1953 Atlanta Braves roster

30 players appeared for the Atlanta Braves in the 1953 MLB season.

1953 Braves roster: batting

1953 Atlanta Braves batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Bill Bruton1516138215314126.250.306.636
Johnny Logan15061110016711732.273.326.724
Joe Adcock1575907116818803.285.334.787
Eddie Mathews157579110175471351.302.4061.033
Andy Pafko1405167015317722.297.347.803
Jack Dittmer138504541349631.266.293.660
Sid Gordon1404646712719751.274.372.834
Del Crandall1163825510415512.272.330.759
Jim Pendleton12025148757276.299.323.785
Walker Cooper5313712303161.219.287.615
Harry Hanebrink5180819181.238.291.603
George Crowe4742612260.286.333.810
Bob Thorpe273716050.162.184.373
Sibby Sisti382385040.217.357.618
Billy Klaus2210010.000.000.000
Mel Roach5210000.000.000.000
Paul Burris2100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1953 Braves roster: pitching

1953 Atlanta Braves pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Warren SpahnP35322372.10265.21481.063
Johnny AntonelliP312612123.18175.11311.361
Lew BurdetteP46131553.24175.0581.338
Max SurkontP28241154.18170.0831.360
Bob BuhlP30181382.97154.1831.330
Don LiddleP3115763.08128.2631.352
Jim WilsonP2018494.34114.0711.320
Ernie JohnsonP361432.6781.0361.250
Vern BickfordP209255.2858.0251.641
Dave JollyP240013.5238.1231.590
Dave ColeP100018.5914.2132.110
Joey JayP31100.0010.041.100
Virgil JesterP200022.502.004.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.