1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
94 - 60
1946 / 1948 (Organization)
1st place in the NL
Home Record:
Away Record: 		52 - 25 (.675)
42 - 35 (.545)		 +10.4 wins
+6.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 774 / 708 ( +66 )
Allowed/Expected: 668 / 717 ( +49 )
Pyth Record: 88 - 66 (+6)
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Attendance: 1,807,526 Avg Att: 23,173 (1.38)
Att Rank: 1 / 8 Lg Avg: 16,756
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 0.95 R/L HR: 1.02 / 0.87
Notes:
- National League Champions
- Lost to New York Yankees in the World Series

Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Dixie Walker
RF
36.8
3.9
23.3
11.6
9
N
7
24
1939
 Waivers DET AL
2 Cookie Lavagetto
3B
34.6
0.4
2.5
1.0
7
N
12
4
1936
 Trade PIT NL
3 Hugh Casey
RP
33.7
0.8
9.1
6.4
6
N
10
4
1938
 Draft (Rule 5) Memphis (Southern Asso
4 Howie Schultz
1B
25.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
5
Y
Not Available
5 Pete Reiser
CF
28.3
3.1
18.6
9.7
5
N
4
15
1938
 Free Agency
6 Pee Wee Reese
SS
28.9
6.1
26.3
12.7
5
N
7
18
1939
 Trade BOS AL
7 Kirby Higbe
SP
32.2
0.0
0.8
0.3
5
N
11
11
1940
 Trade PHI NL
8 Hal Gregg
SP
26.0
-1.4
0.1
-3.5
5
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Rube Melton
SW
30.3
-0.4
0.2
0.0
4
N
12
12
1942
 Trade PHI NL
10 Ralph Branca
SP
21.5
6.3
25.7
16.2
4
Y
1
1
1943
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 Eddie Stanky
2B
30.8
3.6
20.0
5.4
4
N
6
6
1944
 Trade CHN NL
12 Stan Rojek
SS
28.2
0.4
1.8
-0.2
3
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Gene Hermanski
LF
27.1
1.0
7.7
3.5
3
N
1
1
1941
 Unknown PHA AL
14 Vic Lombardi
SP
24.8
3.2
14.3
8.3
3
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Ed Stevens
1B
22.5
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
3
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
16 Arky Vaughan
LF
35.3
1.5
7.0
4.2
3
N
12
12
1941
 Trade PIT NL
17 Rex Barney
SP
22.5
-0.8
2.3
-0.3
3
Y
1
1
1943
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Bobby Bragan
C
29.7
0.1
1.1
0.0
3
N
3
24
1943
 Trade PHI NL
19 Tommy Brown
3B
19.6
-0.2
0.4
-0.3
3
Y
1
1
1944
 Free Agency (Amateur)
20 Clyde King
SP
23.1
1.6
7.3
4.3
3
Y
1
1
1944
 Free Agency (Amateur)
21 Eddie Miksis
2B
20.8
0.5
2.7
0.9
3
Y
1
1
1944
 Free Agency (Amateur)
22 Bruce Edwards
C
24.0
2.9
19.5
7.1
2
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
23 Carl Furillo
CF
25.3
2.3
14.4
4.9
2
Y
1
1
1941
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Reading (Interstate)
24 Tommy Tatum
LF
28.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
2
N
7
31
1941
 Trade Nashville (Southern Asso
25 Joe Hatten
SP
30.7
2.8
16.4
8.7
2
Y
12
4
1941
 Trade Minneapolis (American Asso
26 Dick Whitman
LF
26.6
0.1
0.5
0.3
2
Y
1
1
1942
 Free Agency (Amateur)
27 Gil Hodges
C
23.2
-0.2
1.0
-0.9
2
Y
9
6
1943
 Free Agency (Amateur)
28 Harry Taylor
SP
28.1
3.2
13.2
7.6
2
N
1
1
1944
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement St Paul (American Asso
29 Don Lund
LF
24.1
0.3
1.4
1.0
2
Y
1
1
1945
 Free Agency (Amateur)
30 Erv Palica
RP
19.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
2
Y
1
25
1945
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 Hank Behrman
RP
26.0
-1.2
0.0
-0.1
2
Y
6
14
1947
 Returned after Purchase PIT NL
32 Ed Chandler
RP
25.4
-0.5
0.0
-1.0
1
Y
Not Available
33 Johnny Van Cuyk
RP
26.0
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
1
Y
Not Available
34 Spider Jorgensen
3B
27.7
2.4
16.1
5.6
1
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
35 Marv Rackley
RF
25.9
-0.0
0.2
-0.0
1
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
36 Willie Ramsdell
RP
31.2
-0.4
0.2
0.1
1
Y
1
1
1941
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Big Springs (West Texas-Ne
37 Duke Snider
CF
20.8
-0.4
1.0
-0.7
1
Y
1
1
1943
 Free Agency (Amateur)
38 Jack Banta
SP
22.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
1
Y
1
1
1944
 Free Agency (Amateur)
39 Jackie Robinson
1B
28.4
3.1
21.8
9.7
1
Y
10
23
1945
 Free Agency (1st Tm)
40 Phil Haugstad
SW
23.4
0.3
1.2
0.8
1
Y
1
1
1946
 Free Agency (Amateur)
41 George Dockins
RP
30.2
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
1
N
4
19
1946
 Waivers SLN NL
42 Al Gionfriddo
LF
25.3
-0.1
0.9
-0.5
1
N
5
3
1947
 Trade PIT NL
43 Hank Behrman
SW
26.0
0.0
2.3
-0.8
1
N
6
14
1947
 Returned after Purchase PIT NL
44 Dan Bankhead
RP
27.2
-0.0
0.4
0.0
1
Y
8
24
1947
 Purchased Memphis (Negro America
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Dan Bankhead RP Empire, AL (USA)
Jack Banta SP Hutchinson, KS (US)
Rex Barney SP Omaha, NE (US)
Hank Behrman RP Brooklyn, NY (US)
Hank Behrman SW Brooklyn, NY (US)
Bobby Bragan C Birmingham, AL (US)
Ralph Branca SP Mount Vernon, NY (US)
Tommy Brown 3B Brooklyn, NY (USA)
Hugh Casey RP Atlanta, GA (US)
Ed Chandler RP Pinson, AL (USA)
George Dockins RP Clyde, KS (USA)
Bruce Edwards C Sacramento, CA (US)
Carl Furillo CF Stony Creek Mills, PA (USA)
Al Gionfriddo LF Dysart, PA (USA)
Hal Gregg SP Anaheim, CA (USA)
Joe Hatten SP Bancroft, IA (US)
Phil Haugstad SW Black River Falls, WI (USA)
Gene Hermanski LF Newark, NJ (US)
Kirby Higbe SP Columbia, SC (USA)
Gil Hodges C Petersburg, IN (US)
Spider Jorgensen 3B Sacramento, CA (US)
Clyde King SP Goldsboro, NC (USA)
Cookie Lavagetto 3B Oakland, CA (US)
Cookie Lavagetto 3B Oakland, CA (US)
Vic Lombardi SP Tulare, CA (US)
Don Lund LF Detroit, MI (US)
Rube Melton SW Gastonia, NC (US)
Eddie Miksis 2B Burlington, NJ (US)
Erv Palica RP Harbor City, CA (US)
Marv Rackley RF Seneca, SC (USA)
Willie Ramsdell RP Williamsburg, KS (USA)
Pee Wee Reese SS Louisville, KY (US)
Pete Reiser CF St. Louis, MO (USA)
Jackie Robinson 1B Pasadena, CA (US)
Stan Rojek SS North Tonawanda, NY (USA)
Howie Schultz 1B St. Paul, MN (US)
Duke Snider CF Compton, CA (US)
Eddie Stanky 2B Philadelphia, PA (US)
Ed Stevens 1B Galveston, TX (USA)
Tommy Tatum LF Decatur, TX (USA)
Harry Taylor SP New Goshen, IN (US)
Johnny Van Cuyk RP Kimberly, WI (US)
Arky Vaughan LF Fullerton, CA (US)
Dixie Walker RF Villa Rica, GA (USA)
Dick Whitman LF Woodburn, OR (USA)

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