1956 Atlanta Braves roster

32 players appeared for the Atlanta Braves in the 1956 MLB season.

1956 Braves roster: batting

1956 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.
Hank Aaron15360910620026922.328.365.923
Eddie Mathews15155210315037956.272.373.892
Johnny Logan1485456915315463.281.340.771
Bill Bruton147525731438568.272.304.723
Danny O'connell139498711192423.239.342.663
Joe Adcock13745476132381031.291.337.934
Bobby Thomson1424515910620742.235.302.710
Del Crandall112311377416481.238.313.763
Del Rice7118815403170.213.282.601
Frank Torre11115917410161.258.304.600
Wes Covington7513817392161.283.361.716
Jack Dittmer44102825160.245.300.614
Andy Pafko45931524290.258.330.706
Chuck Tanner6063615140.238.342.660
Felix Mantilla3553915030.283.309.649
Earl Hersh71303000.231.231.692
Jim Pendleton141100000.000.083.083
Bob Roselli4211110.500.5002.500

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

1956 Braves roster: pitching

1956 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 SpahnP393520112.78281.11281.073
Lew BurdetteP393519102.70256.11101.121
Bob BuhlP38331883.32216.2861.360
Ray CroneP352111103.87169.2731.282
Gene ConleyP3119893.13158.1681.403
Taylor PhillipsP236532.2687.2361.162
Ernie JohnsonP360433.7151.0261.476
Bob TrowbridgeP194322.6650.2401.420
Dave JollyP290233.7445.2201.627
Lou SleaterP251223.1545.2321.512
Red MurffP141004.4424.1181.321
Chet NicholsP20016.754.023.000
Humberto RobinsonP10000.002.001.500

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.