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Brooklyn Dodgers 12-15-1956
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| Breaking News |  | Thursday, December 13th, 1956: Robinson Agrees to 2-Year, $24,020,000 Deal
Feedback was positive in Brooklyn today as the club announced an agreement with second baseman Jackie Robinson, one of the league's marquee players.
During his career Robinson has hit .298 with 1524 hits, 105 home runs, 693 RBIs and scored 958 runs. |
 | Saturday, October 13th, 1956: Marshall Selected NL's Best Batter
Willard Marshall gave a lot of credit for his National League Most Valuable Player Award to the Brooklyn hitting coach. "It was his theory of hitting that turned me into a better hitter this season," he said to the press today.
The 35-year-old pro batted .313 in 1956 with a .461 on-base percentage while collecting 144 hits, 17 doubles, no triples, 47 home runs and 139 runs batted in.
The annual SBWA awards banquet is this weekend. All of the major award winners will be there to be honored for their outstanding achievements this past season.
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 | Friday, October 12th, 1956: Brooklyn's Kucks Elbows His Way to NL Award
To be a young man playing professional baseball is enough for most 23-year-olds.
To play it well is even better.
Well, Johnny Kucks of the Brooklyn Dodgers took it to an even higher level today, when the National League named him the Cy Young Award winner for the 1956 campaign.
He put together a 24-10 record in 37 starts with 114 strikeouts in 311 innings and a 3.15 ERA.
The SION Baseball Writers Association will present Kucks his trophy at the annual gathering this weekend.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | 3B Willie Jones | flu | 2 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 100-54, .649 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 54-23, .701 PCT | | Record on the road | 46-31, .597 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 11-6, .647 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 27-20, .574 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 24-11, .686 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 76-43, .639 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 9-1, .900 PCT | | Record in April | 16-11, .593 PCT | | Record in May | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in June | 16-10, .615 PCT | | Record in July | 19-9, .679 PCT | | Record in August | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in September | 13-2, .867 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .264 - 4th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .358 - 2nd in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .411 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .769 - 3rd in NL | | Runs Scored | 874 - 2nd in NL | | Hits | 1409 - 4th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 395 - 4th in NL | | Home Runs | 168 - 4th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 777 - 2nd in NL | | Strikeouts | 632 - 2nd in NL | | Stolen Bases | 49 - 2nd in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.69 - 2nd in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.66 - 3rd in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.47 - 3rd in NL | | Runs allowed | 664 - 2nd in NL | | Hits allowed | 1271 - 2nd in NL | | Opponents AVG | .243 - 2nd in NL | | BABIP | .251 - 1st in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 145 - 2nd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 524 - 1st in NL | | Strikeouts | 609 - 6th in NL |
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