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1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940)
84-69, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 708 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-70
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Ebbets Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 955,668 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats / Schedule (1938/1940) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   84-69 , Final Rank: 3, GB:   12.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          15 (last on October 1)
Most Games under .500:           6 (last on May 24)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       15.5 (last on August 18)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (September 5 to September 10)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (May 18 to May 24)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (May 9 and August 13)
Most Runs Scored:               22 (September 23)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:          9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        84  69     708     645    .549

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           51  27     385     329    .654
Road           33  42     323     316    .440

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4   4      30      29    .500
May            13  14     132     132    .481
June           12  11     109     105    .522
July           15  16     117     141    .484
August         16  11     132     113    .593
September      23  13     185     123    .639
October         1   0       3       2   1.000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     35  33     312     304    .515
Second Half    49  36     396     341    .576
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        23  18     141     136    .561

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        26  19     275     228    .578

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BSN            12  10      98      87    .545
CHC            11  11      97     106    .500
CIN            10  12      87      88    .455
NYG            12  10      96      98    .545
PHI            17   4     137      64    .810
PIT            13   9     105      78    .591
STL             9  13      88     124    .409

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     BRO  NYG  L   3-7        0-1     4     1.0  2:19 H Gumbert                  25,496 -
  2 Thu, Apr 20     BRO  NYG  W   5-3        1-1     3     1.0  2:12 L Hamlin                   14,602 +
  3 Fri, Apr 21     BRO @PHI  -   2-2        1-1     3     1.5  3:22                             2,500 +
  4 Sat, Apr 22     BRO @PHI  L   4-5        1-2     6     1.5  2:20 E Burkart                   3,000 -
  5 Sun, Apr 23     BRO @PHI  L   4-5        1-3     7     1.5  2:59 B Beck                      8,000 --
  6 Mon, Apr 24     BRO  BSN  L   1-4        1-4     7     2.5  2:03 L Fette                     8,667 ---
  7 Tue, Apr 25     BRO  BSN  W   3-2        2-4     7     2.5  2:17 L Hamlin                    9,569 +
  8 Sat, Apr 29     BRO  PHI  W   5-0        3-4     6     2.5  2:00 W Wyatt                         0 ++
  9 Sun, Apr 30     BRO  PHI  W   3-1        4-4     5     2.0  2:13 L Hamlin                   20,583 +++
 10 Mon, May  1     BRO  PHI  W  13-12       5-4     4     2.0  3:02 W Wyatt                     8,063 ++++
 11 Tue, May  2     BRO  PIT  L   2-3        5-5     5     2.0  1:50 B Klinger                   9,269 -
 12 Thu, May  4     BRO  CHC  W   6-2        6-5     2     1.5  2:33 V Mungo                    10,116 +
 13 Fri, May  5     BRO  CHC  W   6-3        7-5     2     0.5  2:10 W Wyatt                     9,675 ++
 14 Sat, May  6     BRO  CHC  L   3-4        7-6     3     1.0  2:02 V Page                     23,681 -
 15 Sun, May  7     BRO  STL  W   2-1        8-6     2     1.0  2:15 V Tamulis                  27,318 +
 16 Mon, May  8     BRO  STL  L   0-1        8-7     2     1.0  2:20 B Weiland                   7,693 -
 17 Tue, May  9     BRO  STL  L   1-13       8-8     3     2.0  2:07 C Davis                     7,356 --
 18 Wed, May 10     BRO  CIN  W  10-5        9-8     3     1.0  2:21 I Hutchinson               10,786 +
 19 Thu, May 11     BRO  CIN  W   4-3       10-8     2     0.5  2:05 V Mungo                     9,718 ++
 20 Fri, May 12     BRO @BSN  L   5-7       10-9     2     1.5  2:05 B Posedel                   2,984 -
 21 Sat, May 13     BRO @BSN  L   3-5       10-10    5     1.5  2:05 D MacFayden                 5,041 --
 22 Sun, May 14     BRO @BSN  L   0-1       10-11    5     2.5  1:46 L Fette                    17,204 ---
 23 Tue, May 16     BRO @CHC  W  12-2       11-11    4     2.5  2:11 W Wyatt                     7,491 +
 24 Wed, May 17     BRO @CHC  -   9-9       11-11    4     2.0  4:41                             4,500 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 18     BRO @CHC  L   2-4       11-12    5     3.0  2:01 B Lee                       4,695 -
 26 Sat, May 20     BRO @STL  L   1-9       11-13    5     4.0  1:58 L Warneke                   9,899 --
 27 Sun, May 21     BRO @CIN  L   2-7       11-14    6     5.0  1:47 B Walters                  23,038 ---
 28 Mon, May 22     BRO @CIN  L   3-6       11-15    7     6.0  1:41 L Grissom                   3,624 ----
 29 Tue, May 23     BRO @CIN  L   2-3       11-16    7     7.0  2:09 J Vander Mee                5,236 -----
 30 Wed, May 24     BRO @PIT  L   3-6       11-17    7     8.0  2:14 J Bowman                    2,490 ------
 31 Thu, May 25     BRO @PIT  W   8-2       12-17    6     8.0  2:05 T Pressnell                 5,600 +
 32 Sat, May 27     BRO  BSN  W   4-2       13-17    5     8.5  2:01 L Hamlin                          ++
 33 Sun, May 28     BRO  BSN  W  16-12      14-17    5     8.0  1:50 V Mungo                    16,921 +++
 34 Mon, May 29     BRO  BSN  W   1-0       15-17    5     8.0  1:58 T Pressnell                 8,875 ++++
 35 Tue, May 30     BRO @NYG  L   4-5       15-18    5     7.0  2:15 H Gumbert                       0 -
 36                 BRO @NYG  W   3-1       16-18    5     7.0  2:11 H Casey                    58,296 +
 37 Wed, May 31     BRO @NYG  W   7-4       17-18    5     6.5  2:20 L Hamlin                    7,217 ++
 38 Thu, Jun  1     BRO  CHC  W   3-2       18-18    5     6.5  3:38 V Tamulis                  32,574 +++
 39 Sat, Jun  3     BRO  CHC  L   5-10      18-19    5     7.0  2:12 E Whitehill                13,030 -
 40 Sun, Jun  4     BRO  PIT  L   3-7       18-20    5     7.5  1:51 J Tobin                         0 --
 41                 BRO  PIT  W  14-1       19-20    5     7.5  2:02 H Casey                    24,257 +
 42 Mon, Jun  5     BRO  PIT  W   6-2       20-20    5     7.5  1:55 V Tamulis                   6,680 ++
 43 Tue, Jun  6     BRO  PIT  W   5-2       21-20    3     6.5  1:55 F Fitzsimmon                6,907 +++
 44 Wed, Jun  7     BRO  STL  L   3-7       21-21    5     7.5  2:35 B McGee                    33,299 -
 45 Fri, Jun  9     BRO  STL  W   7-4       22-21    3     7.5  2:19 I Hutchinson                7,438 +
 46 Sat, Jun 10     BRO  CIN  W   7-6       23-21    3     6.5  2:14 T Pressnell                 9,498 ++
 47 Sun, Jun 11     BRO  CIN  L   1-3       23-22    3     6.5  2:25 B Walters                       0 -
 48                 BRO  CIN  W   9-8       24-22    3     6.5  2:55 W Wyatt                    35,893 +
 49 Wed, Jun 14     BRO @STL  L   2-9       24-23    3     7.5  2:15 B Weiland                  12,533 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun 15     BRO @STL  W   8-3       25-23    3     7.5  2:21 H Casey                     1,401 +
 51 Fri, Jun 16     BRO @STL  L   6-7       25-24    4     8.0  2:15 L Warneke                   1,293 -
 52 Sat, Jun 17     BRO @CHC  W   5-0       26-24    4     8.0  2:25 W Wyatt                     8,027 +
 53 Sun, Jun 18     BRO @CHC  L   0-1       26-25    4     9.0  1:27 D Dean                          0 -
 54                 BRO @CHC  L   1-9       26-26    4     9.0  2:19 B Lee                      27,192 --
 55 Mon, Jun 19     BRO @CHC  -   3-3       26-26    4     9.0  1:54                             4,725 --
 56 Tue, Jun 20     BRO @CIN  L   2-4       26-27    5    10.0  1:38 B Walters                   4,878 ---
 57 Wed, Jun 21     BRO @CIN  W   2-1       27-27    5     9.0  2:02 W Wyatt                    24,782 +
 58 Fri, Jun 23     BRO @PIT  L   1-2       27-28    5     9.0  1:53 R Bauers                    2,419 -
 59 Sat, Jun 24     BRO @PIT  L   2-6       27-29    5     9.0  1:51 J Tobin                     5,582 --
 60 Sun, Jun 25     BRO @PIT  W   6-5       28-29    5     8.0  2:01 L Hamlin                   14,543 +
 61 Tue, Jun 27     BRO @BSN  -   2-2       28-29    5     8.5  5:15                             2,457 +
 62 Wed, Jun 28     BRO @BSN  W   6-1       29-29    5     8.0       L Hamlin                          ++
 63 Sat, Jul  1     BRO @NYG  L   2-5       29-30    5     8.5  1:55 H Gumbert                  16,478 -
 64 Sun, Jul  2     BRO @NYG  W   3-2       30-30    5     8.5  2:26 L Hamlin                        0 +
 65                 BRO @NYG  L   4-6       30-31    5     8.5  2:09 C Melton                   51,435 -
 66 Tue, Jul  4     BRO  PHI  W   6-3       31-31    5     7.5  2:01 T Pressnell                     0 +
 67                 BRO  PHI  W   8-6       32-31    5     7.5  2:28 H Casey                    21,299 ++
 68 Wed, Jul  5     BRO  PHI  W   7-1       33-31    4     7.5  1:55 F Fitzsimmon                3,536 +++
 69 Fri, Jul  7     BRO  NYG  W   3-2       34-31    3     7.5  2:33 W Wyatt                    36,444 ++++
 70 Sat, Jul  8     BRO  NYG  L   3-8       34-32    3     7.0  2:59 R Lynn                          0 -
 71                 BRO  NYG  W   3-2       35-32    3     7.0  2:14 V Mungo                    34,543 +
 72 Sun, Jul  9     BRO  NYG  L   2-3       35-33    3     8.0  2:29 H Gumbert                  13,827 -
 73 Wed, Jul 12     BRO  PIT  L   0-3       35-34    5     8.5  1:57 M Brown                    29,481 --
 74 Fri, Jul 14     BRO  PIT  W  14-4       36-34    4     8.0  2:26 L Hamlin                   20,735 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Jul 15     BRO  PIT  W   6-2       37-34    3     8.0  1:51 F Fitzsimmon                6,814 ++
 76 Sun, Jul 16     BRO  CHC  L   2-9       37-35    3     7.0  2:14 L French                        0 -
 77                 BRO  CHC  W   4-0       38-35    3     7.0  1:50 R Evans                    29,177 +
 78 Mon, Jul 17     BRO  CHC  L   2-11      38-36    4     8.0  2:13 C Root                     11,961 -
 79 Tue, Jul 18     BRO  CHC  L   2-4       38-37    5     9.0  2:09 C Passeau                   5,435 --
 80 Wed, Jul 19     BRO  CIN  L   2-4       38-38    5    10.0  2:41 W Moore                    27,665 ---
 81 Fri, Jul 21     BRO  CIN  L   1-4       38-39    5    10.0  1:43 B Walters                       0 ----
 82                 BRO  CIN  W   4-3       39-39    5    10.0  2:23 H Casey                    34,513 +
 83 Sat, Jul 22     BRO  STL  W   7-2       40-39    5    10.0  2:15 L Hamlin                    6,111 ++
 84 Sun, Jul 23     BRO  STL  L   0-12      40-40    5    12.0  2:15 B Bowman                        0 -
 85                 BRO  STL  L   2-8       40-41    5    12.0  2:04 C Davis                    27,499 --
 86 Tue, Jul 25     BRO @CHC  W   8-6       41-41    5    11.5  2:20 I Hutchinson                    0 +
 87                 BRO @CHC  W   3-1       42-41    5    11.5  1:50 H Casey                    12,011 ++
 88 Wed, Jul 26     BRO @CHC  L   2-10      42-42    5    12.0  1:48 D Dean                     10,328 -
 89 Thu, Jul 27     BRO @CHC  L   1-3       42-43    5    13.5  1:54 B Lee                       6,069 --
 90 Fri, Jul 28     BRO @STL  W   5-4       43-43    5    13.0  2:21 V Tamulis                     942 +
 91 Sat, Jul 29     BRO @STL  W   7-3       44-43    5    13.5  2:03 L Hamlin                    4,127 ++
 92 Sun, Jul 30     BRO @STL  L   2-5       44-44    5    15.5  2:14 T Sunkel                        0 -
 93                 BRO @STL  L   2-5       44-45    5    15.5  1:50 B Bowman                   12,233 --
 94 Tue, Aug  1     BRO @PIT  W   5-3       45-45    5    14.5  1:54 F Fitzsimmon                3,392 +
 95 Wed, Aug  2     BRO @PIT  L   0-6       45-46    6    14.5  1:39 J Bowman                    3,240 -
 96 Thu, Aug  3     BRO @PIT  W   4-1       46-46    5    14.0  1:51 T Pressnell                 3,112 +
 97 Fri, Aug  4     BRO @CIN  L   3-5       46-47    5    15.0  1:41 B Walters                  26,036 -
 98 Sat, Aug  5     BRO @CIN  W  10-4       47-47    5    14.0  2:17 V Tamulis                   9,488 +
 99 Sun, Aug  6     BRO @CIN  W   5-0       48-47    5    14.0  1:56 L Hamlin                        0 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 BRO @CIN  L   6-8       48-48    5    14.0  2:19 J Thompson                 30,653 -
101 Mon, Aug  7     BRO  BSN  W   7-6       49-48    5    13.5  2:47 V Tamulis                  27,950 +
102 Tue, Aug  8     BRO @PHI  L   2-3       49-49    5    14.0  1:46 H Mulcahy                   8,250 -
103 Thu, Aug 10     BRO @PHI  W   3-0       50-49    6    14.5  1:47 L Hamlin                        0 +
104                 BRO @PHI  L   3-8       50-50    6    14.5  1:58 I Pearson                   9,000 -
105 Sat, Aug 12     BRO  BSN  W  10-3       51-50    4    14.5  2:10 T Pressnell                 5,987 +
106 Sun, Aug 13     BRO  BSN  L   6-13      51-51    5    14.5  2:16 J Turner                        0 -
107                 BRO  BSN  L   2-8       51-52    5    14.5  2:05 J Sullivan                 21,795 --
108 Tue, Aug 15     BRO  NYG  W   8-5       52-52    5    15.0  2:30 L Hamlin                   11,599 +
109 Wed, Aug 16     BRO  NYG  L   3-7       52-53    5    15.0  2:25 C Melton                   12,963 -
110 Thu, Aug 17     BRO  NYG  W   5-1       53-53    5    15.0  1:56 H Casey                    11,144 +
111 Fri, Aug 18     BRO @BSN  L   3-4       53-54    5    15.5  3:03 J Sullivan                  1,919 -
112 Sat, Aug 19     BRO @BSN  W   4-0       54-54    5    15.0  1:39 T Pressnell                 3,328 +
113 Mon, Aug 21     BRO  STL  W   7-1       55-54    4    14.0  2:12 L Hamlin                    7,922 ++
114 Tue, Aug 22     BRO  STL  W   8-5       56-54    4    13.0  2:26 H Casey                     9,375 +++
115 Wed, Aug 23     BRO  STL  W   8-3       57-54    4    13.0  2:08 A Hollingswo               26,292 ++++
116 Thu, Aug 24     BRO  CIN  W   4-2       58-54    4    12.0  1:48 T Pressnell                34,162 +++++
117 Sat, Aug 26     BRO  CIN  L   2-5       58-55    4    12.0       B Walters                         -
118                 BRO  CIN  W   6-1       59-55    4    12.0       H Casey                           +
119 Sun, Aug 27     BRO  PIT  W   3-2       60-55    4    12.5  1:33 F Fitzsimmon                    0 ++
120                 BRO  PIT  L   5-9       60-56    4    12.5  2:15 C Blanton                  20,119 -
121 Fri, Sep  1     BRO  CHC  L   2-6       60-57    4    12.0  1:44 L French                        0 --
122                 BRO  CHC  W   3-1       61-57    4    12.0  1:50 V Tamulis                  16,317 +
123 Sat, Sep  2     BRO @NYG  L   6-10      61-58    4    11.5  2:30 H Gumbert                       0 -
124                 BRO @NYG  W   7-2       62-58    4    11.5  2:19 H Casey                    40,031 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Sep  3     BRO @NYG  L   1-7       62-59    4    12.5  2:13 C Hubbell                  18,367 -
126 Mon, Sep  4     BRO  BSN  W   5-4       63-59    5    12.0  2:09 L Hamlin                        0 +
127                 BRO  BSN  L   2-5       63-60    5    12.0  2:41 D Errickson                19,728 -
128 Tue, Sep  5     BRO  BSN  W   6-2       64-60    5    12.0       H Casey                           +
129 Wed, Sep  6     BRO  PHI  W   2-1       65-60    5    11.5  1:40 L Hamlin                   20,133 ++
130 Fri, Sep  8     BRO  PHI  W  11-2       66-60    4    10.5  2:12 B Crouch                        0 +++
131                 BRO  PHI  W   3-1       67-60    4    10.5  1:08 V Tamulis                   9,801 ++++
132 Sat, Sep  9     BRO  NYG  W   8-3       68-60    4     9.5  2:14 H Casey                    15,559 +++++
133 Sun, Sep 10     BRO  NYG  W   8-4       69-60    4     9.5  2:15 F Fitzsimmon                      ++++++
134 Tue, Sep 12     BRO @CIN  L   2-3       69-61    4    10.5  1:51 B Walters                   5,573 -
135 Wed, Sep 13     BRO @CIN  L   0-3       69-62    4    11.5  1:34 J Thompson                  5,457 --
136 Thu, Sep 14     BRO @PIT  L   3-4       69-63    4    12.5  1:55 M Brown                         0 ---
137                 BRO @PIT  W   8-4       70-63    4    12.5  2:12 B Crouch                    3,637 +
138 Fri, Sep 15     BRO @PIT  W   4-2       71-63    4    12.0  2:11 I Hutchinson                1,548 ++
139 Sat, Sep 16     BRO @PIT  W   3-2       72-63    4    12.0  1:56 F Fitzsimmon                2,457 +++
140 Sun, Sep 17     BRO @CHC  W  10-4       73-63    4    11.0  2:19 H Casey                         0 ++++
141                 BRO @CHC  W   3-2       74-63    4    11.0  1:49 L Hamlin                   21,215 +++++
142 Tue, Sep 19     BRO @STL  L   1-6       74-64    4    11.0  2:20 M Lanier                    1,717 -
143 Wed, Sep 20     BRO @STL  L   4-10      74-65    4    12.0  2:06 B Bowman                    2,641 --
144 Thu, Sep 21     BRO @STL  L   5-6       74-66    4    13.0  1:51 C Davis                     2,494 ---
145 Sat, Sep 23     BRO @PHI  W  22-4       75-66    4    14.0  2:05 T Pressnell                     0 +
146                 BRO @PHI  W   8-0       76-66    4    14.0  1:43 C Doyle                     4,000 ++
147 Sun, Sep 24     BRO @PHI  W   3-1       77-66    3    13.5  1:51 I Hutchinson                    0 +++
148                 BRO @PHI  W   6-1       78-66    3    13.5  1:52 B Crouch                    7,000 ++++
149 Tue, Sep 26     BRO @NYG  L   5-9       78-67    3    13.5  2:10 C Hubbell                       0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 BRO @NYG  W   3-2       79-67    3    13.5  1:30 L Hamlin                   13,499 +
151 Thu, Sep 28     BRO @BSN  L   1-3       79-68    4    13.5  1:44 D Errickson                       -
152                 BRO @BSN  W   3-0       80-68    4    13.5  1:48 V Tamulis                   1,158 +
153 Fri, Sep 29     BRO @BSN  L   1-2       80-69    4    14.0       T Earley                          -
154                 BRO @BSN  W   7-1       81-69    4    14.0  1:45 H Casey                       474 +
155 Sat, Sep 30     BRO  PHI  W  14-5       82-69    3    13.0  2:04 B Crouch                        0 ++
156                 BRO  PHI  W   5-1       83-69    3    13.0  1:15 L Hamlin                    9,431 +++
157 Sun, Oct  1     BRO  PHI  W   3-2       84-69    3    12.5  1:30 H Casey                    17,152 ++++

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