1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 56-106
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 700
Runs Allowed: 972
Exp W-L: 57-105
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,001,203
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 6th in the NL
AA: 74-63, 2nd in the NL
A: 66-71, 7th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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  Jimmy Pofahl 34 143 496 54 104 26 5 8 55 1 2 51 67 .210 .284 .331 .615 45.0 1.8 5.2
RF *Barney McCosky 34 147 486 74 153 19 4 8 60 15 5 29 14 .315 .351 .420 .771 66.8 10.2 2.1
C  Bobby Hofman 25 132 389 67 108 11 4 20 82 0 0 54 44 .278 .362 .481 .842 67.0 10.6 3.0
LF *Harry Walker 34 110 335 56 102 18 2 4 30 11 4 31 42 .304 .364 .406 .770 46.0 6.9 1.0
2B  Emil Verban 35 123 351 42 114 8 2 5 56 6 0 7 23 .325 .335 .402 .737 41.8 5.5 1.7
2B *Bama Rowell 35 105 339 28 85 11 0 3 33 6 2 10 23 .251 .272 .310 .582 23.7 0.0 3.1
LF *Red Treadway 31 130 313 30 88 7 3 2 38 1 1 32 10 .281 .348 .342 .690 37.5 4.6 1.1
C *Ken Sears 33 123 317 41 94 12 1 3 37 1 0 23 37 .297 .351 .369 .720 39.7 5.7 1.8
1B  Randy Jackson 25 88 279 49 76 20 3 10 46 18 5 27 39 .272 .332 .473 .805 45.3 6.6 0.9
1B *Elbie Fletcher 35 86 237 27 60 9 1 2 26 0 0 37 52 .253 .356 .325 .681 30.9 3.9 1.0
LF  Ed Sauer 32 71 240 21 62 10 2 0 23 0 0 19 56 .258 .312 .317 .628 22.5 1.7 1.3
CF #Mickey Mantle 19 50 164 35 48 8 1 12 44 2 0 50 36 .293 .456 .573 1.029 42.5 8.7 1.1
LF  Johnny Ostrowski 33 64 176 25 35 5 0 4 16 4 2 28 53 .199 .312 .295 .608 18.9 1.4 0.7
1B *Johnny Hopp 34 49 175 28 55 9 1 3 39 9 6 25 24 .314 .401 .429 .830 29.7 5.1 1.0
1B *Mickey Rocco 35 60 175 22 57 9 1 4 23 0 0 15 17 .326 .379 .457 .836 26.7 4.5 0.4
1B  Jeff Cross 32 56 145 12 19 1 0 2 9 1 0 23 17 .131 .249 .179 .428 7.8 0.0 0.4
3B  Jim Dyck 29 57 136 17 24 4 0 4 11 0 0 30 22 .176 .329 .294 .623 16.2 1.4 0.7
CF  Mel Clark 24 46 146 23 31 7 2 1 10 0 0 12 19 .212 .270 .308 .579 10.4 0.0 0.6
LF  Wayne Terwilliger 26 58 128 12 21 4 0 1 8 0 0 12 20 .164 .236 .219 .454 4.4 0.0 1.7
P *Niles Jordan 25 40 100 4 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 32 .130 .127 .150 .277 -0.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Bobby Morgan 25 35 83 13 15 2 0 1 3 0 0 21 17 .181 .346 .241 .587 8.6 0.5 0.9
P  Bubba Church 26 38 78 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .141 .160 .141 .302 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Gillespie 31 32 55 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .018 .036 .018 .054 -5.1 0.0 0.0
C  Mike Garbark 35 26 45 6 12 4 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 .267 .365 .400 .765 6.5 1.1 0.3
P  Ken Heintzelman 35 20 42 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .095 .093 .119 .212 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucab 31 57 33 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Murry Dickson 34 24 22 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 .318 .318 .318 .636 1.8 0.1 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 30 7 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 21 5 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .300 .364 .300 .664 1.2 0.1 0.0
P *Adrian Zabala 34 42 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Behrman 30 57 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Rex Barney 26 59 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Chesnes 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Manders 34 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2170 5536 700 1410 207 33 97 671 75 27 548 735 .255 .321 .357 .678 633.3 80.5 30.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 8 8 8 4 8 8 3 6 7 6 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
*Niles Jordan 25 13 22 .371 40 40 0 302.7 366 178 32 97 88 5.29 12.0
 Bubba Church 26 12 20 .375 38 34 0 253.3 273 146 33 136 103 5.19 11.0
 Bob Gillespie 31 5 20 .200 32 29 0 180.0 236 135 16 116 58 6.75 0.0
 Johnny Kucab 31 4 3 .571 57 12 0 145.0 169 83 18 47 31 5.15 6.6
*Ken Heintzelman 35 2 15 .118 20 20 0 125.7 152 98 19 88 41 7.02 0.0
 Hank Behrman 30 3 5 .375 57 2 1 80.3 88 53 10 59 41 5.94 2.9
 Rex Barney 26 7 7 .500 59 2 10 79.7 76 52 9 59 45 5.87 5.5
 Murry Dickson 34 4 3 .571 24 6 0 71.3 87 32 12 22 23 4.04 6.4
*Adrian Zabala 34 3 2 .600 42 2 6 61.0 56 26 5 38 21 3.84 6.6
 Ed Hanyzewski 30 1 4 .200 7 6 0 41.7 42 34 7 25 19 7.34 0.0
 Hal Manders 34 1 1 .500 28 0 0 38.3 29 15 4 13 18 3.52 4.1
 Tom Morgan 21 1 2 .333 5 5 0 34.3 41 18 3 16 13 4.72 2.2
 Bob Chesnes 30 0 1 .000 2 2 0 15.3 16 10 1 8 5 5.87 0.3
Team Totals 29.8 56 105 .348 411 160 17 1428.6 1631 880 169 724 506 5.54 57.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 7 8 5 8 4 8 8  
* - 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 .992 30.0
B.Hofman 818.7 89 110 330 38 2 1 .995 23.3
K.Sears 546.0 66 68 201 25 3 1 .987 26.1
M.Garbark 64.0 7 8 27 6 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1428.7 162 186 558 69 5 2 .992 24.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.01
J.Cross 402.7 51 52 540 50 6 59 .990 13.19
E.Verban 385.7 43 51 523 55 1 57 .998 13.49
M.Rocco 384.3 43 54 563 45 6 64 .990 14.24
J.Hopp 75.7 9 9 99 8 1 9 .991 12.72
E.Fletcher 33.0 2 11 50 5 0 7 1.000 15.00
B.Hofman 14.0 0 6 12 5 0 1 1.000 10.93
M.Mantle 8.0 0 3 8 1 0 2 1.000 10.13
Team Total 1303.4 148 186 1795 169 14 199 .993 13.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.28
B.Rowell 746.7 85 93 204 389 12 83 .980 7.15
E.Verban 318.0 36 40 91 163 5 40 .981 7.19
B.Morgan 238.0 29 29 64 113 4 24 .978 6.69
W.Terwilliger 100.0 12 14 34 63 2 10 .980 8.73
B.McCosky 12.7 0 5 6 7 0 2 1.000 9.24
B.Hofman 9.3 0 6 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.82
M.Rocco 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1428.7 162 190 401 739 23 161 .980 7.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
R.Jackson 623.7 71 80 49 139 9 11 .954 2.71
E.Fletcher 536.3 62 70 27 159 4 18 .979 3.12
J.Dyck 179.0 20 27 16 72 12 7 .880 4.42
J.Ostrowski 85.7 9 14 7 32 3 0 .929 4.10
B.Hofman 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Rowell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Morgan 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.7 162 195 99 404 28 36 .947 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.51
J.Pofahl 1188.0 140 143 214 643 28 124 .968 6.49
W.Terwilliger 224.0 22 41 51 123 5 29 .972 6.99
J.Cross 7.7 0 4 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.52
B.Rowell 5.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Morgan 4.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1428.7 162 194 267 772 33 154 .969 6.55
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
H.Walker 701.0 84 86 117 3 12 1 .909 1.54
J.Ostrowski 312.0 38 39 55 1 5 1 .918 1.62
J.Hopp 269.4 32 32 64 2 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Dyck 138.0 17 20 23 3 1 0 .963 1.70
R.Treadway 42.3 0 22 7 0 3 0 .700 1.49
B.McCosky 29.7 0 11 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.61
E.Sauer 12.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Rowell 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Clark 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1508.4 172 216 271 9 21 2 .930 1.67
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.49
R.Treadway 559.7 63 67 116 7 12 0 .911 1.98
E.Sauer 436.0 54 55 107 0 1 0 .991 2.21
M.Mantle 409.7 45 47 103 5 3 2 .973 2.37
J.Hopp 54.4 6 7 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.31
B.McCosky 14.0 0 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.21
H.Walker 8.3 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.48
M.Clark 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1483.1 168 189 356 13 16 2 .958 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.98
B.McCosky 956.3 108 118 189 7 1 3 .995 1.84
M.Clark 316.0 41 42 59 2 0 0 1.000 1.74
E.Sauer 118.7 13 15 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
R.Treadway 21.7 0 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.32
J.Hopp 6.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
H.Walker 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
B.Rowell 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Dyck 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.9 162 190 281 9 1 3 .997 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.27
N.Jordan 302.7 40 40 22 57 5 3 .940 2.35
B.Church 253.3 34 38 22 55 5 10 .939 2.74
B.Gillespie 180.0 29 32 13 52 2 4 .970 3.25
J.Kucab 145.0 12 57 13 29 0 3 1.000 2.61
K.Heintzelman 125.7 20 20 12 28 0 3 1.000 2.86
H.Behrman 80.3 2 57 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.79
R.Barney 79.7 2 59 9 14 1 1 .958 2.60
M.Dickson 71.3 6 24 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.65
A.Zabala 61.0 2 42 2 12 1 1 .933 2.07
E.Hanyzewski 41.7 6 7 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.94
H.Manders 38.3 0 28 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.64
T.Morgan 34.3 5 5 6 6 1 2 .923 3.15
B.Chesnes 15.3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1428.6 160 411 116 291 15 28 .964 2.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McCosky .315
On-Base Pct McCosky .351
Slugging Pct Hofman .423
OPS McCosky .771
XR Hofman 67.0
Games McCosky 147
At-Bats Pofahl 496
Runs McCosky 74
Hits McCosky 153
Total Bases McCosky 204
Singles McCosky 122
Doubles Pofahl 26
Triples Pofahl 5
Homeruns Hofman 20
RBIs Hofman 82
Stolen Bases Jackson 18
Caught Stealing Hopp 6
Walks Hofman 54
Strikeouts Pofahl 67
ERA Church 5.19
Wins Jordan 13
Losses Jordan 22
Winning Pct Church .375
Saves Barney 10
Games Pitched Barney 59
Games Started Jordan 40
Complete Games Jordan 14
Shutouts Church 1
Innings Pitched Jordan 302.7
Hits Allowed Jordan 366
Homeruns Allowed Church 33
Strikeouts Church 103
Walks Allowed Church 136
Walks per 9IP Jordan 2.9
Hits per 9IP Church 9.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Church 3.7
WHiP Jordan 1.53
OAVG Church .275
OOBP Jordan .355
OSLG Church .438
OOPS Jordan .798
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Elbie Fletcher $ 6,300,000
Johnny Hopp $ 5,350,000
Rex Barney $ 3,300,000
Ken Sears $ 2,500,000
Barney McCosky $ 1,600,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 1,500,000
Red Treadway $ 1,414,286
Hal Manders $ 1,000,000
Ray Poat $ 900,000
Harry Walker $ 468,000
Bob Gillespie $ 400,000
Bill Drescher $ 400,000
Jim Dyck $ 300,000
Johnny Kucab $ 300,000
Bubba Church $ 300,000
Bob Chesnes $ 300,000
Hank Behrman $ 300,000
Mel Clark $ 300,000
Bobby Hofman $ 300,000
Niles Jordan $ 300,000
Adrian Zabala $ 300,000
Mickey Mantle $ 300,000
Bobby Morgan $ 300,000
Tom Morgan $ 300,000
Chet Nichols $ 300,000
Johnny Ostrowski $ 300,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 300,000
Randy Jackson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Ken Heintzelman
2/3 Signed     Barney Mccosky
2/3 Signed     Gene Hasson
2/3 Signed     Rex Barney
2/5 Signed     Emil Verban
2/8 Signed     Bill Drescher
2/16 Signed     Ray Poat
6/1 Traded Julio Gonzalez
$10,100,000
San Diego Mel Clark
Murry Dickson
7/31 Released Jeff Cross    
7/31 Released Mickey Rocco    
7/31 Traded Bud Sheely New York (N) Ed Hanyzewski
Johnny Hopp
Hal Manders
10/12 Released Mike Garbark    
10/12 Released Bama Rowell    
10/12 Released Ken Heintzelman    
10/12 Released Gene Hasson    
10/12 Released Ed Sauer    
10/12 Released Emil Verban    
10/12 Released Murry Dickson    
10/12 Released Jimmy Pofahl