1961 Milwaukee Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 1,101,441, Avg. 15,735
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: Chuck Dressen (71-58)
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (12-13)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1961 Milwaukee Braves Roster
1961 Milwaukee Braves Results

The Milwaukee Braves of the National League ended the 1961 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Braves scored 712 runs and yielded 656 runs. Joe Adcock walloped 35 home runs for Milwaukee, while Frank Thomas, Hank Aaron, Frank Bolling and Eddie Mathews each added 20 or more also. Hank Aaron drove in 120 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .327. Warren Spahn led the squad with 21 wins, plus Lew Burdette, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Warren Spahn recorded a 3.02 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Chuck Dressen and Birdie Tebbetts 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 Spahn2113.6183.02383432140262.72369688246411154041064
Lew Burdette1811.6214.00403641430272.329513112131333923111126
Bob Buhl910.4744.1132282910188.318099862398477503820
Tony Cloninger72.7785.251910430084.08449491633151147363
Don McMahon64.6002.845303200892.0843529451655204402
Don Nottebart67.4624.06381113203126.311761571148266201532
Carl Willey612.3333.8335226400159.714771682065991205676
Bob Hendley57.4173.901913230097.0964642839244002412
Ron Piche22.5003.47121510123.320129116216000104
Claude Raymond101.0003.98130800220.322992911310091
Seth Morehead101.0006.46120300015.31611114701310170
Johnny Antonelli101.0007.5990400010.71699230800051
George Brunet005.405030005.0733120000123
Chi-Chi Olivo0018.003010002.0344151100012
Ken MacKenzie01.0005.145010007.0854120510031
Moe Drabowsky02.0004.62160700225.326151341835111118
Totals8371.5393.8934915598578161391.3135765660215349335652236305895

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 Aaron1556716031151973910341202195664.327.381.594.9743581621920
Eddie Mathews15267257210317523632911279395.306.402.535.937306102143
Joe Adcock1526295627716020035108215994.285.354.507.861285222424
Frank Bolling148658585861531641556735762.262.329.379.7082222531031
Frank Thomas124464423581201332567242970.284.335.506.841214166247
Joe Torre113441406401132141042352860.278.330.424.754172104214
Roy McMillan15458850542111160748246186.220.305.293.5981481641172
Lee Maye1104173736810111514411013650.271.337.440.77716413232
Al Spangler68125972326200642289.268.432.289.7212800002
Mack Jones28119104132432012441228.231.322.298.6203102102
Gino Cimoli3713111712235034101115.197.266.316.5823730300
Warren Spahn391069413217041500733.223.279.426.7044011220
Lew Burdette4210810310215031100239.204.219.340.5593500300
Felix Mantilla451059313203015111016.215.298.280.5782621100
Charlie Lau28102823175005111411.207.323.268.5922211323
Sammy White21686311410150029.222.242.286.5281810210
John DeMerit328074512302500519.162.225.284.5092121000
Bob Boyd36434131000030017.244.256.244.5001010010
Don Nottebart3842384700010039.184.244.184.428730100
Del Crandall1532303630010010.200.226.300.526910100
Mel Roach1342363600160024.167.244.250.494902110
Hawk Taylor20292615001101311.192.276.308.584800000
Tony Cloninger1933304500040016.167.194.167.360500200
Wes Covington923213410000024.190.261.238.499500000
Bob Buhl32676024000200530.067.138.067.205410200
Don McMahon5317161310010004.188.188.250.438400100
Neil Chrisley101091200000011.222.300.222.522200000
Johnny Logan1820190210010013.105.150.158.308310000
Moe Drabowsky16540100010011.250.400.250.650100000
Bob Hendley19353121000000210.032.091.032.123100200
Carl Willey35585401000000126.019.036.019.055100300
Ron Piche12650000000002.000.000.000.000000100
Claude Raymond13331000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Johnny Antonelli9110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Ken MacKenzie5221000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Billy Martin6661000000001.000.000.000.000000000
George Brunet5000000000000000000
Seth Morehead12000000000000000000
Phil Roof1000000000000000000
Chi-Chi Olivo3000000000000000000
Totals1847595852887121365199341886627043534880.258.328.415.743219613334624050


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Joe Adcock1B1481481315.0147110211133.9931.7661.6280000
Frank Thomas1B11445.3484061.0001.3244.7270000
Bob Boyd1B3221.0205031.0001.7148.3330000
Mel Roach1B2110.0180001.00016.2009.0000000
Frank Bolling2B1481451307.332648910112.9885.6115.5070000
Felix Mantilla2B101084.0252714.9815.5715.2000000
Eddie Mathews3B1511511340.31682811830.9613.0152.9740000
Felix Mantilla3B6442.051111.9413.4292.6670000
Hank Aaron3B209.022001.0004.0002.0000000
Joe TorreC112108964.749450104.9825.0754.8571020292849.1
Charlie LauC2524217.7114742.9685.0034.840129535.7
Sammy WhiteC2018162.7107530.9746.1975.600023240.0
Del CrandallC5543.3173001.0004.1544.000042133.3
Hawk TaylorC102.00000.000.0000000
Phil RoofC101.020001.00018.0002.0000000
Hank AaronOF1541541367.03771373.9822.5682.5320000
Frank ThomasOF109109941.32024100.9541.9701.8900000
Lee MayeOF9685785.7169650.9722.0051.8230000
Gino CimoliOF3128255.066010.9852.3292.1290000
Al SpanglerOF4419225.3562001.0002.3171.3180000
Mack JonesOF2624217.0452011.0001.9491.8080000
John DeMeritOF2119165.7402001.0002.2822.0000000
Mel RoachOF9972.0120001.0001.5001.3330000
Felix MantillaOF10867.0121001.0001.7461.3000000
Hawk TaylorOF5542.081001.0001.9291.8000000
Wes CovingtonOF5536.030001.000.750.6000000
Lew BurdetteP4036272.3276012.9892.8752.1750000
Warren SpahnP3834262.7166327.9752.7072.0790000
Bob BuhlP3228188.3163711.9812.5331.6560000
Carl WilleyP3522159.7942031.0002.8751.4570000
Don NottebartP3811126.393111.9762.8501.0530000
Bob HendleyP191397.062410.9682.7841.5790000
Don McMahonP53092.072331.9092.935.5660000
Tony CloningerP191084.01116001.0002.8931.4210000
Moe DrabowskyP16025.31710.8892.842.5000000
Ron PicheP12123.306011.0002.314.5000000
Claude RaymondP13020.325001.0003.098.5380000
Seth MoreheadP12015.302001.0001.174.1670000
Johnny AntonelliP9010.711001.0001.688.2220000
Ken MacKenzieP507.003001.0003.857.6000000
George BrunetP505.003001.0005.400.6000000
Chi-Chi OlivoP302.00000.000.0000000
Roy McMillanSS1541541352.325749619110.9755.0114.8900000
Felix MantillaSS19029.05912.9334.345.7370000
Johnny LoganSS2110.003011.0002.7001.5000000
Totals1679139512522.041741848111428.9824.3283.5871128433645.6




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