1933 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1933  Brooklyn Dodgers
League National League
Ballpark Ebbets Field
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President Stephen McKeever
Managers Max Carey
  1932
1934  

The 1933 Brooklyn Dodgers finished in sixth place. After the season, manager Max Carey was fired and replaced by coach Casey Stengel.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 91610.59948–2743–34
Pittsburgh Pirates 87670.565550–2737–40
Chicago Cubs 86680.558656–2330–45
Boston Braves 83710.539945–3138–40
St. Louis Cardinals 82710.53647–3035–41
Brooklyn Dodgers 65880.42526½36–4129–47
Philadelphia Phillies 60920.3953132–4028–52
Cincinnati Reds 58940.3823337–4221–52

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 13–9–17–1512–1012–10–111–1113–915–7
Brooklyn 9–13–19–1310–12–18–14–213–97–159–12
Chicago 15–713–911–119–1315–712–1011–11
Cincinnati 10–1212–10–111–114–177–147–157–15
New York 10–12–114–8–213–917–415–613–99–13–1
Philadelphia 11–119–137–1514–76–157–156–16
Pittsburgh 9–1315–710–1215–79–1315–714–8
St. Louis 7–1512–911–1115–713–9–116–68–14

Notable transactions

Roster

1933 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Al López 126372112.301341
1B Sam Leslie 96361104.286546
2B Tony Cuccinello 134485122.252965
3B Joe Stripp 141537149.277151
SS Jimmy Jordan 7021154.256017
OF Johnny Frederick 147556171.308764
OF Danny Taylor 103358102.285940
OF Buzz Boyle 93338101.299031

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Hack Wilson 11736096.267954
Jake Flowers 7821049.233222
Glenn Wright 7119249.255118
Joe Hutcheson 5518443.234621
Lefty O'Doul 4315940.252521
Chink Outen 9315338.248417
Lonny Frey 3413543.319012
Del Bissonette 3511428.246110
Joe Judge 4211224.21409
Clyde Sukeforth 20362.05600
Bert Delmas 12287.25000
Max Rosenfeld 591.11100
Val Picinich 661.16700
Lu Blue 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Boom-Boom Beck 43257.012203.5489
Van Mungo 41248.016152.72110
Ray Benge 37228.210173.4274
Ownie Carroll 33226.113153.7845
Watty Clark 1150.2244.8014

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sloppy Thurston 32131.1684.5222
Dutch Leonard 1040.0232.936
Fred Heimach 1029.20110.017

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Joe Shaute 413423.4926
Rosy Ryan 301124.5522
Ray Lucas 20007.200

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
A York White Roses New York–Pennsylvania League Hans Lobert
Charley Moore

Notes

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