hank behrman double dipped in a single season

hank behrman was a brooklyn native who played for his hometown team. in two separate stints. hank behrman was a dodger double dipper.

[this is the ninety-second installment in the double dippers posts.  here are the previous posts - brett butler, omar daal, eric young, nick willhite, chris gwynn, mickey hatcher, dave anderson, don zimmer, rafael landestoy, dave hansen, jose vizcaino, hideo nomo, greg maddux, mike maddux, jon garland, chan ho park, vicente romo, gene mauch, denny lewallyn, von joshua, joe moeller, dioner navarro, rudy seanez, bart shirley, randy wolf, ismael valdes, bobby castillo, mike devereaux, pete richert, jay johnstone, jesse orosco, lee lacy, giovanni carrara, jeff weaver, ted sizemore,  orel hershiser, tom goodwin, joe ferguson, eddie murray, matt luke, ken mcmullen, tim wallach, jerry grote, don sutton, ralph branca, todd hundley, elmer dessens, guillermo mota, joe beckwith, jamie hoffmann, babe herman, joe medwick, juan castro, ron perranoski, clyde king, paul waner, hughie jennings, ron negray, broadway aleck smith, george smith, johnny cooney, jim fairey, frenchy bordagaray, doc casey, waite hoyt, luis olmo, clyde sukeforth, willie keeler,  harry howell, germany smith, johnny allen, marv rackley, bobo newsom, maury wills, dazzy vance, ray hayworth, zack taylor, john cronin, art herring, brian falkenborg, bill reidy, john anderson, vito tamulis, wally hood, jim bruske, bill dahlen, patsy donovan, jamey wright, watty clark, andy messersmith, rocky nelson, and newt kimball.]

the only card i have of behrman comes from the 1990 target set.

i didn't realize that behrman double dipped until i was preparing the sunday morning target dodger post that ran earlier today.  that's because he double dipped in the same season, so there was no noticeable gap in his dodger service time.

after debuting in 1946 and posting an 11-5 record with a 2.93 era, behrman had a couple of bad outings against the new york giants in april of 1947. a week or so later, he was traded to the pirates in the al gionfriddo deal.  in 10 subsequent appearances for pittsburgh, behrman was 0-2 with an era over 9, and the pirates decided to return him to brooklyn.  back with the dodgers, behrman pitched a bit better, going 5-3 with 8 'saves' in 38 appearances despite an era of 5.30.  he even pitched in 5 of the 7 games of the 1947 world series against the yankees.  after one more season with the dodgers, behrman finished his big league career with the giants in 1949.

this may be the last of the double dipper posts, although i see that the dodgers just re-signed ramon troncoso.  and, this is post number 2600 for the blog - that's one more post than steve garvey had hits in his big league career.  didn't think i would get to that number...