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1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948)
94-60, Finished 1st in National League
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Won NL Pennant
Scored 774 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Managed by Clyde Sukeforth and Burt Shotton

Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,807,526 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-3) to New York Yankees

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bruce Edwards       23  130  471   53  139  15  8   9   80  49   55  .295  .364  .418   2      10   2   6          104
1B  Jackie Robinson     28  151  590  125  175  31  5  12   48  74   36  .297  .383  .427  29       5   9  28          111
2B  Eddie Stanky        30  146  559   97  141  24  5   3   53 103   39  .252  .373  .329   3       7   5  12           85
3B *Spider Jorgensen    27  129  441   57  121  29  8   5   67  58   45  .274  .360  .410   4       5   1   6          101
SS  Pee Wee Reese       28  142  476   81  135  24  4  12   73 104   67  .284  .414  .426   7       7   2   8          120
OF *Dixie Walker        36  148  529   77  162  31  3   9   94  97   26  .306  .415  .427   6       9   1  10          120
OF  Carl Furillo        25  124  437   61  129  24  7   8   88  34   24  .295  .347  .437   7      17   1   4          104
OF *Pete Reiser         28  110  388   68  120  23  2   5   46  68   41  .309  .415  .418  14       3   2   4          118
   *Gene Hermanski      27   79  189   36   52   7  1   7   39  28    7  .275  .377  .434   5       3   3   5          111
   *Arky Vaughan        35   64  126   24   41   5  2   2   25  27   11  .325  .444  .444   4       2   0   0          133
    Eddie Miksis        20   45   86   18   23   1  0   4   10   9    8  .267  .337  .419   0       2   0   0           96
   *Duke Snider         20   40   83    6   20   3  1   0    5   3   24  .241  .276  .301   2       0   1   2           51
    Stan Rojek          28   32   80    7   21   0  1   0    7   7    3  .263  .322  .288   1       3   0   1           60
    Gil Hodges          23   28   77    9   12   3  1   1    7  14   19  .156  .286  .260   0       3   0   0           43
    Cookie Lavagetto    34   41   69    6   18   1  0   3   11  12    5  .261  .370  .406   0       1   0   1          103
   *Al Gionfriddo       25   37   62   10   11   2  1   0    6  16   11  .177  .346  .242   2       1   0   4           56
    Bobby Bragan        29   25   36    3    7   2  0   0    3   7    3  .194  .326  .250   1       0   0   0           52
    Tommy Brown         19   15   34    3    8   1  0   0    2   1    6  .235  .257  .265   0       1   0   0           37
    Don Lund            24   11   20    5    6   2  0   2    5   3    7  .300  .391  .700   0       0   0   0          180
   *Ed Stevens          22    5   13    0    2   1  0   0    0   1    5  .154  .214  .231   0       0   0   0           16
   *Dick Whitman        26    4   10    1    4   0  0   0    2   1    0  .400  .455  .400   0       0   0   1          125
   *Marv Rackley        25   18    9    2    2   0  0   0    2   1    0  .222  .300  .222   0       0   0   0           38
    Tommy Tatum         27    4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Howie Schultz       24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       1   0   0         -100

    Ralph Branca        21   43   97    8   12   1  0   0    9   7   34  .124  .183  .134   0       2   0   9          -16
    Joe Hatten          30   42   83    3   17   2  0   0    8   2   16  .205  .224  .229   1       1   0   3           18
   *Vic Lombardi        24   36   66    1   16   2  0   0    6   1    4  .242  .254  .273   0       2   0   1           38
    Harry Taylor        28   33   62    3    8   2  1   0    8   0   15  .129  .143  .194   0       0   1   2          -13
    Hal Gregg           25   37   34    3    9   1  0   0    2   1    8  .265  .286  .294   0       1   0   0           52
    Rex Barney          22   28   27    3    3   1  0   0    3   0   12  .111  .111  .148   0       1   0   0          -33
    Hank Behrman        26   38   26    1    6   1  0   0    1   1    9  .231  .259  .269   0       0   0   4           38
   #Clyde King          23   29   26    1    3   1  0   0    4   1   12  .115  .148  .154   0       0   0   1          -21
    Hugh Casey          33   46   18    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    2  .056  .105  .056   0       0   0   2          -57
    Kirby Higbe         32    4    5    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .400   0       0   0   0           53
    Dan Bankhead        27    6    4    2    1   0  0   1    2   0    1  .250  .400 1.000   0       0   1   0          255
   *Jack Banta          22    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Ed Chandler         25   15    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0       0   0   1           -6
    Phil Haugstad       23    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *George Dockins      30    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Rube Melton         30    4    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   0          424
    Willie Ramsdell     31    2    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   0          424
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  155 5249  774 1428 241 50  83  719 732  561  .272  .361  .384  88      87  29 115          104
    Rank among 8 NL teams          8    3    4   3  3   6        1    5     2     1     5   1                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ralph Branca        21  43   2.67  21  12  1  36   5  15   4  280.0  251  100   83  22   98  148 1158   7   6  1     155
SP *Joe Hatten          30  42   3.63  17   8  0  32   2  11   3  225.3  211   95   91   9  105   76  968   6   5  0     114
SP *Vic Lombardi        24  33   2.99  12  11  3  20   9   7   3  174.7  156   73   58  12   65   72  726   4   2  1     139
SP  Harry Taylor        28  33   3.11  10   5  1  20   2  10   2  162.0  130   63   56  10   83   58  673   5   5  0     133

CL  Hugh Casey          33  46   3.99  10   4 18   0  37   0   0   76.7   75   36   34   7   29   40  325   0   2  1     104
RP  Hank Behrman        26  38   5.30   5   3  8   6  16   0   0   88.3   94   64   52   9   44   31  392   3   0  0      78
RP  Hal Gregg           25  37   5.87   4   5  1  16   5   2   1  104.3  115   79   68   6   55   59  486   1   4  0      71
RP  Clyde King          23  29   2.77   6   5  0   9  12   2   0   87.7   85   34   27  11   29   31  369   0   0  1     150
RP  Rex Barney          22  28   4.75   5   2  0   9   8   0   0   77.7   66   52   41   4   59   36  341   5   2  1      87

    Ed Chandler         25  15   6.37   0   1  1   1   4   0   0   29.7   31   23   21   7   12    8  131   2   0  0      65
    Kirby Higbe         32   4   5.17   2   0  0   3   0   0   0   15.7   18    9    9   0   12   10   76   1   1  0      80
    Phil Haugstad       23   6   2.84   1   0  0   1   1   0   0   12.7   14    4    4   1    4    4   52   0   0  1     146
    Dan Bankhead        27   4   7.20   0   0  1   0   1   0   0   10.0   15    8    8   1    8    6   54   1   1  0      58
    Jack Banta          22   3   7.04   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    7.7    7    6    6   1    4    3   38   1   1  0      59
   *George Dockins      30   4  11.81   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.3   10    7    7   2    2    1   28   0   0  0      35
    Rube Melton         30   4  13.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.7    7    7    7   1    7    1   27   0   0  0      31
    Hank Behrman        26   2   9.82   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.7    3    4    4   1    4    2   12   0   0  0      42
   *Johnny Van Cuyk     25   2   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    5    2    2   0    1    2   16   0   0  0      77
    Erv Palica          19   3   3.00   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    2    1    1   0    2    1   15   0   1  0     138
    Willie Ramsdell     31   2   6.75   1   1  0   0   1   0   0    2.7    4    6    2   0    3    3   17   0   1  0      61
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.8 155   3.82  94  60 34 155 108  47  14 1375.0 1299  668  584 104  626  592 5904  36  31  6     109
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   1   8  1           6   1      2    1    3        4    8    3
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BEdwards 128 592 58 11 11 .983 11 GHodges 24 79 12 4 2 .958 0 BBragan 21 56 5 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 727 75 15 14 .982 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRobinson 151 1323 92 16 144 .989 9.37 EStevens 4 29 4 1 2 .971 8.25 CLavagetto 3 20 2 0 0 1.000 7.33 HSchultz 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1373 98 17 146 .989 9.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .975 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EStanky 146 402 406 12 123 .985 5.53 EMiksis 13 23 24 0 4 1.000 3.62 SRojek 7 14 18 0 4 1.000 4.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 439 448 12 131 .987 5.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .947 2.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SJorgensen 128 116 235 19 26 .949 2.74 CLavagetto 18 20 29 2 3 .961 2.72 AVaughan 10 7 20 0 3 1.000 2.70 SRojek 9 4 11 0 3 1.000 1.67 TBrown 6 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.17 EMiksis 5 5 4 1 0 .900 1.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 157 307 22 35 .955 3.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PReese 142 266 441 25 99 .966 4.98 SRojek 17 23 44 2 10 .971 3.94 EMiksis 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 TBrown 1 3 7 1 2 .909 10.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 293 493 28 111 .966 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.19 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DWalker 147 261 9 10 0 .964 1.84 0 0 147 CFurillo 121 287 9 7 3 .977 2.45 28 93 2 PReiser 108 240 3 3 0 .988 2.25 51 62 0 GHermanski 66 105 5 2 0 .982 1.67 64 1 3 DSnider 25 48 0 1 0 .980 1.92 4 13 7 AVaughan 22 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.23 22 0 0 AGionfriddo 17 29 1 2 0 .937 1.76 11 0 6 EMiksis 11 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 11 0 0 DLund 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 5 0 0 TBrown 3 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33 3 0 0 TTatum 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 2 0 1 DWhitman 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 2 0 1 MRackley 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 1 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1075 27 26 3 .977 2.40 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBranca 43 9 35 3 0 .936 1.41 JHatten 42 15 52 0 4 1.000 2.68 VLombardi 33 8 35 0 2 1.000 2.22 HTaylor 33 5 35 1 4 .976 2.22 HGregg 37 9 18 2 2 .931 2.33 CKing 29 5 11 1 1 .941 1.64 RBarney 28 1 11 0 4 1.000 1.39 HCasey 46 4 13 0 2 1.000 1.99 EChandler 15 2 7 1 0 .900 2.73 KHigbe 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.29 PHaugstad 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 DBankhead 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 JBanta 3 0 5 0 1 1.000 5.84 GDockins 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.40 RMelton 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HBehrman 38 1 12 1 0 .929 31.62 HBehrman 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 JVan Cuyk 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 EPalica 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WRamsdell 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 62 244 9 20 .971 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Walker .306

On-base % Walker .415

Slugging % Furillo .437

OPS Walker .842

Games Robinson 151

At Bats Robinson 590

Plate Appearances (approx.) Robinson 701

Runs Robinson 125

Hits Robinson 175

Total Bases Robinson 252

Doubles Robinson and Walker 31

Triples Edwards and Jorgensen 8

Home Runs Reese and Robinson 12

RBI Walker 94

Bases on Balls Reese 104

Strikeouts Reese 67

Stolen Bases Robinson 29

Singles Robinson 127

Adjusted OPS+ Walker and Reese 120

Runs Created Robinson 95

Adjusted Batting Runs Walker 21

Batting Wins Walker 2.0

Extra-Base Hits Robinson 48

Times on Base Walker 260

Offensive Win% Walker .648

Hit By Pitch Robinson 9

Sac. Hits Robinson 28

Grounded into Double Plays Furillo 17

Power/Speed Number Robinson 17.0

At Bats per Strikeout Walker 20.3

At Bats per Home Run Reese 39.7

Outs Robinson 448

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Branca 2.67

Wins Branca 21

Won-Loss % Casey .714

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Branca 1.246

Hits Allowed/9IP Taylor 7.22

Bases on Balls/9IP Branca 3.15

Strikeouts/9IP Branca 4.76

Games Casey 46

Saves Casey 18

Innings Branca 280.0

Strikeouts Branca 148

Games Started Branca 36

Comp. Games Branca 15

Shutouts Branca 4

Home Runs Allow. Branca 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Hatten 105

Hits Allowed Branca 251

SO to Walk Branca 1.51

Losses Branca 12

Earned Runs Allow. Hatten 91

Wild Pitches Branca 7

Hit Batsmen Branca 6

Batters Faced Branca 1158

Games Finished Casey 37

Adjusted ERA+ Branca 155

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Ralph Branca
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Pee Wee Reese
Eddie Stanky
Dixie Walker (Starting RF)

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