1954 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 85-77
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 833
Runs Allowed: 792
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,293,872
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 5th in the NL
A: 68-69, 7th in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B *Eddie Mathews 22 157 558 112 145 21 2 33 106 5 3 98 86 .260 .367 .482 .849 98.5 15.8 1.9
CF #Mickey Mantle 22 156 544 133 174 20 5 56 148 11 3 113 96 .320 .434 .684 1.118 147.8 32.4 3.4
1B  Randy Jackson 28 157 580 91 161 25 3 30 109 14 7 61 78 .278 .346 .486 .832 96.1 15.6 2.4
SS  Cass Michaels 28 153 522 74 145 27 8 10 60 12 2 48 54 .278 .340 .418 .757 68.6 9.7 4.9
1B  Don Lenhardt 31 141 440 66 85 16 2 21 66 0 0 93 79 .193 .334 .382 .716 60.7 6.9 2.2
C  Bobby Hofman 28 143 443 66 134 11 0 24 81 0 0 50 59 .302 .376 .490 .866 78.1 14.2 6.8
CF  Chuck Diering 31 126 431 62 145 17 2 4 51 0 0 49 54 .336 .404 .413 .817 69.1 13.2 1.8
3B  Ellis Clary 37 118 307 38 80 6 0 0 20 0 0 40 74 .261 .345 .280 .625 31.8 3.0 2.4
SS  Bobby Adams 32 75 261 36 70 12 1 4 27 2 1 23 22 .268 .326 .368 .694 28.3 3.0 3.9
LF *Ron Northey 34 112 233 35 64 7 1 3 27 0 0 30 9 .275 .355 .352 .707 30.4 3.9 0.9
C *Paul Gillespie 33 70 196 13 49 5 0 4 24 0 0 17 33 .250 .321 .337 .658 20.7 1.8 3.5
2B  Spook Jacobs 28 49 142 22 36 2 0 2 21 2 0 13 4 .254 .312 .310 .622 16.3 1.6 1.9
P  Mike Garcia 30 41 101 3 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 24 .168 .200 .188 .388 2.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Daryl Spencer 24 51 99 15 20 4 1 3 9 0 0 20 20 .202 .339 .354 .692 13.7 1.7 1.0
CF  Mel Clark 27 52 116 8 30 8 0 1 11 0 0 4 13 .259 .283 .353 .637 10.5 0.8 0.5
P  Arnie Portocarrero 22 40 102 1 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 35 .118 .135 .137 .272 -1.4 0.0 0.0
C *Bill Drescher 33 35 98 24 32 5 0 0 21 0 0 14 2 .327 .404 .378 .781 15.9 2.8 1.6
SS  Steve Mesner 36 46 96 11 25 3 0 1 6 0 0 4 12 .260 .290 .323 .613 7.5 0.3 1.2
P #Billy O'Dell 22 33 83 5 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 31 .096 .128 .108 .236 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 32 30 75 7 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 29 .147 .165 .173 .338 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Niles Jordan 28 37 42 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .238 .256 .238 .494 2.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Jim Dyck 32 35 38 7 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 3 7 .211 .268 .421 .689 4.3 0.3 0.1
P  Johnny Kucab 34 28 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.1 0.0
P  Harold Jeffcoat 29 72 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 24 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 24 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2043 5525 833 1465 198 25 198 813 46 17 692 844 .265 .347 .418 .764 803.4 127.5 40.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 3 4 8 7 2 3 2 6 3 5 2 2 4 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Mike Garcia 30 19 15 .559 41 41 0 311.7 274 116 23 107 164 3.35 27.6
 Arnie Portocarrero 22 18 10 .643 40 40 0 290.7 271 141 29 138 162 4.37 17.1
*Billy O'Dell 22 13 13 .500 33 33 0 249.0 246 128 35 100 132 4.63 12.8
*Bill Wight 32 13 12 .520 30 30 0 219.0 222 105 11 101 79 4.32 13.5
*Niles Jordan 28 6 7 .462 37 14 3 139.7 155 65 18 48 48 4.19 10.1
 Harold Jeffcoat 29 4 9 .308 65 0 9 81.3 95 46 9 34 29 5.09 4.8
 Tom Morgan 24 7 4 .636 57 2 6 66.7 78 52 13 32 23 7.02 1.0
 Johnny Kucab 34 2 5 .286 28 2 0 39.3 62 36 8 15 7 8.24 0.0
 Bobby Tiefenauer 24 2 1 .667 29 0 5 30.3 41 23 7 11 14 6.82 0.0
*Frank Fanovich 32 1 1 .500 13 0 1 13.3 15 10 2 11 13 6.75 0.0
 Paul Gillespie 33 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 28.2 85 77 .525 374 162 24 1442.0 1460 722 155 597 671 4.51 87.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 5 3 7 6 3 2 3 7 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 30.5
B.Hofman 794.3 91 94 392 36 1 1 .998 34.0
P.Gillespie 425.0 47 50 199 22 0 1 1.000 50.0
B.Drescher 222.7 24 28 118 5 1 1 .992 50.0
Team Total 1442.0 162 172 709 63 2 3 .997 39.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.43
E.Mathews 865.0 98 99 1107 76 10 93 .992 12.31
R.Jackson 448.3 51 53 565 55 4 64 .994 12.45
D.Spencer 78.0 10 11 80 12 4 11 .958 10.62
R.Northey 30.0 3 8 30 2 0 7 1.000 9.60
M.Mantle 14.0 0 9 17 2 0 3 1.000 12.21
B.Hofman 4.7 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.73
S.Mesner 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 183 1807 147 18 180 .991 12.20
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
C.Michaels 714.3 84 89 186 320 8 76 .984 6.38
S.Jacobs 383.0 49 49 110 179 4 37 .986 6.79
D.Spencer 196.0 21 33 46 88 4 19 .971 6.15
B.Hofman 105.3 8 21 25 51 1 10 .987 6.49
E.Clary 35.3 0 17 8 8 1 3 .941 4.08
S.Mesner 8.0 0 5 4 4 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 214 379 650 18 145 .983 6.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.85
R.Jackson 863.0 96 103 64 207 22 18 .925 2.83
E.Clary 468.3 57 58 34 144 8 13 .957 3.42
J.Dyck 43.0 5 9 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.30
C.Michaels 34.0 4 5 3 10 0 4 1.000 3.44
B.Hofman 23.0 0 13 3 6 1 1 .900 3.52
E.Mathews 6.7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Spencer 4.0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 194 107 381 31 36 .940 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.24
B.Adams 616.0 72 73 112 325 5 59 .989 6.38
C.Michaels 432.3 49 56 76 168 15 31 .942 5.08
S.Mesner 222.3 25 36 51 94 1 28 .993 5.87
E.Clary 163.3 16 31 33 75 1 15 .991 5.95
D.Spencer 7.0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 6.43
J.Dyck 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 202 275 664 22 133 .977 5.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.97
D.Lenhardt 1078.3 121 136 219 12 3 4 .987 1.93
R.Northey 323.7 38 45 76 1 0 1 1.000 2.14
C.Diering 19.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
M.Clark 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Dyck 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Mathews 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Mesner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 193 304 13 3 5 .991 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.51
M.Mantle 1273.0 142 145 343 8 13 0 .964 2.48
M.Clark 123.0 14 14 32 3 0 0 1.000 2.56
C.Diering 45.0 6 6 14 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
R.Northey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 166 389 12 13 1 .969 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
C.Diering 838.0 100 102 153 9 1 1 .994 1.74
E.Mathews 416.3 46 50 66 0 1 0 .985 1.43
R.Northey 90.0 6 26 20 0 2 0 .909 2.00
M.Clark 90.0 10 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.40
S.Mesner 5.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jacobs 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Adams 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 198 253 10 4 1 .985 1.64
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.19
M.Garcia 311.7 41 41 16 69 1 4 .988 2.45
A.Portocarrero 290.7 40 40 20 41 1 5 .984 1.89
B.O'Dell 249.0 33 33 15 45 0 2 1.000 2.17
B.Wight 219.0 30 30 18 37 0 3 1.000 2.26
N.Jordan 139.7 14 37 12 45 1 4 .983 3.67
H.Jeffcoat 81.3 0 65 6 15 0 0 1.000 2.32
T.Morgan 66.7 2 57 3 14 0 1 1.000 2.30
J.Kucab 39.3 2 28 1 12 0 1 1.000 2.97
B.Tiefenauer 30.3 0 29 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.19
F.Fanovich 13.3 0 13 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Gillespie 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 374 92 281 3 20 .992 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Diering .322
On-Base Pct Mantle .434
Slugging Pct Mantle .684
OPS Mantle 1.118
XR Mantle 147.8
Games Jackson, Mathews 157
At-Bats Jackson 580
Runs Mantle 133
Hits Mantle 174
Total Bases Mantle 372
Singles Diering 122
Doubles Michaels 27
Triples Michaels 8
Homeruns Mantle 56
RBIs Mantle 148
Stolen Bases Jackson 14
Caught Stealing Jackson 7
Walks Mantle 113
Strikeouts Mantle 96
ERA Garcia 3.35
Wins Garcia 19
Losses Garcia 15
Winning Pct Portocarrero .643
Saves Jeffcoat 9
Games Pitched Jeffcoat 65
Games Started Garcia 41
Complete Games Garcia 18
Shutouts Garcia 4
Innings Pitched Garcia 311.7
Hits Allowed Garcia 274
Homeruns Allowed O'Dell 35
Strikeouts Garcia 164
Walks Allowed Portocarrero 138
Walks per 9IP Garcia 3.1
Hits per 9IP Garcia 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Portocarrero 5.0
WHiP Garcia 1.22
OAVG Garcia .237
OOBP Garcia .303
OSLG Garcia .348
OOPS Garcia .650
Team All-Stars
Mike Garcia
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews
Player Salaries
Mike Garcia $ 5,000,000
Bill Wight $ 4,300,000
Bobby Hofman $ 3,978,571
Don Lenhardt $ 3,300,000
Cass Michaels $ 2,750,000
Chuck Diering $ 2,350,000
Ron Northey $ 2,100,000
Red Treadway $ 510,000
Frank Fanovich $ 500,000
Paul Gillespie $ 410,000
Bill Drescher $ 400,000
Jim Dyck $ 350,000
Niles Jordan $ 350,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 350,000
Mel Clark $ 300,000
Harold Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Spook Jacobs $ 300,000
Randy Jackson $ 300,000
Eddie Mathews $ 300,000
Tom Morgan $ 300,000
Billy O'Dell $ 300,000
Arnie Portocarrero $ 300,000
Daryl Spencer $ 300,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 300,000
Mickey Mantle $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded George Schmees Montreal Bill Wight
Paul Gillespie
Bobby Adams
2/4 Signed     Frank Fanovich
2/5 Signed     Ron Northey
2/6 Signed     Ellis Clary
2/15 Signed     Chuck Diering
3/3 Traded Whitey Kurowski Boston (A) Cass Michaels
7/31 Released Bobby Adams    
10/3 Released Hank Behrman    
10/3 Released Gerry Staley    
10/3 Released Steve Mesner    
10/3 Released Mike Schemer    
10/3 Released Bubba Church    
10/3 Released Johnny Kucab    
10/3 Released Ellis Clary