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1955 Brooklyn Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 98-55, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders World Series Champs Scored 857 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-58 Managed by Walter Alston Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,033,589 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Won World Series (4-3) over 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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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      33  123  446   81  142  20  1  32  107  56   41  .318  .395  .583   2   3  14   6   5   9   9  153
1B  Gil Hodges          31  150  546   75  158  24  5  27  102  80   91  .289  .377  .500   2   1  16   3   3  10   3  128
2B #Jim Gilliam         26  147  538  110  134  20  8   7   40  70   37  .249  .341  .355  15  15   8   6  11   2   4   84
3B  Jackie Robinson     36  105  317   51   81   6  2   8   36  61   18  .256  .378  .363  12   3   8   3   6   3   5   96
SS  Pee Wee Reese       36  145  553   99  156  29  4  10   61  78   60  .282  .371  .403   8   7  22   3  13   5   1  104
OF *Duke Snider         28  148  538  126  166  34  6  42  136 104   87  .309  .418  .628   9   7   9   1   4   6  19  170
OF  Carl Furillo        33  140  523   83  164  24  3  26   95  43   43  .314  .371  .520   4   5  15   7   1   4   5  131
OF *Sandy Amoros        25  119  388   59   96  16  7  10   51  55   45  .247  .347  .402  10   5   8   6   2   4   5   96
    Don Zimmer          24   88  280   38   67  10  1  15   50  19   66  .239  .289  .443   5   3   7   2   4   4   5   89
    Don Hoak            27   94  279   50   67  13  3   5   19  46   50  .240  .350  .362   9   5   9   1   6   0   0   88
   *Rube Walker         29   48  103    6   26   5  0   2   13  15   11  .252  .342  .359   1   0   8   0   0   2   4   85
    Frank Kellert       30   39   80   12   26   4  2   4   19   9   10  .325  .385  .575   0   1   1   0   0   2   0  148
   *George Shuba        30   44   51    8   14   2  0   1    8  11   10  .275  .422  .373   0   0   2   2   0   0   1  111
    Dixie Howell        35   16   42    2   11   4  0   0    5   1    7  .262  .273  .357   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   64
    Bob Borkowski       29    9   19    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    6  .105  .150  .105   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -31
   *Walt Moryn          29   11   19    3    5   1  0   1    3   5    4  .263  .417  .474   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  134
   *Bert Hamric         27    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Don Newcombe        29   57  117   18   42   9  1   7   23   6   18  .359  .395  .632   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  165
    Carl Erskine        28   42   74   12   15   3  0   1   11   0   12  .203  .197  .284   0   0   1   0   0   2   0   25
   *Johnny Podres       22   32   60    9   11   2  0   0    5   4    5  .183  .234  .217   0   1   1   0   4   0   0   20
    Billy Loes          25   22   44    2    4   0  0   0    0   3   15  .091  .149  .091   1   0   1   0   3   0   0  -35
    Clem Labine         28   60   31    4    3   0  0   3    5   3   18  .097  .176  .387   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   43
    Karl Spooner        24   29   28    3    8   3  1   0    4   2   14  .286  .333  .464   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  107
   #Russ Meyer          31   18   27    1    1   1  0   0    2   1   10  .037  .071  .074   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -62
    Roger Craig         25   21   26    2    2   0  0   0    0   1   10  .077  .111  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -49
    Don Bessent         24   24   20    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    8  .100  .100  .100   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -47
    Ed Roebuck          23   47   18    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    6  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
    Sandy Koufax        19   12   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0   12  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Hughes          32   24   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joe Black           31    6    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   76
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  154 5193  857 1406 230 44 201  800 674  718  .271  .355  .448  79  56 132  41  75  54  62  116
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    1    2   1  5   1        1    3     1     1     1   1   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Don Newcombe        29  34   3.20  20   5  0  31   1  17   1  233.7  222  103   83  35   38  143  943   0   1  0   1 128
SP  Carl Erskine        28  31   3.79  11   8  1  29   1   7   2  194.7  185   89   82  29   64   84  808   4   0  0   3 108
SP *Johnny Podres       22  27   3.95   9  10  0  24   0   5   2  159.3  160   80   70  15   57  114  684   5   4  0   2 103
SP  Billy Loes          25  22   3.59  10   4  0  19   0   6   0  128.0  116   59   51  16   46   85  539   1   2  0   1 114
SP  Russ Meyer          31  18   5.42   6   2  0  11   1   2   1   73.0   86   46   44   8   31   26  327   3   0  0   6  75

CL  Ed Roebuck          23  47   4.71   5   6 12   0  27   0   0   84.0   96   51   44  14   24   33  368   3   3  0   5  87
RP  Clem Labine         28  60   3.24  13   5 11   8  32   1   0  144.3  121   61   52  12   55   67  592   5   0  0   4 126
RP  Jim Hughes          32  24   4.22   0   2  6   0  15   0   0   42.7   41   22   20  10   19   20  182   3   0  0   1  97
RP  Don Bessent         24  24   2.70   8   1  3   2   8   1   0   63.3   51   19   19   7   21   29  255   1   0  0   2 151
RP *Karl Spooner        24  29   3.65   8   6  2  14  10   2   1   98.7   79   50   40   8   41   78  420   1   5  0   1 112

    Roger Craig         25  21   2.78   5   3  2  10   4   3   0   90.7   81   37   28   8   43   48  388   3   1  0   6 147
   *Sandy Koufax        19  12   3.02   2   2  0   5   4   2   2   41.7   33   15   14   2   28   30  183   2   1  1   1 135
    Joe Black           31   6   2.93   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   15.3   15    5    5   1    5    9   62   0   0  1   1 139
   *Chuck Templeton     23   4  11.57   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    4.7    5    7    6   2    5    3   24   0   1  0   0  35
   *Tommy Lasorda       27   4  13.50   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    4.0    5    6    6   1    6    4   24   4   1  0   0  30
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.2 154   3.68  98  55 37 154 108  46  11 1378.0 1296  650  563 168  483  773 5799  35  19  2  34 111
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  1           5   2      3    2    1        7    3    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RCampanella 121 672 54 6 8 .992 4 RWalker 35 147 10 2 3 .987 0 DHowell 13 49 4 1 0 .981 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 868 68 9 11 .990 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHodges 139 1274 105 12 126 .991 9.92 FKellert 22 159 12 3 9 .983 7.77 JRobinson 1 11 0 1 0 .917 11.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1444 117 16 135 .990 10.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGilliam 99 213 269 16 64 .968 4.87 DZimmer 62 154 166 8 54 .976 5.16 JRobinson 1 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 371 437 24 119 .971 5.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRobinson 84 74 180 9 18 .966 3.02 DHoak 78 82 183 11 15 .960 3.40 DZimmer 8 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 158 371 20 33 .964 3.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PReese 142 239 404 23 86 .965 4.53 DZimmer 21 28 33 4 9 .938 2.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 267 437 27 95 .963 4.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DSnider 146 348 9 4 0 .989 2.45 0 146 0 CFurillo 140 249 10 5 4 .981 1.85 6 1 139 SAmoros 109 201 10 6 1 .972 1.94 102 8 5 JGilliam 46 96 2 3 0 .970 2.13 41 4 7 GHodges 16 17 1 2 0 .900 1.12 9 1 6 JRobinson 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 10 0 0 BBorkowski 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 3 2 4 GShuba 9 10 0 1 0 .909 1.11 7 1 2 WMoryn 7 5 0 1 0 .833 0.71 1 0 6 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 944 33 22 5 .978 2.13 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DNewcombe 34 15 24 4 5 .907 1.50 CErskine 31 6 26 3 1 .914 1.48 JPodres 27 7 21 1 2 .966 1.58 CLabine 60 21 30 1 2 .981 3.18 BLoes 22 6 20 1 1 .963 1.83 KSpooner 29 9 11 0 0 1.000 1.82 RCraig 21 6 11 1 1 .944 1.69 ERoebuck 47 7 20 2 0 .931 2.89 RMeyer 18 1 21 0 1 1.000 2.71 DBessent 24 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.71 JHughes 24 2 8 1 1 .909 2.11 SKoufax 12 1 6 1 0 .875 1.51 JBlack 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.59 CTempleton 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 TLasorda 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 82 211 15 14 .951 1.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Campanella .318 On-base % Snider .418 Slugging % Snider .628 OPS Snider 1.046 Games Hodges 150 At Bats Reese 553 Plate Appearances (approx.) Snider 653 Runs Snider 126 Hits Snider 166 Total Bases Snider 338 Doubles Snider 34 Triples Gilliam 8 Home Runs Snider 42 RBI Snider 136 Bases on Balls Snider 104 Strikeouts Hodges 91 Stolen Bases Gilliam 15 Singles Reese 113 Adjusted OPS+ Snider 170 Runs Created Snider 145 Adjusted Batting Runs Snider 58 Batting Wins Snider 5.6 Extra-Base Hits Snider 82 Times on Base Snider 271 Offensive Win% Snider .793 Hit By Pitch Furillo 7 Sac. Hits Reese 13 Sac. Flies Hodges 10 Intentional Walks Snider 19 Grounded into Double Plays Reese 22 Caught Stealing Gilliam 15 Power/Speed Number Snider 14.8 At Bats per Strikeout Gilliam 14.5 At Bats per Home Run Snider 12.8 Outs Reese 444

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Newcombe 3.20 Wins Newcombe 20 Won-Loss % Newcombe .800 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Newcombe 1.113 Hits Allowed/9IP Newcombe and Erskine 8.55 Bases on Balls/9IP Newcombe 1.46 Strikeouts/9IP Podres 6.44 Games Labine 60 Saves Roebuck 12 Innings Newcombe 233.7 Strikeouts Newcombe 143 Games Started Newcombe 31 Comp. Games Newcombe 17 Shutouts Erskine, Koufax, and Podres 2 Home Runs Allow. Newcombe 35 Bases On Balls Allow. Erskine 64 Hits Allowed Newcombe 222 SO to Walk Newcombe 3.76 Losses Podres 10 Earned Runs Allow. Newcombe 83 Wild Pitches Labine and Podres 5 Hit Batsmen Spooner 5 Batters Faced Newcombe 943 Games Finished Labine 32 Adjusted ERA+ Newcombe 128

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Roy Campanella
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Don Newcombe
Duke Snider (Starting CF)

1954/1956

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