1959 Milwaukee Braves Statistics

1958 Season 1960 Season

Record: 86-70-1, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Fred Haney (86-70-1)

General Manager: John McHale (Hired 1/25/1959)

Ballpark: County Stadium

Attendance: 1,749,112 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 89
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 89-67, 724 Runs, 623 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Del Crandall	29	150	582	518	65	133	19	2	21	72	5	1	46	48	.257	.318	.423	.741	104	219	24	3	9	5	8
2	1B	Joe Adcock	31	115	444	404	53	118	19	2	25	76	0	0	32	77	.292	.339	.535	.874	138	216	8	0	2	6	6
3	2B	Bobby Ávila	35	51	204	172	29	41	3	2	3	19	3	0	24	31	.238	.330	.331	.661	85	57	1	0	7	1	0
4	SS	Johnny Logan	33	138	540	470	59	137	17	0	13	50	1	3	57	45	.291	.369	.411	.780	116	193	12	3	6	4	9
5	3B	Eddie Mathews*	27	148	682	594	118	182	16	8	46	114	2	1	80	71	.306	.390	.593	.983	168	352	6	3	3	2	2
6	LF	Wes Covington*	27	103	405	373	38	104	17	3	7	45	0	1	26	41	.279	.329	.397	.726	101	148	13	3	1	2	8
7	CF	Bill Bruton*	33	133	523	478	72	138	22	6	6	41	13	5	35	54	.289	.338	.397	.735	104	190	9	1	7	1	2
8	RF	Henry Aaron	25	154	693	629	116	223	46	7	39	123	8	0	51	54	.355	.401	.636	1.037	183	400	19	4	0	9	17
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	1B	Frank Torre*	27	115	307	263	23	60	15	1	1	33	0	0	35	12	.228	.321	.304	.625	75	80	5	3	2	4	6
10	MI	Félix Mantilla	24	103	274	251	26	54	5	0	3	19	6	1	16	31	.215	.266	.271	.537	50	68	8	2	3	2	1
11	OF	Andy Pafko	38	71	158	142	17	31	8	2	1	15	0	0	14	15	.218	.293	.324	.617	71	46	4	1	1	0	1
12	OF	Lee Maye*	24	51	150	140	17	42	5	1	4	16	2	2	7	26	.300	.338	.436	.774	113	61	2	1	2	0	2
13	2B	Johnny O'Brien	28	44	133	116	16	23	4	0	1	8	0	0	11	15	.198	.271	.259	.530	48	30	3	1	4	1	1
14	UT	Mickey Vernon*	41	74	99	91	8	20	4	0	3	14	0	0	7	20	.220	.283	.363	.645	78	33	2	1	0	0	1
15	2B	Casey Wise#	26	22	86	76	11	13	2	0	1	5	0	0	10	5	.171	.267	.237	.504	42	18	3	0	0	0	0
16	UT	Stan Lopata	33	25	51	48	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	13	.104	.157	.104	.261	-26	5	1	0	0	0	0
17	UT	Mel Roach	26	19	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.097	.152	.097	.248	-29	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	C	Del Rice	36	13	32	29	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.207	.250	.207	.457	29	6	2	0	0	1	0
19	2B	Chuck Cottier	23	10	28	24	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.125	.222	.167	.389	10	4	0	0	1	0	0
20	2B	Joe Morgan*	28	13	26	23	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.217	.280	.261	.541	52	6	1	0	1	0	0
21	CF	Jim Pisoni	29	9	26	24	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.167	.231	.208	.439	23	5	1	0	0	0	0
22	LF	Enos Slaughter*	43	11	21	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	30	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	1B	Ray Boone	35	13	20	15	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	.200	.368	.400	.768	114	6	1	0	1	0	0
24	OF	Al Spangler*	25	6	14	12	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.417	.462	.583	1.045	188	7	0	0	1	0	0
25	OF	John DeMerit	23	11	6	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	53	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	2B	Red Schoendienst#	36	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
27	P	Lew Burdette	32	52	113	104	14	21	7	1	0	8	0	0	3	36	.202	.231	.288	.520	43	30	0	1	5	0	0
28	P	Warren Spahn*	38	40	112	104	11	24	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	28	.231	.243	.298	.541	49	31	2	0	1	4	0
29	P	Bob Buhl	30	31	74	70	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	38	.057	.083	.057	.140	-60	4	1	0	2	0	0
30	P	Juan Pizarro*	22	29	46	41	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	14	.122	.159	.171	.330	-8	7	0	0	2	1	0
31	P	Carl Willey	28	26	41	39	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	22	.103	.125	.128	.253	-29	5	1	0	1	0	0
32	P	Joey Jay#	23	34	38	35	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.086	.135	.086	.221	-37	3	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Bob Rush	33	31	33	32	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.188	.188	.188	.375	5	6	1	0	1	0	0
34	P	Don McMahon	29	60	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.222	.300	.222	.522	48	2	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Trowbridge	29	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bob Giggie	25	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Bob Hartman	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	157	6012	5388	724	1426	216	36	177	683	41	14	488	765	.265	.326	.417	.743	105	2245	130	27	64	43	64
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	3	5	6	1		5	1	5	4	3	4	2	2		2		5		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.3	157	5540	4949	689	1357	205	35	175	660	41	14	474	590	.274	.338	.436	.774	113	2157	125	26	51	38	64
		Pitcher Totals	31.1	157	472	439	35	69	11	1	2	23	0	0	14	175	.157	.183	.200	.383	7	88	5	1	13	5	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Warren Spahn*	38	21	15	.583	2.96	40	36	3	21	4	0	292.0	282	106	96	21	70	9	143	1	0	2	1203	119	3.23	1.205	8.7	0.6	2.2	4.4	2.04
2	SP	Lew Burdette	32	21	15	.583	4.07	41	39	2	20	4	1	289.2	312	144	131	38	38	3	105	1	0	2	1193	86	3.93	1.208	9.7	1.2	1.2	3.3	2.76
3	SP	Bob Buhl	30	15	9	.625	2.86	31	25	2	12	4	0	198.0	181	76	63	19	74	3	105	2	0	4	832	123	3.88	1.288	8.2	0.9	3.4	4.8	1.42
4	SP	Joey Jay	23	6	11	.353	4.09	34	19	5	4	1	0	136.1	130	71	62	11	64	6	88	5	0	1	601	86	3.82	1.423	8.6	0.7	4.2	5.8	1.38
5	SP	Carl Willey	28	5	9	.357	4.15	26	15	4	5	2	0	117.0	126	60	54	12	31	4	51	2	0	4	503	85	3.85	1.342	9.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	1.65
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Don McMahon	29	5	3	.625	2.57	60	0	49	0	0	15	80.2	81	26	23	5	37	5	55	1	1	3	359	138	3.40	1.463	9.0	0.6	4.1	6.1	1.49
7	RP	Juan Pizarro*	22	6	2	.750	3.77	29	14	4	6	2	0	133.2	117	61	56	13	70	3	126	8	0	4	578	93	3.67	1.399	7.9	0.9	4.7	8.5	1.80
8	RP	Bob Rush	33	5	6	.455	2.40	31	9	6	1	1	0	101.1	102	39	27	5	23	2	64	1	0	2	427	147	2.63	1.234	9.1	0.4	2.0	5.7	2.78
9	RP	Bob Trowbridge	29	1	0	1.000	5.93	16	0	6	0	0	1	30.1	45	25	20	2	10	2	22	0	0	3	146	60	2.94	1.813	13.4	0.6	3.0	6.5	2.20
10	RP	Bob Giggie	25	1	0	1.000	4.05	13	0	7	0	0	1	20.0	24	10	9	2	10	0	15	0	1	0	88	89	3.84	1.700	10.8	0.9	4.5	6.8	1.50
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Bob Hartman*	21	0	0		27.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	16	4.94	4.800	32.4	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50
		Team Totals	30.5	86	70	.551	3.51	157	157	88	69	18	18	1400.2	1406	623	546	128	429	37	775	21	2	25	5943	100	3.59	1.310	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.0	1.81
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		2				1	1	6	2	5	2	2	1	2		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W