1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season
| 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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| Owner(s) | James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith |
| General manager(s) | Branch Rickey |
| Manager(s) | Burt Shotton |
| Local television | WOR-TV |
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WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully |
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The 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers struggled for much of the season, but still wound up pushing the Philadelphia Phillies to the last day of the season before falling two games short. Following the season Branch Rickey was replaced as majority owner/team president by Walter O'Malley, who promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck Dressen. Buzzie Bavasi was also hired as the team's first independent General Manager.
Vin Scully joined the Dodgers' radio and television crew as a play-by-play announcer in 1950; in 2016, Scully entered his 67th consecutive season with the club, the longest such tenure in the history of sports broadcasting.
During the season, Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 22 games Another highlight was on August 31, when Gil Hodges hit four home runs in one game, becoming the first player in the 20th century to do so in his home park.
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