1939 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 86-76
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 677
Runs Allowed: 661
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 2,160,835
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 8th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 6th in the NL
A: 62-75, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Bobby Estalella 28 153 544 82 138 28 2 8 54 2 3 76 78 .254 .342 .357 .699 67.6 9.2 3.7
3B  Lee Handley 25 140 497 51 157 22 10 4 77 13 13 37 20 .316 .360 .425 .784 69.4 12.1 5.5
C *Billy Sullivan 28 140 466 66 141 30 6 8 84 1 0 32 27 .303 .343 .444 .787 67.6 12.2 8.6
RF *Rip Radcliff 33 128 468 62 151 28 1 1 32 0 1 27 16 .323 .361 .393 .754 60.6 11.1 2.6
CF *Dom Dallessandro 25 130 422 65 116 16 3 4 43 0 0 64 30 .275 .369 .355 .724 56.6 9.0 3.9
2B *Stu Martin 25 124 393 37 99 19 1 5 41 0 0 36 16 .252 .316 .344 .660 42.4 5.5 4.9
3B  Heinie Schuble 32 130 409 50 131 15 4 5 55 12 5 14 43 .320 .344 .413 .757 52.3 9.1 3.7
CF  Pete Fox 30 134 387 39 107 21 2 5 64 1 1 20 29 .276 .315 .380 .694 41.7 5.7 2.9
LF *John Stone 33 110 347 39 86 22 2 3 41 7 2 21 37 .248 .289 .349 .638 31.4 2.7 2.1
RF  Pepper Martin 35 107 307 31 78 12 0 2 35 1 0 27 42 .254 .314 .313 .626 29.3 2.7 3.4
CF  Bob Seeds 32 96 268 32 78 8 1 3 36 1 1 23 16 .291 .347 .362 .709 30.6 4.5 1.4
SS #Jimmy Brown 29 86 234 20 65 10 0 2 17 0 0 8 11 .278 .298 .346 .644 22.9 2.5 2.4
CF  Chick Fullis 35 65 214 20 70 9 0 0 26 0 1 15 34 .327 .372 .369 .741 25.6 4.2 1.8
C  Frankie Pytlak 30 65 186 29 56 13 1 3 25 12 3 22 7 .301 .378 .430 .808 31.2 6.4 4.1
P *Cliff Melton 27 41 114 7 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 33 .096 .120 .105 .225 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Vito Tamulis 27 40 117 10 22 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 13 .188 .200 .214 .414 2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Feller 20 40 111 10 19 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 37 .171 .177 .189 .366 1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Van Mungo 28 37 98 4 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .163 .162 .184 .345 1.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Gutteridge 27 48 82 21 21 2 2 0 7 5 3 8 5 .256 .319 .329 .648 8.4 0.6 0.8
3B  Charlie Gelbert 33 19 21 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .143 .250 .190 .440 1.2 0.0 0.5
P  Bill Lee 29 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Cotton Pippen 28 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Charlie Berry 36 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh Casey 25 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 1947 5700 677 1567 262 36 53 664 55 34 439 528 .275 .326 .361 .687 642.0 97.5 52.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 5 3 4 6 8 5 4 5 5 1 4 5 6 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Cliff Melton 27 17 19 .472 41 41 0 327.7 341 126 22 69 180 3.46 21.2
*Vito Tamulis 27 18 17 .514 40 40 0 323.7 319 131 23 72 140 3.64 20.9
 Bob Feller 20 14 15 .483 40 40 0 313.3 274 122 17 130 177 3.50 22.0
 Van Mungo 28 18 7 .720 37 36 0 270.3 247 89 7 103 159 2.96 24.2
 Hugh Casey 25 6 1 .857 64 0 6 77.0 74 16 4 14 24 1.87 12.9
 Bill Lee 29 3 6 .333 13 5 2 47.0 57 34 6 28 20 6.51 0.0
 Cotton Pippen 28 3 2 .600 33 0 1 42.3 52 23 4 6 10 4.89 1.9
 Emerson Dickman 24 4 6 .400 32 0 2 36.0 53 29 4 11 9 7.25 0.0
 Bill Crouch 28 3 3 .500 27 0 16 25.3 29 10 1 3 7 3.55 5.1
Team Totals 26.2 86 76 .531 327 162 27 1462.6 1446 580 88 436 726 3.57 108.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 3 4 2 1 4 2 3 1 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 35.4
B.Sullivan 970.3 109 109 513 47 4 0 .993 44.4
F.Pytlak 487.0 53 54 245 21 1 0 .996 40.0
C.Berry 4.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Gelbert 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1462.7 162 167 759 68 5 0 .994 42.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.19
B.Estalella 1184.7 130 136 1452 117 6 129 .996 11.92
D.Gutteridge 189.7 22 23 217 20 4 18 .983 11.25
B.Seeds 69.3 8 10 92 3 2 9 .979 12.33
H.Schuble 17.0 2 2 19 3 0 2 1.000 11.65
B.Sullivan 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1462.7 162 172 1782 144 12 159 .994 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
H.Schuble 850.7 90 112 197 351 10 79 .982 5.80
J.Brown 603.0 72 75 146 224 6 50 .984 5.52
D.Gutteridge 4.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
L.Handley 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 12.00
S.Martin 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.7 162 192 346 580 16 129 .983 5.70
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.16
L.Handley 703.3 81 84 50 192 14 13 .945 3.10
P.Martin 695.0 78 83 45 196 16 18 .938 3.12
C.Gelbert 42.0 3 13 5 10 1 0 .938 3.21
B.Estalella 8.0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Gutteridge 5.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
H.Schuble 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
B.Sullivan 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Martin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 193 101 407 31 32 .942 3.13
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.46
S.Martin 996.7 117 120 149 411 19 72 .967 5.06
L.Handley 392.0 42 48 59 165 8 32 .966 5.14
C.Gelbert 29.0 3 6 6 17 0 3 1.000 7.14
J.Brown 19.3 0 9 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.72
D.Gutteridge 14.7 0 8 6 7 0 2 1.000 7.98
H.Schuble 10.0 0 5 3 4 0 1 1.000 6.30
P.Martin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 197 224 611 27 110 .969 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.03
J.Stone 742.7 86 86 155 4 7 0 .958 1.93
P.Fox 700.0 76 77 180 4 2 2 .989 2.37
B.Seeds 5.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
C.Fullis 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Dallessandro 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Gutteridge 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Schuble 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Martin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 179 338 8 9 2 .975 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.67
D.Dallessandro 954.7 107 115 271 4 7 2 .975 2.59
C.Fullis 442.0 51 53 119 4 2 3 .984 2.50
P.Fox 44.0 4 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Seeds 10.0 0 6 2 1 1 0 .750 2.70
B.Estalella 7.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
H.Schuble 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Stone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Martin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 188 405 9 10 5 .976 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.07
R.Radcliff 912.0 111 115 200 5 11 1 .949 2.02
B.Seeds 436.7 51 52 97 0 6 0 .942 2.00
P.Fox 59.3 0 29 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
B.Sullivan 20.0 0 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Estalella 16.0 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Stone 11.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
P.Martin 4.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
H.Schuble 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Gutteridge 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 225 320 6 17 1 .950 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.28
C.Melton 327.7 41 41 28 65 5 5 .949 2.55
V.Tamulis 323.7 40 40 19 60 2 4 .975 2.20
B.Feller 313.3 40 40 16 54 1 8 .986 2.01
V.Mungo 270.3 36 37 16 53 1 3 .986 2.30
H.Casey 77.0 0 64 6 16 1 0 .957 2.57
B.Lee 47.0 5 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 2.49
C.Pippen 42.3 0 33 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.13
E.Dickman 36.0 0 32 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.50
B.Crouch 25.3 0 27 4 6 0 0 1.000 3.55
Team Total 1462.6 162 327 99 273 10 24 .974 2.29
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Radcliff .322
On-Base Pct Dallessandro .361
Slugging Pct Sullivan .444
OPS Sullivan .787
XR Handley 69.4
Games Estalella 153
At-Bats Estalella 544
Runs Estalella 82
Hits Handley 157
Total Bases Handley 211
Singles Handley, Radcliff 121
Doubles Sullivan 30
Triples Handley 10
Homeruns Estalella, Sullivan 8
RBIs Sullivan 84
Stolen Bases Handley 13
Caught Stealing Handley 13
Walks Estalella 76
Strikeouts Estalella 78
ERA Mungo 2.96
Wins Mungo, Tamulis 18
Losses Melton 19
Winning Pct Mungo .720
Saves Crouch 16
Games Pitched Casey 64
Games Started Melton 41
Complete Games Tamulis 23
Shutouts Melton 4
Innings Pitched Melton 327.7
Hits Allowed Melton 341
Homeruns Allowed Tamulis 23
Strikeouts Melton 180
Walks Allowed Feller 130
Walks per 9IP Melton 1.9
Hits per 9IP Feller 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Mungo 5.3
WHiP Tamulis 1.21
OAVG Feller .241
OOBP Tamulis .296
OSLG Mungo .322
OOPS Mungo .632
Team All-Stars
Hugh Casey
Bill Crouch
Van Mungo
Rip Radcliff
Player Salaries
Van Mungo $ 18,700,000
Billy Sullivan $ 8,400,000
Vito Tamulis $ 4,507,143
Pepper Martin $ 3,890,000
Bob Seeds $ 2,500,000
Pete Fox $ 2,442,857
John Stone $ 1,710,000
Chick Fullis $ 1,600,000
Rip Radcliff $ 1,157,143
Heinie Schuble $ 1,034,286
Frankie Pytlak $ 850,000
Bill Lee $ 625,000
Charlie Berry $ 360,000
Tony Freitas $ 350,000
Bobby Estalella $ 300,000
Emerson Dickman $ 300,000
Bill Crouch $ 300,000
Hugh Casey $ 300,000
Jimmy Brown $ 300,000
Dom Dallessandro $ 300,000
Bob Feller $ 300,000
Charlie Gelbert $ 300,000
Lee Handley $ 300,000
Stu Martin $ 300,000
Cliff Melton $ 300,000
Cotton Pippen $ 300,000
Wes Schulmerich $ 300,000
Don Gutteridge $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Fabian Kowalik Cincinnati Pete Fox
Bill Lee
2/5 Signed     Frankie Pytlak
2/14 Signed     Wes Schulmerich
2/22 Signed     Bob Seeds
8/16 Released Jim Peterson