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1957 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 95-67
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 827
Runs Allowed: 675
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,414,701
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-54, 1st in the NL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the NL
A: 62-75, 6th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to New York (N) Giants
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 *Pete Runnels 29 153 552 101 159 21 9 4 38 1 0 80 44 .288 .377 .380 .758 79.6 14.1 6.7
RF *Dick Kokos 29 157 536 76 114 29 5 24 88 2 0 95 108 .213 .331 .420 .750 76.0 11.1 2.7
LF  Bob Nieman 30 153 573 91 151 30 5 23 91 1 2 54 69 .264 .327 .454 .781 77.5 12.6 3.2
C *Carl Sawatski 29 150 528 95 148 11 2 40 112 0 0 95 144 .280 .392 .536 .928 109.8 23.7 9.6
2B *Hank Thompson 31 152 538 101 139 24 2 25 74 4 2 80 84 .258 .354 .450 .804 87.1 15.3 7.9
LF  Frank Thomas 28 147 497 73 123 20 1 30 89 0 0 29 63 .247 .289 .473 .762 65.9 9.4 4.1
1B  Bill Skowron 26 125 410 45 119 13 1 14 74 0 0 27 60 .290 .333 .429 .762 55.6 9.2 2.0
CF  Minnie Minoso 34 123 371 49 106 16 4 10 47 3 0 53 67 .286 .381 .431 .813 61.1 12.0 2.3
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 29 105 212 31 64 17 1 1 30 0 0 28 35 .302 .383 .406 .789 31.4 6.1 1.0
CF *Richie Ashburn 30 87 204 28 60 7 3 0 19 5 2 18 4 .294 .350 .358 .708 25.8 4.3 1.3
1B *Harry Simpson 31 100 170 32 50 4 0 4 26 1 1 22 22 .294 .375 .388 .763 25.3 4.7 1.0
3B  Al Smith 29 79 165 26 45 11 2 4 18 2 0 18 31 .273 .348 .436 .784 23.8 4.3 0.8
2B *Billy Goodman 31 76 134 18 39 10 3 2 21 0 0 9 8 .291 .336 .455 .791 19.6 3.5 1.2
P  Joe Presko 28 44 123 6 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 23 .073 .080 .089 .169 -4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 26 43 108 8 15 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 43 .139 .153 .139 .292 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Harvey Haddix 31 39 111 5 14 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 29 .126 .124 .153 .277 -0.5 0.0 0.0
2B  Tommy Glaviano 33 26 90 11 28 8 1 0 9 0 0 19 20 .311 .436 .422 .859 17.0 3.9 0.7
2B *Nellie Fox 29 50 78 9 18 4 0 2 14 0 0 9 5 .231 .315 .359 .674 10.5 1.2 1.2
C  Bill Sarni 29 34 84 9 29 8 0 1 10 0 0 6 12 .345 .385 .476 .861 13.8 3.2 1.7
P  Turk Farrell 23 38 68 3 9 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 23 .132 .130 .176 .307 0.3 0.0 0.0
C *Clint Courtney 30 34 59 8 17 5 1 1 9 0 0 4 2 .288 .344 .458 .801 8.2 1.5 1.0
P  Tommy Hughes 37 36 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Connie Johnson 34 26 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Duke Maas 28 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Hurd 33 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Walt Moryn 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Buddy Lively 32 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2060 5635 827 1457 241 41 186 796 19 7 650 904 .259 .336 .415 .751 782.8 139.9 48.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 2 3 4 2 4 2 6 2 1 5 4 2 4 2 2  
* - 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 28 26 11 .703 44 44 0 352.7 314 123 19 140 224 3.14 28.9
*Karl Spooner 26 18 12 .600 43 43 0 321.3 257 142 47 122 347 3.98 18.2
*Harvey Haddix 31 16 18 .471 39 39 0 316.7 314 142 52 87 220 4.04 14.1
 Turk Farrell 23 15 8 .652 38 28 1 203.3 192 87 29 59 113 3.85 13.5
 Bob Grim 27 7 6 .538 63 0 7 73.7 58 30 8 37 64 3.67 7.9
 Tommy Hughes 37 5 3 .625 36 3 1 66.0 61 39 8 39 41 5.32 1.8
 Duke Maas 28 1 2 .333 40 1 0 58.3 54 20 7 16 36 3.09 3.9
 Connie Johnson 34 3 5 .375 26 4 11 46.0 41 11 4 13 29 2.15 7.8
 Tom Hurd 33 1 1 .500 17 0 0 20.0 23 14 3 11 11 6.30 0.0
 Buddy Lively 32 3 1 .750 20 0 1 19.3 23 12 4 8 8 5.59 0.9
Team Totals 29.9 95 67 .586 366 162 21 1477.3 1337 620 181 532 1093 3.78 97.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 8 2 1 1 7 3 5 1 3  
* - 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 33.9
C.Sawatski 1211.7 130 144 876 40 2 1 .998 41.4
B.Sarni 180.7 22 24 162 6 0 0 1.000 60.0
C.Courtney 118.1 19 22 94 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1510.4 171 190 1132 49 2 1 .998 44.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.44
B.Skowron 835.3 89 111 992 73 3 95 .997 11.47
G.Goldsberry 339.3 40 48 397 41 0 45 1.000 11.62
H.Simpson 227.0 25 33 255 26 1 22 .996 11.14
F.Thomas 62.0 7 8 71 6 2 9 .975 11.18
B.Goodman 7.0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43
N.Fox 4.7 0 5 6 0 0 2 1.000 11.59
B.Nieman 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1477.3 162 207 1728 147 6 173 .997 11.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
P.Runnels 1265.3 146 149 283 518 12 125 .985 5.70
B.Goodman 159.0 13 37 37 63 5 15 .952 5.66
N.Fox 53.0 3 11 4 12 3 4 .842 2.72
T.Glaviano 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.7 162 197 324 593 20 144 .979 5.58
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.84
F.Thomas 1129.0 130 137 51 293 17 23 .953 2.74
A.Smith 226.0 24 34 9 54 7 5 .900 2.51
B.Goodman 105.3 8 27 8 26 2 2 .944 2.91
N.Fox 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
P.Runnels 7.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57
H.Thompson 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Glaviano 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1478.3 162 204 69 377 27 30 .943 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.96
H.Thompson 1324.7 147 147 174 539 17 112 .977 4.84
N.Fox 152.7 15 25 37 54 0 17 1.000 5.36
T.Glaviano 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.9 162 172 211 593 17 129 .979 4.90
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.90
B.Nieman 1286.3 146 148 252 6 5 2 .981 1.81
A.Smith 75.0 7 12 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
H.Simpson 43.0 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
B.Goodman 35.0 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Minoso 20.0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Kokos 13.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
F.Thomas 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Moryn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Ashburn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 186 279 7 5 2 .983 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.41
M.Minoso 812.3 95 100 182 0 2 0 .989 2.02
R.Ashburn 388.3 41 54 96 2 2 1 .980 2.27
T.Glaviano 204.5 24 25 47 1 0 0 1.000 2.11
H.Simpson 44.7 1 19 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
G.Goldsberry 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Thomas 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
W.Moryn 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Thompson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Goodman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.5 161 204 340 3 4 1 .988 2.12
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.91
D.Kokos 1301.3 145 148 232 5 10 2 .960 1.64
A.Smith 64.0 8 9 14 0 1 0 .933 1.97
G.Goldsberry 56.0 5 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
H.Simpson 45.0 4 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
B.Nieman 8.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Minoso 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Moryn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 180 267 5 11 2 .961 1.66
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.24
J.Presko 352.7 44 44 27 65 0 7 1.000 2.35
K.Spooner 321.3 43 43 17 49 1 5 .985 1.85
H.Haddix 316.7 39 39 14 62 4 2 .950 2.16
T.Farrell 203.3 28 38 20 38 1 0 .983 2.57
B.Grim 73.7 0 63 7 14 0 0 1.000 2.57
T.Hughes 66.0 3 36 2 16 0 3 1.000 2.45
D.Maas 58.3 1 40 0 12 0 0 1.000 1.85
C.Johnson 46.0 4 26 2 10 0 2 1.000 2.35
T.Hurd 20.0 0 17 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Lively 19.3 0 20 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.40
Team Total 1477.3 162 366 92 272 6 19 .984 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Runnels .288
On-Base Pct Sawatski .392
Slugging Pct Sawatski .536
OPS Sawatski .928
XR Sawatski 109.8
Games Kokos 157
At-Bats Nieman 573
Runs Runnels, Thompson 101
Hits Runnels 159
Total Bases Sawatski 283
Singles Runnels 125
Doubles Nieman 30
Triples Runnels 9
Homeruns Sawatski 40
RBIs Sawatski 112
Stolen Bases Ashburn 5
Caught Stealing Ashburn, Nieman, Thompson 2
Walks Sawatski, Kokos 95
Strikeouts Sawatski 144
ERA Presko 3.14
Wins Presko 26
Losses Haddix 18
Winning Pct Presko .703
Saves Johnson 11
Games Pitched Grim 63
Games Started Presko 44
Complete Games Haddix 18
Shutouts Presko 4
Innings Pitched Presko 352.7
Hits Allowed Haddix, Presko 314
Homeruns Allowed Haddix 52
Strikeouts Spooner 347
Walks Allowed Presko 140
Walks per 9IP Haddix 2.5
Hits per 9IP Spooner 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 9.7
WHiP Spooner 1.18
OAVG Spooner .218
OOBP Spooner .293
OSLG Presko .342
OOPS Presko .660
Team All-Stars
Bob Grim
Connie Johnson
Duke Maas
Joe Presko
Carl Sawatski
Frank Thomas
Player Salaries
Tommy Hughes $ 6,500,000
Hank Thompson $ 6,500,000
Richie Ashburn $ 6,000,000
Carl Sawatski $ 5,292,857
Dick Kokos $ 4,600,000
Karl Spooner $ 3,657,143
Harvey Haddix $ 3,628,571
Bob Nieman $ 3,464,286
Connie Johnson $ 3,285,714
Gordon Goldsberry $ 3,135,714
Pete Runnels $ 2,928,571
Tommy Glaviano $ 2,750,000
Minnie Minoso $ 2,500,000
Frank Thomas $ 2,257,143
Al Smith $ 1,120,000
Bill Sarni $ 1,039,286
Harry Simpson $ 870,000
Hal Jeffcoat $ 690,000
Billy Goodman $ 645,714
Hal Brown $ 517,143
Ray Boone $ 350,000
Walt Dropo $ 350,000
Cuddles Marshall $ 350,000
Buddy Lively $ 300,000
Tom Hurd $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Nellie Fox $ 300,000
Turk Farrell $ 300,000
Duke Maas $ 300,000
Joe Presko $ 300,000
Bill Skowron $ 300,000
Bob Grim $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Jim Blackburn Pittsburgh Tommy Glaviano
7/31 Traded Clint Courtney New York (N) Jim Hughes
 
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