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Pennant Winner: Brooklyn Dodgers

NL Most Valuable Player: Roy Campanella

NL Rookie of the Year: Bill Virdon

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Team Fielding - CF

Team Fielding - CF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof
Brooklyn Dodgers	6	4.22	154	154	144	1378.0	387	373	10	4	0	.990	6	5	7	-1
Chicago Cubs	4	4.63	154	154	138	1378.1	395	375	9	11	3	.972	8	7	10	-2
Cincinnati Redlegs	2	4.44	154	154	152	1362.2	380	370	5	5	0	.987	-8	-7	-8	0
Milwaukee Braves	4	4.34	154	154	148	1383.0	434	404	16	14	6	.968	6	6	4	2
New York Giants	3	4.37	154	154	152	1386.2	441	411	22	8	8	.982	6	6	1	5
Philadelphia Phillies	4	4.32	154	154	152	1356.2	442	424	11	7	3	.984	5	4	7	-2
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	4.98	154	154	126	1362.1	392	374	14	4	2	.990	-15	-13	-15	0
St. Louis Cardinals	4	4.92	154	154	141	1377.0	388	373	6	9	2	.977	-3	-3	0	-3
League Average	4	4.53	154	154	144	1373	407	388	12	8	3	.981	1	0	1	-0
	35	4.53	1232	1232	1153	10984.2	3259	3104	93	62	24	.981	6	1	7	-1

Team Advanced Fielding - CF*

Team Advanced Fielding - CF* Table
	Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
Brooklyn Dodgers	4	0	3	1	0	10	0	3	2	2	78	47	3	43	3	0	10	4	0	13	3	0	35	28	0	179	85	47.5%	91	3	1.7%	7	5799	65%	75%	43%	679	56%
Chicago Cubs	9	0	8	1	3	9	0	2	1	4	50	27	2	31	4	1	13	4	1	19	2	1	29	21	0	142	58	40.8%	79	5	3.5%	4	5341	64%	74%	32%	551	65%
Cincinnati Redlegs	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	2	2	1	69	45	2	44	4	1	9	3	0	19	2	0	32	31	0	173	85	49.1%	85	3	1.7%	2	5782	66%	79%	32%	602	62%
Milwaukee Braves	14	0	13	1	6	15	0	4	5	3	69	43	3	33	3	2	3	0	0	20	6	0	34	25	4	159	77	48.4%	73	9	5.7%	6	5426	64%	76%	30%	568	69%
New York Giants	8	0	8	0	2	22	2	3	6	9	49	33	6	38	7	3	6	1	1	29	4	3	33	26	1	155	71	45.8%	70	14	9.0%	8	5561	65%	75%	30%	582	69%
Philadelphia Phillies	7	0	7	0	3	10	0	2	4	3	57	30	5	43	5	0	8	4	1	19	3	0	31	20	2	158	62	39.2%	88	8	5.1%	2	5621	61%	77%	35%	668	63%
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	0	3	0	0	13	0	5	4	2	48	24	1	44	8	2	4	1	0	25	3	0	40	31	1	161	67	41.6%	90	4	2.5%	9	4797	60%	76%	29%	509	63%
St. Louis Cardinals	9	0	8	1	1	6	0	1	2	2	51	26	1	34	0	2	13	8	1	24	6	0	32	26	2	154	66	42.9%	82	6	3.9%	0	5322	63%	74%	31%	546	66%
League Average	7	0	7	0	2	11	0	3	3	3	59	34	3	39	4	1	8	3	0	21	4	0	33	26	1	160	71	44.6%	82	6	4.1%	5	5456	64%	76%	33%	588	64%
	59	0	55	4	15	90	2	22	26	26	471	275	23	310	34	11	66	25	4	168	29	4	266	208	10	1281	571	44.6%	658	52	4.1%	38	43649	64%	76%	33%	4705	64%

Player Fielding - CF

Player Fielding - CF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
1	Sandy Amorós	25	BRO	10	5	4	54.0	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-47	-1	-1	2.00	1.20
2	Richie Ashburn	28	PHI	140	139	138	1216.2	410	393	10	7	3	.983	6	6	7	-1	2.98	2.88
3	Gus Bell	26	CIN	154	154	152	1358.2	378	368	5	5	0	.987	-8	-7	-8	0	2.47	2.42
4	Jim Bolger	23	CHC	49	44	36	379.1	122	116	1	5	0	.959	5	15	7	-2	2.78	2.39
5	Bob Borkowski	29	BRO	2	2	1	15.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	24	0	0	2.40	2.00
6	Bill Bruton	29	MLN	149	145	143	1307.1	413	383	16	14	6	.966	5	5	3	2	2.75	2.68
7	Roberto Clemente	20	PIT	10	7	6	68.1	22	22	0	0	0	1.000	0	-5	0	0	2.90	2.20
8	Gil Coan	33	NYG	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0		4.50	0.50
9	Carl Furillo	33	BRO	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	40	0	0	3.00	1.00
10	Jim Gilliam	26	BRO	4	3	0	24.2	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	1	63	1	0	3.28	2.25
11	Glen Gorbous	24	PHI	4	3	3	29.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1	21	1	0	2.48	2.00
12	Dick Hall	24	PIT	3	2	1	16.2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	-14	-1	1	2.16	1.33
13	Chuck Harmon	31	CIN	2	0	0	4.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	30	0	0	4.50	1.00
14	Gil Hodges	31	BRO	1	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	120	0	0	6.00	2.00
15	Whitey Lockman	28	NYG	3	2	2	23.1	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0	-21	0	0	3.09	2.67
16	Peanuts Lowrey	37	PHI	9	8	8	76.0	19	18	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-11	0	-1	2.25	2.11
17	Willie Mays	24	NYG	152	152	150	1361.1	432	402	22	8	8	.981	7	6	2	5	2.80	2.79
18	Román Mejías	29	PIT	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000					9.00	2.00
19	Lloyd Merriman	30	CHC	37	32	31	286.2	76	72	2	2	2	.974	0	-2	1	-1	2.32	2.00
20	Eddie Miksis	28	CHC	75	71	64	636.2	182	175	5	2	1	.989	7	13	6	1	2.54	2.40
21	Felipe Montemayor	27	PIT	14	13	9	104.0	26	26	0	0	0	1.000	0	-3	0	0	2.25	1.86
22	Wally Moon	25	STL	47	43	39	390.0	102	100	1	1	1	.990	0	0	0	0	2.33	2.15
23	Eddie O'Brien	24	PIT	56	55	41	452.2	129	119	9	1	1	.992	-2	-5	-3	1	2.54	2.29
24	Andy Pafko	34	MLN	7	6	4	48.2	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	1	22	1	0	2.22	1.71
25	Stan Palys	25	PHI	4	4	3	35.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-41	-1	0	1.29	1.25
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
26	Jim Pendleton	31	MLN	1	1	0	6.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000					4.50	3.00
27	Rip Repulski	26	STL	1	0	0	7.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	69	0	0	2.57	2.00
28	Tom Saffell	33	PIT	37	17	15	199.1	64	61	1	2	0	.969	-4	-23	-4	0	2.80	1.68
29	Earl Smith	27	PIT	5	5	4	43.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-3	-78	-2	-1	2.09	2.00
30	Duke Snider	28	BRO	146	144	139	1278.1	359	345	10	4	0	.989	6	6	6	0	2.50	2.43
31	Frank Thomas	26	PIT	57	55	50	476.1	135	130	4	1	1	.993	-6	-14	-5	-1	2.53	2.35
32	Bobby Thomson	31	MLN	3	2	1	21.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	6	0	0	2.57	2.00
33	Bill Virdon	24	STL	110	103	98	910.0	256	245	3	8	0	.969	-4	-5	-1	-3	2.45	2.25
34	Gale Wade	26	CHC	9	7	7	75.2	15	12	1	2	0	.867	-3	-46	-3	0	1.55	1.44
35	Pete Whisenant	25	STL	10	8	4	70.0	28	26	2	0	1	1.000	0	5	0	0	3.60	2.80

Player Advanced Fielding - cf

Player Advanced Fielding - cf Table
				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1	Sandy Amorós	25	BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	3	33.3%	6	0	0.0%	0	238	64%	77%	40%	25	48%
2	Richie Ashburn	28	PHI	7	0	7	0	3	10	0	2	4	3	55	30	5	40	5	0	8	4	1	17	3	0	31	20	2	151	62	41.1%	81	8	5.3%	2	5069	61%	77%	34%	617	64%
3	Gus Bell	26	CIN	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	2	2	1	69	45	2	44	4	1	9	3	0	19	2	0	32	31	0	173	85	49.1%	85	3	1.7%	2	5768	66%	79%	32%	600	62%
4	Jim Bolger	23	CHC	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	14	8	0	7	1	0	7	1	1	6	0	0	15	11	0	49	21	42.9%	27	1	2.0%	0	1427	63%	72%	34%	169	67%
5	Bob Borkowski	29	BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	62	73%	65%	35%	8	50%
6	Bill Bruton	29	MLN	14	0	13	1	6	15	0	4	5	3	66	41	3	30	3	2	3	0	0	18	6	0	31	23	4	148	73	49.3%	66	9	6.1%	6	5123	64%	76%	30%	538	69%
7	Roberto Clemente	20	PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	281	70%	78%	37%	32	69%
8	Gil Coan	33	NYG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	75%	25%	0%	0
9	Carl Furillo	33	BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	16	75%	69%	63%	2	50%
10	Jim Gilliam	26	BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	98	61%	78%	45%	15	60%
11	Glen Gorbous	24	PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	104	62%	82%	48%	14	57%
12	Dick Hall	24	PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	62.5%	3	0	0.0%	0	87	49%	78%	18%	13	31%
13	Chuck Harmon	31	CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	14	79%	86%	36%	2	100%
14	Gil Hodges	31	BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	16	63%	75%	50%	3	67%
15	Whitey Lockman	28	NYG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	2	40.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	77	56%	78%	25%	9	56%
16	Peanuts Lowrey	37	PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.0%	6	0	0.0%	0	302	61%	73%	43%	26	62%
17	Willie Mays	24	NYG	8	0	8	0	2	22	2	3	6	9	47	32	6	37	7	3	6	1	1	28	4	3	32	25	1	150	69	46.0%	67	14	9.3%	8	5480	65%	75%	30%	573	69%
18	Román Mejías	29	PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	6	33%	100%	50%	2	100%
19	Lloyd Merriman	30	CHC	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	10	5	0	7	2	0	4	1	0	3	0	1	4	2	0	28	10	35.7%	17	1	3.6%	1	1113	67%	75%	32%	110	62%
20	Eddie Miksis	28	CHC	2	0	2	0	1	5	0	1	1	2	21	13	2	15	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	8	6	0	53	21	39.6%	29	3	5.7%	2	2480	65%	75%	30%	241	69%
21	Felipe Montemayor	27	PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	2	28.6%	5	0	0.0%	0	338	57%	80%	26%	27	70%
22	Wally Moon	25	STL	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	5	0	6	0	0	4	4	0	6	3	0	11	9	1	36	21	58.3%	14	1	2.8%	0	1431	63%	75%	32%	136	68%
23	Eddie O'Brien	24	PIT	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	3	4	0	9	4	1	9	2	0	3	0	0	8	2	0	12	8	1	41	16	39.0%	23	2	4.9%	6	1391	59%	75%	28%	149	66%
24	Andy Pafko	34	MLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	178	66%	75%	27%	14	86%
25	Stan Palys	25	PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	146	67%	76%	25%	11	45%
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
26	Jim Pendleton	31	MLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	28	57%	89%	46%	3	100%
27	Rip Repulski	26	STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	26	54%	65%	38%	3	67%
28	Tom Saffell	33	PIT	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	11	5	0	11	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	7	0	34	15	44.1%	18	1	2.9%	0	715	62%	78%	26%	80	63%
29	Earl Smith	27	PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	9	2	22.2%	7	0	0.0%	0	191	64%	83%	37%	20	50%
30	Duke Snider	28	BRO	4	0	3	1	0	10	0	3	2	2	71	42	3	41	3	0	9	4	0	11	3	0	32	27	0	164	79	48.2%	82	3	1.8%	7	5369	65%	75%	43%	626	56%
31	Frank Thomas	26	PIT	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	18	10	0	13	1	1	1	1	0	9	0	0	15	12	0	56	24	42.9%	31	1	1.8%	3	1788	60%	75%	29%	186	63%
32	Bobby Thomson	31	MLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33.3%	4	0	0.0%	0	97	57%	75%	28%	13	46%
33	Bill Virdon	24	STL	8	0	7	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	39	20	1	26	0	1	9	4	1	18	3	0	18	15	0	110	42	38.2%	65	3	2.7%	0	3553	64%	73%	30%	374	64%
34	Gale Wade	26	CHC	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	12	6	50.0%	6	0	0.0%	1	321	59%	76%	27%	31	39%
35	Pete Whisenant	25	STL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	7	2	28.6%	3	2	28.6%	0	312	54%	73%	29%	33	82%
	LgAvg			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	18	8	44.6%	9	1	4.1%	1	606	64%	76%	33%	65	64%