1957 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
PresidentWalter O'Malley
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWMGM
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
← 1956
1958 →

The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season was overshadowed by Walter O'Malley's threat to move the Dodgers out of Brooklyn if the city did not build him a new stadium in that borough. When the best the mayor could promise was a stadium in Queens, O'Malley made good on his threats and moved the team to Los Angeles after the season ended. The Dodgers final game at Ebbets Field was on September 24 as they finished their 68th and last NL season, and their 75th overall, in Brooklyn in third place with an 84–70 record, 11 games behind the NL and World Series Champion Milwaukee Braves.

Offseason

Regular season

During the season, the Dodgers played eight home games at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of owner Walter O'Malley's continued attempts to pressure Brooklyn to allow him to build a new stadium in his preferred location at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues.[2]

On July 20, 1957: Duke Snider hit the 300th home run of his career. The opposing pitcher was Dick Drott.[3]

Danny McDevitt was the last pitcher to pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers in a game at Ebbets Field. The game was contested on September 24, 1957, and McDevitt pitched a complete game. He had nine strikeouts while allowing only five hits.[4]

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 95 59 0.617 — 45–32 50–27
St. Louis Cardinals 87 67 0.565 8 42–35 45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 0.545 11 43–34 41–36
Cincinnati Redlegs 80 74 0.519 15 45–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 77 77 0.500 18 38–39 39–38
New York Giants 69 85 0.448 26 37–40 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 62 92 0.403 33 36–41 26–51
Chicago Cubs 62 92 0.403 33 31–46 31–46

Record vs. opponents

1957 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BRO CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STL
Brooklyn — 17–5 12–10 10–12 12–10 9–13 12–10 12–10
Chicago 5–17 — 7–15 9–13 9–13 8–14–1 12–10–1 12–10
Cincinnati 10–12 15–7 — 4–18 12–10 16–6 14–8 9–13
Milwaukee 12–10 13–9 18–4 — 13–9 12–10–1 16–6 11–11
New York 10–12 13–9 10–12 9–13 — 10–12 9–13 8–14
Philadelphia 13–9 14–8–1 6–16 10–12–1 12–10 — 13–9 9–13
Pittsburgh 10–12 10–12–1 8–14 6–16 13–9 9–13 — 6–16
St. Louis 10–12 10–12 13–9 11–11 14–8 13–9 16–6 —


Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Lineup
# Name Position
19 Jim Gilliam 2B
9 Gino Cimoli LF
4 Duke Snider CF
6 Carl Furillo RF
14 Gil Hodges 1B
2 Randy Jackson 3B
39 Roy Campanella C
23 Don Zimmer SS
36 Don Newcombe P

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Notable transactions

Roster

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers
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Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Roy Campanella 103 330 80 .242 13 62
1B Gil Hodges 150 579 173 .299 27 98
2B Jim Gilliam 149 617 154 .250 2 37
SS Charlie Neal 128 448 121 .270 12 62
3B Pee Wee Reese 103 330 74 .224 1 29
LF Gino Cimoli 142 532 156 .293 10 57
CF Duke Snider 139 508 139 .274 40 92
RF Carl Furillo 119 395 121 .306 12 66

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Don Zimmer 84 269 59 .219 6 19
Sandy Amoros 106 238 66 .277 7 26
Rube Walker 60 166 30 .181 2 23
Elmer Valo 81 161 44 .273 4 26
Randy Jackson 48 131 26 .198 2 16
John Roseboro 35 69 10 .145 2 6
Bob Kennedy 19 31 4 .129 1 4
Joe Pignatano 8 14 3 .214 0 1
Jim Gentile 4 6 1 .167 1 1
Rod Miller 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Drysdale 34 221.0 17 9 2.69 148
Don Newcombe 28 198.2 11 12 3.49 90
Johnny Podres 31 196.0 12 9 2.66 109
Danny McDevitt 22 119.0 7 4 3.25 90
Sal Maglie 9 101.1 6 6 2.93 50
Bill Harris 1 7.0 0 1 3.86 3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Craig 32 111.1 6 9 4.61 69
Sandy Koufax 34 104.1 5 4 3.88 122
Carl Erskine 15 66.0 5 3 3.55 26
René Valdés 5 13.0 1 1 5.54 10

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Clem Labine 58 5 7 17 3.44 67
Ed Roebuck 44 8 2 8 2.71 73
Don Bessent 27 1 3 0 5.73 24
Ken Lehman 3 0 0 0 0.00 3
Jackie Collum 3 0 0 0 8.31 3
Fred Kipp 1 0 0 0 9.00 3
Don Elston 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
Open Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Clay Bryant
AAA Montreal Royals International League Greg Mulleavy
Al Campanis
Al Ronning
Tommy Holmes
AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Max Macon
A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Goldie Holt
A Pueblo Dodgers Western League Ray Hathaway
B Cedar Rapids Raiders Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Danny Ozark
B Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Lou Rochelli
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Jack Banta
C Reno Silver Sox California League Ray Perry
D Bluefield Dodgers Appalachian League Jim Bragan
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Pete Reiser
D Shawnee Hawks Sooner State League Edward Serrano
D Thomasville Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Rudy Rufer
Leon Hamilton
Roger Wright

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield

Notes

  1. ^ "Connie Grob page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  2. ^ Parker, Vernon (August 16, 2011). "On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  3. ^ "Duke Snider". The Baseball Page. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  4. ^ Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010, Volume 113, Number 21, p. 24, Published by Time Inc.
  5. ^ 1957 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ "Chico Fernández page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  7. ^ "Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  8. ^ "Tommy Lasorda page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  9. ^ "Jim Fridley page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  10. ^ "Ken Lehman page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  11. ^ "Babe Birrer page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  12. ^ "Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.

References

External links

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