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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
93-61, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 720 runs, Allowed 601 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64
Manager: Walter Alston (93-61)
Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,213,562 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to New York Yankees
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Sandy Amoros 26 L L 170 Jan 30, 1930 4 114 82 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 5 9 86 27 2
Bob Aspromonte 18 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 19, 1938 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Don Bessent 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 13, 1931 2 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Branca 30 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 6, 1926 12 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Campanella HOF 34 R R 5' 8" 200 Nov 19, 1921 9 124 113 124 124 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 All-Star
Gino Cimoli 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 18, 1929 1st 73 4 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 8 4 62 4 12
Roger Craig 26 R R 6' 4" 191 Feb 17, 1930 2 35 32 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Darnell 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 6, 1930 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Demeter 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Jun 25, 1935 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
Don Drysdale HOF 19 R R 6' 6" 216 Jul 23, 1936 1st 26 12 26 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Carl Erskine 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Dec 13, 1926 9 32 28 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chico Fernandez 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 2, 1932 1st 34 16 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 3 10
Carl Furillo 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 8, 1922 11 149 141 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 144 146 3 0
Jim Gilliam 27 B R 175 Oct 17, 1928 4 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 102 0 0 53 0 7 56 1 0 All-Star
Gil Hodges 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 4, 1924 11 153 151 153 153 0 1 138 0 0 0 22 0 8 30 1 0
Dixie Howell 36 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 24, 1920 8 7 4 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Hughes 33 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 21, 1923 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Jackson 30 R R 180 Feb 10, 1926 7 101 74 101 101 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Sandy Koufax HOF 20 R L 6' 2" 210 Dec 30, 1935 2 16 10 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clem Labine 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 6, 1926 7 62 3 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ken Lehman 28 L L 6' 0" 186 Jun 10, 1928 2 25 4 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Loes 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 13, 1929 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sal Maglie 39 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 8 28 26 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Mitchell 34 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 11 19 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 0
Charlie Neal 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Jan 30, 1931 1st 62 34 62 62 0 0 0 51 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 8
Rocky Nelson 31 L L 5' 11" 178 Nov 18, 1924 6 31 24 31 31 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Don Newcombe 30 L R 6' 4" 225 Jun 14, 1926 6 52 36 52 52 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Pee Wee Reese HOF 37 R R 5' 9" 175 Jul 23, 1918 14 147 144 147 147 0 0 0 0 12 136 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jackie Robinson HOF 37 R R 5' 11" 204 Jan 31, 1919 10 117 104 117 117 0 0 9 22 72 0 2 0 0 2 13 0
Ed Roebuck 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 3, 1931 2 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Snider HOF 29 L R 6' 0" 190 Sep 19, 1926 10 151 147 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 1 0 All-Star
Chuck Templeton 24 R L 6' 3" 210 Jun 1, 1932 2 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rube Walker 30 L R 6' 1" 185 May 16, 1926 9 54 37 54 54 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Dick Williams HOF 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 5 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Don Zimmer 25 R R 5' 9" 177 Jan 17, 1931 3 17 3 17 17 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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