1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 93-61-0, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Walter Alston (93-61)

General Manager: Buzzie Bavasi

Ballparks: Roosevelt Stadium and Ebbets Field

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

Pythagorean W-L: 90-64, 720 Runs, 601 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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 Amorós*	26	114	362	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	Name	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 Fernández	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	Name	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	31.3	154	5885	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	7	1	5	4	1	3	2		4		7		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.5	154	5412	4673	697	1251	201	36	176	654	64	37	626	604	.268	.354	.439	.793	105	2052	137	15	66	31	91
		Pitcher Totals	29.0	154	473	425	23	64	11	0	3	26	1	0	23	134	.151	.196	.198	.394	3	84	9	2	20	3	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	131	3.48	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	108	4.28	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	139	3.56	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	94	4.03	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	5.05	1.619	10.1	1.5	4.4	4.6	1.03
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	120	3.40	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	152	3.47	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	102	4.25	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	161	3.05	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	5.49	1.784	11.9	2.0	4.2	5.3	1.26
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	4.82	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	5.29	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		3.37	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
14		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	11.37	4.500	33.8	6.8	6.8	13.5	2.00
15		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		2.37	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
		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	112	3.88	1.236	8.2	1.1	2.9	5.1	1.75
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		2				4	1	2	8	1	2	2	7	2		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W