1942 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers team won 104 games in the season, but fell two games short of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League pennant race.

1942 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, Alan Hale
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Offseason

Regular season

The Dodgers were 73–30 and 10 games ahead on August 4, but the Cardinals went on to win 45 of their last 56 to grab the NL title. To exacerbate the problem, the Dodgers had also dropped several close games to St. Louis in September.

Defending NL batting champ Pete Reiser, hitting .380, was sidelined in mid-season after repeatedly crashing into the unpadded outfield wall in Ebbets Field. While he recovered from a fractured skull, Brooklyn could not keep up their early pace. A healthy Reiser may very well have made up the two-game difference.[9]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10648 0.688 60–17 46–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 10450 0.675 2 57–22 47–28
New York Giants 8567 0.559 20 47–31 38–36
Cincinnati Reds 7676 0.500 29 38–39 38–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 6681 0.449 36½ 41–34 25–47
Chicago Cubs 6886 0.442 38 36–41 32–45
Boston Braves 5989 0.399 44 33–36 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 42109 0.278 62½ 23–51 19–58

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 6–1613–95–16–18–1214–87–12–16–16
Brooklyn 16–616–615–714–8–118–416–69–13
Chicago 9–136–1613–99–13–114–811–116–16
Cincinnati 16–5–17–159–139–1316–612–9–17–15
New York 12–88–14–113–9–113–917–515–77–15
Philadelphia 8–144–188–146–165–176–135–17
Pittsburgh 12–7–16–1611–119–12–17–1513–68–14–2
St. Louis 16–613–916–615–715–717–514–8–2

Notable transactions

Roster

1942 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CMickey Owen13342153109.25904410
1BDolph Camilli15052489132.2522610910
2BBilly Herman15557176146.2562656
3BArky Vaughan12849582137.2772498
SSPee Wee Reese15156487144.25535315
LFJoe Medwick14255369166.3004962
CFPete Reiser12548089149.310106420
RFDixie Walker11839357114.2906541

Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Johnny Rizzo782173150.2304272
Augie Galan692092455.2630222
Lew Riggs701992050.2783220
Billy Sullivan431011127.2671141
Frenchy Bordagaray48581114.241052
Alex Kampouris102135.238030
Babe Dahlgren171921.053000
Cliff Dapper81728.471190
Stan Rojek1010.000000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Kirby Higbe383213221.216113.25106115
Whit Wyatt313016217.11972.7363104
Curt Davis3226132061562.365160
Bobo Newsom65232223.381421
Freddie Fitzsimmons11030015.0010

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Larry French38145147.21541.833662
Ed Head36155136.21063.564778
Johnny Allen271551181063.203950
Max Macon148484531.933327
Les Webber193151.2322.962223
Schoolboy Rowe92030.1105.34126
Chet Kehn3107.2007.0443

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Hugh Casey5011263132.254454
Newt Kimball1429.12003.68198
Bob Chipman21.10000.0021

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Dolph Camilli

  • #2 in NL in home runs (26)
  • #2 in NL in RBI (109)
  • #3 in NL in walks (97)

Hugh Casey

  • MLB leader in saves (13)

Curt Davis

  • #3 in NL in ERA (2.36)

Kirby Higbe

  • #3 in NL in strikeouts (115)

Ducky Medwick

  • #2 in NL in doubles (37)
  • #4 in NL in RBI (96)

Pistol Pete Reiser

  • NL leader in stolen bases (20)
  • #4 in NL in batting average (.310)

Farm System

Level Team League Manager
AA Montreal Royals International League Clyde Sukeforth
AA San Francisco Seals Pacific Coast League Lefty O'Doul
B Durham Bulls Piedmont League Bruno Betzel
C Santa Barbara Saints California League John Clancy
C Dayton Ducks Middle Atlantic League Paul Chervinko
Howard Holmes
William McWilliams
D Kingsport Dodgers Appalachian League Merle Settlemire
D Valdosta Trojans Georgia–Florida League Stew Hofferth
Clancy Odell
D Johnstown Johnnies Pennsylvania State Association Jay Kirke, Jr.
D Olean Oilers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League Jake Pitler
D Lamesa Dodgers West Texas–New Mexico League Joe Tate

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Santa Barbara

Notes

References

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