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1955 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 87-75
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 871
Runs Allowed: 754
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,032,848
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 87-50, 1st in the NL
AA: 64-73, 6th in the NL
A: 62-75, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Bob Nieman 28 158 578 104 179 34 9 23 97 0 0 63 94 .310 .373 .519 .892 103.3 21.3 2.4
2B *Hank Thompson 29 155 529 112 144 23 4 28 88 4 1 104 60 .272 .394 .490 .884 99.6 20.5 5.8
CF *Richie Ashburn 28 145 553 103 141 18 2 8 44 31 17 60 9 .255 .326 .338 .664 65.8 7.8 3.1
LF  Frank Thomas 26 148 539 65 130 24 1 28 101 0 0 26 61 .241 .276 .445 .722 63.6 7.6 3.9
2B *Pete Runnels 27 144 470 71 149 35 8 5 72 0 0 48 33 .317 .378 .457 .835 76.4 15.5 6.4
C *Carl Sawatski 27 137 422 88 122 13 2 35 91 0 0 79 90 .289 .398 .578 .976 94.0 20.2 5.2
RF *Dick Kokos 27 118 375 71 100 13 2 23 74 0 0 61 79 .267 .368 .496 .864 67.8 13.4 1.7
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 27 113 373 61 103 11 3 7 45 0 0 49 35 .276 .359 .378 .737 49.9 7.8 1.5
CF  Minnie Minoso 32 109 286 34 72 15 2 7 45 1 1 29 41 .252 .318 .392 .709 34.0 4.2 1.2
1B  Bill Skowron 24 76 250 34 66 13 0 12 38 0 0 15 49 .264 .313 .460 .773 34.9 5.8 0.9
1B *Harry Simpson 29 90 164 22 42 10 2 0 23 1 0 21 11 .256 .342 .341 .684 18.7 2.5 0.6
C  Bill Sarni 27 59 165 22 61 13 0 2 27 0 0 15 25 .370 .422 .485 .907 29.3 6.9 1.7
1B  Nap Reyes 35 66 156 17 44 7 3 1 16 0 0 8 12 .282 .321 .385 .706 17.2 2.6 2.0
C *Clint Courtney 28 75 108 16 34 5 2 1 22 0 0 16 2 .315 .408 .426 .834 18.1 4.0 0.7
P  Tommy Hughes 35 40 98 6 12 1 0 2 10 0 0 5 32 .122 .162 .194 .356 3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Presko 26 38 100 3 13 1 0 0 7 1 0 1 11 .130 .136 .140 .276 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 24 41 90 2 12 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 24 .133 .141 .178 .319 1.4 0.0 0.0
2B *Billy Goodman 29 42 89 12 26 4 1 3 10 0 0 3 7 .292 .315 .461 .776 11.5 1.9 0.8
P  Stubby Overmire 36 29 75 4 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 15 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.7 0.0 0.0
CF  Hal Jeffcoat 30 29 53 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 8 .226 .263 .245 .508 3.9 0.0 0.3
3B  Al Smith 27 40 45 9 11 3 0 2 8 0 0 7 6 .244 .340 .444 .784 7.3 1.3 0.4
P *Harvey Haddix 29 41 37 6 10 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 .270 .263 .351 .615 3.8 0.2 0.0
2B *Nellie Fox 27 9 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.9 0.1 0.0
RF *Walt Moryn 29 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .714 1.089 1.5 0.4 0.0
P  Hal Brown 30 39 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Cuddles Marshall 30 13 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Buddy Lively 30 52 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 25 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Ray Boone 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.1
P  Tom Hurd 31 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Wilson 33 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2082 5593 871 1498 249 42 188 852 38 19 619 714 .268 .340 .428 .768 804.6 144.1 38.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 2 5 1 4 2 3 6 4 1 2 4 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Karl Spooner 24 14 15 .483 41 41 0 291.0 245 144 45 145 292 4.45 12.4
 Tommy Hughes 35 18 14 .563 40 40 0 290.3 222 126 29 167 218 3.91 18.7
 Joe Presko 26 20 11 .645 38 38 0 283.7 266 117 23 123 156 3.71 19.1
*Stubby Overmire 36 15 6 .714 29 29 0 214.7 190 84 18 68 80 3.52 16.4
*Harvey Haddix 29 8 5 .615 41 11 6 121.0 125 61 12 38 73 4.54 8.0
 Buddy Lively 30 2 3 .400 52 1 5 63.0 67 43 6 52 48 6.14 0.2
 Hal Brown 30 2 9 .182 39 2 2 48.0 58 38 8 28 12 7.13 0.0
 Bob Grim 25 2 3 .400 40 0 9 39.7 49 26 5 22 26 5.90 0.7
 Duke Maas 26 3 3 .500 29 0 4 33.0 34 23 8 18 15 6.27 0.6
 Tom Hurd 31 1 1 .500 21 0 3 22.7 20 12 4 14 7 4.77 1.5
 Cuddles Marshall 30 0 3 .000 13 0 0 20.3 26 21 3 14 16 9.30 0.0
 Jim McDonald 28 1 1 .500 9 0 1 8.3 12 9 0 4 3 9.72 0.0
 Jim Wilson 33 0 0 .000 6 0 0 6.7 7 6 4 1 2 8.11 0.0
 Don Carlsen 28 0 1 .000 2 0 0 2.7 3 5 0 3 0 16.92 0.0
 Murray Wall 28 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.6
Team Totals 29.3 87 75 .537 403 162 30 1447.0 1324 715 165 698 950 4.45 78.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 3 4 4 4 6 6 7 3 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 29.9
C.Sawatski 999.7 108 125 671 30 1 0 .999 22.6
B.Sarni 304.3 37 39 203 13 1 0 .995 36.4
C.Courtney 143.0 17 18 99 3 0 0 1.000 40.0
Team Total 1447.0 162 182 973 46 2 0 .998 27.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.55
G.Goldsberry 789.7 89 99 904 72 4 102 .996 11.12
B.Skowron 521.7 62 66 611 38 3 65 .995 11.20
H.Simpson 88.7 7 22 113 5 0 14 1.000 11.98
N.Reyes 19.0 2 4 19 2 0 2 1.000 9.95
B.Goodman 19.0 2 4 25 2 0 2 1.000 12.79
P.Runnels 7.0 0 2 8 1 0 1 1.000 11.57
N.Fox 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.0 162 199 1681 120 7 186 .996 11.20
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.75
H.Thompson 1282.0 143 147 300 537 20 136 .977 5.88
B.Goodman 90.0 11 11 25 34 2 13 .967 5.90
N.Reyes 73.0 8 9 20 32 0 8 1.000 6.41
P.Runnels 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1447.0 162 168 347 604 22 157 .977 5.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.85
F.Thomas 1224.3 146 146 86 286 9 33 .976 2.73
A.Smith 94.0 6 28 5 23 1 3 .966 2.68
B.Goodman 73.3 6 20 5 18 1 3 .958 2.82
N.Reyes 46.3 4 9 2 17 1 0 .950 3.69
N.Fox 9.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 206 98 345 12 39 .974 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.06
P.Runnels 1187.0 139 140 181 500 29 112 .959 5.16
N.Reyes 237.3 22 41 30 105 5 16 .964 5.12
N.Fox 11.7 1 2 0 2 1 0 .667 1.54
R.Boone 7.0 0 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 7.71
H.Thompson 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Smith 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 188 212 613 35 129 .959 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.96
B.Nieman 981.0 110 116 182 4 6 2 .969 1.71
M.Minoso 380.3 46 49 73 1 1 0 .987 1.75
A.Smith 41.0 4 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
D.Kokos 20.0 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Goodman 14.7 1 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 5.53
H.Simpson 10.0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1447.0 162 187 281 7 7 3 .976 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
R.Ashburn 1171.3 135 143 305 3 11 3 .966 2.37
M.Minoso 196.7 21 35 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
H.Jeffcoat 42.0 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
H.Simpson 23.0 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.13
W.Moryn 10.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
H.Thompson 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1447.0 162 197 370 3 11 3 .971 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.92
D.Kokos 861.3 98 102 170 2 7 0 .961 1.80
B.Nieman 308.0 35 38 65 2 4 1 .944 1.96
H.Simpson 209.0 22 26 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
H.Jeffcoat 55.7 6 10 12 2 0 0 1.000 2.26
W.Moryn 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
A.Smith 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Goldsberry 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 179 284 6 11 1 .963 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.25
K.Spooner 291.0 41 41 15 46 1 1 .984 1.89
T.Hughes 290.3 40 40 16 50 1 4 .985 2.05
J.Presko 283.7 38 38 15 68 4 5 .954 2.63
S.Overmire 214.7 29 29 19 33 0 2 1.000 2.18
H.Haddix 121.0 11 41 4 22 0 3 1.000 1.93
B.Lively 63.0 1 52 3 12 1 1 .938 2.14
H.Brown 48.0 2 39 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.81
B.Grim 39.7 0 40 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.59
D.Maas 33.0 0 29 3 8 0 3 1.000 3.00
T.Hurd 22.7 0 21 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.59
C.Marshall 20.3 0 13 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.89
J.McDonald 8.3 0 9 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.24
J.Wilson 6.7 0 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.76
D.Carlsen 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Wall 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 403 81 269 7 20 .980 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Runnels .317
On-Base Pct Sawatski .398
Slugging Pct Sawatski .578
OPS Sawatski .976
XR Nieman 103.3
Games Nieman 158
At-Bats Nieman 578
Runs Thompson 112
Hits Nieman 179
Total Bases Nieman 300
Singles Ashburn, Nieman 113
Doubles Runnels 35
Triples Nieman 9
Homeruns Sawatski 35
RBIs Thomas 101
Stolen Bases Ashburn 31
Caught Stealing Ashburn 17
Walks Thompson 104
Strikeouts Nieman 94
ERA Overmire 3.52
Wins Presko 20
Losses Spooner 15
Winning Pct Overmire .714
Saves Grim 9
Games Pitched Lively 52
Games Started Spooner 41
Complete Games Overmire 11
Shutouts Overmire 3
Innings Pitched Spooner 291.0
Hits Allowed Presko 266
Homeruns Allowed Spooner 45
Strikeouts Spooner 292
Walks Allowed Hughes 167
Walks per 9IP Overmire 2.9
Hits per 9IP Hughes 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 9.0
WHiP Overmire 1.20
OAVG Hughes .214
OOBP Overmire .297
OSLG Overmire .343
OOPS Overmire .640
Team All-Stars
Bob Nieman
Stubby Overmire
Hank Thompson
Player Salaries
Tommy Hughes $ 6,500,000
Richie Ashburn $ 6,000,000
Stubby Overmire $ 5,500,000
Hank Thompson $ 4,100,000
Dick Kokos $ 3,978,571
Nap Reyes $ 3,000,000
Bob Nieman $ 2,860,714
Gordon Goldsberry $ 2,564,286
Minnie Minoso $ 2,500,000
Frank Thomas $ 2,257,143
Carl Sawatski $ 2,257,143
Harvey Haddix $ 1,957,143
Jim Wilson $ 1,130,000
Clint Courtney $ 1,039,286
Hal Jeffcoat $ 591,429
Hal Brown $ 517,143
Sam Dente $ 350,000
Marv Rackley $ 350,000
Walt Dropo $ 350,000
Ray Boone $ 350,000
Johnny Hetki $ 350,000
Don Carlsen $ 300,000
Jim McDonald $ 300,000
Bob Grim $ 300,000
Nellie Fox $ 300,000
Billy Goodman $ 300,000
Tom Hurd $ 300,000
Buddy Lively $ 300,000
Cuddles Marshall $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Joe Presko $ 300,000
Pete Runnels $ 300,000
Bill Sarni $ 300,000
Harry Simpson $ 300,000
Bill Skowron $ 300,000
Al Smith $ 300,000
Karl Spooner $ 300,000
Murray Wall $ 300,000
Duke Maas $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bob Cain New York (A) Frank Thomas
2/1 Traded Joe Coleman Montreal Minnie Minoso
2/17 Signed     Nap Reyes
3/3 Traded Lindy Mcdaniel New York (A) Bill Glynn
 
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