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1954 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1953)  (1955) 98-56, 1st in National League Scored 833 runs, Allowed 630 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .732 Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 92-62 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             30  146  511  106  163  30   1  38  113  11   2   88   49  .319  .418  .605  131   9.5  3e20      113  
 OF *Don Mueller          27  154  619   92  227  32  11   9   94   6   2   31   24  .367  .395  .498  117   7.3  3(-2)e6    86  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        35  152  582  121  167  32  10  15   69   6   2  118   55  .287  .409  .454  111   6.7  2e28        4  
 2B  Bobby Avila          30  149  606  102  195  40   1  15  103  12   9   52   42  .322  .373  .465   99   5.9  3e21      -42  
 OF  Carl Furillo         32  153  585   82  174  23   0  22  101   6   6   58   30  .297  .361  .450   89   5.4  1(-5)e10   10  
 1B  Jackie Robinson      35  129  410   84  108  18   3  13   50   8   1   67   19  .263  .376  .417   67   5.6  3e16     -125  
 OF  Johnny Groth         27  111  328   48   99  14   0   8   53   1   7   33   37  .302  .367  .418   48   5.2  2(-2)e5    72  
 C   Roy Campanella       32   83  234   31   62  17   3   8   41   2   1   27   31  .265  .342  .466   37   5.6  3(-3)e4   122  
 OF *Sandy Amoros         24   91  246   39   60  24   3   3   45   1   3   46   24  .244  .357  .402   34   4.6  3(+1)e5   -84  
 C   Sherm Lollar         29  101  331   39   77  17   0   6   43   0   0   29   29  .233  .305  .338   33   3.4  2(-4)e2   -42  
 3B  Don Hoak             26   80  216   37   52   5   2   5   21   6   3   38   23  .241  .355  .352   30   4.6  2e25      -10  
 1B *Bill Glynn           28   63  130   14   29   1   2   4   17   3   0    9   12  .223  .271  .354   11   2.9  2e22      -52  
 PH *George Shuba         29    4    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200  .200  .400    0   2.7             37  
 PH  Luis Marquez         28   20   16    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .062  .211  .062    0    .7           -119  
 1B *Bob Boyd             34    2    3    1    0   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    0  .000  .200  .000    0   1.8  3e16     -265  
 PH *Don Thompson         30    5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2            234  
 OF  Joe Taylor           28    5    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .167  .143  .167    0   1.0  4(+2)e23 -268  
 2B #Jim Gilliam          25    4    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0    .6  3e19     -529  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           814                    8

     * - 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        27  30   7  .811  39  39  28   0   0   0   3  336.2  279  110  105  29   59  170  2.81  113   3.0  -53  
  P  Carl Erskine         27  21   9  .700  36  36  13   0   0   0   2  276.1  210  103   83  28  112  192  2.70  100   3.2 -107  
  P *Johnny Podres        21  13   6  .684  23  21   5   1   0   0   2  155.0  149   69   66  13   61   91  3.83   79   4.6  -21  
  P  Brooks Lawrence      29   7   5  .583  22  16   4   1   0   1   1  123.0  122   64   60  16   54   48  4.39   66   4.8   27  
  P  Warren Hacker        29   7   7  .500  18  16   4   0   0   0   0  107.1  111   64   58  20   29   54  4.86   59   4.9  -23  
  P *Preacher Roe         38   4   0 1.000  10   8   1   2   0   0   1   61.0   61   26   26   9   19   26  3.84   28   4.2 -112  
  P  Billy Loes           24   4   5  .444  15  12   2   1   0   0   1   89.0   84   42   38   8   38   52  3.84   39   4.0  -69  
  P  Frank Smith          26   3   3  .500  30   0   0  28  12   5   0   42.2   31   22   20  10   27   38  4.22   23   5.0   74  
  P  Tom Gorman           29   2   0 1.000  18   0   0  12   2   1   0   23.1   19    6    6   0   12   19  2.31    7   3.0  -58  
  P *Al Brazle            40   2   3  .400  22   0   0  12   3   4   0   31.2   32   19   17   5    8   12  4.83   15   4.4  -36  
  P  Don Newcombe         28   2   3  .400  26   4   0  15   1   0   0   61.1   83   50   41  13   25   36  6.02   52   7.5   73  
  P *Bob Kuzava           31   2   5  .286  32   0   0  18   2   1   0   44.1   55   32   30   8   22   27  6.09   35   7.3   89  
  P  Jerry Lane           28   1   0 1.000   3   0   0   1   1   0   0    3.2    0    0    0   0    2    0  0.00    0    .2 -331  
  P  Bob Milliken         27   0   3  .000  11   2   0   6   0   0   0   29.0   31   23   20  11   11   10  6.21   24   7.5  135  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      647        -34

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Sherm Lollar 834 94 99 528 21 2 4 .996 0 2 Roy Campanella 550 60 67 359 14 3 1 .992 1 5 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Robinson 836 96 100 900 99 10 93 .990 10.75 Bill Glynn 271 25 51 309 29 5 25 .985 11.23 Al Rosen 268 32 32 297 28 2 29 .994 10.91 Bob Boyd 9 1 1 8 2 0 0 1.000 10.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Avila 1321 148 149 342 474 14 114 .983 5.56 Jackie Robinson 51 5 10 14 17 0 5 1.000 5.51 Al Rosen 10 1 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 Jim Gilliam 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Rosen 863 98 101 66 241 9 20 .972 3.20 Don Hoak 520 56 74 48 121 8 9 .955 2.92 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 1354 150 152 241 520 31 111 .961 5.06 Al Rosen 30 4 4 4 14 1 1 .947 5.46 Bobby Avila 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Mueller 1357 153 153 270 9 8 0 .972 1.85 Jackie Robinson 10 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.61 Sandy Amoros 7 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Joe Taylor 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Luis Marquez 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 George Shuba 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Groth 803 86 107 221 9 3 0 .987 2.58 Sandy Amoros 579 68 70 173 6 1 1 .994 2.78 Don Thompson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 1365 153 153 253 3 10 2 .962 1.69 Don Mueller 19 1 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1954 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Frank Smith
Round 2 (#27):	Johnny Groth
Round 3 (#41):	Tom Gorman
Round 4 (#53):	Bill Glynn
Round 5 (#65):	Ben Wade
Round 6 (#76):	Bob Boyd
Round 7 (#85):	Bob Kuzava

Transactions

• 1954-01: acquired Joe Taylor as a free agent
• 1954-03: traded Jim Gilliam, Alex Kellner to SLN for Al Brazle, SLN#2
• 1954-04: acquired Luis Marquez as a free agent
• 1954-07: acquired Jerry Lane as a free agent
• 1954 postseason: released Sandy Amoros, Bill Antonello

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