[Mark]

Originally Posted by Dave Grob

Thanks Leon. This is an extremely rare and significant uniform for any number of reasons. First, it is an extremely rare style and the only surviving example of a Brooklyn Dodgers “Palm Beach” style uniform that I have any record of and it is one of a very few that I know to have been produced for the Dodgers, Indians, and Athletics between 1949-1950. Additionally it is the earliest home Pee Wee Reese Brooklyn Dodgers jersey that I have any record of. 1949 was also an exceptional year for Pee Wee Reese as he led the major leagues with 742 plate appearances and the National League in runs scored with 132 (Reese remains today the Dodgers All Time Leader in Runs Scored). Additional 1949 saw Reese achieve career highs in home runs (16) and fielding percentage (.977).

Reese, unlike many of his team mates, performed extremely well in the 1949 World Series batting .316 (Robinson .188; Campanella .267; Snider .143; Furrilo .125, and Hodges .235). Of note related to the World Series is the fact is that Pee Wee Reese is the ONLY player on either team to have appeared in every game of every Dodger-Yankee World Series of 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, and 1956.

Finally, it was in 1949 that Pee Wee Reese was named captain of the Brooklyn Dodgers (See Roscoe McGowen, The Sporting News, 19 December 1956; “Pee Wee…The Pride of Flatbush”).

Dave Grob

Congratulations are in order! You must have quite a collection.