1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1938 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersJames & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentLarry MacPhail
ManagersBurleigh Grimes
← 1937
1939 →

The 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their 55th season. The team finished with a record of 69–80, finishing in seventh place in the National League. The 1938 season saw Babe Ruth hired as the first base coach,[1] and lights installed by the team at Ebbets Field on June 15.[2]

  1. ^ June 18, 1938 in History
  2. ^ McGee, Bob. The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rutgers UP, 2005. 137. Google Book Search link