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1947 Brooklyn Dodgers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

94-60, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Clyde Sukeforth (2-0) and Burt Shotton (92-60)
Scored 774 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Ebbets Field · Attendance: 1,807,526 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to New York Yankees

National League Champs


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1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Dan Bankhead 27 R R 6' 1" 184 May 3, 1920 1st 6 0 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jack Banta 22 L R 6' 2" 175 Jun 24, 1925 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Rex Barney 22 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 19, 1924 3 28 9 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Hank Behrman 26 R R 5' 11" 174 Jun 27, 1921 2 40 6 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bobby Bragan 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1917 6 25 8 25 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $
Ralph Branca 21 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 6, 1926 4 43 36 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 $ All-Star
Tommy Brown 19 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 6, 1927 3 15 5 15 10 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 0 0 3 5 0 -0.2 $
Hugh Casey 33 R R 6' 1" 207 Oct 14, 1913 7 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Ed Chandler 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 17, 1917 1st 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
George Dockins 30 L L 6' 0" 175 May 5, 1917 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bruce Edwards 23 R R 5' 8" 180 Jul 15, 1923 2 130 127 130 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.7 $ All-Star
Carl Furillo 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 8, 1922 2 124 99 124 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 95 3 121 3 0 2.4 $
Al Gionfriddo 25 L L 5' 6" 165 Mar 8, 1922 4 37 12 37 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 6 17 19 1 -0.2 $
Hal Gregg 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 11, 1921 5 37 16 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Joe Hatten 30 R L 6' 0" 176 Nov 7, 1916 2 42 32 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Phil Haugstad 23 R R 6' 2" 165 Feb 23, 1924 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Gene Hermanski 27 L R 5' 11" 185 May 11, 1920 3 79 51 79 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 1 3 66 13 0 1.0 $
Kirby Higbe 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 8, 1915 9 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $17,500
Gil Hodges 23 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 4, 1924 2 28 20 28 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Spider Jorgensen 27 L R 5' 9" 155 Nov 3, 1919 1st 129 126 129 128 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.4 $
Clyde King 23 B R 6' 1" 175 May 23, 1924 3 29 9 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Cookie Lavagetto 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 1, 1912 10 41 13 41 21 0 0 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.3 $
Vic Lombardi 24 L L 5' 7" 158 Sep 20, 1922 3 36 20 36 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.1 $
Don Lund 24 R R 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1923 2 11 4 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 0 0.3 $
Rube Melton 30 R R 6' 5" 205 Feb 27, 1917 6 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Eddie Miksis 20 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 3 45 14 45 30 0 0 0 14 4 2 11 0 0 11 13 2 0.4 $
Erv Palica 19 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 9, 1928 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Marv Rackley 25 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 25, 1921 1st 18 1 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 11 -0.1 $
Willie Ramsdell 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 4, 1916 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Pee Wee Reese HOF 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Jul 23, 1918 5 142 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 $ All-Star
Pete Reiser 28 L R 5' 11" 185 Mar 17, 1919 5 110 104 110 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 68 1 108 2 0 3.3 $17,500
Jackie Robinson HOF 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 31, 1919 1st 151 151 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $5,000
Stan Rojek 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 21, 1919 3 32 20 32 31 0 0 0 7 9 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Howie Schultz 24 R R 6' 6" 200 Jul 3, 1922 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Duke Snider HOF 20 L R 6' 0" 179 Sep 19, 1926 1st 40 13 40 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 7 25 15 0 -0.4 $
Eddie Stanky 31 R R 5' 8" 170 Sep 3, 1915 5 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $ All-Star
Ed Stevens 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 12, 1925 3 5 2 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Tommy Tatum 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 16, 1919 2 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 -0.2 $
Harry Taylor 28 R R 6' 1" 175 May 20, 1919 2 33 20 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Johnny Van Cuyk 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 7, 1921 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Arky Vaughan HOF 35 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 9, 1912 13 64 31 64 32 0 0 0 0 10 0 22 0 0 22 32 0 1.6 $
Dixie Walker 36 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 24, 1910 16 148 147 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 1 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Dick Whitman 26 L R 5' 11" 170 Nov 9, 1920 2 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Pee Wee Reese
Stan Rojek
Duke Snider
Cookie Lavagetto
Carl Furillo
Hal Gregg
Howie Schultz
Arky Vaughan
Bruce Edwards

Jack Banta
Dixie Walker
Eddie Stanky
Ralph Branca
Kirby Higbe
Gil Hodges
Dick Whitman
Clyde King
Don Lund
Tommy Tatum
Vic Lombardi
Joe Hatten

Ralph Branca
Phil Haugstad
Spider Jorgensen
Clyde King
Gene Hermanski
Dan Bankhead
George Dockins
Bobby Bragan
Hugh Casey
Rex Barney
Pete Reiser

Hal Gregg
Hank Behrman
Al Gionfriddo
Willie Ramsdell
Tommy Brown
Eddie Miksis
Marv Rackley
Ed Stevens

Rube Melton
Ed Chandler
Don Lund
Erv Palica
Harry Taylor
Jackie Robinson
Johnny Van Cuyk

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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