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1952 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1951)  (1953) 117-37, 1st in National League Scored 838 runs, Allowed 491 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 115-39 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .735 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 100-54   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 96-57 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Defeated Chicago White Sox in World Series, 4 games to 1.

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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Mickey Mantle        20  152  599  123  198  47  12  27  121   7   4   71  136  .331  .399  .584  140   9.0  2(-3)e13   59  
 3B  Al Rosen             28  154  608  108  182  38   6  26  132  15   5   74   74  .299  .375  .510  119   7.2  3e18      -26  
 2B  Jackie Robinson      33  149  546  130  171  17   4  21   77  38  16   94   49  .313  .415  .474  117   7.6  3e21      -15  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        32  151  518   66  156  30   4   7   55   4   6   79   29  .301  .393  .415   87   6.1  1e12       63  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        33  151  604  110  163  22   1   8   69  31  14   81   77  .270  .354  .349   83   4.7  2e22      -31  
 C   Roy Campanella       30  118  417   59  104  15   1  17   59   7   5   53   59  .249  .335  .412   58   4.8  1(-3)e2   -58  
 OF #Sam Jethroe          35  125  415   61  106  15   4  17   60  11   4   38   70  .255  .317  .434   57   4.8  2(+1)e13   76  
 OF *George Shuba         27   91  257   38   83  12   0   9   48   4   4   38   33  .323  .412  .475   51   7.5  3(-3)e7    27  
 OF *Gene Hermanski       32   64  205   28   59   9   0   7   47   4   2   17   17  .288  .344  .434   29   5.0  3(0)e7    128  
 OF  Kite Thomas          29   50  110   17   34  11   0   5   24   0   0   14   31  .309  .387  .545   23   8.2  3(+1)e10   93  
 C   Sherm Lollar         27   60  182   22   41   9   0   8   32   0   0   17   26  .225  .297  .407   22   4.1  2(-2)e4   -34  
 OF  Carl Furillo         30   89  194   22   49  10   0   3   18   0   1   10   20  .253  .291  .351   19   3.5  1(-4)e3   -13  
 OF  Bob Elliott          35   55   86   17   25   1   1   3   15   1   0   11    8  .291  .360  .430   14   5.8  2(-2)e7    93  
 2B  Bruce Edwards        28   18   40    6    8   1   0   0    6   0   0    9    8  .200  .333  .225    4   3.3  4e21      -86  
 1B *Jackie Mayo          26    7   15    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    6    4  .200  .429  .200    1   4.4  4e14        5  
 SS  Rocky Bridges        24    5   15    4    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .133  .235  .133    0   1.3  3e32     -167  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           831                   14

     * - 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        25  26  10  .722  39  39  26   0   0   0   8  326.0  285   97   90  29   48  177  2.48  102   2.8  -27  
  P  Carl Erskine         25  22   6  .786  30  29   7   0   0   0   2  217.2  159   69   60  19   91  162  2.48   69   2.8  -75  
  P  Warren Hacker        27  17   4  .810  26  25  12   1   0   0   6  201.1  155   58   52  21   39  102  2.32   58   2.6  -31  
  P  Billy Loes           22  14   2  .875  26  25   3   0   0   0   1  168.1  154   57   51  14   75  138  2.73   73   3.9    4  
  P *Preacher Roe         36  13   8  .619  30  22   5   5   2   0   1  160.0  174   64   60  18   45  111  3.38   82   4.6  -19  
  P  Andy Hansen          27   7   1  .875  23   0   0  13   2   2   0   32.1   38   21   15   5   12    8  4.18   21   5.7   83  
  P  Johnny Rutherford    27   4   0 1.000  25   4   1  14   2   0   0   75.0   67   22   17   6   21   20  2.04   27   3.3  -90  
  P *Lou Sleater          25   4   1  .800  16   3   0   3   0   1   0   25.2   25   17   16   2   20    9  5.61   15   5.3   10  
  P *Al Brazle            38   4   2  .667  32   4   2  21  14   2   0   67.2   44   20   17   5   31   31  2.26   17   2.4   -7  
  P  Frank Smith          24   4   3  .571  34   1   0  19   5   0   0   53.1   40   27   20   7   19   33  3.38   19   3.2  -71  
  P *Mickey Harris        35   2   0 1.000  19   0   0  12   0   0   0   25.2   28   15   15   6   13   17  5.26   17   6.2  125  
  P *Chris Van Cuyk       25   0   0  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    6.0    9    5    4   1    5    7  6.00    6   9.6  151  
  P  Tom Gorman           27   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   0    0    1 13.50    2  10.8  244  
  P  Ralph Branca         26   0   0  .000  22   1   0   9   1   0   0   25.0   31   16   14   6    8    8  5.04   20   7.4  168  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      535        -22

     * - 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 996 110 114 627 37 2 7 .997 9 6 Sherm Lollar 390 44 47 259 16 2 1 .993 6 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Waitkus 1344 149 151 1333 108 15 140 .990 9.65 Jackie Mayo 41 5 6 37 1 0 3 1.000 8.27 George Shuba 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Robinson 1296 145 148 329 402 15 102 .980 5.08 Bruce Edwards 90 9 15 18 27 0 9 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Rosen 1377 154 154 174 352 14 33 .974 3.44 Bob Elliott 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1347 151 151 274 496 21 97 .973 5.14 Rocky Bridges 33 3 5 1 16 1 3 .944 4.64 Al Rosen 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Jethroe 931 109 113 187 2 8 0 .959 1.83 Bob Elliott 218 18 50 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 Kite Thomas 192 23 23 39 0 1 0 .975 1.83 Gene Hermanski 37 4 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 Carl Furillo 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 George Shuba 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Mantle 1318 149 151 303 14 8 2 .975 2.16 Sam Jethroe 61 5 14 14 0 1 0 .933 2.07 George Shuba 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Kite Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Shuba 551 66 68 160 4 2 0 .988 2.68 Carl Furillo 461 43 85 137 1 0 1 1.000 2.69 Gene Hermanski 370 45 46 113 1 3 0 .974 2.78 Sam Jethroe 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Kite Thomas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1952 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Jim Rivera
Round 2 (#27):	Gene Hermanski
Round 3 (#41):	Bruce Edwards
Round 4 (#54):	Lou Sleater
Round 5 (#66):	Mickey Harris
Round 6 (#77):	Rocky Bridges
Round 7 (#85):	Jackie Mayo

Transactions

• 1952-01: traded Bobby Avila, Jim Rivera to NYA for Mickey Mantle, Bob Elliott
• 1952-01: traded Tommy Holmes to BON for Kite Thomas, Sam Jethroe
• 1952-01: acquired Dixie Howell as a free agent
• 1952-04: acquired Clyde King as a free agent
• 1952-09: traded Ben Wade to PIN for Clem Labine
• 1952 postseason: released Warren Hacker, Phil Haugstad, Jackie Mayo, George Shuba

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