1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1947  Brooklyn Dodgers
National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark Ebbets Field
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith
President Branch Rickey
Managers Clyde Sukeforth, Burt Shotton
Radio WHN
Red Barber, Connie Desmond
←  1946
1948  →

On April 15, Jackie Robinson was the opening day first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball. Robinson went on to bat .297, score 125 runs, steal 29 bases and win Major League Baseball's inaugural Rookie of the Year award. The Dodgers won the National League title and went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series. This season was dramatized in the movie 42 .

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Due to the suspension of Leo Durocher for a year for "conduct detrimental to baseball", coach Clyde Sukeforth managed the first 2 games of the season on an emergency basis, but declined to manage for the full season, so Burt Shotton took over as manager for the rest of the season.

The Dodgers had a home attendance of 1.8 million paying fans, a National League record at the time. [6] On the road, the Dodgers drew 1.9 million paying fans, also a National League record at that time.

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 94600.610—52–2542–35
St. Louis Cardinals 89650.578546–3143–34
Boston Braves 86680.558850–2736–41
New York Giants 81730.5261345–3136–42
Cincinnati Reds 73810.4742142–3531–46
Chicago Cubs 69850.4482536–4333–42
Philadelphia Phillies 62920.4033238–3824–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 62920.4033232–4530–47

Record vs. opponents

1947 National League record

Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston —12–1013–913–913–914–812–109–13
Brooklyn 10–12—15–715–714–814–815–711–11–1
Chicago 9–137–15—12–107–1516–6–18–1410–12
Cincinnati 9–137–1510–12—13–913–913–98–14
New York 9–138–1415–79–13—12–1015–7–113–9
Philadelphia 8–148–146–16–19–1310–12—13–98–14
Pittsburgh 10–127–1514–89–137–15–19–13—6–16–1
St. Louis 13–911–11–112–1014–89–1314–816–6–1—

Game log

1947 Game Log: 94-60 (Home: 52-25; Away: 42-34)
April: 8-3 (Home: 8-1; Away: 0-2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 15 Braves 5–3 Gregg (1-0) Sain (0-1) Casey (1)26,6231-0
2April 17 Braves 12–6 Higbe (1-0) Cooper (0-1) Casey (2)10,2522-0
3April 18@ Giants 4–10 Koslo (1-0) Lombardi (0-1)37,5462-1
4April 19@ Giants 3–4 Voiselle (1-1) Branca (0-1)52,3552-2
5April 22 Phillies 1–0 Gregg (2-0) Leonard (1-1)9,7903-2
6April 23 Phillies 5–2 Hatten (1-0) Judd (0-2)8,8124-2
7April 24 Phillies 2–0 Branca (1-1) Hughes (0-2) Casey (3)11,6545-2
8April 26 Giants 7–3 Lombardi (1-1) Voiselle (1-2)33,5656-2
9April 27 Giants 9–8 Casey (1-0) Thompson (0-1)31,6757-2
10April 29 Cubs 10–6 Hatten (2-0) Wyse (1-2) Casey (4)22,0308-2
11April 30 Cubs 1–3 Lade (1-0) Branca (1-2)20,1408-3
May: 12-14 (Home: 5-3; Away: 7-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12May 1 Cubs 5–2 Higbe (2-0) Chipman (2-1) Chandler (1)11,5339-3
13May 6 Cardinals 7–6 Casey (2-0) Grodzicki (0-1)18,97110-3
14May 7 Cardinals 1–2 Pollet (1-3) Lombardi (1-2)11,43510-4
15May 8 Cardinals 1–5 Brecheen (3-1) Branca (1-3)32,32810-5
16May 9@ Phillies 5–6 (11) Leonard (4-1) Casey (2-1)22,68010-6
17May 10@ Phillies 4–2 Hatten (3-0) Hughes (0-5)15,55611-6
18May 11@ Phillies 3–7 Leonard (5-1) Lombardi (1-3)--11-7
19May 11@ Phillies 4–5 Rowe (5-0) Chandler (0-1) Heintzelman (1)40,95211-8
20May 12 Braves 8–3 Branca (2-3) Cooper (1-3)19,66112-8
21May 13@ Reds 5–7 Vander Meer (1-1) Taylor (0-1) Gumbert (2)27,16412-9
22May 14@ Reds 0–2 Blackwell (4-2) Hatten (3-1)6,68812-10
23May 15@ Pirates 3–7 Bahr (3-1) Lombardi (1-4) Bonham (2)13,47112-11
24May 16@ Pirates 3–1 Branca (3-3) Higbe (2-2) Casey (5)34,18413-11
25May 17@ Pirates 0–4 Ostermueller (3-1) Melton (0-1)17,67313-12
26May 18@ Cubs 4–2 Hatten (4-1) Schmitz (3-3) Casey (6)46,57214-12
27May 19@ Cubs 7–8 Erickson (1-1) Gregg (2-1) Schmitz (3)21,87514-13
28May 21@ Cardinals 4–3 (10) Casey (3-1) Brecheen (4-2)16,24915-13
29May 23 Phillies 5–4 Barney (1-0) Leonard (6-2) Casey (7)33,13616-13
30May 24 Phillies 3–4 (10) Schmidt (1-2) Casey (3-2)23,44216-14
31May 25 Phillies 5–3 Hatten (5-1) Hughes (0-6)18,01617-14
32May 27@ Giants 7–3 Branca (4-3) Koslo (3-2)51,78018-14
33May 28@ Giants 14–2 Taylor (1-1) Jansen (3-1)28,26019-14
34May 29@ Giants 4–5 Hartung (4-0) Hatten (5-2) Trinkle (4)24,27419-15
35May 30@ Braves 3–6 Spahn (8-0) Barney (1-1)--19-16
36May 30@ Braves 0–3 Barrett (2-3 Lombardi (1-5)30,53519-17
37May 31@ Braves 5–0 Branca (5-3) Lanfranconi (0-1)23,27520-17
June: 18-11 (Home: 8-4; Away: 10-7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
38June 1 Cardinals 6–1 Taylor (2-1) Brecheen (5-3)34,10921-17
39June 2 Cardinals 4–5 (10) Pollet (3-6) Branca (5-4)17,71921-18
40June 3 Pirates 11–6 Barney (2-1) Higbe (3-5) Casey (8)--22-18
41June 3 Pirates 8–7 Barney (3-1) Roe (2-3)27,24423-18
42June 4 Pirates 9–4 Branca (6-4) Singleton (1-1)32,28724-18
43June 5 Pirates 3–0 Taylor (3-1) Ostermueller (4-2)24,97725-18
44June 6 Cubs 6–2 Hatten (6-2) Wyse (2-5)31,55526-18
45June 9 Reds 6–9 Gumbert (5-2) Lombardi (1-6) Peterson (1)32,86426-19
46June 10 Reds 1–3 Blackwell (8-2) Branca (6-5)--26-20
47June 10 Reds 6–5 Branca (7-5) Lively (0-2)33,04527-20
48June 11 Reds 4–5 Riddle (1-0) Hatten (6-3) Gumbert (4)18,40327-21
49June 13@ Cardinals 0–3 Munger (5-1) Taylor (3-2)25,60627-22
50June 14@ Cardinals 3–5 Brazle (5-3) Branca (7-6)9,19027-23
51June 14@ Cardinals 2–12 Brecheen (8-3) Barney (3-2)26,00527-24
52June 15@ Cardinals 3–11 Pollet (4-7) Hatten (6-4)29,68627-25
53June 16@ Cubs 2–1 Taylor (4-2) Lade (4-3)20,09728-25
54June 18@ Cubs 5–3 Hatten (7-4) Borowy (7-3) Casey (9)23,31329-25
55June 19@ Cubs 5–1 Branca (8-6) Schmitz (4-8)19,93230-25
56June 21@ Reds 6–5 Casey (4-2) Gumbert (5-3)11,80731-25
57June 22@ Reds 0–4 Blackwell (11-2) Hatten (7-5)--31-26
58June 22@ Reds 9–8 Lombardi (2-6) Walters (3-4) Gregg (1)31,20432-26
59June 24@ Pirates 4–2 Branca (9-6) Ostermueller (5-4)35,33133-26
60June 25@ Pirates 6–2 Taylor (5-2) Higbe (4-7)10,31334-26
61June 26 Braves 8–6 Branca (10-6) Johnson (2-4)33,10235-26
62June 27@ Braves 8–5 Barney (4-2) Voiselle (1-5) Behrman (1)35,80136-26
63June 28@ Braves 4–5 Lanfranconi (1-1) Behrman (0-3)11,93036-27
64June 29@ Giants 4–3 Taylor (6-2) Iott (1-1)--37-27
65June 29@ Giants 5–9 Trinkle (5-1) Gregg (2-2)52,14737-28
66June 30@ Phillies 7–4 Barney (5-2) Rowe (8-3) Behrman (2)28,51538-28
July: 25-8 (Home: 14-7; Away: 11-1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 1@ Phillies 3–5 Schanz (2-1) King (0-1) Donnelly (4)10,64438-29
68July 2 Giants 11–3 Branca (11-6) Kennedy (6-4)33,31339-29
69July 3 Giants 2–19 Koslo (8-4) Gregg (2-3)27,93839-30
70July 4 Giants 16–7 (8) Casey (5-2) Trinkle (5-2) Branca (1)20,56540-30
71July 4 Giants 4–3 Taylor (7-2) M. Cooper (3-8)32,33241-30
72July 5 Braves 1–4 Voiselle (3-5) Lombardi (2-7)20,59641-31
73July 6 Braves 4–0 Branca (12-6) Barrett (6-6)26,36342-31
–July 8 14th All-Star Game American League vs. National League (Wrigley Field, Chicago)
74July 10 Cubs 5–3 Branca (13-6) Borowy (8-4) Casey (10)--43-31
75July 10 Cubs 4–3 (10) Branca (14-6) Meyer (3-2)35,87644-31
76July 11 Cubs 5–0 Lombardi (3-7) Passeau (0-2)31,50845-31
77July 12 Cubs 7–2 Hatten (8-5) Lade (6-6)--46-31
78July 12 Cubs 6–5 Casey (6-2) Borowy (8-5)27,73647-31
79July 13 Reds 9–1 King (1-1) Peterson (3-7)23,01848-31
80July 14 Reds 1–9 Lively (2-2) Branca (14-7)29,37948-32
81July 15 Pirates 4–12 Roe (3-7) Taylor (7-3)--48-33
82July 15 Pirates 3–9 Bagby (3-3) Hatten (8-6)25,59448-34
83July 16 Pirates 10–6 Behrman (1-3) Bonham (7-3) Taylor (1)27,75649-34
84July 17 Pirates 1–7 Queen (1-0) King (1-2)9,13349-35
85July 18 Cardinals 7–0 Branca (15-7) Munger (8-3)32,73450-35
86July 19 Cardinals 5–7 Dickson (5-10) Lombardi (3-8)15,68550-36
87July 20 Cardinals 3–333,42050-36
88July 21 Reds 7–4 Lombardi (4-8) Gumbert (7-6) Behrman (3)--51-36
89July 21 Reds 4–3 Hatten (9-6) Peterson (3-8)35,09252-36
90July 22@ Reds 12–1 Branca (16-7) Lively (2-4)31,80853-36
91July 23@ Reds 5–2 Behrman (2-3) Raffensberger (3-7) Casey (11)12,52854-36
92July 24@ Reds 6–1 Lombardi (5-8) Vander Meer (4-8)13,67655-36
93July 25@ Pirates 4–1 Taylor (8-3) Queen (1-1)42,01456-36
94July 26@ Pirates 6–4 Casey (7-2) Strincevich (1-5)17,60657-36
95July 27@ Pirates 8–4 Behrman (3-3) Ostermueller (8-6) Casey (12)--58-36
96July 27@ Pirates 11–4 (7) Gregg (3-3) Higbe (7-10)42,71659-36
97July 28@ Cubs 4–0 Hatten (10-6) Schmitz (5-13)25,05260-36
98July 29@ Cardinals 4–0 Taylor (9-3) Dickson (6-11)32,41961-36
99July 30@ Cardinals 11–10 (10) King (2-2) Hearn (7-4)31,70962-36
100July 31@ Cardinals 2–1 Lombardi (6-8) Pollet (6-9)21,87363-36
August: 19-13 (Home: 15-6; Away: 4-7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1@ Cubs 8–10 Kush (5-1) Casey (7-3)24,31963-37
102August 2@ Cubs 7–12 Erickson (6-4) Taylor (9-4)34,10863-38
103August 3@ Cubs 0–6 Schmitz (6-13) Branca (16-8)41,12063-39
104August 4@ Braves 4–2 (10) Casey (8-3) Voiselle (3-11)23,82864-39
105August 5@ Braves 2–4 Sain (15-7) Gregg (3-4)20,65864-40
106August 6@ Braves 3–7 Spahn (14-6) Hatten (10-7)32,25264-41
107August 7@ Braves 1–3 Barrett (9-8) Taylor (9-5)16,97164-42
108August 8 Phillies 5–0 Branca (17-8) Leonard (12-7)32,17065-42
109August 9 Phillies 3–5 Rowe (10-8) Lombardi (6-9) Jurisich (1)23,09565-43
110August 10 Phillies 2–0 Hatten (11-7) Donnelly (1-4)24,83066-43
111August 12 Braves 2–9 Voiselle (4-11) Branca (17-9) Shoun (1)38,79466-44
112August 13 Braves 10–5 King (3-2) Johnson (3-7)25,68467-44
113August 14 Braves 1–0 Lombardi (7-9) Spahn (14-8)18,57168-44
114August 15@ Phillies 8–1 Hatten (12-7) Rowe (10-9)26,06069-44
115August 16@ Phillies 5–4 Casey (9-3) Judd (1-12) Behrman (4)9,85970-44
116August 17@ Phillies 0–4 Leonard (14-7) King (3-3)--70-45
117August 17@ Phillies 7–5 Casey (10-3) Jurisich (1-5) Lombardi (1)32,22071-45
118August 18 Cardinals 7–5 Lombardi (8-9) Pollet (7-11) Casey (13)32,78172-45
119August 18 Cardinals 12–3 Taylor (10-5) Brecheen (14-7) Lombardi (2)33,72373-45
120August 19 Cardinals 3–11 Brazle (10-6) Behrman (3-4) Hearn (1)33,46573-46
121August 20 Cardinals 2–3 (12) Pollet (8-11) Casey (10-4) Munger (3)25,76273-47
122August 21 Reds 8–1 King (4-3) Blackwell (19-6)14,57774-47
123August 22 Reds 6–5 (12) Behrman (4-4) Gumbert (8-8)14,83675-47
124August 23 Reds 8–5 Lombardi (9-9) Vander Meer (6-13)30,04176-47
125August 24 Pirates 3–1 Branca (18-9) Bonham (9-7) Casey (14)33,20777-47
126August 25 Pirates 11–10 King (5-3) Higbe (10-13) Casey (15)20,16678-47
127August 26 Pirates 3–16 Ostermueller (12-7) Gregg (3-5)24,06978-48
128August 27 Cubs 3–6 Schmitz (9-16) Hatten (12-8)13,11778-49
129August 28 Cubs 6–2 Lombardi (10-9) Wyse (5-8) Behrman (5)22,37579-49
130August 29 Giants 6–3 Branca (19-9) Koslo (14-9)34,56880-49
131August 30 Giants 3–1 King (6-3) Trinkle (6-4) Casey (16)37,51281-49
132August 31 Giants 10–4 Behrman (5-4) Kennedy (9-11) Lombardi (3)33,83782-49
September: 12-11 (Home: 2-4; Away: 10-7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1 Phillies 5–0 Hatten (13-8) Hughes (4-10)28,15383-49
134September 1 Phillies 0–5 Judd (3-13) Branca (19-10)35,46883-50
135September 4@ Giants 2–0 Lombardi (11-9) Hansen (0-4)49,20384-50
136September 5@ Giants 7–6 Haugstad (1-0) Jansen (17-5) Casey (17)23,47585-50
137September 6@ Giants 2–3 Poat (3-0) Branca (19-11)43,08585-51
138September 7@ Giants 6–7 Koslo (15-9) King (6-4) Trinkle (9)50,63885-52
139September 9@ Cubs 3–4 Schmitz (10-17) Lombardi (11-10) Erickson (1)25,98885-53
140September 10@ Cubs 5–1 Hatten (14-8) Chipman (6-5) Casey (18)21,59486-53
141September 11@ Cardinals 4–3 Branca (20-11) Brecheen (15-10) Behrman (6)20,45287-53
142September 12@ Cardinals 7–8 Wilks (4-0) Behrman (5-5)31,95787-54
143September 13@ Cardinals 8–7 Lombardi (12-10) Dickson (12-14) Behrman (7)33,51088-54
144September 14@ Reds 13–2 Hatten (15-8) Peterson (5-13)--89-54
145September 14@ Reds 6–3 Hatten (16-8) Gumbert (10-9)34,62390-54
146September 16@ Reds 7–3 Branca (21-11) Walters (8-8)8,26191-54
147September 17@ Pirates 4–2 Gregg (4-5) Ostermueller (12-9) Behrman (8)33,91692-54
148September 18@ Pirates 7–8 Higbe (13-15) King (6-5)15,44092-55
149September 20 Braves 1–8 Sain (20-11) Lombardi (12-11)29,76292-56
150September 21 Braves 0–4 Spahn (20-10) Branca (21-12)34,12892-57
151September 23 Giants 6–1 Hatten (17-8) Jones (1-2) Bankhead (1)26,12393-57
152September 24 Giants 5–6 Beggs (3-5) Ramsdell (0-1) Trinkle (10)16,99093-58
153September 25@ Phillies 5–2 (10) Ramsdell (1-1) Leonard (17-12)22,73694-58
154September 27@ Braves 1–2 Martin (1-0) Palica (0-1)7,72094-59
155September 28@ Braves 2–3 Sain (21-12) Banta (0-1)25,51194-60

Opening Day lineup

NamePosition
Eddie Stanky Second baseman
Jackie Robinson First baseman
Pete Reiser Center fielder
Dixie Walker Right fielder
Gene Hermanski Left fielder
Bruce Edwards Catcher
Spider Jorgensen Third baseman
Pee Wee Reese Shortstop
Joe Hatten Starting pitcher

Season chronology

Notable transactions

Roster

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bruce Edwards 130471139.295980
1B Jackie Robinson 151590175.2971248
2B Eddie Stanky 146559141.252353
3B Spider Jorgensen 129441121.274567
SS Pee Wee Reese 142476135.2841273
OF Dixie Walker 148529162.306994
OF Pete Reiser 110388120.309546
OF Carl Furillo 124437129.295888

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gene Hermanski 7918952.275739
Arky Vaughan 6412641.325225
Eddie Miksis 458623.267410
Duke Snider 408320.24105
Stan Rojek 328021.26307
Gil Hodges 287712.15617
Cookie Lavagetto 416918.261311
Al Gionfriddo 376211.17706
Bobby Bragan 25367.19403
Tommy Brown 15348.23502
Don Lund 11206.30025
Ed Stevens 5132.15400
Dick Whitman 4104.40002
Marv Rackley 1892.22202
Tommy Tatum 460.00000
Howie Schultz 210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ralph Branca 43280.021122.67148
Joe Hatten 42225.11783.6376
Kirby Higbe 415.2205.1710

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vic Lombardi 33174.212112.9972
Harry Taylor 33162.01053.1158
Hal Gregg 37104.1455.8759
Clyde King 2987.2652.7731
Rex Barney 2877.2524.7536
Jack Banta 37.2017.043
Rube Melton 44.20113.501

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Hugh Casey 46104183.9940
Hank Behrman 385385.3031
Ed Chandler 150116.378
Phil Haugstad 61002.844
Dan Bankhead 40017.206
George Dockins 400011.811
Erv Palica 30103.001
Willie Ramsdell 21106.753
Johnny Van Cuyk 20005.402

1947 World Series

Game 1

September 30, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789 R H E
Brooklyn100001100360
New York00005000X540
WP: Spec Shea (1–0)   LP: Ralph Branca (0–1)

Game 2

October 1, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789 R H E
Brooklyn001100001392
New York10112140X10151
WP: Allie Reynolds (1–0)   LP: Vic Lombardi (0–1)
Home runs:
BKLYN: Dixie Walker (1)
NY: Tommy Henrich (1)

Game 3

October 2, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team123456789 R H E
New York0022211008130
Brooklyn06120000X9131
WP: Hugh Casey (1–0)   LP: Bobo Newsom (0–1)
Home runs:
NY: Joe DiMaggio (1), Yogi Berra (1)
BRK: None

Game 4

October 3, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team123456789 R H E
New York101000000281
Brooklyn000010002313
WP: Hugh Casey (2–0)   LP: Bill Bevens (0–1)

Game 5

October 4, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team123456789 R H E
New York000110000250
Brooklyn000001000141
WP: Spec Shea (2–0)   LP: Rex Barney (0–1)
Home runs:
NY: Joe DiMaggio (2)
BRK: None

Game 6

October 5, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789 R H E
Brooklyn2020040008121
New York0041000016152
WP: Ralph Branca (1–1)   LP: Joe Page (0–1)

Game 7

October 6, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789 R H E
Brooklyn020000000270
New York01020110X570
WP: Joe Page (1–1)   LP: Hal Gregg (0–1)

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level TeamLeagueManager
AAA Montreal Royals International League Clay Hopper
AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Herman Franks
Curt Davis
AA Ft. Worth Cats Texas League Les Burge
AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Alfred Todd
A Greenville Spinners South Atlantic League Frenchy Bordagaray
Pepper Martin
A Pueblo Dodgers Western League Walter Alston
B Asheville Tourists Tri-State League William Sayles
B Danville Dodgers Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Paul Chervinko
B Nashua Dodgers New England League John Dantonio
B Newport News Dodgers Piedmont League John Fitzpatrick
B Spokane Indians Western International League Ben Geraghty
C Abilene Blue Sox West Texas–New Mexico League Art Bowland
Hayden Greer
C Greenwood Dodgers Cotton States League Jim Bivin
C Johnstown Johnnies Middle Atlantic League Jay Kirke, Jr.
C Santa Barbara Dodgers California League Ray Hathaway
D Trois-Rivières Royals Canadian–American League Lou Rochelli
D Cambridge Dodgers Eastern Shore League Roy Nichols
D Kingston Dodgers North Atlantic League George Scherger
D Olean Oilers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League Greg Mulleavy
D Ponca City Dodgers Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Boyd Bartley
D Pulaski Counts Appalachian League Larry Kinzer
D Valdosta Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Hugh Holliday
D Zanesville Dodgers Ohio–Indiana League Clay Bryant

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Pueblo, Nashua, Spokane, Greenwood, Zanesville

Notes

  1. ↑ "Steve Nagy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Art Herring Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "Augie Galan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ↑ "Eddie Basinski Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ "Marion Fricano Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 231, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN   978-0-7432-9461-4
  7. ↑ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Boston Braves 3". www.retrosheet.org.
  8. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75
  9. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 125
  10. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 127
  11. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 141
  12. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 167
  13. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 228
  14. ↑ "Kirby Higbe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. ↑ "Howie Schultz Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
  16. ↑ "Tommy Tatum Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.

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