1949 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 97-57
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 1,633,747, Avg. 21,157
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-1
Manager: Burt Shotton (97-57)
Location: New York, New York

1949 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers Results

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League ended the 1949 season with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Dodgers topped the circuit with 879 runs, fueled by 152 home runs. Brooklyn allowed 651 runs. Gil Hodges and Duke Snider paced the squad with 23 home runs apiece., while Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo and Pee Wee Reese each walloped 20 or more, too. Jackie Robinson accounted for 124 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .342. Don Newcombe led the team with 17 wins, plus Preacher Roe added 15 or more wins, too Preacher Roe recorded a 2.79 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Burt Shotton coached the team. The 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Don Newcombe	17	8	.680	3.17	38	31	5	19	5	1	244.3	223	89	86	17	73	149	3	2	4	1005
Preacher Roe	15	6	.714	2.79	30	27	2	13	3	1	212.7	201	69	66	25	44	109	2	0	0	851
Ralph Branca	13	5	.722	4.39	34	27	1	9	2	1	186.7	181	100	91	21	91	109	2	0	3	813
Joe Hatten	12	8	.600	4.18	37	29	5	11	2	2	187.3	194	102	87	15	69	58	2	0	2	792
Jack Banta	10	6	.625	3.37	48	12	15	2	1	3	152.3	125	63	57	12	68	97	6	0	3	643
Rex Barney	9	8	.529	4.41	38	20	10	6	2	1	140.7	108	75	69	15	89	80	3	1	3	594
Carl Erskine	8	1	.889	4.63	22	3	8	2	0	0	79.7	68	44	41	6	51	49	2	0	1	348
Erv Palica	8	9	.471	3.62	49	1	27	0	0	6	97.0	93	43	39	6	49	44	1	0	2	413
Paul Minner	3	1	.750	3.80	27	1	15	0	0	2	47.3	49	22	20	7	18	17	1	0	1	203
Pat McGlothin	1	1	.500	4.60	7	0	2	0	0	0	15.7	13	8	8	2	5	11	0	0	0	63
Morrie Martin	1	3	.250	7.04	10	4	2	0	0	0	30.7	39	25	24	5	15	15	2	0	1	143
Johnny Van Cuyk	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
Bud Podbielan	0	1	.000	3.65	7	1	2	0	0	0	12.3	9	9	5	1	9	5	1	0	0	54
Totals	97	57	.630	3.80	349	156	94	62	15	17	1408.7	1306	651	595	132	582	743	25	3	20	5931

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Jackie Robinson	156	704	593	122	203	38	12	16	124	37	86	27	.342	.432	.528	.960	313	22	8	17
Carl Furillo	142	596	549	95	177	27	10	18	106	4	37	29	.322	.368	.506	.875	278	16	3	7
Pee Wee Reese	155	743	617	132	172	27	3	16	73	26	116	59	.279	.396	.410	.806	253	5	4	6
Gil Hodges	156	676	596	94	170	23	4	23	115	10	66	64	.285	.360	.453	.813	270	13	4	10
Duke Snider	146	615	552	100	161	28	7	23	92	12	56	92	.292	.361	.493	.854	272	8	4	3
Roy Campanella	130	507	436	65	125	22	2	22	82	3	67	36	.287	.385	.498	.883	217	11	3	1
Billy Cox	100	426	390	48	91	18	2	8	40	5	30	18	.233	.290	.351	.641	137	9	1	5
Gene Hermanski	87	282	224	48	67	12	3	8	42	12	47	21	.299	.431	.487	.918	109	6	5	6
Marv Rackley	54	155	141	23	41	4	1	1	14	1	13	8	.291	.351	.355	.705	50	2	0	1
Spider Jorgensen	53	160	134	15	36	5	1	1	14	0	23	13	.269	.376	.343	.719	46	1	0	3
Luis Olmo	38	111	105	15	32	4	1	1	14	2	5	11	.305	.336	.390	.727	41	6	0	1
Bruce Edwards	64	173	148	24	31	3	0	8	25	0	25	15	.209	.324	.392	.716	58	6	0	0
Mike McCormick	55	158	139	17	29	5	1	2	14	1	14	12	.209	.281	.302	.583	42	4	0	5
Tommy Brown	41	95	89	14	27	2	0	3	18	0	6	8	.303	.347	.427	.774	38	1	0	0
Eddie Miksis	50	127	113	17	25	5	0	1	6	3	7	8	.221	.267	.292	.559	33	4	0	7
Don Newcombe	39	102	96	8	22	4	0	0	10	0	5	16	.229	.267	.271	.538	26	4	0	1
Joe Hatten	39	72	67	4	12	1	0	0	4	0	1	21	.179	.203	.194	.397	13	1	1	3
Rex Barney	38	51	47	3	10	1	0	0	2	0	1	14	.213	.229	.234	.463	11	0	0	3
Dick Whitman	23	53	49	8	9	2	0	0	2	0	4	4	.184	.245	.224	.470	11	2	0	0
Preacher Roe	30	84	70	5	8	0	0	0	7	0	7	28	.114	.195	.114	.309	8	0	0	7
Jack Banta	48	50	46	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.109	.163	.130	.294	6	1	0	1
Ralph Branca	34	79	62	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	9	26	.081	.197	.097	.294	6	1	0	8
Marv Rackley	9	11	9	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.444	.500	.556	1.056	5	0	0	1
Paul Minner	27	14	14	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	0
Erv Palica	49	25	19	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	6	.158	.238	.211	.449	4	1	0	4
Carl Erskine	22	28	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.115	.115	.115	.231	3	1	0	2
Morrie Martin	10	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0
Bob Ramazzotti	5	13	13	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	.154	.154	.385	.538	5	0	0	0
Cal Abrams	8	31	24	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	7	6	.083	.290	.125	.415	3	1	0	0
Chuck Connors	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Bud Podbielan	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Shuba	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	8	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Pat McGlothin	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Van Cuyk	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1834	6173	5400	879	1477	236	47	152	816	117	638	570	.274	.354	.419	.773	2263	127	33	102

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eddie Miksis	1B	1	4	0	0	1	1.000	4.000	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gil Hodges	1B	156	1336	80	7	142	.995	9.077	0
Jackie Robinson	2B	156	395	421	16	119	.981	5.231	0
Eddie Miksis	2B	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bob Ramazzotti	3B	3	2	3	1	0	.833	1.667	0
Eddie Miksis	3B	29	26	62	2	4	.978	3.034	0
Spider Jorgensen	3B	36	28	59	5	5	.946	2.417	0
Bruce Edwards	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Billy Cox	3B	100	104	213	12	28	.964	3.170	0
Bruce Edwards	C	41	184	13	2	0	.990	4.805	4
Roy Campanella	C	127	684	55	11	5	.985	5.819	7
Dick Whitman	OF	11	20	0	1	0	.952	1.818	0
Duke Snider	OF	145	355	12	6	2	.984	2.531	0
Marv Rackley	OF	44	72	0	1	0	.986	1.636	0
Marv Rackley	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Luis Olmo	OF	34	54	3	3	0	.950	1.676	0
Mike McCormick	OF	49	75	3	0	0	1.000	1.592	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	4	6	1	0	0	1.000	1.750	0
Gene Hermanski	OF	77	140	7	3	1	.980	1.909	0
Carl Furillo	OF	142	286	13	11	2	.965	2.106	0
Bruce Edwards	OF	4	6	0	1	0	.857	1.500	0
Tommy Brown	OF	27	53	1	4	0	.931	2.000	0
Cal Abrams	OF	7	9	1	2	0	.833	1.429	0
Johnny Van Cuyk	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Preacher Roe	P	30	5	29	2	4	.944	1.133	0
Bud Podbielan	P	7	0	5	0	0	1.000	.714	0
Erv Palica	P	49	3	18	3	2	.875	.429	0
Don Newcombe	P	38	17	40	0	2	1.000	1.500	0
Paul Minner	P	27	2	11	1	0	.929	.481	0
Pat McGlothin	P	7	3	5	1	0	.889	1.143	0
Morrie Martin	P	10	0	7	1	0	.875	.700	0
Joe Hatten	P	37	12	32	2	5	.957	1.189	0
Carl Erskine	P	22	3	13	1	2	.941	.727	0
Ralph Branca	P	34	6	15	2	0	.913	.618	0
Rex Barney	P	38	4	10	2	1	.875	.368	0
Jack Banta	P	48	8	27	3	3	.921	.729	0
Pee Wee Reese	SS	155	316	454	18	93	.977	4.968	0
Eddie Miksis	SS	4	3	4	0	3	1.000	1.750	0
Totals		1710	4224	1618	124	424	.979	3.416	11

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF
Preacher Roe	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	34
Erv Palica	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	8
Paul Minner	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Jack Banta	WS	0	0		3.18	3	0	2	0	0	5.7	5	2	2	1	1	0	4	22
Joe Hatten	WS	0	0		16.20	2	0	0	0	0	1.7	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	10
Carl Erskine	WS	0	0		16.20	2	0	0	0	0	1.7	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	9
Ralph Branca	WS	0	1	.000	4.15	1	1	0	0	0	8.7	4	4	4	0	4	0	6	34
Rex Barney	WS	0	1	.000	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	2.7	3	5	5	0	6	0	2	17
Don Newcombe	WS	0	2	.000	3.09	2	2	0	1	0	11.7	10	4	4	1	3	0	11	47
Totals		1	4	.200	4.30	14	5	3	2	1	44.0	37	21	21	2	18	1	27	185

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	IBB
Pee Wee Reese	WS	5	21	19	2	6	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	.316	.381	.526	.907	10	1	1	0	0
Gene Hermanski	WS	4	16	13	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	3	3	.308	.438	.462	.899	6	0	0	0	0
Roy Campanella	WS	5	18	15	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	.267	.389	.533	.922	8	0	0	0	1
Gil Hodges	WS	5	19	17	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	1	4	.235	.278	.412	.690	7	2	0	1	0
Luis Olmo	WS	4	11	11	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	.273	.273	.545	.818	6	0	0	0	0
Jackie Robinson	WS	5	21	16	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	.188	.350	.250	.600	4	0	0	1	0
Duke Snider	WS	5	21	21	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.190	.333	4	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miksis	WS	3	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	0	0
Spider Jorgensen	WS	4	13	11	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.182	.308	.364	.671	4	0	0	0	0
Bruce Edwards	WS	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
Billy Cox	WS	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
Carl Furillo	WS	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Banta	WS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Branca	WS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Brown	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Don Newcombe	WS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Rackley	WS	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	WS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Whitman	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Rex Barney	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Carl Erskine	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Joe Hatten	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Paul Minner	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Erv Palica	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		67	180	162	14	34	7	1	4	14	1	15	38	.210	.281	.340	.620	55	4	1	2	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Gil Hodges	WS	1B	5	5	44.0	38	3	0	0	1.000	8.386	8.200
Jackie Robinson	WS	2B	5	5	44.0	12	9	1	1	.955	4.295	4.200
Spider Jorgensen	WS	3B	3	3	26.0	1	6	0	0	1.000	2.423	2.333
Eddie Miksis	WS	3B	2	2	15.0	3	3	1	1	.857	3.600	3.000
Billy Cox	WS	3B	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000
Roy Campanella	WS	C	5	5	44.0	32	2	0	1	1.000	6.955	6.800
Duke Snider	WS	CF	5	5	44.0	18	1	0	0	1.000	3.886	3.800
Luis Olmo	WS	LF	4	2	25.7	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.455	1.750
Marv Rackley	WS	LF	2	2	10.3	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.613	1.500
Gene Hermanski	WS	LF	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Don Newcombe	WS	P	2	2	11.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.543	1.000
Preacher Roe	WS	P	1	1	9.0	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000	2.000
Ralph Branca	WS	P	1	1	8.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.038	1.000
Jack Banta	WS	P	3	0	5.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.588	.333
Rex Barney	WS	P	1	1	2.7	1	1	1	0	.667	6.750	2.000
Erv Palica	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Joe Hatten	WS	P	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Carl Erskine	WS	P	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Paul Minner	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Gene Hermanski	WS	RF	3	3	26.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.077	2.000
Carl Furillo	WS	RF	2	2	17.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.059	1.000
Mike McCormick	WS	RF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Pee Wee Reese	WS	SS	5	5	44.0	5	9	1	0	.933	2.864	2.800
Totals			58	45	396.0	132	40	5	3	.972	3.909	2.966

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