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The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the team's 65th season of play overall and its 58th season of play in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers finished in first place in the National League with a record of 94–60, five games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. They advanced to the 1947 World Series against the American League champion New York Yankees, but lost the series in seven games. The Dodgers played their home games at Ebbets Field.

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On April 15, Jackie Robinson started at first base for the Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line and becoming the first black player in MLB since Moses Fleetwood Walker in the 1880s. Robinson went on to bat .297, score 125 runs, steal 29 bases, and win MLB's inaugural Rookie of the Year award. This season was dramatized in the movie 42.

Offseason

Regular season

Due to the suspension of Leo Durocher for a year for "conduct detrimental to baseball", coach Clyde Sukeforth managed the first 2 games of the season on an emergency basis, but declined to manage for the full season, so Burt Shotton took over as manager for the rest of the season.

The Dodgers had a home attendance of 1.8 million paying fans, a National League record at the time.[6] On the road, the Dodgers drew 1.9 million paying fans, also a National League record at that time.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9460 .610 5225 4235
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 .578 5 4631 4334
Boston Braves 8668 .558 8 5027 3641
New York Giants 8173 .526 13 4531 3642
Cincinnati Reds 7381 .474 21 4235 3146
Chicago Cubs 6985 .448 25 3643 3342
Philadelphia Phillies 6292 .403 32 3838 2454
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 .403 32 3245 3047
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Record vs. opponents

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Team BSN BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 12–1013–913–913–914–812–109–13
Brooklyn 10–1215–715–714–814–815–711–11–1
Chicago 9–137–1512–107–1516–6–18–1410–12
Cincinnati 9–137–1510–1213–913–913–98–14
New York 9–138–1415–79–1312–1015–7–113–9
Philadelphia 8–148–146–16–19–1310–1213–98–14
Pittsburgh 10–127–1514–89–137–15–19–136–16–1
St. Louis 13–911–11–112–1014–89–1314–816–6–1
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Game log

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1947 Game Log: 94-60 (Home: 52-25; Away: 42-34)
April: 8-3 (Home: 8-1; Away: 0-2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 15Braves5–3Gregg (1–0)Sain (0–1)Casey (1)26,6231–0
2April 17Braves12–6Higbe (1–0)Cooper (0–1)Casey (2)10,2522–0
3April 18@ Giants4–10Koslo (1–0)Lombardi (0–1)37,5462–1
4April 19@ Giants3–4Voiselle (1-1)Branca (0–1)52,3552-2
5April 22Phillies1–0Gregg (2–0)Leonard (1-1)9,7903–2
6April 23Phillies5–2Hatten (1–0)Judd (0–2)8,8124–2
7April 24Phillies2–0Branca (1-1)Hughes (0–2)Casey (3)11,6545–2
8April 26Giants7–3Lombardi (1-1)Voiselle (1–2)33,5656–2
9April 27Giants9–8Casey (1–0)Thompson (0–1)31,6757–2
10April 29Cubs10–6Hatten (2–0)Wyse (1–2)Casey (4)22,0308–2
11April 30Cubs1–3Lade (1–0)Branca (1–2)20,1408–3
May: 12-14 (Home: 5-3; Away: 7-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12May 1Cubs5–2Higbe (2–0)Chipman (2–1)Chandler (1)11,5339–3
13May 6Cardinals7–6Casey (2–0)Grodzicki (0–1)18,97110–3
14May 7Cardinals1–2Pollet (1–3)Lombardi (1–2)11,43510–4
15May 8Cardinals1–5Brecheen (3–1)Branca (1–3)32,32810–5
16May 9@ Phillies5–6 (11)Leonard (4–1)Casey (2–1)22,68010–6
17May 10@ Phillies4–2Hatten (3–0)Hughes (0–5)15,55611–6
18May 11@ Phillies3–7Leonard (5–1)Lombardi (1–3)--11–7
19May 11@ Phillies4–5Rowe (5–0)Chandler (0–1)Heintzelman (1)40,95211–8
20May 12Braves8–3Branca (2–3)Cooper (1–3)19,66112–8
21May 13@ Reds5–7Vander Meer (1-1)Taylor (0–1)Gumbert (2)27,16412–9
22May 14@ Reds0–2Blackwell (4–2)Hatten (3–1)6,68812–10
23May 15@ Pirates3–7Bahr (3–1)Lombardi (1–4)Bonham (2)13,47112–11
24May 16@ Pirates3–1Branca (3-3)Higbe (2-2)Casey (5)34,18413–11
25May 17@ Pirates0–4Ostermueller (3–1)Melton (0–1)17,67313–12
26May 18@ Cubs4–2Hatten (4–1)Schmitz (3-3)Casey (6)46,57214–12
27May 19@ Cubs7–8Erickson (1-1)Gregg (2–1)Schmitz (3)21,87514–13
28May 21@ Cardinals4–3 (10)Casey (3–1)Brecheen (4–2)16,24915–13
29May 23Phillies5–4Barney (1–0)Leonard (6–2)Casey (7)33,13616–13
30May 24Phillies3–4 (10)Schmidt (1–2)Casey (3–2)23,44216–14
31May 25Phillies5–3Hatten (5–1)Hughes (0–6)18,01617–14
32May 27@ Giants7–3Branca (4–3)Koslo (3–2)51,78018–14
33May 28@ Giants14–2Taylor (1-1)Jansen (3–1)28,26019–14
34May 29@ Giants4–5Hartung (4–0)Hatten (5–2)Trinkle (4)24,27419–15
35May 30@ Braves3–6Spahn (8–0)Barney (1-1)--19–16
36May 30@ Braves0–3Barrett (2–3)Lombardi (1–5)30,53519–17
37May 31@ Braves5–0Branca (5–3)Lanfranconi (0–1)23,27520–17
June: 18-11 (Home: 8-4; Away: 10-7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
38June 1Cardinals6–1Taylor (2–1)Brecheen (5–3)34,10921–17
39June 2Cardinals4–5 (10)Pollet (3–6)Branca (5–4)17,71921–18
40June 3Pirates11–6Barney (2–1)Higbe (3–5)Casey (8)--22–18
41June 3Pirates8–7Barney (3–1)Roe (2–3)27,24423–18
42June 4Pirates9–4Branca (6–4)Singleton (1-1)32,28724–18
43June 5Pirates3–0Taylor (3–1)Ostermueller (4–2)24,97725–18
44June 6Cubs6–2Hatten (6–2)Wyse (2–5)31,55526–18
45June 9Reds6–9Gumbert (5–2)Lombardi (1–6)Peterson (1)32,86426–19
46June 10Reds1–3Blackwell (8–2)Branca (6–5)--26–20
47June 10Reds6–5Branca (7–5)Lively (0–2)33,04527–20
48June 11Reds4–5Riddle (1–0)Hatten (6–3)Gumbert (4)18,40327–21
49June 13@ Cardinals0–3Munger (5–1)Taylor (3–2)25,60627–22
50June 14@ Cardinals3–5Brazle (5–3)Branca (7–6)9,19027–23
51June 14@ Cardinals2–12Brecheen (8–3)Barney (3–2)26,00527–24
52June 15@ Cardinals3–11Pollet (4–7)Hatten (6–4)29,68627–25
53June 16@ Cubs2–1Taylor (4–2)Lade (4–3)20,09728–25
54June 18@ Cubs5–3Hatten (7–4)Borowy (7–3)Casey (9)23,31329–25
55June 19@ Cubs5–1Branca (8–6)Schmitz (4–8)19,93230–25
56June 21@ Reds6–5Casey (4–2)Gumbert (5–3)11,80731–25
57June 22@ Reds0–4Blackwell (11–2)Hatten (7–5)--31–26
58June 22@ Reds9–8Lombardi (2–6)Walters (3–4)Gregg (1)31,20432–26
59June 24@ Pirates4–2Branca (9–6)Ostermueller (5–4)35,33133–26
60June 25@ Pirates6–2Taylor (5–2)Higbe (4–7)10,31334–26
61June 26Braves8–6Branca (10–6)Johnson (2–4)33,10235–26
62June 27@ Braves8–5Barney (4–2)Voiselle (1–5)Behrman (1)35,80136–26
63June 28@ Braves4–5Lanfranconi (1-1)Behrman (0–3)11,93036–27
64June 29@ Giants4–3Taylor (6–2)Iott (1-1)--37–27
65June 29@ Giants5–9Trinkle (5–1)Gregg (2-2)52,14737–28
66June 30@ Phillies7–4Barney (5–2)Rowe (8–3)Behrman (2)28,51538–28
July: 25-8 (Home: 14-7; Away: 11-1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 1@ Phillies3–5Schanz (2–1)King (0–1)Donnelly (4)10,64438–29
68July 2Giants11–3Branca (11–6)Kennedy (6–4)33,31339–29
69July 3Giants2–19Koslo (8–4)Gregg (2–3)27,93839–30
70July 4Giants16–7 (8)Casey (5–2)Trinkle (5–2)Branca (1)20,56540–30
71July 4Giants4–3Taylor (7–2)M. Cooper (3–8)32,33241–30
72July 5Braves1–4Voiselle (3–5)Lombardi (2–7)20,59641–31
73July 6Braves4–0Branca (12–6)Barrett (6-6)26,36342–31
July 814th All-Star GameAmerican League vs. National League (Wrigley Field, Chicago)
74July 10Cubs5–3Branca (13–6)Borowy (8–4)Casey (10)--43–31
75July 10Cubs4–3 (10)Branca (14–6)Meyer (3–2)35,87644–31
76July 11Cubs5–0Lombardi (3–7)Passeau (0–2)31,50845–31
77July 12Cubs7–2Hatten (8–5)Lade (6-6)--46–31
78July 12Cubs6–5Casey (6–2)Borowy (8–5)27,73647–31
79July 13Reds9–1King (1-1)Peterson (3–7)23,01848–31
80July 14Reds1–9Lively (2-2)Branca (14–7)29,37948–32
81July 15Pirates4–12Roe (3–7)Taylor (7–3)--48–33
82July 15Pirates3–9Bagby (3-3)Hatten (8–6)25,59448–34
83July 16Pirates10–6Behrman (1–3)Bonham (7–3)Taylor (1)27,75649–34
84July 17Pirates1–7Queen (1–0)King (1–2)9,13349–35
85July 18Cardinals7–0Branca (15–7)Munger (8–3)32,73450–35
86July 19Cardinals5–7Dickson (5–10)Lombardi (3–8)15,68550–36
87July 20Cardinals3–333,42050–36
88July 21Reds7–4Lombardi (4–8)Gumbert (7–6)Behrman (3)--51–36
89July 21Reds4–3Hatten (9–6)Peterson (3–8)35,09252–36
90July 22@ Reds12–1Branca (16–7)Lively (2–4)31,80853–36
91July 23@ Reds5–2Behrman (2–3)Raffensberger (3–7)Casey (11)12,52854–36
92July 24@ Reds6–1Lombardi (5–8)Vander Meer (4–8)13,67655–36
93July 25@ Pirates4–1Taylor (8–3)Queen (1-1)42,01456–36
94July 26@ Pirates6–4Casey (7–2)Strincevich (1–5)17,60657–36
95July 27@ Pirates8–4Behrman (3-3)Ostermueller (8–6)Casey (12)--58–36
96July 27@ Pirates11–4 (7)Gregg (3-3)Higbe (7–10)42,71659–36
97July 28@ Cubs4–0Hatten (10–6)Schmitz (5–13)25,05260–36
98July 29@ Cardinals4–0Taylor (9–3)Dickson (6–11)32,41961–36
99July 30@ Cardinals11–10 (10) King (2-2)Hearn (7–4)31,70962–36
100July 31@ Cardinals2–1Lombardi (6–8)Pollet (6–9)21,87363–36
August: 19-13 (Home: 15-6; Away: 4-7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1@ Cubs8–10Kush (5–1)Casey (7–3)24,31963–37
102August 2@ Cubs7–12Erickson (6–4)Taylor (9–4)34,10863–38
103August 3@ Cubs0–6Schmitz (6–13)Branca (16–8)41,12063–39
104August 4@ Braves4–2 (10)Casey (8–3)Voiselle (3–11)23,82864–39
105August 5@ Braves2–4Sain (15–7)Gregg (3–4)20,65864–40
106August 6@ Braves3–7Spahn (14–6)Hatten (10–7)32,25264–41
107August 7@ Braves1–3Barrett (9–8)Taylor (9–5)16,97164–42
108August 8Phillies5–0Branca (17–8)Leonard (12–7)32,17065–42
109August 9Phillies3–5Rowe (10–8)Lombardi (6–9)Jurisich (1)23,09565–43
110August 10Phillies2–0Hatten (11–7)Donnelly (1–4)24,83066–43
111August 12Braves2–9Voiselle (4–11)Branca (17–9)Shoun (1)38,79466–44
112August 13Braves10–5King (3–2)Johnson (3–7)25,68467–44
113August 14Braves1–0Lombardi (7–9)Spahn (14–8)18,57168–44
114August 15@ Phillies8–1Hatten (12–7)Rowe (10–9)26,06069–44
115August 16@ Phillies5–4Casey (9–3)Judd (1–12)Behrman (4)9,85970–44
116August 17@ Phillies0–4Leonard (14–7)King (3-3)--70–45
117August 17@ Phillies7–5Casey (10–3)Jurisich (1–5)Lombardi (1)32,22071–45
118August 18Cardinals7–5Lombardi (8–9)Pollet (7–11)Casey (13)32,78172–45
119August 18Cardinals12–3Taylor (10–5)Brecheen (14–7)Lombardi (2)33,72373–45
120August 19Cardinals3–11Brazle (10–6)Behrman (3–4)Hearn (1)33,46573–46
121August 20Cardinals2–3 (12)Pollet (8–11)Casey (10–4)Munger (3)25,76273–47
122August 21Reds8–1King (4–3)Blackwell (19–6)14,57774–47
123August 22Reds6–5 (12)Behrman (4-4)Gumbert (8-8)14,83675–47
124August 23Reds8–5Lombardi (9-9)Vander Meer (6–13)30,04176–47
125August 24Pirates3–1Branca (18–9)Bonham (9–7)Casey (14)33,20777–47
126August 25Pirates11–10King (5–3)Higbe (10–13)Casey (15)20,16678–47
127August 26Pirates3–16Ostermueller (12–7)Gregg (3–5)24,06978–48
128August 27Cubs3–6Schmitz (9–16)Hatten (12–8)13,11778–49
129August 28Cubs6–2Lombardi (10–9)Wyse (5–8)Behrman (5)22,37579–49
130August 29Giants6–3Branca (19–9)Koslo (14–9)34,56880–49
131August 30Giants3–1King (6–3)Trinkle (6–4)Casey (16)37,51281–49
132August 31Giants10–4Behrman (5–4)Kennedy (9–11)Lombardi (3)33,83782–49
September: 12-11 (Home: 2-4; Away: 10-7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Phillies5–0Hatten (13–8)Hughes (4–10)28,15383–49
134September 1Phillies0–5Judd (3–13)Branca (19–10)35,46883–50
135September 4@ Giants2–0Lombardi (11–9)Hansen (0–4)49,20384–50
136September 5@ Giants7–6Haugstad (1–0)Jansen (17–5)Casey (17)23,47585–50
137September 6@ Giants2–3Poat (3–0)Branca (19–11)43,08585–51
138September 7@ Giants6–7Koslo (15–9)King (6–4)Trinkle (9)50,63885–52
139September 9@ Cubs3–4Schmitz (10–17)Lombardi (11–10)Erickson (1)25,98885–53
140September 10@ Cubs5–1Hatten (14–8)Chipman (6–5)Casey (18)21,59486–53
141September 11@ Cardinals4–3Branca (20–11)Brecheen (15–10)Behrman (6)20,45287–53
142September 12@ Cardinals7–8Wilks (4–0)Behrman (5-5)31,95787–54
143September 13@ Cardinals8–7Lombardi (12–10)Dickson (12–14)Behrman (7)33,51088–54
144September 14@ Reds13–2Hatten (15–8)Peterson (5–13)--89–54
145September 14@ Reds6–3Hatten (16–8)Gumbert (10–9)34,62390–54
146September 16@ Reds7–3Branca (21–11)Walters (8-8)8,26191–54
147September 17@ Pirates4–2Gregg (4–5)Ostermueller (12–9)Behrman (8)33,91692–54
148September 18@ Pirates7–8Higbe (13–15)King (6–5)15,44092–55
149September 20Braves1–8Sain (20–11)Lombardi (12–11)29,76292–56
150September 21Braves0–4Spahn (20–10)Branca (21–12)34,12892–57
151September 23Giants6–1Hatten (17–8)Jones (1–2)Bankhead (1)26,12393–57
152September 24Giants5–6Beggs (3–5)Ramsdell (0–1)Trinkle (10)16,99093–58
153September 25@ Phillies5–2 (10)Ramsdell (1-1)Leonard (17–12)22,73694–58
154September 27@ Braves1–2Martin (1–0)Palica (0–1)7,72094–59
155September 28@ Braves2–3Sain (21–12)Banta (0–1)25,51194–60
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Opening Day lineup

Season summary

April

On Opening Day, Jackie Robinson made his debut as the Dodgers' first baseman. He went 0-for-3, scoring a run. He also had one sacrifice hit and grounded into a double play before being replaced late in the game by Howie Schultz. In the field, he had 11 putouts without an error.[7] During a game against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 22, Robinson committed an error for the first time in his major league career.[8]

May

On May 13, Robinson played in his first game in Cincinnati. The Reds won the game 7–5. Despite the loss, Robinson had a walk, a single, and a run.[9] Various racial slurs were hurled at Robinson by the fans. Pee Wee Reese put his hand on Robinson's shoulder to hush the crowd.[10] 46,572 paying fans (while there were 20,000 fans outside) on May 18 came to Chicago's Wrigley Field to see Robinson play against the Cubs. The Dodgers won by a score of 4–2.[11]

June

Against the Pirates on June 24, Robinson stole home plate for the first time in his career.[12] The Pirates catcher was Dixie Howell, who had started the season in Brooklyn's farm system.

July

The Dodgers had five players selected to the All-Star Game: Dixie Walker, Ralph Branca, Bruce Edwards, Eddie Stanky, and Pee Wee Reese.

August

On August 20, St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Enos Slaughter stepped on Robinson's foot and it got injured. He fell down to the ground and all of his teammates stood up for him and shouted back at the Cardinals.

September

On September 11, Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola and Robinson were involved in an incident at home plate. Garagiola stepped on Robinson's foot and the two started arguing. Umpire Beans Reardon held back Garagiola while Robinson clapped.[13] The incident was later part of a children's book titled In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord. Against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 17, Robinson hit a home run off Fritz Ostermueller. That day, the Dodgers won the NL Pennant, sending them to the World Series.

Notable transactions

Roster

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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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBruce Edwards130471139.295980
1BJackie Robinson151590175.2971248
2BEddie Stanky146559141.252353
3BSpider Jorgensen129441121.274567
SSPee Wee Reese142476135.2841273
OFDixie Walker148529162.306994
OFPete Reiser110388120.309546
OFCarl Furillo124437129.295888
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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
Gene Hermanski7918952.275739
Arky Vaughan6412641.325225
Eddie Miksis458623.267410
Duke Snider408320.24105
Stan Rojek328021.26307
Gil Hodges287712.15617
Cookie Lavagetto416918.261311
Al Gionfriddo376211.17706
Bobby Bragan25367.19403
Tommy Brown15348.23502
Don Lund11206.30025
Ed Stevens5132.15400
Dick Whitman4104.40002
Marv Rackley1892.22202
Tommy Tatum460.00000
Howie Schultz210.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ralph Branca43280.021122.67148
Joe Hatten42225.11783.6376
Kirby Higbe415.2205.1710
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Vic Lombardi33174.212112.9972
Harry Taylor33162.01053.1158
Hal Gregg37104.1455.8759
Clyde King2987.2652.7731
Rex Barney2877.2524.7536
Jack Banta37.2017.043
Rube Melton44.20113.501
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Hugh Casey46104183.9940
Hank Behrman385385.3031
Ed Chandler150116.378
Phil Haugstad61002.844
Dan Bankhead40017.206
George Dockins400011.811
Erv Palica30103.001
Willie Ramsdell21106.753
Johnny Van Cuyk20005.402
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Postseason

Game log

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Legend
 Dodgers win
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1947 Postseason Game Log: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–3)
World Series: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1September 30@ YankeesL 3–5Shea (1–0)Branca (0–1)Page (1)73,3650–1L1
2October 1@ YankeesL 3–10Reynolds (1–0)Lombardi (0–1)69,8650–2L2
3October 2YankeesW 9–8Casey (1–0)Newsom (0–1)33,0981–2W1
4October 3YankeesW 3–2Casey (2–0)Bevens (0–1)33,4432–2W2
5October 4YankeesL 1–2Shea (2–0)Barney (0–1)34,3792–3L1
6October 5@ YankeesW 8–6Branca (1–1)Page (0–1)Casey (1)74,0653–3W1
7October 6@ YankeesL 2–5Page (1–1)Gregg (0–1)71,5483–4L1
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Awards and honors

Farm system

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