1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Walter O'Malley (majority owner); James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
President	Walter O'Malley
General managers	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers	Chuck Dressen
Television	WOR-TV
Radio	WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully
← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers led the National League for much of the season, holding a 13-game lead as late as August. However, a late season swoon and a hot streak by the New York Giants led to a classic three-game playoff series. Bobby Thomson's dramatic ninth-inning home run off Dodger reliever Ralph Branca in the final game of a tie-breaker series won the pennant for the Giants and was immortalized as the Shot Heard 'Round the World.

Offseason

• October 10, 1950: Chuck Connors and Dee Fondy were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Edwards and cash.^[1]
• October 13, 1950: Buddy Hicks was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[2]
• November 16, 1950: Morrie Martin was drafted from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1950 rule 5 draft.^[3]
• February 6, 1951: Chico Fernández was signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	98	59	0.624	—	50–28	48–31
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	60	0.618	1	49–29	48–31
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	0.526	15½	44–34	37–39
Boston Braves	76	78	0.494	20½	42–35	34–43
Philadelphia Phillies	73	81	0.474	23½	38–39	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	68	86	0.442	28½	35–42	33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	90	0.416	32½	32–45	32–45
Chicago Cubs	62	92	0.403	34½	32–45	30–47

Record vs. opponents

1951 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12–1	10–12	10–12	8–14	12–10	13–9	13–9
Brooklyn	12–10–1	—	14–8	14–8	14–11	15–7	10–12	18–4
Chicago	12–10	8–14	—	10–12	7–15	7–15	9–13	9–13–1
Cincinnati	12–10	8–14	12–10	—	5–17	11–11	12–10–1	8–14
New York	14–8	11–14	15–7	17–5	—	16–6	14–8	11–11
Philadelphia	10–12	7–15	15–7	11–11	6–16	—	15–7	9–13
Pittsburgh	9–13	12–10	13–9	10–12–1	8–14	7–15	—	5–17
St. Louis	9–13	4–18	13–9–1	14–8	11–11	13–9	17–5	—

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Lineup
#	Name	Position
29	Don Thompson	LF
6	Carl Furillo	RF
4	Duke Snider	CF
42	Jackie Robinson	2B
14	Gil Hodges	1B
39	Roy Campanella	C
1	Pee Wee Reese	SS
9	Rocky Bridges	3B
17	Carl Erskine	P

^[5]

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1951: Tommy Brown was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Whitman and cash.^[6]
• June 15, 1951: Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis and Gene Hermanski were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker, Andy Pafko and Wayne Terwilliger.^[7]
• June 18, 1951: Bob Lillis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[8]
• July 24, 1951: Ben Taylor was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Bero, Joe Lutz and cash.^[9]
• August 31, 1951: Ross Grimsley was purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox.^[10]

Roster

1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 43 Dan Bankhead 13 Ralph Branca 17 Carl Erskine 19 Joe Hatten 20 Phil Haugstad 23 Clyde King 41 Clem Labine 16 Earl Mossor 36 Don Newcombe 12 Erv Palica 40 Bud Podbielan 28 Preacher Roe 19 Johnny Schmitz 25 Chris Van Cuyk		Catchers 39 Roy Campanella 10 Bruce Edwards 11 Mickey Livingston 10 Rube Walker Infielders  9 Rocky Bridges  3 Billy Cox 14 Gil Hodges 34 Eddie Miksis  1 Pee Wee Reese 42 Jackie Robinson 34 Wayne Terwilliger		Outfielders 32 Cal Abrams  5 Tommy Brown  6 Carl Furillo 22 Gene Hermanski 22 Andy Pafko 37 Jim Russell  4 Duke Snider 29 Don Thompson 38 Dick Williams Other batters 18 Wayne Belardi 24 Hank Edwards		Manager  7 Charlie Dressen Coaches 27 Cookie Lavagetto 31 Jake Pitler 15 Clyde Sukeforth

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	Roy Campanella	143	505	164	.325	33	108
1B	Gil Hodges	158	582	156	.268	40	103
2B	Jackie Robinson	153	548	185	.338	19	88
SS	Pee Wee Reese	154	616	176	.286	10	84
3B	Billy Cox	142	455	127	.279	9	51
OF	Duke Snider	150	606	168	.277	29	101
OF	Carl Furillo	158	667	197	.295	16	91
OF	Andy Pafko	84	277	69	.249	18	58

Other batters

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

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Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Cal Abrams	67	150	42	.280	3	19
Rocky Bridges	63	134	34	.254	1	15
Don Thompson	80	118	27	.229	0	6
Gene Hermanski	31	80	20	.250	1	5
Rube Walker	36	74	18	.243	2	9
Dick Williams	23	60	12	.200	1	5
Wayne Terwilliger	37	50	14	.280	0	4
Bruce Edwards	17	36	9	.250	1	8