1948 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1948
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley, Andrew Schmitz
general manager =Branch Rickey
managers = Leo Durocher/Ray Blades/Burt Shotton
television = none
radio = WMGM
Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Ernie Harwell|

Leo Durocher returned as Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers to start the 1948 season, but was fired in mid-season. He was replaced first by team coach Ray Blades and then by Burt Shotton who had won the 1947 pennant for the team. The Dodgers finished in 3rd place after this tumultuous season.

eason standings

1948 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

1948 Awards

*1948 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Ralph Branca starter
**Pee Wee Reese starter

1948 Transactions

*November 14: Sold Stan Rojek and Ed Stevens to the Pittsburgh Pirates
*December 3: Traded Monty Basgall to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jimmy Bloodworth and Vic Barnhart
*December 8: Traded Dixie Walker, Hal Gregg and Vic Lombardi to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Preacher Roe, Billy Cox and Gene Mauch
*March 6: Traded Eddie Stanky to the Boston Braves for Bama Rowell, Ray Sanders and cash [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanked01.shtml]
*April 18: Sold Ray Sanders to the Boston Braves
*September 29: Sold Jimmy Bloodworth to the Cincinnati Reds

1948 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Clay Hopper) - International League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Walter Alston) - American Association - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*AA Ft. Worth Cats (managed by Les Burge/George Dockins/Bobby Bragan) - Texas League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*AA Mobile Bears (managed by Alfred Todd) - Southern Association
*A: Greenville Spinners (managed by Greg Mulleavy)- South Atlantic League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*A: Pueblo Dodgers (managed by John Fitzpatrick) - Western League
*B: Asheville Tourists (managed by Clay Bryant) - Tri-State League
*B: Danville Dodgers (managed by Paul Chervinko) - Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
*B: Lancaster Red Roses (managed by Dibrell Williams/Jack Knight) - Interstate League
*B: Nashua Dodgers (managed by Al Campanis)- New England League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*B: Newport News Dodgers (managed by Roy Schalk) - Piedmont League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*C: Abilene Blue Sox (managed by Art Bowland/Otis Davis)- West Texas-New Mexico League
*C: Greenwood Dodgers (managed by Jim Bivin) - Cotton States League
*C: Idaho Falls Russets (managed by Jay Kirke, Jr./Lewis Garland)- Pioneer League
*C: Johnstown Johnnies (managed by Roy Nichols)- Middle Atlantic League
*C: Santa Barbara Dodgers (managed by Chester Kehn) - California League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*D: Trois Rivieres Royals (managed by Ed Head)- Canadian-American League
*D: Cairo Dodgers (managed by Hugh Holliday/Norbert Hall)- Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League
*D: Cambridge Dodgers (managed by Bob Vickery/Stew Hofferth)- Eastern Shore League
*D: Medford Nuggets (managed by Larry Shepard)- Far West League
*D: Olean Oilers (managed by George Scherger)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
*D: Ponca City Dodgers (managed by Boyd Bartley)- Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League
*D: Pulaski Counts (managed by George Pfister)- Appalachian League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*D: Sheboygan Indians (managed by Joe Hauser)- Wisconsin State League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*D: Valdosta Dodgers (managed by Lou Rochelli)- Georgia-Florida League
*D: Zanesville Dodgers (managed by Ray Hathaway)- Ohio-Indiana League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1948_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=762 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1948.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1948&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers Media Guide History]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]