# 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 56‍–‍21 | 44‍–‍33 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 58 | .623 | 4 | 53‍–‍24 | 43‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 91 | 62 | .595 | 8½ | 50‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 67 | .562 | 13½ | 46‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 70 | 83 | .458 | 29½ | 38‍–‍38 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 85 | .444 | 31½ | 41‍–‍35 | 27‍–‍50 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 89 | .418 | 35½ | 35‍–‍43 | 29‍–‍46 |
| Boston Braves | 38 | 115 | .248 | 61½ | 25‍–‍50 | 13‍–‍65 |

### Record vs. opponents

1935 National League recordvte 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.

### 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 | 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 |