1953 Milwaukee Braves

92-62 • 0.597 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
62 Losses
0.597 Win %
2nd Rank
738 R 589 RA
Diff +149

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⚡ Quick Stats

738 Runs Scored
589 Runs Allowed
+149 Run Diff
1,837K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 equal to the 1953 league average (.266)
OBP .321 3% below the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .353 1% above the 1953 league average (.350)
Team ERA 3.30 23% better than the 1953 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 738 equal to the 1953 league average (739 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCounty Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,837,305
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Avg per Game 23,257

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Eddie Mathews 0.302 2 Jim Pendleton 0.299 3 Andy Pafko 0.297 4 Max Surkont 0.286 5 Joe Adcock 0.285

Home Runs

1 Eddie Mathews 47 2 Sid Gordon 19 3 Joe Adcock 18 4 Andy Pafko 17 5 Del Crandall 15

RBI

1 Eddie Mathews 135 2 Joe Adcock 80 3 Sid Gordon 75 4 Johnny Logan 73 5 Andy Pafko 72
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Bruton 151 613 82 153 0 0 1 41 44 100 26 0.250
Johnny Logan 150 611 100 167 0 0 11 73 41 33 2 0.273
Joe Adcock 157 590 71 168 0 0 18 80 42 82 3 0.285
Eddie Mathews 157 579 110 175 0 0 47 135 99 83 1 0.302
Andy Pafko 140 516 70 153 0 0 17 72 37 33 2 0.297
Jack Dittmer 138 504 54 134 0 0 9 63 18 35 1 0.266
Sid Gordon 140 464 67 127 0 0 19 75 71 40 1 0.274
Del Crandall 116 382 55 104 0 0 15 51 33 47 2 0.272
Jim Pendleton 120 251 48 75 0 0 7 27 7 36 6 0.299
Walker Cooper 53 137 12 30 0 0 3 16 12 15 1 0.219
Warren Spahn 38 105 6 23 0 0 2 12 1 22 0 0.219
Harry Hanebrink 51 80 8 19 0 0 1 8 6 8 1 0.237
Ebba St. Claire 33 80 7 16 0 0 2 5 3 9 0 0.200
Johnny Antonelli 31 62 7 11 0 0 0 4 3 14 0 0.177
Max Surkont 28 56 10 16 0 0 0 6 5 7 0 0.286
Bob Buhl 30 53 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 18 0 0.113
Lew Burdette 46 53 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0.170
George Crowe 47 42 6 12 0 0 2 6 2 7 0 0.286
Bob Thorpe 27 37 1 6 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0.162
Jim Wilson 20 36 2 6 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0.167
Don Liddle 31 34 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 0.088
Sibby Sisti 38 23 8 5 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 0.217
Vern Bickford 20 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.067
Ernie Johnson 36 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.071
Joey Jay 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dave Cole 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.500
Dave Jolly 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.500
Billy Klaus 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Mel Roach 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Burris 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Virgil Jester 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Warren Spahn 2.10 2 Ernie Johnson 2.67 3 Bob Buhl 2.97 4 Don Liddle 3.08 5 Johnny Antonelli 3.18

Wins

1 Warren Spahn 23 2 Lew Burdette 15 3 Bob Buhl 13 4 Johnny Antonelli 12 5 Max Surkont 11

Strikeouts

1 Warren Spahn 148 2 Johnny Antonelli 131 3 Bob Buhl 83 4 Max Surkont 83 5 Jim Wilson 71
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Warren Spahn 23 7 2.10 35 32 3 265.2 70 148
Johnny Antonelli 12 12 3.18 31 26 1 175.1 71 131
Lew Burdette 15 5 3.24 46 13 8 175.0 56 58
Max Surkont 11 5 4.18 28 24 0 170.0 64 83
Bob Buhl 13 8 2.97 30 18 0 154.1 73 83
Don Liddle 7 6 3.08 31 15 2 128.2 55 63
Jim Wilson 4 9 4.34 20 18 0 114.0 43 71
Ernie Johnson 4 3 2.67 36 1 0 81.0 22 36
Vern Bickford 2 5 5.28 20 9 1 58.0 35 25
Dave Jolly 0 1 3.52 24 0 0 38.1 27 23
Dave Cole 0 1 8.59 10 0 0 14.2 14 13
Joey Jay 1 0 0.00 3 1 0 10.0 5 4
Virgil Jester 0 0 22.50 2 0 0 2.0 4 0

👥 Roster (31)

Joe Adcock Johnny Antonelli Vern Bickford Bill Bruton Bob Buhl Lew Burdette Paul Burris Dave Cole Walker Cooper Del Crandall George Crowe Jack Dittmer +19 more

31 players

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