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1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the 68th season for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball's National League (NL). 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.

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
Roosevelt Stadium
CityBrooklyn, New York
Jersey City, New Jersey
Record84–70 (.545)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
PresidentWalter O'Malley
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWMGM
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
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Offseason

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Regular season

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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.[2]

On July 20, 1957: Duke Snider hit the 300th home run of his career. The opposing pitcher was Dick Drott of the Chicago Cubs.[3][4]

Danny McDevitt was the last pitcher to pitch for the Dodgers in a game at Ebbets Field. The game was contested on September 24, and McDevitt pitched a complete game. He had nine strikeouts while allowing only five hits.[5]

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 9559 .617 — 45‍–‍32 50‍–‍27
St. Louis Cardinals 8767 .565 8 42‍–‍35 45‍–‍32
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 .545 11 43‍–‍34 41‍–‍36
Cincinnati Redlegs 8074 .519 15 45‍–‍32 35‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 7777 .500 18 38‍–‍39 39‍–‍38
New York Giants 6985 .448 26 37‍–‍40 32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 .403 33 36‍–‍41 26‍–‍51
Chicago Cubs 6292 .403 33 31‍–‍46 31‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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1957 National League record

Sources:
Team BRO CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STL
Brooklyn —17–512–1010–1212–109–1312–1012–10
Chicago 5–17—7–159–139–138–14–112–10–112–10
Cincinnati 10–1215–7—4–1812–1016–614–89–13
Milwaukee 12–1013–918–4—13–912–10–116–611–11
New York 10–1213–910–129–13—10–129–138–14
Philadelphia 13–914–8–16–1610–12–112–10—13–99–13
Pittsburgh 10–1210–12–18–146–1613–99–13—6–16
St. Louis 10–1210–1213–911–1114–813–916–6—

Opening Day Lineup

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRoy Campanella10333080.2421362
1BGil Hodges150579173.2992798
2BJim Gilliam149617154.250237
SSCharlie Neal128448121.2701262
3BPee Wee Reese10333074.224129
LFGino Cimoli142532156.2931057
CFDuke Snider139508139.2744092
RFCarl Furillo119395121.3061266

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Don Zimmer8426959.219619
Sandy Amoros10623866.277726
Rube Walker6016630.181223
Elmer Valo8116144.273426
Randy Jackson4813126.198216
John Roseboro356910.14526
Bob Kennedy19314.12914
Joe Pignatano8143.21401
Jim Gentile461.16711
Rod Miller110.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Drysdale34221.01792.69148
Don Newcombe28198.211123.4990
Johnny Podres31196.01292.66109
Danny McDevitt22119.0743.2590
Sal Maglie9101.1662.9350
Bill Harris17.0013.863

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Craig32111.1694.6169
Sandy Koufax34104.1543.88122
Carl Erskine1566.0533.5526
René Valdés513.0115.5410

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Clem Labine5857173.4467
Ed Roebuck448282.7173
Don Bessent271305.7324
Ken Lehman30000.003
Jackie Collum30008.313
Fred Kipp10009.003
Don Elston10000.001

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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Notes

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  1. ↑ "Connie Grob page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ Parker, Vernon (August 16, 2011). "On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ Gossett Jr., Carl T. (July 21, 1957). "SNIDER CONNECTS; Clouts 300th Homer of Career as Dodgers Take 4th in Row Banks Slices Lead Drive Injures Hillman DODGERS VICTORS OVER CUBS, 7 TO 5 Youngster Impresses Dodgers". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Duke Snider Home Runs". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010, Volume 113, Number 21, p. 24, Published by Time Inc.
  6. ↑ "Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies Box Score: April 16, 1957". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ↑ "Chico Fernández page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Jackie Collum page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Tommy Lasorda page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Jim Fridley page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Ken Lehman page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Babe Birrer page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Vito Valentinetti page". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 29, 2012.

References

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