1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
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 →

The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the team's 65th season of play overall and its 58th season of play in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers finished in first place in the National League with a record of 94–60, five games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. They advanced to the 1947 World Series against the American League champion New York Yankees, but lost the series in seven games. The Dodgers played their home games at Ebbets Field.

On April 15, Jackie Robinson started at first base for the Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line and becoming the first black player in MLB since Moses Fleetwood Walker in the 1880s. Robinson went on to bat .297, score 125 runs, steal 29 bases, and win MLB's inaugural Rookie of the Year award. This season was dramatized in the movie 42.

Offseason

October 2, 1946: Steve Nagy was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[1]
October 19, 1946: Art Herring was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
December 4, 1946: Augie Galan was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Ed Heusser.^[3]
December 5, 1946: Eddie Basinski was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Gerheauser.^[4]
Prior to 1947 season: Marion Fricano was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[5]

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

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	94	60	.610	—	52‍–‍25	42‍–‍35
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	.578	5	46‍–‍31	43‍–‍34
Boston Braves	86	68	.558	8	50‍–‍27	36‍–‍41
New York Giants	81	73	.526	13	45‍–‍31	36‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds	73	81	.474	21	42‍–‍35	31‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	69	85	.448	25	36‍–‍43	33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies	62	92	.403	32	38‍–‍38	24‍–‍54
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	.403	32	32‍–‍45	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1947 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BSN	BRO	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–10	13–9	13–9	13–9	14–8	12–10	9–13
Brooklyn	10–12	—	15–7	15–7	14–8	14–8	15–7	11–11–1
Chicago	9–13	7–15	—	12–10	7–15	16–6–1	8–14	10–12
Cincinnati	9–13	7–15	10–12	—	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–14
New York	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–13	—	12–10	15–7–1	13–9
Philadelphia	8–14	8–14	6–16–1	9–13	10–12	—	13–9	8–14
Pittsburgh	10–12	7–15	14–8	9–13	7–15–1	9–13	—	6–16–1
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	14–8	9–13	14–8	16–6–1	—

Game log

1947 Game Log: 94-60 (Home: 52-25; Away: 42-34)

April: 8-3 (Home: 8-1; Away: 0-2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 15	Braves	5–3	Gregg (1-0)	Sain (0-1)	Casey (1)	26,623	1-0
2	April 17	Braves	12–6	Higbe (1-0)	Cooper (0-1)	Casey (2)	10,252	2-0
3	April 18	@ Giants	4–10	Koslo (1-0)	Lombardi (0-1)		37,546	2-1
4	April 19	@ Giants	3–4	Voiselle (1-1)	Branca (0-1)		52,355	2-2
5	April 22	Phillies	1–0	Gregg (2-0)	Leonard (1-1)		9,790	3-2
6	April 23	Phillies	5–2	Hatten (1-0)	Judd (0-2)		8,812	4-2
7	April 24	Phillies	2–0	Branca (1-1)	Hughes (0-2)	Casey (3)	11,654	5-2
8	April 26	Giants	7–3	Lombardi (1-1)	Voiselle (1-2)		33,565	6-2
9	April 27	Giants	9–8	Casey (1-0)	Thompson (0-1)		31,675	7-2
10	April 29	Cubs	10–6	Hatten (2-0)	Wyse (1-2)	Casey (4)	22,030	8-2
11	April 30	Cubs	1–3	Lade (1-0)	Branca (1-2)		20,140	8-3

May: 12-14 (Home: 5-3; Away: 7-11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
12	May 1	Cubs	5–2	Higbe (2-0)	Chipman (2-1)	Chandler (1)	11,533	9-3
13	May 6	Cardinals	7–6	Casey (2-0)	Grodzicki (0-1)		18,971	10-3
14	May 7	Cardinals	1–2	Pollet (1-3)	Lombardi (1-2)		11,435	10-4
15	May 8	Cardinals	1–5	Brecheen (3-1)	Branca (1-3)		32,328	10-5
16	May 9	@ Phillies	5–6 (11)	Leonard (4-1)	Casey (2-1)		22,680	10-6
17	May 10	@ Phillies	4–2	Hatten (3-0)	Hughes (0-5)		15,556	11-6
18	May 11	@ Phillies	3–7	Leonard (5-1)	Lombardi (1-3)		--	11-7
19	May 11	@ Phillies	4–5	Rowe (5-0)	Chandler (0-1)	Heintzelman (1)	40,952	11-8
20	May 12	Braves	8–3	Branca (2-3)	Cooper (1-3)		19,661	12-8
21	May 13	@ Reds	5–7	Vander Meer (1-1)	Taylor (0-1)	Gumbert (2)	27,164	12-9
22	May 14	@ Reds	0–2	Blackwell (4-2)	Hatten (3-1)		6,688	12-10
23	May 15	@ Pirates	3–7	Bahr (3-1)	Lombardi (1-4)	Bonham (2)	13,471	12-11
24	May 16	@ Pirates	3–1	Branca (3-3)	Higbe (2-2)	Casey (5)	34,184	13-11
25	May 17	@ Pirates	0–4	Ostermueller (3-1)	Melton (0-1)		17,673	13-12
26	May 18	@ Cubs	4–2	Hatten (4-1)	Schmitz (3-3)	Casey (6)	46,572	14-12
27	May 19	@ Cubs	7–8	Erickson (1-1)	Gregg (2-1)	Schmitz (3)	21,875	14-13
28	May 21	@ Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Casey (3-1)	Brecheen (4-2)		16,249	15-13
29	May 23	Phillies	5–4	Barney (1-0)	Leonard (6-2)	Casey (7)	33,136	16-13
30	May 24	Phillies	3–4 (10)	Schmidt (1-2)	Casey (3-2)		23,442	16-14
31	May 25	Phillies	5–3	Hatten (5-1)	Hughes (0-6)		18,016	17-14
32	May 27	@ Giants	7–3	Branca (4-3)	Koslo (3-2)		51,780	18-14
33	May 28	@ Giants	14–2	Taylor (1-1)	Jansen (3-1)		28,260	19-14
34	May 29	@ Giants	4–5	Hartung (4-0)	Hatten (5-2)	Trinkle (4)	24,274	19-15
35	May 30	@ Braves	3–6	Spahn (8-0)	Barney (1-1)		--	19-16
36	May 30	@ Braves	0–3	Barrett (2-3)	Lombardi (1-5)		30,535	19-17
37	May 31	@ Braves	5–0	Branca (5-3)	Lanfranconi (0-1)		23,275	20-17

June: 18-11 (Home: 8-4; Away: 10-7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
38	June 1	Cardinals	6–1	Taylor (2-1)	Brecheen (5-3)		34,109	21-17
39	June 2	Cardinals	4–5 (10)	Pollet (3-6)	Branca (5-4)		17,719	21-18
40	June 3	Pirates	11–6	Barney (2-1)	Higbe (3-5)	Casey (8)	--	22-18
41	June 3	Pirates	8–7	Barney (3-1)	Roe (2-3)		27,244	23-18
42	June 4	Pirates	9–4	Branca (6-4)	Singleton (1-1)		32,287	24-18
43	June 5	Pirates	3–0	Taylor (3-1)	Ostermueller (4-2)		24,977	25-18
44	June 6	Cubs	6–2	Hatten (6-2)	Wyse (2-5)		31,555	26-18
45	June 9	Reds	6–9	Gumbert (5-2)	Lombardi (1-6)	Peterson (1)	32,864	26-19
46	June 10	Reds	1–3	Blackwell (8-2)	Branca (6-5)		--	26-20
47	June 10	Reds	6–5	Branca (7-5)	Lively (0-2)		33,045	27-20
48	June 11	Reds	4–5	Riddle (1-0)	Hatten (6-3)	Gumbert (4)	18,403	27-21
49	June 13	@ Cardinals	0–3	Munger (5-1)	Taylor (3-2)		25,606	27-22
50	June 14	@ Cardinals	3–5	Brazle (5-3)	Branca (7-6)		9,190	27-23
51	June 14	@ Cardinals	2–12	Brecheen (8-3)	Barney (3-2)		26,005	27-24
52	June 15	@ Cardinals	3–11	Pollet (4-7)	Hatten (6-4)		29,686	27-25
53	June 16	@ Cubs	2–1	Taylor (4-2)	Lade (4-3)		20,097	28-25
54	June 18	@ Cubs	5–3	Hatten (7-4)	Borowy (7-3)	Casey (9)	23,313	29-25
55	June 19	@ Cubs	5–1	Branca (8-6)	Schmitz (4-8)		19,932	30-25
56	June 21	@ Reds	6–5	Casey (4-2)	Gumbert (5-3)		11,807	31-25
57	June 22	@ Reds	0–4	Blackwell (11-2)	Hatten (7-5)		--	31-26
58	June 22	@ Reds	9–8	Lombardi (2-6)	Walters (3-4)	Gregg (1)	31,204	32-26
59	June 24	@ Pirates	4–2	Branca (9-6)	Ostermueller (5-4)		35,331	33-26
60	June 25	@ Pirates	6–2	Taylor (5-2)	Higbe (4-7)		10,313	34-26
61	June 26	Braves	8–6	Branca (10-6)	Johnson (2-4)		33,102	35-26
62	June 27	@ Braves	8–5	Barney (4-2)	Voiselle (1-5)	Behrman (1)	35,801	36-26
63	June 28	@ Braves	4–5	Lanfranconi (1-1)	Behrman (0-3)		11,930	36-27
64	June 29	@ Giants	4–3	Taylor (6-2)	Iott (1-1)		--	37-27
65	June 29	@ Giants	5–9	Trinkle (5-1)	Gregg (2-2)		52,147	37-28
66	June 30	@ Phillies	7–4	Barney (5-2)	Rowe (8-3)	Behrman (2)	28,515	38-28

July: 25-8 (Home: 14-7; Away: 11-1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
67	July 1	@ Phillies	3–5	Schanz (2-1)	King (0-1)	Donnelly (4)	10,644	38-29
68	July 2	Giants	11–3	Branca (11-6)	Kennedy (6-4)		33,313	39-29
69	July 3	Giants	2–19	Koslo (8-4)	Gregg (2-3)		27,938	39-30
70	July 4	Giants	16–7 (8)	Casey (5-2)	Trinkle (5-2)	Branca (1)	20,565	40-30
71	July 4	Giants	4–3	Taylor (7-2)	M. Cooper (3-8)		32,332	41-30
72	July 5	Braves	1–4	Voiselle (3-5)	Lombardi (2-7)		20,596	41-31
73	July 6	Braves	4–0	Branca (12-6)	Barrett (6-6)		26,363	42-31
–	July 8	14th All-Star Game	American League vs. National League (Wrigley Field, Chicago)
74	July 10	Cubs	5–3	Branca (13-6)	Borowy (8-4)	Casey (10)	--	43-31
75	July 10	Cubs	4–3 (10)	Branca (14-6)	Meyer (3-2)		35,876	44-31
76	July 11	Cubs	5–0	Lombardi (3-7)	Passeau (0-2)		31,508	45-31
77	July 12	Cubs	7–2	Hatten (8-5)	Lade (6-6)		--	46-31
78	July 12	Cubs	6–5	Casey (6-2)	Borowy (8-5)		27,736	47-31
79	July 13	Reds	9–1	King (1-1)	Peterson (3-7)		23,018	48-31
80	July 14	Reds	1–9	Lively (2-2)	Branca (14-7)		29,379	48-32
81	July 15	Pirates	4–12	Roe (3-7)	Taylor (7-3)		--	48-33
82	July 15	Pirates	3–9	Bagby (3-3)	Hatten (8-6)		25,594	48-34
83	July 16	Pirates	10–6	Behrman (1-3)	Bonham (7-3)	Taylor (1)	27,756	49-34
84	July 17	Pirates	1–7	Queen (1-0)	King (1-2)		9,133	49-35
85	July 18	Cardinals	7–0	Branca (15-7)	Munger (8-3)		32,734	50-35
86	July 19	Cardinals	5–7	Dickson (5-10)	Lombardi (3-8)		15,685	50-36
87	July 20	Cardinals	3–3				33,420	50-36
88	July 21	Reds	7–4	Lombardi (4-8)	Gumbert (7-6)	Behrman (3)	--	51-36
89	July 21	Reds	4–3	Hatten (9-6)	Peterson (3-8)		35,092	52-36
90	July 22	@ Reds	12–1	Branca (16-7)	Lively (2-4)		31,808	53-36
91	July 23	@ Reds	5–2	Behrman (2-3)	Raffensberger (3-7)	Casey (11)	12,528	54-36
92	July 24	@ Reds	6–1	Lombardi (5-8)	Vander Meer (4-8)		13,676	55-36
93	July 25	@ Pirates	4–1	Taylor (8-3)	Queen (1-1)		42,014	56-36
94	July 26	@ Pirates	6–4	Casey (7-2)	Strincevich (1-5)		17,606	57-36
95	July 27	@ Pirates	8–4	Behrman (3-3)	Ostermueller (8-6)	Casey (12)	--	58-36
96	July 27	@ Pirates	11–4 (7)	Gregg (3-3)	Higbe (7-10)		42,716	59-36
97	July 28	@ Cubs	4–0	Hatten (10-6)	Schmitz (5-13)		25,052	60-36
98	July 29	@ Cardinals	4–0	Taylor (9-3)	Dickson (6-11)		32,419	61-36
99	July 30	@ Cardinals	11–10 (10)	King (2-2)	Hearn (7-4)		31,709	62-36
100	July 31	@ Cardinals	2–1	Lombardi (6-8)	Pollet (6-9)		21,873	63-36

August: 19-13 (Home: 15-6; Away: 4-7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
101	August 1	@ Cubs	8–10	Kush (5-1)	Casey (7-3)		24,319	63-37
102	August 2	@ Cubs	7–12	Erickson (6-4)	Taylor (9-4)		34,108	63-38
103	August 3	@ Cubs	0–6	Schmitz (6-13)	Branca (16-8)		41,120	63-39
104	August 4	@ Braves	4–2 (10)	Casey (8-3)	Voiselle (3-11)		23,828	64-39
105	August 5	@ Braves	2–4	Sain (15-7)	Gregg (3-4)		20,658	64-40
106	August 6	@ Braves	3–7	Spahn (14-6)	Hatten (10-7)		32,252	64-41
107	August 7	@ Braves	1–3	Barrett (9-8)	Taylor (9-5)		16,971	64-42
108	August 8	Phillies	5–0	Branca (17-8)	Leonard (12-7)		32,170	65-42
109	August 9	Phillies	3–5	Rowe (10-8)	Lombardi (6-9)	Jurisich (1)	23,095	65-43
110	August 10	Phillies	2–0	Hatten (11-7)	Donnelly (1-4)		24,830	66-43
111	August 12	Braves	2–9	Voiselle (4-11)	Branca (17-9)	Shoun (1)	38,794	66-44
112	August 13	Braves	10–5	King (3-2)	Johnson (3-7)		25,684	67-44
113	August 14	Braves	1–0	Lombardi (7-9)	Spahn (14-8)		18,571	68-44
114	August 15	@ Phillies	8–1	Hatten (12-7)	Rowe (10-9)		26,060	69-44
115	August 16	@ Phillies	5–4	Casey (9-3)	Judd (1-12)	Behrman (4)	9,859	70-44
116	August 17	@ Phillies	0–4	Leonard (14-7)	King (3-3)		--	70-45
117	August 17	@ Phillies	7–5	Casey (10-3)	Jurisich (1-5)	Lombardi (1)	32,220	71-45
118	August 18	Cardinals	7–5	Lombardi (8-9)	Pollet (7-11)	Casey (13)	32,781	72-45
119	August 18	Cardinals	12–3	Taylor (10-5)	Brecheen (14-7)	Lombardi (2)	33,723	73-45
120	August 19	Cardinals	3–11	Brazle (10-6)	Behrman (3-4)	Hearn (1)	33,465	73-46
121	August 20	Cardinals	2–3 (12)	Pollet (8-11)	Casey (10-4)	Munger (3)	25,762	73-47
122	August 21	Reds	8–1	King (4-3)	Blackwell (19-6)		14,577	74-47
123	August 22	Reds	6–5 (12)	Behrman (4-4)	Gumbert (8-8)		14,836	75-47
124	August 23	Reds	8–5	Lombardi (9-9)	Vander Meer (6-13)		30,041	76-47
125	August 24	Pirates	3–1	Branca (18-9)	Bonham (9-7)	Casey (14)	33,207	77-47
126	August 25	Pirates	11–10	King (5-3)	Higbe (10-13)	Casey (15)	20,166	78-47
127	August 26	Pirates	3–16	Ostermueller (12-7)	Gregg (3-5)		24,069	78-48
128	August 27	Cubs	3–6	Schmitz (9-16)	Hatten (12-8)		13,117	78-49
129	August 28	Cubs	6–2	Lombardi (10-9)	Wyse (5-8)	Behrman (5)	22,375	79-49
130	August 29	Giants	6–3	Branca (19-9)	Koslo (14-9)		34,568	80-49
131	August 30	Giants	3–1	King (6-3)	Trinkle (6-4)	Casey (16)	37,512	81-49
132	August 31	Giants	10–4	Behrman (5-4)	Kennedy (9-11)	Lombardi (3)	33,837	82-49

September: 12-11 (Home: 2-4; Away: 10-7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	Phillies	5–0	Hatten (13-8)	Hughes (4-10)		28,153	83-49
134	September 1	Phillies	0–5	Judd (3-13)	Branca (19-10)		35,468	83-50
135	September 4	@ Giants	2–0	Lombardi (11-9)	Hansen (0-4)		49,203	84-50
136	September 5	@ Giants	7–6	Haugstad (1-0)	Jansen (17-5)	Casey (17)	23,475	85-50
137	September 6	@ Giants	2–3	Poat (3-0)	Branca (19-11)		43,085	85-51
138	September 7	@ Giants	6–7	Koslo (15-9)	King (6-4)	Trinkle (9)	50,638	85-52
139	September 9	@ Cubs	3–4	Schmitz (10-17)	Lombardi (11-10)	Erickson (1)	25,988	85-53
140	September 10	@ Cubs	5–1	Hatten (14-8)	Chipman (6-5)	Casey (18)	21,594	86-53
141	September 11	@ Cardinals	4–3	Branca (20-11)	Brecheen (15-10)	Behrman (6)	20,452	87-53
142	September 12	@ Cardinals	7–8	Wilks (4-0)	Behrman (5-5)		31,957	87-54
143	September 13	@ Cardinals	8–7	Lombardi (12-10)	Dickson (12-14)	Behrman (7)	33,510	88-54
144	September 14	@ Reds	13–2	Hatten (15-8)	Peterson (5-13)		--	89-54
145	September 14	@ Reds	6–3	Hatten (16-8)	Gumbert (10-9)		34,623	90-54
146	September 16	@ Reds	7–3	Branca (21-11)	Walters (8-8)		8,261	91-54
147	September 17	@ Pirates	4–2	Gregg (4-5)	Ostermueller (12-9)	Behrman (8)	33,916	92-54
148	September 18	@ Pirates	7–8	Higbe (13-15)	King (6-5)		15,440	92-55
149	September 20	Braves	1–8	Sain (20-11)	Lombardi (12-11)		29,762	92-56
150	September 21	Braves	0–4	Spahn (20-10)	Branca (21-12)		34,128	92-57
151	September 23	Giants	6–1	Hatten (17-8)	Jones (1-2)	Bankhead (1)	26,123	93-57
152	September 24	Giants	5–6	Beggs (3-5)	Ramsdell (0-1)	Trinkle (10)	16,990	93-58
153	September 25	@ Phillies	5–2 (10)	Ramsdell (1-1)	Leonard (17-12)		22,736	94-58
154	September 27	@ Braves	1–2	Martin (1-0)	Palica (0-1)		7,720	94-59
155	September 28	@ Braves	2–3	Sain (21-12)	Banta (0-1)		25,511	94-60

Opening Day lineup

Name	Position
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 summary

April

On Opening Day, Jackie Robinson made his debut as the Dodgers' first baseman. He went 0-for-3, scoring a run. He also had one sacrifice hit and grounded into a double play before being replaced late in the game by Howie Schultz. In the field, he had 11 putouts without an error.^[7] During a game against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 22, Robinson committed an error for the first time in his major league career.^[8]

May

On May 13, Robinson played in his first game in Cincinnati. The Reds won the game 7–5. Despite the loss, Robinson had a walk, a single, and a run.^[9] Various racial slurs were hurled at Robinson by the fans. Pee Wee Reese put his hand on Robinson's shoulder to hush the crowd.^[10] 46,572 paying fans (while there were 20,000 fans outside) on May 18 came to Chicago's Wrigley Field to see Robinson play against the Cubs. The Dodgers won by a score of 4–2.^[11]

June

Against the Pirates on June 24, Robinson stole home plate for the first time in his career.^[12] The Pirates catcher was Dixie Howell, who had started the season in Brooklyn's farm system.

July

The Dodgers had five players selected to the All-Star Game: Dixie Walker, Ralph Branca, Bruce Edwards, Eddie Stanky, and Pee Wee Reese.

August

On August 20, St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Enos Slaughter stepped on Robinson’s foot and it got injured. He fell down to the ground and all of his teammates stood up for him and shouted back at the Cardinals.

September

On September 11, Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola and Robinson were involved in an incident at home plate. Garagiola stepped on Robinson's foot and the two started arguing. Umpire Beans Reardon held back Garagiola while Robinson clapped.^[13] The incident was later part of a children's book titled In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord. Against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 17, Robinson hit a home run off Fritz Ostermueller. That day, the Dodgers won the NL Pennant, sending them to the World Series.

Notable transactions

May 3, 1947: Kirby Higbe, Hank Behrman, Cal McLish, Gene Mauch and Dixie Howell were traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Gionfriddo and cash.^[14]
May 10, 1947: Howie Schultz was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[15]
May 13, 1947: Tommy Tatum was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[16]

Roster

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

-- Burt Shotton
40 Clyde Sukeforth

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bruce Edwards	130	471	139	.295	9	80
1B	Jackie Robinson	151	590	175	.297	12	48
2B	Eddie Stanky	146	559	141	.252	3	53
3B	Spider Jorgensen	129	441	121	.274	5	67
SS	Pee Wee Reese	142	476	135	.284	12	73
OF	Dixie Walker	148	529	162	.306	9	94
OF	Pete Reiser	110	388	120	.309	5	46
OF	Carl Furillo	124	437	129	.295	8	88

Other batters

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
Gene Hermanski	79	189	52	.275	7	39
Arky Vaughan	64	126	41	.325	2	25
Eddie Miksis	45	86	23	.267	4	10
Duke Snider	40	83	20	.241	0	5
Stan Rojek	32	80	21	.263	0	7
Gil Hodges	28	77	12	.156	1	7
Cookie Lavagetto	41	69	18	.261	3	11
Al Gionfriddo	37	62	11	.177	0	6
Bobby Bragan	25	36	7	.194	0	3
Tommy Brown	15	34	8	.235	0	2
Don Lund	11	20	6	.300	2	5
Ed Stevens	5	13	2	.154	0	0
Dick Whitman	4	10	4	.400	0	2
Marv Rackley	18	9	2	.222	0	2
Tommy Tatum	4	6	0	.000	0	0
Howie Schultz	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ralph Branca	43	280.0	21	12	2.67	148
Joe Hatten	42	225.1	17	8	3.63	76
Kirby Higbe	4	15.2	2	0	5.17	10

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vic Lombardi	33	174.2	12	11	2.99	72
Harry Taylor	33	162.0	10	5	3.11	58
Hal Gregg	37	104.1	4	5	5.87	59
Clyde King	29	87.2	6	5	2.77	31
Rex Barney	28	77.2	5	2	4.75	36
Jack Banta	3	7.2	0	1	7.04	3
Rube Melton	4	4.2	0	1	13.50	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hugh Casey	46	10	4	18	3.99	40
Hank Behrman	38	5	3	8	5.30	31
Ed Chandler	15	0	1	1	6.37	8
Phil Haugstad	6	1	0	0	2.84	4
Dan Bankhead	4	0	0	1	7.20	6
George Dockins	4	0	0	0	11.81	1
Erv Palica	3	0	1	0	3.00	1
Willie Ramsdell	2	1	1	0	6.75	3
Johnny Van Cuyk	2	0	0	0	5.40	2

Postseason

Game log

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
Bold	Dodgers team member

1947 Postseason Game Log: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–3)

World Series: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	September 30	@ Yankees	L 3–5	Shea (1–0)	Branca (0–1)	Page (1)	73,365	0–1	L1
2	October 1	@ Yankees	L 3–10	Reynolds (1–0)	Lombardi (0–1)	–	69,865	0–2	L2
3	October 2	Yankees	W 9–8	Casey (1–0)	Newsom (0–1)	–	33,098	1–2	W1
4	October 3	Yankees	W 3–2	Casey (2–0)	Bevens (0–1)	–	33,443	2–2	W2
5	October 4	Yankees	L 1–2	Shea (2–0)	Barney (0–1)	–	34,379	2–3	L1
6	October 5	@ Yankees	W 8–6	Branca (1–1)	Page (0–1)	Casey (1)	74,065	3–3	W1
7	October 6	@ Yankees	L 2–5	Page (1–1)	Gregg (0–1)	–	71,548	3–4	L1

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

World Series

Pitchers: 23 Dan Bankhead 11 Jack Banta 26 Rex Barney 20 Ralph Branca 25 Hugh Casey 28 Hal Gregg 19 Joe Hatten 20 Phil Haugstad 21 Clyde King 18 Vic Lombardi 40 Erv Palica 32 Willie Ramsdell 41 Harry Taylor 43 Johnny Van Cuyk Catchers: 24 Bobby Bragan 10 Bruce Edwards 14 Gil Hodges Infielders: 21 Spider Jorgensen 5 Cookie Lavagetto 1 Pee Wee Reese 42 Jackie Robinson 12 Eddie Stanky Outfielders: 6 Carl Furillo 22 Gene Hermanski 7 Pete Reiser 4 Duke Snider 11 Dixie Walker

Awards and honors

1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Dixie Walker starter
- Ralph Branca reserve
- Bruce Edwards reserve
- Pee Wee Reese reserve
- Eddie Stanky reserve
Rookie of the Year Award
- Jackie Robinson
TSN Major League Executive of the Year
- Branch Rickey
TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Ralph Branca
TSN Rookie of the Year Award
- Jackie Robinson

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

^ "Steve Nagy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Art Herring Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Augie Galan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Eddie Basinski Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Marion Fricano Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ 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
^ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Boston Braves 3". www.retrosheet.org.
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 125
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 127
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 141
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 167
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 228
^ "Kirby Higbe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Howie Schultz Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Tommy Tatum Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.

References

External links

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Retrosheet

[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

[auto-7] "Retrosheet Boxscore: Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Boston Braves 3". www.retrosheet.org.

[auto2-8] Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75

[auto5-9] Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 125

[auto6-10] Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 127

[auto9-11] Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 141

[auto4-12] Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 167

[auto8-13] Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 228

[auto3-14] "Kirby Higbe Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.

[auto1-15] "Howie Schultz Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.

[auto7-16] "Tommy Tatum Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.

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