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1951 Brooklyn Dodgers season

Field	Value
name	Brooklyn Dodgers
image	Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg
season	1951
league	National League
ballpark	Ebbets Field
city	Brooklyn, New York
record
league_place	2nd
owners	Walter O'Malley (majority owner); James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
president	Walter O'Malley
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Chuck Dressen
television	WOR-TV
radio	WMGM
Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully

Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully

The 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the 62nd season for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in the MLB. The Dodgers led the National League for much of the season, holding a 13-game lead as late as August. However, a late season collapse and a hot streak by the New York Giants led to a classic three-game playoff series. Bobby Thomson's dramatic ninth-inning home run off Dodger reliever Ralph Branca in the final game of a tie-breaker series won the pennant for the Giants and was immortalized as the Shot Heard 'Round the World.

Offseason

October 10, 1950: Chuck Connors and Dee Fondy were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Edwards and cash.
October 13, 1950: Buddy Hicks was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.
November 16, 1950: Morrie Martin was drafted from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1950 rule 5 draft.
February 6, 1951: Chico Fernández was signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day Lineup

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29	Don Thompson	LF
6	Carl Furillo	RF
4	Duke Snider	CF
42	Jackie Robinson	2B
14	Gil Hodges	1B
39	Roy Campanella	C
1	Pee Wee Reese	SS
9	Rocky Bridges	3B
17	Carl Erskine	P

Notable transactions

June 8, 1951: Tommy Brown was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Whitman and cash.
June 15, 1951: Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis and Gene Hermanski were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker, Andy Pafko and Wayne Terwilliger.
June 18, 1951: Bob Lillis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.
July 24, 1951: Ben Taylor was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Bero, Joe Lutz and cash.
August 31, 1951: Ross Grimsley was purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox.

Roster

1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	143	505	164	.325	33	108
1B	158	582	156	.268	40	103
2B	153	548	185	.338	19	88
SS	154	616	176	.286	10	84
3B	142	455	127	.279	9	51
OF	150	606	168	.277	29	101
OF	158	667	197	.295	16	91
OF	84	277	69	.249	18	58

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
67	150	42	.280	3	19
63	134	34	.254	1	15
80	118	27	.229	0	6
31	80	20	.250	1	5
36	74	18	.243	2	9
23	60	12	.200	1	5
37	50	14	.280	0	4
17	36	9	.250	1	8
35	31	7	.226	0	3
11	25	4	.160	0	1
16	13	0	.000	0	0
19	10	2	.200	0	0
2	5	2	.400	0	2
3	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	272.0	20	9	3.28	164*
34	257.2	22	3	3.04	113
42	204.0	13	12	3.26	118

Tied with Warren Spahn (Boston) for league lead

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
46	189.2	16	12	4.46	95
14	65.1	5	1	2.20	39
16	55.2	1	4	5.34	20
11	49.1	1	0	4.56	22
9	29.1	1	2	5.52	16

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
48	14	7	6	4.15	33
27	2	2	0	3.50	26
19	2	6	0	4.75	15
21	0	1	0	6.46	22
7	0	1	0	15.43	9
3	0	0	0	32.40	1

Shot Heard 'Round the World

Main article: Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)

One of the more famous episodes in major league baseball history, and possibly one of the greatest moments in sports history, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is the name given to Bobby Thomson's walk-off home run that clinched the National League pennant for the New York Giants over their rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers. This game was the third of a three-game playoff series resulting from one of baseball's most memorable pennant races. The Giants had been thirteen and a half games behind the league-leading Dodgers in August, but under Durocher's guidance and with the aid of a sixteen-game winning streak, caught the Dodgers to tie for the lead on the last day of the season. The radio broadcast of Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run was chronicled on a 1955 Columbia Masterworks vinyl LP record, "The Greatest Moments in Sports."

Awards and honors

National League Most Valuable Player
- Roy Campanella
TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
- Preacher Roe

All-Stars

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
TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Preacher Roe
- Roy Campanella
- Jackie Robinson

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal, Santa Barbara

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fondyde01.shtml Dee Fondy] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hicksbu01.shtml Buddy Hicks] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernach01.shtml Chico Fernández] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195104170.shtml 1951 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownto02.shtml Tommy Brown] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/miksied01.shtml Eddie Miksis] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lillibo01.shtml Bob Lillis] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/taylobe02.shtml Ben Taylor] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grimsro01.shtml Ross Grimsley] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"The Greatest Moments in Sports (Vinyl, US, 1955) for Sale | Discogs".

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