`Jersey Joe’ Medwick, ill-fated Dodgers’ slugger of the 1940s
On the knight of June 12th, 1940, Dodger general manager Larry MacPhail sent outfielder Ernie Koy, infielder-outfielder Bert Haas, pitcher Sam Nahem and Carl Doyle plus $125,000 (a lot of money in 1940) to Branch Rickey, then GM of the Cardinals, for Joe Medwick and right-handed pitcher Curt Davis.
MacPhail promised the people of Brooklyn a pennant. When he landed Medwick he figured the flag would fly in Flatbush for the first time in 20 years!
Joe terrorized National League pitchers since he broke into the majors in 1932. The strong right-handed-hitting outfielder compiled a lifetime batting average over .330 during his first nine years!