Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950
97-57, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Burt Shotton (97-57)
Scored 879 runs, Allowed 651 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56
Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,633,747 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 98
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Roy Campanella | 27 | 130 | 507 | 436 | 65 | 125 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 82 | 3 | 67 | 36 | .287 | .385 | .498 | .883 | 131 | 217 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Gil Hodges | 25 | 156 | 676 | 596 | 94 | 170 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 115 | 10 | 66 | 64 | .285 | .360 | .453 | .813 | 113 | 270 | 13 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Jackie Robinson | 30 | 156 | 704 | 593 | 122 | 203 | 38 | 12 | 16 | 124 | 37 | 86 | 27 | .342 | .432 | .528 | .960 | 152 | 313 | 22 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 4 | SS | Pee Wee Reese | 30 | 155 | 743 | 617 | 132 | 172 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 73 | 26 | 116 | 59 | .279 | .396 | .410 | .806 | 113 | 253 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Billy Cox | 29 | 100 | 426 | 390 | 48 | 91 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 30 | 18 | .233 | .290 | .351 | .641 | 68 | 137 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Duke Snider* | 22 | 146 | 615 | 552 | 100 | 161 | 28 | 7 | 23 | 92 | 12 | 56 | 92 | .292 | .361 | .493 | .854 | 123 | 272 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Carl Furillo | 27 | 142 | 596 | 549 | 95 | 177 | 27 | 10 | 18 | 106 | 4 | 37 | 29 | .322 | .368 | .506 | .875 | 128 | 278 | 16 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Gene Hermanski* | 29 | 87 | 282 | 224 | 48 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 12 | 47 | 21 | .299 | .431 | .487 | .918 | 142 | 109 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | C | Bruce Edwards | 25 | 64 | 173 | 148 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 15 | .209 | .324 | .392 | .716 | 88 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Marv Rackley* | 27 | 63 | 166 | 150 | 25 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | .300 | .360 | .367 | .726 | 92 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 3B | Spider Jorgensen* | 29 | 53 | 160 | 134 | 15 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 13 | .269 | .376 | .343 | .719 | 91 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 12 | Mike McCormick | 32 | 55 | 158 | 139 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 12 | .209 | .281 | .302 | .583 | 54 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | 3B | Eddie Miksis | 22 | 50 | 127 | 113 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | .221 | .267 | .292 | .559 | 47 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Luis Olmo | 29 | 38 | 111 | 105 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .305 | .336 | .390 | .727 | 91 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Tommy Brown | 21 | 41 | 95 | 89 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .303 | .347 | .427 | .774 | 103 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Dick Whitman* | 28 | 23 | 53 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .184 | .245 | .224 | .470 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Cal Abrams* | 25 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .083 | .290 | .125 | .415 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | 1B | Johnny Hopp* | 32 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | 3B | Bob Ramazzotti | 32 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .154 | .385 | .538 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Chuck Connors* | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | George Shuba* | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 22 | P | Don Newcombe* | 23 | 39 | 102 | 96 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .229 | .267 | .271 | .538 | 42 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 23 | P | Preacher Roe | 34 | 30 | 84 | 70 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .114 | .195 | .114 | .309 | -16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 24 | P | Ralph Branca | 23 | 34 | 79 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .081 | .197 | .097 | .294 | -20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 25 | P | Joe Hatten | 32 | 39 | 72 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .179 | .203 | .194 | .397 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 26 | P | Rex Barney | 24 | 38 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .213 | .229 | .234 | .463 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 27 | P | Jack Banta* | 24 | 48 | 50 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .109 | .163 | .130 | .294 | -22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 28 | P | Carl Erskine | 22 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | -39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 29 | P | Erv Palica | 21 | 49 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .158 | .238 | .211 | .449 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 30 | P | Paul Minner* | 25 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | P | Morrie Martin* | 26 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | P | Bud Podbielan | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | P | Pat McGlothin* | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | P | Johnny Van Cuyk* | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.1 | 156 | 6173 | 5400 | 879 | 1477 | 236 | 47 | 152 | 816 | 117 | 0 | 638 | 570 | .274 | .354 | .419 | .773 | 103 | 2263 | 127 | 33 | 102 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Don Newcombe | 23 | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.17 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 244.1 | 223 | 89 | 86 | 17 | 73 | 149 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1005 | 130 | 1.211 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 2.04 | |
| 2 | SP | Preacher Roe* | 34 | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2.79 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 212.2 | 201 | 69 | 66 | 25 | 44 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 851 | 148 | 1.152 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 2.48 | |
| 3 | SP | Joe Hatten* | 32 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.18 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 187.1 | 194 | 102 | 87 | 15 | 69 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 792 | 99 | 1.404 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.84 | |
| 4 | SP | Ralph Branca | 23 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4.39 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 186.2 | 181 | 100 | 91 | 21 | 91 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 813 | 94 | 1.457 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 1.20 | |
| 5 | SP | Rex Barney | 24 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.41 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 140.2 | 108 | 75 | 69 | 15 | 89 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 594 | 93 | 1.400 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 0.90 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Erv Palica | 21 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.62 | 49 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 97.0 | 93 | 43 | 39 | 6 | 49 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 413 | 114 | 1.464 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 0.90 | |
| 7 | RP | Jack Banta | 24 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.37 | 48 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 152.1 | 125 | 63 | 57 | 12 | 68 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 643 | 122 | 1.267 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 1.43 | |
| 8 | RP | Carl Erskine | 22 | 8 | 1 | .889 | 4.63 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | 68 | 44 | 41 | 6 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 348 | 89 | 1.494 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 0.96 | |
| 9 | RP | Paul Minner* | 25 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.80 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.1 | 49 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 203 | 108 | 1.415 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 0.94 | |
| 10 | RP | Morrie Martin* | 26 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.04 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 39 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 59 | 1.761 | 11.4 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Pat McGlothin | 28 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.60 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 90 | 1.149 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 2.20 | ||
| 12 | Bud Podbielan | 25 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.65 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 113 | 1.459 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 0.56 | ||
| 13 | Johnny Van Cuyk* | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 2.000 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 26.1 | 97 | 57 | .630 | 3.80 | 156 | 156 | 94 | 62 | 15 | 17 | 1408.2 | 1306 | 651 | 595 | 132 | 582 | 743 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 5931 | 108 | 1.340 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.28 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4588 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Banta | 24 | 48 | 38 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rex Barney | 24 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 0.37 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Branca | 23 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 0.62 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Roy Campanella | 27 | 127 | 750 | 684 | 55 | 11 | 5 | .985 | 5.82 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Cox | 29 | 100 | 329 | 104 | 213 | 12 | 28 | .964 | 3.17 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Edwards | 25 | 42 | 199 | 184 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .990 | 4.69 | 4 | C-3B | |||||||||||||||
| Carl Erskine | 22 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Hatten | 32 | 37 | 46 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 1.19 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Gil Hodges | 25 | 156 | 1423 | 1336 | 80 | 7 | 142 | .995 | 9.08 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Hopp | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Spider Jorgensen | 29 | 36 | 92 | 28 | 59 | 5 | 5 | .946 | 2.42 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Morrie Martin | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 0.70 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Pat McGlothin | 28 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.14 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Miksis | 22 | 37 | 101 | 33 | 66 | 2 | 8 | .980 | 2.68 | 3B-SS-2B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Minner | 25 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 0.48 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Newcombe | 23 | 38 | 57 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Erv Palica | 21 | 49 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 0.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bud Podbielan | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.71 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Ramazzotti | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.67 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Pee Wee Reese | 30 | 155 | 788 | 316 | 454 | 18 | 93 | .977 | 4.97 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Robinson | 30 | 156 | 832 | 395 | 421 | 16 | 119 | .981 | 5.23 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Preacher Roe | 34 | 30 | 36 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .944 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Van Cuyk | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26.8 | 156 | 5966 | 4224 | 1618 | 124 | 424 | .979 | 3.42 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |