1959 Milwaukee Braves

86-70 • 0.551 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
70 Losses
0.551 Win %
2nd Rank
724 R 623 RA
Diff +101

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⚡ Quick Stats

724 Runs Scored
623 Runs Allowed
+101 Run Diff
1,739K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 NL Average

Batting Avg .264 2% above the 1959 league average (.260)
OBP .325 1% above the 1959 league average (.323)
SLG .363 6% above the 1959 league average (.342)
Team ERA 3.51 11% better than the 1959 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 724 6% above the 1959 league average (683 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCounty Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,739,724
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Avg per Game 22,021

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hank Aaron 0.355 2 Eddie Mathews 0.306 3 Lee Maye 0.300 4 Joe Adcock 0.292 5 Johnny Logan 0.291

Home Runs

1 Eddie Mathews 46 2 Hank Aaron 39 3 Joe Adcock 25 4 Del Crandall 21 5 Johnny Logan 13

RBI

1 Hank Aaron 123 2 Eddie Mathews 114 3 Joe Adcock 76 4 Del Crandall 72 5 Johnny Logan 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hank Aaron 154 629 116 223 0 0 39 123 51 54 8 0.355
Eddie Mathews 148 594 118 182 0 0 46 114 80 71 2 0.306
Del Crandall 150 518 65 133 0 0 21 72 46 48 5 0.257
Bill Bruton 133 478 72 138 0 0 6 41 35 54 13 0.289
Johnny Logan 138 470 59 137 0 0 13 50 57 45 1 0.291
Joe Adcock 115 404 53 118 0 0 25 76 32 77 0 0.292
Wes Covington 103 373 38 104 0 0 7 45 26 41 0 0.279
Frank Torre 115 263 23 60 0 0 1 33 35 12 0 0.228
Felix Mantilla 103 251 26 54 0 0 3 19 16 31 6 0.215
Bobby Avila 51 172 29 41 0 0 3 19 24 31 3 0.238
Andy Pafko 71 142 17 31 0 0 1 15 14 15 0 0.218
Lee Maye 51 140 17 42 0 0 4 16 7 26 2 0.300
Johnny O'Brien 44 116 16 23 0 0 1 8 11 15 0 0.198
Lew Burdette 52 104 14 21 0 0 0 8 3 36 0 0.202
Warren Spahn 40 104 11 24 0 0 2 8 3 28 0 0.231
Mickey Vernon 74 91 8 20 0 0 3 14 7 20 0 0.220
Casey Wise 22 76 11 13 0 0 1 5 10 5 0 0.171
Bob Buhl 31 70 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 38 0 0.057
Stan Lopata 25 48 0 5 0 0 0 4 3 13 0 0.104
Juan Pizarro 29 41 2 5 0 0 0 5 2 14 0 0.122
Carl Willey 26 39 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 22 0 0.103
Joey Jay 34 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 15 0 0.086
Bob Rush 31 32 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.188
Mel Roach 19 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.097
Del Rice 13 29 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.207
Chuck Cottier 10 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.125
Jim Pisoni 9 24 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.167
Joe Morgan 13 23 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.217
Enos Slaughter 11 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.167
Ray Boone 13 15 3 3 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0.200
Al Spangler 6 12 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.417
Don McMahon 60 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.222
John DeMerit 11 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Bob Trowbridge 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Red Schoendienst 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Giggie 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Hartman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Rush 2.40 2 Don McMahon 2.57 3 Bob Buhl 2.86 4 Warren Spahn 2.96 5 Juan Pizarro 3.77

Wins

1 Lew Burdette 21 2 Warren Spahn 21 3 Bob Buhl 15 4 Joey Jay 6 5 Juan Pizarro 6

Strikeouts

1 Warren Spahn 143 2 Juan Pizarro 126 3 Bob Buhl 105 4 Lew Burdette 105 5 Joey Jay 88
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Warren Spahn 21 15 2.96 40 36 0 292.0 70 143
Lew Burdette 21 15 4.07 41 39 1 289.2 38 105
Bob Buhl 15 9 2.86 31 25 0 198.0 74 105
Joey Jay 6 11 4.09 34 19 0 136.1 64 88
Juan Pizarro 6 2 3.77 29 14 0 133.2 70 126
Carl Willey 5 9 4.15 26 15 0 117.0 31 51
Bob Rush 5 6 2.40 31 9 0 101.1 23 64
Don McMahon 5 3 2.57 60 0 15 80.2 37 55
Bob Trowbridge 1 0 5.93 16 0 1 30.1 10 22
Bob Giggie 1 0 4.05 13 0 1 20.0 10 15
Bob Hartman 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 1.2 2 1

👥 Roster (37)

Hank Aaron Joe Adcock Bobby Avila Ray Boone Bill Bruton Bob Buhl Lew Burdette Chuck Cottier Wes Covington Del Crandall John DeMerit Bob Giggie +25 more

37 players

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