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1953 Brooklyn Dodgers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

105-49, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Dressen (105-49)
Scored 955 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55

Ballparks: Ebbets Field · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees

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1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Bill Antonello 26 R R 5' 11" 185 May 19, 1927 1st 40 9 40 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 4 25 9 11 -0.4 $
Wayne Belardi 22 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 5, 1930 3 69 36 69 38 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0.2 $
Joe Black 29 R R 6' 2" 220 Feb 8, 1924 2 34 3 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $12,000
Ralph Branca 27 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 6, 1926 10 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Roy Campanella HOF 31 R R 5' 9" 190 Nov 19, 1921 6 144 131 144 140 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 7.2 $25,000 All-Star
Billy Cox 33 R R 5' 10" 150 Aug 29, 1919 9 100 88 100 93 0 0 0 1 89 6 0 0 0 0 7 2 1.8 $
Carl Erskine 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Dec 13, 1926 6 43 33 43 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.9 $
Carl Furillo 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 8, 1922 8 132 123 132 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 131 2 0 4.7 $ All-Star
Jim Gilliam 24 B R 5' 10" 175 Oct 17, 1928 1st 151 146 151 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4.1 $
Gil Hodges 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 4, 1924 8 141 139 141 141 0 0 126 0 0 0 19 0 6 25 1 1 4.5 $ All-Star
Dixie Howell 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 24, 1920 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Jim Hughes 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 21, 1923 2 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Clem Labine 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 6, 1926 4 37 7 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Billy Loes 23 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 13, 1929 3 32 25 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Carmen Mauro 26 L R 6' 0" 167 Nov 10, 1926 4 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 -0.3 $
Russ Meyer 29 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 25, 1923 8 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Glenn Mickens 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 26, 1930 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Bob Milliken 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 25, 1926 1st 37 10 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Ray Moore 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 1, 1926 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bobby Morgan 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1926 3 69 44 69 57 0 0 0 0 36 21 0 0 0 0 11 1 0.9 $
Erv Palica 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 9, 1928 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Johnny Podres 20 L L 5' 11" 170 Sep 30, 1932 1st 34 18 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.6 $
Pee Wee Reese HOF 34 R R 5' 10" 160 Jul 23, 1918 11 140 135 140 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 4 1 5.2 $33,500 All-Star
Jackie Robinson HOF 34 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 31, 1919 7 136 130 136 132 0 0 6 9 44 1 75 0 0 75 6 0 7.3 $38,000 All-Star
Preacher Roe 37 R L 6' 2" 170 Feb 26, 1916 11 25 24 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
George Shuba 28 L R 5' 11" 180 Dec 13, 1924 5 74 41 74 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 1 44 32 0 0.3 $
Duke Snider HOF 26 L R 6' 0" 179 Sep 19, 1926 7 153 149 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151 4 0 9.5 $ All-Star
Dick Teed 27 B R 5' 11" 180 Mar 8, 1926 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Don Thompson 29 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 28, 1923 3 96 32 96 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 7 26 81 13 14 -0.4 $
Ben Wade 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 25, 1922 3 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Rube Walker 27 L R 6' 0" 175 May 16, 1926 6 43 24 43 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.2 $
Dick Williams HOF 24 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 3 30 12 30 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 8 24 6 3 -0.5 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Pee Wee Reese

Bobby Morgan

Billy Cox

Duke Snider

Wayne Belardi

Carl Furillo

George Shuba

Dixie Howell
Dick Teed

Rube Walker

Wayne Belardi

Ralph Branca

Gil Hodges

Carl Erskine

Jim Hughes

Jim Gilliam

Carmen Mauro

Erv Palica

Bob Milliken

Preacher Roe

Don Thompson

Billy Loes

Bill Antonello

Russ Meyer

Dick Williams

Roy Campanella

Clem Labine

Jackie Robinson

Johnny Podres

Glenn Mickens
Ben Wade

Carmen Mauro
Russ Meyer
Ray Moore

Joe Black

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers