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1955 Milwaukee Braves Statistics
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 2,005,836, Avg. 28,147
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: Charlie Grimm (85-69)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1955 Milwaukee Braves Results
The Milwaukee Braves of the National League ended the 1955 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Braves scored 743 runs and conceded 668 runs. Eddie Mathews walloped 41 home runs for Milwaukee, while Del Crandall, George Crowe, Hank Aaron and Joe Adcock each swatted 20 or more, too. Hank Aaron drove in 106 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Warren Spahn led the team with 17 wins, and Bob Buhl earned a 3.21 ERA, best among 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 | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.26 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 245.7 | 249 | 99 | 89 | 25 | 65 | 4 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1025 |
Lew Burdette | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.03 | 42 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 230.0 | 253 | 114 | 103 | 25 | 73 | 9 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1001 |
Bob Buhl | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.21 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 201.7 | 168 | 85 | 72 | 13 | 109 | 5 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 866 |
Gene Conley | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.16 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 158.0 | 152 | 81 | 73 | 23 | 52 | 9 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 669 |
Ray Crone | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.46 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 140.3 | 117 | 63 | 54 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 568 |
Chet Nichols | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.00 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 144.0 | 139 | 79 | 64 | 20 | 67 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 625 |
Ernie Johnson | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.42 | 40 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92.0 | 81 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 55 | 8 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 404 |
Humberto Robinson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.08 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 164 |
Phil Paine | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.49 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 |
Dave Jolly | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.71 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.3 | 58 | 42 | 37 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 283 |
Joey Jay | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86 | |
Roberto Vargas | 0 | 0 | 8.76 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.7 | 39 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 128 | |
John Edelman | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
Charlie Gorin | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Dave Koslo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 3.85 | 357 | 154 | 93 | 61 | 5 | 12 | 1383.0 | 1339 | 668 | 591 | 138 | 591 | 64 | 654 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 5965 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Aaron | 153 | 665 | 602 | 105 | 189 | 37 | 9 | 27 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 61 | .314 | .366 | .540 | .906 | 325 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Johnny Logan | 154 | 680 | 595 | 95 | 177 | 37 | 5 | 13 | 83 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 58 | .297 | .360 | .442 | .802 | 263 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
Bill Bruton | 149 | 685 | 636 | 106 | 175 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 43 | 72 | .275 | .325 | .403 | .728 | 256 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Eddie Mathews | 141 | 616 | 499 | 108 | 144 | 23 | 5 | 41 | 101 | 3 | 4 | 109 | 98 | .289 | .413 | .601 | 1.014 | 300 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
Del Crandall | 133 | 494 | 440 | 61 | 104 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 56 | .236 | .299 | .457 | .756 | 201 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
Danny O'Connell | 124 | 491 | 453 | 47 | 102 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 43 | .225 | .276 | .316 | .592 | 143 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Bobby Thomson | 101 | 383 | 343 | 40 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 52 | .257 | .319 | .414 | .733 | 142 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
George Crowe | 104 | 354 | 303 | 41 | 85 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 44 | .281 | .374 | .495 | .869 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Joe Adcock | 84 | 324 | 288 | 40 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 44 | .264 | .339 | .469 | .807 | 135 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Andy Pafko | 86 | 267 | 252 | 29 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 23 | .266 | .293 | .377 | .670 | 95 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Chuck Tanner | 97 | 275 | 243 | 27 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 32 | .247 | .319 | .383 | .701 | 93 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Lew Burdette | 45 | 92 | 86 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .233 | .258 | .291 | .549 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Warren Spahn | 40 | 88 | 81 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .210 | .247 | .395 | .642 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Del Rice | 27 | 78 | 71 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .197 | .260 | .310 | .570 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Gene Conley | 22 | 62 | 54 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .204 | .204 | .222 | .426 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Dittmer | 38 | 77 | 72 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .125 | .171 | .208 | .379 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chet Nichols | 34 | 53 | 52 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .154 | .154 | .173 | .327 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie White | 12 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .233 | .361 | .267 | .628 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Crone | 33 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .159 | .213 | .159 | .372 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Buhl | 38 | 67 | 57 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Joey Jay | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Roselli | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .364 | .333 | .697 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Johnson | 40 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Roberto Vargas | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Paine | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Jolly | 36 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Taylor | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Humberto Robinson | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Pendleton | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Edelman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Koslo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charlie Gorin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1790 | 5920 | 5277 | 743 | 1377 | 219 | 55 | 182 | 699 | 42 | 27 | 504 | 735 | .261 | .326 | .427 | .753 | 2252 | 113 | 28 | 72 | 39 | 67 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Crowe | 1B | 79 | 77 | 690.7 | 677 | 61 | 8 | 62 | .989 | 9.617 | 9.342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Adcock | 1B | 78 | 77 | 690.3 | 725 | 44 | 8 | 68 | .990 | 1.026 | 9.859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Taylor | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny O'Connell | 2B | 114 | 111 | 981.0 | 309 | 357 | 13 | 76 | .981 | 6.110 | 5.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hank Aaron | 2B | 27 | 26 | 236.3 | 86 | 84 | 6 | 23 | .966 | 6.474 | 6.296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Dittmer | 2B | 28 | 17 | 165.7 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 9 | .977 | 4.672 | 3.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Mathews | 3B | 137 | 137 | 1232.3 | 140 | 280 | 21 | 23 | .952 | 3.067 | 3.066 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Pafko | 3B | 12 | 11 | 99.0 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 3.182 | 2.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny O'Connell | 3B | 7 | 6 | 49.7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 2.174 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Pendleton | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Del Crandall | C | 131 | 124 | 1123.0 | 611 | 67 | 10 | 8 | .985 | 5.434 | 5.176 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 53.3 |
Del Rice | C | 22 | 19 | 169.7 | 90 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .981 | 5.411 | 4.636 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
Charlie White | C | 10 | 9 | 75.0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.920 | 4.100 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
Bob Roselli | C | 2 | 2 | 15.3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 6.457 | 5.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Bruton | OF | 149 | 145 | 1309.0 | 412 | 17 | 14 | 6 | .968 | 2.950 | 2.879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hank Aaron | OF | 126 | 125 | 1109.7 | 254 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .967 | 2.133 | 2.087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Thomson | OF | 91 | 86 | 774.7 | 182 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .969 | 2.173 | 2.055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Tanner | OF | 62 | 58 | 519.0 | 101 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 1.821 | 1.694 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Pafko | OF | 58 | 47 | 430.7 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 2.027 | 1.672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Pendleton | OF | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Warren Spahn | P | 39 | 32 | 245.7 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 4 | .950 | 2.088 | 1.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lew Burdette | P | 42 | 33 | 230.0 | 18 | 47 | 2 | 6 | .970 | 2.543 | 1.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Buhl | P | 38 | 27 | 201.7 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.874 | 1.105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Conley | P | 22 | 21 | 158.0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.766 | 1.409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chet Nichols | P | 34 | 21 | 144.0 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 2.562 | 1.206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Crone | P | 33 | 15 | 140.3 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.924 | .909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Johnson | P | 40 | 2 | 92.0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 2.054 | .525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Jolly | P | 36 | 0 | 58.0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 2.638 | .472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Humberto Robinson | P | 13 | 2 | 38.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.895 | .615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Paine | P | 15 | 0 | 25.3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 2.487 | .467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roberto Vargas | P | 25 | 0 | 24.7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.378 | .480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joey Jay | P | 12 | 1 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .474 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Edelman | P | 5 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Gorin | P | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Koslo | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Logan | SS | 154 | 154 | 1371.0 | 268 | 511 | 30 | 100 | .963 | 5.114 | 5.058 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Pendleton | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny O'Connell | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1649 | 1386 | 12447.0 | 4149 | 1780 | 152 | 405 | .975 | 4.287 | 3.596 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 51.9 |
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