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1951 Brooklyn Dodgers

1951 > Class Major League > 1951 National League
Overall: 97-60
Scored 855 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-61

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Chuck Dressen
Represented: Brooklyn, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1950 / 1952

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Cal Abrams* 27 67 186 150 27 42 8 0 3 19 3 2 36 26 .280 .419 .393 .813 59 5 0 0
2 Dan Bankhead 31 15 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
3 Wayne Belardi* 20 3 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 3 0 0 0
4 Ralph Branca 25 42 71 63 6 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .175 .200 .190 .390 12 1 0 6
5 Rocky Bridges 23 63 147 134 13 34 7 0 1 15 0 0 10 10 .254 .306 .328 .634 44 9 0 3
6 Roy Campanella 29 143 562 505 90 164 33 1 33 108 1 2 53 51 .325 .393 .590 .983 298 19 4 0
7 Billy Cox 31 142 507 455 62 127 25 4 9 51 5 5 37 30 .279 .336 .411 .747 187 8 2 13
8 Carl Erskine 24 46 66 61 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .131 .159 .148 .306 9 0 0 3
9 Carl Furillo 29 158 724 667 93 197 32 4 16 91 8 7 43 33 .295 .344 .427 .772 285 15 7 7
10 Phil Haugstad 27 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0
11 Gil Hodges 27 158 681 582 118 156 25 3 40 103 9 7 93 99 .268 .374 .527 .901 307 13 5 1
12 Clyde King# 27 48 36 29 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 .138 .219 .207 .426 6 0 1 4
13 Clem Labine 24 14 22 21 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .143 .182 .143 .325 3 2 0 0
14 Mickey Livingston 36 2 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 2 0 0 1
15 Earl Mossor* 25 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0
16 Don Newcombe* 25 40 114 103 11 23 3 1 0 8 0 0 8 9 .223 .286 .272 .558 28 0 1 2
17 Erv Palica 23 20 16 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .154 .267 .154 .421 2 0 0 1
18 Bud Podbielan 27 27 23 23 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .304 .304 .304 .609 7 0 0 0
19 Pee Wee Reese 32 154 711 616 94 176 20 8 10 84 20 14 81 57 .286 .371 .393 .763 242 19 2 12
20 Jackie Robinson 32 153 642 548 106 185 33 7 19 88 25 8 79 27 .338 .429 .527 .957 289 10 9 6
21 Preacher Roe 35 34 100 89 3 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 36 .112 .132 .112 .244 10 2 0 9
22 Jim Russell# 32 16 18 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .278 .000 .278 0 2 1 0
23 Duke Snider* 24 150 672 606 96 168 26 6 29 101 14 10 62 97 .277 .344 .483 .828 293 23 0 4
24 Don Thompson* 27 80 132 118 25 27 3 0 0 6 2 8 12 12 .229 .305 .254 .560 30 1 1 1
25 Chris Van Cuyk* 24 9 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 1 0
26 Dick Williams 22 23 64 60 5 12 3 1 1 5 0 0 4 10 .200 .250 .333 .583 20 0 0 0
26 Players 28.4 158 6214 5492 855 1511 249 37 184 794 89 70 603 649 .275 .352 .434 .786 2386 147 44 75
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Dan Bankhead 31 0 1 .000 15.43 7 1 4 0 0 0 14.0 27 24 24 5 14 9 0 0 1 80 2.929 17.4 3.2 9.0 5.8 0.64
2 Ralph Branca 25 13 12 .520 3.26 42 27 11 13 3 3 204.0 180 81 74 19 85 118 3 0 6 855 1.299 7.9 0.8 3.8 5.2 1.39
3 Carl Erskine 24 16 12 .571 4.46 46 19 18 7 0 4 189.2 206 105 94 23 78 95 2 0 0 829 1.497 9.8 1.1 3.7 4.5 1.22
4 Phil Haugstad 27 0 1 .000 6.46 21 1 6 0 0 0 30.2 28 25 22 4 24 22 3 0 1 148 1.696 8.2 1.2 7.0 6.5 0.92
5 Clyde King 27 14 7 .667 4.15 48 3 31 1 0 6 121.1 118 64 56 15 50 33 3 0 6 511 1.385 8.8 1.1 3.7 2.4 0.66
6 Clem Labine 24 5 1 .833 2.20 14 6 3 5 2 0 65.1 52 17 16 4 20 39 0 0 0 258 1.102 7.2 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.95
7 Earl Mossor 25 0 0 32.40 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 6 6 1 7 1 0 0 0 13 5.400 10.8 5.4 37.8 5.4 0.14
8 Don Newcombe 25 20 9 .690 3.28 40 36 2 18 3 0 272.0 235 115 99 19 91 164 6 0 7 1125 1.199 7.8 0.6 3.0 5.4 1.80
9 Erv Palica 23 2 6 .250 4.75 19 8 6 0 0 0 53.0 55 28 28 10 20 15 0 0 2 232 1.415 9.3 1.7 3.4 2.5 0.75
10 Bud Podbielan 27 2 2 .500 3.50 27 5 9 1 0 0 79.2 67 32 31 9 36 26 2 0 2 332 1.293 7.6 1.0 4.1 2.9 0.72
11 Preacher Roe* 35 22 3 .880 3.04 34 33 1 19 2 0 257.2 247 91 87 30 64 113 0 0 2 1031 1.207 8.6 1.0 2.2 3.9 1.77
12 Chris Van Cuyk* 24 1 2 .333 5.52 9 6 1 0 0 0 29.1 33 22 18 4 11 16 4 0 1 129 1.500 10.1 1.2 3.4 4.9 1.45
12 Players 26.7 97 60 .618 3.88 158 158 94 64 10 13 1423.1 1360 672 613 150 549 693 25 0 35 6006 1.341 8.6 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Roy Campanella 140 722 72 11 12 .986 5.67 4 15 34 69%
Mickey Livingston 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 0 0 2 100%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gil Hodges 158 1365 126 12 171 .992 9.44

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jackie Robinson 150 390 435 7 137 .992 5.50
Rocky Bridges 10 11 12 0 1 1.000 2.30

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Cox 139 140 264 14 26 .967 2.91
Rocky Bridges 40 26 62 13 10 .871 2.20

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pee Wee Reese 154 292 422 35 106 .953 4.64
Rocky Bridges 9 11 20 2 4 .939 3.44
Billy Cox 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Thompson 56 0.00
Cal Abrams 34 0.00
Dick Williams 15 0.00
Jim Russell 4 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Duke Snider 150 0.00
Don Thompson 6 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carl Furillo 157 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carl Furillo 157 330 24 5 6 .986 2.25
Duke Snider 150 382 12 5 1 .987 2.63
Don Thompson 61 75 3 1 1 .987 1.28
Cal Abrams 34 64 3 4 1 .944 1.97
Dick Williams 15 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.47
Jim Russell 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Clyde King 48 12 21 0 4 1.000 0.69
Carl Erskine 46 13 32 2 1 .957 0.98
Ralph Branca 42 12 19 0 2 1.000 0.74
Don Newcombe 40 24 45 3 3 .958 1.73
Preacher Roe 34 18 39 3 6 .950 1.68
Bud Podbielan 27 6 16 0 0 1.000 0.81
Phil Haugstad 21 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.38
Erv Palica 19 5 12 0 0 1.000 0.89
Clem Labine 14 6 6 1 1 .923 0.86
Chris Van Cuyk 9 2 4 1 2 .857 0.67
Dan Bankhead 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.57
Earl Mossor 3 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Cal Abrams 27 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 Philadelphia, PA, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-21
Dan Bankhead 31 R R 6' 1.0" 184 May 3, 1920 Empire, AL, US 1951-04-22 1951-07-18
Wayne Belardi 20 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 5, 1930 St. Helena, CA, US 1951-09-22 1951-09-30
Ralph Branca 25 R R 6' 3.0" 220 Jan 6, 1926 Mount Vernon, NY, US 1951-04-21 1951-10-03
Rocky Bridges 23 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Aug 7, 1927 Refugio, TX, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-21
Tommy Brown 23 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Dec 6, 1927 Brooklyn, NY, US 1951-04-23 1951-05-30
Roy Campanella 29 R R 5' 9.0" 190 Nov 19, 1921 Philadelphia, PA, US 1951-04-17 1951-10-01
Billy Cox 31 R R 5' 10.0" 150 Aug 29, 1919 Newport, PA, US 1951-04-17 1951-10-03
Bruce Edwards 27 R R 5' 8.0" 180 Jul 15, 1923 Quincy, IL, US 1951-04-23 1951-06-10
Hank Edwards 32 L L 6' 0.0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 Elmwood Place, OH, US 1951-04-17 1951-07-18
Carl Erskine 24 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Dec 13, 1926 Anderson, IN, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-30
Carl Furillo 29 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Mar 8, 1922 Stony Creek Mills, PA, US 1951-04-17 1951-10-03
Joe Hatten 34 R L 6' 0.0" 176 Nov 7, 1916 Bancroft, IA, US 1951-04-23 1951-06-13
Phil Haugstad 27 R R 6' 2.0" 165 Feb 23, 1924 Black River Falls, WI, US 1951-04-30 1951-09-25
Gene Hermanski 31 L R 5' 11.0" 185 May 11, 1920 Pittsfield, MA, US 1951-04-17 1951-06-14
Gil Hodges 27 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Apr 4, 1924 Princeton, IN, US 1951-04-17 1951-10-03
Clyde King 27 S R 6' 1.0" 175 May 23, 1924 Goldsboro, NC, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-30
Clem Labine 24 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 6, 1926 Lincoln, RI, US 1951-04-26 1951-10-02
Mickey Livingston 36 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Nov 15, 1914 Newberry, SC, US 1951-09-19 1951-09-20
Eddie Miksis 24 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 Burlington, NJ, US 1951-04-18 1951-06-14
Earl Mossor 25 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Jul 21, 1925 Forbus, TN, US 1951-04-30 1951-05-16
Don Newcombe 25 L R 6' 4.0" 220 Jun 14, 1926 Madison, NJ, US 1951-04-20 1951-10-03
Andy Pafko 30 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Feb 25, 1921 Boyceville, WI, US 1951-06-16 1951-10-03
Erv Palica 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 9, 1928 Lomita, CA, US 1951-04-22 1951-08-27
Bud Podbielan 27 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Mar 6, 1924 Curlew, WA, US 1951-06-10 1951-10-01
Pee Wee Reese 32 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Jul 23, 1918 Ekron, KY, US 1951-04-17 1951-10-03
Jackie Robinson 32 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Jan 31, 1919 Cairo, GA, US 1951-04-17 1951-10-03
Preacher Roe 35 R L 6' 2.0" 170 Feb 26, 1916 Ash Flat, AR, US 1951-04-18 1951-09-30
Jim Russell 32 S R 6' 1.0" 181 Oct 1, 1918 Fayette City, PA, US 1951-08-29 1951-10-01
Johnny Schmitz 30 R L 6' 0.0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 Wausau, WI, US 1951-06-20 1951-09-25
Duke Snider 24 L R 6' 0.0" 179 Sep 19, 1926 Los Angeles, CA, US 1951-04-17 1951-10-03
Wayne Terwilliger 26 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Jun 27, 1925 Clare, MI, US 1951-06-16 1951-09-27
Don Thompson 27 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 28, 1923 Swepsonville, NC, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-30
Chris Van Cuyk 24 L L 6' 6.0" 215 Jan 3, 1927 Kimberly, WI, US 1951-04-21 1951-05-31
Rube Walker 25 L R 6' 0.0" 175 May 16, 1926 Lenoir, NC, US 1951-06-24 1951-10-03
Dick Williams 22 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 7, 1929 St. Louis, MO, US 1951-06-10 1951-09-25

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