Coming off of a pennant-winning year in 1952, the Dodgers were primed to make another run. They had a solid starting 8, and some decent pitching. In December of 1952, they drafted Don Bessent from the Yankees. They had lost Roy Face and George Freese in the draft. They signed Sparky Anderson, Don Demeter, Fred Kipp and Larry Sherry as amatuer free agents. They traded Andy Pafko to the Braves in January and Received Roy Harsfield and $50,000 dollars. In a 4 team trade in February, they traded Jim Pendleton to the Braves, and Rocky Bridges to the Reds and got Russ Myer from the Phillies.
Brooklyn Dodgers – Last Years in Brooklyn – Part 2 1953 – 1957
