page_title: List of Brooklyn Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers
section_title: Pitchers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Brooklyn Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers / Pitchers
caption_attribution_description: 1895 N566 Newsboy Tobacco Cabinet Card of Dave Foutz
context_page_description: From their inception in 1884 through their last year in Brooklyn, 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers used 41 different starting pitchers on Opening Day. Brickyard Kennedy made the most Opening Day starts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, with 6 such starts between 1894 and 1900. Nap Rucker made 5 such starts between 1907 and 1913. Carl Erskine made 4 Opening Day starts between 1951 and 1955 and Van Mungo also made 4 Opening Day starts between 1934 and 1938. Five Brooklyn pitchers made 3 Opening Day starts: Leon Cadore, Watty Clark, Don Newcombe, Jesse Petty, Dutch Ruether. The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
  The Dodgers played in the modern World Series nine times before moving to Los Angeles, winning once in 1955, when Carl Esrkine was the Opening Day pitcher. Erskine was also the Opening Day pitcher in 1953 when they played in the World Series but lost to the New York Yankees.
caption: Dave Foutz was Brooklyn's Opening Day starting pitcher in 1892.
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