1951 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics and Roster

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1951 Brooklyn Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952)
97-60, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 855 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-61
Managed by Chuck Dressen

Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,282,628 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Roy Campanella      29  143  505   90  164  33  1  33  108  53   51  .325  .393  .590   1   2  19   4   0          159
1B  Gil Hodges          27  158  582  118  156  25  3  40  103  93   99  .268  .374  .527   9   7  13   5   1          138
2B  Jackie Robinson     32  153  548  106  185  33  7  19   88  79   27  .338  .429  .527  25   8  10   9   6          154
3B  Billy Cox           31  142  455   62  127  25  4   9   51  37   30  .279  .336  .411   5   5   8   2  13           98
SS  Pee Wee Reese       32  154  616   94  176  20  8  10   84  81   57  .286  .371  .393  20  14  19   2  12          104
OF  Carl Furillo        29  158  667   93  197  32  4  16   91  43   33  .295  .344  .427   8   7  15   7   7          105
OF *Duke Snider         24  150  606   96  168  26  6  29  101  62   97  .277  .344  .483  14  10  23   0   4          118
OF  Andy Pafko          30   84  277   42   69  11  0  18   58  35   27  .249  .350  .484   1   4   8   8   0          120
   *Cal Abrams          27   67  150   27   42   8  0   3   19  36   26  .280  .419  .393   3   2   5   0   0          118
    Rocky Bridges       23   63  134   13   34   7  0   1   15  10   10  .254  .306  .328   0   0   9   0   3           69
   *Don Thompson        27   80  118   25   27   3  0   0    6  12   12  .229  .305  .254   2   8   1   1   1           51
   *Gene Hermanski      31   31   80    8   20   4  0   1    5  10   12  .250  .333  .338   0   2   2   0   0           79
   *Rube Walker         25   36   74    6   18   4  0   2    9   6   14  .243  .300  .378   0   0   3   0   1           80
    Dick Williams       22   23   60    5   12   3  1   1    5   4   10  .200  .250  .333   0   0   0   0   0           54
    Wayne Terwilliger   26   37   50   11   14   1  0   0    4   8    7  .280  .390  .300   1   0   1   1   0           87
    Bruce Edwards       27   17   36    6    9   2  0   1    8   1    3  .250  .270  .389   0   0   1   0   0           74
   *Hank Edwards        32   35   31    1    7   3  0   0    3   4    9  .226  .314  .323   0   0   2   0   0           70
    Tommy Brown         23   11   25    2    4   2  0   0    1   2    4  .160  .222  .240   0   0   0   0   0           23
   #Jim Russell         32   16   13    2    0   0  0   0    0   4    6  .000  .278  .000   0   0   2   1   0          -19
    Eddie Miksis        24   19   10    6    2   1  0   0    0   1    2  .200  .333  .300   0   0   0   1   0           70
    Mickey Livingston   36    2    5    0    2   0  0   0    2   1    0  .400  .500  .400   0   0   0   0   1          143
   *Wayne Belardi       20    3    3    1    1   0  1   0    0   0    2  .333  .333 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          242

   *Don Newcombe        25   40  103   11   23   3  1   0    8   8    9  .223  .286  .272   0   0   0   1   2           50
    Preacher Roe        36   34   89    3   10   0  0   0    7   2   36  .112  .132  .112   0   0   2   0   9          -34
    Ralph Branca        25   42   63    6   11   1  0   0    4   2   26  .175  .200  .190   0   0   1   0   6            5
    Carl Erskine        24   46   61    6    8   1  0   0    4   2    9  .131  .159  .148   0   0   0   0   3          -18
   #Clyde King          27   48   29    4    4   0  1   0    1   2    7  .138  .219  .207   0   0   0   1   4           14
    Bud Podbielan       27   27   23    1    7   0  0   0    2   0    2  .304  .304  .304   0   0   0   0   0           63
    Clem Labine         24   14   21    3    3   0  0   0    3   1    5  .143  .182  .143   0   0   2   0   0          -12
    Johnny Schmitz      30   16   18    1    4   1  0   1    3   1    3  .222  .263  .444   0   0   1   0   0           85
    Joe Hatten          34   11   15    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    4  .133  .133  .133   0   1   0   0   1          -29
    Erv Palica          23   20   13    1    2   0  0   0    0   2    5  .154  .267  .154   0   0   0   0   1           15
   *Chris Van Cuyk      24    9    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .333  .250   0   0   0   1   0           58
    Dan Bankhead        31   15    2    3    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Phil Haugstad       27   21    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0           45
   *Earl Mossor         25    3    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          435
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5  158 5492  855 1511 249 37 184  794 603  649  .275  .347  .434  89  70 147  44  75          117
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    1    1   1  6   1        2    1     1     1     1   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Don Newcombe        25  40   3.28  20   9  0  36   2  18   3  272.0  235  115   99  19   91  164 1125   7   6  0     120
SP *Preacher Roe        36  34   3.04  22   3  0  33   1  19   2  257.7  247   91   87  30   64  113 1031   2   0  0     129
SP  Ralph Branca        25  42   3.26  13  12  3  27  11  13   3  204.0  180   81   74  19   85  118  855   6   3  0     120
SP *Joe Hatten          34  11   4.56   1   0  0   6   0   0   0   49.3   55   25   25   3   21   22  218   2   0  0      86
SP *Chris Van Cuyk      24   9   5.52   1   2  0   6   1   0   0   29.3   33   22   18   4   11   16  129   1   4  0      71

CL  Clyde King          27  48   4.15  14   7  6   3  31   1   0  121.3  118   64   56  15   50   33  511   6   3  0      94
RP  Carl Erskine        24  46   4.46  16  12  4  19  18   7   0  189.7  206  105   94  23   78   95  829   0   2  0      88
RP  Bud Podbielan       27  27   3.50   2   2  0   5   9   1   0   79.7   67   32   31   9   36   26  332   2   2  0     112
RP  Phil Haugstad       27  21   6.46   0   1  0   1   6   0   0   30.7   28   25   22   4   24   22  148   1   3  0      61
RP  Erv Palica          23  19   4.75   2   6  0   8   6   0   0   53.0   55   28   28  10   20   15  232   2   0  0      82

    Clem Labine         24  14   2.20   5   1  0   6   3   5   2   65.3   52   17   16   4   20   39  258   0   0  0     178
   *Johnny Schmitz      30  16   5.34   1   4  0   7   2   0   0   55.7   55   37   33   4   28   20  245   5   2  0      73
    Dan Bankhead        31   7  15.43   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   14.0   27   24   24   5   14    9   80   1   0  0      25
    Earl Mossor         25   3  32.40   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    6    6   1    7    1   13   0   0  0      12
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 158   3.88  97  60 13 158  94  64  10 1423.0 1360  672  613 150  549  693 6006  35  25  0     101
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   2   7  6           2   4      1    3    6        7    4    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RCampanella 140 722 72 11 12 .986 4 RWalker 23 62 8 2 0 .972 0 BEdwards 9 37 3 0 0 1.000 0 MLivingston 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 158 824 85 13 13 .986 4 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHodges 158 1365 126 12 171 .992 9.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 1365 126 12 171 .992 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRobinson 150 390 435 7 137 .992 5.50 WTerwillige 24 31 44 4 9 .949 3.12 RBridges 10 11 12 0 1 1.000 2.30 EMiksis 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 432 491 11 147 .988 5.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BCox 139 140 264 14 26 .967 2.91 RBridges 40 26 62 13 10 .871 2.20 EMiksis 6 3 4 0 2 1.000 1.17 WTerwillige 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 169 331 27 39 .949 3.16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 4.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PReese 154 292 422 35 106 .953 4.64 RBridges 9 11 20 2 4 .939 3.44 BCox 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 304 442 37 110 .953 4.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CFurillo 157 330 24 5 6 .986 2.25 0 0 157 DSnider 150 382 12 5 1 .987 2.63 0 150 0 APafko 76 144 8 1 0 .993 2.00 70 9 0 DThompson 61 75 3 1 1 .987 1.28 56 6 0 CAbrams 34 64 3 4 1 .944 1.97 34 0 0 GHermanski 19 41 2 1 1 .977 2.26 18 0 1 DWilliams 15 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.47 15 0 0 TBrown 5 9 1 1 0 .909 2.00 5 0 0 JRussell 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 4 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 158 1069 54 18 10 .984 2.37 158 158 158 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DNewcombe 40 24 45 3 3 .958 2.28 PRoe 34 18 39 3 6 .950 1.99 RBranca 42 12 19 0 2 1.000 1.37 CErskine 46 13 32 2 1 .957 2.13 CKing 48 12 21 0 4 1.000 2.45 BPodbielan 27 6 16 0 0 1.000 2.48 CLabine 14 6 6 1 1 .923 1.65 JSchmitz 16 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.91 EPalica 19 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.89 JHatten 11 3 13 1 2 .941 2.92 PHaugstad 21 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.35 CVan Cuyk 9 2 4 1 2 .857 1.84 DBankhead 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.57 EMossor 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 107 231 11 23 .968 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Robinson .338

On-base % Robinson .429

Slugging % Campanella .590

OPS Campanella .983

Games Furillo and Hodges 158

At Bats Furillo 667

Plate Appearances (approx.) Furillo 724

Runs Hodges 118

Hits Furillo 197

Total Bases Hodges 307

Doubles Campanella and Robinson 33

Triples Reese 8

Home Runs Hodges 40

RBI Campanella 108

Bases on Balls Hodges 93

Strikeouts Hodges 99

Stolen Bases Robinson 25

Singles Furillo 145

Adjusted OPS+ Campanella 159

Runs Created Robinson 124

Adjusted Batting Runs Robinson 46

Batting Wins Robinson 4.5

Extra-Base Hits Hodges 68

Times on Base Robinson 273

Offensive Win% Robinson .765

Hit By Pitch Robinson 9

Sac. Hits Cox 13

Grounded into Double Plays Snider 23

Caught Stealing Reese 14

Power/Speed Number Robinson 21.6

At Bats per Strikeout Robinson 20.3

At Bats per Home Run Hodges 14.6

Outs Furillo 499

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ERA Roe 3.04

Wins Roe 22

Won-Loss % Roe .880

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Newcombe 1.199

Hits Allowed/9IP Newcombe 7.78

Bases on Balls/9IP Roe 2.24

Strikeouts/9IP Newcombe 5.43

Games King 48

Saves King 6

Innings Newcombe 272.0

Strikeouts Newcombe 164

Games Started Newcombe 36

Comp. Games Roe 19

Shutouts Branca and Newcombe 3

Home Runs Allow. Roe 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Newcombe 91

Hits Allowed Roe 247

SO to Walk Newcombe 1.80

Losses Branca and Erskine 12

Earned Runs Allow. Newcombe 99

Wild Pitches Newcombe 7

Hit Batsmen Newcombe 6

Batters Faced Newcombe 1125

Games Finished King 31

Adjusted ERA+ Roe 129

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