1942 Brooklyn Dodgers season


The 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers team won 104 games in the season, but fell two games short of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League pennant race.

Offseason

The Dodgers were 73–30 and 10 games ahead on August 4, but the Cardinals went on to win 45 of their last 56 to grab the NL title. To exacerbate the problem, the Dodgers had also dropped several close games to St. Louis in September.
Defending NL batting champ Pete Reiser, hitting.380, was sidelined in mid-season after repeatedly crashing into the unpadded outfield wall in Ebbets Field. While he recovered from a fractured skull, Brooklyn could not keep up their early pace. A healthy Reiser may very well have made up the two-game difference.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C13342153109.25904410
1B15052489132.2522610910
2B15557176146.2562656
3B12849582137.2772498
SS15156487144.25535315
LF14255369166.3004962
CF12548089149.310106420
RF11839357114.2906541

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
782173150.2304272
692092455.2630222
701992050.2783220
431011127.2671141
48581114.241052
102135.238030
171921.053000
81728.471190
1010.000000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
383213221.216113.25106115
313016217.11972.7363104
3226132061562.365160
65232223.381421
11030015.0010

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
38145147.21541.833662
36155136.21063.564778
271551181063.203950
148484531.933327
193151.2322.962223
92030.1105.34126
3107.2007.0443

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLSVERABBSO
5011263132.254454
1429.12003.68198
21.10000.0021

Awards and honors

Dolph Camilli
Hugh Casey
Curt Davis
Kirby Higbe
Ducky Medwick
Pistol Pete Reiser
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Santa Barbara