1959 Milwaukee Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 86-70
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 1,739,724, Avg. 24,163
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: Fred Haney (86-70)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1959 Milwaukee Braves Roster
1959 Milwaukee Braves Results

The Milwaukee Braves of the National League ended the 1959 season with a record of 86 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Braves scored 724 runs and surrendered 623 runs. Eddie Mathews walloped 46 home runs for Milwaukee, while Joe Adcock, Del Crandall and Hank Aaron each added 20 or more as well. Hank Aaron drove in 123 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .355. Lew Burdette and Warren Spahn led the squad with 21 wins each, and Bob Buhl contributed 15 or more victories as well Bob Buhl earned a 2.86 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Fred Haney 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 Spahn2115.5832.96403632140292.028210696217091431021203
Lew Burdette2115.5834.07413922041289.7312144131383831051021193
Bob Buhl159.6252.86312521240198.0181766319743105204832
Juan Pizarro62.7503.7729144620133.7117615613703126804578
Joey Jay611.3534.0934195410136.313071621164688501601
Don McMahon53.6252.5760049001580.7812623537555113359
Bob Rush56.4552.403196110101.31023927523264102427
Carl Willey59.3574.1526154520117.012660541231451204503
Bob Giggie101.0004.05130700120.02410921001501088
Bob Trowbridge101.0005.93160600130.3452520210222003146
Bob Hartman0027.003000001.7655020100013
Totals8670.5513.51324157886918181400.7140662354612842937775212255943

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 Aaron15469362911622346739123805154.355.401.6361.0374001940917
Eddie Mathews14868259411818216846114218071.306.390.593.98335263322
Bill Bruton133522478721382266411353554.289.338.397.73519091712
Johnny Logan138540470591371701350135745.291.369.411.780193123649
Del Crandall150581518651331922172514648.257.318.423.741219243958
Joe Adcock115444404531181922576003277.292.339.535.87421680266
Wes Covington10340537338104173745012641.279.329.397.726148133128
Frank Torre1153072632360151133003512.228.321.304.6258053246
Felix Mantilla103274251265450319611631.215.266.271.5376882321
Lee Maye5115014017425141622726.300.338.436.7746121202
Bobby Avila51204172294132319302431.238.330.331.6615710710
Andy Pafko71158142173182115001415.218.293.324.6174641101
Warren Spahn401121041124102800328.231.243.298.5413120140
Johnny O'Brien4413311616234018001115.198.271.259.5303031411
Lew Burdette521131041421710800336.202.231.288.5203001500
Mickey Vernon7499918204031400720.220.283.363.6453321001
Casey Wise2286761113201500105.171.267.237.5041830000
Del Rice1332293600010023.207.250.207.457620010
Bob Rush31333226000000015.188.188.188.375610100
Al Spangler614123501001011.417.462.5831.045700100
Joe Morgan1326232510010024.217.280.261.541610100
Juan Pizarro29464125200500214.122.159.171.330700210
Stan Lopata25514805000400313.104.157.104.261510000
Jim Pisoni926244410000026.167.231.208.439510000
Carl Willey26413924100100122.103.125.128.253510100
Bob Buhl31747024000100238.057.083.057.140410200
Ray Boone1320153300120042.200.368.400.768610100
Enos Slaughter1121180300010033.167.286.167.452300000
Chuck Cottier1028241310010037.125.222.167.389400100
Mel Roach1933311300000024.097.152.097.248300000
Joey Jay34383503000000215.086.135.086.221300100
Don McMahon601092200000015.222.300.222.522200000
John DeMerit11654100000012.200.333.200.533100000
Bob Trowbridge16440000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Bob Giggie13110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Red Schoendienst5330000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Bob Hartman3000000000000000000
Totals1942601053887241426216361776834114488765.265.326.417.743224513027644364


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Joe Adcock1B8985714.076180267.9981.6019.4490000
Frank Torre1B8763591.062246443.9941.1737.6780000
Mickey Vernon1B10456.754413.9839.2125.8000000
Ray Boone1B3321.0191041.0008.5716.6670000
Stan Lopata1B2218.060001.0003.0003.0000000
Bobby Avila2B5145410.7103131821.9675.1284.5880000
Felix Mantilla2B6044383.397126726.9705.2363.7170000
Johnny O'Brien2B3734296.07083224.9874.6524.1350000
Casey Wise2B2018153.04641113.9895.1184.3500000
Chuck Cottier2B10975.7182212.9764.7584.0000000
Mel Roach2B8338.781432.8805.1212.7500000
Joe Morgan2B7437.091221.9135.1083.0000000
Red Schoendienst2B406.31110.6672.842.5000000
Eddie Mathews3B1481481315.71443051821.9613.0713.0340000
Felix Mantilla3B9442.04921.8672.7861.4440000
Hank Aaron3B5542.0210001.0002.5712.4000000
Mel Roach3B101.00000.000.0000000
Del CrandallC1461421271.778371515.9946.0445.849222283253.3
Stan LopataC11765.3430011.0005.9233.90911600.0
Del RiceC9863.742121.9566.0794.77822100.0
Hank AaronOF1521491326.72611253.9821.8521.7960000
Bill BrutonOF1331141045.3309632.9912.7122.3680000
Wes CovingtonOF9493814.7148662.9631.7011.6380000
Andy PafkoOF6435343.387120.9782.3071.3750000
Lee MayeOF4437318.080321.9762.3491.8860000
Joe AdcockOF2120160.346150.9042.6382.2380000
Jim PisoniOF9553.015110.9412.7171.7780000
Felix MantillaOF7329.060001.0001.862.8570000
Enos SlaughterOF5527.050001.0001.6671.0000000
Al SpanglerOF4223.760001.0002.2821.5000000
Mel RoachOF4423.04220.7502.3481.5000000
Mickey VernonOF4322.311010.9174.4332.7500000
John DeMeritOF4115.770001.0004.0211.7500000
Warren SpahnP4036292.0144534.9521.8181.4750000
Lew BurdetteP4139289.7214716.9862.1131.6590000
Bob BuhlP3125198.0214314.9852.9092.0650000
Joey JayP3419136.3132823.9532.7071.2060000
Juan PizarroP2914133.7718001.0001.683.8620000
Carl WilleyP2615117.051710.9571.692.8460000
Bob RushP319101.391330.8801.954.7100000
Don McMahonP60080.741020.8751.562.2330000
Bob TrowbridgeP16030.304001.0001.187.2500000
Bob GiggieP13020.008001.0003.600.6150000
Bob HartmanP301.70000.000.0000000
Johnny LoganSS1381371201.02604311878.9755.1785.0070000
Felix MantillaSS2320190.72976813.9294.9564.5650000
Casey WiseSS509.02322.7145.0001.0000000
Totals1752141312606.042021732127363.9794.2373.387525353247.8




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