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1957 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1956)  (1958) 68-86, 6th in National League Scored 666 runs, Allowed 800 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .692 Park Factor: Batting - 113 / Pitching - 115 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 84-70 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Rocky Colavito       23  142  507   81  133  20   0  35   99   0   0   76  106  .262  .355  .509   94   6.5  2(-4)e13   45  
 UT *Bob Boyd             37  142  535   64  172  17   5   7   68   8   5   48   46  .321  .378  .411   83   5.9  4e11       -7  
 C   Hal Smith            26  109  388   60  126  29   0  26   69   9   2   12   55  .325  .347  .601   77   7.6  4(0)e6    136  
 2B #Jim Gilliam          28  154  628   76  172  19   4   5   45  34  13   55   44  .274  .332  .341   73   3.8  3e11       36  
 OF  Carl Furillo         35  121  419   54  129  14   5  15   65   2   1   40   38  .308  .366  .473   72   6.4  3(-4)e3    20  
 3B  Bobby Avila          33  140  496   55  130  16   4  14   59   6   3   54   65  .262  .334  .395   67   4.5  4e25       41  
 OF *Sandy Amoros         27   99  258   57   74   6   0  17   44   3   2   47   57  .287  .401  .508   56   8.2  3(+1)e7   106  
 1B *Dee Fondy            32  115  399   41  123  16   2   4   34  15  10   27   87  .308  .352  .388   50   4.6  2e27       -1  
 OF  Jim Landis           23  105  211   36   56   7   3   3   20  11   8   41   51  .265  .390  .370   32   5.0  1(-1)e7   135  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        38  124  351   43   77   5   0   1   17  10   3   43   33  .219  .306  .242   28   2.6  2e39       -7  
 C   Roy Campanella       35   81  236   26   58  10   0   9   34   0   2   16   42  .246  .290  .403   26   3.7  1(-3)e4   -11  
 OF *Elmer Valo           36   87  147   14   36   9   0   1   12   2   0   23   15  .245  .341  .327   16   3.7  3(0)e7   -125  
 SS  Milt Bolling         26   57  156   12   32  10   1   3   21   2   1   11   43  .205  .256  .340   13   2.9  4e29        0  
 OF  Bob Bowman           26   36   60    5   11   1   1   1    4   0   0    4   21  .183  .231  .283    3   1.9  3(+1)e19 -230  
 C   Sherm Lollar         32   23   23    4    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    9    3  .217  .438  .261    3   5.1  1(-2)e4   -37  
 3B *Wayne Causey         20    5    9    2    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    8    3  .222  .611  .333    3  13.2  3e25      274  
 SS #Dick Schofield       22   16   51    3    9   1   0   0    2   0   0    2   15  .176  .208  .196    1   1.1  3e32      -11  
 SS  Buddy Peterson       32    6   20    2    4   3   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .200  .227  .450    1   1.9  4e29      120  
 3B  Bobby Henrich        18    3    7    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .429  .429  .429    1   8.7  4e22      407  
 OF *Don Mueller          30    4   16    0    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .125  .167  .250    0   1.4  4(-1)e3  -181  
 C  *Rube Walker          31    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  3(+1)e5  -508  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           710                   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  Don Drysdale         20  15  13  .536  32  31  12   0   0   0   4  232.2  232  100   79  27   62  167  3.06  110   4.2    7  
  P  Robin Roberts        30  14  17  .452  36  36   8   0   0   0   1  262.0  299  159  140  51   52  162  4.81  166   5.7   41  
  P *Johnny Podres        24  12   7  .632  29  29   4   0   0   0   1  203.0  198   99   86  21   65  128  3.81   93   4.2   27  
  P  Billy Loes           27   6  12  .333  57   2   0  49  16   8   0  117.0  111   38   35  17   33   88  2.69   52   4.0   25  
  P *Alex Kellner         32   5   0 1.000  38   0   0  17   4   0   0   40.0   59   39   30  11   11   34  6.75   37   8.3  148  
  P  Don Newcombe         31   5  19  .208  27  27   3   0   0   0   1  177.1  212  128  115  52   36   98  5.84  129   6.5  139  
  P  Pedro Ramos          22   4   2  .667  57   0   0  28   1   2   0  113.1  136   90   85  34   41   53  6.75   92   7.3   69  
  P *Danny McDevitt       24   4   5  .444  21  14   1   4   0   1   0   77.2   75   47   40   6   52   68  4.64   41   4.7   27  
  P *Frank Baumann        24   1   0 1.000   6   0   0   2   0   0   0    6.2   10    3    2   0    1    4  2.70    4   6.4   31  
  P  Carl Erskine         30   1   2  .333  32   3   0  12   0   0   0   55.1   59   28   24   8   16   26  3.90   29   4.5    6  
  P *Sandy Koufax         21   1   8  .111  30  12   0  11   1   0   0   89.1  100   62   56  14   49  111  5.64   64   6.3  112  
  P  Jack Meyer           25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    2    2   1    0    0 18.00    3  27.0  581  
  P  Don Bessent          26   0   1  .000   5   0   0   3   0   1   0    6.2   10    5    5   2    3    3  6.75    6   8.5  102  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      830         54

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Hal Smith 793 95 96 589 29 10 1 .984 34 14 Roy Campanella 547 56 75 410 19 2 2 .995 7 6 Sherm Lollar 41 3 12 35 2 0 1 1.000 1 1 Rube Walker 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dee Fondy 879 97 104 869 76 14 65 .985 9.67 Bob Boyd 495 56 57 475 57 3 38 .994 9.68 Hal Smith 8 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 10.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Gilliam 1382 154 154 302 447 7 85 .991 4.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Avila 1218 136 140 132 320 26 20 .946 3.34 Milt Bolling 105 12 16 8 30 3 0 .927 3.27 Wayne Causey 36 5 5 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.75 Bobby Henrich 17 1 3 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.71 Pee Wee Reese 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 934 102 118 168 278 21 52 .955 4.30 Milt Bolling 276 32 40 53 80 5 15 .964 4.34 Dick Schofield 126 14 15 35 40 1 8 .987 5.37 Buddy Peterson 47 6 6 17 16 1 3 .971 6.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sandy Amoros 485 58 61 98 4 1 0 .990 1.89 Carl Furillo 299 29 46 77 4 2 0 .976 2.44 Bob Boyd 218 26 30 42 3 2 0 .957 1.86 Elmer Valo 203 24 26 49 0 2 0 .961 2.17 Bob Bowman 65 7 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.20 Rocky Colavito 50 5 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.79 Don Mueller 37 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 Jim Landis 24 1 13 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Landis 499 47 80 105 6 4 1 .965 2.00 Bob Boyd 426 51 51 101 9 3 0 .973 2.32 Carl Furillo 370 46 48 112 7 1 1 .992 2.90 Rocky Colavito 69 8 9 15 0 1 0 .938 1.96 Bob Bowman 16 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.69 Elmer Valo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rocky Colavito 1075 120 121 238 4 10 1 .960 2.03 Carl Furillo 258 29 29 47 3 3 1 .943 1.74 Elmer Valo 42 5 5 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.36 Bob Boyd 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1957 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Don Mueller
Round 2 (#25):	Dee Fondy
Round 3 (#38):	Alex Kellner
Round 4 (#51):	Milt Bolling

Transactions

• 1957-01: acquired Dick Schofield as a free agent
• 1957-04: acquired Buddy Peterson as a free agent
• 1957-09: acquired Wayne Causey as a free agent
• 1957-09: released Buddy Peterson
• 1957-13: released Wayne Causey
• 1957-13: acquired Bobby Henrich as a free agent
• 1957 postseason: released Dick Schofield

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