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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

93-61, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Walter Alston (93-61)
Scored 720 runs, Allowed 601 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64

Ballparks: Ebbets Field & Roosevelt Stadium · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to New York Yankees

National League Champs

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1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Sandy Amoros 26 L L 5' 7" 170 Jan 30, 1930 4 114 82 114 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 5 9 86 27 2 2.0 $
Bob Aspromonte 18 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 19, 1938 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
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 1.5 $
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 0.0 $
Roy Campanella HOF 34 R R 5' 9" 190 Nov 19, 1921 9 124 113 124 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.9 $42,000 All-Star
Gino Cimoli 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 18, 1929 1st 73 4 73 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 8 4 62 4 12 -0.4 $
Roger Craig 26 R R 6' 4" 185 Feb 17, 1930 2 35 32 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
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 0.0 $
Don Demeter 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Jun 25, 1935 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0.1 $
Don Drysdale HOF 19 R R 6' 5" 190 Jul 23, 1936 1st 26 12 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 $
Carl Erskine 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Dec 13, 1926 9 32 28 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Chico Fernandez 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 2, 1932 1st 34 16 34 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 3 10 -0.1 $
Carl Furillo 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 8, 1922 11 149 141 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 144 146 3 0 2.2 $
Jim Gilliam 27 B R 5' 10" 175 Oct 17, 1928 4 153 152 153 152 0 0 0 102 0 0 53 0 7 56 1 0 6.3 $ All-Star
Gil Hodges 32 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 4, 1924 11 153 151 153 152 0 1 138 0 0 0 22 0 8 30 1 0 3.5 $35,000
Dixie Howell 36 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 24, 1920 8 7 4 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $
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 -0.1 $
Randy Jackson 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 10, 1926 7 101 74 101 80 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 3.1 $
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 -0.6 $6,000
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 1.2 $ All-Star
Ken Lehman 28 L L 6' 0" 170 Jun 10, 1928 2 25 4 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Billy Loes 26 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 13, 1929 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
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 3.6 $
Dale Mitchell 34 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 11 19 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 0 -0.1 $
Charlie Neal 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Jan 30, 1931 1st 62 34 62 52 0 0 0 51 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.6 $
Rocky Nelson 31 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1924 6 31 24 31 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2 $
Don Newcombe 30 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 14, 1926 6 52 36 52 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4.8 $
Pee Wee Reese HOF 37 R R 5' 10" 160 Jul 23, 1918 14 147 144 147 146 0 0 0 0 12 136 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.5 $
Jackie Robinson HOF 37 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 31, 1919 10 117 104 117 104 0 0 9 22 72 0 2 0 0 2 13 0 4.6 $
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 -0.3 $
Duke Snider HOF 29 L R 6' 0" 179 Sep 19, 1926 10 151 147 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 1 0 7.7 $ 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 -0.5 $
Rube Walker 30 L R 6' 0" 175 May 16, 1926 9 54 37 54 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.8 $
Dick Williams HOF 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 5 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Don Zimmer 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 17, 1931 3 17 3 17 12 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

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Pee Wee Reese
Randy Jackson
Chico Fernandez
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Dale Mitchell
Rocky Nelson
Gino Cimoli
Rube Walker

Gil Hodges
Sandy Amoros
Ken Lehman
Carl Erskine
Jim Hughes
Jim Gilliam
Don Zimmer
Don Demeter

Ralph Branca
Chuck Templeton
Billy Loes
Sandy Koufax
Bob Aspromonte
Sal Maglie
Don Newcombe
Ed Roebuck
Bob Darnell
Dick Williams

Roy Campanella
Roger Craig
Clem Labine
Jackie Robinson
Charlie Neal
Bob Aspromonte
Don Bessent
Chuck Templeton

Don Drysdale
Dixie Howell

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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