1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1941
misc = 1941 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = James & Dearie Mulvey
general manager =Larry MacPhail
managers = Leo Durocher
television = none
radio = WHN
Red Barber, Al Helfer|The 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers, led by NL MVP Dolf Camilli won their first Pennant in 21 years, edging the St. Louis Cardinals by 2 and a half games. They went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1941 World Series.

eason standings

1941 Roster

Batting Stats

Game 3

October 4, 1941 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

1941 Awards

*1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Whit Wyatt starter
**Mickey Owen starter
**Pete Reiser starter
**Dolph Camilli reserve
**Billy Herman reserve
**Cookie Lavagetto reserve
**Joe Medwick reserve
*National League Most Valuable Player
**Dolph Camilli
*TSN Major League All-Star Team
**Whit Wyatt
**Pete Reiser
**Dolph Camilli
*TSN NL Most Valuable Payer
**Dolph Camilli

1941 Transactions

*November 11: Traded Vito Tamulis, Bill Crouch, Mickey Livingston and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kirby Higbe
*November 19: Sold Tot Pressnell to the St. Louis Cardinals
*December: Traded Boze Berger to the New York Yankees for Jack Graham
*December 4: Purchased Glen Stewart from the New York Giants
*December 4: Traded Gus Mancuso, John Pintar and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mickey Owen
*December 9: Traded Pep Young to the Cincinnati Reds for Lew Riggs
*January 27: Purchased Pep Rambert from the Pittsburgh Pirates
*February 4: Purchased Lefty Mills from the St. Louis Browns
*April 3: Purchased Roxie Lawson from the St. Louis Browns
*April 15: Purchased Newt Kimball from the St. Louis Cardinals
*April 15: Returned Lefty Mills to the St. Louis Browns
*April 22: Purchased Mace Brown from the Pittsburgh Pirates
*May 6: Traded Lee Grissom to the Philadelphia Phillies for Vito Tamulis
*May 6: Traded Johnny Hudson, Charlie Gilbert and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Herman
*August 14: Traded Joe Becker, George Staller, John S. Bell and Ray Roche to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dixie Howell
*August 26: Traded Mace Brown and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Augie Galan

1941 Minor League Teams

*AA: Montreal Royals (managed by Clyde Sukeforth) - International League -LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*A1: Knoxville Smokies (managed by Fred Lindstrom) - Southern Association
*B: Reading Brooks (managed by Fresco Thompson) - Interstate League
*B: Durham Bulls (managed by Bruno Betzel) - Piedmont League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*C: Santa Barbara Saints (managed by John Clancy) - California League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*C: Quebec Athletics (managed by Del Bissonette/Roland Gladu) - Canadian-American League
*C: Grand Rapids Colts (managed by Charles Lucas) - Michigan State League
*C: Dayton Ducks (managed by Paul Chervinko/Howard Holmes/William McWilliams) - Middle Atlantic League
*C: Troy Dodgers/Tuskegee Airmen (managed by Orace Powers) - Alabama State League
*D: Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox (managed by Hobe Brummitt) - Appalachian League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*D: Valdosta Trojans (managed by Stew Hofferth) - Georgia-Florida League
*D: Newport Dodgers (managed by Merle Settlemire) - Northeast Arkansas League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*D: Johnstown Johnnies (managed by George Treadwell) - Pennsylvania State Association
*D: Olean Oilers (managed by Jake Pitler)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
*D: Big Spring Bombers (managed by Joe Tate) - West Texas-New Mexico League

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1941_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=650 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1941.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1941&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers Media Guide History]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]