1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 88-74
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 956
Runs Allowed: 843
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,473,020
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 7th in the NL
AA: 66-71, 5th in the NL
A: 74-63, 3rd 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  Chuck Diering 32 153 593 98 189 31 1 4 49 0 0 79 93 .319 .400 .395 .794 93.9 19.0 2.0
CF #Mickey Mantle 23 157 536 133 159 19 5 53 149 9 3 125 130 .297 .428 .647 1.075 140.0 32.9 3.0
1B  Randy Jackson 29 158 602 101 183 23 4 40 122 6 9 57 77 .304 .363 .555 .917 108.3 21.7 2.9
3B *Eddie Mathews 23 150 539 139 163 21 3 46 131 1 2 106 75 .302 .416 .609 1.024 127.4 29.3 1.8
LF *Gene Woodling 32 147 515 115 143 29 1 30 98 0 0 96 52 .278 .389 .513 .902 100.1 20.6 1.8
C  Bobby Hofman 29 144 514 110 171 21 2 32 112 0 0 75 81 .333 .416 .568 .984 111.2 25.1 3.8
SS  Cass Michaels 29 151 507 64 130 19 5 8 59 11 1 55 58 .256 .330 .361 .691 61.6 8.5 4.0
C *Paul Gillespie 34 105 293 41 85 13 1 11 56 0 0 43 59 .290 .383 .454 .837 52.7 10.2 2.0
3B  Buddy Kerr 32 77 214 31 50 8 1 2 18 1 2 29 37 .234 .325 .308 .634 21.8 2.1 2.4
CF  Mel Clark 28 92 220 25 62 16 4 4 32 0 0 15 21 .282 .331 .445 .776 26.8 4.2 0.8
2B  Spook Jacobs 29 73 200 24 46 5 0 3 19 1 0 22 11 .230 .304 .300 .604 20.3 1.6 1.3
LF *Ron Northey 35 68 150 18 35 6 1 2 15 0 0 7 10 .233 .268 .327 .594 11.3 0.3 0.3
1B  Daryl Spencer 25 85 128 10 28 5 0 6 26 0 0 17 25 .219 .308 .398 .707 16.6 2.2 0.7
P #Billy O'Dell 23 36 94 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 36 .053 .073 .085 .158 -4.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Jim Dyck 33 57 93 9 28 7 1 2 18 0 0 11 21 .301 .375 .462 .837 14.9 3.2 0.3
P  Frank Sullivan 25 27 78 6 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 28 .090 .123 .103 .226 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 33 28 73 6 8 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 24 .110 .122 .192 .313 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 26 21 54 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 11 .056 .073 .074 .147 -2.6 0.0 0.0
C  Joe Tipton 33 28 51 8 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 9 6 .216 .333 .275 .608 3.4 0.0 0.3
P *Lou Brissie 31 26 47 5 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .170 .188 .191 .379 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Garcia 31 14 39 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .077 .075 .103 .178 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Arnie Portocarrero 23 77 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .107 .107 .107 .214 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Niles Jordan 29 23 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 25 64 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucks 21 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Werle 34 14 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Harold Jeffcoat 30 42 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2036 5610 956 1528 234 30 244 933 29 18 754 896 .272 .358 .455 .813 900.4 181.1 27.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 4 5 1 7 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
*Billy O'Dell 23 11 17 .393 36 36 0 262.3 289 151 31 104 134 5.18 5.0
 Frank Sullivan 25 14 8 .636 27 27 0 214.3 231 119 31 60 109 5.00 7.1
*Bill Wight 33 13 7 .650 28 28 0 183.0 194 99 13 94 88 4.87 8.2
 Hersh Freeman 26 13 4 .765 21 21 0 149.7 174 73 14 25 39 4.39 8.2
 Arnie Portocarrero 23 11 6 .647 77 7 6 136.0 145 70 23 65 83 4.63 7.7
*Lou Brissie 31 7 3 .700 26 15 2 120.0 127 71 19 78 62 5.33 3.2
 Mike Garcia 31 5 9 .357 14 14 0 114.7 104 47 10 41 53 3.69 6.6
 Tom Morgan 25 7 8 .467 64 4 4 84.3 88 56 11 58 19 5.98 1.8
*Niles Jordan 29 2 8 .200 23 8 2 79.3 113 52 10 23 20 5.90 0.0
 Harold Jeffcoat 30 2 2 .500 33 0 2 42.0 47 23 7 23 15 4.93 1.8
 Johnny Kucks 21 2 0 1.000 19 2 3 35.3 21 7 2 8 8 1.78 6.1
*Bill Werle 34 1 2 .333 14 0 0 22.3 33 19 3 11 9 7.66 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 88 74 .543 382 162 19 1443.3 1566 787 174 590 639 4.91 55.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 8 3 7 8 7 8 4 8 7  
* - 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 29.9
B.Hofman 699.3 76 84 348 30 1 0 .997 26.3
P.Gillespie 654.0 76 77 288 18 2 1 .994 19.2
J.Tipton 90.0 10 14 44 6 1 0 .980 16.7
Team Total 1443.3 162 175 680 54 4 1 .995 22.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.55
E.Mathews 1213.7 137 141 1502 106 11 165 .993 11.92
D.Spencer 155.3 20 21 199 9 4 21 .981 12.05
R.Northey 40.0 5 9 57 6 1 6 .984 14.18
M.Mantle 21.7 0 11 18 7 0 2 1.000 10.39
P.Gillespie 7.7 0 4 10 1 0 2 1.000 12.92
B.Hofman 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Jackson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.3 162 189 1790 129 16 196 .992 11.97
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.75
S.Jacobs 531.3 63 69 123 216 8 56 .977 5.74
B.Hofman 441.3 50 52 106 184 2 49 .993 5.91
C.Michaels 404.0 44 48 82 175 8 40 .970 5.73
D.Spencer 61.0 5 19 14 24 1 6 .974 5.61
B.Kerr 5.7 0 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.77
Team Total 1443.3 162 192 326 601 19 152 .980 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.85
R.Jackson 1286.3 143 154 86 336 21 30 .953 2.95
J.Dyck 145.0 19 19 10 30 2 3 .952 2.48
D.Spencer 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Hofman 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Mathews 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 178 96 368 23 33 .953 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.06
C.Michaels 806.7 95 98 133 340 23 81 .954 5.28
B.Kerr 561.0 65 71 94 243 5 50 .985 5.41
D.Spencer 70.7 2 33 16 32 4 7 .923 6.11
J.Dyck 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Clark 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 204 243 616 32 138 .964 5.36
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.96
G.Woodling 1138.3 129 133 260 5 3 2 .989 2.10
M.Clark 244.0 29 30 47 2 1 0 .980 1.81
R.Northey 37.0 4 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.92
E.Mathews 12.7 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55
J.Dyck 6.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.Diering 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 182 326 7 5 2 .985 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
M.Mantle 1258.7 141 144 399 11 3 2 .993 2.93
M.Clark 176.7 21 21 61 1 1 0 .984 3.16
R.Northey 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Tipton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 169 463 12 4 2 .992 2.96
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.92
C.Diering 1237.0 144 152 274 15 3 2 .990 2.10
R.Northey 153.0 17 22 26 0 2 0 .929 1.53
M.Clark 20.0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Woodling 17.3 0 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
E.Mathews 15.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
H.Jeffcoat 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 197 311 16 5 2 .985 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.25
B.O'Dell 262.3 36 36 11 54 0 3 1.000 2.23
F.Sullivan 214.3 27 27 9 45 0 1 1.000 2.27
B.Wight 183.0 28 28 8 29 1 4 .974 1.82
H.Freeman 149.7 21 21 11 33 0 2 1.000 2.65
A.Portocarrero 136.0 7 77 9 27 0 3 1.000 2.38
L.Brissie 120.0 15 26 6 29 0 3 1.000 2.63
M.Garcia 114.7 14 14 6 29 1 3 .972 2.75
T.Morgan 84.3 4 64 2 24 0 4 1.000 2.77
N.Jordan 79.3 8 23 4 18 2 2 .917 2.50
H.Jeffcoat 42.0 0 33 3 10 1 1 .929 2.79
J.Kucks 35.3 2 19 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.80
B.Werle 22.3 0 14 2 2 1 0 .800 1.61
Team Total 1443.3 162 382 75 307 6 26 .985 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hofman .333
On-Base Pct Mantle .428
Slugging Pct Mantle .647
OPS Mantle 1.075
XR Mantle 140.0
Games Jackson 158
At-Bats Jackson 602
Runs Mathews 139
Hits Diering 189
Total Bases Mantle 347
Singles Diering 153
Doubles Diering 31
Triples Mantle, Michaels 5
Homeruns Mantle 53
RBIs Mantle 149
Stolen Bases Michaels 11
Caught Stealing Jackson 9
Walks Mantle 125
Strikeouts Mantle 130
ERA Wight 4.87
Wins Sullivan 14
Losses O'Dell 17
Winning Pct Freeman .765
Saves Portocarrero 6
Games Pitched Portocarrero 77
Games Started O'Dell 36
Complete Games O'Dell 13
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched O'Dell 262.3
Hits Allowed O'Dell 289
Homeruns Allowed O'Dell, Sullivan 31
Strikeouts O'Dell 134
Walks Allowed O'Dell 104
Walks per 9IP Sullivan 2.5
Hits per 9IP Wight 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP O'Dell 4.6
WHiP Sullivan 1.36
OAVG Wight .273
OOBP Sullivan .322
OSLG Wight .380
OOPS Wight .736
Team All-Stars
Bobby Hofman
Randy Jackson
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 14,865,890
Mickey Mantle $ 7,378,571
Bill Wight $ 4,300,000
Bobby Hofman $ 3,978,571
Randy Jackson $ 3,192,857
Cass Michaels $ 2,750,000
Chuck Diering $ 2,350,000
Paul Gillespie $ 2,131,000
Ron Northey $ 2,100,000
Lou Brissie $ 1,500,000
Buddy Kerr $ 540,000
Bill Werle $ 520,000
Joe Tipton $ 510,000
Frank Fanovich $ 500,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 350,000
Mel Clark $ 350,000
Jim Dyck $ 350,000
Niles Jordan $ 350,000
Tom Morgan $ 350,000
Hersh Freeman $ 300,000
Johnny Kucks $ 300,000
Spook Jacobs $ 300,000
Harold Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Daryl Spencer $ 300,000
Arnie Portocarrero $ 300,000
Billy O'Dell $ 300,000
Eddie Mathews $ 300,000
Frank Sullivan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bill Werle
2/4 Signed     Lou Brissie
2/7 Traded Don Lenhardt
$3,000,000
Tampa Bay Gene Woodling
2/14 Signed     Joe Tipton
2/18 Signed     Paul Gillespie
2/21 Signed     Buddy Kerr
6/1 Traded Mike Garcia Pittsburgh Frank Sullivan
6/1 Traded Dave Jolly New York (A) Hersh Freeman