	1	1.8
Jack Dittmer	27	us US	L	R	6' 1"	175	Jan 10, 1928	4	38	17	38	28	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	-0.9
John Edelman	19	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Jul 27, 1935	1st	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Charlie Gorin	27	us US	L	L	5' 10"	165	Feb 6, 1928	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Joey Jay	19	us US	B	R	6' 4"	228	Aug 15, 1935	3	12	1	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Ernie Johnson	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Jun 16, 1924	5	40	2	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Dave Jolly	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	160	Oct 14, 1924	3	36	0	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Dave Koslo	35	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Mar 31, 1920	12	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Johnny Logan	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Mar 23, 1926	5	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0		All-Star
Eddie Mathews HOF	23	us US	L	R	6' 1"	190	Oct 13, 1931	4	141	137	141	137	0	0	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7.2	$50,000	All-Star
Chet Nichols	24	us US	B	L	6' 1"	165	Feb 22, 1931	3	34	21	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Danny O'Connell	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	168	Jan 21, 1929	4	124	117	124	120	0	0	0	114	8	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.8
Andy Pafko	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 25, 1921	13	86	58	86	69	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	7	52	58	22	1	0.2
Phil Paine	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Jun 8, 1930	3	15	0	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Jim Pendleton	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jan 7, 1924	4	8	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	-0.2
Del Rice	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 27, 1922	11	27	19	27	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.3
Humberto Robinson	25	pa PA	R	R	6' 1"	155	Jun 25, 1930	1st	13	2	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Bob Roselli	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 10, 1931	1st	6	2	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.1
Warren Spahn HOF	34	us US	L	L	6' 0"	172	Apr 23, 1921	11	40	32	40	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.3
Chuck Tanner	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Jul 4, 1928	1st	97	58	97	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	11	62	36	1	0.2
Ben Taylor	27	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Sep 30, 1927	3	12	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	-0.1
Bobby Thomson	31	gb GB	R	R	6' 2"	180	Oct 25, 1923	10	101	86	101	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	3	0	91	13	0	0.5
Roberto Vargas	26	pr PR	L	L	5' 11"	170	May 29, 1929	2	25	0	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.4
Charlie White	27	us US	L	R	5' 11"	192	Aug 12, 1927	2	12	9	12	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Charlie Grimm	56	us US	Aug 28, 1898	Manager	Apr 12	Sep 25
Johnny Cooney	54	us US	Mar 18, 1901		Apr 12	Sep 25
Bob Keely	45	us US	Aug 22, 1909		Apr 12	Sep 25
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date