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.
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 of the Chicago Cubs.
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.Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010, Volume 113, Number 21, p. 24, Published by Time Inc.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Lineup # Name Position19 Jim Gilliam 2B9 Gino Cimoli LF4 Duke Snider CF6 Carl Furillo RF14 Gil Hodges 1B2 Randy Jackson 3B39 Roy Campanella C23 Don Zimmer SS36 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: Don Elston was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Vito Valentinetti and Jackie Collum. May 26: Tommy Lasorda was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Yankees May 30: Jim Fridley was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Yankees. June 14: Ken Lehman was purchased from the Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles. June 15: Babe Birrer was purchased by the Dodgers from the Baltimore Orioles. August 24: Vito Valentinetti was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.
Roster 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 Player 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 Player 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 Player 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 Player 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 Player 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
League champions: Bluefield
Notes
References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page
External links 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site Acme Dodgers page