1939 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers started the year with a new manager, Leo Durocher, who became both the team's manager and starting shortstop. They also became the first New York NL team to have a regular radio broadcast, with Red Barber handing the announcers job, and the first team to have a television broadcast (during their August 26 home game doubleheaders against the Reds, both of which WNBT covered for the NBC network). The team finished in third place, showing some improvement over the previous seasons.

1939 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
General manager(s)Larry MacPhail
Manager(s)Leo Durocher
Local radioWHN, WOR
Red Barber, Al Helfer
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9757 0.630 55–25 42–32
St. Louis Cardinals 9261 0.601 51–27 41–34
Brooklyn Dodgers 8469 0.549 12½ 51–27 33–42
Chicago Cubs 8470 0.545 13 44–34 40–36
New York Giants 7774 0.510 18½ 41–33 36–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 6885 0.444 28½ 35–42 33–43
Boston Bees 6388 0.417 32½ 37–35 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 45106 0.298 50½ 29–44 16–62

Record vs. opponents

1939 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 10–12–16–166–1610–1113–89–129–13
Brooklyn 12–10–111–11–210–1212–1017–4–113–99–13
Chicago 16–611–11–210–1211–1112–1014–810–12
Cincinnati 16–612–1012–1011–1119–316–611–11–2
New York 11–1010–1211–1111–1114–711–119–12
Philadelphia 8–134–17–110–123–197–148–145–17
Pittsburgh 12–99–138–146–1611–1114–88–14
St. Louis 13–913–912–1011–11–212–917–514–8

Notable transactions

Roster

1939 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBabe Phelps9832392.285642
1BDolph Camilli157565164.29026104
2BPete Coscarart115419116.277443
3BCookie Lavagetto153587176.3001087
SSLeo Durocher116390108.277134
OFGene Moore10730669.225339
OFArt Parks7123965.272119
OFErnie Koy125425118.278867

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny Hudson10934387.254232
Al Todd8624568.278532
Dixie Walker6122563.280238
Tuck Stainback6820154.269319
Goody Rosen5418346.251112
Mel Almada3911224.21403
Jimmy Ripple2810635.330022
Fred Sington328423.27417
Tony Lazzeri143911.28236
Lyn Lary29315.16101
Ray Hayworth21264.15401
Chris Hartje9165.31305
Oris Hockett9133.23101
Lindsay Deal470.00000
Gene Schott100---00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Luke Hamlin40269.220133.6488
Freddie Fitzsimmons27151.1793.8744
Whit Wyatt16109832.3152
Van Mungo1477.1453.2634

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hugh Casey40227.115102.9379
Vito Tamulis39158.2984.3783
Tot Pressnell31156.2974.0243
Red Evans2464.1185.1828
Bill Crouch638.1402.5810
Al Hollingsworth827.1125.2711
Carl Doyle517.2121.027
Boots Poffenberger35005.402

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ira Hutchinson415214.3446
George Jeffcoat10000.001

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Dolph Camilli

  • #3 in NL in home runs (26)
  • #4 in NL in runs batted in (104)
  • #4 in NL in runs scored (105)
  • #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.409)
  • #4 in NL in slugging percentage (.524)

Hugh Casey

  • #4 in NL in earned run average (2.93)

Luke Hamlin

  • #4 in NL in wins (20)

Cookie Lavagetto

  • #4 in NL in stolen bases (14)

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood, Pine Bluff

Notes

  1. Fred Frankhouse at Baseball-Reference
  2. Jimmy Outlaw at Baseball-Reference
  3. Luke Sewell at Baseball-Reference
  4. Tom Lanning at Baseball-Reference
  5. Kemp Wicker at Baseball-Reference
  6. Chris Hartje at Baseball-Reference
  7. Woody English at Baseball-Reference
  8. Bill Posedel at Baseball-Reference
  9. Lyn Lary at Baseball-Reference
  10. Mel Almada at Baseball-Reference
  11. Pee Wee Reese at Baseball-Reference
  12. Herman Besse at Baseball-Reference
  13. Al Hollingsworth at Baseball-Reference
  14. Rae Blaemire at Baseball-Reference
  15. Jimmy Ripple at Baseball-Reference

References

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