1953 Milwaukee Braves Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 1,826,397, Avg. 28,708
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: Charlie Grimm (92-62)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1953 Milwaukee Braves RosterTeam Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 1,826,397, Avg. 28,708
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: Charlie Grimm (92-62)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1953 Milwaukee Braves Results
The Milwaukee Braves of the National League ended the 1953 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Braves gave up 589 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Milwaukee plated 738 runs. Eddie Mathews walloped 47 home runs for the team, while Andy Pafko, Joe Adcock, Del Crandall and Sid Gordon each added 20 or more, too. Eddie Mathews drove in 135 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .302. Warren Spahn recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, plus Lew Burdette contributed 15 or more wins, too Warren Spahn recorded a 2.10 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Charlie Grimm coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Spahn | 23 | 7 | .767 | 2.10 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 265.7 | 211 | 75 | 62 | 14 | 70 | 0 | 148 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1055 |
| Lew Burdette | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.24 | 46 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 175.0 | 177 | 73 | 63 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 741 |
| Bob Buhl | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.97 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 154.3 | 133 | 59 | 51 | 9 | 73 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 648 |
| Johnny Antonelli | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.18 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 175.3 | 167 | 83 | 62 | 15 | 71 | 0 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 763 |
| Max Surkont | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.18 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 170.0 | 168 | 82 | 79 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 732 |
| Don Liddle | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.08 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 128.7 | 119 | 54 | 44 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 543 |
| Ernie Johnson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.67 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 79 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 331 |
| Jim Wilson | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.34 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 107 | 59 | 55 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 491 |
| Vern Bickford | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.28 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 60 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 258 |
| Joey Jay | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| Virgil Jester | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Dave Jolly | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.52 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172 |
| Dave Cole | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.59 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| Totals | 92 | 62 | .597 | 3.30 | 316 | 157 | 85 | 72 | 14 | 15 | 1387.0 | 1282 | 589 | 508 | 107 | 539 | 0 | 738 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 5860 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Mathews | 157 | 681 | 579 | 110 | 175 | 31 | 8 | 47 | 135 | 1 | 3 | 99 | 83 | .302 | .406 | .627 | 1.033 | 363 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Adcock | 157 | 640 | 590 | 71 | 168 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 82 | .285 | .334 | .453 | .787 | 267 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Logan | 150 | 668 | 611 | 100 | 167 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 33 | .273 | .326 | .398 | .724 | 243 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Pafko | 140 | 568 | 516 | 70 | 153 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 33 | .297 | .347 | .455 | .803 | 235 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bruton | 151 | 668 | 613 | 82 | 153 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 44 | 100 | .250 | .306 | .330 | .636 | 202 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Dittmer | 138 | 525 | 504 | 54 | 134 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .266 | .293 | .367 | .660 | 185 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Gordon | 140 | 541 | 464 | 67 | 127 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 40 | .274 | .372 | .461 | .834 | 214 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Crandall | 116 | 420 | 382 | 55 | 104 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 47 | .272 | .330 | .429 | .759 | 164 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pendleton | 120 | 261 | 251 | 48 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 36 | .299 | .323 | .462 | .785 | 116 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker Cooper | 53 | 151 | 137 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .219 | .287 | .328 | .615 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Spahn | 38 | 111 | 105 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .219 | .226 | .324 | .550 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Hanebrink | 51 | 87 | 80 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .238 | .291 | .313 | .603 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Surkont | 28 | 66 | 56 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .286 | .344 | .411 | .755 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebba St. Claire | 33 | 83 | 80 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .200 | .229 | .313 | .541 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Crowe | 47 | 45 | 42 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .333 | .476 | .810 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Antonelli | 31 | 69 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .177 | .215 | .210 | .425 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Burdette | 46 | 58 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .170 | .170 | .170 | .340 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Wilson | 20 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .211 | .250 | .461 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Thorpe | 27 | 39 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .162 | .184 | .189 | .373 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Buhl | 30 | 60 | 53 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .113 | .145 | .113 | .259 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sibby Sisti | 38 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .217 | .357 | .261 | .618 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Liddle | 31 | 41 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .088 | .162 | .088 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Jolly | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Cole | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Johnson | 36 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Bickford | 20 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Burris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Roach | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Jay | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Klaus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Jester | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1846 | 5895 | 5349 | 738 | 1422 | 227 | 52 | 156 | 691 | 46 | 27 | 439 | 637 | .266 | .325 | .415 | .740 | 2221 | 122 | 27 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Crowe | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Adcock | 1B | 157 | 0 | 0.0 | 1389 | 96 | 13 | 146 | .991 | 9.459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | 2B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Roach | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Hanebrink | 2B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 55 | 2 | 18 | .979 | 4.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dittmer | 2B | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 290 | 343 | 23 | 95 | .965 | 4.587 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mathews | 3B | 157 | 0 | 0.0 | 154 | 311 | 30 | 33 | .939 | 2.962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Hanebrink | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ebba St. Claire | C | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .992 | 4.333 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Crandall | C | 108 | 0 | 0.0 | 566 | 62 | 9 | 13 | .986 | 5.815 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walker Cooper | C | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 165 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 4.886 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Burris | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Thorpe | OF | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pendleton | OF | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 141 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .961 | 1.410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Pafko | OF | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .976 | 1.770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Gordon | OF | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 245 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 1.861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bruton | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 397 | 15 | 9 | 5 | .979 | 2.747 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wilson | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Surkont | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .956 | 1.536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Spahn | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 53 | 4 | 7 | .942 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Liddle | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Jolly | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Johnson | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Jester | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joey Jay | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Cole | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Burdette | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 1.043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Buhl | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Bickford | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Antonelli | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pendleton | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Logan | SS | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 295 | 481 | 20 | 104 | .975 | 5.173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1701 | 0 | 0.0 | 4161 | 1714 | 143 | 458 | .976 | 3.454 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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