1949 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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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 | Burt Shotton |
Radio |
WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Ernie Harwell |
The 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers held off the St. Louis Cardinals to win the National League title by one game. The Dodgers lost the World Series to the New York Yankees in five games.
Jackie Robinson led the NL in hitting and stolen bases and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Robinson was the first black player to win the NL MVP. [4]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 48–29 | 49–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | 1 | 51–26 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 16 | 40–37 | 41–36 |
Boston Braves | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 22 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
New York Giants | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 24 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 26 | 36–41 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 35 | 35–42 | 27–50 |
Chicago Cubs | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 36 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10–2 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 5–17 | 13–9 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 5–17–1 | |||||
New York | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 17–5–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — |
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Roy Campanella | 130 | 436 | 125 | .287 | 22 | 82 |
1B | Gil Hodges | 156 | 596 | 170 | .285 | 23 | 115 |
2B | Jackie Robinson | 156 | 593 | 203 | .342 | 16 | 124 |
SS | Pee Wee Reese | 155 | 617 | 172 | .279 | 16 | 73 |
3B | Billy Cox | 100 | 390 | 91 | .233 | 8 | 40 |
OF | Duke Snider | 146 | 552 | 161 | .292 | 23 | 92 |
OF | Gene Hermanski | 87 | 224 | 67 | .299 | 8 | 42 |
OF | Carl Furillo | 142 | 549 | 177 | .322 | 18 | 106 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Marv Rackley | 63 | 150 | 45 | .300 | 1 | 15 |
Bruce Edwards | 64 | 148 | 31 | .209 | 8 | 25 |
Mike McCormick | 55 | 139 | 29 | .209 | 2 | 14 |
Spider Jorgensen | 53 | 134 | 36 | .269 | 1 | 14 |
Eddie Miksis | 50 | 113 | 25 | .221 | 1 | 6 |
Luis Olmo | 38 | 105 | 32 | .305 | 1 | 14 |
Tommy Brown | 41 | 89 | 27 | .303 | 3 | 18 |
Dick Whitman | 23 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 0 | 2 |
Cal Abrams | 8 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Hopp | 8 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Ramazzotti | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 1 | 3 |
Chuck Connors | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Shuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Don Newcombe | 38 | 244.1 | 17 | 8 | 3.17 | 149 |
Preacher Roe | 30 | 212.2 | 15 | 6 | 2.79 | 109 |
Joe Hatten | 37 | 187.1 | 12 | 8 | 4.18 | 58 |
Ralph Branca | 34 | 186.2 | 13 | 5 | 4.39 | 109 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Banta | 48 | 152.1 | 10 | 6 | 3.37 | 97 |
Rex Barney | 38 | 140.2 | 9 | 8 | 4.41 | 80 |
Morrie Martin | 10 | 30.2 | 1 | 3 | 7.04 | 15 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Erv Palica | 49 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3.62 | 44 |
Paul Minner | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.80 | 17 |
Carl Erskine | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4.63 | 49 |
Pat McGlothin | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.60 | 11 |
Bud Podbielan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.65 | 5 |
Johnny Van Cuyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
October 5, 1949, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Allie Reynolds (1–0)
LP:
Don Newcombe (0–1) Home runs: BRK: None NY: Tommy Henrich (1) |
October 6, 1949, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Brooklyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Preacher Roe (1–0) LP: Vic Raschi (0–1) |
October 7, 1949, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Joe Page (1–0)
LP:
Ralph Branca (0–1) Home runs: NY: None BRK: Pee Wee Reese (1), Luis Olmo (1), Roy Campanella (1) |
October 8, 1949, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Eddie Lopat (1–0) LP: Don Newcombe (0–2) |
October 9, 1949, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Vic Raschi (1–1)
LP:
Rex Barney (0–1) Home runs: NY: Joe DiMaggio (1) BRK: Gil Hodges (1) |
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