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1959 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 88-74
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 792
Runs Allowed: 692
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,252,139
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 4th in the NL
AA: 61-76, 6th in the NL
A: 61-76, 7th 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
2B  Tommy Glaviano 35 154 572 95 148 28 3 12 57 0 0 101 178 .259 .378 .381 .759 88.9 17.1 3.8
3B  Bill Serena 34 154 584 93 144 23 4 31 97 0 0 74 185 .247 .330 .459 .789 89.0 16.0 6.6
1B *Harry Simpson 33 155 573 76 154 28 5 16 71 3 1 52 96 .269 .330 .419 .748 75.2 12.8 2.6
RF *Dick Kokos 31 155 543 86 141 35 2 27 90 0 0 79 130 .260 .351 .481 .832 90.1 17.7 2.3
C *Carl Sawatski 31 147 518 97 144 20 4 34 89 0 0 74 160 .278 .369 .529 .898 96.4 20.5 9.0
2B *Hank Thompson 33 147 510 75 129 21 5 31 95 0 2 71 92 .253 .343 .496 .840 89.9 17.3 4.5
1B  Bill Skowron 28 131 401 54 109 22 4 12 57 0 0 20 78 .272 .307 .436 .744 49.7 8.5 1.5
LF  Frank Thomas 30 127 397 40 88 13 1 15 53 0 0 17 68 .222 .252 .373 .625 36.4 2.6 2.2
CF *Lenny Green 26 123 324 57 93 17 8 9 46 1 1 38 33 .287 .361 .472 .833 53.0 10.7 1.3
1B *Ed Bouchee 26 94 234 45 64 15 1 10 33 0 0 32 46 .274 .364 .474 .839 38.7 7.6 1.0
2B *Nellie Fox 31 66 147 18 31 6 3 2 18 0 0 7 10 .211 .261 .333 .594 11.1 0.5 1.3
P  Joe Presko 30 44 107 5 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .168 .176 .196 .372 2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Harvey Haddix 33 35 91 7 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 25 .176 .172 .187 .359 2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Warren Spahn 38 33 88 8 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 28 .170 .215 .182 .397 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Tex Clevenger 26 43 92 5 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 34 .120 .129 .163 .292 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Earl Robinson 22 46 78 9 12 4 2 0 5 0 1 5 21 .154 .205 .256 .461 2.1 0.0 0.4
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 31 46 53 9 15 1 1 2 12 0 0 13 13 .283 .418 .453 .871 10.7 2.2 0.2
C  Bill Sarni 31 24 64 2 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 .172 .169 .203 .372 0.8 0.0 1.1
C *Bill Hall 30 19 58 6 21 6 0 1 11 0 0 5 9 .362 .406 .517 .923 11.4 2.9 1.0
RF *Walt Moryn 33 30 30 3 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 5 .300 .333 .533 .867 5.0 0.9 0.0
P  Dick Drott 22 28 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .273 .250 .364 .614 1.4 0.1 0.0
P  Duke Maas 30 36 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Roy Face 31 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Konikowski 31 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 1883 5485 792 1378 249 43 205 768 4 5 597 1252 .251 .325 .424 .750 757.6 137.5 38.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 1 4 3 1 3 2 6 3 1 8 4 1 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Joe Presko 30 18 20 .474 44 44 0 331.3 334 145 30 123 255 3.94 19.5
 Tex Clevenger 26 20 13 .606 43 43 0 282.0 270 128 26 90 183 4.09 14.5
*Harvey Haddix 33 16 12 .571 35 35 0 280.3 280 149 44 86 215 4.78 8.9
*Warren Spahn 38 18 10 .643 33 33 0 276.7 197 85 29 93 259 2.77 25.7
 Turk Farrell 25 5 8 .385 69 0 6 75.7 83 32 8 25 41 3.81 5.8
 Dick Drott 22 5 1 .833 28 4 1 53.7 51 25 8 25 46 4.19 4.0
 Duke Maas 30 2 1 .667 36 2 0 48.7 34 17 6 24 29 3.14 4.4
 Sam Jones 33 2 6 .250 47 0 19 45.7 43 25 5 35 40 4.93 2.6
 Roy Face 31 1 3 .250 33 1 4 37.3 40 18 3 15 26 4.34 2.1
 Alex Konikowski 31 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 13.7 12 9 3 6 12 5.93 0.3
 Jim McDonald 32 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.1 88 74 .543 382 162 30 1446.0 1346 634 163 522 1106 3.95 87.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 4 4  
* - 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 .997 31.5
C.Sawatski 1162.7 129 139 917 42 2 1 .998 40.0
B.Sarni 145.3 17 20 107 7 0 0 1.000 50.0
B.Hall 138.0 16 19 99 4 0 0 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1446.0 162 178 1123 53 2 1 .998 40.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.09
B.Skowron 853.3 93 113 1030 74 4 77 .996 11.64
E.Bouchee 530.0 65 69 602 57 7 71 .989 11.19
G.Goldsberry 44.3 4 12 62 4 0 5 1.000 13.40
H.Simpson 8.3 0 2 9 2 0 0 1.000 11.88
F.Thomas 8.0 0 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 12.38
N.Fox 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1446.0 162 202 1716 138 11 153 .994 11.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.50
H.Thompson 1249.3 141 142 282 543 27 123 .968 5.94
N.Fox 184.3 20 23 35 81 2 11 .983 5.66
B.Serena 12.3 1 3 6 6 0 1 1.000 8.76
Team Total 1446.0 162 168 323 630 29 135 .970 5.93
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.66
F.Thomas 885.3 104 106 46 232 19 13 .936 2.83
L.Green 383.7 39 58 17 85 8 8 .927 2.39
T.Glaviano 151.0 18 19 11 37 1 2 .980 2.86
N.Fox 23.0 1 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.74
E.Robinson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Hall 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 194 77 358 28 23 .940 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 4.73
B.Serena 1314.0 150 150 183 567 21 111 .973 5.14
N.Fox 130.7 12 22 22 54 3 9 .962 5.23
H.Thompson 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1446.0 162 173 205 622 24 120 .972 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.74
H.Simpson 1151.3 132 132 188 4 2 2 .990 1.50
D.Kokos 148.0 17 20 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.28
E.Robinson 57.0 7 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
F.Thomas 40.3 3 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.12
L.Green 33.3 2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.62
W.Moryn 16.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1446.0 162 178 234 6 2 2 .992 1.49
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.36
T.Glaviano 1127.3 128 131 264 3 2 0 .993 2.13
H.Simpson 152.0 17 19 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
L.Green 68.7 6 11 19 0 1 0 .950 2.49
E.Robinson 62.0 8 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
F.Thomas 28.0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
H.Thompson 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1446.0 162 180 331 3 3 0 .991 2.08
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.76
D.Kokos 1145.0 130 131 189 0 3 0 .984 1.49
L.Green 187.0 21 23 25 1 1 0 .963 1.25
G.Goldsberry 47.0 5 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
E.Robinson 33.0 3 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.55
E.Bouchee 26.3 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
W.Moryn 6.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Simpson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 179 231 1 4 0 .983 1.44
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.02
J.Presko 331.3 44 44 13 50 0 2 1.000 1.71
T.Clevenger 282.0 43 43 32 48 2 1 .976 2.55
H.Haddix 280.3 35 35 17 44 1 4 .984 1.96
W.Spahn 276.7 33 33 16 42 3 3 .951 1.89
T.Farrell 75.7 0 69 5 16 0 0 1.000 2.50
D.Drott 53.7 4 28 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.51
D.Maas 48.7 2 36 0 10 0 0 1.000 1.85
S.Jones 45.7 0 47 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.79
R.Face 37.3 1 33 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.65
A.Konikowski 13.7 0 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.98
J.McDonald 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 382 86 234 6 11 .982 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sawatski .278
On-Base Pct Glaviano .378
Slugging Pct Sawatski .529
OPS Sawatski .898
XR Sawatski 96.4
Games Simpson, Kokos 155
At-Bats Serena 584
Runs Sawatski 97
Hits Simpson 154
Total Bases Sawatski 274
Singles Glaviano, Simpson 105
Doubles Kokos 35
Triples Green 8
Homeruns Sawatski 34
RBIs Serena 97
Stolen Bases Simpson 3
Caught Stealing Thompson 2
Walks Glaviano 101
Strikeouts Serena 185
ERA Spahn 2.77
Wins Clevenger 20
Losses Presko 20
Winning Pct Spahn .643
Saves Jones 19
Games Pitched Farrell 69
Games Started Presko 44
Complete Games Spahn 22
Shutouts Spahn 3
Innings Pitched Presko 331.3
Hits Allowed Presko 334
Homeruns Allowed Haddix 44
Strikeouts Spahn 259
Walks Allowed Presko 123
Walks per 9IP Haddix 2.8
Hits per 9IP Spahn 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 8.4
WHiP Spahn 1.05
OAVG Spahn .197
OOBP Spahn .266
OSLG Spahn .322
OOPS Spahn .588
Team All-Stars
Sam Jones
Carl Sawatski
Bill Serena
Warren Spahn
Hank Thompson
Player Salaries
Bill Serena $ 11,400,000
Carl Sawatski $ 7,220,000
Hank Thompson $ 6,500,000
Joe Presko $ 5,507,143
Warren Spahn $ 5,500,000
Dick Kokos $ 4,600,000
Harvey Haddix $ 3,980,000
Frank Thomas $ 3,500,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 2,750,000
Bill Sarni $ 1,340,000
Harry Simpson $ 1,300,000
Bill Skowron $ 1,207,143
Sam Jones $ 800,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 750,000
Roy Face $ 750,000
Tom Morgan $ 470,000
Turk Farrell $ 350,000
Nellie Fox $ 300,000
Duke Maas $ 300,000
Tex Clevenger $ 300,000
Dick Drott $ 300,000
Lenny Green $ 300,000
Bill Hall $ 300,000
Ed Bouchee $ 300,000
Joe Koppe $ 300,000
Jim McDonald $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Earl Robinson $ 300,000
Jerry Snyder $ 300,000
Alex Konikowski $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Karl Spooner Brooklyn Tom Alston
2/1 Traded Howie Judson San Diego Warren Spahn
2/1 Traded Troy Herriage Seattle Bill Serena
2/1 Traded Tom Alston Detroit Lenny Green
Sam Jones
2/5 Signed     Gordon Goldsberry
2/7 Signed     Roy Face
3/3 Traded Bobby Kline Minnesota Ed Bouchee
 
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