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1939 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1938)  (1940) 83-71, 1st in National League Scored 767 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .697 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 84-69 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Lost to New York Yankees in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Dolph Camilli        32  153  612  123  163  23  10  27   66   2   3  110  145  .266  .380  .469  115   6.7  1e16      -85  
 3B  Cookie Lavagetto     26  154  577   98  176  35   6   9   97  29   5   86   36  .305  .395  .433  104   6.5  2e24       26  
 OF  Mike Kreevich        31  139  575  104  184  40   7   7   73  32   6   51   53  .320  .372  .450   94   6.0  2(0)e12    -4  
 SS  Billy Myers          28  148  547   77  147  15   9   9   75  15  12   82  128  .269  .361  .378   79   4.6  2e42      -23  
 OF *Dixie Walker         28  130  406   53  113   7  10   7   73   5   5   46   21  .278  .352  .397   57   4.9  2(0)e13   -13  
 C  *Babe Phelps          31   94  316   42   97  23   6   9   56   2   0   24   28  .307  .351  .503   56   6.7  4(+2)e6   100  
 2B #Jimmy Brown          29  122  460   51  133  21   3   4   64   5  10   20   13  .289  .319  .374   52   3.9  3e30      -26  
 C   Rick Ferrell         33  109  283   31   92  18   0   0   22   2   6   44   17  .325  .417  .389   45   5.9  2(-1)e8    93  
 OF  Gibby Brack          31   76  237   29   67  23   0   7   38   1   1   31   57  .283  .364  .468   40   6.1  2(-1)e13   18  
 OF *Art Parks            27   54  202   25   54   9   2   5   31   5   0   19   15  .267  .330  .406   27   4.9  3(+3)e9    32  
 OF *Jimmy Ripple         29   67  244   24   58  14   4   3   36   2   0   20   23  .238  .301  .365   26   3.7  3(+1)e9   -49  
 OF  Ernie Koy            29   54  153   19   38   9   3   2   18   3   0   16   31  .248  .318  .386   18   4.1  2(+2)e13  -80  
 2B  Pete Coscarart       26   47  134   17   35   4   2   1   13   4   1   20   23  .261  .359  .343   17   4.4  3e35      -19  
 OF *Buddy Hassett        27   28   62   10   21   2   0   0    8   4   1    5    2  .339  .382  .371    9   5.6  4(+5)e9    57  
 SS  Leo Durocher         33   63   70   12   16   4   0   0    7   1   1    7    6  .229  .299  .286    5   2.5  2e33     -110  
 1B *Gus Suhr             33   27   35    3    8   1   0   1    8   1   0    4    3  .229  .293  .343    3   3.5  2e9      -166  
 OF  Fred Sington         29    4   18    2    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333  .368  .389    2   6.0  3(+3)e9     4  
 OF *Goody Rosen          26    4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2(-1)e9  -679  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           760                   -8

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Al Milnar            25  16   7  .696  33  30   6   2   1   0   1  220.1  209   98   90  17   96  106  3.68  103   4.2  -48  
  P  Hugh Casey           25  13   7  .650  33  28   6   3   2   0   3  210.1  199   93   84  17   75   81  3.59   94   4.1  -33  
  P  Luke Hamlin          35  13  16  .448  37  37   9   0   0   0   1  247.2  276  162  141  40   67   95  5.12  148   5.2   89  
  P  Tot Pressnell        32  11   7  .611  46  10   1  28   5   2   1  133.0  137   61   52   8   46   55  3.52   61   4.1  -59  
  P *Vito Tamulis         27   9   5  .643  57   2   0  27   2   3   0  127.1  132   70   59   9   36   82  4.17   63   4.3  -29  
  P  Freddie Fitzsimmons  37   7   6  .538  36  10   4  18   0   0   1  128.0  131   60   54  11   36   36  3.80   59   4.1  -77  
  P  Johnny Allen         34   6  11  .353  31  19   2   5   1   1   0  133.1  188   98   76   8   46   79  5.13  100   6.6   77  
  P  Junior Thompson      22   4   4  .500  20  12   1   8   3   0   0   90.2   92   39   37   9   28   59  3.67   45   4.5   70  
  P  Whit Wyatt           31   4   8  .333  37   6   0  27  13   3   0   85.2   79   44   29   3   33   44  3.05   33   3.4    6  
  P  Red Evans            32   0   0  .000   4   0   0   4   0   0   0    4.1    4    3    3   0    1    1  6.23    1   2.3 -206  
  P  Loy Hanning          21   0   0  .000   6   0   0   3   2   0   0    6.2    5    4    4   3    3    4  5.40    3   4.9  346  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      715          2

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Babe Phelps 725 85 89 381 43 6 2 .986 57 29 Rick Ferrell 663 69 93 349 35 6 3 .985 19 16 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dolph Camilli 1345 152 152 1390 146 18 138 .988 10.28 Gus Suhr 38 2 8 41 3 0 8 1.000 10.42 Buddy Hassett 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00 Gibby Brack 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmy Brown 1066 118 120 320 354 26 88 .963 5.69 Pete Coscarart 322 36 40 92 86 9 24 .952 4.98 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cookie Lavagetto 1385 154 154 162 368 16 42 .971 3.44 Jimmy Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Pete Coscarart 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Myers 1312 148 148 261 465 37 83 .952 4.98 Leo Durocher 75 6 16 12 32 1 7 .978 5.28 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmy Ripple 489 57 57 128 4 3 1 .978 2.43 Gibby Brack 430 45 61 105 1 1 0 .991 2.22 Art Parks 422 49 49 104 2 0 0 1.000 2.26 Mike Kreevich 17 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Buddy Hassett 16 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 Dixie Walker 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Ernie Koy 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Kreevich 1208 135 136 367 16 13 1 .967 2.85 Jimmy Ripple 50 5 7 17 0 1 0 .944 3.04 Gibby Brack 33 4 4 6 0 1 0 .857 1.64 Fred Sington 31 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.19 Dixie Walker 31 3 8 14 1 0 0 1.000 4.40 Art Parks 26 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 Goody Rosen 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Ernie Koy 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dixie Walker 853 94 99 167 3 11 1 .939 1.79 Ernie Koy 332 37 39 75 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 Buddy Hassett 111 13 14 14 0 2 0 .875 1.14 Gibby Brack 81 9 11 19 1 1 1 .952 2.21 Art Parks 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Kreevich 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Goody Rosen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Gus Suhr
Round 2 (#23):	Gibby Brack

Transactions

• 1939-01: acquired Jimmy Ripple as a free agent
• 1939-03: acquired Beau Bell as a free agent
• 1939-04: traded Beau Bell to SLA for SLA#2
• 1939-04: acquired Goody Rosen as a free agent
• 1939-05: acquired Loy Hanning as a free agent

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