1958 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 75-87
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 810
Runs Allowed: 777
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,244,940
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 8th in the NL
AA: 54-83, 8th in the NL
A: 64-73, 7th 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
2B  Tommy Glaviano 34 156 558 90 146 29 5 15 73 1 0 104 141 .262 .386 .412 .798 96.1 17.9 3.1
RF *Dick Kokos 30 158 517 91 130 27 1 29 97 0 1 98 104 .251 .370 .476 .846 90.4 16.3 2.3
2B *Hank Thompson 32 156 534 81 129 24 3 30 92 5 4 75 73 .242 .336 .466 .802 81.4 12.8 7.1
C *Carl Sawatski 30 150 490 101 123 15 1 39 94 0 0 102 138 .251 .378 .524 .903 96.8 18.5 6.1
1B  Bill Skowron 27 154 548 68 144 24 1 21 80 0 0 32 94 .263 .305 .425 .730 64.6 8.6 2.4
3B  Al Smith 30 147 471 53 121 23 4 18 70 3 2 52 79 .257 .332 .437 .769 66.5 10.1 2.6
1B *Harry Simpson 32 143 418 60 115 14 5 8 56 1 2 43 74 .275 .340 .390 .730 55.4 8.2 1.5
2B *Pete Runnels 30 102 388 61 109 15 4 3 26 0 0 48 34 .281 .362 .363 .726 50.9 8.1 3.5
LF  Frank Thomas 29 127 400 65 108 25 3 19 69 0 0 30 58 .270 .323 .490 .813 59.4 10.2 2.0
2B *Billy Goodman 32 88 234 29 58 12 2 3 26 0 0 7 23 .248 .273 .355 .628 21.6 1.8 1.5
CF  Minnie Minoso 35 105 196 31 45 6 5 3 23 1 1 18 32 .230 .309 .357 .666 21.4 2.4 0.5
2B *Nellie Fox 30 74 123 20 42 3 1 3 18 0 0 6 9 .341 .372 .455 .827 19.1 3.9 1.3
C  Bill Sarni 30 43 124 12 33 4 1 0 14 0 0 2 21 .266 .278 .315 .592 8.4 0.4 1.3
P *Harvey Haddix 32 41 112 4 16 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 40 .143 .158 .152 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Presko 29 43 108 3 15 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 17 .139 .162 .157 .320 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 27 43 99 8 20 1 1 2 6 0 0 2 37 .202 .225 .293 .518 6.9 0.0 0.0
P  Tex Clevenger 25 35 79 9 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 28 .139 .160 .139 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Walt Moryn 32 31 40 8 13 5 1 1 6 0 0 3 9 .325 .364 .575 .939 8.0 1.7 0.1
CF  Carl Furillo 36 25 35 6 12 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 5 .343 .395 .400 .795 5.0 1.0 0.2
C *Bill Hall 29 8 21 3 5 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 2 .238 .273 .429 .701 1.8 0.1 0.2
2B  Jerry Snyder 28 27 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 0.4 0.0 0.2
P  Turk Farrell 24 42 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Rex Barney 33 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 28 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 38 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Connie Johnson 35 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Duke Maas 29 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.6 2034 5517 810 1400 231 39 195 777 11 10 635 1024 .254 .333 .416 .749 754.3 122.4 35.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 3 5 5 2 3 4 5 5 1 7 5 2 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
*Harvey Haddix 32 14 21 .400 41 41 0 334.0 325 166 54 97 230 4.47 14.5
*Karl Spooner 27 16 18 .471 43 43 0 314.7 275 160 50 128 337 4.58 15.5
 Joe Presko 29 15 17 .469 43 43 0 313.7 322 158 25 120 234 4.53 12.1
 Tex Clevenger 25 14 10 .583 35 35 0 242.7 245 115 33 61 126 4.27 13.5
 Turk Farrell 24 3 6 .333 42 0 6 57.7 63 34 6 25 29 5.31 2.3
 Duke Maas 29 7 10 .412 56 0 11 55.0 68 34 6 27 34 5.56 2.6
 Rex Barney 33 3 2 .600 46 0 2 51.7 46 25 6 31 39 4.36 3.3
 Alex Konikowski 30 0 1 .000 22 0 1 24.7 24 11 5 18 14 4.01 1.3
 Connie Johnson 35 2 2 .500 20 0 6 19.0 21 15 3 14 13 7.11 0.0
 Al Cicotte 28 0 0 .000 16 0 0 14.3 13 6 4 9 10 3.77 1.0
 Tommy Hughes 38 1 0 1.000 11 0 1 10.7 10 9 3 7 8 7.60 0.0
 Tom Morgan 28 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.7 5 1 0 5 3 1.59 0.7
Team Totals 29.8 75 87 .463 378 162 27 1443.6 1417 734 195 542 1077 4.58 66.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 4 5 7 4 5 7 5 2 7  
* - 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 30.8
C.Sawatski 1164.3 130 142 866 45 2 0 .998 27.3
B.Sarni 246.7 28 31 202 5 1 1 .995 50.0
B.Hall 32.7 4 5 25 3 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1443.7 162 178 1093 53 3 1 .997 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.38
B.Skowron 1210.0 135 144 1393 108 6 139 .996 11.16
F.Thomas 186.0 23 23 217 15 3 19 .987 11.23
B.Goodman 28.7 3 6 32 2 0 5 1.000 10.68
H.Simpson 12.0 0 6 10 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
N.Fox 7.0 1 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 7.71
Team Total 1443.7 162 181 1658 127 9 164 .995 11.13
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.62
P.Runnels 852.7 97 98 197 351 11 76 .980 5.78
B.Goodman 411.3 49 55 99 153 6 41 .977 5.51
N.Fox 141.7 14 26 18 46 2 10 .970 4.07
J.Snyder 18.3 1 9 5 5 0 0 1.000 4.91
T.Glaviano 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
H.Thompson 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1430.0 161 191 319 559 19 128 .979 5.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.84
A.Smith 808.7 92 97 58 192 14 12 .947 2.78
F.Thomas 593.7 68 72 30 130 4 12 .976 2.43
B.Goodman 23.0 2 5 1 3 1 1 .800 1.57
N.Fox 12.3 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.65
H.Thompson 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Snyder 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 182 90 329 19 26 .957 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.95
H.Thompson 1296.7 149 151 185 534 16 107 .978 4.99
N.Fox 132.0 13 25 20 56 1 13 .987 5.18
J.Snyder 12.0 0 5 3 6 0 3 1.000 6.75
P.Runnels 3.9 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.92
T.Glaviano 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1447.6 162 184 211 598 17 125 .979 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
H.Simpson 899.0 104 117 164 2 4 0 .976 1.66
A.Smith 271.3 33 34 44 1 2 1 .957 1.49
M.Minoso 201.3 21 37 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
F.Thomas 37.0 4 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
D.Kokos 17.0 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
W.Moryn 11.0 0 5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64
B.Goodman 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1443.7 162 213 258 5 7 1 .974 1.64
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.37
T.Glaviano 1274.0 147 151 306 8 0 2 1.000 2.22
M.Minoso 107.3 11 17 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
F.Thomas 40.3 3 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
H.Simpson 13.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Furillo 7.2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
W.Moryn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.9 162 183 341 8 0 2 1.000 2.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.86
D.Kokos 1260.3 143 147 262 2 6 1 .978 1.89
C.Furillo 69.8 9 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
W.Moryn 53.0 6 9 8 1 1 0 .900 1.53
A.Smith 37.0 3 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.73
H.Simpson 30.0 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1450.1 164 186 296 3 7 1 .977 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.13
H.Haddix 334.0 41 41 14 65 2 2 .975 2.13
K.Spooner 314.7 43 43 9 43 1 3 .981 1.49
J.Presko 313.7 43 43 17 60 2 2 .975 2.21
T.Clevenger 242.7 35 35 18 56 1 7 .987 2.74
T.Farrell 57.7 0 42 6 14 0 2 1.000 3.12
D.Maas 55.0 0 56 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Barney 51.7 0 46 1 12 0 1 1.000 2.26
A.Konikowski 24.7 0 22 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.46
C.Johnson 19.0 0 20 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.37
A.Cicotte 14.3 0 16 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
T.Hughes 10.7 0 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
T.Morgan 5.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.6 162 378 70 268 6 18 .983 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Skowron .263
On-Base Pct Glaviano .386
Slugging Pct Sawatski .524
OPS Sawatski .903
XR Sawatski 96.8
Games Kokos 158
At-Bats Glaviano 558
Runs Sawatski 101
Hits Glaviano 146
Total Bases Sawatski 257
Singles Skowron 98
Doubles Glaviano 29
Triples Minoso, Simpson, Glaviano 5
Homeruns Sawatski 39
RBIs Kokos 97
Stolen Bases Thompson 5
Caught Stealing Thompson 4
Walks Glaviano 104
Strikeouts Glaviano 141
ERA Clevenger 4.27
Wins Spooner 16
Losses Haddix 21
Winning Pct Clevenger .583
Saves Maas 11
Games Pitched Maas 56
Games Started Presko, Spooner 43
Complete Games Haddix 21
Shutouts Clevenger 1
Innings Pitched Haddix 334.0
Hits Allowed Haddix 325
Homeruns Allowed Haddix 54
Strikeouts Spooner 337
Walks Allowed Spooner 128
Walks per 9IP Clevenger 2.3
Hits per 9IP Spooner 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 9.6
WHiP Clevenger 1.26
OAVG Spooner .234
OOBP Haddix .306
OSLG Presko .390
OOPS Presko .719
Team All-Stars
Duke Maas
Pete Runnels
Carl Sawatski
Player Salaries
Carl Sawatski $ 7,220,000
Hank Thompson $ 6,500,000
Joe Presko $ 5,507,143
Dick Kokos $ 4,600,000
Harvey Haddix $ 3,980,000
Karl Spooner $ 3,657,143
Frank Thomas $ 3,500,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 2,750,000
Minnie Minoso $ 2,500,000
Al Smith $ 1,120,000
Bill Sarni $ 1,039,286
Harry Simpson $ 870,000
Billy Goodman $ 645,714
Tom Morgan $ 470,000
Rex Barney $ 450,000
Willard Nixon $ 350,000
Alex Konikowski $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Tommy Hughes $ 300,000
Bill Hall $ 300,000
Bill Skowron $ 300,000
Jerry Snyder $ 300,000
Nellie Fox $ 300,000
Turk Farrell $ 300,000
Tex Clevenger $ 300,000
Al Cicotte $ 300,000
Duke Maas $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Tommy Hughes
2/11 Signed     Carl Furillo
2/11 Signed     Rex Barney
2/15 Signed     Willard Nixon
2/25 Signed     Tom Morgan
3/3 Traded Bobo Osborne Detroit Tex Clevenger
4/2 Traded Cuddles Marshall
Buddy Lively
Don Carlsen
Hal Brown
Bob Grim
Detroit Al Cicotte
Howie Judson
7/31 Traded Pete Runnels
Carl Furillo
Boston (A) Dick Drott
10/13 Released Connie Johnson