1953 Milwaukee Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 1,837,305, Avg. 28,708
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: Charlie Grimm (92-62)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1953 Milwaukee Braves Roster
1953 Milwaukee Braves Results

The Milwaukee Braves of the National League ended the 1953 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Braves gave up 589 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Milwaukee plated 738 runs. Eddie Mathews walloped 47 home runs for the team, while Andy Pafko, Joe Adcock, Del Crandall and Sid Gordon each added 20 or more, too. Eddie Mathews drove in 135 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .302. Warren Spahn recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, plus Lew Burdette, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Warren Spahn recorded a 2.10 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Charlie Grimm 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 Spahn237.7672.10353232453265.72117562147001481231055
Lew Burdette155.7503.24461324618175.01777363756058501741
Bob Buhl138.6192.9730185830154.31335951973083311648
Johnny Antonelli1212.5003.18312621121175.3167836215710131103763
Max Surkont115.6884.18282421120170.016882792264083022732
Don Liddle76.5383.0831159402128.71195444655063203543
Ernie Johnson43.5712.673611000081.0793424422036312331
Jim Wilson49.3084.3420182500114.010759551643071301491
Vern Bickford25.2865.28209820158.0603534835025212258
Joey Jay101.0000.0031111010.0600050400137
Virgil Jester0022.502010002.0455140000014
Dave Jolly01.0003.522401000038.3341615427023101172
Dave Cole01.0008.59100800014.717141411401300175
Totals9262.5973.30316157857214151387.012825895081075390738217215860

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
Eddie Mathews15768157911017531847135139983.302.406.6271.03336362100
Joe Adcock157640590711683361880324282.285.334.453.787267222600
Johnny Logan1506686111001672781173224133.273.326.398.724243137900
Andy Pafko140568516701532341772213733.297.347.455.8032351431200
Bill Bruton151668613821531814141261144100.250.306.330.63620296500
Jack Dittmer13852550454134221963101835.266.293.367.660185111200
Sid Gordon140541464671272241975117140.274.372.461.834214142400
Del Crandall116420382551041311551213347.272.330.429.759164130500
Jim Pendleton120261251487512472765736.299.323.462.78511652100
Walker Cooper53151137123060316101215.219.287.328.6154561100
Warren Spahn381111056235021200122.219.226.324.5503410500
Harry Hanebrink51878081911181068.238.291.313.6032500100
Max Surkont286656101651060057.286.344.411.7552310500
Ebba St. Claire33838071630250039.200.229.313.5412500000
George Crowe47454261220260027.286.333.476.8102011000
Johnny Antonelli316962711200400314.177.215.210.4251300400
Lew Burdette46585349000100013.170.170.170.340900500
Jim Wilson2040362600120023.167.211.250.461930200
Bob Thorpe2739371610050116.162.184.189.373700100
Bob Buhl30605336000200218.113.145.113.259610500
Sibby Sisti3828238510040052.217.357.261.618610000
Don Liddle3141342300010039.088.162.088.250300400
Dave Jolly24321100000011.500.667.5001.167100000
Dave Cole10221100110000.500.5002.0002.500400000
Ernie Johnson3615140100000004.071.071.071.143100100
Vern Bickford2017151100000017.067.125.067.192110100
Paul Burris2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Mel Roach5221000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Joey Jay3330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Billy Klaus2221000010000.000.000.000.000000000
Virgil Jester2000000000000000000
Totals1846589553497381422227521566914627439637.266.325.415.7402221122278000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
George Crowe1B900.0172011.0002.1110000
Joe Adcock1B15700.013899613146.9919.4590000
Sibby Sisti2B1300.0109011.0001.4620000
Mel Roach2B100.00000.0000000
Harry Hanebrink2B2100.03855218.9794.4290000
Jack Dittmer2B13800.02903432395.9654.5870000
Sibby Sisti3B400.02520.7781.7500000
Eddie Mathews3B15700.01543113033.9392.9620000
Harry Hanebrink3B100.010001.0001.0000000
Ebba St. ClaireC2700.01061113.9924.3334000
Del CrandallC10800.056662913.9865.8156000
Walker CooperC3500.0165631.9834.8860000
Paul BurrisC200.010001.000.5000000
Bob ThorpeOF1800.0120001.000.6670000
Jim PendletonOF10500.0141761.9611.4100000
Andy PafkoOF13900.0241561.9761.7700000
Sid GordonOF13700.02451062.9771.8610000
Bill BrutonOF15000.03971595.9792.7470000
Jim WilsonP2000.01023011.0001.6500000
Max SurkontP2800.0113223.9561.5360000
Warren SpahnP3500.0125347.9421.8570000
Don LiddleP3100.052022.926.8060000
Dave JollyP2400.026001.000.3330000
Ernie JohnsonP3600.041521.905.5280000
Virgil JesterP200.001001.000.5000000
Joey JayP300.00000.0000000
Dave ColeP1000.014001.000.5000000
Lew BurdetteP4600.0113716.9801.0430000
Bob BuhlP3000.0142513.9751.3000000
Vern BickfordP2000.0314031.000.8500000
Johnny AntonelliP3100.063413.9761.2900000
Sibby SistiSS600.014021.000.8330000
Jim PendletonSS700.01128031.0005.5710000
Johnny LoganSS15000.029548120104.9755.1730000
Totals170100.041611714143458.9763.45410000




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