1935 Brooklyn Dodgers season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.

1935 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
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The 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in fifth place, with their third straight losing season.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	100	54	--	.649
St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	4	.623
New York Giants	91	62	8.5	.595
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	67	13.5	.562
Brooklyn Dodgers	70	83	29.5	.458
Cincinnati Reds	68	85	31.5	.444
Philadelphia Phillies	64	89	35.5	.418
Boston Braves	38	115	61.5	.248

Record vs. opponents

1935 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	6–16	3–19	10–12	5–16	8–14	2–20	4–18
Brooklyn	16–6	—	5–17	11–11	9–13	12–9–1	11–11	6–16
Chicago	19–3	17–5	—	14–8	14–8	13–9	15–7	8–14
Cincinnati	12–10	11–11	8–14	—	8–14–1	13–9	8–13	8–14
New York	16–5	13–9	8–14	14–8–1	—	12–10–2	14–8	14–8
Philadelphia	14–8	9–12–1	9–13	9–13	10–12–2	—	6–16	7–15
Pittsburgh	20–2	11–11	7–15	13–8	8–14	16–6	—	11–11
St. Louis	18–4	16–6	14–8	14–8	8–14	15–7	11–11	—

Notable transactions

• May 15, 1935: George Earnshaw was purchased by the Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox.

Roster

1935 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 26 Johnny Babich 15 Tom Baker 30 Bob Barr 28 Ray Benge 17 Watty Clark  7 George Earnshaw 20 Harry Eisenstat 29 Harvey Green 14 Frank Lamanske 27 Dutch Leonard 15 Bob Logan 16 Van Mungo 25 Les Munns 21 Dazzy Vance 34 Tom Zachary		Catchers 10 Al López 19 Babe Phelps -- Whitey Ock 22 Ralph Onis 20 Zack Taylor Infielders  2 Jim Bucher  5 Tony Cuccinello -- Rod Dedeaux  8 Lonny Frey 12 Jimmy Jordan  6 Sam Leslie 23 Johnny McCarthy 22 Vince Sherlock 14 Frank Skaff  3 Joe Stripp		Outfielders  4 Frenchy Bordagaray  1 Buzz Boyle  5 Johnny Cooney 18 Len Koenecke 21 Buster Mills 24 Bobby Reis  9 Danny Taylor 11 Nick Tremark		Manager 31 Casey Stengel Coaches 32 Otto Miller 20 Zack Taylor

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Al Lopez	128	379	95	.251	3	39
1B	Sam Leslie	142	520	160	.308	5	93
2B	Tony Cuccinello	102	360	105	.292	8	53
3B	Joe Stripp	109	373	114	.306	3	43
SS	Lonny Frey	131	515	135	.262	11	77
OF	Buzz Boyle	127	475	129	.272	4	44
OF	Frenchy Bordagaray	120	422	119	.282	1	39
OF	Danny Taylor	112	352	102	.290	7	59

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jim Bucher	123	473	143	.302	7	58
Len Koenecke
Jimmy Jordan
Babe Phelps
Bobby Reis
Buster Mills
Zack Taylor
Johnny McCarthy
Johnny Cooney
Vince Sherlock
Nick Tremark
Frank Skaff
Rod Dedeaux
Whitey Ock
Ralph Onis

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Van Mungo
Watty Clark
George Earnshaw	25	166	8	12	4.12	72
Tom Zachary
Ray Benge

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Johnny Babich	37	143.1	7	14	6.66	55
Dutch Leonard	43	137.2	2	9	3.92	41
Les Munns

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dazzy Vance
Bobby Reis
Tom Baker	11	1	0	0	4.29	10
Harry Eisenstat
Frank Lamanske
Bob Logan
Bob Barr
Harvey Green

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Sacramento Senators	Pacific Coast League	Earl McNeely Kittie Wirts
A	Reading Brooks/Allentown Brooks	New York–Pennsylvania League	Zack Taylor
C	Dayton Ducks	Middle Atlantic League	Riley Parker Howard Holmes

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet