1939 Brooklyn Dodgers season


The 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers started the year with a new manager, Leo Durocher, who became both the team's manager and starting shortstop. They also became the first New York NL team to have a regular radio broadcast, with Red Barber handing the announcers job, and the first team to have a television broadcast. The team finished in third place, showing some improvement over the previous seasons.

Offseason

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C9832392.285642
1B157565164.29026104
2B115419116.277443
3B153587176.3001087
SS116390108.277134
OF10730669.225339
OF7123965.272119
OF125425118.278867

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
10934387.254232
8624568.278532
6122563.280238
6820154.269319
5418346.251112
3911224.21403
2810635.330022
328423.27417
143911.28236
29315.16101
21264.15401
9165.31305
9133.23101
470.00000
100---00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
40269.220133.6488
27151.1793.8744
16109832.3152
1477.1453.2634

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
40227.115102.9379
39158.2984.3783
31156.2974.0243
2464.1185.1828
638.1402.5810
827.1125.2711
517.2121.027
35005.402

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
415214.3446
10000.001

Awards and honors

Dolph Camilli
Hugh Casey
Luke Hamlin
Cookie Lavagetto
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood, Pine Bluff