1951 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1951
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Walter O'Malley
general manager =Buzzie Bavasi
managers = Chuck Dressen
television = WOR-TV
radio = WMGM
Red Barber, Vin Scully,Connie Desmond|

The 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers led the National League for much of the season, holding a 13 game lead as late as August. However, a late season swoon and a hot streak by the New York Giants led to a classic three game playoff. Bobby Thomson's dramatic ninth inning home run off Dodger reliever Ralph Branca won the pennant for the Giants and was immortalized as the Shot Heard 'Round the World.

eason standings

1951 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

1951 Awards

*1951 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Roy Campanella starter
**Gil Hodges starter
**Jackie Robinson starter
**Don Newcombe reserve
**Pee Wee Reese reserve
**Preacher Roe reserve
**Duke Snider reserve
*National League Most Valuable Player
**Roy Campanella
*TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
**Preacher Roe
*TSN Major League All-Star Team
**Preacher Roe
**Roy Campanella
**Jackie Robinson

1951 Transactions

*October 10: Traded Chuck Connors and Dee Fondy to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Edwards and cash
*October 13: Sold Buddy Hicks to the Philadelphia Phillies
*June 8: Traded Tommy Brown to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Whitman and cash
*June 15: Traded Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis and Gene Hermanski to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker, Andy Pafko and Wayne Terwilliger
*July 24: Traded Ben Taylor to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Bero, Joe Lutz and cash
*August 31: Sold Ross Grimsley to the Chicago White Sox

1951 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Walter Alston) - International League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Clay Hopper) - American Association
*AA Ft. Worth Cats (managed by Bobby Bragan) - Texas League
*AA Mobile Bears (managed by Paul Chervinko) - Southern Association
*A: Elmira Pioneers (managed by George Fallon)- Eastern League
*A: Pueblo Dodgers (managed by Jim Bivin) - Western League
*B: Asheville Tourists (managed by Ray Hathaway) - Tri-State League
*B: Lancaster Red Roses (managed by Ed Head) - Interstate League
*B: Miami Sun Sox (managed by Pepper Martin)- Florida International League
*B: Newport News Dodgers (managed by Clay Bryant) - Piedmont League
*C: Billings Mustangs (managed by Larry Shepard) - Pioneer League
*C: Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings (managed by Syd Cohen)- Southwest International League
*C: Greenwood Dodgers (managed by Lou Rochelli) - Cotton States League
*C: Santa Barbara Dodgers (managed by Bill Hart) - California League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*D: Hazard Bombers (managed by Max Macon) - Mountain States League
*D: Hornell Dodgers (managed by Doc Alexson)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
*D: Ponca City Dodgers (managed by George Scherger) - Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League
*D: Sheboygan Indians(managed by Joe Hauser) - Wisconsin State League
*D: Valdosta Dodgers (managed by Stan Wasiak)- Georgia-Florida League

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1951_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=810 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1951.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1951&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]