Last year, a team of three Uof W students finished the compilation of game worn items sold at just about every major auction house between 1985 -2007. They entered the data as to date sold, the auction house, page number, style (road or home), manufacture and size. This was then printed into books that allow items to be searched by team and or player. Of course, many of the items appear for sale more than once and there is no way to tell if each and every piece was 100% real but it did allow, at a glance, for one to look for patterns of makers and size. This list would constitute the majority of game worn items to enter the hobby via a public venue. Undoubtedly, there are items in private collections and obtained through private sale that are not included in this list but this is the most extensive list of available jerseys ever assembled and it took the team almost two years to enter all the data as retrieved from the hundreds of catalogs that include some of the still existing houses to some of the long gone businesses as well. By searching this book, we can go directly to the catalog source to see pictures and descriptions of each item sold. Following is the list of Brooklyn Dodgers jerseys that have entered the hobby in this manner beginning with the oldest example.
1913 Enos Kirkpatrick Road with Pants
1925 Wilbert Robinson Road with Pants
1926 Burleigh Grimes Home with Pants
1932 Frank Howard Home (not listed on 32 Roster)
1936 Walter Millies Home with Pants
1936 Walter Millies Road
1938
1938 Babe Ruth Home with Pants
1938 Babe Ruth Road with Pants
1939
1939 Hugh Casey Road
1939 Tony Lazzeri Home
1939 Babe Ruth Road with Pants (patch had to be added in 1939 as Ruth quit Brooklyn at end of 1938 season so uniform is probably a 1938 with patch change)
1939 Fred Sington Home
1939 Fred Sington Road
1940
1940 Chuck Dressen Road
1940 John Hanson Road
1940’s BoBo Newsom Road
1940 Pee Wee Reese Home
1940’s Clyde Sukeforth Home
1940 Dixie Walker Home
1941
1941 Dolph Camilli Home
1941 Hugh Casey Road
1941 Corriden Home (John?)
1941 Paul Waner Road
1942
1942 J Peterman Home
1942 Pee Wee Reese Road
1943
1943 Chuck Dressen Road
1943 Leo Durocher Road with Pants
1944
1944 Augie Galan Road Satin with Pants
1944 Tom Sunkel Road
1945
1945 Gil Hodges Home
1945 Clyde King Road
1946
1946 Hugh Casey Road
1946 Carl Furillo Home
1946 Augie Galan with Pants (style not listed)
1946 Joe Medwick Home
1946 Stan Rojek Home
1946 Eddie Stanky Road
1947
1947 Hank Behrman Road with Pants
1947 Clyde King Home
1947 Pete Reiser Home
1947 Jackie Robinson Home
1948
1948 Roy Campanella Home with Pants
1948 Don Lund Home
1948 Don Padgett Home with Pants
1948 Joe Pignatano Home
1948 George Shuba Home with Pants
1948 Clyde Sukeforth Road
1948 Arky Vaughan Home
1949
1949 Billy Cox Home with Pants
1949 Carl Erskine Home
1949 Joe Hatten Home with Pants
1949 Gil Hodges Home
1949 Gil Hodges Road
1949 Pee Wee Reese Home
1949 Jackie Robinson Road
1950
1950’s Cal Abrams Road
1950 Roy Campanella Home
1950 Gene Hermanski Home
1950’s Johnny Padres Sample
1950 Pee Wee Reese Home
1950 Jackie Robinson Home
1951
1951 Ralph Branca Home
1951 Rocky Bridges Home
1951 Roy Campanella Road
1951 Pee Wee Reese Home with Pants
1951 Preacher Roe Home
1951 Preacher Roe Road
1951 Jim Romano Home
1951 Jim Romano Training
1951 Jim Russell Home
1951 Johnny Schmitz Road
1951 Duke Snider Home
1951 Duke Snider Road
1951 Don Thompson Home
1952
1952 Home #31 (no such number worn/listed in Baseball Almanac for regular season of 1952)
1952 Cal Abrams Home
1952 Joe Black Road
1952 Roger Craig Road
1952 Chuck Dressen Home
1952 Chuck Dressen Road
1952 Gil Hodges Home with Pants
1952 Mort Miller Home with Pants
1952 Bobby Morgan Home
1952 Erv Palica Home
1952 Clarence Podbelian Road
1952 Pee Wee Reese Road
1952 Pee Wee Reese Home
1952 Jackie Robinson Home
1952 Jim Romano Road
1952 Johnny Rutherford Home
1952 George Shuba Home
1952 Dick Tweed Home
1953
1953 Spud Davis Road
1953 Billy Loes Road
1953 Johnny Padres Home
1953 Jackie Robinson Road
1953 Dick Tweed Home with Pants
1953 Ben Wade Home with Pants
1954
1954 Don Bessent Home
1954 Roy Campanella Home
1954 Gil Hodges Home
1954 Clem Labine Road with Pants
1954 Bob Milliken Home
1954 Pee Wee Reese Road
1954 Ed Roebuck Road
1954 Don Thompson Home
1954 Don Zimmer Road
1955
1955 Don Bessent Home
1955 Roger Craig Home with Pants
1955 Roger Craig Road with Pants
1955 Sandy Koufax Home
1955 Ed Roebuck Home
1955 Tim Thompson Road
1956
1956 Walt Alston Home
1956 Walt Alston Road with Pants
1956 Bob Aspromonte Home
1956 Gino Cimoli Road
1956 Roger Craig Home
1956 Bob Darnell Home
1956 Don Drysdale Home
1956 Carl Erskine Home
1956 Carl Furillo Road
1956 Randy Jackson Home
1956 Sandy Koufax Home
1956 Dale Mitchell Home
1956 Gorge Shuba Home
1956 Don Zimmer Home
1957
1957 Walt Alston (no style listed)
1957 Don Bessent Road
1957 Roy Campanella Home
1957 Gil Hodges Home
1957 Sandy Koufax Road
1957 Danny McDevitt Home
1957 Don Newcombe Home
1957 Pee Wee Reese Road
1957 John Roseborro Home
Notes on above list.
1. Alterations and originality of above are not confirmed
2. Pants without jerseys were not listed
3. Jackets were not listed
4. When pants are noted , it is not noted whether the pants were same player or year
5. Does not include private sales of which several other shirts are known such as the Leo Durocher Satin, etc. This includes most, but not all, of the major and minor auction catalogs from 1985-2007. We encourage others that may have a listed jersey not found on this list to write us with player, year, make and size and it will be added to this list. We would also encourage collectors that have shirts in their collection not on this list to also write us. We will continue to add to this list to get the most complete list ever compiled of Brooklyn Dodgers jerseys in the hobby.
6. Listed Manufacturers include Spalding, Rawlings, Wilson, MacGregor and MacGregor-Goldsmith.
7. Where one year and style are listed, there could have been two different examples of the same year and style (another set) . Since we would not know if the offered shirt was another set or a repeat sale/offering, we only listed the single year. The above list is solely intended to give you an idea as to what players and years were offered for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Number of Hall of Fame Examples (along with would/could be)
Babe Ruth 3
Wilber Robertson 1
Burliegh Grimes 1
Tony Lazzeri 1
Chuck Dressen 4
Pee Wee Reese 9
Paul Waner 1
Leo Durocher 1 (plus one private satin)
Joe Medwick 1
Jackie Robinson 5
Roy Campanella 5
Arky Vaughan 1
Duke Snider 2
Sandy Koufax 3
Walt Alston 3
Don Drysdale 1
Gil Hodges 6
Minimal total of all Brooklyn Dodgers jerseys offered for sale; 136
The above list is for Brooklyn Jerseys only, not Los Angeles (1958-present)
Until next time, David Bushing