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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Roy Campanella 34 124 461 388 39 85 6 1 20 73 1 0 66 61 .219 .333 .394 .727 88 153 20 1 4 2 15
2 1B Gil Hodges 32 153 633 550 86 146 29 4 32 87 3 3 76 91 .265 .354 .507 .861 120 279 16 0 5 2 10
3 2B Jim Gilliam# 27 153 701 594 102 178 23 8 6 43 21 9 95 39 .300 .399 .396 .794 108 235 5 4 6 2 6
4 SS Pee Wee Reese 37 147 648 572 85 147 19 2 9 46 13 4 56 69 .257 .322 .344 .667 74 197 14 1 15 4 1
5 3B Randy Jackson 30 101 346 307 37 84 15 7 8 53 2 1 28 38 .274 .333 .446 .780 100 137 13 2 4 5 3
6 LF Sandy Amoros* 26 114 361 292 53 76 11 8 16 58 3 4 59 51 .260 .385 .517 .902 132 151 4 1 8 1 6
7 CF Duke Snider* 29 151 652 542 112 158 33 2 43 101 3 3 99 101 .292 .399 .598 .997 155 324 16 1 6 4 26
8 RF Carl Furillo 34 149 587 523 66 151 30 0 21 83 1 1 57 41 .289 .357 .467 .824 112 244 27 1 2 4 15
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Jackie Robinson 37 117 431 357 61 98 15 2 10 43 12 5 60 32 .275 .382 .412 .793 106 147 9 3 9 2 2
10 C Rube Walker* 30 54 156 146 5 31 6 1 3 20 0 1 7 18 .212 .245 .329 .574 47 48 3 0 1 2 2
11 2B Charlie Neal 25 62 150 136 22 39 5 1 2 14 2 2 14 19 .287 .353 .382 .736 91 52 2 0 0 0 1
12 1B Rocky Nelson* 31 31 102 96 7 20 2 0 4 15 0 0 4 10 .208 .235 .354 .589 50 34 2 0 0 2 1
13 SS Chico Fernandez 24 34 73 66 11 15 2 0 1 9 2 3 3 10 .227 .261 .303 .564 46 20 2 0 4 0 1
14 OF Gino Cimoli 26 73 38 36 3 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 8 .111 .135 .139 .274 -28 5 1 0 1 0 1
15 LF Dale Mitchell* 34 19 24 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .333 .625 62 8 2 0 0 0 0
16 IF Don Zimmer 25 17 21 20 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 .300 .333 .350 .683 78 7 1 1 0 0 0
17 C Dixie Howell 36 7 16 13 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .231 .267 .385 .651 67 5 0 0 1 1 1
18 Dick Williams 27 7 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 49 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 CF Don Demeter 21 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 305 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bob Aspromonte 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Don Newcombe* 30 52 128 111 13 26 6 0 2 16 1 0 12 18 .234 .312 .342 .654 70 38 4 1 3 1 0
22 P Sal Maglie 39 28 73 70 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 29 .129 .141 .129 .269 -29 9 1 0 2 0 0
23 P Roger Craig 26 35 73 61 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 33 .016 .103 .016 .119 -66 1 0 0 5 1 0
24 P Carl Erskine 29 32 71 66 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .121 .121 .136 .258 -33 9 1 0 5 0 0
25 P Don Drysdale 19 26 29 26 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .192 .222 .346 .568 45 9 1 0 2 0 0
26 P Clem Labine 29 62 25 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .087 .160 .087 .247 -33 2 1 1 0 0 0
27 P Don Bessent 25 38 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .111 .105 .111 .216 -44 2 1 0 1 1 0
28 P Sandy Koufax 20 16 19 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .118 .211 .118 .328 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Ed Roebuck 24 43 19 18 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .444 .778 100 8 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Ken Lehman* 28 25 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 80 4 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Chuck Templeton 24 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Jim Hughes 33 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Ralph Branca 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Bob Darnell 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Billy Loes 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 31.2 154 5884 5098 720 1315 212 36 179 680 65 37 649 738 .258 .342 .419 .761 96 2136 146 17 86 34 91
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 2 5 2 7 2 2 2 1 4 4 1 3 2 4 7 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Don Newcombe 30 27 7 .794 3.06 38 36 2 18 5 0 268.0 219 101 91 33 46 8 139 3 0 4 1052 132 0.989 7.4 1.1 1.5 4.7 3.02
2 SP Roger Craig 26 12 11 .522 3.71 35 32 2 8 2 1 199.0 169 90 82 25 87 5 109 4 1 7 840 109 1.286 7.6 1.1 3.9 4.9 1.25
3 SP Sal Maglie 39 13 5 .722 2.87 28 26 0 9 3 0 191.0 154 65 61 21 52 1 108 5 0 1 758 141 1.079 7.3 1.0 2.5 5.1 2.08
4 SP Carl Erskine 29 13 11 .542 4.25 31 28 2 8 1 0 186.1 189 92 88 25 57 5 95 1 0 6 790 95 1.320 9.1 1.2 2.8 4.6 1.67
5 SP Sandy Koufax* 20 2 4 .333 4.91 16 10 1 0 0 0 58.2 66 37 32 10 29 0 30 0 2 1 261 83 1.619 10.1 1.5 4.4 4.6 1.03
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Clem Labine 29 10 6 .625 3.35 62 3 47 1 0 19 115.2 111 48 43 11 39 8 75 3 0 5 492 121 1.297 8.6 0.9 3.0 5.8 1.92
7 RP Don Drysdale 19 5 5 .500 2.64 25 12 6 2 0 0 99.0 95 35 29 9 31 3 55 3 0 3 413 154 1.273 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.77
8 RP Ed Roebuck 24 5 4 .556 3.93 43 0 16 0 0 1 89.1 83 49 39 15 29 2 60 2 0 10 371 103 1.254 8.4 1.5 2.9 6.0 2.07
9 RP Don Bessent 25 4 3 .571 2.50 38 0 21 0 0 9 79.1 63 23 22 5 31 6 52 0 0 4 324 162 1.185 7.1 0.6 3.5 5.9 1.68
10 RP Ken Lehman* 28 2 3 .400 5.66 25 4 5 0 0 0 49.1 65 35 31 11 23 2 29 0 0 1 231 72 1.784 11.9 2.0 4.2 5.3 1.26
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Chuck Templeton* 24 0 1 .000 6.61 6 2 2 0 0 0 16.1 20 13 12 2 10 0 8 0 0 0 80 62 1.837 11.0 1.1 5.5 4.4 0.80
12 Jim Hughes 33 0 0 5.25 5 0 2 0 0 0 12.0 10 7 7 3 4 1 8 0 0 0 48 79 1.167 7.5 2.3 3.0 6.0 2.00
13 Ralph Branca 30 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
14 Bob Darnell 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Billy Loes 26 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 6 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 13 4.500 33.8 6.8 6.8 13.5 2.00
Team Totals 28.4 93 61 .604 3.57 154 154 108 46 11 30 1368.2 1251 601 543 171 441 41 772 21 3 42 5684 113 1.236 8.2 1.1 2.9 5.1 1.75
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 2 4 1 1 8 1 2 2 7 2 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Sandy Amoros 26 86 82 56 713.1 132 123 3 6 0 .955 -6 -9 1.59 1.34 LF-CF-RF
Don Bessent 25 38 0 0 79.1 12 3 8 1 1 .917 1.25 0.29 2 2 50% 0 P
Ralph Branca 30 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 P
Roy Campanella 34 121 113 106 1006.0 719 659 49 11 3 .985 -2 -2 6.33 5.85 8 30 24 20 45% 2 C
Gino Cimoli 26 62 4 2 135.0 41 39 0 2 0 .951 2 22 2.60 0.61 LF-CF-RF
Roger Craig 26 35 32 8 199.0 32 10 22 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.91 7 6 46% 1 P
Bob Darnell 25 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Don Demeter 21 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 CF
Don Drysdale 19 25 12 2 99.0 30 8 20 2 1 .933 2.55 1.12 1 1 50% 1 P
Carl Erskine 29 31 28 8 186.1 44 9 34 1 2 .977 2.08 1.39 0 5 100% 2 P
Chico Fernandez 24 25 16 15 163.2 92 34 56 2 11 .978 0 2 4.95 3.60 SS
Carl Furillo 34 146 141 129 1263.1 245 231 10 4 2 .984 5 5 1.72 1.54 RF-CF-LF
Jim Gilliam 27 152 152 124 1316.2 681 339 330 12 65 .982 23 21 4.57 4.13 2B-LF-RF
Gil Hodges 32 152 151 134 1345.2 1350 1235 103 12 105 .991 8 7 8.95 7.92 0 0 0 0 0 1B-LF-RF-C
Dixie Howell 36 6 4 4 38.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.21 3.67 0 2 0 1 100% 0 C
Jim Hughes 33 5 0 0 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.20 1 0 0% 1 P
Randy Jackson 30 80 74 69 682.1 270 84 184 2 19 .993 18 31 3.53 3.35 3B
Sandy Koufax 20 16 10 0 58.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.07 0.44 2 1 33% 1 P
Clem Labine 29 62 3 1 115.2 33 13 18 2 1 .939 2.41 0.50 3 3 50% 0 P
Ken Lehman 28 25 4 0 49.1 16 4 11 1 0 .938 2.74 0.60 5 2 29% 1 P
Billy Loes 26 1 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Sal Maglie 39 28 26 9 191.0 29 9 20 0 5 1.000 1.37 1.04 4 2 33% 0 P
Dale Mitchell 34 2 2 0 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 18 2.08 1.50 LF
Charlie Neal 25 52 34 31 335.0 179 70 104 5 24 .972 -0 -2 4.67 3.35 2B-SS
Rocky Nelson 31 25 24 13 187.0 211 189 20 2 20 .991 2 12 10.06 8.36 1B
Don Newcombe 30 38 36 18 268.0 65 25 39 1 5 .985 2.15 1.68 5 5 50% 0 P
Pee Wee Reese 37 146 144 130 1243.2 682 269 388 25 80 .963 5 4 4.75 4.44 SS-3B
Jackie Robinson 37 104 104 74 844.0 408 169 230 9 37 .978 19 27 4.25 3.80 3B-2B-1B-LF
Ed Roebuck 24 43 0 0 89.1 23 6 17 0 1 1.000 2.32 0.53 1 0 0% 0 P
Duke Snider 29 150 147 140 1287.1 372 356 10 6 1 .984 12 11 2.56 2.44 CF
Chuck Templeton 24 6 2 0 16.1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.10 0.33 0 0 0 P
Rube Walker 30 43 37 27 322.2 207 184 20 3 4 .986 0 0 5.69 4.74 1 8 8 6 43% 1 C
Don Zimmer 25 12 3 2 50.2 22 10 11 1 4 .955 -0 -7 3.73 1.75 SS-3B-2B
Team Totals 30.3 154 1386 1102 12318.0 5933 4106 1716 111 392 .981 87 8 4.25 3.33 9 40 32 27 46% 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 3 1
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Sandy Amoros* 26 362 15 0 0 0 -6 -4 12 18 2.0 23 2.4 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 7/98
Bob Aspromonte 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Don Bessent 25 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Roy Campanella 34 461 -6 -2 0 -3 -2 7 16 10 0.9 12 1.3 -0.4 $42,000 Free Agency *2
Gino Cimoli 26 38 -6 -1 0 0 2 -1 1 -4 -0.4 -7 -0.7 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 7/89
Roger Craig 26 73 -14 0 0 0 0 5 2 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Don Demeter 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /8
Don Drysdale 19 29 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Carl Erskine 29 71 -12 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Chico Fernandez 24 73 -5 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
Carl Furillo 34 587 10 -1 -2 -4 5 -7 20 21 2.2 16 1.7 0.5 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *9/78
Jim Gilliam# 27 701 15 -1 0 2 23 1 22 62 6.3 39 4.1 2.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 47/9
Gil Hodges 32 633 17 -2 0 -1 8 -10 22 34 3.5 26 2.7 0.8 $35,000 Amateur Free Agent *37/92
Dixie Howell 36 16 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded /2
Jim Hughes 33 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag /1
Randy Jackson 30 346 2 0 0 -2 18 1 12 31 3.1 13 1.4 1.7 $ Traded 5
Sandy Koufax 20 19 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $6,000 Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby 1
Clem Labine 29 25 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Ken Lehman* 28 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Sal Maglie 39 73 -12 0 -1 0 0 5 3 -6 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Dale Mitchell* 34 24 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /7
Charlie Neal 25 150 -1 1 0 0 -0 1 5 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 4/6
Rocky Nelson* 31 102 -6 0 0 0 2 -1 4 -1 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Purchased 3
Don Newcombe* 30 128 -4 1 -2 0 0 8 4 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Pee Wee Reese 37 648 -16 3 4 1 5 9 21 26 2.5 22 2.3 0.2 $ Traded *65
Jackie Robinson 37 431 8 1 1 0 19 1 15 45 4.6 26 2.7 1.9 $ Traded--refused to report 54/37
Ed Roebuck 24 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Duke Snider* 29 652 41 2 -2 0 12 -1 21 73 7.7 61 6.4 1.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Chuck Templeton 24 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Rube Walker* 30 156 -10 -2 -1 -1 0 2 5 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Dick Williams 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Don Zimmer 25 21 0 0 0 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /654
Team Total 31.2 5885 1 -2 -2 -8 87 30 196 300 30.1 215 22.7 7.4 $83,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Don Bessent 25 79.1 0 23 43 5 1.2 20 1.7 $ MinorLg Draft
Ralph Branca 30 2.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $ Free Agency
Roger Craig 26 199.0 32 90 107 12 1.0 17 1.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Darnell 25 1.1 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Don Drysdale 19 99.0 12 35 51 6 .9 16 1.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Carl Erskine 29 186.1 28 92 101 12 1.1 9 0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Hughes 33 12.0 0 7 7 1 .2 0 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Sandy Koufax* 20 58.2 10 37 34 4 1.1 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby
Clem Labine 29 115.2 3 48 64 7 1.6 16 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ken Lehman* 28 49.1 4 35 25 3 .7 -10 -1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Billy Loes 26 1.1 1 6 1 0 .9 -5 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Sal Maglie 39 191.0 26 65 108 11 1.0 43 4.3 $ Purchased
Don Newcombe 30 268.0 36 101 141 17 .9 40 4.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ed Roebuck 24 89.1 0 49 50 5 .8 1 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Chuck Templeton* 24 16.1 2 13 9 1 .8 -4 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 28.4 1368.2 154 601 743 84 1.0 142 12.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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