1939 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1939
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = James & Dearie Mulvey
general manager =Larry MacPhail
managers = Leo Durocher
television = none
radio = WHN
Red Barber, Al Helfer|The 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers started the year with a new manager, Leo Durocher who became both the teams manager and starting shortstop. They also became the first New York team to have a regular radio broadcast, with Red Barber handed the announcers job. The team finished the season in 3rd place, showing some improvement over the previous seasons.

eason standings

1939 Roster

Batting Stats

1939 Awards

*1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Dolph Camilli reserve
**Cookie Lavagetto reserve
**Babe Phelps reserve
**Whit Wyatt reserve
*TSN Manager of the Year Award
**Leo Durocher
*TSN Major League Executive of the Year Award
**Larry MacPhail

1939 Transactions

*December 13: Traded Fred Frankhouse to the Boston Bees for Joe Stripp
*December 13: Traded Lew Krausse and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimmy Outlaw
*December 13: Traded Jimmy Outlaw and Buddy Hassett to the Boston Bees for Gene Moore and Ira Hutchinson
*December 19: Purchased Luke Sewell from the Chicago White Sox
*February 2: Purchased Tom Lanning from the Philadelphia Phillies
*February 6: Purchased Kemp Wicker, Jack LaRocca and Chris Hartje from the New York Yankees
*February 23: Sold Woody English to the Chicago Cubs
*March 31: Traded Bill Posedel to the Boston Bees for Al Todd
*May 3: Purchased Lyn Lary from the Cleveland Indians
*June 15: Purchased Mel Almada from the St. Louis Browns
*July 18: Purchased Pee Wee Reese from the Boston Red Sox
*August 12: Sold Herman Besse to the Philadelphia Athletics
*August 12: Purchased Al Hollingsworth from the New York Yankees
*August 17: Sold Rae Blaemire to the New York Giants
*August 23: Traded Ray Hayworth to the New York Giants for Jimmy Ripple [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripplji01.shtml]

1939 Minor League Teams

*AA: Montreal Royals (managed by Burleigh Grimes) - International League
*A1: Memphis Chicks (managed by Frank Brazil) - Southern Association
*A1: Nashville Vols (managed by Larry Gilbert) - Southern Association
*A: Elmira Pioneers (managed by Clyde Sukeforth) - Eastern League
*B: Macon Peaches (managed by Milt Stock) - South Atlantic League
*C: Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers (managed by Elmer Yoter) - Canadian-American League
*C: Greenwood Crackers (managed by Cecil Rhodes) - Cotton States League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*C: Pine Bluff Judges (managed by Jimmy Sherlin/Andy Cohen) - Cotton States League
*C: Dayton Wings (managed by Dudley Lee/Andy Cohen) - Middle Atlantic League
*D: Reidsville Luckies (managed by William Clark) - Bi-State League
*D: Daytona Beach Islanders (managed by Tommy West) - Florida State League
*D: Americus Pioneers (managed by Joe Sims) - Georgia-Florida League
*D: Paducah Indians (managed by Ben Tincup) - Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League
*D: Huntington Boosters (managed by Ellis Powers) - Mountain States League
*D: Superior Blues (managed by George Treadwell) - Northern League
*D: Olean Oilers (managed by Jake Pitler)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League

References

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1939_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=618 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1939.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1939&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers Media Guide History]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]