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1953 Brooklyn Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 105-49, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders Won NL Pennant Scored 955 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55 Managed by Chuck Dressen Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,163,419 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Best team in Dodger history? I think they were. Campanella (MVP) Snider, and Hodges combine for 114 homers, 390 rbis, 973 total bases. Team set record with 955 runs scored, 2545 total bases, and 105 wins.

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Roy Campanella      31  144  519  103  162  26  3  41  142  67   58  .312  .395  .611   4   2  13   4   0          155
1B  Gil Hodges          29  141  520  101  157  22  7  31  122  75   84  .302  .393  .550   1   4   4   3   0          141
2B #Jim Gilliam         24  151  605  125  168  31 17   6   63 100   38  .278  .383  .415  21  14   7   3   2          106
3B  Billy Cox           33  100  327   44   95  18  1  10   44  37   21  .291  .363  .443   2   2   7   0   7          107
SS  Pee Wee Reese       34  140  524  108  142  25  7  13   61  82   61  .271  .374  .420  22   6  15   4  15          105
OF *Duke Snider         26  153  590  132  198  38  4  42  126  82   90  .336  .419  .627  16   7  10   3   5          166
OF  Carl Furillo        31  132  479   82  165  38  6  21   92  34   32  .344  .393  .580   1   1  15   4   1          147
OF *Don Thompson        29   96  153   25   37   5  0   1   12  14   13  .242  .310  .294   2   3   6   1   1           57
    Jackie Robinson     34  136  484  109  159  34  7  12   95  74   30  .329  .425  .502  17   4  12   7   9          139
    Bobby Morgan        27   69  196   35   51   6  2   7   33  33   47  .260  .370  .418   2   2   7   1   2          103
   *George Shuba        28   74  169   19   43  12  1   5   23  17   20  .254  .326  .426   1   2   5   1   2           93
   *Wayne Belardi       22   69  163   19   39   3  2  11   34  16   40  .239  .311  .485   0   0   2   1   0          102
   *Rube Walker         27   43   95    5   23   6  0   3    9   7   11  .242  .301  .400   0   0   1   1   0           79
    Dick Williams       24   30   55    4   12   2  0   2    5   3   10  .218  .271  .364   0   0   1   1   1           62
    Bill Antonello      26   40   43    9    7   1  1   1    4   2   11  .163  .200  .302   0   0   1   0   0           28
   *Carmen Mauro        26    8    9    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Dixie Howell        33    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   #Dick Teed           27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Carl Erskine        26   43   93   12   20   2  0   0    8   1   17  .215  .223  .237   0   0   2   0   7           19
   #Russ Meyer          29   34   75    6   11   1  0   0    2   3   21  .147  .179  .160   0   0   2   0   6          -11
    Preacher Roe        38   25   57    4    3   0  0   1    2   3   18  .053  .100  .105   0   0   0   0   5          -47
    Billy Loes          23   32   56    2    7   1  1   0    4   1   13  .125  .140  .179   0   0   2   0   2          -18
   *Johnny Podres       20   34   36    5   11   0  0   0    1   0    1  .306  .324  .306   1   0   1   1   1           64
    Bob Milliken        26   37   34    1    4   2  0   0    1   1   10  .118  .143  .176   0   0   1   0   2          -18
    Clem Labine         26   37   28    1    2   1  0   0    0   3   18  .071  .161  .107   0   0   0   0   3          -29
    Ben Wade            30   32   24    1    4   0  0   1    2   0    8  .167  .167  .292   0   0   1   0   3           16
    Joe Black           29   34   17    1    4   0  0   0    1   0    5  .235  .235  .235   0   0   0   0   0           22
    Jim Hughes          30   48   14    1    4   0  0   0    1   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   1           48
    Ray Moore           27    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Glenn Mickens       22    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Erv Palica          25    4    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          419
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  155 5373  955 1529 274 59 208  887 655  686  .285  .362  .474  90  47 115  35  75          125
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    1    1   2  2   1        1    4     1     1     1   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Carl Erskine        26  39   3.54  20   6  3  33   4  16   4  246.7  213  106   97  21   95  187 1030   4   3  0     121
SP  Russ Meyer          29  34   4.56  15   5  0  32   1  10   2  191.3  201  109   97  25   63  106  819   4   1  0      94
SP  Billy Loes          23  32   4.54  14   8  0  25   3   9   1  162.7  165   92   82  21   53   75  691   2   3  3      94
SP *Preacher Roe        38  25   4.36  11   3  0  24   0   9   1  157.0  171   78   76  27   40   85  661   1   1  0      98
SP *Johnny Podres       20  33   4.23   9   4  0  18   3   3   1  115.0  126   62   54  12   64   82  518   2   1  0     101

CL  Jim Hughes          30  48   3.47   4   3  9   0  20   0   0   85.7   80   33   33   6   41   49  372   2   1  0     123
RP  Ben Wade            30  32   3.79   7   5  3   0  15   0   0   90.3   79   40   38  15   33   65  377   1   4  0     113
RP  Joe Black           29  34   5.33   6   3  5   3  17   0   0   72.7   74   46   43  12   27   42  315   0   1  1      80
RP  Clem Labine         26  37   2.77  11   6  7   7  21   0   0  110.3   92   39   34   9   30   44  444   3   0  0     154
RP  Bob Milliken        26  37   3.37   8   4  2  10  12   3   0  117.7   94   52   44  13   42   65  485   4   0  0     127

    Ralph Branca        27   7   9.82   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   11.0   15   12   12   4    5    5   51   0   2  0      44
    Ray Moore           27   1   3.38   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    8.0    6    3    3   1    4    4   34   0   0  0     127
    Glenn Mickens       22   4  11.37   0   1  0   2   2   0   0    6.3   11    9    8   2    4    5   33   0   0  0      38
    Erv Palica          25   4  12.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0   10    8    8   1    8    3   35   1   0  0      36
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 155   4.10 105  49 29 155 104  51  11 1380.0 1337  689  629 169  509  817 5865  24  17  4     104
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   1   8  2           3   3      3    2    3        7    3    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RCampanella 140 807 57 10 9 .989 3 RWalker 28 120 12 3 2 .978 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 927 69 13 11 .987 4 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHodges 127 1025 99 8 105 .993 8.85 WBelardi 38 283 23 5 34 .984 8.05 JRobinson 6 41 5 0 4 1.000 7.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1349 127 13 143 .991 9.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGilliam 149 332 426 19 102 .976 5.09 JRobinson 9 16 25 0 7 1.000 4.56 BCox 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 349 453 20 109 .976 5.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BCox 89 86 142 6 20 .974 2.56 JRobinson 44 34 84 3 14 .975 2.68 BMorgan 36 22 58 7 6 .920 2.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 142 284 16 40 .964 2.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .958 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PReese 135 265 380 23 83 .966 4.78 BMorgan 21 49 47 3 13 .970 4.57 BCox 6 5 3 0 1 1.000 1.33 JRobinson 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 321 433 26 97 .967 4.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.11 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DSnider 151 370 7 5 3 .987 2.50 0 151 0 CFurillo 131 232 11 3 3 .988 1.85 0 0 131 DThompson 81 84 5 1 1 .989 1.10 51 8 25 JRobinson 76 145 9 3 0 .981 2.03 76 0 0 GShuba 44 59 1 1 1 .984 1.36 43 0 1 BAntonello 25 27 0 1 0 .964 1.08 20 2 4 GHodges 24 37 2 1 1 .975 1.62 18 0 6 DWilliams 24 24 0 2 0 .923 1.00 17 2 9 CMauro 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 979 35 17 9 .984 2.20 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CErskine 39 15 30 4 0 .918 1.64 RMeyer 34 8 33 3 1 .932 1.93 BLoes 32 14 37 1 5 .981 2.82 PRoe 25 4 30 0 3 1.000 1.95 BMilliken 37 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.07 JPodres 33 6 17 1 0 .958 1.80 CLabine 37 8 19 0 2 1.000 2.20 BWade 32 4 4 1 2 .889 0.80 JHughes 48 8 9 0 0 1.000 1.79 JBlack 34 3 11 1 0 .933 1.73 RBranca 7 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.64 RMoore 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.12 GMickens 4 0 2 1 0 .667 2.86 EPalica 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 74 207 13 15 .956 1.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Furillo .344 On-base % Robinson .425 Slugging % Snider .627 OPS Snider 1.046 Games Snider 153 At Bats Gilliam 605 Plate Appearances (approx.) Gilliam 710 Runs Snider 132 Hits Snider 198 Total Bases Snider 370 Doubles Furillo and Snider 38 Triples Gilliam 17 Home Runs Snider 42 RBI Campanella 142 Bases on Balls Gilliam 100 Strikeouts Snider 90 Stolen Bases Reese 22 Singles Gilliam and Snider 114 Adjusted OPS+ Snider 166 Runs Created Snider 154 Adjusted Batting Runs Snider 59 Batting Wins Snider 5.5 Extra-Base Hits Snider 84 Times on Base Snider 283 Offensive Win% Snider .786 Hit By Pitch Robinson 7 Sac. Hits Reese 15 Grounded into Double Plays Furillo and Reese 15 Caught Stealing Gilliam 14 Power/Speed Number Snider 23.2 At Bats per Strikeout Robinson 16.1 At Bats per Home Run Campanella 12.7 Outs Gilliam 460

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Erskine 3.54 Wins Erskine 20 Won-Loss % Roe .786 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Erskine 1.249 Hits Allowed/9IP Erskine 7.77 Bases on Balls/9IP Roe 2.29 Strikeouts/9IP Erskine 6.82 Games Hughes 48 Saves Hughes 9 Innings Erskine 246.7 Strikeouts Erskine 187 Games Started Erskine 33 Comp. Games Erskine 16 Shutouts Erskine 4 Home Runs Allow. Roe 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Erskine 95 Hits Allowed Erskine 213 SO to Walk Roe 2.13 Losses Loes 8 Earned Runs Allow. Erskine and Meyer 97 Wild Pitches Erskine, Meyer, and Milliken 4 Hit Batsmen Wade 4 Batters Faced Erskine 1030 Games Finished Labine 21 Adjusted ERA+ Erskine 121

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Roy Campanella (Starting C)
Carl Furillo
Gil Hodges
Pee Wee Reese (Starting SS)
Jackie Robinson
Duke Snider

1952/1954

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