No player of great renown wore that number for Brooklyn; perhaps the most famous being Schoolboy Rowe in 1942.
Cal Ripken Jr. wore uniform number 8 his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles from 1981 - 2001
Harry Smythe played in 8 games at pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1934, starting in none of them. He made one putout, had 8 assists, and committed 2 errors, equivalent to .25 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
In 1941, Mace Brown played in 24 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers, batting in all of them. He had 8 at bats, getting 0 hits, for a .000 batting average, with 0 runs batted in. He was walked 0 times. He struck out 3 times.
Andy Sommerville debuted on August 8, 1894, playing for the Brooklyn Grooms at Eastern Park; he played his final game on August 8, 1894, playing for the Brooklyn Grooms at Eastern Park.
Jim Hughes played in 48 games at pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953, starting in none of them. He made 8 putouts, had 9 assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
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Bill Dickey wore uniform number 8
Carl Yazstremski, Willie Stargell, Cal Ripken Jr and Yogi Berra wore the #8.
From 1976 - 1986 playing for the Montreal Expos Andre Dawson wore uniform number 10. From 1987 - 1992 playing for the Chicago Cubs he wore number 8. 1993, and 1994 he wore number 8 for the Boston Red Sox, and back to number 8 his final two seasons with the Florida Marlins 1995, and1996.
Wes Flowers debuted on August 8, 1940, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field; he played his final game on June 12, 1944, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
John Hall debuted on April 21, 1948, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field; he played his final game on May 8, 1948, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
Joe Hutcheson debuted on July 8, 1933, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field; he played his final game on October 1, 1933, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
The Dodgers record in the World Series while playing in Brooklyn was 1-8. Their victory came in 1955 and their losses came in 1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, and 1956.
Babe Ruth Number 3Before 1929 players did not wear uniform number. Babe Ruth wore Jersey number 3 with The New York Yankees starting in 1929. Numbers were issued by the players place in the line up, and Ruth batted 3rd. He also wore uniform number 3 with the Boston Braves in 1935.
Yes, Frey played with the Dodgers between 1933-1936. In 1934, he hit .284 with 8 home runs and 57 RBIs in 125 games.
The tallest player ever to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers was 6-foot-8-inch tall pitcher Jon Matlack. He played for the Dodgers in the early 1970s before being traded to the New York Mets, where he had a successful career. Matlack was known for his impressive stature, which was unusual for baseball players at that time.