# 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers fired manager Casey Stengel after another dismal campaign, which saw the team finish in sixth place.

## Offseason

* December 12, 1935: Tony Cuccinello, Al López, Ray Benge and Bobby Reis were traded to the Boston Bees for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore.
* February 6, 1936: Johnny Babich and Gene Moore were traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Bees for Fred Frankhouse.
* February 20, 1936: Sam Leslie was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Giants.
* February 20, 1936: Johnny McCarthy, Buzz Boyle and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Buddy Hassett.
* March 31, 1936: Wally Millies was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 52‍–‍26 | 40‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 43‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Chicago Cubs | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 50‍–‍27 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | .545 | 8 | 46‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 80 | .481 | 18 | 42‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Boston Bees | 71 | 83 | .461 | 21 | 35‍–‍43 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 67 | 87 | .435 | 25 | 37‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | 100 | .351 | 38 | 30‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1936 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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.
* 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.
* 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.

### Roster
## 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 | 234.0 | 11 | 13 | 3.50 | 104 |
| George Earnshaw | 19 | 93.0 | 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 | 120.0 | 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

* 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
** Van Mungo reserve

## 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