1935 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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

1935  Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Stephen McKeever
Managers	Casey Stengel
←  1934 1936  →

The 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in fifth place, with their third straight losing season.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	100	54	0.649	—	56–21	44–33
St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	0.623	4	53–24	43–34
New York Giants	91	62	0.595	8½	50–27	41–35
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	67	0.562	13½	46–31	40–36
Brooklyn Dodgers	70	83	0.458	29½	38–38	32–45
Cincinnati Reds	68	85	0.444	31½	41–35	27–50
Philadelphia Phillies	64	89	0.418	35½	35–43	29–46
Boston Braves	38	115	0.248	61½	25–50	13–65

Record vs. opponents

1935 National League record v t e Sources:
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. ^[1]

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 López	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	100	325	92	.283	4	27
Jimmy Jordan	94	295	82	.278	0	30
Babe Phelps	47	121	44	.364	5	22
Bobby Reis	52	85	21	.247	0	4
Buster Mills	17	56	12	.214	1	7
Zack Taylor	26	54	7	.130	0	5
Johnny McCarthy	22	48	12	.250	0	4
Johnny Cooney	10	29	9	.310	0	1
Vince Sherlock	9	26	12	.462	0	6
Nick Tremark	10	13	3	.231	0	3
Frank Skaff	6	11	6	.545	0	3
Rod Dedeaux	2	4	1	.250	0	1
Whitey Ock	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Ralph Onis	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

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	37	214.1	16	10	3.65	143
Watty Clark	33	207.0	13	8	3.30	35
George Earnshaw	25	166.0	8	12	4.12	72
Tom Zachary	25	158.0	7	12	3.59	33
Ray Benge	23	124.2	9	9	4.48	39

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	21	58.1	1	3	5.55	13

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	20	3	2	2	4.41	28
Bobby Reis	14	3	2	2	2.83	7
Tom Baker	11	1	0	0	4.29	10
Harry Eisenstat	2	0	1	0	13.50	2
Frank Lamanske	2	0	0	0	7.36	1
Bob Logan	2	0	1	0	3.38	1
Bob Barr	2	0	0	0	3.86	0
Harvey Green	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

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

Notes

1. George Earnshaw page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet