1953 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster (40-man)

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 105-49-1, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees

Manager: Chuck Dressen (105-49-1)

General Manager: Buzzie Bavasi

Ballpark: Ebbets Field

Attendance: 1,163,419 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 99-55, 955 Runs, 689 Runs Allowed

National League Pennant

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Bill Antonello	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	May 19, 1927	1st	40	9	40	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2	4	25	9	11	-0.3	$7,000
Wayne Belardi	22	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Sep 5, 1930	3	69	36	69	38	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0.3	$6,500
Joe Black	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Feb 8, 1924	8	34	3	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$12,000
Ralph Branca	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	220	Jan 6, 1926	10	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$15,000
Roy Campanella HOF	31	us US	R	R	5' 9"	190	Nov 19, 1921	14	144	131	144	140	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	6.8	$28,500	All-Star
Billy Cox	33	us US	R	R	5' 10"	150	Aug 29, 1919	9	100	88	100	93	0	0	0	1	89	6	0	0	0	0	7	2	1.8
Carl Erskine	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Dec 13, 1926	6	43	33	43	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4.1	$18,000
Carl Furillo	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Mar 8, 1922	8	132	123	132	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	131	2	0	4.6		All-Star
Jim Gilliam	24	us US	B	R	5' 10"	175	Oct 17, 1928	4	151	146	151	149	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3.9
Gil Hodges HOF	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Apr 4, 1924	8	141	139	141	141	0	0	126	0	0	0	19	0	6	25	1	1	4.4		All-Star
Dixie Howell	33	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Apr 24, 1920	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		$8,000
Jim Hughes	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Mar 21, 1923	2	48	0	48	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Clem Labine	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 6, 1926	4	37	7	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	$9,000
Billy Loes	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	165	Dec 13, 1929	3	32	25	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Carmen Mauro	26	us US	L	R	6' 0"	167	Nov 10, 1926	4	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	-0.3
Russ Meyer	29	us US	B	R	6' 1"	175	Oct 25, 1923	8	34	32	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Glenn Mickens	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jul 26, 1930	1st	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Bob Milliken	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 25, 1926	1st	37	10	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Ray Moore	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Jun 1, 1926	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Bobby Morgan	27	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Jun 29, 1926	3	69	44	69	57	0	0	0	0	36	21	0	0	0	0	11	1	1.0
Erv Palica	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 9, 1928	7	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Johnny Podres	20	us US	L	L	5' 11"	170	Sep 30, 1932	1st	34	18	34	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.9
Pee Wee Reese HOF	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Jul 23, 1918	11	140	135	140	135	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	4	1	5.1	$33,500	All-Star
Jackie Robinson HOF	34	us US	R	R	5' 11"	195	Jan 31, 1919	8	136	130	136	132	0	0	6	9	44	1	75	0	0	75	6	0	6.9	$38,500	All-Star
Preacher Roe	37	us US	R	L	6' 2"	170	Feb 26, 1916	11	25	24	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
George Shuba	28	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Dec 13, 1924	5	74	41	74	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	1	44	32	0	0.3	$13,000
Duke Snider HOF	26	us US	L	R	6' 0"	179	Sep 19, 1926	7	153	149	153	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	151	4	0	9.1	$26,000	All-Star
Dick Teed	27	us US	B	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 8, 1926	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Don Thompson	29	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Dec 28, 1923	3	96	32	96	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	9	25	81	13	15	-0.4
Ben Wade	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Nov 25, 1922	3	32	0	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$10,000
Rube Walker	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	175	May 16, 1926	6	43	24	43	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0.0
Dick Williams HOF	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	May 7, 1929	3	30	12	30	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	2	9	24	6	3	-0.4
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Chuck Dressen	58	us US	Sep 20, 1894	Manager	Apr 14	Sep 27
Jake Pitler	59	us US	Apr 22, 1894		Apr 14	Sep 27
Billy Herman	43	us US	Jul 7, 1909	Coach	Apr 14	Sep 27
Cookie Lavagetto	40	us US	Dec 1, 1912	Coach	Apr 14	Sep 27
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date