1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season was overshadowed by Walter O'Malley's threat to move the Dodgers out of Brooklyn if the city did not build him a new stadium in that borough. When the best the mayor could promise was a stadium in Queens, O'Malley made good on his threats and moved the team to Los Angeles after the season ended. The Dodgers final game at Ebbets Field was on September 24 as they finished their 68th and last NL season, and their 75th overall, in Brooklyn in third place with an 84–70 record, eleven games behind the NL and World Series Champion Milwaukee Braves.

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mrs. John L. Smith
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWMGM
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
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Offseason

Regular season

During the season, the Dodgers played eight home games at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of owner Walter O'Malley's continued attempts to pressure Brooklyn to allow him to build a new stadium in his preferred location at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues.[2]

On July 20, 1957: Duke Snider hit the 300th home run of his career. The opposing pitcher was Dick Drott.[3]

Danny McDevitt was the last pitcher to pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers in a game at Ebbets Field. The game was contested on September 24, 1957, and McDevitt pitched a complete game. He had nine strikeouts while allowing only five hits.[4]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 9559 0.617 — 45–32 50–27
St. Louis Cardinals 8767 0.565 8 42–35 45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 11 43–34 41–36
Cincinnati Redlegs 8074 0.519 15 45–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 7777 0.500 18 38–39 39–38
New York Giants 6985 0.448 26 37–40 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 0.403 33 36–41 26–51
Chicago Cubs 6292 0.403 33 31–46 31–46

Record vs. opponents
1957 National League Records

Sources:
Team BR CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STL
Brooklyn —17–512–1010–1212–109–1312–1012–10
Chicago 5–17—7–159–139–138–14–112–10–112–10
Cincinnati 10–1215–7—4–1812–1016–614–89–13
Milwaukee 12–1013–918–4—13–912–10–116–611–11
New York 10–1213–910–129–13—10–129–138–14
Philadelphia 13–914–8–16–1610–12–112–10—13–99–13
Pittsburgh 10–1210–12–18–146–1613–99–13—6–16
St. Louis 10–1210–1213–911–1114–813–916–6—

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Jim GilliamSecond baseman
Gino CimoliLeft fielder
Duke SniderCenter fielder
Carl FurilloRight fielder
Gil HodgesFirst baseman
Randy JacksonThird baseman
Roy CampanellaCatcher
Don ZimmerShortstop
Don NewcombeStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers
  • 49 René Valdez
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Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CRoy Campanella10333080.2421362
1BGil Hodges150579173.2992798
2BJim Gilliam149617154.250237
SSCharlie Neal128448121.2701262
3BPee Wee Reese10333074.224129
LFGino Cimoli142532156.2931057
CFDuke Snider139508139.2744092
RFCarl Furillo119395121.3061266

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
Sandy Amoros10623866.277726
Don Zimmer8426959.219619
Elmer Valo8116144.273426
Rube Walker6016630.181223
Randy Jackson4813126.198216
John Roseboro356910.14526
Bob Kennedy19314.12914
Joe Pignatano8143.21401
Jim Gentile461.16711
Rod Miller110.00000

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
Don Drysdale342211792.69148
Don Newcombe28198.211123.4990
Johnny Podres311961292.66109
Danny McDevitt22119743.2590
Sal Maglie9101.1662.9350
Bill Harris17013.863

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
Roger Craig32111.1694.6169
Sandy Koufax34104.1543.88122
Carl Erskine1566533.5526
René Valdés513115.5410

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
Clem Labine5857173.4467
Ed Roebuck448282.7173
Don Bessent271305.7324
Ken Lehman30000.003
Jackie Collum30008.313
Fred Kipp10009.003
Don Elston10000.001

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
Open Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Clay Bryant
AAA Montreal Royals International League Greg Mulleavy
Al Campanis
Al Ronning
Tommy Holmes
AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Max Macon
A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Goldie Holt
A Pueblo Dodgers Western League Ray Hathaway
B Cedar Rapids Raiders Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Danny Ozark
B Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Lou Rochelli
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Jack Banta
C Reno Silver Sox California League Ray Perry
D Bluefield Dodgers Appalachian League Jim Bragan
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Pete Reiser
D Shawnee Hawks Sooner State League Edward Serrano
D Thomasville Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Rudy Rufer
Leon Hamilton
Roger Wright

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield

Notes
  1. "Connie Grob page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  2. Parker, Vernon (August 16, 2011). "On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  3. "Duke Snider". The Baseball Page. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  4. Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010, Volume 113, Number 21, p. 24, Published by Time Inc.
  5. "Chico Fernández page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  6. "Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  7. "Tommy Lasorda page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  8. "Jim Fridley page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  9. "Ken Lehman page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  10. "Babe Birrer page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  11. "Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.

References
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