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1953 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1952)  (1954) 104-50, 1st in National League Scored 877 runs, Allowed 625 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-52 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 100-54   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 105-49 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Lost to Chicago White Sox 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Al Rosen             29  154  609  126  201  28   6  36  128   9   5   76   36  .330  .403  .573  140   8.7  3e19      -58  
 C   Roy Campanella       31  150  564  115  172  27   4  40  137  14   2   63   71  .305  .373  .580  122   8.0  1(-3)e5   -53  
 OF  Carl Furillo         31  144  506   92  182  39   5  15   84   2   1   39   33  .360  .402  .545  115   9.2  1(-4)e3   -25  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        34  146  575   99  162  26  12  14   52  24   8   68   73  .282  .358  .442   98   5.9  2e26        6  
 UT  Jackie Robinson      34  142  508   97  156  31   6   8   70  24   4   82   43  .307  .399  .439   93   6.5            -89  
 OF *Gus Bell             24  126  499   85  140  28   3  26   77   0   1   48   85  .281  .347  .505   82   5.8  2(-2)e11  -26  
 OF *Cal Abrams           29  123  472   85  127   6   8  21   58  10   9   55   81  .269  .346  .449   72   5.3  3(+1)e8    -8  
 2B  Bobby Avila          29  100  325   39   91  10   3   6   49   7   5   24   21  .280  .327  .385   40   4.2  3e12      -23  
 1B  Sherm Lollar         28   72  237   33   69  13   0   6   45   0   0   22   31  .291  .347  .422   34   5.1  4e16      -35  
 OF *Don Mueller          26   28  106   13   43   4   1   0   16   1   2    7    7  .406  .448  .462   21   8.0  4(-1)e7   146  
 OF  Bill Renna           28   41  118   20   39   6   1   2   18   0   0    7   44  .331  .383  .449   20   7.0  3(0)e7    -16  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        33   90  240   15   59   7   0   2   28   3   2   12   21  .246  .282  .300   18   2.6  1e15     -104  
 1B *Bob Boyd             33   45   75   11   23   4   2   1   18   0   0    8    3  .307  .360  .453   12   5.8  4e16       50  
 OF *George Shuba         28   37   78    8   20   7   1   2   12   0   1    8   12  .256  .311  .449   10   4.2  3(-1)e7     8  
 OF  Frank Carswell       33    6   16    3    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .312  .353  .375    2   5.4  4(+3)e7    72  
 OF  Bob Talbot           25   13    5    2    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .400  .400  .800    0   5.4  2(-3)e7   467  
 OF *Don Thompson         29    4    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .333  .500  .333    0   2.8  4(+3)e7   230  
 OF *Bob Addis            27    4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2(+1)e7  -435  
 PH  Billy Hitchcock      36    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -479  
 SS  Gene Verble          25    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e27     -451  
 UT *Bill Glynn           27    4    3    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333  .333  .667    0    .0            367  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           885                  -31

     * - 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        26  25  10  .714  38  38  18   0   0   0   2  304.0  302  139  121  38   63  209  3.58  132   3.9    5  
  P  Carl Erskine         26  19   7  .731  35  35  12   0   0   0   3  262.0  230  101   89  26   94  242  3.06  108   3.7  -32  
  P *Preacher Roe         37  16   4  .800  30  20   6   5   0   0   1  162.2  173   75   68  30   55   90  3.76   94   5.2   -7  
  P  Billy Loes           23  13   6  .684  26  23   3   1   0   0   1  151.2  147   66   60  19   50   79  3.56   74   4.4  -50  
  P  Ralph Branca         27   8   4  .667  39   7   1  18   4   3   0   98.0   93   49   42  10   45   58  3.86   49   4.5   10  
  P  Bob Milliken         26   6   3  .667  21  10   2   3   1   2   1   85.1   64   32   28  10   29   63  2.95   31   3.3  -59  
  P  Warren Hacker        28   6   8  .429  31  18   2   8   1   0   0  146.0  177   80   71  20   38   80  4.38   94   5.8   19  
  P *Al Sima              31   3   2  .600  24   2   1  11   3   3   0   38.1   39   16   14   4   12   17  3.29   19   4.7   32  
  P  Tom Gorman           28   3   3  .500  45   0   0  36  25   6   0   52.0   54   21   15   4   25   26  2.60   26   4.7   34  
  P *Al Brazle            39   2   1  .667  32   0   0  15   3   2   0   38.2   58   24   24   4   18   29  5.59   33   7.7  127  
  P  Ben Wade             30   2   2  .500  22   0   0   9   0   3   0   35.1   34   16   15   9   13   29  3.82   21   5.5   51  
  P  Andy Hansen          28   1   0 1.000   3   0   0   0   0   1   0    4.1    3    3    3   0    2    1  6.23    1   4.1 -215  
  P *Johnny Podres        20   0   0  .000   4   1   0   2   0   0   0   12.0    8    3    3   1    7   10  2.25    4   3.0 -225  
  P  Frank Smith          25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    1  0.00    0   2.2 -307  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      693         -7

     * - 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 1320 149 149 985 37 5 4 .995 11 10 Sherm Lollar 71 5 15 46 2 0 0 1.000 1 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Waitkus 598 62 89 587 37 10 71 .984 9.39 Sherm Lollar 423 49 53 390 39 8 52 .982 9.12 Jackie Robinson 267 31 32 263 24 3 25 .990 9.69 Bob Boyd 99 12 14 98 14 2 15 .982 10.18 Bill Glynn 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Al Rosen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Avila 779 86 90 201 256 7 68 .985 5.28 Jackie Robinson 612 68 70 137 196 12 58 .965 4.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Rosen 1390 154 154 153 371 14 39 .974 3.39 Jackie Robinson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1261 139 145 271 425 20 99 .972 4.97 Jackie Robinson 129 15 18 35 27 2 9 .969 4.33 Gene Verble 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cal Abrams 778 87 92 151 2 5 1 .968 1.77 Bill Renna 215 25 30 57 1 1 0 .983 2.43 Jackie Robinson 195 21 23 40 1 1 0 .976 1.90 George Shuba 158 17 23 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 Frank Carswell 26 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 Gus Bell 18 0 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 Bob Boyd 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Don Mueller 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gus Bell 1110 126 126 263 16 10 1 .965 2.26 Don Mueller 237 27 27 57 7 3 0 .955 2.43 Bob Talbot 14 0 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66 Cal Abrams 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Addis 8 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Don Thompson 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Bill Renna 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bill Glynn 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 1187 131 141 262 3 2 1 .993 2.01 Cal Abrams 199 23 25 46 0 1 0 .979 2.08 Gus Bell 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1953 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Eddie Waitkus
Round 2 (#22):	Cal Abrams
Round 2 (#28):	Ralph Branca
Round 3 (#42):	Al Sima
Round 4 (#55):	Bill Renna
Round 5 (#67):	Andy Hansen
Round 6 (#78):	Billy Hitchcock

Transactions

• 1953-01: acquired Bob Addis as a free agent
• 1953-02: acquired Frank Carswell as a free agent
• 1953-03: acquired Gene Verble as a free agent
• 1953-05: traded Don Mueller, Bill Glynn to CHN for Gus Bell, Bob Talbot
• 1953 postseason: released Joe Landrum, Al Sima, Don Thompson

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