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Brooklyn Dodgers All Time Team |
Dixie Walker
1931 - 1949 (Right Field)
1905 games, 105 home runs, .306 batting average
| This Georgia native became the center of some controversy when Jackie Robinson arrived in the big leagues when he immediately wrote a letter to Branch Rickey asking to be traded. After a while Walker grew to respect Robinson's athletic abilities and the way he handled the continual abuse he received, and he called him called him "as outstanding an athlete as I never saw." |
Red Barber, Vin Scully, Tommy Lasorda, Branch Rickey
All Time Teams Best Teams World Champions 1941 Dodgers 1947 Dodgers