1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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

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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	107	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	48	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	51	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	97	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
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.

Team Pitching

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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	140	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	82	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	153	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	71	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	61	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	77	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	10	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		5695
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Sandy Amoros	26	94	82	713.1	132	123	3	6	0	.955	-5.6	-9.4	-4.6	-3.3	-1.4	-1			1.59	1.34						LF-CF-RF
Don Bessent	25	38	0	79.1	12	3	8	1	1	.917									1.25	0.29						P
Ralph Branca	30	1	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									4.50	1.00						P
Roy Campanella	34	121	113	1006.0	719	659	49	11	3	.985	-2.0	-2.4						-2	6.33	5.85	8	30	24	20	45%	C
Gino Cimoli	26	64	4	135.0	41	39	0	2	0	.951	2.5	22.2	3.5	1.4	2.2	-1			2.60	0.61						LF-CF-RF
Roger Craig	26	35	32	199.0	32	10	22	0	1	1.000									1.45	0.91						P
Bob Darnell	25	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Don Demeter	21	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	120.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0			4.50	1.00						CF
Don Drysdale	19	25	12	99.0	30	8	20	2	1	.933									2.55	1.12						P
Carl Erskine	29	31	28	186.1	44	9	34	1	2	.977									2.08	1.39						P
Chico Fernandez	24	25	16	163.2	92	34	56	2	11	.978	0.3	2.2	1.3	-0.8	2.0		-1		4.95	3.60						SS
Carl Furillo	34	156	141	1263.1	245	231	10	4	2	.984	5.2	4.9	3.2	2.8	0.5	2			1.72	1.54						RF-CF-LF
Jim Gilliam	27	162	152	1316.2	681	339	330	12	65	.982	22.9	20.9	21.9	8.5	13.5	0	1		4.57	4.13						2B-LF-RF
Gil Hodges	32	169	151	1345.2	1350	1235	103	12	105	.991	8.3	7.4	7.3	4.5	2.9	1	0	0	8.95	7.92	0	0	0	0		1B-LF-RF-C
Dixie Howell	36	6	4	38.0	22	21	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	5.21	3.67	0	2	0	1	100%	C
Jim Hughes	33	5	0	12.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									0.75	0.20						P
Randy Jackson	30	80	74	682.1	270	84	184	2	19	.993	17.9	31.5	16.9	6.2	10.7		1		3.53	3.35						3B
Sandy Koufax	20	16	10	58.2	7	4	3	0	0	1.000									1.07	0.44						P
Clem Labine	29	62	3	115.2	33	13	18	2	1	.939									2.41	0.50						P
Ken Lehman	28	25	4	49.1	16	4	11	1	0	.938									2.74	0.60						P
Billy Loes	26	1	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Sal Maglie	39	28	26	191.0	29	9	20	0	5	1.000									1.37	1.04						P
Dale Mitchell	34	2	2	13.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	18.5	0.2	0.7	-0.4	0			2.08	1.50						LF
Charlie Neal	25	52	34	335.0	179	70	104	5	24	.972	-0.5	-1.8	0.5	1.2	-0.7		-1		4.67	3.35						2B-SS
Rocky Nelson	31	25	24	187.0	211	189	20	2	20	.991	1.9	12.2	1.9	1.0	0.9		0		10.06	8.36						1B
Don Newcombe	30	38	36	268.0	65	25	39	1	5	.985									2.15	1.68						P
Pee Wee Reese	37	148	144	1243.2	682	269	388	25	80	.963	4.6	4.4	4.6	-1.9	6.5		0		4.75	4.44						SS-3B
Jackie Robinson	37	105	104	844.0	408	169	230	9	37	.978	19.1	27.2	17.1	8.0	9.0	0	2		4.25	3.80						3B-2B-1B-LF
Ed Roebuck	24	43	0	89.1	23	6	17	0	1	1.000									2.32	0.53						P
Duke Snider	29	150	147	1287.1	372	356	10	6	1	.984	12.0	11.2	12.0	3.9	8.1	0			2.56	2.44						CF
Chuck Templeton	24	6	2	16.1	3	1	1	1	0	.667									1.10	0.33						P
Rube Walker	30	43	37	322.2	207	184	20	3	4	.986	0.0	0.0						0	5.69	4.74	1	8	8	6	43%	C
Don Zimmer	25	12	3	50.2	22	10	11	1	4	.955	-0.3	-7.1	-0.3	0.2	-0.4		0		3.73	1.75						SS-3B-2B
Team Totals	30.3	154	1386	12318.0	5933	4106	1716	111	392	.981	86.7	8.4	85.7	32.4	53.6	1	2	-2	4.25	3.33	9	40	32	27	46%
Rank in 8 NL teams								8	3	1
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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