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1953 Brooklyn Dodgers

1953 > Class Major League > 1953 National League
Overall: 105-49
Scored 955 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Chuck Dressen
Represented: Brooklyn, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1952 / 1954

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 Bill Antonello 26 40 45 43 9 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 11 .163 .200 .302 .502 13 1 0 0
2 Wayne Belardi* 22 69 180 163 19 39 3 2 11 34 0 0 16 40 .239 .311 .485 .796 79 2 1 0
3 Joe Black 29 34 17 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .235 .471 4 0 0 0
4 Roy Campanella 31 144 590 519 103 162 26 3 41 142 4 2 67 58 .312 .395 .611 1.006 317 13 4 0
5 Billy Cox 33 100 371 327 44 95 18 1 10 44 2 2 37 21 .291 .363 .443 .806 145 7 0 7
6 Carl Erskine 26 43 101 93 12 20 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 17 .215 .223 .237 .460 22 2 0 7
7 Carl Furillo 31 132 518 479 82 165 38 6 21 92 1 1 34 32 .344 .393 .580 .973 278 15 4 1
8 Jim Gilliam# 24 151 710 605 125 168 31 17 6 63 21 14 100 38 .278 .383 .415 .798 251 7 3 2
9 Gil Hodges 29 141 598 520 101 157 22 7 31 122 1 4 75 84 .302 .393 .550 .943 286 4 3 0
10 Dixie Howell 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
11 Jim Hughes 30 48 15 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 4 0 0 1
12 Clem Labine 26 37 34 28 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .071 .161 .107 .268 3 0 0 3
13 Billy Loes 23 32 59 56 2 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 13 .125 .140 .179 .319 10 2 0 2
14 Carmen Mauro* 26 8 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
15 Russ Meyer# 29 34 84 75 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .147 .179 .160 .339 12 2 0 6
16 Glenn Mickens 22 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
17 Bob Milliken 26 37 37 34 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .118 .143 .176 .319 6 1 0 2
18 Ray Moore 27 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
19 Bobby Morgan 27 69 232 196 35 51 6 2 7 33 2 2 33 47 .260 .370 .418 .788 82 7 1 2
20 Erv Palica 25 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0
21 Johnny Podres* 20 34 38 36 5 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .306 .324 .306 .630 11 1 1 1
22 Pee Wee Reese 34 140 625 524 108 142 25 7 13 61 22 6 82 61 .271 .374 .420 .794 220 15 4 15
23 Jackie Robinson 34 136 574 484 109 159 34 7 12 95 17 4 74 30 .329 .425 .502 .927 243 12 7 9
24 Preacher Roe 37 25 65 57 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 18 .053 .100 .105 .205 6 0 0 5
25 George Shuba* 28 74 189 169 19 43 12 1 5 23 1 2 17 20 .254 .326 .426 .752 72 5 1 2
26 Duke Snider* 26 153 680 590 132 198 38 4 42 126 16 7 82 90 .336 .419 .627 1.046 370 10 3 5
27 Dick Teed# 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
28 Don Thompson* 29 96 169 153 25 37 5 0 1 12 2 3 14 13 .242 .310 .294 .604 45 6 1 1
29 Ben Wade 30 32 27 24 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .292 .458 7 1 0 3
30 Rube Walker* 27 43 103 95 5 23 6 0 3 9 0 0 7 11 .242 .301 .400 .701 38 1 1 0
31 Dick Williams 24 30 60 55 4 12 2 0 2 5 0 0 3 10 .218 .271 .364 .635 20 1 1 1
31 Players 29.0 155 6138 5373 955 1529 274 59 208 887 90 47 655 686 .285 .366 .474 .840 2545 115 35 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 Joe Black 29 6 3 .667 5.33 34 3 17 0 0 5 72.2 74 46 43 12 27 42 1 1 0 315 1.390 9.2 1.5 3.3 5.2 1.56
2 Ralph Branca 27 0 0 9.82 7 0 5 0 0 0 11.0 15 12 12 4 5 5 2 0 0 51 1.818 12.3 3.3 4.1 4.1 1.00
3 Carl Erskine 26 20 6 .769 3.54 39 33 4 16 4 3 246.2 213 106 97 21 95 187 3 0 4 1030 1.249 7.8 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.97
4 Jim Hughes 30 4 3 .571 3.47 48 0 20 0 0 9 85.2 80 33 33 6 41 49 1 0 2 372 1.412 8.4 0.6 4.3 5.1 1.20
5 Clem Labine 26 11 6 .647 2.77 37 7 21 0 0 7 110.1 92 39 34 9 30 44 0 0 3 444 1.106 7.5 0.7 2.4 3.6 1.47
6 Billy Loes 23 14 8 .636 4.54 32 25 3 9 1 0 162.2 165 92 82 21 53 75 3 3 2 691 1.340 9.1 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.42
7 Russ Meyer 29 15 5 .750 4.56 34 32 1 10 2 0 191.1 201 109 97 25 63 106 1 0 4 819 1.380 9.5 1.2 3.0 5.0 1.68
8 Glenn Mickens 22 0 1 .000 11.37 4 2 2 0 0 0 6.1 11 9 8 2 4 5 0 0 0 33 2.368 15.6 2.8 5.7 7.1 1.25
9 Bob Milliken 26 8 4 .667 3.37 37 10 12 3 0 2 117.2 94 52 44 13 42 65 0 0 4 485 1.156 7.2 1.0 3.2 5.0 1.55
10 Ray Moore 27 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 1 4 4 0 0 0 34 1.250 6.8 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
11 Erv Palica 25 0 0 12.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 1 8 3 0 0 1 35 3.000 15.0 1.5 12.0 4.5 0.38
12 Johnny Podres* 20 9 4 .692 4.23 33 18 3 3 1 0 115.0 126 62 54 12 64 82 1 0 2 518 1.652 9.9 0.9 5.0 6.4 1.28
13 Preacher Roe* 37 11 3 .786 4.36 25 24 0 9 1 0 157.0 171 78 76 27 40 85 1 0 1 661 1.344 9.8 1.5 2.3 4.9 2.13
14 Ben Wade 30 7 5 .583 3.79 32 0 15 0 0 3 90.1 79 40 38 15 33 65 4 0 1 377 1.240 7.9 1.5 3.3 6.5 1.97
14 Players 27.3 105 49 .682 4.10 155 155 104 51 11 29 1380.2 1337 689 629 169 509 817 17 4 24 5865 1.337 8.7 1.1 3.3 5.3 1.61

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 140 807 57 10 9 .989 6.17 3 19 22 54%
Rube Walker 28 120 12 3 2 .978 4.71 1 3 3 50%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gil Hodges 127 1025 99 8 105 .993 8.85
Wayne Belardi 38 283 23 5 34 .984 8.05
Jackie Robinson 6 41 5 0 4 1.000 7.67

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Gilliam 149 332 426 19 102 .976 5.09
Jackie Robinson 9 16 25 0 7 1.000 4.56
Billy Cox 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Cox 89 86 142 6 20 .974 2.56
Jackie Robinson 44 34 84 3 14 .975 2.68
Bobby Morgan 36 22 58 7 6 .920 2.22

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pee Wee Reese 135 265 380 23 83 .966 4.78
Bobby Morgan 21 49 47 3 13 .970 4.57
Billy Cox 6 5 3 0 1 1.000 1.33
Jackie Robinson 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jackie Robinson 76 0.00
Don Thompson 51 0.00
George Shuba 43 0.00
Bill Antonello 20 0.00
Gil Hodges 18 0.00
Dick Williams 17 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Duke Snider 151 0.00
Don Thompson 8 0.00
Bill Antonello 2 0.00
Dick Williams 2 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carl Furillo 131 0.00
Don Thompson 25 0.00
Dick Williams 9 0.00
Gil Hodges 6 0.00
Bill Antonello 4 0.00
Carmen Mauro 1 0.00
George Shuba 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Duke Snider 151 370 7 5 3 .987 2.50
Carl Furillo 131 232 11 3 3 .988 1.85
Don Thompson 81 84 5 1 1 .989 1.10
Jackie Robinson 76 145 9 3 0 .981 2.03
George Shuba 44 59 1 1 1 .984 1.36
Bill Antonello 25 27 0 1 0 .964 1.08
Gil Hodges 24 37 2 1 1 .975 1.63
Dick Williams 24 24 0 2 0 .923 1.00
Carmen Mauro 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Hughes 48 8 9 0 0 1.000 0.35
Carl Erskine 39 15 30 4 0 .918 1.15
Clem Labine 37 8 19 0 2 1.000 0.73
Bob Milliken 37 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.38
Joe Black 34 3 11 1 0 .933 0.41
Russ Meyer 34 8 33 3 1 .932 1.21
Johnny Podres 33 6 17 1 0 .958 0.70
Billy Loes 32 14 37 1 5 .981 1.59
Ben Wade 32 4 4 1 2 .889 0.25
Preacher Roe 25 4 30 0 3 1.000 1.36
Ralph Branca 7 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.29
Glenn Mickens 4 0 2 1 0 .667 0.50
Erv Palica 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Ray Moore 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bill Antonello 26 R R 5' 11.0" 185 May 19, 1927 Brooklyn, NY, US 1953-04-30 1953-09-27
Wayne Belardi 22 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 5, 1930 St. Helena, CA, US 1953-05-17 1953-09-26
Joe Black 29 R R 6' 2.0" 220 Feb 8, 1924 Plainfield, NJ, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-16
Ralph Branca 27 R R 6' 3.0" 220 Jan 6, 1926 Mount Vernon, NY, US 1953-05-14 1953-07-05
Roy Campanella 31 R R 5' 9.0" 190 Nov 19, 1921 Philadelphia, PA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-26
Billy Cox 33 R R 5' 10.0" 150 Aug 29, 1919 Newport, PA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Carl Erskine 26 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Dec 13, 1926 Anderson, IN, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-25
Carl Furillo 31 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Mar 8, 1922 Stony Creek Mills, PA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-06
Jim Gilliam 24 S R 5' 10.0" 175 Oct 17, 1928 Nashville, TN, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Gil Hodges 29 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Apr 4, 1924 Princeton, IN, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Dixie Howell 33 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Apr 24, 1920 Louisville, KY, US 1953-05-09 1953-05-09
Jim Hughes 30 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Mar 21, 1923 Chicago, IL, US 1953-04-17 1953-09-26
Clem Labine 26 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 6, 1926 Lincoln, RI, US 1953-04-21 1953-09-25
Billy Loes 23 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Dec 13, 1929 Long Island City, NY, US 1953-04-17 1953-09-27
Carmen Mauro 26 L R 6' 0.0" 167 Nov 10, 1926 St. Paul, MN, US 1953-04-22 1953-05-21
Russ Meyer 29 S R 6' 1.0" 175 Oct 25, 1923 Peru, IL, US 1953-04-15 1953-09-27
Glenn Mickens 22 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 26, 1930 Wilmar, CA, US 1953-07-19 1953-07-30
Bob Milliken 26 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 25, 1926 Majorsville, WV, US 1953-04-22 1953-09-26
Ray Moore 27 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jun 1, 1926 Meadows, MD, US 1953-09-14 1953-09-14
Bobby Morgan 27 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Jun 29, 1926 Oklahoma City, OK, US 1953-04-19 1953-09-27
Erv Palica 25 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 9, 1928 Lomita, CA, US 1953-08-02 1953-08-26
Johnny Podres 20 L L 5' 11.0" 170 Sep 30, 1932 Witherbee, NY, US 1953-04-17 1953-09-26
Pee Wee Reese 34 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Jul 23, 1918 Ekron, KY, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Jackie Robinson 34 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Jan 31, 1919 Cairo, GA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Preacher Roe 37 R L 6' 2.0" 170 Feb 26, 1916 Ash Flat, AR, US 1953-04-28 1953-09-26
George Shuba 28 L R 5' 11.0" 180 Dec 13, 1924 Youngstown, OH, US 1953-04-17 1953-09-27
Duke Snider 26 L R 6' 0.0" 179 Sep 19, 1926 Los Angeles, CA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Dick Teed 27 S R 5' 11.0" 180 Mar 8, 1926 Springfield, MA, US 1953-07-24 1953-07-24
Don Thompson 29 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 28, 1923 Swepsonville, NC, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-22
Ben Wade 30 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Nov 25, 1922 Morehead City, NC, US 1953-04-21 1953-09-27
Rube Walker 27 L R 6' 0.0" 175 May 16, 1926 Lenoir, NC, US 1953-04-17 1953-09-27
Dick Williams 24 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 7, 1929 St. Louis, MO, US 1953-04-21 1953-09-26

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