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Record: 105-49 .682.... 1st in National League
Stadium: Ebbets Field
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Yankees)
Attendance: 1,163,419

Manager - Chuck Dressen

Team Leaders

HR: Snider [42]
RBI: Campanella [142]
2B: Furillo, Snider [38]
SB: Reese [22]
W: Erskine [20]
SV: Hughes [9]
SO: Erskine [187]

Oldest Player: Preacher Roe [38]
Youngest Player: Johnny Podres [20]
Longest Tenure: Pee Wee Reese [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bill Antonello (Apr 30) Jim Gilliam (Apr 14) Dick Teed (Jul 24)
Pitchers: Glenn Mickens (Jul 19) Bob Milliken (Apr 22) Johnny Podres (Apr 17)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Bill Antonello	OF	26	R	R	5-11	185	5/19/1927	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1953-1953
	Wayne Belardi	1B	22	L	L	6-1	185	9/5/1930	St. Helena, CA	MLB	1950-1956
	Joe Black	P	29	R	R	6-2	220	2/8/1924	Plainfield, NJ	MLB	1952-1957
	Ralph Branca	P	27	R	R	6-3	220	1/6/1926	Mount Vernon, NY	MLB	1944-1956
39	Roy Campanella	C	31	R	R	5-8	200	11/19/1921	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1948-1957
	Billy Cox	3B-SS	33	R	R	5-10	150	8/29/1919	Newport, PA	MLB	1941-1955
	Carl Erskine	P	26	R	R	5-10	165	12/13/1926	Anderson, IN	MLB	1948-1959
	Carl Furillo	OF	31	R	R	6-0	190	3/8/1922	Stoney Creek Mill, PA	MLB	1946-1960
	Jim Gilliam	2B-3B	24	B	R	5-10	175	10/17/1928	Nashville, TN	MLB	1953-1966
	Gil Hodges	1B	29	R	R	6-1	200	4/4/1924	Princeton, IN	MLB	1943-1963
	Dixie Howell	C	33	R	R	5-11	195	4/24/1920	Louisville, KY	MLB	1947-1956
	Jim Hughes	P	30	R	R	6-1	200	3/21/1923	Chicago, IL	MLB	1952-1957
	Clem Labine	P	26	R	R	6-0	180	8/6/1926	Lincoln, RI	MLB	1950-1962
	Billy Loes	P	23	R	R	6-1	170	12/13/1929	Long Island City, NY	MLB	1950-1961
	Carmen Mauro	OF	26	L	R	6-0	167	11/10/1926	St. Paul, MN	MLB	1948-1953
	Russ Meyer	P	29	B	R	6-1	185	10/25/1923	Peru, IL	MLB	1946-1959
	Glenn Mickens	P	22	R	R	6-0	175	7/26/1930	Wilmar, CA	MLB	1953-1953
	Bob Milliken	P	26	R	R	6-0	195	8/25/1926	Majorsville, WV	MLB	1953-1954
	Ray Moore	P	27	R	R	6-1	205	6/1/1926	Meadows, MD	MLB	1952-1963
	Bobby Morgan	2B-SS	27	R	R	5-9	175	6/29/1926	Oklahoma City, OK	MLB	1950-1958
	Erv Palica	P	25	R	R	6-1	180	2/9/1928	Lomita, CA	MLB	1945-1956
	Johnny Podres	P	20	L	L	5-11	192	9/30/1932	Witherbee, NY	MLB	1953-1969
	Pee Wee Reese	SS	34	R	R	5-9	175	7/23/1918	Ekron, KY	MLB	1940-1958
	Jackie Robinson	2B-3B	34	R	R	5-11	204	1/31/1919	Cairo, GA	MLB	1947-1956
	Preacher Roe	P	38	R	L	6-2	170	2/26/1915	Ash Flat, AR	MLB	1938-1954
	George Shuba	OF	28	L	R	5-11	180	12/13/1924	Youngstown, OH	MLB	1948-1955
	Duke Snider	OF	26	L	R	6-0	190	9/19/1926	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1947-1964
	Dick Teed	H	27	B	R	5-11	180	3/8/1926	Springfield, MA	MLB	1953-1953
	Don Thompson	OF	29	L	L	6-0	185	12/28/1923	Swepsonville, NC	MLB	1949-1954
	Ben Wade	P	30	R	R	6-3	205	11/26/1922	Morehead City, NC	MLB	1948-1955
	Rube Walker	C	27	L	R	6-1	185	5/16/1926	Lenoir, NC	MLB	1948-1958
	Dick Williams	OF-3B	24	R	R	6-0	190	5/7/1929	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1951-1964