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Milwaukee Braves 05-02-1962
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| Breaking News |  | Monday, April 16th, 1962: Milwaukee's Pinson NL's Best
Vada Pinson has the tools to stick in this league for many years. The 23-year-old center fielder of the Milwaukee Braves had a pretty fair bat in the National League over the past seven days and won the Player of the Week honors.
Pinson batted .609 with 14 hits in 23 at-bats, 4 home runs and 10 RBIs.
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| Monday, April 9th, 1962: 5-Hit Game for Pinson
The Milwaukee Braves upended the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field today in large part to center fielder Vada Pinson, who had a smashing day with the bat -- he racked up 5 hits in 5 at-bats -- and help propel the Braves to a 9-2 victory.
V. Pinson singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, doubled in the 5th, hit a solo-shot off A. Lipetri in the 7th and hit a two-run home run off G. Snyder in the 9th.
So far this season Pinson is batting .452 with 3 home runs, 11 RBIs and 10 runs scored. He has 14 hits in 31 at-bats, 2 walks and a .485 OBP. Pinson has played in 8 games.
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 | Monday, April 9th, 1962: Star of the Week Picked in NL
A battle-tested Elston Howard declared war on opposing pitchers last week, attacking the ball like the well-schooled veteran he is. Today the 33-year-old Milwaukee left fielder collected the National League Player of the Week Award.
He wrapped up the week with a .458 average, 11 hits in 24 at-bats, 3 home runs, 10 RBIs and 4 runs scored.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Sandy Koufax | torn bicep muscle | 2 weeks | On DL, eligible for return | | P Lee Wheat | ruptured disc (back) | 5 months | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 6-8, .429 PCT | | Record on the road | 9-5, .643 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-2, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 5-3, .625 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 1-4, .200 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 14-9, .609 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 15-12, .556 PCT | | Record in May | 0-1, .000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .278 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .335 - 6th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .434 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .769 - 3rd in NL | | Runs Scored | 142 - 4th in NL | | Hits | 273 - tied for 3rd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 79 - 6th in NL | | Home Runs | 35 - 4th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 85 - 7th in NL | | Strikeouts | 144 - 3rd in NL | | Stolen Bases | 7 - 6th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.49 - 5th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.48 - 5th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.52 - 6th in NL | | Runs allowed | 148 - 4th in NL | | Hits allowed | 262 - 4th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .270 - 5th in NL | | BABIP | .293 - 6th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 35 - 6th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 120 - tied for 7th in NL | | Strikeouts | 160 - 4th in NL |
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