1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season

For the football team, see 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) season.

The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the team's 65th season of play overall and its 58th season of play in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers finished in first place in the National League with a record of 94–60, five games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. They advanced to the 1947 World Series against the American League champion New York Yankees, but lost the series in seven games. The Dodgers played their home games at Ebbets Field.

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
National League champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith
President	Branch Rickey
Managers	Clyde Sukeforth, Burt Shotton
Radio	WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond
← 1946 1948 →

On April 15, Jackie Robinson started at first base for the Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line and becoming the first black player in MLB since Moses Fleetwood Walker in the 1880s. Robinson went on to bat .297, score 125 runs, steal 29 bases, and win MLB's inaugural Rookie of the Year award. This season was dramatized in the movie 42.

Offseason

• October 2, 1946: Steve Nagy was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[1]
• October 19, 1946: Art Herring was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
• December 4, 1946: Augie Galan was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Ed Heusser.^[3]
• December 5, 1946: Eddie Basinski was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Gerheauser.^[4]
• Prior to 1947 season: Marion Fricano was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[5]

Regular season

Due to the suspension of Leo Durocher for a year for "conduct detrimental to baseball", coach Clyde Sukeforth managed the first 2 games of the season on an emergency basis, but declined to manage for the full season, so Burt Shotton took over as manager for the rest of the season.

The Dodgers had a home attendance of 1.8 million paying fans, a National League record at the time.^[6] On the road, the Dodgers drew 1.9 million paying fans, also a National League record at that time.

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	94	60	.610	—	52‍–‍25	42‍–‍35
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	.578	5	46‍–‍31	43‍–‍34
Boston Braves	86	68	.558	8	50‍–‍27	36‍–‍41
New York Giants	81	73	.526	13	45‍–‍31	36‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds	73	81	.474	21	42‍–‍35	31‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	69	85	.448	25	36‍–‍43	33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies	62	92	.403	32	38‍–‍38	24‍–‍54
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	.403	32	32‍–‍45	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1947 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–10	13–9	13–9	13–9	14–8	12–10	9–13
Brooklyn	10–12	—	15–7	15–7	14–8	14–8	15–7	11–11–1
Chicago	9–13	7–15	—	12–10	7–15	16–6–1	8–14	10–12
Cincinnati	9–13	7–15	10–12	—	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–14
New York	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–13	—	12–10	15–7–1	13–9
Philadelphia	8–14	8–14	6–16–1	9–13	10–12	—	13–9	8–14
Pittsburgh	10–12	7–15	14–8	9–13	7–15–1	9–13	—	6–16–1
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	14–8	9–13	14–8	16–6–1	—

Game log

1947 Game Log: 94-60 (Home: 52-25; Away: 42-34)
April: 8-3 (Home: 8-1; Away: 0-2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 15 Braves 5–3 Gregg (1-0) Sain (0-1) Casey (1) 26,623 1-0 2 April 17 Braves 12–6 Higbe (1-0) Cooper (0-1) Casey (2) 10,252 2-0 3 April 18 @ Giants 4–10 Koslo (1-0) Lombardi (0-1) 37,546 2-1 4 April 19 @ Giants 3–4 Voiselle (1-1) Branca (0-1) 52,355 2-2 5 April 22 Phillies 1–0 Gregg (2-0) Leonard (1-1) 9,790 3-2 6 April 23 Phillies 5–2 Hatten (1-0) Judd (0-2) 8,812 4-2 7 April 24 Phillies 2–0 Branca (1-1) Hughes (0-2) Casey (3) 11,654 5-2 8 April 26 Giants 7–3 Lombardi (1-1) Voiselle (1-2) 33,565 6-2 9 April 27 Giants 9–8 Casey (1-0) Thompson (0-1) 31,675 7-2 10 April 29 Cubs 10–6 Hatten (2-0) Wyse (1-2) Casey (4) 22,030 8-2 11 April 30 Cubs 1–3 Lade (1-0) Branca (1-2) 20,140 8-3
May: 12-14 (Home: 5-3; Away: 7-11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 12 May 1 Cubs 5–2 Higbe (2-0) Chipman (2-1) Chandler (1) 11,533 9-3 13 May 6 Cardinals 7–6 Casey (2-0) Grodzicki (0-1) 18,971 10-3 14 May 7 Cardinals 1–2 Pollet (1-3) Lombardi (1-2) 11,435 10-4 15 May 8 Cardinals 1–5 Brecheen (3-1) Branca (1-3) 32,328 10-5 16 May 9 @ Phillies 5–6 (11) Leonard (4-1) Casey (2-1) 22,680 10-6 17 May 10 @ Phillies 4–2 Hatten (3-0) Hughes (0-5) 15,556 11-6 18 May 11 @ Phillies 3–7 Leonard (5-1) Lombardi (1-3) -- 11-7 19 May 11 @ Phillies 4–5 Rowe (5-0) Chandler (0-1) Heintzelman (1) 40,952 11-8 20 May 12 Braves 8–3 Branca (2-3) Cooper (1-3) 19,661 12-8 21 May 13 @ Reds 5–7 Vander Meer (1-1) Taylor (0-1) Gumbert (2) 27,164 12-9 22 May 14 @ Reds 0–2 Blackwell (4-2) Hatten (3-1) 6,688 12-10 23 May 15 @ Pirates 3–7 Bahr (3-1) Lombardi (1-4) Bonham (2) 13,471 12-11 24 May 16 @ Pirates 3–1 Branca (3-3) Higbe (2-2) Casey (5) 34,184 13-11 25 May 17 @ Pirates 0–4 Ostermueller (3-1) Melton (0-1) 17,673 13-12 26 May 18 @ Cubs 4–2 Hatten (4-1) Schmitz (3-3) Casey (6) 46,572 14-12 27 May 19 @ Cubs 7–8 Erickson (1-1) Gregg (2-1) Schmitz (3) 21,875 14-13 28 May 21 @ Cardinals 4–3 (10) Casey (3-1) Brecheen (4-2) 16,249 15-13 29 May 23 Phillies 5–4 Barney (1-0) Leonard (6-2) Casey (7) 33,136 16-13 30 May 24 Phillies 3–4 (10) Schmidt (1-2) Casey (3-2) 23,442 16-14 31 May 25 Phillies 5–3 Hatten (5-1) Hughes (0-6) 18,016 17-14 32 May 27 @ Giants 7–3 Branca (4-3) Koslo (3-2) 51,780 18-14 33 May 28 @ Giants 14–2 Taylor (1-1) Jansen (3-1) 28,260 19-14 34 May 29 @ Giants 4–5 Hartung (4-0) Hatten (5-2) Trinkle (4) 24,274 19-15 35 May 30 @ Braves 3–6 Spahn (8-0) Barney (1-1) -- 19-16 36 May 30 @ Braves 0–3 Barrett (2-3) Lombardi (1-5) 30,535 19-17 37 May 31 @ Braves 5–0 Branca (5-3) Lanfranconi (0-1) 23,275 20-17
June: 18-11 (Home: 8-4; Away: 10-7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 38 June 1 Cardinals 6–1 Taylor (2-1) Brecheen (5-3) 34,109 21-17 39 June 2 Cardinals 4–5 (10) Pollet (3-6) Branca (5-4) 17,719 21-18 40 June 3 Pirates 11–6 Barney (2-1) Higbe (3-5) Casey (8) -- 22-18 41 June 3 Pirates 8–7 Barney (3-1) Roe (2-3) 27,244 23-18 42 June 4 Pirates 9–4 Branca (6-4) Singleton (1-1) 32,287 24-18 43 June 5 Pirates 3–0 Taylor (3-1) Ostermueller (4-2) 24,977 25-18 44 June 6 Cubs 6–2 Hatten (6-2) Wyse (2-5) 31,555 26-18 45 June 9 Reds 6–9 Gumbert (5-2) Lombardi (1-6) Peterson (1) 32,864 26-19 46 June 10 Reds 1–3 Blackwell (8-2) Branca (6-5) -- 26-20 47 June 10 Reds 6–5 Branca (7-5) Lively (0-2) 33,045 27-20 48 June 11 Reds 4–5 Riddle (1-0) Hatten (6-3) Gumbert (4) 18,403 27-21 49 June 13 @ Cardinals 0–3 Munger (5-1) Taylor (3-2) 25,606 27-22 50 June 14 @ Cardinals 3–5 Brazle (5-3) Branca (7-6) 9,190 27-23 51 June 14 @ Cardinals 2–12 Brecheen (8-3) Barney (3-2) 26,005 27-24 52 June 15 @ Cardinals 3–11 Pollet (4-7) Hatten (6-4) 29,686 27-25 53 June 16 @ Cubs 2–1 Taylor (4-2) Lade (4-3) 20,097 28-25 54 June 18 @ Cubs 5–3 Hatten (7-4) Borowy (7-3) Casey (9) 23,313 29-25 55 June 19 @ Cubs 5–1 Branca (8-6) Schmitz (4-8) 19,932 30-25 56 June 21 @ Reds 6–5 Casey (4-2) Gumbert (5-3) 11,807 31-25 57 June 22 @ Reds 0–4 Blackwell (11-2) Hatten (7-5) -- 31-26 58 June 22 @ Reds 9–8 Lombardi (2-6) Walters (3-4) Gregg (1) 31,204 32-26 59 June 24 @ Pirates 4–2 Branca (9-6) Ostermueller (5-4) 35,331 33-26 60 June 25 @ Pirates 6–2 Taylor (5-2) Higbe (4-7) 10,313 34-26 61 June 26 Braves 8–6 Branca (10-6) Johnson (2-4) 33,102 35-26 62 June 27 @ Braves 8–5 Barney (4-2) Voiselle (1-5) Behrman (1) 35,801 36-26 63 June 28 @ Braves 4–5 Lanfranconi (1-1) Behrman (0-3) 11,930 36-27 64 June 29 @ Giants 4–3 Taylor (6-2) Iott (1-1) -- 37-27 65 June 29 @ Giants 5–9 Trinkle (5-1) Gregg (2-2) 52,147 37-28 66 June 30 @ Phillies 7–4 Barney (5-2) Rowe (8-3) Behrman (2) 28,515 38-28
July: 25-8 (Home: 14-7; Away: 11-1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 67 July 1 @ Phillies 3–5 Schanz (2-1) King (0-1) Donnelly (4) 10,644 38-29 68 July 2 Giants 11–3 Branca (11-6) Kennedy (6-4) 33,313 39-29 69 July 3 Giants 2–19 Koslo (8-4) Gregg (2-3) 27,938 39-30 70 July 4 Giants 16–7 (8) Casey (5-2) Trinkle (5-2) Branca (1) 20,565 40-30 71 July 4 Giants 4–3 Taylor (7-2) M. Cooper (3-8) 32,332 41-30 72 July 5 Braves 1–4 Voiselle (3-5) Lombardi (2-7) 20,596 41-31 73 July 6 Braves 4–0 Branca (12-6) Barrett (6-6) 26,363 42-31 – July 8 14th All-Star Game American League vs. National League (Wrigley Field, Chicago) 74 July 10 Cubs 5–3 Branca (13-6) Borowy (8-4) Casey (10) -- 43-31 75 July 10 Cubs 4–3 (10) Branca (14-6) Meyer (3-2) 35,876 44-31 76 July 11 Cubs 5–0 Lombardi (3-7) Passeau (0-2) 31,508 45-31 77 July 12 Cubs 7–2 Hatten (8-5) Lade (6-6) -- 46-31 78 July 12 Cubs 6–5 Casey (6-2) Borowy (8-5) 27,736 47-31 79 July 13 Reds 9–1 King (1-1) Peterson (3-7) 23,018 48-31 80 July 14 Reds 1–9 Lively (2-2) Branca (14-7) 29,379 48-32 81 July 15 Pirates 4–12 Roe (3-7) Taylor (7-3) -- 48-33 82 July 15 Pirates 3–9 Bagby (3-3) Hatten (8-6) 25,594 48-34 83 July 16 Pirates 10–6 Behrman (1-3) Bonham (7-3) Taylor (1) 27,756 49-34 84 July 17 Pirates 1–7 Queen (1-0) King (1-2) 9,133 49-35 85 July 18 Cardinals 7–0 Branca (15-7) Munger (8-3) 32,734 50-35 86 July 19 Cardinals 5–7 Dickson (5-10) Lombardi (3-8) 15,685 50-36 87 July 20 Cardinals 3–3 33,420 50-36 88 July 21 Reds 7–4 Lombardi (4-8) Gumbert (7-6) Behrman (3) -- 51-36 89 July 21 Reds 4–3 Hatten (9-6) Peterson (3-8) 35,092 52-36 90 July 22 @ Reds 12–1 Branca (16-7) Lively (2-4) 31,808 53-36 91 July 23 @ Reds 5–2 Behrman (2-3) Raffensberger (3-7) Casey (11) 12,528 54-36 92 July 24 @ Reds 6–1 Lombardi (5-8) Vander Meer (4-8) 13,676 55-36 93 July 25 @ Pirates 4–1 Taylor (8-3) Queen (1-1) 42,014 56-36 94 July 26 @ Pirates 6–4 Casey (7-2) Strincevich (1-5) 17,606 57-36 95 July 27 @ Pirates 8–4 Behrman (3-3) Ostermueller (8-6) Casey (12) -- 58-36 96 July 27 @ Pirates 11–4 (7) Gregg (3-3) Higbe (7-10) 42,716 59-36 97 July 28 @ Cubs 4–0 Hatten (10-6) Schmitz (5-13) 25,052 60-36 98 July 29 @ Cardinals 4–0 Taylor (9-3) Dickson (6-11) 32,419 61-36 99 July 30 @ Cardinals 11–10 (10) King (2-2) Hearn (7-4) 31,709 62-36 100 July 31 @ Cardinals 2–1 Lombardi (6-8) Pollet (6-9) 21,873 63-36
August: 19-13 (Home: 15-6; Away: 4-7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 101 August 1 @ Cubs 8–10 Kush (5-1) Casey (7-3) 24,319 63-37 102 August 2 @ Cubs 7–12 Erickson (6-4) Taylor (9-4) 34,108 63-38 103 August 3 @ Cubs 0–6 Schmitz (6-13) Branca (16-8) 41,120 63-39 104 August 4 @ Braves 4–2 (10) Casey (8-3) Voiselle (3-11) 23,828 64-39 105 August 5 @ Braves 2–4 Sain (15-7) Gregg (3-4) 20,658 64-40 106 August 6 @ Braves 3–7 Spahn (14-6) Hatten (10-7) 32,252 64-41 107 August 7 @ Braves 1–3 Barrett (9-8) Taylor (9-5) 16,971 64-42 108 August 8 Phillies 5–0 Branca (17-8) Leonard (12-7) 32,170 65-42 109 August 9 Phillies 3–5 Rowe (10-8) Lombardi (6-9) Jurisich (1) 23,095 65-43 110 August 10 Phillies 2–0 Hatten (11-7) Donnelly (1-4) 24,830 66-43 111 August 12 Braves 2–9 Voiselle (4-11) Branca (17-9) Shoun (1) 38,794 66-44 112 August 13 Braves 10–5 King (3-2) Johnson (3-7) 25,684 67-44 113 August 14 Braves 1–0 Lombardi (7-9) Spahn (14-8) 18,571 68-44 114 August 15 @ Phillies 8–1 Hatten (12-7) Rowe (10-9) 26,060 69-44 115 August 16 @ Phillies 5–4 Casey (9-3) Judd (1-12) Behrman (4) 9,859 70-44 116 August 17 @ Phillies 0–4 Leonard (14-7) King (3-3) -- 70-45 117 August 17 @ Phillies 7–5 Casey (10-3) Jurisich (1-5) Lombardi (1) 32,220 71-45 118 August 18 Cardinals 7–5 Lombardi (8-9) Pollet (7-11) Casey (13) 32,781 72-45 119 August 18 Cardinals 12–3 Taylor (10-5) Brecheen (14-7) Lombardi (2) 33,723 73-45 120 August 19 Cardinals 3–11 Brazle (10-6) Behrman (3-4) Hearn (1) 33,465 73-46 121 August 20 Cardinals 2–3 (12) Pollet (8-11) Casey (10-4) Munger (3) 25,762 73-47 122 August 21 Reds 8–1 King (4-3) Blackwell (19-6) 14,577 74-47 123 August 22 Reds 6–5 (12) Behrman (4-4) Gumbert (8-8) 14,836 75-47 124 August 23 Reds 8–5 Lombardi (9-9) Vander Meer (6-13) 30,041 76-47 125 August 24 Pirates 3–1 Branca (18-9) Bonham (9-7) Casey (14) 33,207 77-47 126 August 25 Pirates 11–10 King (5-3) Higbe (10-13) Casey (15) 20,166 78-47 127 August 26 Pirates 3–16 Ostermueller (12-7) Gregg (3-5) 24,069 78-48 128 August 27 Cubs 3–6 Schmitz (9-16) Hatten (12-8) 13,117 78-49 129 August 28 Cubs 6–2 Lombardi (10-9) Wyse (5-8) Behrman (5) 22,375 79-49 130 August 29 Giants 6–3 Branca (19-9) Koslo (14-9) 34,568 80-49 131 August 30 Giants 3–1 King (6-3) Trinkle (6-4) Casey (16) 37,512 81-49 132 August 31 Giants 10–4 Behrman (5-4) Kennedy (9-11) Lombardi (3) 33,837 82-49
September: 12-11 (Home: 2-4; Away: 10-7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Phillies 5–0 Hatten (13-8) Hughes (4-10) 28,153 83-49 134 September 1 Phillies 0–5 Judd (3-13) Branca (19-10) 35,468 83-50 135 September 4 @ Giants 2–0 Lombardi (11-9) Hansen (0-4) 49,203 84-50 136 September 5 @ Giants 7–6 Haugstad (1-0) Jansen (17-5) Casey (17) 23,475 85-50 137 September 6 @ Giants 2–3 Poat (3-0) Branca (19-11) 43,085 85-51 138 September 7 @ Giants 6–7 Koslo (15-9) King (6-4) Trinkle (9) 50,638 85-52 139 September 9 @ Cubs 3–4 Schmitz (10-17) Lombardi (11-10) Erickson (1) 25,988 85-53 140 September 10 @ Cubs 5–1 Hatten (14-8) Chipman (6-5) Casey (18) 21,594 86-53 141 September 11 @ Cardinals 4–3 Branca (20-11) Brecheen (15-10) Behrman (6) 20,452 87-53 142 September 12 @ Cardinals 7–8 Wilks (4-0) Behrman (5-5) 31,957 87-54 143 September 13 @ Cardinals 8–7 Lombardi (12-10) Dickson (12-14) Behrman (7) 33,510 88-54 144 September 14 @ Reds 13–2 Hatten (15-8) Peterson (5-13) -- 89-54 145 September 14 @ Reds 6–3 Hatten (16-8) Gumbert (10-9) 34,623 90-54 146 September 16 @ Reds 7–3 Branca (21-11) Walters (8-8) 8,261 91-54 147 September 17 @ Pirates 4–2 Gregg (4-5) Ostermueller (12-9) Behrman (8) 33,916 92-54 148 September 18 @ Pirates 7–8 Higbe (13-15) King (6-5) 15,440 92-55 149 September 20 Braves 1–8 Sain (20-11) Lombardi (12-11) 29,762 92-56 150 September 21 Braves 0–4 Spahn (20-10) Branca (21-12) 34,128 92-57 151 September 23 Giants 6–1 Hatten (17-8) Jones (1-2) Bankhead (1) 26,123 93-57 152 September 24 Giants 5–6 Beggs (3-5) Ramsdell (0-1) Trinkle (10) 16,990 93-58 153 September 25 @ Phillies 5–2 (10) Ramsdell (1-1) Leonard (17-12) 22,736 94-58 154 September 27 @ Braves 1–2 Martin (1-0) Palica (0-1) 7,720 94-59 155 September 28 @ Braves 2–3 Sain (21-12) Banta (0-1) 25,511 94-60

Opening Day lineup

Name	Position
Eddie Stanky	Second baseman
Jackie Robinson	First baseman
Pete Reiser	Center fielder
Dixie Walker	Right fielder
Gene Hermanski	Left fielder
Bruce Edwards	Catcher
Spider Jorgensen	Third baseman
Pee Wee Reese	Shortstop
Joe Hatten	Starting pitcher

Season summary

April

On Opening Day, Jackie Robinson made his debut as the Dodgers' first baseman. He went 0-for-3, scoring a run. He also had one sacrifice hit and grounded into a double play before being replaced late in the game by Howie Schultz. In the field, he had 11 putouts without an error.^[7] During a game against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 22, Robinson committed an error for the first time in his major league career.^[8]

May

On May 13, Robinson played in his first game in Cincinnati. The Reds won the game 7–5. Despite the loss, Robinson had a walk, a single, and a run.^[9] Various racial slurs were hurled at Robinson by the fans. Pee Wee Reese put his hand on Robinson's shoulder to hush the crowd.^[10] 46,572 paying fans (while there were 20,000 fans outside) on May 18 came to Chicago's Wrigley Field to see Robinson play against the Cubs. The Dodgers won by a score of 4–2.^[11]

June

Against the Pirates on June 24, Robinson stole home plate for the first time in his career.^[12] The Pirates catcher was Dixie Howell, who had started the season in Brooklyn's farm system.

July

The Dodgers had five players selected to the All-Star Game: Dixie Walker, Ralph Branca, Bruce Edwards, Eddie Stanky, and Pee Wee Reese.

August

On August 20, St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Enos Slaughter stepped on Robinson’s foot and it got injured. He fell down to the ground and all of his teammates stood up for him and shouted back at the Cardinals.

September

On September 11, Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola and Robinson were involved in an incident at home plate. Garagiola stepped on Robinson's foot and the two started arguing. Umpire Beans Reardon held back Garagiola while Robinson clapped.^[13] The incident was later part of a children's book titled In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord. Against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 17, Robinson hit a home run off Fritz Ostermueller. That day, the Dodgers won the NL Pennant, sending them to the World Series.

Notable transactions

• May 3, 1947: Kirby Higbe, Hank Behrman, Cal McLish, Gene Mauch and Dixie Howell were traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Gionfriddo and cash.^[14]
• May 10, 1947: Howie Schultz was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[15]
• May 13, 1947: Tommy Tatum was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[16]

Roster

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 23 Dan Bankhead 11 Jack Banta 26 Rex Barney 29 Hank Behrman 13,20 Ralph Branca 25 Hugh Casey 39 Ed Chandler 23 George Dockins 8,28 Hal Gregg 19 Joe Hatten 20 Phil Haugstad 13 Kirby Higbe 16,21 Clyde King 18 Vic Lombardi 37 Rube Melton 40 Erv Palica 32 Willie Ramsdell 41 Harry Taylor 43 Johnny Van Cuyk		Catchers 24 Bobby Bragan 10 Bruce Edwards 14 Gil Hodges Infielders 33 Tommy Brown 21 Spider Jorgensen  5 Cookie Lavagetto 34 Eddie Miksis  1 Pee Wee Reese 42 Lew Riggs  3 Stan Rojek  8 Howie Schultz 12 Eddie Stanky 36 Ed Stevens		Outfielders  6 Carl Furillo 30 Al Gionfriddo 22 Gene Hermanski 17,40 Don Lund 35 Marv Rackley  7 Pete Reiser  4 Duke Snider 17 Tommy Tatum  9 Arky Vaughan 11 Dixie Walker 14 Dick Whitman		Manager -- Burt Shotton 40 Clyde Sukeforth Coaches 16,27 Ray Blades 31 Jake Pitler 40,15 Clyde Sukeforth

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	Bruce Edwards	130	471	139	.295	9	80
1B	Jackie Robinson	151	590	175	.297	12	48
2B	Eddie Stanky	146	559	141	.252	3	53
3B	Spider Jorgensen	129	441	121	.274	5	67
SS	Pee Wee Reese	142	476	135	.284	12	73
OF	Dixie Walker	148	529	162	.306	9	94
OF	Pete Reiser	110	388	120	.309	5	46
OF	Carl Furillo	124	437	129	.295	8	88

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
Gene Hermanski	79	189	52	.275	7	39
Arky Vaughan	64	126	41	.325	2	25
Eddie Miksis	45	86	23	.267	4	10
Duke Snider	40	83	20	.241	0	5
Stan Rojek	32	80	21	.263	0	7
Gil Hodges	28	77	12	.156	1	7
Cookie Lavagetto	41	69	18	.261	3	11
Al Gionfriddo	37	62	11	.177	0	6
Bobby Bragan	25	36	7	.194	0	3
Tommy Brown	15	34	8	.235	0	2
Don Lund	11	20	6	.300	2	5
Ed Stevens	5	13	2	.154	0	0
Dick Whitman	4	10	4	.400	0	2
Marv Rackley	18	9	2	.222	0	2
Tommy Tatum	4	6	0	.000	0	0
Howie Schultz	2	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
Ralph Branca	43	280.0	21	12	2.67	148
Joe Hatten	42	225.1	17	8	3.63	76
Kirby Higbe	4	15.2	2	0	5.17	10

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
Vic Lombardi	33	174.2	12	11	2.99	72
Harry Taylor	33	162.0	10	5	3.11	58
Hal Gregg	37	104.1	4	5	5.87	59
Clyde King	29	87.2	6	5	2.77	31
Rex Barney	28	77.2	5	2	4.75	36
Jack Banta	3	7.2	0	1	7.04	3
Rube Melton	4	4.2	0	1	13.50	1

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
Hugh Casey	46	10	4	18	3.99	40
Hank Behrman	38	5	3	8	5.30	31
Ed Chandler	15	0	1	1	6.37	8
Phil Haugstad	6	1	0	0	2.84	4
Dan Bankhead	4	0	0	1	7.20	6
George Dockins	4	0	0	0	11.81	1
Erv Palica	3	0	1	0	3.00	1
Willie Ramsdell	2	1	1	0	6.75	3
Johnny Van Cuyk	2	0	0	0	5.40	2

Postseason

Game log

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
Bold	Dodgers team member

1947 Postseason Game Log: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–3)

World Series: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 September 30 @ Yankees L 3–5 Shea (1–0) Branca (0–1) Page (1) 73,365 0–1 L1 2 October 1 @ Yankees L 3–10 Reynolds (1–0) Lombardi (0–1) – 69,865 0–2 L2 3 October 2 Yankees W 9–8 Casey (1–0) Newsom (0–1) – 33,098 1–2 W1 4 October 3 Yankees W 3–2 Casey (2–0) Bevens (0–1) – 33,443 2–2 W2 5 October 4 Yankees L 1–2 Shea (2–0) Barney (0–1) – 34,379 2–3 L1 6 October 5 @ Yankees W 8–6 Branca (1–1) Page (0–1) Casey (1) 74,065 3–3 W1 7 October 6 @ Yankees L 2–5 Page (1–1) Gregg (0–1) – 71,548 3–4 L1

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

World Series Pitchers: 23 Dan Bankhead 11 Jack Banta 26 Rex Barney 20 Ralph Branca 25 Hugh Casey 28 Hal Gregg 19 Joe Hatten 20 Phil Haugstad 21 Clyde King 18 Vic Lombardi 40 Erv Palica 32 Willie Ramsdell 41 Harry Taylor 43 Johnny Van Cuyk Catchers: 24 Bobby Bragan 10 Bruce Edwards 14 Gil Hodges Infielders: 21 Spider Jorgensen 5 Cookie Lavagetto 1 Pee Wee Reese 42 Jackie Robinson 12 Eddie Stanky Outfielders: 6 Carl Furillo 22 Gene Hermanski 7 Pete Reiser 4 Duke Snider 11 Dixie Walker 30 Al Gionfriddo

Awards and honors

• 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Dixie Walker starter
  • Ralph Branca reserve
  • Bruce Edwards reserve
  • Pee Wee Reese reserve
  • Eddie Stanky reserve
• Rookie of the Year Award
  • Jackie Robinson
• TSN Major League Executive of the Year
  • Branch Rickey
• TSN Major League All-Star Team
  • Ralph Branca
• TSN Rookie of the Year Award
  • Jackie Robinson

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Montreal Royals	International League	Clay Hopper
AAA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Herman Franks Curt Davis
AA	Ft. Worth Cats	Texas League	Les Burge
AA	Mobile Bears	Southern Association	Alfred Todd
A	Greenville Spinners	South Atlantic League	Frenchy Bordagaray Pepper Martin
A	Pueblo Dodgers	Western League	Walter Alston
B	Asheville Tourists	Tri-State League	William Sayles
B	Danville Dodgers	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Paul Chervinko
B	Nashua Dodgers	New England League	John Dantonio
B	Newport News Dodgers	Piedmont League	John Fitzpatrick
B	Spokane Indians	Western International League	Ben Geraghty
C	Abilene Blue Sox	West Texas–New Mexico League	Art Bowland Hayden Greer
C	Greenwood Dodgers	Cotton States League	Jim Bivin
C	Johnstown Johnnies	Middle Atlantic League	Jay Kirke, Jr.
C	Santa Barbara Dodgers	California League	Ray Hathaway
D	Trois-Rivières Royals	Canadian–American League	Lou Rochelli
D	Cambridge Dodgers	Eastern Shore League	Roy Nichols
D	Kingston Dodgers	North Atlantic League	George Scherger
D	Olean Oilers	Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League	Greg Mulleavy
D	Ponca City Dodgers	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Boyd Bartley
D	Pulaski Counts	Appalachian League	Larry Kinzer
D	Valdosta Dodgers	Georgia–Florida League	Hugh Holliday
D	Zanesville Dodgers	Ohio–Indiana League	Clay Bryant

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Pueblo, Nashua, Spokane, Greenwood, Zanesville