1953 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 105-49
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 1,163,419, Avg. 17,287
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-2
Manager: Chuck Dressen (105-49)
Location: New York, New York

1953 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers Results

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League ended the 1953 season with a record of 105 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Dodgers scored 955 runs, most in the league. Brooklyn gave up 689 runs. Duke Snider walloped 42 home runs for the team, while Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella and Carl Furillo each swatted 20 or more, too. Roy Campanella accounted for 142 RBI. Carl Furillo led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .344. Carl Erskine topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Russ Meyer, too added 15 or more wins, too Carl Erskine recorded a 3.54 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Chuck Dressen coached the team. The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Carl Erskine	20	6	.769	3.54	39	33	4	16	4	3	246.7	213	106	97	21	95	187	3	0	4	1030
Russ Meyer	15	5	.750	4.56	34	32	1	10	2	0	191.3	201	109	97	25	63	106	1	0	4	819
Billy Loes	14	8	.636	4.54	32	25	3	9	1	0	162.7	165	92	82	21	53	75	3	3	2	691
Preacher Roe	11	3	.786	4.36	25	24	0	9	1	0	157.0	171	78	76	27	40	85	1	0	1	661
Clem Labine	11	6	.647	2.77	37	7	21	0	0	7	110.3	92	39	34	9	30	44	0	0	3	444
Johnny Podres	9	4	.692	4.23	33	18	3	3	1	0	115.0	126	62	54	12	64	82	1	0	2	518
Bob Milliken	8	4	.667	3.37	37	10	12	3	0	2	117.7	94	52	44	13	42	65	0	0	4	485
Ben Wade	7	5	.583	3.79	32	0	15	0	0	3	90.3	79	40	38	15	33	65	4	0	1	377
Joe Black	6	3	.667	5.33	34	3	17	0	0	5	72.7	74	46	43	12	27	42	1	1	0	315
Jim Hughes	4	3	.571	3.47	48	0	20	0	0	9	85.7	80	33	33	6	41	49	1	0	2	372
Ralph Branca	0	0		9.82	7	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	15	12	12	4	5	5	2	0	0	51
Erv Palica	0	0		12.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	8	8	1	8	3	0	0	1	35
Ray Moore	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	1	4	4	0	0	0	34
Glenn Mickens	0	1	.000	11.37	4	2	2	0	0	0	6.3	11	9	8	2	4	5	0	0	0	33
Totals	105	49	.682	4.10	367	155	104	51	9	29	1380.7	1337	689	629	169	509	817	17	4	24	5865

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Duke Snider	153	680	590	132	198	38	4	42	126	16	7	82	90	.336	.419	.627	1.046	370	10	3	5
Jim Gilliam	151	710	605	125	168	31	17	6	63	21	14	100	38	.278	.383	.415	.798	251	7	3	2
Carl Furillo	132	518	479	82	165	38	6	21	92	1	1	34	32	.344	.393	.580	.973	278	15	4	1
Roy Campanella	144	590	519	103	162	26	3	41	142	4	2	67	58	.312	.395	.611	1.006	317	13	4	0
Jackie Robinson	136	574	484	109	159	34	7	12	95	17	4	74	30	.329	.425	.502	.927	243	12	7	9
Gil Hodges	141	598	520	101	157	22	7	31	122	1	4	75	84	.302	.393	.550	.943	286	4	3	0
Pee Wee Reese	140	625	524	108	142	25	7	13	61	22	6	82	61	.271	.374	.420	.794	220	15	4	15
Billy Cox	100	371	327	44	95	18	1	10	44	2	2	37	21	.291	.363	.443	.806	145	7	0	7
Bobby Morgan	69	232	196	35	51	6	2	7	33	2	2	33	47	.260	.370	.418	.788	82	7	1	2
George Shuba	74	189	169	19	43	12	1	5	23	1	2	17	20	.254	.326	.426	.752	72	5	1	2
Wayne Belardi	69	180	163	19	39	3	2	11	34	0	0	16	40	.239	.311	.485	.796	79	2	1	0
Don Thompson	96	169	153	25	37	5	0	1	12	2	3	14	13	.242	.310	.294	.604	45	6	1	1
Rube Walker	43	103	95	5	23	6	0	3	9	0	0	7	11	.242	.301	.400	.701	38	1	1	0
Carl Erskine	43	101	93	12	20	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	17	.215	.223	.237	.460	22	2	0	7
Dick Williams	30	60	55	4	12	2	0	2	5	0	0	3	10	.218	.271	.364	.635	20	1	1	1
Johnny Podres	34	38	36	5	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.306	.324	.306	.630	11	1	1	1
Russ Meyer	34	84	75	6	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	21	.147	.179	.160	.339	12	2	0	6
Bill Antonello	40	45	43	9	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2	11	.163	.200	.302	.502	13	1	0	0
Billy Loes	32	59	56	2	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	13	.125	.140	.179	.319	10	2	0	2
Jim Hughes	48	15	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	4	0	0	1
Joe Black	34	17	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	0	0	0
Ben Wade	32	27	24	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	.167	.167	.292	.458	7	1	0	3
Bob Milliken	37	37	34	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.118	.143	.176	.319	6	1	0	2
Preacher Roe	25	65	57	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	18	.053	.100	.105	.205	6	0	0	5
Clem Labine	37	34	28	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	.071	.161	.107	.268	3	0	0	3
Erv Palica	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Carmen Mauro	8	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dixie Howell	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Teed	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ray Moore	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Glenn Mickens	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ralph Branca	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1900	6138	5373	955	1529	274	59	208	887	90	47	655	686	.285	.366	.474	.840	2545	115	35	75

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jackie Robinson	1B	6	41	5	0	4	1.000	7.667	0
Gil Hodges	1B	127	1025	99	8	105	.993	8.850	0
Wayne Belardi	1B	38	283	23	5	34	.984	8.053	0
Jackie Robinson	2B	9	16	25	0	7	1.000	4.556	0
Jim Gilliam	2B	149	332	426	19	102	.976	5.087	0
Billy Cox	2B	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000	0
Jackie Robinson	3B	44	34	84	3	14	.975	2.682	0
Bobby Morgan	3B	36	22	58	7	6	.920	2.222	0
Billy Cox	3B	89	86	142	6	20	.974	2.562	0
Rube Walker	C	28	120	12	3	2	.978	4.714	1
Roy Campanella	C	140	807	57	10	9	.989	6.171	3
Dick Williams	OF	24	24	0	2	0	.923	1.000	0
Don Thompson	OF	81	84	5	1	1	.989	1.099	0
Duke Snider	OF	151	370	7	5	3	.987	2.497	0
George Shuba	OF	44	59	1	1	1	.984	1.364	0
Jackie Robinson	OF	76	145	9	3	0	.981	2.026	0
Carmen Mauro	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gil Hodges	OF	24	37	2	1	1	.975	1.625	0
Carl Furillo	OF	131	232	11	3	3	.988	1.855	0
Bill Antonello	OF	25	27	0	1	0	.964	1.080	0
Ben Wade	P	32	4	4	1	2	.889	.250	0
Preacher Roe	P	25	4	30	0	3	1.000	1.360	0
Johnny Podres	P	33	6	17	1	0	.958	.697	0
Erv Palica	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Ray Moore	P	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Bob Milliken	P	37	3	11	0	1	1.000	.378	0
Glenn Mickens	P	4	0	2	1	0	.667	.500	0
Russ Meyer	P	34	8	33	3	1	.932	1.206	0
Billy Loes	P	32	14	37	1	5	.981	1.594	0
Clem Labine	P	37	8	19	0	2	1.000	.730	0
Jim Hughes	P	48	8	9	0	0	1.000	.354	0
Carl Erskine	P	39	15	30	4	0	.918	1.154	0
Ralph Branca	P	7	0	2	0	1	1.000	.286	0
Joe Black	P	34	3	11	1	0	.933	.412	0
Jackie Robinson	SS	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Pee Wee Reese	SS	135	265	380	23	83	.966	4.778	0
Bobby Morgan	SS	21	49	47	3	13	.970	4.571	0
Billy Cox	SS	6	5	3	0	1	1.000	1.333	0
Totals		1754	4141	1608	118	424	.980	3.278	4

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Billy Loes	WS	1	0	1.000	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	8	0	0	34
Carl Erskine	WS	1	0	1.000	5.79	3	3	0	1	0	14.0	14	9	9	0	9	1	16	2	1	67
Bob Milliken	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
Jim Hughes	WS	0	0		2.25	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	15
Russ Meyer	WS	0	0		6.23	1	0	0	0	0	4.3	8	4	3	2	4	1	5	0	0	24
Joe Black	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
Ben Wade	WS	0	0		15.43	2	0	1	0	0	2.3	4	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	12
Johnny Podres	WS	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	2.7	1	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	13
Preacher Roe	WS	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	8.0	5	4	4	2	4	0	4	1	0	33
Clem Labine	WS	0	2	.000	3.60	3	0	2	0	1	5.0	10	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	23
Totals		2	4	.333	4.91	15	6	4	2	1	51.3	56	33	28	9	25	2	43	4	1	234

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	IBB
Gil Hodges	WS	6	25	22	3	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	.364	.440	.500	.940	11	0	0	0	0
Carl Furillo	WS	6	25	24	4	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	.333	.360	.542	.902	13	3	0	0	0
Jackie Robinson	WS	6	26	25	3	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	.320	.346	.400	.746	10	1	0	0	0
Duke Snider	WS	6	27	25	3	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	.320	.370	.560	.930	14	0	0	0	0
Jim Gilliam	WS	6	28	27	4	8	3	0	2	4	0	1	0	2	.296	.321	.630	.951	17	0	1	0	0
Billy Cox	WS	6	25	23	3	7	3	0	1	6	0	0	1	4	.304	.333	.565	.899	13	0	0	1	1
Roy Campanella	WS	6	25	22	6	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	.273	.360	.409	.769	9	0	1	0	1
Pee Wee Reese	WS	6	28	24	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	.208	.321	.292	.613	7	0	0	0	0
Billy Loes	WS	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	1	0
Johnny Podres	WS	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
George Shuba	WS	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	4	0	0	0	0
Dick Williams	WS	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
Carl Erskine	WS	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Hughes	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Clem Labine	WS	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Meyer	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Morgan	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	WS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Belardi	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Black	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Bob Milliken	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Don Thompson	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Ben Wade	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		73	232	213	27	64	13	1	8	26	2	1	15	30	.300	.352	.484	.836	103	4	2	2	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Gil Hodges	WS	1B	6	6	51.3	47	4	1	2	.981	8.942	8.500
Jim Gilliam	WS	2B	6	6	51.3	15	16	1	3	.969	5.435	5.167
Billy Cox	WS	3B	6	6	51.3	1	10	1	1	.917	1.929	1.833
Roy Campanella	WS	C	6	6	51.3	47	9	0	1	1.000	9.818	9.333
Duke Snider	WS	CF	6	6	51.3	17	1	0	1	1.000	3.156	3.000
Jackie Robinson	WS	LF	6	6	49.3	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.459	1.333
Don Thompson	WS	LF	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	.500
Carl Erskine	WS	P	3	3	14.0	1	2	1	0	.750	1.929	1.000
Preacher Roe	WS	P	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000
Billy Loes	WS	P	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Clem Labine	WS	P	3	0	5.0	0	2	0	1	1.000	3.600	.667
Russ Meyer	WS	P	1	0	4.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.077	1.000
Jim Hughes	WS	P	1	0	4.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Johnny Podres	WS	P	1	1	2.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.375	1.000
Ben Wade	WS	P	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Bob Milliken	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Joe Black	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Carl Furillo	WS	RF	6	6	51.3	10	0	2	0	.833	1.753	1.667
Pee Wee Reese	WS	SS	6	6	51.3	7	14	0	0	1.000	3.682	3.500
Totals			65	54	462.0	154	62	7	9	.969	4.208	3.323

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