1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster

National League (NL)
Team Record: 93-61
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 148,371, Avg. 21,196
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-3
Manager: Walter Alston (93-61)
Location: New York, New York
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Results

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League ended the 1956 season with a record of 93 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Dodgers scored 720 runs and allowed 601 runs. Duke Snider walloped 43 home runs for Brooklyn, while Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges and Sandy Amoros each swatted 20 or more also. Duke Snider drove in 101 runs. Jim Gilliam led all regular batters by hitting .300. Don Newcombe earned 27 wins on the mound for the team, and Sal Maglie recorded a 2.87 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Walter Alston coached the team. The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers won the League Championship Series.

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Player Pos. Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Sandy AmorosLFLLJanuary 30, 19305'7"170Matanzas, Ma Cuba
Bob AspromontePRRJune 19, 19386'2"170Brooklyn, NY USA
Don BessentPRRMarch 13, 19316'0"175Jacksonville, FL USA
Ralph BrancaPRRJanuary 6, 19266'3"220Mount Vernon, NY USA
Roy CampanellaCRRNovember 19, 19215'9"190Philadelphia, PA USA
Gino CimoliLFRRDecember 18, 19296'1"180San Francisco, CA USA
Roger CraigPRRFebruary 17, 19306'4"190Durham, NC USA
Bob DarnellPRRNovember 6, 19305'10"175Wewoka, OK USA
Don DemeterCFRRJune 25, 19356'4"190Oklahoma City, OK USA
Don DrysdalePRRJuly 23, 19366'5"190Van Nuys, CA USA
Carl ErskinePRRDecember 13, 19265'10"165Anderson, IN USA
Chico FernandezSSRRMarch 2, 19326'0"165La Habana, La Cuba
Carl FurilloRFRRMarch 8, 19226'0"190Stony Creek Mills, PA USA
Jim Gilliam2BBROctober 17, 19285'10"175Nashville, TN USA
Gil Hodges1BRRApril 4, 19246'1"200Princeton, IN USA
Dixie HowellCRRApril 24, 19205'11"190Louisville, KY USA
Jim HughesPRRMarch 21, 19236'1"200Chicago, IL USA
Randy Jackson3BRRFebruary 10, 19266'1"180Little Rock, AR USA
Sandy KoufaxPRLDecember 30, 19356'2"210Brooklyn, NY USA
Clem LabinePRRAugust 6, 19266'0"180Lincoln, RI USA
Ken LehmanPLLJune 10, 19286'0"170Seattle, WA USA
Billy LoesPRRDecember 13, 19296'1"165Long Island City, NY USA
Sal MagliePRRApril 26, 19176'2"180Niagara Falls, NY USA
Dale MitchellLFLLAugust 23, 19216'1"195Colony, OK USA
Charlie Neal2BRRJanuary 30, 19315'10"165Longview, TX USA
Rocky Nelson1BLLNovember 18, 19245'10"175Portsmouth, OH USA
Don NewcombePLRJune 14, 19266'4"220Madison, NJ USA
Pee Wee ReeseSSRRJuly 23, 19185'10"160Ekron, KY USA
Jackie Robinson3BRRJanuary 31, 19195'11"195Cairo, GA USA
Ed RoebuckPRRJuly 3, 19316'2"185East Millsboro, PA USA
Duke SniderCFLRSeptember 19, 19266'0"179Los Angeles, CA USA
Chuck TempletonPRLJune 1, 19326'3"210Detroit, MI USA
Rube WalkerCLRMay 16, 19266'0"175Lenoir, NC USA
Dick WilliamsPRRMay 7, 19296'0"190St. Louis, MO USA
Don ZimmerSSRRJanuary 17, 19315'9"165Cincinnati, OH USA



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