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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers

Roster (40-man)

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 - 106 · 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 Roster (40-man)

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 1.7
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 2.4
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 0.1
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 0.6 $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 1.1
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 1.9
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 0.3 $27,000
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 0.0
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 2.3
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 6.2 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 0.0 $1,667
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 -0.0
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 3.0
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 -0.4 $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 1.8 $21,000 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 -0.7
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 -0.3
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 4.3
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 0.0
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 0.5
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 -0.3
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 5.4
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 2.7
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 $31,500
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 7.6 $44,000 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 -0.4
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1955 / 1957 Roster (40-man)

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