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1949 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1948)  (1950) 99-55, 1st in National League Scored 769 runs, Allowed 577 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-55 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .717 Park Factor: Batting - 115 / Pitching - 113 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 95-59   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 97-57 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Defeated Boston Red Sox in World Series, 4 games to 3.

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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Jackie Robinson      30  154  591  115  197  32  11  17  109  39   8   92   38  .333  .417  .511  137   8.6  3e15      -32  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        30  154  625  116  169  20   4  12   51  41  13  103   67  .270  .374  .373   97   5.4  2e17      -60  
 OF *Whitey Lockman       22  148  557   72  174  22  15   6   77  14   5   59   32  .312  .376  .438   93   6.2  3(+3)e10   17  
 OF  Carl Furillo         27  148  573   76  171  28   9  15   97  14   4   45   40  .298  .351  .457   90   5.8  1(-4)e12  -66  
 C   Roy Campanella       27  133  464   78  135  23   1  25  100   7   4   69   42  .291  .382  .506   89   6.9  1(-3)e6     6  
 1B *Mickey Vernon        31  112  467   71  136  17   7  15   59  15  10   27   41  .291  .330  .454   65   4.9  2e14      -17  
 OF *Gene Hermanski       29   93  243   37   81  18   0   7   50  16   6   35   22  .333  .415  .494   52   8.0  3(0)e9     -8  
 3B *Floyd Baker          32  129  387   58   94  14   4   2   39   9   4   83   40  .243  .377  .315   51   4.3  2e11      -27  
 OF *Pete Reiser          30   91  174   34   48   7   4   9   32   8   2   22   43  .276  .355  .517   32   6.4  2(-3)e9    60  
 OF  Chuck Diering        26   93  234   22   61  14   5   0   26   0   1   28   34  .261  .336  .363   27   4.0  1(0)e5    -17  
 1B *Eddie Robinson       28   40  130   15   36   5   3   5   26   2   0   16    7  .277  .354  .477   22   6.2  4e19      -10  
 3B *Spider Jorgensen     29   45  136   16   39   8   1   0   17   0   0   20   11  .287  .381  .360   19   4.9  4e24       22  
 C   Bruce Edwards        25   37  119   11   25   1   0   4   19   1   2   14    9  .210  .291  .319    9   2.6  2(+1)e7  -105  
 OF *Marv Rackley         27   29   56    6   17   2   0   0    5   0   1    6    8  .304  .371  .339    6   4.5  3(+3)e9   -16  
 2B  Eddie Stanky         33   22   19    7    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .421  .500  .526    5  13.2  2e17      252  
 OF  Luis Olmo            29   11   11    3    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    1  .455  .455  .818    4  18.4  3(+1)e13  546  
 1B *Eddie Waitkus        29   46   32    5    8   1   0   0    3   2   1    4    6  .250  .342  .281    3   3.9  1e13     -206  
 3B  Connie Ryan          29    3   10    0    5   2   0   0    2   0   1    2    0  .500  .583  .700    3  16.3  4e24      556  
 OF  Tommy Brown          21    5   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .231  .286  .231    0   2.3  4(+3)e22 -258  
 1B *Bill Glynn           23   19   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    6  .118  .118  .118    0    .4  2e13     -165  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           816                  -21

     * - 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 Brazle            35  20   4  .833  36  29   9   5   0   1   3  218.1  202   74   65  15   60   95  2.68   78   3.2  -79  
  P  Robin Roberts        22  19   8  .704  34  34   9   0   0   0   0  241.2  245  102   91  17   94  121  3.39  115   4.3  -31  
  P  Don Newcombe         23  18   8  .692  34  34  11   0   0   0   3  260.0  234   89   85  22   82  190  2.94  102   3.6  -37  
  P *Preacher Roe         33  11  11  .500  34  31  10   2   1   0   1  224.2  225  102   96  26   58  137  3.85  103   4.1   -5  
  P  Al Benton            38  10   7  .588  56   0   0  45  21   4   0   85.2   64   24   23   9   23   34  2.42   24   2.6  -56  
  P  Rex Barney           24   7   7  .500  26  18   1   3   1   0   0  119.1  110   71   69  15   87   84  5.20   72   5.4   57  
  P  Ralph Branca         23   6   2  .750  35   6   1  15   4   1   0   80.1   86   39   37  13   40   53  4.15   47   5.4    8  
  P *Curt Simmons         20   5   2  .714  34   2   0  16   4   1   0   81.0   73   38   34   6   48   54  3.78   42   4.7  -20  
  P *Earl Johnson         30   1   1  .500   5   0   0   4   1   0   0    9.2    9    7    6   0    6    9  5.59    4   4.3 -194  
  P *Frank Papish         31   1   2  .333  23   0   0  10   3   2   0   25.0   27    9    9   3   23    4  3.24   19   7.2  131  
  P  Pat McGlothin        28   1   2  .333  10   0   0   6   0   2   0   12.0   13    7    7   2    6    9  5.25    8   6.8  112  
  P  Hal White            30   0   0  .000   4   0   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    2    1    0   0    2    1  0.00    0   1.0   22  
  P  Marino Pieretti      28   0   1  .000  16   0   0   7   0   0   0   28.0   24   14   10   3   15   14  3.21   13   4.3 -125  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      634        -24

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Roy Campanella 1120 123 128 707 35 4 3 .995 2 3 Bruce Edwards 269 31 34 187 15 2 1 .990 13 11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Vernon 952 111 111 999 63 4 120 .996 10.04 Eddie Robinson 328 40 40 332 26 8 41 .978 9.83 Eddie Waitkus 56 1 27 58 4 0 11 1.000 9.96 Bill Glynn 55 2 19 55 4 0 3 1.000 9.65 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Robinson 1387 154 154 359 469 9 137 .989 5.37 Eddie Stanky 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Floyd Baker 1062 118 126 123 252 4 28 .989 3.18 Spider Jorgensen 279 33 33 40 67 5 10 .955 3.45 Connie Ryan 27 3 3 0 6 0 2 1.000 2.02 Pete Reiser 19 0 8 3 3 1 0 .857 2.79 Bruce Edwards 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 1390 154 154 254 559 14 120 .983 5.27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Lockman 1086 126 129 253 6 8 0 .970 2.15 Gene Hermanski 212 24 30 59 1 1 0 .984 2.55 Pete Reiser 56 0 38 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 Tommy Brown 28 4 4 8 0 1 0 .889 2.57 Luis Olmo 6 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Marv Rackley 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chuck Diering 611 64 92 176 13 2 0 .990 2.79 Pete Reiser 315 36 38 95 11 0 0 1.000 3.03 Gene Hermanski 277 32 34 63 6 1 0 .986 2.24 Whitey Lockman 174 21 24 40 1 1 0 .976 2.12 Marv Rackley 12 1 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 3.65 Luis Olmo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Furillo 1308 145 148 247 8 11 1 .959 1.76 Marv Rackley 77 9 9 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 Chuck Diering 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Pete Reiser 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Mickey Vernon
Round 2 (#27):	Connie Ryan
Round 3 (#41):	Frank Papish
Round 4 (#54):	Marino Pieretti
Round 5 (#65):	Earl Johnson
Round 6 (#72):	Johnny Berardino

Transactions

• 1949-01: acquired Hal White as a free agent
• 1949-03: acquired Hal Gregg as a free agent
• 1949-06: acquired Pat McGlothin as a free agent
• 1949-12: traded Mickey Vernon, Connie Ryan, Marino Pieretti to WAA for Eddie Stanky, Eddie Robinson
• 1949-12: traded Eddie Waitkus to PIN for Hugh Casey
• 1949-12: released Hal Gregg
• 1949-12: acquired Bill Glynn as a free agent
• 1949 postseason: released Tommy Brown, Chuck Diering

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