1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg 1957 National League Ebbets FieldRoosevelt Stadium Brooklyn, New YorkJersey City, New Jersey 84 70 y 3rd Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith Walter O'Malley Buzzie Bavasi Walter Alston WOR-TV WMGMVin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Al HelferWHOMBuck Canel 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the 68th season for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball's National League (NL). The 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 October 14, 1956: Connie Grob was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grobco01.shtml Connie Grob page February 29, 2012 Baseball Reference 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.Parker Vernon On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=23&id=45434 August 31, 2011 Brooklyn Eagle August 16, 2011 On July 20, 1957: Duke Snider hit the 300th home run of his career. The opposing pitcher was Dick Drott of the Chicago Cubs.Gossett Jr. Carl T. 1957-07-21 SNIDER CONNECTS; Clouts 300th Homer of Career as Dodgers Take 4th in Row Banks Slices Lead Drive Injures Hillman DODGERS VICTORS OVER CUBS, 7 TO 5 Youngster Impresses Dodgers https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/21/archives/snider-connects-clouts-300th-homer-of-career-as-dodgers-take-4th-in.html 2026-02-27 The New York TimesDuke Snider Home Runs https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/home_run.php?p=snidedu01 2026-02-27 Baseball Almanac Danny McDevitt was the last pitcher to pitch for the Dodgers in a game at Ebbets Field. The game was contested on September 24, and McDevitt pitched a complete game. He had nine strikeouts while allowing only five hits.Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010, Volume 113, Number 21, p. 24, Published by Time Inc. Season standings Record vs. opponents BRO Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Lineup # Name Position19 Jim Gilliam 2B9 Gino Cimoli LF4 Duke Snider CF6 Carl Furillo RF14 Gil Hodges 1B2 Randy Jackson 3B39 Roy Campanella C23 Don Zimmer SS36 Don Newcombe P Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies Box Score: April 16, 1957 https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI195704160.shtml Baseball-Reference.com Notable transactions April 5, 1957: Chico Fernández was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Negray, Tim Harkness, Elmer Valo, Mel Geho (minors), cash and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Ben Flowers to the Dodgers on April 8.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernach01.shtml Chico Fernández page Baseball Reference February 29, 2012 May 23: Don Elston was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Vito Valentinetti and Jackie Collum.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colluja01.shtml Jackie Collum page February 29, 2012 Baseball Reference May 26: Tommy Lasorda was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Yankeeshttps://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda page February 29, 2012 Baseball Reference May 30: Jim Fridley was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Yankees.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fridlji01.shtml Jim Fridley page February 29, 2012 Baseball Reference June 14: Ken Lehman was purchased from the Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lehmake01.shtml Ken Lehman page Baseball Reference February 29, 2012 June 15: Babe Birrer was purchased by the Dodgers from the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/birreba01.shtml Babe Birrer page February 29, 2012 Baseball Reference August 24: Vito Valentinetti was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenvi01.shtml Vito Valentinetti page February 29, 2012 Baseball Reference Roster 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster Pitchers 46 Don Bessent 55 Jackie Collum 40 Roger Craig 53 Don Drysdale 50 Don Elston 17 Carl Erskine 21 Bill Harris 26 Fred Kipp 32 Sandy Koufax 41 Clem Labine 16 Ken Lehman 35 Sal Maglie 16 Danny McDevitt 36 Don Newcombe 45 Johnny Podres 37 Ed Roebuck 49 René Valdez Catchers 39 Roy Campanella 58 Joe Pignatano  8 John Roseboro 10 Rube Walker Infielders 38 Jim Gentile 19 Jim Gilliam 14 Gil Hodges  2 Randy Jackson 43 Charlie Neal  1 Pee Wee Reese 23 Don Zimmer Outfielders 15 Sandy Amorós  9 Gino Cimoli  6 Carl Furillo 49 Bob Kennedy  4 Duke Snider  3 Elmer Valo Other batters 50 Rod Miller Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 33 Joe Becker 22 Billy Herman 51 Greg Mulleavy 31 Jake Pitler 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 Randy Jackson (baseball) 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 Rod Miller (baseball) 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 Bill Harris (1950s pitcher) 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 Roger Craig (baseball) 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 Gold Glove Award Gil Hodges All-Stars 1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Gino Cimoli reserve Gil Hodges reserve Clem Labine reserve Farm system Open Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Clay Bryant AAA Montreal Royals International League Greg MulleavyAl CampanisAl RonningTommy 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 RuferLeon HamiltonRoger Wright League champions: Bluefield Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1957 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 Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Dodgers season Category:1957 in sports in New York City Category:1950s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn