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By Society for American Baseball Research (SABR),Lyle Spatz,Maurice Bouchard,Leonard Levin,Mark Langill

Of the entire groups within the annals of baseball, just a choose few can lay declare to historical value. a kind of groups is the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, the 1st racially built-in significant League workforce of the 20 th century. The addition of Jackie Robinson to its roster replaced not just baseball but additionally the state. but Robinson used to be only one member of that memorable membership, which incorporated Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Pee Wee Reese, Pete Reiser, Duke Snider, Eddie Stanky, Arky Vaughan, and Dixie Walker. additionally current was once a quartet of baseball’s such a lot unforgettable characters: co-owners department Rickey and Walter O’Malley, suspended supervisor Leo Durocher, and radio announcer purple Barber.


This booklet is the 1st to provide biographies of all people on that incomparable staff in addition to money owed of the moments and occasions that marked the Dodgers’ 1947 season: Commissioner chuffed Chandler postponing Durocher, Rickey luring his outdated pal Burt Shotton out of retirement to interchange Durocher, and outstanding outfielder Reiser being sidelined after operating right into a fence. despite all this, the Dodgers went directly to win the nationwide League pennant over the seriously favorite St. Louis Cardinals. and naturally, there's the most important tale of the season, the place heritage and biography coalesce: Jackie Robinson, who overcame common hostility to develop into Rookie of the Year—and to aid the Dodgers set single-game attendance documents in towns round the nationwide League.

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