1953 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 81-81
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 743
Runs Allowed: 786
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 719,868
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
AA: 60-77, 8th in the NL
A: 57-80, 8th 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
1B  Don Lenhardt 30 155 534 105 136 21 3 33 75 0 0 113 111 .255 .383 .491 .874 100.0 18.9 2.7
CF #Mickey Mantle 21 156 516 126 155 21 3 52 132 13 0 132 102 .300 .440 .655 1.095 142.5 34.5 3.5
C  Bobby Hofman 27 146 541 88 175 7 5 30 94 0 0 51 76 .323 .383 .521 .904 101.6 20.8 7.6
3B  Whitey Kurowski 35 153 527 60 139 25 1 8 72 0 0 48 96 .264 .327 .361 .688 60.8 7.7 3.9
1B  Randy Jackson 27 150 525 76 147 17 2 26 88 12 7 54 75 .280 .345 .469 .814 81.8 14.0 2.2
SS  Steve Mesner 35 147 506 40 131 23 1 9 66 0 0 26 31 .259 .291 .362 .653 49.6 4.0 5.5
SS  Bobby Morgan 27 124 341 36 58 5 3 7 29 0 0 44 86 .170 .267 .264 .531 27.9 0.0 3.9
CF  Mel Clark 26 94 312 31 98 12 2 3 23 0 0 9 31 .314 .333 .394 .728 37.6 6.6 1.6
LF *Red Treadway 33 107 258 36 73 6 4 1 24 4 1 15 13 .283 .322 .349 .671 27.8 3.5 1.0
1B *Johnny Hopp 36 77 215 24 52 6 0 1 8 13 17 23 36 .242 .315 .284 .599 17.1 0.0 1.0
3B *Eddie Mathews 21 50 153 32 47 6 0 9 16 1 1 28 17 .307 .412 .523 .935 30.3 6.3 0.5
LF  Wayne Terwilliger 28 75 148 8 29 3 3 0 13 0 0 20 16 .196 .290 .257 .547 10.6 0.0 2.2
1B *Mike Schemer 35 72 136 20 37 4 0 1 19 1 1 3 5 .272 .289 .324 .612 11.2 0.4 0.4
C *Bill Drescher 32 46 134 7 32 2 0 2 13 0 0 8 8 .239 .280 .299 .578 11.1 0.5 2.1
1B  Daryl Spencer 23 44 124 21 28 4 1 6 11 0 0 14 16 .226 .309 .419 .729 16.0 2.1 1.3
3B  Jim Dyck 31 86 122 16 27 7 0 3 18 0 0 13 26 .221 .294 .352 .647 11.3 0.5 0.6
P  Mike Garcia 29 37 102 6 17 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 20 .167 .175 .196 .371 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 23 38 80 6 19 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 28 .238 .256 .275 .531 5.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bubba Church 28 45 71 1 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 18 .127 .162 .169 .331 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Niles Jordan 27 40 71 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .085 .110 .113 .222 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 32 26 46 1 3 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 17 .065 .065 .174 .239 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Behrman 32 58 36 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .083 .105 .139 .244 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucab 33 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
C *Aaron Robinson 38 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.1
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 23 81 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Gerry Staley 32 42 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2078 5527 743 1423 176 28 195 727 44 27 610 870 .257 .331 .405 .736 740.3 119.9 40.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 5 8 7 2 6 5 7 4 7 5 5 5 6 5  
* - 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 29 18 12 .600 37 37 0 297.7 307 129 34 83 154 3.90 21.3
 Tom Morgan 23 16 6 .727 38 38 0 252.0 282 106 20 61 84 3.79 20.5
*Niles Jordan 27 9 16 .360 40 27 4 215.3 243 113 28 68 65 4.72 7.8
 Bubba Church 28 9 14 .391 45 28 2 215.0 225 125 33 102 83 5.23 6.3
 Hank Behrman 32 9 11 .450 58 14 3 151.7 167 79 23 95 67 4.69 5.9
 Ed Hanyzewski 32 7 7 .500 26 14 1 122.0 115 78 15 77 57 5.75 1.5
 Bobby Tiefenauer 23 8 9 .471 81 0 16 109.3 98 44 13 39 53 3.62 14.3
 Johnny Kucab 33 2 3 .400 23 2 0 48.3 44 13 5 12 14 2.42 5.1
 Gerry Staley 32 3 3 .500 42 2 6 48.0 59 32 10 25 13 6.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.8 81 81 .500 390 162 32 1459.3 1540 719 181 562 590 4.43 82.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 2 5 4 8 6 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 .993 30.8
B.Hofman 1153.7 129 130 482 48 5 1 .991 32.8
B.Drescher 296.7 32 35 128 14 1 0 .993 63.6
A.Robinson 9.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.3 162 166 616 62 6 1 .991 37.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.51
R.Jackson 1181.0 134 137 1598 139 10 145 .994 13.24
M.Schemer 236.7 28 29 321 26 2 31 .994 13.20
M.Mantle 20.7 0 10 25 4 1 1 .967 12.63
D.Lenhardt 10.0 0 2 14 0 1 1 .933 12.60
E.Mathews 9.0 0 2 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00
B.Hofman 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 181 1967 169 15 178 .993 13.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.90
B.Morgan 925.3 105 120 253 451 11 87 .985 6.85
D.Spencer 353.0 43 44 83 159 8 30 .968 6.17
W.Terwilliger 149.3 12 29 31 94 5 23 .962 7.53
B.Hofman 29.7 2 6 6 13 1 3 .950 5.77
S.Mesner 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.3 162 200 373 718 25 143 .978 6.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.87
W.Kurowski 1247.7 144 151 74 365 23 33 .950 3.17
J.Dyck 166.0 18 28 10 53 5 2 .926 3.42
R.Jackson 19.7 0 13 3 2 1 2 .833 2.29
B.Hofman 17.0 0 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.12
E.Mathews 9.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 200 90 422 29 37 .946 3.16
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
S.Mesner 1185.3 138 144 205 572 13 104 .984 5.90
W.Terwilliger 260.3 24 45 59 130 3 28 .984 6.53
B.Morgan 7.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Dyck 6.7 0 6 3 4 0 2 1.000 9.46
Team Total 1459.3 162 199 268 708 16 134 .984 6.02
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
D.Lenhardt 1254.3 137 148 243 11 2 2 .992 1.82
R.Treadway 127.0 16 17 22 1 1 0 .958 1.63
J.Hopp 52.0 7 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.94
M.Clark 16.0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1.000 3.94
J.Dyck 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Mathews 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Schemer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 182 288 14 3 3 .990 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.56
M.Mantle 1268.7 140 144 322 4 2 3 .994 2.31
R.Treadway 161.7 20 20 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.12
M.Clark 25.0 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
J.Hopp 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1459.3 162 170 367 5 2 3 .995 2.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.97
M.Clark 560.0 66 70 120 8 0 3 1.000 2.06
J.Hopp 393.7 46 47 74 3 0 1 1.000 1.76
E.Mathews 318.7 34 40 54 0 1 0 .982 1.53
R.Treadway 187.0 16 36 34 4 1 0 .974 1.83
Team Total 1459.3 162 193 282 15 2 4 .993 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.19
M.Garcia 297.7 37 37 25 69 1 3 .989 2.84
T.Morgan 252.0 38 38 10 35 0 1 1.000 1.61
N.Jordan 215.3 27 40 22 59 3 9 .964 3.39
B.Church 215.0 28 45 16 42 3 2 .951 2.43
H.Behrman 151.7 14 58 6 29 2 4 .946 2.08
E.Hanyzewski 122.0 14 26 4 21 1 1 .962 1.84
B.Tiefenauer 109.3 0 81 13 19 0 3 1.000 2.63
J.Kucab 48.3 2 23 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.42
G.Staley 48.0 2 42 7 13 0 0 1.000 3.75
Team Total 1459.3 162 390 108 295 10 23 .976 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hofman .323
On-Base Pct Mantle .440
Slugging Pct Mantle .655
OPS Mantle 1.095
XR Mantle 142.5
Games Mantle 156
At-Bats Hofman 541
Runs Mantle 126
Hits Hofman 175
Total Bases Mantle 338
Singles Hofman 133
Doubles Kurowski 25
Triples Hofman 5
Homeruns Mantle 52
RBIs Mantle 132
Stolen Bases Hopp, Mantle 13
Caught Stealing Hopp 17
Walks Mantle 132
Strikeouts Lenhardt 111
ERA Morgan 3.79
Wins Garcia 18
Losses Jordan 16
Winning Pct Morgan .727
Saves Tiefenauer 16
Games Pitched Tiefenauer 81
Games Started Morgan 38
Complete Games Garcia 13
Shutouts Garcia 3
Innings Pitched Garcia 297.7
Hits Allowed Garcia 307
Homeruns Allowed Garcia 34
Strikeouts Garcia 154
Walks Allowed Church 102
Walks per 9IP Morgan 2.2
Hits per 9IP Garcia 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Garcia 4.7
WHiP Garcia 1.31
OAVG Garcia .266
OOBP Garcia .318
OSLG Morgan .405
OOPS Garcia .730
Team All-Stars
Mickey Mantle
Player Salaries
Whitey Kurowski $ 13,500,000
Johnny Hopp $ 5,350,000
Mike Garcia $ 3,478,571
Rex Barney $ 3,300,000
Don Lenhardt $ 2,307,143
Danny Litwhiler $ 1,750,000
Barney McCosky $ 1,600,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 1,500,000
Red Treadway $ 1,414,286
Gerry Staley $ 800,000
Mike Schemer $ 750,000
Steve Mesner $ 600,000
Aaron Robinson $ 510,000
Bill Drescher $ 400,000
Hank Behrman $ 350,000
Johnny Kucab $ 300,000
Bubba Church $ 300,000
Mel Clark $ 300,000
Jim Dyck $ 300,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 300,000
Bobby Hofman $ 300,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 300,000
Niles Jordan $ 300,000
Daryl Spencer $ 300,000
Mickey Mantle $ 300,000
Eddie Mathews $ 300,000
Bobby Morgan $ 300,000
Tom Morgan $ 300,000
Randy Jackson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Gerry Staley
2/5 Signed     Steve Mesner
2/15 Signed     Mike Schemer