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1956 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 95-67
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 875
Runs Allowed: 734
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,190,103
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 1st in the NL
AA: 57-80, 7th in the NL
A: 59-78, 6th 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
RF *Dick Kokos 28 157 553 108 139 25 4 48 122 0 0 87 119 .251 .349 .571 .921 110.5 22.5 2.4
2B *Hank Thompson 30 146 526 76 138 20 9 27 94 1 2 70 69 .262 .346 .489 .834 86.9 16.3 4.5
C *Carl Sawatski 28 147 507 99 139 13 0 47 119 1 0 85 113 .274 .375 .578 .952 110.5 24.4 6.7
LF  Bob Nieman 29 150 535 86 145 30 7 14 84 1 0 53 71 .271 .332 .432 .764 73.6 12.1 2.1
2B *Pete Runnels 28 148 521 85 166 30 4 6 60 0 0 60 25 .319 .388 .426 .815 83.5 17.7 5.2
CF *Richie Ashburn 29 121 394 81 114 21 2 5 30 18 10 38 8 .289 .353 .391 .743 53.0 9.1 2.2
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 28 132 364 61 112 13 5 14 57 0 0 56 54 .308 .397 .486 .883 67.2 14.7 1.9
LF  Frank Thomas 27 93 314 47 80 22 1 20 60 0 0 18 47 .255 .296 .522 .819 45.3 7.7 2.5
1B  Bill Skowron 25 110 306 55 101 18 4 20 63 1 0 24 47 .330 .379 .611 .990 64.6 15.6 1.4
3B  Al Smith 28 101 255 34 76 14 1 10 32 0 1 24 34 .298 .359 .478 .838 40.0 7.7 1.9
CF  Minnie Minoso 33 81 238 32 59 9 0 6 28 0 2 33 34 .248 .347 .361 .708 32.3 5.3 1.7
1B *Harry Simpson 30 97 192 29 43 10 4 3 20 2 0 31 30 .224 .341 .365 .705 24.4 3.4 0.9
P  Joe Presko 27 44 116 7 24 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 14 .207 .207 .224 .431 4.7 0.0 0.0
2B *Billy Goodman 30 61 121 20 41 8 0 3 21 0 0 6 8 .339 .375 .479 .854 18.0 3.9 1.2
P  Karl Spooner 25 44 114 4 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 28 .123 .144 .132 .276 -0.3 0.0 0.0
C *Clint Courtney 29 68 102 8 25 6 0 1 16 0 0 11 1 .245 .330 .333 .664 11.2 1.5 1.1
P *Harvey Haddix 30 37 100 10 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 23 .210 .218 .230 .448 3.7 0.0 0.0
C  Bill Sarni 28 58 90 12 22 1 0 1 13 0 0 10 6 .244 .317 .289 .606 6.4 0.0 0.9
P  Connie Johnson 33 20 54 5 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 .185 .200 .222 .422 1.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Ray Boone 32 41 55 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 12 .145 .161 .218 .379 0.8 0.0 0.6
2B *Nellie Fox 28 23 42 3 11 4 1 1 9 0 0 3 3 .262 .292 .476 .768 6.5 0.8 0.4
P  Tommy Hughes 36 26 23 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .174 .167 .261 .428 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Stubby Overmire 37 15 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Hurd 32 53 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Jim McDonald 29 43 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 26 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Hal Jeffcoat 31 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Walt Moryn 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2072 5546 873 1497 254 42 227 862 24 15 616 778 .270 .342 .454 .796 846.3 163.1 37.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 7 2 1 2 2 2 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 27 22 14 .611 44 44 0 335.0 306 135 22 130 233 3.63 22.4
*Karl Spooner 25 21 15 .583 44 44 0 325.3 238 143 41 153 334 3.96 18.5
*Harvey Haddix 30 21 12 .636 37 37 0 292.7 272 127 38 114 195 3.91 18.8
 Connie Johnson 33 11 6 .647 20 20 0 150.7 146 76 21 50 112 4.54 6.7
 Tommy Hughes 36 2 4 .333 26 11 2 91.7 86 45 8 45 63 4.42 3.8
 Bob Grim 26 7 3 .700 53 0 6 58.3 60 30 11 20 40 4.63 4.6
 Tom Hurd 32 1 0 1.000 41 0 2 56.7 52 26 6 32 30 4.13 2.4
 Jim McDonald 29 5 6 .455 43 2 1 49.0 54 43 9 44 25 7.90 0.0
 Turk Farrell 22 3 5 .375 47 0 17 42.0 42 13 4 23 30 2.79 5.8
*Stubby Overmire 37 1 2 .333 15 3 0 35.7 48 19 7 12 18 4.80 1.0
 Duke Maas 27 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 6.0 10 6 2 4 2 9.00 0.0
 Buddy Lively 31 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 29.6 95 67 .586 378 161 28 1445.0 1316 663 169 627 1082 4.13 84.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 4 3 6 3 4 4 6 2 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 .995 31.3
C.Sawatski 1157.3 127 143 848 35 3 0 .997 24.0
C.Courtney 150.0 18 21 150 3 0 0 1.000 40.0
B.Sarni 137.7 17 21 113 4 1 2 .992 66.7
Team Total 1445.0 162 185 1111 42 4 2 .997 30.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
G.Goldsberry 781.7 89 100 874 66 6 66 .994 10.82
B.Skowron 582.0 67 73 661 44 3 64 .996 10.90
H.Simpson 70.3 5 18 79 13 1 6 .989 11.77
B.Goodman 7.0 1 2 12 0 0 1 1.000 15.43
P.Runnels 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
D.Fondy 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 195 1631 123 10 137 .994 10.92
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
H.Thompson 1021.3 115 117 214 383 21 76 .966 5.26
P.Runnels 226.0 26 26 48 102 1 26 .993 5.97
B.Goodman 177.7 21 27 39 75 2 20 .983 5.78
R.Boone 16.0 0 9 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.94
N.Fox 4.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1445.0 162 182 303 568 24 123 .973 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
F.Thomas 745.3 89 89 34 191 14 18 .941 2.72
A.Smith 572.7 64 84 45 117 8 8 .953 2.55
B.Goodman 94.0 6 29 10 23 1 0 .971 3.16
N.Fox 21.0 3 4 1 6 0 2 1.000 3.00
R.Boone 8.0 0 5 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13
T.Hurd 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Runnels 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 213 91 337 24 28 .947 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
P.Runnels 1019.0 118 120 152 376 23 62 .958 4.66
H.Thompson 219.7 24 26 28 94 1 19 .992 5.00
R.Boone 122.0 11 27 14 50 3 7 .955 4.72
N.Fox 82.3 9 14 9 27 1 6 .973 3.94
F.Thomas 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 188 204 548 28 94 .964 4.68
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
B.Nieman 1206.0 136 140 206 8 6 2 .973 1.60
H.Simpson 152.0 18 22 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
A.Smith 54.0 6 8 13 1 1 0 .933 2.33
D.Kokos 12.0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Minoso 12.0 1 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Goodman 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 180 255 9 7 2 .974 1.64
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
R.Ashburn 809.0 90 109 198 2 2 2 .990 2.22
M.Minoso 499.0 62 65 139 2 1 1 .993 2.54
H.Simpson 120.0 10 29 23 1 3 0 .889 1.80
H.Thompson 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Thomas 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Skowron 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Kokos 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Jeffcoat 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Courtney 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 213 364 5 6 3 .984 2.30
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
D.Kokos 1297.3 148 151 249 1 10 1 .962 1.73
H.Simpson 97.0 11 13 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.13
A.Smith 19.0 2 5 5 1 1 1 .857 2.84
G.Goldsberry 19.0 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.Nieman 10.7 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
M.Minoso 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 181 284 3 11 3 .963 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
J.Presko 335.0 44 44 19 74 3 6 .969 2.50
K.Spooner 325.3 44 44 9 40 0 3 1.000 1.36
H.Haddix 292.7 37 37 20 48 2 1 .971 2.09
C.Johnson 150.7 20 20 9 22 1 3 .969 1.85
T.Hughes 91.7 11 26 8 13 0 0 1.000 2.06
B.Grim 58.3 0 53 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.93
T.Hurd 56.7 0 41 8 9 0 1 1.000 2.70
J.McDonald 49.0 2 43 0 15 0 1 1.000 2.76
T.Farrell 42.0 0 47 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.14
S.Overmire 35.7 3 15 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.52
D.Maas 6.0 0 6 0 1 1 1 .500 1.50
B.Lively 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 161 378 82 252 7 17 .979 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Runnels .319
On-Base Pct Runnels .388
Slugging Pct Sawatski .578
OPS Sawatski .952
XR Sawatski 110.5
Games Kokos 157
At-Bats Kokos 553
Runs Kokos 108
Hits Runnels 166
Total Bases Kokos 316
Singles Runnels 126
Doubles Runnels, Nieman 30
Triples Thompson 9
Homeruns Kokos 48
RBIs Kokos 122
Stolen Bases Ashburn 18
Caught Stealing Ashburn 10
Walks Kokos 87
Strikeouts Kokos 119
ERA Presko 3.63
Wins Presko 22
Losses Spooner 15
Winning Pct Johnson .647
Saves Farrell 17
Games Pitched Grim 53
Games Started Presko, Spooner 44
Complete Games Haddix 16
Shutouts Haddix, Presko 2
Innings Pitched Presko 335.0
Hits Allowed Presko 306
Homeruns Allowed Spooner 41
Strikeouts Spooner 334
Walks Allowed Spooner 153
Walks per 9IP Presko 3.5
Hits per 9IP Spooner 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 9.2
WHiP Spooner 1.20
OAVG Spooner .203
OOBP Spooner .299
OSLG Presko .351
OOPS Presko .665
Team All-Stars
Bob Grim
Connie Johnson
Dick Kokos
Joe Presko
Carl Sawatski
Hank Thompson
Player Salaries
Tommy Hughes $ 6,500,000
Richie Ashburn $ 6,000,000
Carl Sawatski $ 4,971,429
Dick Kokos $ 4,600,000
Hank Thompson $ 4,100,000
Bob Nieman $ 3,464,286
Connie Johnson $ 3,285,714
Pete Runnels $ 2,821,429
Gordon Goldsberry $ 2,564,286
Minnie Minoso $ 2,500,000
Frank Thomas $ 2,257,143
Harvey Haddix $ 1,957,143
Jim Wilson $ 1,130,000
Bill Sarni $ 1,039,286
Clint Courtney $ 1,039,286
Harry Simpson $ 725,000
Hal Jeffcoat $ 690,000
Hal Brown $ 517,143
Al Smith $ 387,857
Billy Goodman $ 350,000
Cuddles Marshall $ 350,000
Ray Boone $ 350,000
Ray Scarborough $ 350,000
Sandy Consuegra $ 350,000
Johnny Hetki $ 350,000
Walt Dropo $ 350,000
Joe Presko $ 300,000
Turk Farrell $ 300,000
Dee Fondy $ 300,000
Nellie Fox $ 300,000
Tom Hurd $ 300,000
Bob Grim $ 300,000
Duke Maas $ 300,000
Walt Moryn $ 300,000
Buddy Lively $ 300,000
Jim McDonald $ 300,000
Karl Spooner $ 300,000
Bill Skowron $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Sandy Consuegra
2/9 Signed     Ray Scarborough
2/12 Signed     Stubby Overmire
6/1 Traded Jack Littrell St. Louis Connie Johnson
6/1 Traded Stubby Overmire Cleveland Jim Blackburn
 
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