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1953 Brooklyn Dodgers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
105-49, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 955 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55
Manager: Chuck Dressen (105-49)
Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,163,419 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 100
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Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees
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1952 / 1954 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Roy Campanella 31 144 590 519 103 162 26 3 41 142 4 2 67 58 .312 .395 .611 1.006 154 317 13 4 0
2 1B Gil Hodges 29 141 598 520 101 157 22 7 31 122 1 4 75 84 .302 .393 .550 .943 140 286 4 3 0
3 2B Jim Gilliam# 24 151 710 605 125 168 31 17 6 63 21 14 100 38 .278 .383 .415 .798 105 251 7 3 2
4 SS Pee Wee Reese 34 140 625 524 108 142 25 7 13 61 22 6 82 61 .271 .374 .420 .794 104 220 15 4 15
5 3B Billy Cox 33 100 371 327 44 95 18 1 10 44 2 2 37 21 .291 .363 .443 .806 106 145 7 0 7
6 OF Duke Snider* 26 153 680 590 132 198 38 4 42 126 16 7 82 90 .336 .419 .627 1.046 165 370 10 3 5
7 OF Carl Furillo 31 132 518 479 82 165 38 6 21 92 1 1 34 32 .344 .393 .580 .973 146 278 15 4 1
8 OF Don Thompson* 29 96 169 153 25 37 5 0 1 12 2 3 14 13 .242 .310 .294 .604 57 45 6 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Jackie Robinson 34 136 574 484 109 159 34 7 12 95 17 4 74 30 .329 .425 .502 .927 138 243 12 7 9
10 IF Bobby Morgan 27 69 232 196 35 51 6 2 7 33 2 2 33 47 .260 .370 .418 .788 102 82 7 1 2
11 OF George Shuba* 28 74 189 169 19 43 12 1 5 23 1 2 17 20 .254 .326 .426 .752 92 72 5 1 2
12 1B Wayne Belardi* 22 69 180 163 19 39 3 2 11 34 0 0 16 40 .239 .311 .485 .796 101 79 2 1 0
13 C Rube Walker* 27 43 103 95 5 23 6 0 3 9 0 0 7 11 .242 .301 .400 .701 79 38 1 1 0
14 OF Dick Williams 24 30 60 55 4 12 2 0 2 5 0 0 3 10 .218 .271 .364 .635 62 20 1 1 1
15 OF Bill Antonello 26 40 45 43 9 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 11 .163 .200 .302 .502 27 13 1 0 0
16 OF Carmen Mauro* 26 8 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
17 Dick Teed# 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
18 Dixie Howell 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Carl Erskine 26 43 101 93 12 20 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 17 .215 .223 .237 .460 19 22 2 0 7
20 P Russ Meyer# 29 34 84 75 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .147 .179 .160 .339 -12 12 2 0 6
21 P Preacher Roe 38 25 65 57 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 18 .053 .100 .105 .205 -47 6 0 0 5
22 P Billy Loes 23 32 59 56 2 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 13 .125 .140 .179 .319 -19 10 2 0 2
23 P Johnny Podres* 20 34 38 36 5 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .306 .324 .306 .630 63 11 1 1 1
24 P Bob Milliken 26 37 37 34 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .118 .143 .176 .319 -18 6 1 0 2
25 P Clem Labine 26 37 34 28 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .071 .161 .107 .268 -29 3 0 0 3
26 P Ben Wade 30 32 27 24 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .292 .458 15 7 1 0 3
27 P Joe Black 29 34 17 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .235 .471 22 4 0 0 0
28 P Jim Hughes 30 48 15 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 48 4 0 0 1
29 P Ray Moore 27 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
30 P Glenn Mickens 22 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Erv Palica 25 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 417 1 0 0 0
32 P Ralph Branca 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.1 155 6138 5373 955 1529 274 59 208 887 90 47 655 686 .285 .366 .474 .840 114 2545 115 35 75 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Bill Antonello 26 45 37 3 2.1 112 .194 .163 .278 .200 .349 .302 .433 .502 .782 27 .184 -5.0 -0.5 .405 .186 .140 .0 O
*Wayne Belardi 22 180 126 24 5.0 112 .250 .239 .278 .311 .349 .485 .433 .796 .782 101 .520 -0.9 -0.1 .762 .344 .245 .0 3
Joe Black 29 17 13 1 2.0 113 .333 .235 .278 .235 .349 .235 .433 .471 .782 22 .170 -2.0 -0.2 .308 .000 .000 1
Ralph Branca 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Roy Campanella 31 590 372 124 8.8 112 .288 .312 .278 .395 .349 .611 .433 1.006 .782 154 .751 41.5 3.9 1.048 .432 .299 7.3 *2
Billy Cox 33 371 248 52 5.6 112 .287 .291 .278 .363 .349 .443 .433 .806 .782 106 .563 3.6 0.3 .755 .266 .153 3.3 5/64
Carl Erskine 26 101 82 5 1.6 112 .263 .215 .278 .223 .349 .237 .433 .460 .782 19 .118 -11.5 -1.1 .307 .032 .022 1
Carl Furillo 31 518 331 108 8.6 112 .338 .344 .278 .393 .349 .580 .433 .973 .782 146 .743 32.6 3.1 .958 .307 .236 1.9 *O
#Jim Gilliam 24 710 460 95 5.5 112 .289 .278 .278 .383 .349 .415 .433 .798 .782 105 .556 7.8 0.8 .788 .314 .137 9.3 *4
Gil Hodges 29 598 371 110 7.8 112 .311 .302 .278 .393 .349 .550 .433 .943 .782 140 .708 31.0 2.9 .973 .387 .248 1.9 *3O
Dixie Howell 33 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .278 .000 .349 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Jim Hughes 30 15 11 1 2.4 113 .308 .286 .278 .286 .349 .286 .433 .571 .782 48 .218 -1.1 -0.1 .400 .000 .000 1
Clem Labine 26 34 29 0 0.0 112 .200 .071 .278 .161 .349 .107 .433 .268 .782 -29 .000 -5.5 -0.5 .231 .143 .036 1
Billy Loes 23 59 53 1 0.5 113 .163 .125 .278 .140 .349 .179 .433 .319 .782 -19 .016 -10.2 -1.0 .216 .071 .054 1
*Carmen Mauro 26 9 9 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .278 .000 .349 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /O
#Russ Meyer 29 84 72 2 0.7 112 .204 .147 .278 .179 .349 .160 .433 .339 .782 -12 .030 -12.7 -1.2 .227 .053 .013 1
Glenn Mickens 22 2 2 0 0.0 113 .000 .278 .000 .350 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Bob Milliken 26 37 33 1 0.8 112 .167 .118 .278 .143 .349 .176 .433 .319 .782 -18 .036 -6.0 -0.6 .226 .088 .059 1
Ray Moore 27 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .278 .000 .349 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Bobby Morgan 27 232 156 30 5.1 112 .310 .260 .278 .370 .349 .418 .433 .788 .782 102 .524 1.4 0.1 .753 .327 .158 3.1 56
Erv Palica 25 1 0 1 112 1.000 1.000 .278 1.000 .349 1.000 .433 2.000 .782 417 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 /1
*Johnny Podres 20 38 27 4 3.9 113 .314 .306 .278 .324 .349 .306 .433 .630 .782 63 .406 -2.0 -0.2 .500 .028 .000 .0 1
Pee Wee Reese 34 625 418 83 5.2 112 .287 .271 .278 .374 .349 .420 .433 .794 .782 104 .538 5.3 0.5 .799 .336 .149 16.3 *6
Jackie Robinson 34 574 350 104 7.9 112 .333 .329 .278 .425 .349 .502 .433 .927 .782 138 .709 31.2 2.9 .988 .353 .174 14.1 O5/436
Preacher Roe 38 65 59 1 0.4 113 .053 .053 .278 .100 .349 .105 .433 .205 .782 -47 .013 -12.9 -1.3 .167 .105 .053 .0 1
*George Shuba 28 189 135 23 4.5 112 .264 .254 .278 .326 .349 .426 .433 .752 .782 92 .469 -2.0 -0.2 .669 .266 .172 1.7 O
*Duke Snider 26 680 414 154 9.8 112 .341 .336 .278 .419 .349 .627 .433 1.046 .782 165 .786 58.4 5.5 1.134 .446 .292 23.2 *O
#Dick Teed 27 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .278 .000 .349 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
*Don Thompson 29 169 126 13 2.7 112 .259 .242 .278 .310 .349 .294 .433 .604 .782 57 .260 -9.8 -0.9 .472 .137 .052 1.3 O
Ben Wade 30 27 24 1 1.1 113 .200 .167 .278 .167 .349 .292 .433 .458 .782 15 .062 -3.2 -0.3 .333 .125 .125 .0 1
*Rube Walker 27 103 73 11 4.0 112 .247 .242 .278 .301 .349 .400 .433 .701 .782 79 .414 -3.1 -0.3 .630 .232 .158 .0 2
Dick Williams 24 60 45 5 2.9 113 .233 .218 .278 .271 .349 .364 .433 .635 .782 62 .287 -3.4 -0.3 .545 .200 .145 .0 O
League Average 4.8 110 .280 .265 .274 .335 .345 .409 .427 .744 .773 93 .494 .678 .247 .144
Team Total 6138 4081 957 6.2 112 .295 .285 .278 .366 .349 .474 .433 .840 .782 114 .612 117.2 10.8 .818 .319 .189 125.6
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Bill Antonello 26 42 45 43 7 6 1 1 1 3 0 2 11 .140 .178 .279 .457 2 40 40
*Wayne Belardi 22 72 184 167 18 38 3 2 11 32 0 16 42 .228 .299 .467 .766 23 69 69
Joe Black 29 35 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 34 34
Ralph Branca 27 25 37 35 3 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 15 .114 .162 .171 .334 1 24 24
Roy Campanella 31 150 598 529 97 158 25 3 40 134 4 65 60 .299 .380 .584 .964 116 144 144
Billy Cox 33 104 369 333 41 92 17 1 10 41 2 36 22 .276 .347 .423 .770 49 100 100
Carl Erskine 26 45 96 95 10 19 2 0 0 7 0 1 18 .200 .208 .221 .429 4 43 43
Carl Furillo 31 137 523 486 77 160 37 6 20 86 1 33 33 .329 .377 .553 .930 101 132 132
#Jim Gilliam 24 157 717 617 117 163 30 16 6 59 20 97 39 .264 .367 .394 .761 88 151 151
Gil Hodges 29 146 603 528 95 151 21 7 30 114 1 72 87 .286 .375 .523 .898 103 141 141
Dixie Howell 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Jim Hughes 30 50 15 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 48 48
Clem Labine 26 38 32 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 .000 .094 .000 .094 0 37 37
Billy Loes 23 33 58 57 1 6 1 1 0 3 0 1 14 .105 .121 .158 .279 1 32 32
*Carmen Mauro 26 93 225 205 16 49 4 5 0 19 3 20 29 .239 .307 .307 .614 20 89 89
#Russ Meyer 29 35 80 77 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 3 22 .143 .175 .156 .331 2 34 34
Glenn Mickens 22 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Bob Milliken 26 38 37 36 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 10 .139 .162 .194 .357 1 37 37
Ray Moore 27 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Bobby Morgan 27 72 234 201 33 50 6 2 7 31 2 32 49 .249 .355 .403 .758 28 69 69
Erv Palica 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4 4
*Johnny Podres 20 35 38 37 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .000 .026 .000 .026 3 34 34
Pee Wee Reese 34 145 622 537 101 140 25 7 13 57 22 81 63 .261 .362 .406 .768 78 140 140
Jackie Robinson 34 141 574 494 102 156 33 7 12 89 17 73 31 .316 .411 .484 .895 97 136 136
Preacher Roe 38 26 64 60 7 4 0 0 1 3 0 4 19 .067 .125 .117 .242 1 25 25
*George Shuba 28 77 189 172 17 41 11 1 5 21 1 16 21 .238 .307 .401 .708 21 74 74
*Duke Snider 26 159 683 600 124 193 37 4 41 118 16 80 93 .322 .404 .602 1.006 144 153 153
#Dick Teed 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Don Thompson 29 100 169 155 24 35 5 0 1 11 2 13 14 .226 .290 .277 .567 12 96 96
Ben Wade 30 33 25 25 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 32 32
*Rube Walker 27 45 105 97 5 22 6 0 3 8 0 7 11 .227 .286 .381 .667 10 43 43
Dick Williams 24 31 61 57 4 12 2 0 2 5 0 3 10 .211 .262 .351 .613 5 30 30
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bill Antonello 26 1 45 40 45 43 9 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 11 .163 .200 .302 .502 27 13 1 0 0
*Wayne Belardi 22 3 193 82 193 176 20 40 3 3 11 34 0 0 16 46 .227 .295 .466 .761 92 82 3 1 0
Joe Black 29 2 59 91 59 53 2 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 20 .170 .170 .170 .340 -8 9 1 0 6
Ralph Branca 27 10 518 299 518 447 32 60 5 1 2 30 0 0 34 157 .134 .195 .163 .359 -3 73 11 0 37 0 0
Roy Campanella 31 6 3007 754 3007 2644 433 772 129 13 158 563 20 8 335 300 .292 .375 .530 .905 137 1401 85 17 11
Billy Cox 33 9 3616 928 3616 3292 419 880 158 28 61 320 41 19 260 189 .267 .322 .388 .710 89 1277 70 7 57
Carl Erskine 26 6 333 184 333 304 31 52 5 0 0 15 0 0 7 62 .171 .195 .188 .382 2 57 3 2 20
Carl Furillo 31 8 4238 1068 4238 3876 566 1165 207 44 96 621 41 12 294 243 .301 .354 .451 .805 113 1748 115 27 41
#Jim Gilliam 24 1 710 151 710 605 125 168 31 17 6 63 21 14 100 38 .278 .383 .415 .798 105 251 7 3 2
Gil Hodges 29 8 3842 924 3842 3327 555 903 144 23 170 632 36 15 472 492 .271 .364 .482 .846 122 1603 67 15 28
Dixie Howell 33 6 952 317 952 855 96 210 33 4 12 87 1 2 85 130 .246 .317 .336 .652 73 287 20 4 8
Jim Hughes 30 2 20 54 20 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 17 4 0 0 2
Clem Labine 26 4 81 78 81 71 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 32 .085 .133 .113 .246 -34 8 2 0 6 0 0
Billy Loes 23 3 127 82 127 111 6 12 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 27 .108 .139 .135 .274 -27 15 2 0 12
*Carmen Mauro 26 4 456 167 456 416 40 96 9 8 2 33 6 4 37 65 .231 .298 .305 .604 61 127 10 3 0
#Russ Meyer 29 8 455 224 455 395 22 50 5 2 1 20 0 0 15 111 .127 .161 .157 .318 -14 62 8 1 44
Glenn Mickens 22 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Bob Milliken 26 1 37 37 37 34 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .118 .143 .176 .319 -18 6 1 0 2
Ray Moore 27 2 6 15 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan 27 3 710 203 710 586 109 141 24 5 21 70 4 4 111 125 .241 .368 .406 .774 105 238 19 7 6
Erv Palica 25 7 157 171 157 140 13 26 6 1 1 13 2 0 8 31 .186 .230 .264 .494 30 37 2 0 9 0 0
*Johnny Podres 20 1 38 34 38 36 5 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .306 .324 .306 .630 63 11 1 1 1
Pee Wee Reese 34 11 6950 1571 6950 5902 1002 1589 237 63 92 663 197 25 921 652 .269 .370 .377 .747 102 2228 110 18 109
Jackie Robinson 34 7 4516 1036 4516 3817 773 1219 230 46 104 596 166 19 556 221 .319 .414 .485 .899 137 1853 83 59 84
Preacher Roe 38 11 696 318 696 599 36 65 2 0 1 28 0 0 36 206 .109 .159 .117 .276 -25 70 7 0 61
*George Shuba 28 5 809 266 809 698 95 187 38 4 21 107 5 5 102 102 .268 .364 .424 .788 109 296 16 3 6
*Duke Snider 26 7 3510 838 3510 3145 545 947 157 41 151 544 71 21 328 486 .301 .369 .521 .890 133 1639 71 8 29
#Dick Teed 27 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
*Don Thompson 29 3 312 183 312 282 50 66 8 0 1 18 4 11 26 27 .234 .303 .273 .576 52 77 7 2 2
Ben Wade 30 3 92 71 92 86 8 11 3 0 4 8 0 0 1 31 .128 .138 .302 .440 16 26 4 0 5
*Rube Walker 27 6 1062 371 1062 971 76 240 41 2 22 106 0 0 84 124 .247 .310 .361 .671 80 351 26 4 3
Dick Williams 24 3 195 89 195 183 22 45 9 2 3 21 0 0 9 30 .246 .285 .366 .651 73 67 5 1 2
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1952 / 1954 Batting Statistics