1957 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 86-76
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 805
Runs Allowed: 725
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,438,745
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 5th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 5th in the NL
A: 62-75, 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
CF #Mickey Mantle 25 155 533 125 143 18 5 44 106 7 1 121 144 .268 .405 .568 .974 118.1 27.8 4.5
C  Bobby Hofman 31 158 558 87 147 19 3 21 87 0 0 71 109 .263 .344 .421 .765 79.6 14.0 3.7
3B *Eddie Mathews 25 157 550 96 154 24 10 33 126 5 5 82 98 .280 .373 .540 .913 104.5 23.4 2.6
C  Earl Battey 22 154 519 72 137 16 2 16 73 0 0 42 79 .264 .319 .395 .714 63.5 9.7 3.9
CF  Chuck Diering 34 135 503 64 136 22 6 1 47 0 0 50 92 .270 .336 .344 .680 60.2 10.0 2.3
C  Del Rice 34 141 505 78 144 16 3 21 84 0 0 49 109 .285 .348 .453 .802 76.4 15.0 6.7
LF *Gene Woodling 34 138 439 84 106 20 2 22 63 0 0 76 73 .241 .353 .446 .800 72.0 14.4 2.4
SS *Tony Kubek 20 120 429 54 120 15 1 5 40 0 0 17 48 .280 .309 .354 .663 42.9 5.6 4.6
SS  Cass Michaels 31 104 329 51 93 16 2 12 54 6 2 25 40 .283 .338 .453 .791 46.4 8.8 2.5
CF  Mel Clark 30 98 273 29 71 15 4 0 28 0 1 15 29 .260 .305 .344 .649 25.8 3.0 1.6
1B  Daryl Spencer 27 82 133 20 26 5 1 5 20 0 0 24 28 .195 .314 .361 .675 17.4 2.3 0.7
SS  George Kell 34 61 151 17 38 8 0 0 18 0 0 9 16 .252 .290 .305 .595 11.3 0.3 1.3
C *Russ Nixon 22 49 132 7 32 7 0 0 16 0 0 15 23 .242 .318 .295 .613 12.5 1.3 1.7
P  Frank Sullivan 27 40 103 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 41 .068 .094 .087 .182 -3.7 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 35 40 92 1 9 0 1 0 6 0 0 2 37 .098 .116 .120 .235 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 28 39 91 7 15 2 1 0 7 0 0 3 23 .165 .191 .209 .400 2.9 0.0 0.0
2B  Spook Jacobs 31 40 85 5 20 0 1 0 4 3 0 7 3 .235 .293 .259 .552 6.1 0.3 0.6
P *Seth Morehead 22 32 68 6 7 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 24 .103 .129 .176 .305 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucks 23 29 30 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .133 .133 .167 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 27 38 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Billy O'Dell 25 49 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Arnie Portocarrero 25 90 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 27 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 1974 5537 805 1412 206 43 181 791 21 9 613 1032 .255 .330 .406 .735 734.7 136.4 39.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 3 5 8 1 5 3 3 5 2 7 5 3 5 5 4  
* - 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
 Frank Sullivan 27 20 12 .625 40 40 0 312.7 326 160 43 79 168 4.61 11.7
*Bill Wight 35 13 16 .448 40 40 0 289.0 268 115 19 127 114 3.58 17.7
 Hersh Freeman 28 18 8 .692 39 39 0 277.0 279 106 26 55 119 3.44 22.7
*Seth Morehead 22 13 11 .542 32 32 0 220.7 233 98 27 66 105 4.00 11.7
 Arnie Portocarrero 25 9 9 .500 90 1 14 120.7 117 64 16 60 74 4.77 8.0
 Johnny Kucks 23 3 7 .300 29 9 1 100.0 111 53 13 36 31 4.77 3.0
*Billy O'Dell 25 3 3 .500 49 1 2 60.3 62 31 8 26 29 4.62 3.3
 Tom Morgan 27 4 8 .333 38 0 4 46.0 55 27 9 17 8 5.28 1.4
 Bobby Tiefenauer 27 3 2 .600 25 0 3 30.7 28 13 5 5 14 3.82 3.3
Team Totals 26.6 86 76 .531 382 162 24 1457.0 1479 667 166 471 662 4.12 82.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 7 5 4 7 5 4 3 8 4  
* - 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 .996 33.9
D.Rice 1111.3 125 127 555 29 1 0 .998 33.3
R.Nixon 314.7 34 39 135 6 0 1 1.000 25.0
B.Hofman 28.0 3 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
E.Battey 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
S.Jacobs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1457.0 162 173 702 36 1 1 .999 32.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.44
E.Mathews 828.0 94 95 975 92 3 101 .997 11.60
B.Hofman 454.0 51 52 508 39 3 49 .995 10.84
D.Spencer 161.0 17 18 198 11 0 18 1.000 11.68
M.Mantle 14.0 0 8 19 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1457.0 162 173 1700 144 6 168 .997 11.39
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
B.Hofman 821.0 91 95 189 354 9 77 .984 5.95
C.Michaels 449.3 50 51 96 175 10 35 .964 5.43
S.Jacobs 171.0 20 22 45 72 5 21 .959 6.16
G.Kell 10.0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 5.40
D.Spencer 5.0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1456.3 162 172 332 609 24 136 .975 5.82
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.84
E.Battey 1212.7 140 151 90 288 14 25 .964 2.81
G.Kell 177.7 21 24 8 47 3 2 .948 2.79
C.Michaels 22.0 1 7 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.68
D.Rice 19.7 0 10 2 9 1 1 .917 5.04
B.Hofman 13.7 0 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.98
E.Mathews 7.0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14
D.Spencer 4.3 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1457.0 162 207 104 358 18 28 .963 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.96
T.Kubek 953.3 110 116 171 391 19 89 .967 5.31
C.Michaels 249.3 27 34 42 98 7 20 .952 5.05
G.Kell 160.3 19 29 25 66 4 11 .958 5.11
D.Spencer 88.0 6 20 8 31 2 4 .951 3.99
G.Woodling 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Clark 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 201 246 588 32 124 .963 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.90
G.Woodling 957.3 107 110 233 2 2 1 .992 2.21
M.Clark 348.3 40 41 80 4 0 0 1.000 2.17
E.Mathews 132.7 14 16 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
C.Diering 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jacobs 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Spencer 2.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15
E.Battey 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Kubek 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 174 358 6 2 1 .995 2.25
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.41
M.Mantle 1276.3 144 145 405 12 7 3 .983 2.94
M.Clark 145.0 15 17 42 1 2 0 .956 2.67
C.Diering 29.0 3 4 7 0 1 0 .875 2.17
G.Woodling 6.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1457.0 162 167 455 13 10 3 .979 2.89
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.91
C.Diering 974.7 114 116 226 9 7 1 .971 2.17
E.Mathews 327.7 35 44 75 2 0 1 1.000 2.11
M.Clark 98.0 11 11 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.03
G.Woodling 38.7 0 20 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.56
M.Mantle 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
Team Total 1457.0 162 193 350 13 7 3 .981 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.24
F.Sullivan 312.7 40 40 23 60 2 3 .976 2.39
B.Wight 289.0 40 40 25 60 1 5 .988 2.65
H.Freeman 277.0 39 39 17 50 0 3 1.000 2.18
S.Morehead 220.7 32 32 14 39 3 2 .946 2.16
A.Portocarrero 120.7 1 90 10 21 1 2 .969 2.31
J.Kucks 100.0 9 29 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.16
B.O'Dell 60.3 1 49 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.49
T.Morgan 46.0 0 38 3 14 1 0 .944 3.33
B.Tiefenauer 30.7 0 25 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.52
Team Total 1457.0 162 382 106 276 8 17 .979 2.36
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rice .285
On-Base Pct Mantle .405
Slugging Pct Mantle .568
OPS Mantle .974
XR Mantle 118.1
Games Hofman 158
At-Bats Hofman 558
Runs Mantle 125
Hits Mathews 154
Total Bases Mantle 303
Singles Diering 107
Doubles Mathews 24
Triples Mathews 10
Homeruns Mantle 44
RBIs Mathews 126
Stolen Bases Mantle 7
Caught Stealing Mathews 5
Walks Mantle 121
Strikeouts Mantle 144
ERA Freeman 3.44
Wins Sullivan 20
Losses Wight 16
Winning Pct Freeman .692
Saves Portocarrero 14
Games Pitched Portocarrero 90
Games Started Sullivan, Wight 40
Complete Games Sullivan 19
Shutouts Morehead, Wight 2
Innings Pitched Sullivan 312.7
Hits Allowed Sullivan 326
Homeruns Allowed Sullivan 43
Strikeouts Sullivan 168
Walks Allowed Wight 127
Walks per 9IP Freeman 1.8
Hits per 9IP Wight 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Sullivan 4.8
WHiP Freeman 1.21
OAVG Wight .250
OOBP Freeman .299
OSLG Wight .340
OOPS Wight .667
Team All-Stars
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 14,865,890
Mickey Mantle $ 8,550,000
Bobby Hofman $ 6,670,000
Del Rice $ 4,500,000
Bill Wight $ 4,300,000
Hersh Freeman $ 3,514,286
Eddie Mathews $ 2,964,286
Cass Michaels $ 2,140,000
Chuck Diering $ 1,790,000
Frank Sullivan $ 1,542,857
Lou Brissie $ 1,500,000
George Kell $ 405,000
Mel Clark $ 350,000
Arnie Portocarrero $ 350,000
Daryl Spencer $ 350,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 350,000
Tony Kubek $ 300,000
Billy O'Dell $ 300,000
Johnny Kucks $ 300,000
Earl Battey $ 300,000
Seth Morehead $ 300,000
Russ Nixon $ 300,000
Spook Jacobs $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Traded Randy Jackson New York (A) Earl Battey
Tony Kubek
10/16 Released Tom Morgan    
10/16 Released Niles Jordan    
10/16 Released Jim Dyck