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1955 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1954)  (1956) 96-58, 1st in National League Scored 818 runs, Allowed 660 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .731 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 98-55 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Lost to Detroit Tigers in World Series, 4 games to 0.

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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C   Roy Campanella       33  124  466   87  153  15   1  41  116   0   1   70   40  .328  .418  .629  120   9.6  1(-4)e3    69  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        36  154  599  108  185  36  12  16   74  12   9   90   49  .309  .397  .489  118   6.9  2e28      112  
 OF  Carl Furillo         33  143  564   87  171  27   4  40  125   2   3   49   50  .303  .365  .578  109   6.9  1(-5)e6    52  
 OF *Don Mueller          28  151  607   74  192  18   5   4   65   0   5   38   20  .316  .357  .382   81   5.0  3(-2)e8    20  
 OF *Bill Virdon          24  153  576   71  164  20   4  15   70   2   7   39   67  .285  .329  .411   74   4.6  1(-1)e15  -15  
 3B  Al Rosen             31  124  438   59  107  10   0  26   85   4   1   52   38  .244  .329  .445   64   5.0  3e19       10  
 2B  Bobby Avila          31  133  492   80  123  11   4  12   55   2   1   65   46  .250  .339  .362   63   4.2  3e16      -68  
 1B *Ferris Fain          34  103  279   50   76  12   0   4   29   3   1   81   32  .272  .440  .358   52   6.8  4e17       17  
 1B  Jackie Robinson      36  107  311   61   78   5   2  10   39   7   3   56   25  .251  .370  .376   47   5.1  3e30        6  
 3B  Don Hoak             27   99  250   30   68   9   2   6   28   9   5   32   52  .272  .351  .396   33   4.4  2e21       35  
 C   Sherm Lollar         30   48  129   23   33   7   1   8   24   0   1   24   14  .256  .388  .512   27   7.3  2(-4)e2   117  
 OF *Gene Stephens        22   39   71   17   17   5   1   2   10   0   0   15   16  .239  .372  .423   12   6.3  2(+1)e20  -38  
 2B #Jim Gilliam          26   40   46   19   14   2   0   3    4   2   2    6    3  .304  .385  .543    9   6.6  3e29      232  
 OF  Ed McGhee            30    5   10    3    2   0   0   0    3   5   1   12    0  .200  .609  .200    4  12.6  2(0)e25   363  
 OF *Walt Moryn           29    8   16    3    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .375  .500  .375    3   9.5  3(-1)e25  -15  
 OF *Sandy Amoros         25   31   31    3    7   0   1   1    5   0   0    3    6  .226  .294  .387    3   3.6  3(+1)e10  -67  
 SS  Rudy Regalado        25    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  unrated  -668  
 OF  Bob Borkowski        29    1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(+1)e4  -342  
 PH *George Shuba         30    4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -794  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           825                   29

     * - 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        28  25  14  .641  40  40  25   0   0   0   5  334.1  295  138  122  49   70  167  3.28  144   3.8  -51  
  P  Don Newcombe         29  20   9  .690  35  33  11   2   0   0   1  247.1  254  111  103  31   49  160  3.75  118   4.3    0  
  P  Carl Erskine         28  11   8  .579  28  23   5   2   0   0   0  167.2  172   88   80  27   61   76  4.29   94   5.0   14  
  P  Warren Hacker        30  11  11  .500  33  31   8   1   0   0   1  204.1  223  118  104  40   52   67  4.58  123   5.3   49  
  P *Karl Spooner         24   6   1  .857  30   6   0  13   3   0   0   73.2   54   28   28   9   32   64  3.42   28   3.5  -35  
  P  Don Bessent          24   6   1  .857  37   0   0  25   6   2   0   54.1   38   17   17   6   19   27  2.82   16   2.7  -94  
  P  Pedro Ramos          20   6   1  .857  26   8   1   9   0   0   0   86.0   85   48   46  12   34   26  4.81   45   4.7    3  
  P *Johnny Podres        22   4   4  .500  28   6   0   9   2   0   0   59.2   59   24   21   4   35   55  3.17   30   4.5  -43  
  P *Sandy Koufax         19   3   1  .750   6   4   2   0   0   0   1   33.0   24   12    9   0   14   28  2.45    9   2.4 -133  
  P  Billy Loes           25   2   2  .500  24   1   0  10   1   0   0   39.1   36   25   24   4   21   22  5.49   18   4.2  -30  
  P  Jack Meyer           23   2   5  .286  27   1   0  22  12   4   0   48.2   40   30   28   8   34   37  5.18   24   4.5   40  
  P  Brooks Lawrence      30   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.0    6    6    6   3    1    3 18.00    6  20.7  758  
  P *Alex Kellner         30   0   1  .000  18   1   0   8   2   0   0   35.2   36   15   15   5   14   18  3.79   22   5.6   29  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      684         -9

     * - 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 1087 121 121 679 23 2 7 .997 5 3 Sherm Lollar 300 33 36 182 9 0 0 1.000 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ferris Fain 607 70 73 624 76 6 70 .992 10.38 Jackie Robinson 544 59 80 576 75 10 37 .985 10.77 Al Rosen 236 25 30 266 24 6 27 .980 11.06 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Avila 1123 122 132 273 361 15 89 .977 5.08 Jackie Robinson 192 24 24 51 61 1 13 .991 5.25 Jim Gilliam 72 8 12 26 31 0 9 1.000 7.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Rosen 757 92 94 68 174 7 10 .972 2.88 Don Hoak 615 61 97 52 175 9 6 .962 3.32 Ferris Fain 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jackie Robinson 7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1381 154 154 284 555 16 110 .981 5.47 Jim Gilliam 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 Rudy Regalado 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Mueller 1162 130 135 230 4 4 0 .983 1.81 Gene Stephens 115 13 18 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 Carl Furillo 35 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.77 Ed McGhee 27 3 3 8 0 1 0 .889 2.67 Walt Moryn 25 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Jim Gilliam 12 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 Sandy Amoros 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bob Borkowski 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jackie Robinson 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Virdon 1356 152 153 371 12 14 1 .965 2.54 Ed McGhee 11 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 Gene Stephens 11 0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.27 Sandy Amoros 9 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 1193 132 138 252 4 7 1 .973 1.93 Don Mueller 183 21 25 29 0 3 0 .906 1.42 Sandy Amoros 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Jim Gilliam 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Bill Virdon
Round 2 (#25):	Ferris Fain

Transactions

• 1955-01: acquired Brooks Lawrence as a free agent
• 1955-03: acquired Walt Moryn as a free agent
• 1955-04: acquired Ed McGhee as a free agent
• 1955-09: released Ed McGhee
• 1955-09: acquired Rudy Regalado as a free agent
• 1955 postseason: released Walt Moryn, Gene Stephens, Pete Wojey

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