1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season


The 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season tied for first place with the St. Louis Cardinals. The two teams played in the first ever playoff series to decide the pennant, and the Cardinals took two straight to win the title.
With their star players back from the war, Brooklyn had jumped back into serious contention. They would be respectable until their move to Los Angeles 10 years later.
This season was the team's – and Major League Baseball's – last non-integrated one.

Offseason

On October 23, 1945, the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson as a free agent. Robinson was the first black player to be officially a part of a major league organization in over 60 years, since the barring of Fleet and Welday Walker in 1884. For the 1946 season, Robinson was assigned to the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team.
Later in the offseason, the Dodgers signed two more players from the Negro leagues, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe, who were assigned to the Nashua Dodgers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

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
C9229278.267125
1B10331075.2421060
2B144483132.273036
3B8824257.236327
SS152542154.284560
OF11733595.284335
OF122423117.2771173
OF150576184.3199116

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
9927485.310338
10426569.260231
9024963.253327
7919951.256214
4718453.288028
6212025.20807
6411022.20008
417724.312218
23487.14605
454713.27702
19345.14700
19305.16719
1550.00000
251.20000
140.00000
331.33300
320.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
4222214112.8485
42210.21783.03134
4119313102.8960
26117.1642.9954

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
47150.21152.9378
2499.2631.9944
2467.1313.8842
1356323.2117
1653.2255.8736
1143332.3016
36.1009.956

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
4611551.9931
357253.3534
40013.866
30106.753
100013.500
10004.501
10000

Awards and honors

Kirby Higbe
Pete Reiser
Eddie Stanky
Dixie Walker
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal, Nashua, Newport News, Trois-Rivières, Zanesville