⭐ Division Winner

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers

93-61 • 0.604 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

93 Wins
61 Losses
0.604 Win %
1st Rank
720 R 601 RA
Diff +119

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⚡ Quick Stats

720 Runs Scored
601 Runs Allowed
+119 Run Diff
1,062K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 1% above the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .341 7% above the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .363 6% above the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 3.57 5% better than the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 720 9% above the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumEbbets Field
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Home Games 70
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Total Attendance 1,062,442
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Avg per Game 15,177

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jim Gilliam 0.300 2 Duke Snider 0.292 3 Carl Furillo 0.289 4 Charlie Neal 0.287 5 Jackie Robinson 0.275

Home Runs

1 Duke Snider 43 2 Gil Hodges 32 3 Carl Furillo 21 4 Roy Campanella 20 5 Sandy Amoros 16

RBI

1 Duke Snider 101 2 Gil Hodges 87 3 Carl Furillo 83 4 Roy Campanella 73 5 Sandy Amoros 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jim Gilliam 153 594 102 178 0 0 6 43 95 39 21 0.300
Pee Wee Reese 147 572 85 147 0 0 9 46 56 69 13 0.257
Gil Hodges 153 550 86 146 0 0 32 87 76 91 3 0.265
Duke Snider 151 542 112 158 0 0 43 101 99 101 3 0.292
Carl Furillo 149 523 66 151 0 0 21 83 57 41 1 0.289
Roy Campanella 124 388 39 85 0 0 20 73 66 61 1 0.219
Jackie Robinson 117 357 61 98 0 0 10 43 60 32 12 0.275
Randy Jackson 101 307 37 84 0 0 8 53 28 38 2 0.274
Sandy Amoros 114 292 53 76 0 0 16 58 59 51 3 0.260
Rube Walker 54 146 5 31 0 0 3 20 7 18 0 0.212
Charlie Neal 62 136 22 39 0 0 2 14 14 19 2 0.287
Don Newcombe 52 111 13 26 0 0 2 16 12 18 1 0.234
Rocky Nelson 31 96 7 20 0 0 4 15 4 10 0 0.208
Sal Maglie 28 70 1 9 0 0 0 2 1 29 0 0.129
Carl Erskine 32 66 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.121
Chico Fernandez 34 66 11 15 0 0 1 9 3 10 2 0.227
Roger Craig 35 61 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 33 0 0.016
Gino Cimoli 73 36 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 8 1 0.111
Don Drysdale 26 26 4 5 0 0 1 1 1 8 0 0.192
Dale Mitchell 19 24 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.292
Clem Labine 62 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.087
Don Zimmer 17 20 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0.300
Don Bessent 38 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.111
Ed Roebuck 43 18 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.333
Sandy Koufax 16 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0.118
Dixie Howell 7 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.231
Ken Lehman 25 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.300
Dick Williams 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.286
Don Demeter 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.333
Chuck Templeton 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Hughes 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Aspromonte 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ralph Branca 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Darnell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Loes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don Bessent 2.50 2 Don Drysdale 2.64 3 Sal Maglie 2.87 4 Don Newcombe 3.06 5 Clem Labine 3.35

Wins

1 Don Newcombe 27 2 Carl Erskine 13 3 Sal Maglie 13 4 Roger Craig 12 5 Clem Labine 10

Strikeouts

1 Don Newcombe 139 2 Roger Craig 109 3 Sal Maglie 108 4 Carl Erskine 95 5 Clem Labine 75
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Newcombe 27 7 3.06 38 36 0 268.0 46 139
Roger Craig 12 11 3.71 35 32 1 199.0 87 109
Sal Maglie 13 5 2.87 28 26 0 191.0 52 108
Carl Erskine 13 11 4.25 31 28 0 186.1 57 95
Clem Labine 10 6 3.35 62 3 19 115.2 39 75
Don Drysdale 5 5 2.64 25 12 0 99.0 31 55
Ed Roebuck 5 4 3.93 43 0 1 89.1 29 60
Don Bessent 4 3 2.50 38 0 9 79.1 31 52
Sandy Koufax 2 4 4.91 16 10 0 58.2 29 30
Ken Lehman 2 3 5.66 25 4 0 49.1 23 29
Chuck Templeton 0 1 6.61 6 2 0 16.1 10 8
Jim Hughes 0 0 5.25 5 0 0 12.0 4 8
Ralph Branca 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 2
Bob Darnell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 0 0
Billy Loes 0 1 40.50 1 1 0 1.1 1 2

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to NYA 4-3

👥 Roster (35)

Sandy Amoros Bob Aspromonte Don Bessent Ralph Branca Roy Campanella Gino Cimoli Roger Craig Bob Darnell Don Demeter Don Drysdale Carl Erskine Chico Fernandez +23 more

35 players

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