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1950 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1949)  (1951) 96-58, 1st in National League Scored 871 runs, Allowed 663 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .715 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 93-61   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-65 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Lost to New York Yankees in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Jackie Robinson      31  146  546  114  195  39   1  25  111   3   2   87   26  .357  .445  .570  141  10.0  3e12       92  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        31  154  583  122  181  31  11  13   80  12   6   93   62  .310  .402  .468  119   7.4  2e31      121  
 3B  Al Rosen             26  154  571  107  153  16   3  38  127   3   4   99   69  .268  .383  .506  112   6.7  3e16      -59  
 OF  Carl Furillo         28  153  619   92  188  28   4  18   94   4   1   50   43  .304  .359  .449   97   5.8  1(-5)e10   -5  
 C   Roy Campanella       28  131  462   76  129  19   7  29   96   0   1   58   64  .279  .357  .539   88   6.7  1(-3)e8   -20  
 OF *Gene Hermanski       30   92  298   59   89  20   7   6   57   1   2   48   31  .299  .389  .473   55   6.5  3(0)e4     31  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        30  114  412   53  126  19   3   1   42   2   2   34   19  .306  .357  .374   54   4.8  1e11       31  
 OF *Whitey Lockman       23   97  357   53  102  27   5   3   38   1   2   29   16  .286  .340  .415   48   4.9  1(+2)e9     5  
 1B  Jack Phillips        28   62  223   43   73   8   5   5   28   3   1   20   15  .327  .378  .475   39   6.6  2e24       41  
 OF  Tommy Brown          22   55   87   18   31   3   2   9   23   0   0    7    7  .356  .402  .747   25  11.2  4(+3)e16  155  
 OF  Chuck Diering        27   81  212   33   42  13   0   2   23   0   1   39   47  .198  .318  .288   22   3.4  1(0)e5   -107  
 OF #Sam Jethroe          33   73  230   24   49   5   3   8   17   2   3   16   48  .213  .265  .365   21   3.1  3(+1)e14 -149  
 UT *Floyd Baker          33   67   84   11   29   7   0   0    8   0   0   18    3  .345  .461  .429   18   8.3            117  
 C   Buddy Rosar          36   32   92   13   27   5   0   1   14   0   0    8    4  .293  .350  .380   11   4.6  2(+2)e1    22  
 OF *Dale Mitchell        28   23   62   13   18   2   1   1    8   0   1    3    6  .290  .323  .403    7   4.8  3(+2)e9   -63  
 2B  Gene Markland        30    8   12    3    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    5    1  .500  .647  .667    6  27.1  4e23      825  
 OF #Pete Reiser          31    7   19    2    4   1   0   0    2   2   0    6    5  .211  .400  .263    3   5.5  3(+1)e8    27  
 OF  Luis Olmo            30   15   24    4    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    1  .250  .296  .375    2   4.2  3(+1)e10  -20  
 C   Bruce Edwards        26    9   24    2    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .250  .308  .333    2   3.3  2(+1)e9   -10  
 SS  Rudy Rufer           23    2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    1     ?  4e84     1818  
 OF #Jim Russell          31    5    6    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0  .167  .143  .667    0   2.9  2(+1)e3    55  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           879                   18

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Don Newcombe         24  21  12  .636  37  36  13   1   0   0   4  271.1  278  137  123  30   81  134  4.08  136   4.5   23  
  P  Robin Roberts        23  20  16  .556  38  38  20   0   0   0   1  301.0  261  121  105  27   75  142  3.14  105   3.1  -75  
  P *Preacher Roe         34  18  10  .643  37  34  11   2   1   0   3  265.1  250  118  104  21   82  147  3.53  114   3.8  -77  
  P *Curt Simmons         21  14   4  .778  37  22   8  14   5   0   3  186.2  179   78   74  17   70  138  3.57   85   4.1   17  
  P *Al Brazle            36   9   3  .750  31  11   3  11   1   1   0  104.0  111   60   51  13   49   30  4.41   62   5.3  -23  
  P  Jim Hearn            29   8   3  .727  21   2   1  16   5   2   0   48.1   40   13   12   3   14   24  2.23   14   2.8   20  
  P  Ralph Branca         24   4   4  .500  34   5   2  17   4   1   0   89.2   93   49   48  17   32   60  4.82   52   5.2  -40  
  P  Al Benton            39   1   1  .500  14   0   0   6   1   0   0   16.2   19    6    5   1   12    5  2.70   13   7.4   98  
  P  Carlos Pascual       19   1   1  .500   2   2   1   0   0   0   1   17.2   18    6    4   0    7    3  2.04    9   4.9  132  
  P  Rex Barney           25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   0    0    1  9.00    0   7.2  -51  
  P *Chris Van Cuyk       23   0   1  .000  14   2   0   6   0   0   0   32.1   38   16   15   4    9   21  4.18   18   5.3   53  
  P  Frank Smith          22   0   1  .000   7   0   0   6   3   0   0    8.0    2    3    3   1    2    6  3.38    0    .9 -360  
  P  Dan Bankhead         30   0   2  .000  30   2   0  15   0   0   0   52.1   69   55   45   9   38   44  7.74   48   8.1  141  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      664        -18

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Roy Campanella 1127 126 131 710 33 12 6 .984 2 2 Buddy Rosar 221 24 30 127 7 0 1 1.000 1 2 Bruce Edwards 44 4 6 22 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 Eddie Waitkus 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Waitkus 926 101 113 946 74 7 109 .993 9.91 Jack Phillips 468 53 55 459 44 10 45 .981 9.67 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Robinson 1249 139 142 362 375 7 93 .991 5.31 Floyd Baker 127 12 19 43 36 0 20 1.000 5.60 Gene Markland 18 3 3 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.44 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Rosen 1353 154 154 132 266 14 31 .966 2.65 Floyd Baker 41 0 22 6 9 0 2 1.000 3.27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1391 154 154 264 556 22 103 .974 5.30 Rudy Rufer 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 .750 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Hermanski 668 76 80 142 7 3 0 .980 2.01 Dale Mitchell 559 61 67 130 1 5 0 .963 2.11 Whitey Lockman 535 56 77 110 1 7 1 .941 1.87 Tommy Brown 99 12 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 Sam Jethroe 60 7 8 14 0 1 0 .933 2.11 Pete Reiser 44 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Luis Olmo 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 Jim Russell 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Floyd Baker 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chuck Diering 556 58 80 172 11 4 1 .979 2.96 Sam Jethroe 417 48 54 148 3 5 1 .968 3.26 Whitey Lockman 389 44 47 123 4 4 1 .969 2.94 Luis Olmo 23 3 3 8 2 1 0 .909 3.91 Pete Reiser 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jim Russell 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 1378 152 153 297 6 10 2 .968 1.98 Gene Hermanski 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Luis Olmo 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1950 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Al Benton
Round 2 (#20):	Pete Reiser

Transactions

• 1950-01: acquired Carlos Pascual as a free agent
• 1950-02: acquired Rudy Rufer as a free agent
• 1950-03: traded Jim Russell to BON for Luis Olmo
• 1950-03: acquired Gene Markland as a free agent
• 1950-07: traded Jack Banta, Dale Mitchell, Frank Smith to NY2 for Jim Hearn, Whitey Lockman, Spider Jorgensen
• 1950 postseason: released Al Rosen

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