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1958 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1957)  (1959) 81-73, 2nd in National League Scored 784 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .686 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 75-79   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-83 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       24  148  539  110  170  28   5  51  132   2   2   94  116  .315  .412  .670  154  10.8  2(-4)e6    57  
 OF  Jim Landis           24  141  562  114  184  40   9  24   67  39   5   63   95  .327  .401  .559  135   9.2  1(-1)e5   174  
 1B *Bob Boyd             38  121  448   73  165  27   7  15   81   0   0   23   40  .368  .395  .560   99   8.9  4e13      166  
 3B #Jim Gilliam          29  152  602  100  168  23   5   8   63  27   5   82   28  .279  .364  .374   91   5.1  3e31       50  
 OF  Carl Furillo         36  124  440   63  131  17   4  21   78   1   3   44   34  .298  .358  .498   76   6.2  2(-4)e6    32  
 C   Sherm Lollar         33  136  459   60  116  16   0  26   71   6   5   61   61  .253  .342  .458   71   5.3  1(-2)e6   -22  
 2B  Bobby Avila          34  120  405   50  115  20   5   9   52   7   7   59   62  .284  .376  .425   67   5.7  3e17       87  
 SS  Billy Harrell        29  106  368   50   89  14   0  17   50  19   6   27   77  .242  .294  .418   44   4.0  4e28      114  
 OF  Bob Bowman           27   81  204   32   68  19   1   9   42   0   0   15   41  .333  .376  .569   41   7.7  3(+1)e7   101  
 UT  Hal Smith            27  101  339   25   78  15   4   6   30   4   1   35   57  .230  .305  .351   37   3.8            -60  
 OF *Ron Fairly           19   29   57   15   21   1   0   6   11   1   0    8   10  .368  .446  .702   18  13.7  3(0)e10   383  
 2B  Billy Moran          24   54  176   17   45  10   0   1   16   4   4   11   23  .256  .300  .330   17   3.3  2e24       87  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        39   73  154   22   31   3   3   5   21   2   0   22   19  .201  .296  .357   17   3.4  2e41      -65  
 OF *Elmer Valo           37   53  106   13   26   4   0   2   13   3   0   18   17  .245  .352  .340   14   4.5  4(0)e7     53  
 OF *Lenny Green          25   29   90    8   22   1   0   0    3   1   0    9   15  .244  .313  .256    7   2.9  2(+2)e8    -3  
 SS  Joe Koppe            27    5    8    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .250  .455  .250    1   5.2  3e88     -240  
 C  *Rube Walker          32   10   18    0    3   1   0   0    1   1   0    0    1  .167  .211  .222    1   1.8  3(+1)e5     5  
 1B *Jim Gentile          24    5   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .188  .235  .188    0   1.6  2e19       21  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           896                   68

     * - 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        31  16  13  .552  37  37  13   0   0   0   3  287.1  320  153  137  46   54  145  4.29  151   4.7   14  
  P  Billy Loes           28  13   7  .650  42   9   2  19   3   2   1  110.2  120   45   37  12   40   54  3.01   57   4.6    3  
  P *Sandy Koufax         22  12   7  .632  37  26   3   6   1   1   3  153.2  126   80   77  23  101  147  4.51   82   4.8  -22  
  P  Don Drysdale         21  11   9  .550  31  31   4   0   0   0   0  203.0  235  104   92  26   59  155  4.08  116   5.1  -15  
  P *Johnny Podres        25   9  11  .450  31  30   0   0   0   0   0  186.0  191  117  110  33   68  169  5.32  113   5.4   39  
  P  Jack Meyer           26   5   3  .625  45   3   0  19   7   1   0   57.2   53   33   33  10   22   56  5.15   28   4.4   56  
  P  Joey Jay             22   5   4  .556  39   5   0  26  17   6   0   85.1   51   22   14   7   40   79  1.48   22   2.3  -53  
  P  Pedro Ramos          23   5   7  .417  41  13   1  18   2   0   0  159.0  179   89   87  30   52   79  4.92  101   5.7   -1  
  P  Don Newcombe         32   4   8  .333  56   0   0  25   2   4   0  101.2  166   92   88  22   26   49  7.79   99   8.8   72  
  P  Johnny Klippstein    30   1   4  .200  23   0   0  16   2   1   0   33.2   40   31   30  10   18   29  8.02   28   7.6  137  
  P  Carl Erskine         31   0   0  .000   5   0   0   0   0   0   0    8.1   15    7    6   3    4    4  6.48   11  11.0  302  
  P *Fred Kipp            26   0   0  .000  14   0   0   1   0   1   0    5.2    9    5    5   0    5    1  7.94    5   9.6  176  
  P *Bob Giallombardo     21   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    0    0   0    1    0  0.00    1  16.8  279  
  P  Babe Birrer          29   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0    .0 -779  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      819         14

     * - 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 1100 119 132 829 48 11 2 .988 35 23 Hal Smith 245 30 31 186 13 1 1 .995 8 4 Rube Walker 49 5 10 44 0 2 0 .957 5 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Boyd 898 97 107 852 62 4 87 .996 9.16 Hal Smith 393 45 51 388 33 6 57 .986 9.64 Rocky Colavito 66 8 9 67 3 2 13 .972 9.55 Jim Gentile 37 4 5 27 4 0 1 1.000 7.54 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Avila 970 106 111 224 320 12 84 .978 5.05 Billy Moran 282 32 33 68 92 4 28 .976 5.11 Jim Gilliam 142 16 16 34 47 1 9 .988 5.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Gilliam 1209 134 135 125 270 24 42 .943 2.94 Hal Smith 141 16 16 10 33 2 6 .956 2.74 Billy Harrell 22 2 3 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.86 Bobby Avila 17 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 Pee Wee Reese 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.93 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Harrell 841 100 101 150 286 19 46 .958 4.66 Pee Wee Reese 387 35 64 75 133 13 36 .941 4.84 Billy Moran 156 18 19 19 51 2 12 .972 4.05 Joe Koppe 10 1 3 4 1 2 0 .714 4.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rocky Colavito 717 76 87 146 6 1 0 .993 1.91 Bob Bowman 313 37 39 75 1 2 0 .974 2.19 Elmer Valo 171 21 21 30 3 0 0 1.000 1.74 Lenny Green 98 10 15 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.56 Carl Furillo 92 10 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 Billy Harrell 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Landis 1189 131 135 293 23 8 1 .975 2.39 Ron Fairly 92 11 12 18 0 1 0 .947 1.75 Lenny Green 82 9 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 Bob Bowman 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47 Elmer Valo 11 1 3 2 1 1 0 .750 2.45 Carl Furillo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 888 96 104 250 6 2 2 .992 2.59 Rocky Colavito 471 55 56 125 4 0 1 1.000 2.46 Bob Bowman 20 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 Elmer Valo 12 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jim Gilliam 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1958 Draft

Round 1 (#4):

Bobby Avila

Transactions

• 1958-01: traded Ted Kluszewski to CIN for Don Newcombe
• 1958-02: acquired Billy Harrell as a free agent
• 1958-03: acquired Billy Moran as a free agent
• 1958-06: acquired Joe Koppe as a free agent
• 1958-09: acquired Lenny Green as a free agent
• 1958-09: released Joe Koppe
• 1958 postseason: released Lenny Green, Billy Harrell

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