1942 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1942
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners =James & Dearie Mulvey
general manager =Larry MacPhail
managers = Leo Durocher
television = none
radio = WHN
Red Barber, Alan Hale|The 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers team won 104 games after another terrific season, but fell two games short of the St. Louis Cardinals in a terrific National League pennant race. The Dodgers were 73-30 and 10 games ahead on August 4th, but the Cardinals went on to win 45 of last 56 to grab the NL title.

eason standings

1942 Roster

Batting Stats

1942 Awards

*1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Arky Vaughan starter
**Joe Medwick starter
**Pete Reiser starter
**Billy Herman reserve
**Mickey Owen reserve
**Pee Wee Reese reserve
**Whit Wyatt reserve
*TSN Major League All-Star Team
**Mickey Owen

1942 Transactions

*December 9: Purchased Heinie Mueller from the Philadelphia Phillies
*December 10: Sold Mace Brown to the Boston Red Sox
*December 10: Purchased Don Padgett from the St. Louis Cardinals
*December 10: Purchased Johnny Rizzo from the Philadelphia Phillies
*December 12: Traded Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin, Babe Phelps and Jimmy Wasdell to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Arky Vaughan
*March 13: Purchased Billy Sullivan from the Detroit Tigers
*March 23: Purchased Frenchy Bordagaray from the New York Yankees
*April 30: Purchased Schoolboy Rowe from the Detroit Tigers
*May 19: Purchased Babe Dahlgren from the Chicago Cubs
*August 30: Purchased Bobo Newsom from the Washington Senators

1942 Minor League Teams

*AA: Montreal Royals (managed by Clyde Sukeforth) - International League
*AA: San Francisco Seals (managed by Lefty O'Doul) - Pacific Coast League
*B: Durham Bulls (managed by Bruno Betzel) - Piedmont League
*C: Santa Barbara Saints (managed by John Clancy) - California League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*C: Dayton Ducks (managed by Paul Chervinko/Howard Holmes) - Middle Atlantic League
*D: Kingsport Dodgers (managed by Merle Settlemire) - Appalachian League
*D: Valdosta Trojans (managed by Stewart Hofferth/Clancy Odell) - Georgia-Florida League
*D: Johnstown Johnnies (managed by Jay Kirke, Jr.) - Pennsylvania State Association
*D: Olean Oilers (managed by Jake Pitler)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
*D: Lamesa Dodgers (managed by Joe Tate) - West Texas-New Mexico League

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1942_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=666 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1942.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1942&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]