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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1955)  (1957) 91-63, 3rd in National League Scored 773 runs, Allowed 661 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 93-61 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B #Jim Gilliam          27  154  604   98  155  22   6   8   60  20   6   93   40  .257  .357  .353   85   4.9  2e18      -85  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        37  154  585  102  164  19   0  11   68   5   1   78   54  .280  .364  .369   83   5.1  2e28       66  
 OF  Rocky Colavito       22  124  346   71  101  11   5  26   79   0   0   54   52  .292  .392  .578   82   8.7  4(-5)e11   66  
 OF  Carl Furillo         34  150  586   75  155  33   0  20   95   2   1   56   56  .265  .326  .423   75   4.4  1(-5)e5   -74  
 1B  Jackie Robinson      37  133  384   62  114  29   2  10   65   7  10   69   30  .297  .403  .461   74   6.4  3e20       71  
 3B  Al Rosen             32  135  469   63  125  22   3  24   75   0   0   53   57  .267  .337  .480   73   5.4  4e27       38  
 OF *Sandy Amoros         26  101  322   63   83  15   8  21   63   4   3   62   44  .258  .377  .550   68   7.2  3(+1)e5    24  
 C   Sherm Lollar         31  133  447   56  105  19   0  11   60   2   1   59   58  .235  .343  .351   56   4.3  1(-4)e3  -127  
 1B *Bob Boyd             36   88  251   36   80  10   5   2   31   0   0   33   15  .319  .401  .422   43   6.5  2e16       28  
 OF *Al Pilarcik          26   87  273   36   79   9   2   4   32  14   3   18   32  .289  .332  .381   35   4.8  3(0)e10    28  
 C   Roy Campanella       34   62  172   20   40   7   1   4   26   1   0   24   25  .233  .325  .355   18   3.5  1(-4)e8   -47  
 2B  Bobby Avila          32   56  141   18   32   3   1   2   13   5   1   22   17  .227  .347  .305   17   4.0  4e21       12  
 OF *Gene Stephens        23   65   73   14   23   2   0   3    9   0   0   15   13  .315  .432  .466   15   8.1  2(+1)e5   162  
 OF *Dale Mitchell        34   21   71    4   22   3   0   0    2   0   0    3    8  .310  .333  .352    7   3.9  4(+3)e16  168  
 OF  Jim Pyburn           23   51   66   11   12   0   1   1    7   6   2   12   14  .182  .308  .258    5   2.7  2(0)e10    45  
 OF *Don Mueller          29   12   29    2   11   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .379  .379  .448    4   5.4  4(-1)e4   204  
 1B *Ed Bouchee           23    7   20    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    8  .300  .391  .400    3   5.5  4e25       20  
 3B  Don Hoak             28   37   22    3    5   0   0   0    2   2   0    1    0  .227  .261  .227    1   2.6  2e25     -106  
 1B  Chuck Harmon         32   19   47    1    5   0   0   0    2   1   0    5    3  .106  .189  .106    1    .9  3e25      200  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                           755                    2

     * - 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  Don Newcombe         30  21   8  .724  39  38  10   1   0   0   4  282.2  233   96   93  38   52  141  2.96  101   3.2  -25  
  P  Robin Roberts        29  14  13  .519  40  39  13   0   0   0   3  280.2  316  145  123  41   39  150  3.94  152   4.9  -29  
  P  Warren Hacker        31  11   8  .579  27  23   4   1   0   0   2  157.2  163   74   65  25   37   71  3.71   83   4.7  -60  
  P  Don Bessent          25  10   6  .625  47   0   0  33  14   2   0   78.1   77   27   23   3   27   54  2.64   36   4.2    8  
  P  Don Drysdale         19  10   7  .588  28  11   2  10   2   0   1  104.0  107   47   36  11   46   66  3.12   54   4.6   17  
  P  Carl Erskine         29   9   8  .529  29  26   2   1   0   0   1  146.2  152   80   67  18   45   76  4.11   76   4.6  -37  
  P *Alex Kellner         31   5   4  .556  54   4   0  17   4   1   0   94.1  118   83   75  22   45   47  7.16   84   8.1   70  
  P  Jack Meyer           24   4   2  .667  37   7   2  18   3   1   0  104.0   95   42   41  11   54   56  3.55   52   4.6  -37  
  P  Vito Valentinetti    27   4   5  .444  42   2   0  22   6   3   0   64.1   72   23   23   7   25   21  3.22   35   5.0   58  
  P *Sandy Koufax         20   2   2  .500  36   1   0  15   3   2   0   62.0   65   27   25   8   20   41  3.63   34   5.0 -149  
  P  Dave Hillman         28   1   0 1.000   3   2   0   1   0   0   0   13.1   21    9    7   1    6    7  4.73   11   8.4  281  
  P  Pedro Ramos          21   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    2.0    3    2    2   0    2    2  9.00    2   9.2   42  
  P  Billy Loes           26   0   0  .000   3   1   0   0   0   0   0    8.1   12    6    6   1    3    8  6.48    6   7.6   67  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      734        -17

     * - 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 1048 115 116 636 18 2 9 .997 3 1 Roy Campanella 351 39 41 215 12 2 0 .991 2 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Robinson 658 72 85 685 47 5 81 .993 10.01 Bob Boyd 571 61 72 575 56 1 60 .998 9.95 Chuck Harmon 118 15 16 103 6 7 14 .940 8.29 Ed Bouchee 50 6 7 49 4 0 4 1.000 9.54 Al Pilarcik 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Gilliam 1092 119 126 305 348 10 89 .985 5.38 Bobby Avila 307 35 37 86 86 4 24 .977 5.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Rosen 1076 125 126 116 223 20 28 .944 2.84 Jackie Robinson 263 29 38 29 55 2 9 .977 2.87 Don Hoak 60 0 33 1 7 1 1 .889 1.21 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1393 154 154 281 550 30 105 .965 5.37 Jackie Robinson 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sandy Amoros 511 58 60 106 3 4 0 .965 1.92 Jim Gilliam 292 35 35 75 6 0 1 1.000 2.50 Rocky Colavito 236 27 29 43 4 0 1 1.000 1.79 Dale Mitchell 151 18 18 28 0 2 0 .933 1.67 Carl Furillo 132 14 16 22 2 0 1 1.000 1.64 Jim Pyburn 20 0 13 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 Don Mueller 15 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Al Pilarcik 13 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Gene Stephens 12 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Chuck Harmon 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Jackie Robinson 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Pilarcik 568 65 67 177 7 0 2 1.000 2.92 Carl Furillo 380 44 49 118 7 0 0 1.000 2.96 Jim Pyburn 175 18 28 57 2 1 0 .983 3.03 Gene Stephens 139 12 32 36 1 1 1 .974 2.40 Sandy Amoros 135 15 17 40 4 3 3 .936 2.93 Chuck Harmon 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 758 82 95 180 7 0 1 1.000 2.22 Rocky Colavito 496 57 62 105 5 1 1 .991 2.00 Sandy Amoros 99 11 12 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.73 Don Mueller 29 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 Al Pilarcik 13 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 Jim Gilliam 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jim Pyburn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1956 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Al Rosen
Round 2 (#17):	Warren Hacker
Round 3 (#31):	Vito Valentinetti
Round 4 (#45):	Al Pilarcik
Round 5 (#58):	Dave Philley
Round 6 (#69):	Don Hoak

Transactions

• 1956-01: traded Dave Philley to SLN for Gene Stephens
• 1956-01: traded Rube Walker to BAA for Jim Pyburn
• 1956-04: acquired Dave Hillman as a free agent
• 1956-09: acquired Ed Bouchee as a free agent
• 1956-14: released Ed Bouchee
• 1956-14: acquired Chuck Harmon as a free agent

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