1959 Atlanta Braves roster

31 players appeared for the Atlanta Braves in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Braves roster: batting

1959 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 Aaron154629116223391238.355.4011.037
Eddie Mathews148594118182461142.306.390.983
Del Crandall1505186513321725.257.318.741
Bill Bruton1334787213864113.289.338.735
Johnny Logan1384705913713501.291.369.780
Joe Adcock1154045311825760.292.339.874
Wes Covington103373381047450.279.329.726
Frank Torre11526323601330.228.321.625
Felix Mantilla10325126543196.215.266.537
Andy Pafko7114217311150.218.293.617
Lee Maye5114017424162.300.338.774
Johnny O'brien441161623180.198.271.530
Mickey Vernon74918203140.220.283.645
Casey Wise22761113150.171.267.504
Stan Lopata254805040.104.157.261
Mel Roach193113000.097.152.248
Del Rice132936010.207.250.457
Chuck Cottier102413010.125.222.389
John Demerit11541000.200.333.533
Red Schoendienst5300000.000.000.000

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

1959 Braves roster: pitching

1959 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 SpahnP403621152.96292.01431.210
Lew BurdetteP413921154.07289.21051.211
Bob BuhlP31251592.86198.01051.290
Joey JayP34196114.09136.1881.420
Juan PizarroP2914623.77133.21261.400
Carl WilleyP2615594.15117.0511.340
Bob RushP319562.40101.1641.230
Don McMahonP600532.5780.2551.4615
Bob TrowbridgeP160105.9330.1221.811
Bob GiggieP130104.0520.0151.701
Bob HartmanP300027.001.214.800

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.