1956 Milwaukee Braves

92-62 • 0.597 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
62 Losses
0.597 Win %
2nd Rank
709 R 569 RA
Diff +140

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⚡ Quick Stats

709 Runs Scored
569 Runs Allowed
+140 Run Diff
2,052K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .259 1% above the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .322 1% above the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .361 5% above the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 3.11 18% better than the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 709 8% above the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCounty Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 2,052,219
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Avg per Game 26,652

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hank Aaron 0.328 2 Joe Adcock 0.291 3 Felix Mantilla 0.283 4 Wes Covington 0.283 5 Johnny Logan 0.281

Home Runs

1 Joe Adcock 38 2 Eddie Mathews 37 3 Hank Aaron 26 4 Bobby Thomson 20 5 Del Crandall 16

RBI

1 Joe Adcock 103 2 Eddie Mathews 95 3 Hank Aaron 92 4 Bobby Thomson 74 5 Bill Bruton 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hank Aaron 153 609 106 200 0 0 26 92 37 54 2 0.328
Eddie Mathews 151 552 103 150 0 0 37 95 91 86 6 0.272
Johnny Logan 148 545 69 153 0 0 15 46 46 49 3 0.281
Bill Bruton 147 525 73 143 0 0 8 56 26 63 8 0.272
Danny O'Connell 139 498 71 119 0 0 2 42 76 42 3 0.239
Joe Adcock 137 454 76 132 0 0 38 103 32 86 1 0.291
Bobby Thomson 142 451 59 106 0 0 20 74 43 75 2 0.235
Del Crandall 112 311 37 74 0 0 16 48 35 30 1 0.238
Del Rice 71 188 15 40 0 0 3 17 18 34 0 0.213
Frank Torre 111 159 17 41 0 0 0 16 11 4 1 0.258
Wes Covington 75 138 17 39 0 0 2 16 16 20 1 0.283
Warren Spahn 39 105 8 22 0 0 3 10 4 32 1 0.210
Jack Dittmer 44 102 8 25 0 0 1 6 8 8 0 0.245
Andy Pafko 45 93 15 24 0 0 2 9 10 13 0 0.258
Lew Burdette 45 86 9 16 0 0 0 8 2 16 0 0.186
Bob Buhl 38 73 1 7 0 0 0 3 1 34 0 0.096
Chuck Tanner 60 63 6 15 0 0 1 4 10 10 0 0.238
Felix Mantilla 35 53 9 15 0 0 0 3 1 8 0 0.283
Ray Crone 35 49 4 6 0 0 0 2 8 18 0 0.122
Gene Conley 31 45 1 7 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0.156
Toby Atwell 15 30 2 5 0 0 2 7 4 1 0 0.167
Taylor Phillips 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0.000
Earl Hersh 7 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.231
Jim Pendleton 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Lou Sleater 25 10 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.500
Bob Trowbridge 19 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Red Murff 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Ernie Johnson 36 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250
Dave Jolly 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.000
Bob Roselli 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.500
Chet Nichols 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Paine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Humberto Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Taylor Phillips 2.26 2 Bob Trowbridge 2.66 3 Lew Burdette 2.70 4 Warren Spahn 2.78 5 Gene Conley 3.13

Wins

1 Warren Spahn 20 2 Lew Burdette 19 3 Bob Buhl 18 4 Ray Crone 11 5 Gene Conley 8

Strikeouts

1 Warren Spahn 128 2 Lew Burdette 110 3 Bob Buhl 86 4 Ray Crone 73 5 Gene Conley 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Warren Spahn 20 11 2.78 39 35 3 281.1 52 128
Lew Burdette 19 10 2.70 39 35 1 256.1 52 110
Bob Buhl 18 8 3.32 38 33 0 216.2 105 86
Ray Crone 11 10 3.87 35 21 2 169.2 44 73
Gene Conley 8 9 3.13 31 19 3 158.1 52 68
Taylor Phillips 5 3 2.26 23 6 2 87.2 33 36
Ernie Johnson 4 3 3.71 36 0 6 51.0 21 26
Bob Trowbridge 3 2 2.66 19 4 0 50.2 34 40
Dave Jolly 2 3 3.74 29 0 7 45.2 35 20
Lou Sleater 2 2 3.15 25 1 2 45.2 27 32
Red Murff 0 0 4.44 14 1 1 24.1 7 18
Chet Nichols 0 1 6.75 2 0 0 4.0 3 2
Humberto Robinson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 0
Phil Paine 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 0 0

👥 Roster (33)

Hank Aaron Joe Adcock Toby Atwell Bill Bruton Bob Buhl Lew Burdette Gene Conley Wes Covington Del Crandall Ray Crone Jack Dittmer Earl Hersh +21 more

33 players

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