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Milwaukee Braves 12-15-1956
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| Breaking News |  | Monday, November 12th, 1956: SP Lambert Coming to Milwaukee
Milwaukee came to terms with veteran starting pitcher Gene Lambert today, locking up the 35-year-old to a $36,100,000, 4-year deal.
His career totals show Lambert has a 195-162 won-lost record with a 3.33 ERA. |
 | Monday, September 17th, 1956: NL Batting Title Belongs to Burgess
Smoky Burgess, the 29-year-old catcher of the Milwaukee Braves, was officially crowned National League batting champion for 1956 today.
He batted .345 with 28 home runs and 78 RBIs while playing in 128 games.
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 | Sunday, September 16th, 1956: Jerry Lumpe Picked NL's Best Hitter
Jerry Lumpe certainly made his presence felt in the AAA NL this year. The gifted third baseman for Milwaukee ripped opposing pitchers for a .343 batting average and ran away with the voting for the Outstanding Hitter Award.
He collected 145 hits, 31 doubles, 3 triples, 19 home runs, 74 RBIs and scored 87 times.
Lumpe will get his trophy at the SBWA awards banquet this weekend.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 89-65, .578 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 11.0 GB | | Record at home | 39-38, .506 PCT | | Record on the road | 50-27, .649 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 12-10, .545 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 26-16, .619 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 23-12, .657 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 66-53, .555 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 18-9, .667 PCT | | Record in May | 13-16, .448 PCT | | Record in June | 17-9, .654 PCT | | Record in July | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record in August | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in September | 10-5, .667 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .274 - 1st in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .352 - 3rd in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .438 - 2nd in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .790 - 2nd in NL | | Runs Scored | 817 - 3rd in NL | | Hits | 1487 - 1st in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 438 - 2nd in NL | | Home Runs | 211 - 2nd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 642 - 4th in NL | | Strikeouts | 634 - 3rd in NL | | Stolen Bases | 44 - 3rd in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.32 - 6th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.12 - 6th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.96 - 5th in NL | | Runs allowed | 765 - 6th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1392 - 6th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .259 - 5th in NL | | BABIP | .277 - 7th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 155 - 4th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 627 - 7th in NL | | Strikeouts | 747 - 3rd in NL |
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