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1936 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1936 Brooklyn Dodgers
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Owner(s)Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)Casey Stengel
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The 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers fired manager Casey Stengel after another dismal campaign, which saw the team finish in 6th place.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 92 62 0.597 — 52–26 40–36
St. Louis Cardinals 87 67 0.565 5 43–33 44–34
Chicago Cubs 87 67 0.565 5 50–27 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 84 70 0.545 8 46–30 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 74 80 0.481 18 42–34 32–46
Boston Bees 71 83 0.461 21 35–43 36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers 67 87 0.435 25 37–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 54 100 0.351 38 30–48 24–52

Record vs. opponents

1936 National League Records

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


Notable transactions

  • April 2, 1936: Wayne Osborne was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Bees.[6]
  • July 15, 1936: George Earnshaw was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Eddie Morgan to the Dodgers on October 1.[7]
  • August 1, 1936: The Dodgers traded players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Winsett. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Frenchy Bordagaray, Dutch Leonard and Jimmy Jordan to the Cardinals on December 3.[8]

Roster

1936 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 32 Otto Miller

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 Ray Berres 105 267 64 .240 1 13
1B Buddy Hassett 156 635 197 .310 3 82
2B Jimmy Jordan 115 398 93 .234 2 28
3B Joe Stripp 110 439 139 .317 1 60
SS Lonny Frey 148 524 146 .279 4 60
OF Johnny Cooney 130 507 143 .282 0 30
OF George Watkins 105 364 93 .255 4 43
OF Frenchy Bordagaray 125 372 117 .315 4 31

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 110 370 93 .251 2 41
Babe Phelps 115 319 117 .367 5 57
Eddie Wilson 52 173 60 .347 3 25
Ben Geraghty 51 129 25 .194 0 9
Danny Taylor 43 116 34 .293 2 15
Freddie Lindstrom 26 106 28 .264 0 10
Randy Moore 42 88 21 .239 0 14
Tom Winsett 22 85 20 .235 1 18
Sid Gautreaux 75 71 19 .268 0 16
Ox Eckhardt 16 44 8 .182 1 6
Nick Tremark 8 32 8 .250 0 1
Jack Radtke 33 31 3 .097 0 2
Johnny Hudson 6 12 2 .167 0 0
Dick Siebert 2 2 0 .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 45 311.2 18 19 3.35 238
Fred Frankhouse 41 234.1 13 10 3.65 84
Ed Brandt 38 234 11 13 3.50 104
George Earnshaw 19 93 4 9 5.32 40

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
Max Butcher 38 147.2 6 6 3.96 55
Watty Clark 33 120 7 11 4.43 28
Tom Baker 35 87.2 1 8 4.72 35
Harry Eisenstat 5 14.1 1 2 5.65 5

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
George Jeffcoat 40 5 6 3 4.52 46
Dutch Leonard 16 0 0 1 3.66 8
Hank Winston 14 1 3 0 6.12 8
Tom Zachary 1 0 0 0 54.00 0

Awards and honors

Farm System

Level Team League Manager
A Allentown Brooks New York–Pennsylvania League Bruno Betzel
A Davenport Blue Sox Western League Cletus Dixon
C Greenwood Dodgers Cotton States League Frank Brazill
D Jeanerette Blues Evangeline League Emmett Lipscomb
D Mayfield Clothiers Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League Lester L. Sweetland
W. M. Robinson
Rip Wheeler
D Beatrice Blues Nebraska State League Sonny Brookhaus

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Davenport, Greenwood

Notes

  1. ^ Tony Cuccinello at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Johnny Babich at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Sam Leslie at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Johnny McCarthy at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Wally Millies at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Wayne Osborne at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ George Earnshaw at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Frenchy Bordagaray at Baseball-Reference

References

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