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1956 National League
Team Record GB
Brooklyn Dodgers 93 - 61
Milwaukee Braves 92 - 62 1.0
Cincinnati Redlegs 91 - 63 2.0
St. Louis Cardinals 76 - 78 17.0
Philadelphia Phillies 71 - 83 22.0
New York Giants 67 - 87 26.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 - 88 27.0
Chicago Cubs 60 - 94 33.0

2nd (NL)
Runs Scored: 709
Runs Allowed: 569
Attendance: 2,046,331

1956 Milwaukee Braves Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Del Crandall C 26 112 311 37 74 14 2 16 48 35 15 30 1 2 6 1 5 .238 .313 .450 .763
Joe Adcock 1B 28 137 454 76 132 23 1 38 103 32 6 86 1 0 11 1 11 .291 .337 .597 .934
Danny O'Connell 2B 29 139 498 71 119 17 9 2 42 76 0 42 3 3 16 4 6 .239 .342 .321 .663
Eddie Mathews 3B 24 151 552 103 150 21 2 37 95 91 17 86 6 0 3 1 4 .272 .373 .518 .891
Johnny Logan SS 29 148 545 69 153 27 5 15 46 46 2 49 3 0 31 5 13 .281 .340 .431 .771
Bobby Thomson LF 32 142 451 59 106 10 4 20 74 43 4 75 2 4 5 2 9 .235 .302 .408 .710
Bill Bruton CF 30 147 525 73 143 23 15 8 56 26 11 63 8 6 18 1 7 .272 .304 .419 .723
Hank Aaron RF 22 153 609 106 200 34 14 26 92 37 6 54 2 4 5 2 21 .328 .365 .558 .923

1956 Milwaukee Braves Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Frank Torre 24 111 159 17 41 6 0 0 16 11 2 4 1 0 4 0 5 .258 .304 .296 .600
Wes Covington 24 75 138 17 39 4 0 2 16 16 3 20 1 0 2 1 2 .283 .361 .355 .716
Del Rice 33 71 188 15 40 9 1 3 17 18 7 34 0 0 2 0 5 .213 .282 .319 .601
Chuck Tanner 26 60 63 6 15 2 0 1 4 10 2 10 0 0 0 0 3 .238 .342 .317 .659
Andy Pafko 35 45 93 15 24 5 0 2 9 10 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 .258 .330 .376 .706
Jack Dittmer 28 44 102 8 25 4 0 1 6 8 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 .245 .300 .314 .614
Felix Mantilla 21 35 53 9 15 1 1 0 3 1 0 8 0 1 1 1 1 .283 .309 .340 .649
Toby Atwell 32 15 30 2 5 1 0 2 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .265 .400 .665
Jim Pendleton 32 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .083 .000 .083
Earl Hersh 24 7 13 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .462 .693
Bob Roselli 24 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500

1956 Milwaukee Braves Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Warren Spahn P 35 39 105 8 22 3 0 3 10 4 0 32 1 0 2 0 3 .210 .239 .324 .563
Lew Burdette P 29 45 86 9 16 1 0 0 8 2 0 16 0 0 11 1 1 .186 .209 .198 .407
Bob Buhl P 27 38 73 1 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 34 0 0 6 0 0 .096 .108 .123 .231
Ray Crone P 24 35 49 4 6 1 0 0 2 8 0 18 0 0 5 0 1 .122 .246 .143 .389
Gene Conley P 25 31 45 1 7 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 8 0 1 .156 .174 .178 .352
Taylor Phillips P 23 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .087 .000 .087
Lou Sleater P 29 25 10 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .545 .500 1.045
Bob Trowbridge P 26 19 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Ernie Johnson P 32 36 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450
Dave Jolly P 31 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Red Murff P 35 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Chet Nichols P 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 Milwaukee Braves Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Warren Spahn 35 39 35 20 11 .645 2.78 281.1 92 87 249 25 52 128 .235 3 7 20 3 3 3.83
Lew Burdette 29 39 35 19 10 .655 2.70 256.1 92 77 234 22 52 110 .239 3 2 16 6 1 3.90
Bob Buhl 27 38 33 18 8 .692 3.32 216.2 96 80 190 18 105 86 .233 2 3 13 2 0 4.77
Ray Crone 24 35 21 11 10 .524 3.87 169.2 92 73 173 19 44 73 .258 1 3 6 0 2 4.39
Gene Conley 25 31 19 8 9 .471 3.13 158.1 74 55 169 13 52 68 .270 2 3 5 1 3 4.23

1956 Milwaukee Braves Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Ernie Johnson 32 36 0 4 3 .571 3.71 51.0 21 21 54 9 21 26 .267 1 1 0 0 6 5.57
Dave Jolly 31 29 0 2 3 .400 3.74 45.2 21 19 39 7 35 20 .224 0 2 0 0 7 6.42
Lou Sleater 29 25 1 2 2 .500 3.15 45.2 22 16 42 6 27 32 .231 0 0 0 0 2 5.08
Taylor Phillips 23 23 6 5 3 .625 2.26 87.2 25 22 69 6 33 36 .218 7 0 3 0 2 4.44
Bob Trowbridge 26 19 4 3 2 .600 2.66 50.2 15 15 38 4 34 40 .207 2 3 1 0 0 4.58
Red Murff 35 14 1 0 0 .000 4.44 24.1 14 12 25 3 7 18 .260 0 0 0 0 1 3.99
Chet Nichols 25 2 0 0 1 .000 6.75 4.0 3 3 9 1 3 2 .529 0 0 0 0 0 7.50
Phil Paine 26 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0.0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Humberto Robinson 26 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 2.0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .143 0 0 0 0 0 6.00