The Dodgers' most famous number four was center fielder Duke Snyder. As immortalized by Terry Cashman's Talking Baseball (subtitled Willie, Mickey, and the Duke), three future Hall of Fame center fielders (the New York Giants' Willie Mays, the New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle, and the Brooklyn Dodgers' Duke Snyder) played center field at the same time in the same city.
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Pitcher Orel Hershiser. Hershiser wore #55 for the Dodgers between 1983-1994.
Jackie Robinson wore #42 during his career (1947-1956) with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
In the 1960s it was Wally Moon, one of the "unsung" truly great outfielders
No player of great renown wore that number for Brooklyn; perhaps the most famous being Schoolboy Rowe in 1942.
Don Drysdale wore uniform number 53 for the Dodgers his entire career from 1956 - 1969.