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

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Even though they didn't win the World Series, this is aguably Brooklyn's greatest team with 105 wins. Great hitting, great defense and solid pitching. This team also translates well to APBA or Strat-o-Matic.
| 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 | 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 | ||
| 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* | 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 | 3B | 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 | ||
| 8 | 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 | |||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 94 | 1.340 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 1.42 | |
| 4 | SP | Preacher Roe* | 38 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4.36 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 171 | 78 | 76 | 27 | 40 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 661 | 98 | 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 | 101 | 1.652 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 1.28 | |
| 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 | 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 | 123 | 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 | 127 | 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 | 154 | 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 | 113 | 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 | 80 | 1.390 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 1.56 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 44 | 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 | 127 | 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 | 38 | 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 | 36 | 3.000 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 0.38 | |||
| Team Totals | 27.6 | 105 | 49 | .682 | 4.10 | 155 | 155 | 104 | 51 | 9 | 29 | 1380.2 | 1337 | 689 | 629 | 169 | 509 | 817 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 5865 | 104 | 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 | 5308 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Belardi | 22 | 38 | 311 | 283 | 23 | 5 | 34 | .984 | 8.05 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Black | 29 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 0.41 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Branca | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.29 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Roy Campanella | 31 | 140 | 874 | 807 | 57 | 10 | 9 | .989 | 6.17 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Cox | 33 | 96 | 246 | 92 | 147 | 7 | 21 | .972 | 2.49 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Carl Erskine | 26 | 39 | 49 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 1.15 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Gilliam | 24 | 149 | 777 | 332 | 426 | 19 | 102 | .976 | 5.09 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Gil Hodges | 29 | 127 | 1132 | 1025 | 99 | 8 | 105 | .993 | 8.85 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hughes | 30 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.35 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Clem Labine | 26 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Loes | 23 | 32 | 52 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 1.59 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Russ Meyer | 29 | 34 | 44 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 1.21 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Glenn Mickens | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Milliken | 26 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.38 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Moore | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Morgan | 27 | 57 | 186 | 71 | 105 | 10 | 19 | .946 | 3.09 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Erv Palica | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Podres | 20 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 0.70 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Pee Wee Reese | 34 | 135 | 668 | 265 | 380 | 23 | 83 | .966 | 4.78 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Robinson | 34 | 60 | 213 | 93 | 117 | 3 | 25 | .986 | 3.50 | 3B-2B-1B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Preacher Roe | 38 | 25 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.36 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ben Wade | 30 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rube Walker | 27 | 28 | 135 | 120 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 4.71 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.9 | 155 | 5867 | 4141 | 1608 | 118 | 424 | .980 | 3.28 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 3 | 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 |