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1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season

Field	Value
name	Brooklyn Dodgers
image	Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
season	1957
league	National League
ballpark	Ebbets Field
Roosevelt Stadium
city	Brooklyn, New York
Jersey City, New Jersey
record
divisional_place	3rd
owners	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
president	Walter O'Malley
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Walter Alston
television	WOR-TV
radio	WMGM
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
next_season	1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City, New Jersey Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer WHOM Buck Canel

The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the 68th season for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in the MLB. 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.

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.

On July 20, 1957: Duke Snider hit the 300th home run of his career. The opposing pitcher was Dick Drott.

Danny McDevitt was the last pitcher to pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers in a game at Ebbets Field. The game was contested on September 24, 1957, and McDevitt pitched a complete game. He had nine strikeouts while allowing only five hits.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day Lineup

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19	Jim Gilliam	2B
9	Gino Cimoli	LF
4	Duke Snider	CF
6	Carl Furillo	RF
14	Gil Hodges	1B
2	Randy Jackson	3B
39	Roy Campanella	C
23	Don Zimmer	SS
36	Don Newcombe	P

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.
May 23, 1957: Don Elston was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Vito Valentinetti and Jackie Collum.
May 26, 1957: Tommy Lasorda was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Yankees
May 30, 1957: Jim Fridley was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Yankees.
June 14, 1957: Ken Lehman was purchased from the Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles.
June 15, 1957: Babe Birrer was purchased by the Dodgers from the Baltimore Orioles.
August 24, 1957: Vito Valentinetti was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.

Roster

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	103	330	80	.242	13	62
1B	150	579	173	.299	27	98
2B	149	617	154	.250	2	37
SS	128	448	121	.270	12	62
3B	103	330	74	.224	1	29
LF	142	532	156	.293	10	57
CF	139	508	139	.274	40	92
RF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
84	269	59	.219	6	19
106	238	66	.277	7	26
60	166	30	.181	2	23
81	161	44	.273	4	26
48	131	26	.198	2	16
35	69	10	.145	2	6
19	31	4	.129	1	4
8	14	3	.214	0	1
4	6	1	.167	1	1
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	221.0	17	9	2.69	148
28	198.2	11	12	3.49	90
31	196.0	12	9	2.66	109
22	119.0	7	4	3.25	90
9	101.1	6	6	2.93	50
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	111.1	6	9	4.61	69
34	104.1	5	4	3.88	122
15	66.0	5	3	3.55	26
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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
58	5	7	17	3.44	67
44	8	2	8	2.71	73
27	1	3	0	5.73	24
3	0	0	0	0.00	3
3	0	0	0	8.31	3
1	0	0	0	9.00	3
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

Al Campanis Al Ronning Tommy Holmes Leon Hamilton Roger Wright

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield

Notes

References

"Connie Grob page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.
Parker, Vernon. (August 16, 2011). "On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers". Brooklyn Eagle.
"Duke Snider". The Baseball Page.
Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010, Volume 113, Number 21, p. 24, Published by Time Inc.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI195704160.shtml 1957 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Chico Fernández page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Tommy Lasorda page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Jim Fridley page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Ken Lehman page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Babe Birrer page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.
"Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com.

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