1956 BROOKLYN DODGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Brooklyn,NY
Team Record: 93-61 .604
Result: 1st in National League
Manager(s): Walter Alston
General Manager: Buzzie Bavasi
Stadium: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,213,562
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Yankees)

Brooklyn Dodgers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Sal Maglie (39)
Youngest Player: Bob Aspromonte (18)
Longest Tenure: Pee Wee Reese (14)
Top Hitter: Duke Snider (1)
Top Pitcher: Don Newcombe (1)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 80.70%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Brooklyn	93	61	.604	--
Milwaukee	92	62	.597	1.0
Cincinnati	91	63	.591	2.0
St. Louis	76	78	.494	17.0
Philadelphia	71	83	.461	22.0
NY Giants	67	87	.435	26.0
Pittsburgh	66	88	.429	27.0
Chi Cubs	60	94	.390	33.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
19	Jim Gilliam	2b-3b	8	27	-	MLB	153	594	102	178	23	8	6	43	21	9	95	39	4	6	6	2	5	.300	.399	.396	794	235	701	438	114	7.0	.312
42	Pee Wee Reese	ss	34	37	-	MLB	147	572	85	147	19	2	9	46	13	4	56	69	1	1	15	4	14	.257	.322	.344	667	197	648	462	69	4.0	.277
14	Gil Hodges	1b	12	32	-	MLB	153	550	86	146	29	4	32	87	3	3	76	91	0	10	5	2	16	.265	.354	.507	861	279	633	430	105	6.6	.266
28,49	Duke Snider	of	1	29	-	MLB	151	542	112	158	33	2	43	101	3	3	99	101	1	26	6	4	16	.292	.399	.598	997	324	652	413	134	8.7	.286
6	Carl Furillo	of	29	34	-	MLB	149	523	66	151	30	0	21	83	1	1	57	41	1	15	2	4	27	.289	.357	.467	824	244	587	406	91	6.1	.280
39	Roy Campanella	c	43	34	-	MLB	124	388	39	85	6	1	20	73	1	0	66	61	1	15	4	2	20	.219	.333	.394	727	153	461	329	51	4.2	.210
37	Jackie Robinson	2b-3b	41	37	-	MLB	117	357	61	98	15	2	10	43	12	5	60	32	3	2	9	2	9	.275	.382	.412	793	147	431	284	65	6.2	.278
2	Randy Jackson	3b	53	30	-	MLB	101	307	37	84	15	7	8	53	2	1	28	38	2	3	4	5	13	.274	.333	.446	780	137	346	246	49	5.4	.286
15	Sandy Amoros	of	57	26	-	MLB	114	292	53	76	11	8	16	58	3	4	59	51	1	6	8	1	4	.260	.385	.517	902	151	361	233	64	7.5	.265
1	Rube Walker	c	-	30	-	MLB	54	146	5	31	6	1	3	20	0	1	7	18	0	2	1	2	3	.212	.245	.329	574	48	156	122	12	2.6	.220
43	Charlie Neal	2b-ss	-	25	-	MLB	62	136	22	39	5	1	2	14	2	2	14	19	0	1	0	0	2	.287	.353	.382	736	52	150	101	19	5.2	.322
36	Don Newcombe	p	-	30	-	MLB	52	111	13	26	6	0	2	16	1	0	12	18	1	0	3	1	4	.234	.312	.342	654	38	128	93	12	3.6	.261
8,21	Rocky Nelson	1b	-	31	-	MLB	31	96	7	20	2	0	4	15	0	0	4	10	0	1	0	2	2	.208	.235	.354	589	34	102	80	8	2.8	.190
35	Sal Maglie	p	-	39	-	MLB	28	70	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	29	0	0	2	0	1	.129	.141	.129	269	9	73	64	-4	-1.8	.220
3	Chico Fernandez	ss	-	24	-	MLB	34	66	11	15	2	0	1	9	2	3	3	10	0	1	4	0	2	.227	.261	.303	564	20	73	60	4	1.7	.255
17	Carl Erskine	p	-	29	-	MLB	32	66	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	5	0	1	.121	.121	.136	258	9	71	64	-2	-0.8	.138
40	Roger Craig	p	-	26	-	MLB	35	61	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	33	0	0	5	1	0	.016	.103	.016	119	1	73	66	-7	-2.9	.034
9	Gino Cimoli	of	-	26	-	MLB	73	36	3	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	8	0	1	1	0	1	.111	.135	.139	274	5	38	34	-1	-1.1	.143
53	Don Drysdale	p	-	19	-	MLB	26	26	4	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	1	.192	.222	.346	568	9	29	24	1	1.5	.235
8	Dale Mitchell	of	-	34	-	MLB	19	24	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	.292	.292	.333	625	8	24	19	2	2.4	.333
41	Clem Labine	p	-	29	-	MLB	62	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	1	.087	.160	.087	247	2	25	22	-2	-2.8	.222
23	Don Zimmer	3b-2b	-	25	-	MLB	17	20	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.333	.350	683	7	21	16	1	2.2	.462
4	Ed Roebuck	p	-	24	-	MLB	43	18	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.444	778	8	19	13	3	5.9	.429
46	Don Bessent	p	-	25	-	MLB	38	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	1	.111	.105	.111	216	2	20	19	-1	-1.9	.143
32	Sandy Koufax	p	-	20	UDFA: 1955	MLB	16	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.118	328	2	19	15	-1	-2.0	.400
54	Dixie Howell	c	-	36	-	MLB	7	13	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	.231	.267	.385	651	5	16	12	2	3.7	.273
16	Ken Lehman	p	-	28	-	MLB	25	10	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	700	4	10	7	2	5.9	.300
38	Dick Williams	of-3b	-	27	-	MLB	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	571	2	7	5	1	2.8	.333
27	Don Demeter	of	-	21	-	MLB	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1667	4	3	2	1	18.7	.000
10	Chuck Templeton	p	-	24	-	MLB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
18	Jim Hughes	p	-	33	-	MLB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
34	Bob Aspromonte	3b	-	18	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (32 players)							154	5098	720	1315	212	36	179	680	65	37	649	738	17	91	86	34	146	.258	.342	.419	761	2136	5884	4086	786	5.2	.270

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
36	Don Newcombe	1	30	-	MLB	27	7	3.06	38	36	18	5	2	0	268.0	219	101	91	33	46	139	4	0	0.99	7.35	1.11	1.54	4.67	0.33	--	0.78
40	Roger Craig	16	26	-	MLB	12	11	3.71	35	32	8	2	2	1	199.0	169	90	82	25	87	109	7	1	1.29	7.64	1.13	3.93	4.93	0.80	--	0.84
35	Sal Maglie	9	39	-	MLB	13	5	2.87	28	26	9	3	0	0	191.0	154	65	61	21	52	108	1	0	1.08	7.26	0.99	2.45	5.09	0.48	--	0.87
17	Carl Erskine	25	29	-	MLB	13	11	4.25	31	28	8	1	2	0	186.1	189	92	88	25	57	95	6	0	1.32	9.13	1.21	2.75	4.59	0.60	--	0.80
41	Clem Labine	23	29	-	MLB	10	6	3.35	62	3	1	0	47	19	115.2	111	48	43	11	39	75	5	0	1.30	8.64	0.86	3.03	5.84	0.52	--	1.53
53	Don Drysdale	-	19	-	MLB	5	5	2.64	25	12	2	0	6	0	99.0	95	35	29	9	31	55	3	0	1.27	8.64	0.82	2.82	5.00	0.56	--	0.90
4	Ed Roebuck	49	24	-	MLB	5	4	3.93	43	0	0	0	16	1	89.1	83	49	39	15	29	60	10	0	1.25	8.36	1.51	2.92	6.04	0.48	--	1.63
46	Don Bessent	38	25	-	MLB	4	3	2.50	38	0	0	0	21	9	79.1	63	23	22	5	31	52	4	0	1.18	7.15	0.57	3.52	5.90	0.60	--	0.80
32	Sandy Koufax	-	20	UDFA: 1955	MLB	2	4	4.91	16	10	0	0	1	0	58.2	66	37	32	10	29	30	1	2	1.62	10.12	1.53	4.45	4.60	0.97	--	0.46
16	Ken Lehman	-	28	-	MLB	2	3	5.66	25	4	0	0	5	0	49.1	65	35	31	11	23	29	1	0	1.78	11.86	2.01	4.20	5.29	0.79	--	0.93
10	Chuck Templeton	-	24	-	MLB	0	1	6.61	6	2	0	0	2	0	16.1	20	13	12	2	10	8	0	0	1.84	11.02	1.10	5.51	4.41	1.25	--	0.44
18	Jim Hughes	-	33	-	MLB	0	0	5.25	5	0	0	0	2	0	12.0	10	7	7	3	4	8	0	0	1.17	7.50	2.25	3.00	6.00	0.50	--	0.48
28	Ralph Branca	-	30	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.50	4.50	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	--	0.67
30	Billy Loes	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	5	6	6	1	1	2	0	0	4.50	33.75	6.75	6.75	13.50	0.50	--	0.33
34	Bob Darnell	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	6.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (32 players)						93	61	3.57	154	154	46	11	108	30	1,369	1251	601	543	179	441	772	42	3	1.43	8.23	1.12	2.90	5.08	0.57	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Campanella	C	121		659	49	11	3	.985	0.00
Rube Walker	C	43		184	20	3	4	.986	0.00
Dixie Howell	C	6		21	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gil Hodges	C	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gil Hodges	1B	138		1190	103	10	105	.992	0.00
Rocky Nelson	1B	25		189	20	2	20	.991	0.00
Jackie Robinson	1B	9		67	8	0	5	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Gilliam	2B	102		233	326	11	64	.981	0.00
Charlie Neal	2B	51		70	103	5	24	.972	0.00
Jackie Robinson	2B	22		39	49	1	17	.989	0.00
Don Zimmer	2B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Randy Jackson	3B	80		84	184	2	19	.993	0.00
Jackie Robinson	3B	72		61	173	8	15	.967	0.00
Pee Wee Reese	3B	12		6	21	2	1	.931	0.00
Don Zimmer	3B	3		2	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pee Wee Reese	SS	136		263	367	23	79	.965	0.00
Chico Fernandez	SS	25		34	56	2	11	.978	0.00
Don Zimmer	SS	8		8	9	1	3	.944	0.00
Charlie Neal	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Duke Snider	OF	150		358	11	6	1	.984	0.00
Carl Furillo	OF	146		230	10	4	2	.984	0.00
Sandy Amoros	OF	86		123	3	6	0	.955	0.00
Gino Cimoli	OF	62		35	0	2	0	.946	0.00
Jim Gilliam	OF	56		107	6	1	1	.991	0.00
Gil Hodges	OF	30		42	0	2	0	.955	0.00
Dale Mitchell	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jackie Robinson	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Don Demeter	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Clem Labine	P	62	115	13	18	2	1	.939	2.42
Ed Roebuck	P	43	89	6	17	0	1	1.000	2.32
Don Bessent	P	38	79	3	8	1	1	.917	1.25
Don Newcombe	P	38	268	25	39	1	5	.985	2.15
Roger Craig	P	35	199	10	22	0	1	1.000	1.45
Carl Erskine	P	31	186	9	34	1	2	.977	2.08
Sal Maglie	P	28	191	9	20	0	5	1.000	1.37
Don Drysdale	P	25	99	8	20	2	1	.933	2.55
Ken Lehman	P	25	49	4	11	1	0	.937	2.75
Sandy Koufax	P	16	58	4	3	0	0	1.000	1.08
Chuck Templeton	P	6	16	1	1	1	0	.667	1.12
Jim Hughes	P	5	12	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.75
Ralph Branca	P	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Bob Darnell	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Billy Loes	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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