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The Dodgers' willingness to integrate, when most other teams refused to, was a key factor in their 1947–1956 success. They won six pennants in those 10 years with the help of Robinson, three-time MVP Roy Campanella , Cy Young Award winner Don Newcombe , Jim Gilliam , and Joe Black .
In 1958, as owner of the Dodgers, he brought major league baseball to the West Coast, moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles despite the Dodgers being the second most profitable team in baseball from 1946 to 1956, and coordinating the move of the New York Giants to San Francisco at a time when there were no teams west of Kansas City ...
Gene William Mauch (November 18, 1925 – August 8, 2005) was an American professional baseball player and manager who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944, 1948), Pittsburgh Pirates (), Chicago Cubs (1948–1949), Boston Braves (1950–1951), St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox (1956–1957).
Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 ...
After winning the pennant in 1941, the Dodgers would win six pennants in 10 years between 1947 and 1956, spurred on by the likes of Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in the modern major leagues.
Teams; As player. St. Louis Browns (1909, 1911–1917) Washington Senators ; St. Louis Cardinals (1919–1923) As manager. Philadelphia Phillies (1928–1933) Cincinnati Reds ; Brooklyn Dodgers (1947, 1948–1950) As coach. St. Louis Cardinals (1923–1925) Cincinnati Reds ; Cleveland Indians (1942–1945)
In 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier, Dodgers owner Branch Rickey hired Fred Dobens as president, and his brother, Ray, as general manager, of the ...
Teams; Negro leagues. Kansas City Monarchs ; Major League Baseball. Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1956) Career highlights and awards; NgL All-Star (1945) 6× All-Star (1949–1954) World Series champion ; NL MVP (1949) Rookie of the Year (1947) NL batting champion (1949) 2× NL stolen base leader (1947, 1949) Los Angeles Dodgers No. 42 retired