1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season

the baseball team the NFL team 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg 1941 National League champion National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 100 54 y 1st James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company Larry MacPhail Leo Durocher WORRed Barber, Al Helfer The 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers, led by manager Leo Durocher, won their first pennant in 21 years, edging the St. Louis Cardinals by 2.5 games. They went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series. In The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, this team was referenced as one of "The Greatest Teams That Never Was", due to the quality of its starting lineup. Dolph Camilli was the slugging star with 34 home runs and 120 RBI. He was voted the National League's Most Valuable Player. Pete Reiser, a 22-year-old rookie, led the league in batting average, slugging percentage, and runs scored. Other regulars included Hall of Famers Billy Herman, Joe Medwick, Pee Wee Reese, and Dixie Walker. Not surprisingly, the Dodgers scored the most runs of any NL team (800). The pitching staff featured a pair of 22-game winners, Kirby Higbe and Whitlow Wyatt, having their best pro seasons. On July 1, the Dodgers played the Phillies in Brooklyn; the game was televised by WNBT in New York (now WNBC), making the contest the first program aired by a commercial TV station in the United States. Although the Dodgers would later win the pennant and the Phillies would finish in last place in the NL, Philadelphia won the game 6–4, in 10 innings.Baseball Reference Offseason November 11, 1940: Vito Tamulis, Bill Crouch, Mickey Livingston and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kirby Higbe.Vito Tamulis at Baseball-Reference November 19, 1940: Tot Pressnell was purchased from the Dodgers by the St. Louis Cardinals.Tot Pressnell at Baseball-Reference December 1940: Boze Berger was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Jack Graham.Boze Berger at Baseball-Reference December 4, 1940: Glen Stewart was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.Glen Stewart at Baseball-Reference December 4, 1940: Gus Mancuso, minor leaguer John Pintar and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mickey Owen.Gus Mancuso at Baseball-Reference December 9, 1940: Pep Young was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Lew Riggs.Pep Young at Baseball-Reference January 27, 1941: Pep Rambert was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Pep Rambert at Baseball-Reference February 4, 1941: Lefty Mills was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Browns.Lefty Mills at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1941 season: Wally Westlake was acquired from the Dodgers by the Merced Bears.Wally Westlake at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Dodgers Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions April 3, 1941: Roxie Lawson was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Browns.Roxie Lawson at Baseball-Reference April 15, 1941: Newt Kimball was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals.Newt Kimball at Baseball-Reference April 15, 1941: Lefty Mills was returned by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns. April 22, 1941: Mace Brown was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Mace Brown at Baseball-Reference May 6, 1941: Lee Grissom was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Vito Tamulis. May 6, 1941: Johnny Hudson, Charlie Gilbert and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Herman.Johnny Hudson at Baseball-Reference August 14, 1941: Joe Becker, George Staller, and minor leaguers John S. Bell and Ray Roche were traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dixie Howell.Joe Becker at Baseball-Reference August 26, 1941: Mace Brown and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Augie Galan. Roster 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster Pitchers 29 Ed Albosta 22 Johnny Allen 28,33 Mace Brown 25 Hugh Casey 32 Bob Chipman 26 Curt Davis 15 Tom Drake 14 Freddie Fitzsimmons 20 Larry French 32 Lee Grissom 12 Luke Hamlin 15,13 Kirby Higbe 21 Newt Kimball 16 Van Mungo 22 Bill Swift 15 Vito Tamulis 20 Kemp Wicker 17 Whit Wyatt Catchers 19 Herman Franks 6,38 Tony Giuliani 10 Mickey Owen  9 Babe Phelps 47 George Pfister Infielders  4 Dolph Camilli  3 Pete Coscarart  2 Leo Durocher 16 Billy Herman 31 Alex Kampouris  5 Cookie Lavagetto  1 Pee Wee Reese 18 Lew Riggs Outfielders 24 Augie Galan 77,6 Joe Medwick 27 Pete Reiser 24 Tommy Tatum  8 Joe Vosmik 11 Dixie Walker 24 Paul Waner 8,29 Jimmy Wasdell Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches  7 Charlie Dressen 30 Red Corriden Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player GP AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C Mickey Owen 128 386 32 89 .231 1 44 1 1B Dolph Camilli 149 529 92 151 .285 34 120 3 2B Billy Herman 133 536 77 156 .291 3 41 1 3B Cookie Lavagetto 132 441 75 122 .277 1 78 7 SS Pee Wee Reese 152 595 76 136 .229 2 46 10 OF Dixie Walker 148 531 88 165 .311 9 71 4 OF Pete Reiser 137 536 117 184 .343 14 76 4 OF Joe Medwick 133 538 100 171 .318 18 88 2 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player GP AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB Jimmy Wasdell 94 265 39 79 .298 4 48 2 Lew Riggs 77 197 27 60 .305 5 36 1 Herman Franks 57 139 10 28 .201 1 11 0 Pete Coscarart 43 62 13 8 .129 0 5 1 Joe Vosmik 25 56 0 11 .196 0 4 0 Alex Kampouris 16 51 8 16 .314 2 9 0 Leo Durocher 18 42 2 12 .286 0 6 0 Paul Waner 11 35 5 6 .171 0 4 0 Babe Phelps 16 30 3 7 .233 2 4 0 Augie Galan 17 27 3 7 .259 0 4 0 Tommy Tatum 8 12 1 2 .167 0 1 0 Tony Giuliani 3 2 0 0 .000 0 0 0 George Pfister 1 2 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO Kirby Higbe 48 39 19 298.0 22 9 3.14 132 121 Whit Wyatt 38 35 23 288.1 22 10 2.34 82 176 Freddie Fitzsimmons 13 12 3 82.2 6 1 2.07 26 19 Ed Albosta 2 2 0 13.0 0 2 6.23 8 5 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO Hugh Casey Hugh Casey (baseball) 45 18 4 162.0 14 11 3.89 57 61 Curt Davis 28 16 10 154.1 13 7 2.97 27 50 Luke Hamlin 30 20 5 136.0 8 8 4.24 41 58 Johnny Allen Johnny Allen (baseball) 11 4 2 57.1 3 0 2.51 12 21 Newt Kimball 15 5 1 52.0 3 1 3.63 29 17 Tom Drake Tom Drake (baseball) 10 2 0 24.2 1 1 4.38 12 21 Larry French 6 1 0 15.2 0 0 3.45 4 8 Lee Grissom 4 1 0 11.1 0 0 2.38 8 5 Note: Hugh Casey was team leader in saves with 7. Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO Mace Brown 24 42.2 3 2 3 3.16 26 22 Kemp Wicker 16 32.0 1 2 1 3.66 14 8 Vito Tamulis 12 22.0 0 0 1 3.68 10 8 Bill Swift Bill Swift (1930s pitcher) 9 22.0 3 0 1 3.27 7 9 Bob Chipman 1 5.0 1 0 0 0.00 1 3 Van Mungo 2 2.0 0 0 0 4.50 2 0 1941 World Series 1941 World Series The 1941 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games to capture their fifth title in six years, and their ninth overall. The name "Subway Series" arose for a World Series played between two New York City teams. The series was punctuated by the Dodgers' Mickey Owen's dropped third strike of a sharply breaking curveball (a suspected spitball) pitched by Hugh Casey to Tommy Henrich in the 9th inning of Game 4. The play led to a Yankees rally and brought them one win away from another championship. The Yankees were back after a one-year hiatus, having won thirteen (13) of their last fourteen (14) Series games and twenty-eight (28) of their last thirty-one (31) games in the World Series. This was the first Subway Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, who had already faced the crosstown New York Giants five times, and the Series was now 1–0 in favor of the Bronx Bombers. These two teams would meet a total of seven (7) times from 1941 to 1956 – the Dodgers' only victory coming in 1955. Game 1 October 1, 1941, at Yankee Stadium in New York Team123456789RHEBrooklyn (N)000010100260New York (A)01010100x361W: Red Ruffing (1–0)   L: Curt Davis (0–1)HR: NYY – Joe Gordon (1) Game 2 October 2, 1941, at Yankee Stadium in New York Team123456789RHEBrooklyn (N)000021000362New York (A)011000000291W: Whit Wyatt (1–0)   L: Spud Chandler (0–1) Game 3 October 4, 1941, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Team123456789RHENew York (A)000000020280Brooklyn (N)000000010140W: Marius Russo (1–0)  L: Hugh Casey (0–1) Game 4 October 5, 1941, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Team123456789RHENew York (A)1002000047120Brooklyn (N)000220000491W: Johnny Murphy (1–0)  L: Hugh Casey (0–2)HR: : BRO – Pete Reiser (1) Game 5 October 6, 1941, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Team123456789RHENew York (A)020010000360Brooklyn (N)001000000141W: Tiny Bonham (1–0)  L: Whit Wyatt (1–1)HR: : NYY – Tommy Henrich (1) Awards and honors right|thumb|200px|Whit Wyatt had a career season in 1941. 1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Whit Wyatt starter Mickey Owen starter Pete Reiser starter Dolph Camilli reserve Billy Herman reserve Cookie Lavagetto reserve Joe Medwick reserve National League Most Valuable Player Dolph Camilli TSN Major League All-Star Team Whit Wyatt Pete Reiser Dolph Camilli TSN NL Most Valuable Player Dolph Camilli League top ten finishers Dolph Camilli NL leader in home runs (34) NL leader in RBI (120) #2 in NL in slugging percentage (.556) #2 in NL in bases on balls (104) #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.407) Hugh Casey #2 tied in NL in saves with Bill Crouch (7) Kirby Higbe NL leader in wins (22) #4 in NL in strikeouts (121) Joe Medwick #3 in NL in batting average (.318) #3 in NL in runs scored (100) Pete Reiser NL leader in batting average (.343) NL leader in slugging percentage (.558) NL leader in runs scored (117) NL leader in triples (17) #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.406) Whit Wyatt MLB leader in shutouts (7) NL leader in wins (22) #2 in NL in strikeouts (176) #2 in NL in ERA (2.34) #2 in NL in complete games (23) Farm system AA Montreal Royals International League Clyde Sukeforth A1 Knoxville Smokies Southern Association Fred Lindstrom B Reading Brooks Interstate League Fresco Thompson B Durham Bulls Piedmont League Bruno Betzel C Santa Barbara Saints California League John Clancy C Quebec Athletics Canadian–American League Del BissonetteRoland Gladu C Grand Rapids Colts Michigan State League Charles Lucas C Dayton Ducks Middle Atlantic League Paul ChervinkoHoward HolmesWilliam McWilliams C Troy Dodgers/Tuskegee Airmen Alabama State League Orace Powers D Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox Appalachian League Hobe Brummitt D Valdosta Trojans Georgia–Florida League Stew Hofferth D Newport Dodgers Northeast Arkansas League Merle Settlemire D Johnstown Johnnies Pennsylvania State Association George Treadwell D Olean Oilers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League Jake Pitler D Big Spring Bombers West Texas–New Mexico League Joe Tate LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal, Durham, Santa Barbara, Elizebethton, Newport Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics at Retrosheet Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Dodgers Category:National League champion seasons Brooklyn Category:1940s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn