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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 91-71
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 836
Runs Allowed: 786
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,548,754
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 4th in the NL
AA: 70-67, 4th in the NL
A: 53-84, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
CF #Mickey Mantle 24 154 552 127 177 36 5 51 133 12 2 117 151 .321 .438 .681 1.119 145.9 38.9 3.2
3B *Eddie Mathews 24 155 542 89 136 23 4 26 92 1 1 100 90 .251 .365 .452 .817 89.3 16.9 1.7
1B  Randy Jackson 30 156 589 97 175 23 3 34 106 14 3 60 94 .297 .361 .520 .881 105.2 23.1 4.6
LF *Gene Woodling 33 154 534 106 150 29 5 33 121 0 0 105 46 .281 .402 .539 .941 113.2 27.1 2.4
CF  Chuck Diering 33 144 560 87 171 22 4 0 37 0 0 69 73 .305 .382 .359 .741 79.4 15.7 2.4
C  Bobby Hofman 30 149 538 64 121 13 7 14 70 0 0 57 104 .225 .301 .353 .654 58.6 6.2 4.8
SS  Cass Michaels 30 152 528 80 143 16 3 14 71 7 5 54 80 .271 .337 .392 .729 67.3 10.7 5.0
C  Del Rice 33 76 260 43 75 10 0 17 54 0 0 40 54 .288 .383 .523 .906 50.0 11.1 3.4
3B  Buddy Kerr 33 73 205 29 38 4 0 0 14 2 0 41 46 .185 .324 .205 .529 18.8 0.9 3.0
CF  Mel Clark 29 74 181 16 49 12 1 3 18 0 0 4 25 .271 .290 .398 .688 18.7 2.8 0.9
C *Paul Gillespie 35 79 157 18 34 3 0 2 17 0 0 15 31 .217 .285 .274 .559 11.3 0.0 1.1
1B  Daryl Spencer 26 68 121 12 27 4 1 3 15 0 0 13 25 .223 .301 .347 .649 14.0 1.6 0.9
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 36 77 124 15 32 4 0 0 8 0 0 9 16 .258 .308 .290 .599 11.2 1.1 0.3
P  Johnny Kucks 22 40 111 4 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 45 .108 .132 .135 .267 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 27 41 100 3 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .090 .108 .110 .218 -2.5 0.0 0.0
SS  George Kell 33 35 99 14 23 3 0 1 9 0 0 2 9 .232 .255 .293 .548 5.8 0.0 0.7
P  Frank Sullivan 26 37 83 6 14 2 0 0 7 1 0 2 25 .169 .186 .193 .379 2.9 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 34 30 65 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 24 .108 .121 .108 .229 -1.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Jim Dyck 34 27 52 9 15 2 0 2 14 0 0 5 15 .288 .345 .442 .787 8.5 1.7 0.3
2B  Spook Jacobs 30 30 49 8 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 4 .224 .296 .306 .602 3.8 0.1 0.4
LF *Ron Northey 36 21 32 6 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 .281 .361 .313 .674 3.7 0.5 0.1
P #Billy O'Dell 24 70 29 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .103 .133 .138 .271 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Arnie Portocarrero 24 77 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Brissie 32 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 26 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Harold Jeffcoat 31 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1981 5535 836 1433 214 33 201 810 37 11 709 999 .259 .343 .418 .762 800.1 158.8 35.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 3 3 7 3 4 3 2 6 1 7 3 1 3 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
 Johnny Kucks 22 22 9 .710 40 40 0 321.3 320 140 31 96 131 3.92 21.9
 Hersh Freeman 27 19 13 .594 41 41 0 285.0 284 110 18 67 127 3.47 21.9
 Frank Sullivan 26 13 15 .464 37 33 0 257.7 302 156 37 99 136 5.45 5.5
*Bill Wight 34 13 11 .542 30 28 0 210.0 198 90 17 95 81 3.86 14.8
*Billy O'Dell 24 10 9 .526 70 13 5 148.0 164 102 27 79 64 6.20 0.7
 Arnie Portocarrero 24 9 8 .529 77 7 10 126.7 128 63 20 38 71 4.48 9.1
*Lou Brissie 32 0 3 .000 24 0 1 24.7 22 12 4 8 15 4.38 1.4
 Tom Morgan 26 2 1 .667 19 0 2 23.7 29 13 4 9 4 4.95 1.5
 Bobby Tiefenauer 26 1 1 .500 20 0 2 21.7 24 12 4 3 10 4.99 1.5
 Harold Jeffcoat 31 0 0 .000 16 0 4 19.0 22 12 3 7 4 5.68 0.8
*Niles Jordan 30 2 1 .667 15 0 2 13.0 25 14 1 3 4 9.69 0.0
Team Totals 27.5 91 71 .562 389 162 26 1450.6 1518 724 166 504 647 4.49 78.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 7 5 4 8 3 6 3 8 6  
* - 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 .995 31.3
D.Rice 598.7 70 73 359 19 4 0 .990 35.3
B.Hofman 572.0 64 67 270 10 0 3 1.000 30.8
P.Gillespie 263.7 30 33 121 6 2 0 .984 0.0
G.Kell 1.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1435.7 164 173 751 35 6 3 .992 27.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
E.Mathews 1254.7 141 142 1493 118 13 141 .992 11.56
D.Spencer 137.0 16 16 160 10 1 14 .994 11.17
R.Northey 38.0 5 5 37 6 0 4 1.000 10.18
R.Jackson 11.0 0 5 15 1 0 2 1.000 13.09
P.Gillespie 8.0 0 5 7 1 0 2 1.000 9.00
J.Wyrostek 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1450.7 162 174 1715 136 14 163 .992 11.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
B.Hofman 649.0 71 76 164 279 8 61 .982 6.14
C.Michaels 593.7 69 70 136 228 9 49 .976 5.52
S.Jacobs 111.3 11 20 27 54 0 13 1.000 6.55
G.Kell 75.0 10 10 16 28 1 5 .978 5.28
D.Spencer 10.0 1 4 2 4 0 2 1.000 5.40
B.Kerr 2.8 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.43
Team Total 1441.8 162 181 345 595 18 130 .981 5.87
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
R.Jackson 1275.0 141 148 74 309 23 22 .943 2.70
J.Dyck 100.7 12 13 10 16 2 1 .929 2.32
G.Kell 62.9 9 9 3 12 1 1 .938 2.15
D.Spencer 33.0 4 4 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.73
B.Kerr 3.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
C.Michaels 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1477.3 166 177 90 346 26 25 .944 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
C.Michaels 666.7 74 81 101 279 16 55 .960 5.13
B.Kerr 553.4 53 56 87 244 17 53 .951 5.38
D.Spencer 122.0 9 33 17 51 4 8 .944 5.02
G.Kell 65.8 9 10 10 27 1 5 .974 5.06
R.Northey 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1410.9 145 181 217 601 38 121 .956 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
G.Woodling 1243.7 139 145 318 4 4 2 .988 2.33
M.Clark 136.0 17 18 38 3 0 0 1.000 2.71
J.Wyrostek 42.0 4 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
R.Northey 18.0 2 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Mathews 8.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Dyck 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 181 378 8 4 2 .990 2.39
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
M.Mantle 1315.7 146 150 404 10 10 5 .976 2.83
M.Clark 132.0 16 16 38 4 0 0 1.000 2.86
J.Wyrostek 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 168 444 14 10 5 .979 2.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
C.Diering 1192.7 137 140 303 8 3 2 .990 2.35
J.Wyrostek 122.3 13 20 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
M.Clark 83.0 9 13 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
E.Mathews 35.7 2 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.03
G.Woodling 15.0 1 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Kell 5.5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Northey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.2 163 193 368 8 3 2 .992 2.32
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
J.Kucks 321.3 40 40 20 51 2 6 .973 1.99
H.Freeman 285.0 41 41 25 56 1 5 .988 2.56
F.Sullivan 257.7 33 37 17 48 2 3 .970 2.27
B.Wight 210.0 28 30 13 29 1 3 .977 1.80
B.O'Dell 148.0 13 70 7 28 0 1 1.000 2.13
A.Portocarrero 126.7 7 77 11 21 0 0 1.000 2.27
L.Brissie 24.7 0 24 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.46
T.Morgan 23.7 0 19 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.14
B.Tiefenauer 21.7 0 20 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.25
H.Jeffcoat 19.0 0 16 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.89
N.Jordan 13.0 0 15 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1450.6 162 389 98 245 6 20 .983 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mantle .321
On-Base Pct Mantle .438
Slugging Pct Mantle .681
OPS Mantle 1.119
XR Mantle 145.9
Games Jackson 156
At-Bats Jackson 589
Runs Mantle 127
Hits Mantle 177
Total Bases Mantle 376
Singles Diering 145
Doubles Mantle 36
Triples Hofman 7
Homeruns Mantle 51
RBIs Mantle 133
Stolen Bases Jackson 14
Caught Stealing Michaels 5
Walks Mantle 117
Strikeouts Mantle 151
ERA Freeman 3.47
Wins Kucks 22
Losses Sullivan 15
Winning Pct Kucks .710
Saves Portocarrero 10
Games Pitched Portocarrero 77
Games Started Freeman 41
Complete Games Kucks 23
Shutouts Freeman 4
Innings Pitched Kucks 321.3
Hits Allowed Kucks 320
Homeruns Allowed Sullivan 37
Strikeouts Sullivan 136
Walks Allowed Sullivan 99
Walks per 9IP Freeman 2.1
Hits per 9IP Wight 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Sullivan 4.8
WHiP Freeman 1.23
OAVG Wight .256
OOBP Freeman .298
OSLG Freeman .346
OOPS Freeman .644
Team All-Stars
Randy Jackson
Mickey Mantle
Gene Woodling
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 14,865,890
Mickey Mantle $ 7,378,571
Bobby Hofman $ 5,671,429
Del Rice $ 4,500,000
Randy Jackson $ 4,400,000
Bill Wight $ 4,300,000
Chuck Diering $ 2,350,000
Cass Michaels $ 2,140,000
Paul Gillespie $ 2,131,000
Ron Northey $ 2,100,000
Hersh Freeman $ 1,892,857
Lou Brissie $ 1,500,000
George Kell $ 1,500,000
Johnny Wyrostek $ 705,000
Bill Werle $ 520,000
Jim Dyck $ 350,000
Tom Morgan $ 350,000
Mel Clark $ 350,000
Niles Jordan $ 350,000
Spook Jacobs $ 300,000
Harold Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Eddie Mathews $ 300,000
Billy O'Dell $ 300,000
Arnie Portocarrero $ 300,000
Daryl Spencer $ 300,000
Frank Sullivan $ 300,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 300,000
Johnny Kucks $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Johnny Wyrostek
7/1 Traded Buddy Kerr
Wayne Terwilliger		 St. Louis Del Rice
George Kell
 
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