1957 Atlanta Braves roster

34 players appeared for the Atlanta Braves in the 1957 MLB season. They won the 1957 World Series, 4-3.

1957 Braves roster: batting

1957 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 Aaron151615118198441321.322.378.978
Eddie Mathews14857210916732943.292.387.927
Johnny Logan1294945913510495.273.319.720
Del Crandall118383459715461.253.308.718
Frank Torre12936446995400.272.339.732
Wes Covington96328519321654.284.339.875
Bill Bruton79306418553011.278.317.755
Andy Pafko8322031618271.277.308.730
Joe Adcock65209316012380.287.351.891
Felix Mantilla7118228434212.236.296.659
Del Rice5414415339200.229.309.746
Bob Hazle4113426547271.403.4771.126
Carl Sawatski5810513256170.238.316.764
Nippy Jones3079521280.266.293.685
John Demerit333485011.147.147.294
Bobby Malkmus132262000.091.200.382
Dick Cole151411000.071.235.307
Harry Hanebrink6702000.286.375.661
Mel Roach7611000.167.167.333
Ray Shearer2211000.500.6671.167
Hawk Taylor7120000.000.000.000

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

1957 Braves roster: pitching

1957 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 SpahnP393521112.69271.01111.183
Lew BurdetteP37331793.72256.2781.240
Bob BuhlP34311872.74216.21171.440
Gene ConleyP3518993.16148.0611.331
Bob TrowbridgeP3216753.64126.0751.351
Juan PizarroP2410564.6299.1681.510
Taylor PhillipsP276325.5573.0361.672
Ernie JohnsonP300733.8865.0441.434
Don McMahonP320231.5446.2461.339
Dave JollyP230115.0237.2271.541
Red MurffP121224.8526.0131.622
Phil PaineP10000.002.022.000
Joey JayP10000.000.200.001

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.