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1947 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1946)  (1948) 88-66, 2nd in National League Scored 764 runs, Allowed 643 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .699 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 88-66   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 94-60 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Dixie Walker         36  154  576   88  168  32   3  16  103  16   8  113   34  .292  .407  .441  107   6.6  2(0)e10     6  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        28  143  532   91  154  23   4  14   68  15   7   98   87  .289  .397  .427   98   6.1  2e26      -17  
 1B  Jackie Robinson      28  154  624   97  180  35  13   5   87  24   3   70   46  .288  .356  .410   97   5.6  3e16      -44  
 2B  Eddie Stanky         31  154  618  100  156  28   3   3   54  14   4  106   61  .252  .364  .322   79   4.3  2e12      -17  
 C   Bruce Edwards        23  141  510   65  154  16   9   4   83   5   3   62   62  .302  .379  .392   76   5.5  2(+1)e6   -11  
 OF *Pete Reiser          28  131  446   84  133  23   1   9   68  30   7   56   50  .298  .375  .415   73   5.9  3(-3)e4   -42  
 OF  Carl Furillo         25  134  469   74  122  16   4  13   81  18   5   35   35  .260  .311  .394   57   4.1  2(-4)e9   -79  
 3B *Floyd Baker          30  108  261   32   65  13   1   1   23   9   4   39   21  .249  .347  .318   32   4.0  2e10      -23  
 OF  Danny Litwhiler      30   43  131   20   42   2   2   5   20   1   1   23   29  .321  .427  .481   28   8.0  3(-2)e8   177  
 3B *Spider Jorgensen     27   69  230   22   56  11   5   4   34   1   2   24   27  .243  .312  .387   27   4.0  4e22      -72  
 OF *Gene Hermanski       27   87  211   24   51  10   0   6   36   5   0   26   13  .242  .326  .374   27   4.4  3(0)e8   -110  
 3B *Arky Vaughan         35   63  142   18   44   4   1   2   18   9   0   27   12  .310  .421  .394   26   6.6  3e26      -73  
 C   Bobby Bragan         29   21   47    8   17   6   0   0    5   3   1    7    6  .362  .436  .489   11   9.5  4(+5)e7   350  
 3B  Cookie Lavagetto     34   21   44    6   13   1   0   2   11   0   1    7    5  .295  .389  .455    7   5.3  2e26       67  
 OF #Augie Galan          35   23   41    5    9   1   0   1    5   0   0   11    2  .220  .385  .317    5   4.0  3(+1)e4  -163  
 C   Mickey Livingston    32    7    8    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .250  .400  .250    1   4.5  3(0)e9    150  
 PH *Al Gionfriddo        25    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -580  
 1B  Howie Schultz        25    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  3e9      -582  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           757                  -24

     * - 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  Harry Taylor         28  14   6  .700  29  26   2   1   0   0   0  174.0  150   74   69  14   94   76  3.57   78   4.0  -12  
  P  Ralph Branca         21  13  15  .464  38  38  12   0   0   0   3  289.0  263  120  102  26  109  183  3.18  119   3.6  -32  
  P *Al Brazle            33  12   5  .706  31  18   2  11   1   0   2  139.0  150   56   51   5   41   86  3.30   62   4.1  -66  
  P *Vic Lombardi         24  11   7  .611  29  24   7   2   0   1   0  190.0  166   61   58  11   65  114  2.75   70   3.3  -40  
  P  Ellis Kinder         32  11   8  .579  34  24   6   6   0   0   2  191.0  189   86   77   9   76  152  3.63   93   4.3  -71  
  P  Bobo Newsom          39   9   8  .529  26  19   2   5   0   0   0  141.1  187   88   76   9   55   62  4.84  102   6.6   92  
  P  Hal Gregg            25   8   4  .667  43   0   0  31   3   1   0   89.1  100   52   45  13   57   65  4.53   65   6.6   27  
  P *Earl Johnson         28   5   7  .417  37   4   0  24   7   2   0   73.0   77   45   38   2   35   32  4.68   36   4.4   42  
  P  Hugh Casey           33   3   4  .429  52   0   0  33  21   9   0   77.0   68   38   35  10   33   49  4.09   38   4.5  -46  
  P  Don Johnson          20   2   2  .500  23   1   0   8   0   1   0   42.1   41   23   21   2   21   11  4.46   19   4.1  -57  
  P  Rex Barney           22   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    1  0.00    0    .0 -721  
  P  Johnny Hetki         25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0    .0 -290  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      686        -20

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bruce Edwards 1257 138 140 815 42 9 4 .990 59 22 Bobby Bragan 124 14 20 97 9 3 2 .972 20 4 Mickey Livingston 27 2 7 19 1 1 0 .952 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Robinson 1404 154 154 1397 101 14 151 .991 9.60 Cookie Lavagetto 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Howie Schultz 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Stanky 1401 154 154 358 408 14 133 .982 4.92 Floyd Baker 7 0 6 3 3 0 3 1.000 7.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Spider Jorgensen 521 63 63 77 137 13 12 .943 3.69 Floyd Baker 508 48 81 67 134 1 26 .995 3.56 Arky Vaughan 292 34 38 36 92 7 6 .948 3.95 Cookie Lavagetto 84 9 11 12 28 1 1 .976 4.30 Gene Hermanski 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1270 139 141 262 469 13 91 .983 5.18 Floyd Baker 138 15 16 25 56 3 12 .964 5.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Reiser 996 108 114 266 6 3 0 .989 2.46 Danny Litwhiler 296 34 35 84 1 1 0 .988 2.58 Gene Hermanski 99 10 17 30 0 1 0 .968 2.72 Augie Galan 16 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dixie Walker 1377 151 154 318 16 7 4 .979 2.18 Pete Reiser 16 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 Carl Furillo 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Arky Vaughan 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 Gene Hermanski 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 1042 111 129 205 0 8 0 .962 1.77 Gene Hermanski 314 36 38 58 1 6 0 .908 1.69 Augie Galan 50 7 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Danny Litwhiler 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1947 Draft

Round 2 (#17):	Bobo Newsom
Round 2 (#26):	Danny Litwhiler
Round 3 (#38):	Ellis Kinder
Round 4 (#49):	Johnny Hetki
Round 5 (#59):	Hank Behrman
Round 6 (#67):	Mickey Livingston

Transactions

• 1947-01: acquired Stan Rojek as a free agent
• 1947-02: acquired Don Johnson as a free agent
• 1947-12: traded BRN#3 to CIN for Howie Schultz
• 1947-12: traded BRN#1 to SLN for Augie Galan
• 1947-12: released Stan Rojek
• 1947 postseason: released Floyd Baker, Bobby Bragan, Gene Hermanski

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