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

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.

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		105	267	64	.240	1	13
1B		156	635	197	.310	3	82
2B		115	398	93	.234	2	28
3B		110	439	139	.317	1	60
SS		148	524	146	.279	4	60
OF		130	507	143	.282	0	30
OF		105	364	93	.255	4	43
OF		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
	110	370	93	.251	2	41
	115	319	117	.367	5	57
	52	173	60	.347	3	25
	51	129	25	.194	0	9
	43	116	34	.293	2	15
	26	106	28	.264	0	10
	42	88	21	.239	0	14
	22	85	20	.235	1	18
	75	71	19	.268	0	16
	16	44	8	.182	1	6
	8	32	8	.250	0	1
	33	31	3	.097	0	2
	6	12	2	.167	0	0
	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
	45	311.2	18	19	3.35	238
	41	234.1	13	10	3.65	84
	38	234.0	11	13	3.50	104
	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
	38	147.2	6	6	3.96	55
	33	120.0	7	11	4.43	28
	35	87.2	1	8	4.72	35
	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
	40	5	6	3	4.52	46
	16	0	0	1	3.66	8
	14	1	3	0	6.12	8
	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

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

Farm System

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Davenport, Greenwood