1960 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 75-87
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 712
Runs Allowed: 738
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,045,179
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 6th in the NL
AA: 51-86, 8th in the NL
A: 54-83, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
3B  Bill Serena 35 152 512 80 117 14 2 25 74 1 0 90 148 .229 .344 .410 .754 78.3 15.1 4.9
CF *Gus Bell 31 154 560 69 136 27 8 27 111 0 0 37 108 .243 .290 .464 .754 71.2 12.6 3.5
1B *Ed Bouchee 27 157 514 73 120 29 2 10 63 0 1 73 131 .233 .328 .356 .684 62.7 10.4 1.5
CF *Lenny Green 27 148 516 76 151 30 5 6 75 4 2 49 57 .293 .358 .405 .763 69.4 14.9 4.2
SS  Joe Koppe 29 136 397 49 102 17 3 4 40 1 1 41 103 .257 .330 .345 .675 44.7 7.8 2.2
C  Bill Sarni 32 122 375 59 119 18 3 8 38 0 0 32 58 .317 .370 .445 .815 58.0 13.7 3.3
SS  Willie Jones 34 131 369 38 90 13 2 14 55 1 0 39 105 .244 .318 .404 .722 47.3 8.6 3.4
CF  Earl Robinson 23 119 343 46 85 24 2 11 53 2 1 44 96 .248 .328 .426 .754 48.7 9.2 2.2
LF *Irv Noren 35 91 298 38 88 15 2 6 38 1 1 33 47 .295 .362 .419 .782 43.1 9.3 1.3
C *Bill Hall 31 86 296 35 72 15 1 1 25 0 0 22 44 .243 .296 .311 .606 24.9 2.8 2.7
2B *Nellie Fox 32 102 261 39 62 12 1 8 34 0 0 27 28 .238 .312 .383 .695 30.3 4.5 2.5
RF *Walt Moryn 34 122 241 32 62 12 1 7 29 0 0 21 58 .257 .314 .402 .717 30.7 5.5 1.0
SS  Alex Grammas 34 72 172 21 44 6 1 0 14 0 0 6 23 .256 .283 .302 .586 13.5 1.3 1.4
P  Mike Garcia 36 43 105 5 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 .152 .168 .171 .340 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Drott 23 44 103 6 18 1 1 1 11 0 0 2 43 .175 .190 .233 .423 3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 34 43 92 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 19 .109 .146 .130 .276 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Chico Carrasquel 32 26 103 13 31 3 0 0 12 1 0 6 9 .301 .345 .330 .676 11.5 2.1 1.0
P  Saul Rogovin 36 32 76 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .132 .141 .145 .286 0.2 0.0 0.0
RF #Solly Drake 29 23 67 15 20 3 1 0 9 0 0 12 14 .299 .400 .373 .773 10.9 2.5 0.5
2B  Bobby Avila 36 25 43 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 14 .093 .204 .163 .367 1.0 0.0 0.2
2B  Jerry Snyder 30 33 43 3 9 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 6 .209 .227 .372 .599 3.1 0.4 0.2
C  Ed Sadowski 29 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim McDonald 33 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 34 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Gene Verble 32 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Konikowski 32 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Turk Farrell 26 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Donovan 32 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Bokelmann 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 31.4 2078 5507 712 1369 247 37 129 698 11 6 548 1170 .249 .317 .377 .694 653.9 120.7 36.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 5 5 3 2 6 5 7 2 2 8 5 4 5 5 5  
* - 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
 Mike Garcia 36 14 21 .400 43 43 0 329.0 360 187 48 119 235 5.12 4.5
 Dick Drott 23 21 17 .553 44 44 0 318.7 248 129 41 130 293 3.64 21.8
*Bobby Shantz 34 15 21 .417 43 43 0 291.7 293 113 29 81 186 3.49 16.5
 Saul Rogovin 36 14 14 .500 32 32 0 224.0 234 131 43 87 169 5.26 3.3
 Sam Jones 34 3 4 .429 66 0 3 69.0 54 35 10 39 70 4.57 3.4
 Jim McDonald 33 2 1 .667 42 0 0 54.7 44 21 3 18 26 3.46 4.2
*Curt Simmons 31 3 1 .750 44 0 3 47.0 53 25 8 3 21 4.79 2.7
 Turk Farrell 26 3 5 .375 45 0 22 44.7 43 16 7 14 22 3.22 6.8
 Alex Konikowski 32 0 2 .000 35 0 0 35.0 25 12 4 20 29 3.09 2.7
 Dick Donovan 32 0 0 .000 7 0 0 10.3 7 2 0 4 5 1.74 1.2
 Dick Bokelmann 33 0 1 .000 6 0 0 10.0 5 2 1 3 8 1.80 1.0
 Tom Morgan 30 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.0 9 4 0 2 2 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 31.7 75 87 .463 411 162 28 1438.0 1375 677 194 520 1066 4.24 68.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 3 5 8 4 8 6 6 4 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 .996 32.5
B.Sarni 802.0 89 103 603 26 4 1 .994 40.0
B.Hall 631.0 73 76 487 19 1 1 .998 21.7
E.Sadowski 4.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
W.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1438.0 162 184 1092 45 5 2 .996 30.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.07
E.Bouchee 1268.0 146 151 1464 93 15 132 .990 11.05
B.Avila 115.0 11 20 120 11 0 10 1.000 10.25
N.Fox 55.0 5 11 65 5 0 0 1.000 11.45
Team Total 1438.0 162 182 1649 109 15 142 .992 11.00
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.47
B.Serena 616.3 71 73 124 250 5 58 .987 5.46
N.Fox 540.7 62 64 110 207 11 45 .966 5.28
A.Grammas 221.3 27 30 49 90 2 13 .986 5.65
C.Carrasquel 161.3 15 15 36 62 2 11 .980 5.47
J.Snyder 29.3 1 13 2 13 0 0 1.000 4.60
W.Jones 21.0 1 6 7 3 0 1 1.000 4.29
B.Avila 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Verble 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1594.0 177 205 328 627 20 128 .979 5.39
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.68
W.Jones 638.7 77 77 40 163 9 10 .958 2.86
B.Serena 628.0 70 72 31 141 10 12 .945 2.46
A.Grammas 94.0 9 17 7 15 2 1 .917 2.11
J.Snyder 32.3 3 5 3 6 1 0 .900 2.51
N.Fox 23.0 1 10 0 6 0 2 1.000 2.35
L.Green 18.7 2 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.89
C.Carrasquel 16.4 1 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.29
J.Koppe 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1452.4 163 188 84 341 22 26 .951 2.63
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 4.91
J.Koppe 873.3 99 120 121 360 20 65 .960 4.96
W.Jones 265.0 31 36 38 107 2 15 .986 4.92
C.Carrasquel 61.4 6 6 10 24 1 5 .971 4.98
A.Grammas 58.7 6 11 7 22 0 4 1.000 4.45
N.Fox 16.0 0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Snyder 9.0 1 2 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00
B.Serena 7.7 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
G.Verble 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Robinson 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Avila 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1295.1 143 191 179 526 24 90 .967 4.90
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.80
I.Noren 561.9 56 66 105 0 4 0 .963 1.68
E.Robinson 414.3 50 58 71 3 0 0 1.000 1.61
W.Moryn 266.7 31 34 46 1 1 0 .979 1.59
L.Green 109.0 12 13 15 2 1 0 .944 1.40
G.Bell 97.7 10 13 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
S.Drake 20.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Snyder 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Avila 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.6 161 189 260 6 6 0 .978 1.63
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.28
L.Green 963.3 108 120 257 5 2 1 .992 2.45
E.Robinson 301.7 38 38 78 1 1 1 .988 2.36
S.Drake 125.0 13 15 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
I.Noren 32.3 2 8 2 0 1 0 .667 0.56
G.Bell 8.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1430.3 161 186 371 7 4 2 .990 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.84
G.Bell 1143.7 132 133 224 11 5 5 .979 1.85
W.Moryn 172.0 19 22 32 1 2 0 .943 1.73
I.Noren 58.6 5 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.92
E.Robinson 24.3 2 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.74
L.Green 24.0 2 6 7 0 1 0 .875 2.63
S.Drake 5.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Snyder 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
E.Bouchee 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64
Team Total 1429.3 160 181 271 13 9 5 .969 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.08
M.Garcia 329.0 43 43 16 66 2 5 .976 2.24
D.Drott 318.7 44 44 16 59 0 3 1.000 2.12
B.Shantz 291.7 43 43 17 52 2 5 .972 2.13
S.Rogovin 224.0 32 32 12 35 1 2 .979 1.89
S.Jones 69.0 0 66 4 15 1 1 .950 2.48
J.McDonald 54.7 0 42 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.65
C.Simmons 47.0 0 44 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.91
T.Farrell 44.7 0 45 4 9 1 2 .929 2.62
A.Konikowski 35.0 0 35 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Donovan 10.3 0 7 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.48
D.Bokelmann 10.0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Morgan 4.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1438.0 162 411 82 261 7 19 .980 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Green .293
On-Base Pct Green .358
Slugging Pct Bell .464
OPS Green .763
XR Serena 78.3
Games Bouchee 157
At-Bats Bell 560
Runs Serena 80
Hits Green 151
Total Bases Bell 260
Singles Green 110
Doubles Green 30
Triples Bell 8
Homeruns Bell 27
RBIs Bell 111
Stolen Bases Green 4
Caught Stealing Green 2
Walks Serena 90
Strikeouts Serena 148
ERA Shantz 3.49
Wins Drott 21
Losses Garcia, Shantz 21
Winning Pct Drott .553
Saves Farrell 22
Games Pitched Jones 66
Games Started Drott 44
Complete Games Garcia 14
Shutouts Drott 2
Innings Pitched Garcia 329.0
Hits Allowed Garcia 360
Homeruns Allowed Garcia 48
Strikeouts Drott 293
Walks Allowed Drott 130
Walks per 9IP Shantz 2.5
Hits per 9IP Drott 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Drott 8.3
WHiP Drott 1.19
OAVG Drott .214
OOBP Drott .294
OSLG Drott .376
OOPS Drott .670
Team All-Stars
Jim McDonald
Player Salaries
Bill Serena $ 11,400,000
Del Ennis $ 8,550,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 5,500,000
Willie Jones $ 4,590,000
Curt Simmons $ 1,900,000
Mike Garcia $ 1,700,000
Gus Bell $ 1,600,000
Bobby Shantz $ 1,596,000
Bill Sarni $ 1,340,000
Bobby Avila $ 1,300,000
Sam Jones $ 800,000
Saul Rogovin $ 516,000
Turk Farrell $ 515,000
Dick Donovan $ 510,000
Alex Grammas $ 500,000
Tom Morgan $ 470,000
Bob Addis $ 350,000
Nellie Fox $ 350,000
Solly Drake $ 300,000
Dick Drott $ 300,000
Ed Bouchee $ 300,000
Dick Bokelmann $ 300,000
Tom Gorman $ 300,000
Bill Hall $ 300,000
Gene Verble $ 300,000
Alex Konikowski $ 300,000
Joe Koppe $ 300,000
Jim McDonald $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Earl Robinson $ 300,000
Ed Sadowski $ 300,000
Frank Smith $ 300,000
Jerry Snyder $ 300,000
Lenny Green $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Dick Donovan
2/12 Signed     Tom Gorman
3/3 Traded Warren Spahn
Joe Presko
Detroit Willie Jones
Curt Simmons
3/3 Traded Dick Kokos
Hank Thompson
Bill Skowron
$1,109,981
Tampa Bay Irv Noren
Gus Bell
Bobby Avila
3/3 Traded Curt Barclay
Al Cicotte
Tampa Bay Mike Garcia
Alex Grammas
3/3 Traded Carl Sawatski
Harry Simpson
New York (N) Bob Addis
Del Ennis
4/2 Traded Tex Clevenger
Duke Maas
Frank Thomas
New York (N) Dale Coogan
4/2 Signed     Saul Rogovin
4/2 Signed     Bobby Shantz
4/2 Signed     Dick Bokelmann
4/2 Signed     Ralph Branca
4/2 Signed     Jose Santiago
4/2 Signed     Cal Mclish
4/2 Signed     Willard Nixon
4/2 Signed     Bob Porterfield
4/2 Signed     Cliff Fannin
4/2 Signed     Lou Sleater
7/31 Traded Irv Noren Pittsburgh Chico Carrasquel