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1953 Brooklyn Dodgers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 .943 139 286 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 Jackie Robinson 34 136 574 484 109 159 34 7 12 95 17 4 74 30 .329 .425 .502 .927 137 243 12 7 9
8 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
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 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
10 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
11 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
12 OF Don Thompson* 29 96 169 153 25 37 5 0 1 12 2 3 14 13 .242 .310 .294 .604 56 45 6 1 1
13 C Rube Walker* 27 43 103 95 5 23 6 0 3 9 0 0 7 11 .242 .301 .400 .701 78 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 37 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
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
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP 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 121 1.249 7.8 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.97
2 SP 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 94 1.380 9.5 1.2 3.0 5.0 1.68
3 SP 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 95 1.340 9.1 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.42
4 SP 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 99 1.344 9.8 1.5 2.3 4.9 2.13
5 SP Johnny Podres* 20 9 4 .692 4.23 33 18 3 3 1 0 115.0 126 62 54 12 64 82 1 0 2 518 102 1.652 9.9 0.9 5.0 6.4 1.28
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Jim Hughes 30 4 3 .571 3.47 48 0 20 0 0 9 85.2 80 33 33 6 41 49 1 0 2 372 124 1.412 8.4 0.6 4.3 5.1 1.20
7 RP Bob Milliken 26 8 4 .667 3.37 37 10 12 3 0 2 117.2 94 52 44 13 42 65 0 0 4 485 128 1.156 7.2 1.0 3.2 5.0 1.55
8 RP Clem Labine 26 11 6 .647 2.77 37 7 21 0 0 7 110.1 92 39 34 9 30 44 0 0 3 444 155 1.106 7.5 0.7 2.4 3.6 1.47
9 RP Ben Wade 30 7 5 .583 3.79 32 0 15 0 0 3 90.1 79 40 38 15 33 65 4 0 1 377 114 1.240 7.9 1.5 3.3 6.5 1.97
10 RP 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 81 1.390 9.2 1.5 3.3 5.2 1.56
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 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 45 1.818 12.3 3.3 4.1 4.1 1.00
12 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 34 133 1.250 6.8 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
13 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 40 2.368 15.6 2.8 5.7 7.1 1.25
14 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 38 3.000 15.0 1.5 12.0 4.5 0.38
Team Totals 27.5 105 49 .682 4.10 155 155 104 51 9 29 1380.2 1337 689 629 169 509 817 17 4 24 5865 105 1.337 8.7 1.1 3.3 5.3 1.61
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 7 3 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Bill Antonello 26 25 9 6 28 27 0 1 0 .964 1.08 OF
Wayne Belardi 22 38 36 25 311 283 23 5 34 .984 8.05 1B
Joe Black 29 34 3 0 15 3 11 1 0 .933 0.41 2 1 33% 0 P
Ralph Branca 27 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.29 0 1 100% 0 P
Roy Campanella 31 140 131 127 874 807 57 10 9 .989 6.17 3 21 19 22 54% 40% 1 C
Billy Cox 33 93 88 80 246 92 147 7 21 .972 2.49 3B-SS-2B
Carl Erskine 26 39 33 16 49 15 30 4 0 .918 1.15 2 6 75% 3 P
Carl Furillo 31 131 123 117 246 232 11 3 3 .988 1.85 OF
Jim Gilliam 24 149 146 145 777 332 426 19 102 .976 5.09 2B
Gil Hodges 29 141 139 126 1172 1062 101 9 106 .992 7.70 1B-OF
Jim Hughes 30 48 0 0 17 8 9 0 0 1.000 0.35 0 0 0 P
Clem Labine 26 37 7 0 27 8 19 0 2 1.000 0.73 1 2 67% 0 P
Billy Loes 23 32 25 9 52 14 37 1 5 .981 1.59 2 3 60% 0 P
Carmen Mauro 26 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Russ Meyer 29 34 32 10 44 8 33 3 1 .932 1.21 7 0 0% 1 P
Glenn Mickens 22 4 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.50 1 0 0% 0 P
Bob Milliken 26 37 10 3 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.38 2 2 50% 0 P
Ray Moore 27 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 0 P
Bobby Morgan 27 57 44 42 186 71 105 10 19 .946 3.09 3B-SS
Erv Palica 25 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 0 P
Johnny Podres 20 33 18 3 24 6 17 1 0 .958 0.70 1 3 75% 5 P
Pee Wee Reese 34 135 135 128 668 265 380 23 83 .966 4.78 SS
Jackie Robinson 34 132 130 91 370 238 126 6 25 .984 2.68 OF-3B-2B-1B-SS
Preacher Roe 37 25 24 9 34 4 30 0 3 1.000 1.36 3 2 40% 1 P
George Shuba 28 44 41 13 61 59 1 1 1 .984 1.36 OF
Duke Snider 26 151 149 143 382 370 7 5 3 .987 2.50 OF
Don Thompson 29 81 32 22 90 84 5 1 1 .989 1.10 OF
Ben Wade 30 32 0 0 9 4 4 1 2 .889 0.25 1 5 83% 0 P
Rube Walker 27 28 24 15 135 120 12 3 2 .978 4.71 1 4 3 3 50% 40% 0 C
Dick Williams 24 24 12 5 26 24 0 2 0 .923 1.00 OF
Team Totals 28.9 155 1395 1137 5867 4141 1608 118 424 .980 3.28 4 25 22 25 53% 20% 11
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 3 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Bill Antonello 26 40 45 -4 -0 0 1 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .488 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ Amateur Free Agent O7/98
Wayne Belardi* 22 69 180 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -2 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.5 -0.2 4 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Joe Black 29 34 17 -2 -0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $12,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Ralph Branca 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Roy Campanella 31 144 590 40 0 -1 7 5 52 4.9 20 72 6.8 .535 .531 6.3 1.1 64 $25,000 Free Agency *2
Billy Cox 33 100 371 4 -1 -1 6 1 8 0.7 12 21 2.0 .508 .505 1.5 0.6 15 $ Traded 5/64
Carl Erskine 26 43 101 -11 -0 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 3 3 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 3 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Carl Furillo 31 132 518 32 0 0 2 -6 29 2.7 17 47 4.5 .522 .518 4.4 -0.4 44 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *O9
Jim Gilliam# 24 151 710 6 0 1 4 6 17 1.5 24 41 3.8 .511 .510 3.6 0.9 37 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Gil Hodges 29 141 598 28 -1 2 3 -7 25 2.3 20 45 4.2 .517 .515 4.2 -0.5 42 $ Amateur Free Agent *3O7/9
Dixie Howell 33 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .470 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Traded
Jim Hughes 30 48 15 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Clem Labine 26 37 34 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Billy Loes 23 32 59 -9 -1 -0 0 6 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Carmen Mauro* 26 8 9 -3 0 0 -0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .465 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ Traded /O9
Russ Meyer# 29 34 84 -14 0 -0 0 9 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .485 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -2 $ Traded 1
Glenn Mickens 22 4 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .490 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bob Milliken 26 37 37 -5 0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Ray Moore 27 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .438 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bobby Morgan 27 69 232 2 0 -1 0 2 2 0.2 8 10 0.9 .503 .501 1.0 0.1 10 $ Amateur Free Agent 56
Erv Palica 25 4 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .512 .500 0.1 0.0 0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Johnny Podres* 20 34 38 0 -0 -0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .512 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Pee Wee Reese 34 140 625 7 8 0 7 8 31 2.9 21 52 4.9 .521 .519 4.4 1.4 45 $33,500 Traded *6
Jackie Robinson 34 136 574 35 6 1 12 -3 51 4.8 19 70 6.7 .537 .531 5.7 0.8 58 $38,000 Free Agency O75/436
Preacher Roe 37 25 65 -14 0 1 0 7 -7 -0.7 2 -4 -0.7 .473 .496 -0.7 -0.0 -4 $ Traded 1
George Shuba* 28 74 189 -3 -0 -0 2 -2 -4 -0.4 6 3 0.2 .495 .498 0.1 -0.0 1 $ Amateur Free Agent O7/9
Duke Snider* 26 153 680 62 2 2 8 -1 73 6.8 23 96 9.1 .546 .543 8.6 0.6 88 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O
Dick Teed# 27 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .470 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Don Thompson* 29 96 169 -6 -1 -0 2 -3 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.3 .491 .495 -0.5 -0.2 -5 $ Traded O79/8
Ben Wade 30 32 27 -3 0 -0 0 3 0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ Purchased 1
Rube Walker* 27 43 103 -2 -1 -0 0 1 -2 -0.3 3 1 0.1 .494 .498 0.1 0.1 1 $ Traded 2
Dick Williams 24 30 60 -4 0 0 -2 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .479 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ Amateur Free Agent O7/98
Team Total 29.1 1900 6138 125 12 5 50 49 242 21.9 205 447 40.7 .512 .504 37.5 3.7 396 $108,500
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Joe Black 29 72.2 34 3 46 5.70 4.64 0.33 0.00 101.0 4.35 -10 -1.0 1.4 -0.3 -0.6 -2 .471 .494 $12,000 Amateur Free Agent
Ralph Branca 27 11.0 7 0 12 9.82 4.83 0.35 0.00 100.5 4.50 -6 -0.6 .1 0.2 -0.2 -5 .416 .496 $ Amateur Free Agent
Carl Erskine 26 246.2 39 33 106 3.87 4.74 0.31 0.00 99.5 4.41 17 1.7 2.7 -0.0 3.9 44 .544 .511 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Hughes 30 85.2 48 0 33 3.47 4.55 0.33 0.00 100.6 4.24 8 0.8 1.2 -0.1 1.5 18 .517 .505 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Clem Labine 26 110.1 37 7 39 3.18 4.79 0.34 0.00 98.3 4.37 16 1.6 1.3 0.0 2.6 28 .543 .510 $ Amateur Free Agent
Billy Loes 23 162.2 32 25 92 5.09 4.74 0.35 0.00 99.1 4.35 -12 -1.2 1.4 -0.1 0.2 6 .464 .493 $ Amateur Free Agent
Russ Meyer 29 191.1 34 32 109 5.13 4.56 0.34 0.00 99.6 4.20 -18 -1.7 2.8 -0.1 -0.1 3 .449 .489 $ Traded
Glenn Mickens 22 6.1 4 2 9 12.79 4.34 0.36 0.00 101.5 4.04 -6 -0.5 .4 0.0 -0.4 -5 .367 .497 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Milliken 26 117.2 37 10 52 3.98 4.68 0.32 0.00 100.1 4.37 6 0.6 .9 -0.2 1.6 19 .516 .504 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ray Moore 27 8.0 1 1 3 3.38 4.07 0.32 0.00 108.0 4.05 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .569 .500 $ Amateur Free Agent
Erv Palica 25 6.0 4 0 8 12.00 4.39 0.40 0.00 97.1 3.88 -5 -0.5 .6 0.1 -0.3 -5 .381 .497 $ Amateur Free Agent
Johnny Podres* 20 115.0 33 18 62 4.85 4.55 0.33 0.00 101.1 4.27 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.3 6 .481 .496 $ Amateur Free Agent
Preacher Roe* 37 157.0 25 24 78 4.47 4.68 0.34 0.00 100.9 4.39 -0 -0.0 .1 -0.1 1.3 17 .499 .500 $ Traded
Ben Wade 30 90.1 32 0 40 3.99 4.59 0.30 0.00 99.1 4.25 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.0 13 .511 .502 $ Purchased
Team Total 27.5 1380.2 367 155 689 4.49 4.66 0.33 0.00 99.9 4.32 -14 -1.0 1.2 -0.7 10.9 138 .497 .500 $12,000
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics