1961 Milwaukee Braves

83-71 • 0.539 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
71 Losses
0.539 Win %
4th Rank
712 R 656 RA
Diff +56

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⚡ Quick Stats

712 Runs Scored
656 Runs Allowed
+56 Run Diff
1,101K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 1% below the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .326 equal to the 1961 league average (.325)
SLG .364 5% above the 1961 league average (.346)
Team ERA 3.89 3% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 712 2% above the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCounty Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,101,441
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Avg per Game 14,304

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hank Aaron 0.327 2 Eddie Mathews 0.306 3 Joe Adcock 0.285 4 Frank Thomas 0.284 5 Joe Torre 0.278

Home Runs

1 Joe Adcock 35 2 Hank Aaron 34 3 Eddie Mathews 32 4 Frank Thomas 25 5 Frank Bolling 15

RBI

1 Hank Aaron 120 2 Joe Adcock 108 3 Eddie Mathews 91 4 Frank Thomas 67 5 Frank Bolling 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hank Aaron 155 603 115 197 0 0 34 120 56 64 21 0.327
Frank Bolling 148 585 86 153 0 0 15 56 57 62 7 0.262
Eddie Mathews 152 572 103 175 0 0 32 91 93 95 12 0.306
Joe Adcock 152 562 77 160 0 0 35 108 59 94 2 0.285
Roy McMillan 154 505 42 111 0 0 7 48 61 86 2 0.220
Frank Thomas 124 423 58 120 0 0 25 67 29 70 2 0.284
Joe Torre 113 406 40 113 0 0 10 42 28 60 3 0.278
Lee Maye 110 373 68 101 0 0 14 41 36 50 10 0.271
Gino Cimoli 37 117 12 23 0 0 3 4 11 15 1 0.197
Mack Jones 28 104 13 24 0 0 0 12 12 28 4 0.231
Lew Burdette 42 103 10 21 0 0 3 11 2 39 0 0.204
Al Spangler 68 97 23 26 0 0 0 6 28 9 4 0.268
Warren Spahn 39 94 13 21 0 0 4 15 7 33 0 0.223
Felix Mantilla 45 93 13 20 0 0 1 5 10 16 1 0.215
Charlie Lau 28 82 3 17 0 0 0 5 14 11 1 0.207
John DeMerit 32 74 5 12 0 0 2 5 5 19 0 0.162
Sammy White 21 63 1 14 0 0 1 5 2 9 0 0.222
Bob Buhl 32 60 2 4 0 0 0 2 5 30 0 0.067
Carl Willey 35 54 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 0.019
Bob Boyd 36 41 3 10 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 0.244
Don Nottebart 38 38 4 7 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 0.184
Mel Roach 13 36 3 6 0 0 1 6 2 4 0 0.167
Bob Hendley 19 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0.032
Tony Cloninger 19 30 4 5 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 0.167
Del Crandall 15 30 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.200
Hawk Taylor 20 26 1 5 0 0 1 1 3 11 0 0.192
Wes Covington 9 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.190
Johnny Logan 18 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.105
Don McMahon 53 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.188
Neil Chrisley 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.222
Billy Martin 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ron Piche 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Moe Drabowsky 16 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.250
Claude Raymond 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ken MacKenzie 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnny Antonelli 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Brunet 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Seth Morehead 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chi-Chi Olivo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Roof 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don McMahon 2.84 2 Warren Spahn 3.02 3 Carl Willey 3.83 4 Bob Hendley 3.90 5 Lew Burdette 4.00

Wins

1 Warren Spahn 21 2 Lew Burdette 18 3 Bob Buhl 9 4 Tony Cloninger 7 5 Don McMahon 6

Strikeouts

1 Warren Spahn 115 2 Lew Burdette 92 3 Carl Willey 91 4 Bob Buhl 77 5 Don Nottebart 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lew Burdette 18 11 4.00 40 36 0 272.1 33 92
Warren Spahn 21 13 3.02 38 34 0 262.2 64 115
Bob Buhl 9 10 4.11 32 28 0 188.1 98 77
Carl Willey 6 12 3.83 35 22 0 159.2 65 91
Don Nottebart 6 7 4.06 38 11 3 126.1 48 66
Bob Hendley 5 7 3.90 19 13 0 97.0 39 44
Don McMahon 6 4 2.84 53 0 8 92.0 51 55
Tony Cloninger 7 2 5.25 19 10 0 84.0 33 51
Moe Drabowsky 0 2 4.62 16 0 2 25.1 18 5
Ron Piche 2 2 3.47 12 1 1 23.1 16 16
Claude Raymond 1 0 3.98 13 0 2 20.1 9 13
Seth Morehead 1 0 6.46 12 0 0 15.1 7 13
Johnny Antonelli 1 0 7.59 9 0 0 10.2 3 8
Ken MacKenzie 0 1 5.14 5 0 0 7.0 2 5
George Brunet 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 5.0 2 0
Chi-Chi Olivo 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 2.0 5 1

👥 Roster (40)

Hank Aaron Joe Adcock Johnny Antonelli Frank Bolling Bob Boyd George Brunet Bob Buhl Lew Burdette Neil Chrisley Gino Cimoli Tony Cloninger Wes Covington +28 more

40 players

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