1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1949
misc = 1949 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley, Andrew Schmitz
general manager =Branch Rickey
managers = Burt Shotton
television = none
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. Jackie Robinson led the NL in hitting and stolen bases and won the NL MVP Award. Robinson was the first black player to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.201, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0] The Dodgers lost the World Series to the New York Yankees in five games.

eason standings

1949 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

1949 World Series

Game 1

October 5, 1949 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New YorkLinescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRK
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=2|RE=0
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NY
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=1|HH=5|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Allie Reynolds (1-0)|LP=Don Newcombe (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Tommy Henrich (1)|HRH=yes|

Game 2

October 6, 1949 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New YorkLinescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRK
R1=0|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=7|RE=2
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NY
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=6|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Preacher Roe (1-0)|LP=Vic Raschi (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=|HRH=|

Game 3

October 7, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=3|RR=4|RH=5|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRK
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=2|HR=3|HH=5|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Joe Page (1-0)|LP=Ralph Branca (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Pee Wee Reese (1), Luis Olmo (1), Roy Campanella (1)|HRH=yes|

Game 4

October 8, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=3|R5=3|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=6|RH=10|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRK
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=4|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=9|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Eddie Lopat (1-0)|LP=Don Newcombe (0-2)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=|HRH=|

Game 5

October 9, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NY
R1=2|R2=0|R3=3|R4=1|R5=1|R6=3|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=10|RH=11|RE=1
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRK
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=4|H8=0|H9=0|HR=6|HH=11|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Vic Raschi (1-1)|LP=Rex Barney (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Joe DiMaggio (1)|HomeHR=Gil Hodges (1)|HRH=|

1949 Awards

*1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Jackie Robinson starter
**Pee Wee Reese starter
**Ralph Branca reserve
**Roy Campanella reserve
**Gil Hodges reserve
**Don Newcombe reserve
**Preacher Roe reserve
*National League Most Valuable Player
**Jackie Robinson
* National League Rookie of the Year
**Don Newcombe
*TSN Major League All-Star Team
**Roy Campanella
**Jackie Robinson
*TSN NL Rookie of the Year Award
**Don Newcombe

1949 Transactions

*November 24, 1948: Tom Lasorda was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1948 minor league draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 15: Traded Pete Reiser to the Boston Braves for Mike McCormick
*February 26: Sold Hank Behrman to the New York Giants
*May 16: Traded Bob Ramazzotti to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Schenz
*May 18: Traded Marv Rackley to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Johnny Hopp and cash (trade voided June 7)
*May 19: Traded Nanny Fernandez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ed Bahr and Grady Wilson
*September 28: Traded Kermit Wahl to the Philadelphia Athletics for Bill McCahan and cash
*September 30: Sold Irv Noren to the Washington Senators

1949 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Hollywood Stars (managed by Fred Haney) - Pacific Coast League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Clay Hopper) - International League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Walter Alston) - American Association
*AA Ft. Worth Cats (managed by Bobby Bragan) - Texas League
*AA Mobile Bears (managed by Paul Chervinko) - Southern Association
*A: Greenville Spinners (managed by Clay Bryant)- South Atlantic League
*A: Pueblo Dodgers (managed by Ray Hathaway) - Western League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*B: Asheville Tourists (managed by Ed Head) - Tri-State League
*B: Danville Dodgers (managed by Lou Rochelli) - Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
*B: Lancaster Red Roses (managed by Al Campanis) - Interstate League
*B: Miami Sun Sox (managed by Pepper Martin)- Florida International League
*B: Nashua Dodgers (managed by Greg Mulleavy)- New England League
*B: Newport News Dodgers (managed by Roy Schalk) - Piedmont League
*C: Billings Mustangs (managed by Larry Shepard) - Pioneer League
*C: Geneva Robins (managed by Charles Small) - Border League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*C: Greenwood Dodgers (managed by Jim Bivin) - Cotton States League
*C: Johnstown Johnnies (managed by Roy Nichols)- Middle Atlantic League
*C: Santa Barbara Dodgers (managed by Chester Kehn) - California League
*D: Trois Rivieres Royals (managed by George Scherger)- Canadian-American League
*D: Cairo Dodgers (managed by William Hart)- Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League
*D: Cambridge Dodgers (managed by Merle Strachan)- Eastern Shore League
*D: Ponca City Dodgers (managed by Boyd Bartley)- Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League
*D: Sheboygan Indians (managed by Joe Hauser)- Wisconsin State League
*D: Valdosta Dodgers (managed by Doc Alexson)- Georgia-Florida League

References

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1949_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=778 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1949.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1949&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]