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1951 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1950)  (1952) 95-59, 1st in National League Scored 836 runs, Allowed 652 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-58 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .724 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 98-56   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 97-60 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Lost to Washington Senators in World Series, 4 games to 3.

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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Sam Jethroe          34  149  602  124  190  30   8  36  124  18   9   59   90  .316  .378  .571  128   7.8  3(+1)e11  133  
 2B  Jackie Robinson      32  150  585  115  195  23   9  18  112  27   8   80   34  .333  .416  .496  125   8.0  3e7       -45  
 C   Roy Campanella       29  140  526   85  169  28   2  31  106   0   0   72   58  .321  .400  .559  118   8.5  1(-3)e6   -24  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        32  154  632  144  196  20   7  12   52  17   2   96   70  .310  .402  .421  115   6.7  2e34       59  
 3B  Al Rosen             27  154  614   97  167  39   2  29  112  10   4   75   85  .272  .351  .484  103   5.9  3e19       26  
 OF  Carl Furillo         29  154  607   64  182  17   5  15   85   5  10   39   25  .300  .343  .418   82   4.8  1(-4)e5   -10  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        31  154  571   55  159  19  11   4   53   0   0   47   24  .278  .333  .371   71   4.5  1e10       68  
 OF *Dale Mitchell        29  115  378   46  120  14   5   9   57   5   5   38   22  .317  .374  .452   61   5.8  3(+2)e2    45  
 OF #Mickey Mantle        19  101  257   39   62  10   2   6   32   6   2   30   62  .241  .320  .366   32   4.3  2(-3)e10 -106  
 C   Bruce Edwards        27   36   85   13   24   5   3   3   16   0   0   11   11  .282  .367  .518   16   6.7  2(+1)e10  187  
 UT *Floyd Baker          34   52   55    7   18   3   0   0    1   0   1   13    7  .327  .456  .382   10   6.8            135  
 PH  Bob Nieman           24   19   24    5   11   3   1   1    6   0   0    2    7  .458  .500  .792    9  20.0            251  
 OF  Chuck Diering        28   50   29    5    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    5  .276  .344  .310    3   3.7  1(0)e7      5  
 OF *Gene Hermanski       31   27   26    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .269  .321  .308    2   3.9  4(0)e11  -113  
 PH  Bud Thomas           22   11    7    3    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .429  .500  .429    1  11.0             79  
 OF *Bob Addis            25   19   14    1    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .214  .214  .429    1   3.2  2(+1)e7     9  
 2B  Rocky Bridges        23    4   10    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .300  .300  .400    1   4.6  3e20       66  
 1B  Jack Phillips        29   18   14    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    0  .286  .312  .286    1   2.7  3e16      -26  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           885                   28

     * - 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  Robin Roberts        24  25  12  .676  40  40  14   0   0   0   2  318.0  317  116  101  27   76  142  2.86  130   3.6  -17  
  P  Don Newcombe         25  20   7  .741  36  36  11   0   0   0   3  262.2  234  113   92  24  103  166  3.15  111   3.8  -11  
  P *Preacher Roe         35  16  13  .552  37  36   9   1   0   0   1  259.1  256  135  123  46   85  125  4.27  130   4.4   14  
  P  Ralph Branca         25  15  10  .600  31  30   7   1   0   0   2  198.1  180  103   87  29   87  116  3.95  100   4.5   33  
  P  Clem Labine          24   6   5  .545  29   1   0  17   1   2   0   49.2   57   28   25   7   22   40  4.53   31   5.6  175  
  P  Clyde King           27   3   1  .750  21   1   0   8   0   0   0   35.2   46   23   20   5   17   12  5.05   27   6.9   71  
  P *Lou Brissie          27   2   1  .667  13   2   0   3   0   0   0   28.1   22   15   10   1   23   15  3.18   11   3.3  -48  
  P  Andy Hansen          26   2   1  .667  21   0   0   6   2   1   0   34.0   20   10    8   2    6   20  2.12    6   1.6 -201  
  P *Al Brazle            37   2   6  .250  32   7   2  13   4   2   0   94.1   86   54   50  12   44   55  4.77   45   4.3   17  
  P  Ray Herbert          21   1   0 1.000   4   0   0   3   0   0   0    5.0    7    3    3   0    5    4  5.40    4   8.5  184  
  P *Leo Kiely            21   1   0 1.000   9   0   0   4   2   2   0   11.2    8    1    1   1    2    5  0.77    2   2.4 -148  
  P *Chris Van Cuyk       24   1   1  .500  32   1   0  25   2   2   0   56.0   64   37   34  16   25   46  5.46   41   6.6  -37  
  P  Frank Smith          23   1   2  .333  35   0   0  29  19   5   0   39.0   32   14   13   5   20   17  3.00   16   3.8   -8  
  P  Ted Wilks            35   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    1  0.00    0   4.5 -121  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      661          3

     * - 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 1194 132 136 733 36 9 5 .988 11 7 Bruce Edwards 199 22 28 118 8 5 0 .962 16 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Waitkus 1376 153 154 1339 136 6 140 .996 9.65 Jack Phillips 13 1 6 13 1 0 1 1.000 9.69 Bruce Edwards 4 0 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 7.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Robinson 1329 147 149 369 445 4 98 .995 5.51 Floyd Baker 45 5 8 9 10 1 2 .950 3.80 Rocky Bridges 19 2 3 7 6 0 1 1.000 6.16 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Rosen 1386 154 154 156 333 22 32 .957 3.18 Floyd Baker 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Rocky Bridges 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jack Phillips 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1389 154 154 266 465 37 93 .952 4.74 Floyd Baker 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dale Mitchell 851 101 101 209 5 0 0 1.000 2.26 Mickey Mantle 464 46 63 94 2 1 0 .990 1.86 Sam Jethroe 35 5 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 Bob Addis 22 0 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 Bob Nieman 18 2 2 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 Carl Furillo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gene Hermanski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chuck Diering 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Jethroe 1195 141 144 254 14 15 3 .947 2.02 Chuck Diering 105 3 48 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.83 Mickey Mantle 81 10 15 22 1 2 0 .920 2.56 Bob Addis 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Gene Hermanski 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Carl Furillo 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 1377 154 154 441 10 9 3 .980 2.95 Mickey Mantle 16 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1951 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Floyd Baker
Round 2 (#28):	Lloyd Merriman
Round 3 (#42):	Jack Phillips
Round 4 (#55):	Bob Addis
Round 5 (#64):	Bob Nieman
Round 6 (#71):	Johnny Hopp

Transactions

• 1951-01: traded Carl Erskine, Lloyd Merriman to BOA for Dale Mitchell, Chuck Diering
• 1951-01: acquired Tom Saffell as a free agent
• 1951-02: acquired Tom Wright as a free agent
• 1951-04: acquired George Zuverink as a free agent
• 1951-10: acquired Bud Thomas as a free agent
• 1951-10: traded Dixie Howell, Tom Wright to BOA for Buddy Rosar, Tommy Brown
• 1951-10: traded Clyde King, Johnny Hopp to PIN for Lou Brissie, PIN#2
• 1951-11: traded Tom Saffell, George Zuverink, BRN#3 to PIN for Ted Wilks
• 1951-12: traded Ted Wilks, BRN#2 to SLN for Leo Kiely, Curt Simmons
• 1951-14: acquired Ray Herbert as a free agent
• 1951 postseason: released Bob Addis

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