1933 Brooklyn Dodgers season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1933 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.

1933 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Max Carey
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The 1933 Brooklyn Dodgers finished in 6th place. After the season, manager Max Carey was fired and replaced by coach Casey Stengel.

Offseason

• December 15, 1932: Cy Moore, Neal Finn and Jack Warner were traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ray Benge and cash.
• January 7, 1933: Ike Boone was purchased from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers.
• February 8, 1933: Dazzy Vance and Gordon Slade were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jake Flowers and Ownie Carroll.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	91	61	--	.599
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	5	.565
Chicago Cubs	86	68	6	.558
Boston Braves	83	71	9	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	9.5	.536
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	26.5	.425
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	31	.395
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	33	.382

Record vs. opponents

1933 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	13–9–1	7–15	12–10	12–10–1	11–11	13–9	15–7
Brooklyn	9–13–1	—	9–13	10–12–1	8–14–2	13–9	7–15	9–12
Chicago	15–7	13–9	—	11–11	9–13	15–7	12–10	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12	12–10–1	11–11	—	4–17	7–14	7–15	7–15
New York	10–12–1	14–8–2	13–9	17–4	—	15–6	13–9	9–13–1
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	7–15	14–7	6–15	—	7–15	6–16
Pittsburgh	9–13	15–7	10–12	15–7	9–13	15–7	—	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	12–9	11–11	15–7	13–9–1	16–6	8–14	—

Notable transactions

• May 14, 1933: Max Rosenfeld was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.
• June 16, 1933: Lefty O'Doul and Watty Clark were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Sam Leslie.

Roster

1933 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 30 Boom-Boom Beck 28 Ray Benge 15 Ownie Carroll 17 Watty Clark 18 Fred Heimach 27 Dutch Leonard 39 Ray Lucas 16 Van Mungo 35 Rosy Ryan 21 Joe Shaute 20 Sloppy Thurston		Catchers 10 Al Lopez 19 Chink Outen 12 Val Picinich 11 Clyde Sukeforth Infielders 14 Del Bissonette -- Lu Blue  5 Tony Cuccinello 18 Bert Delmas  8 Jake Flowers 11 Lonny Frey 24 Jimmy Jordan  2 Joe Judge  6 Sam Leslie  3 Joe Stripp  7 Glenn Wright		Outfielders 17 Buzz Boyle  1 Johnny Frederick 14 Joe Hutcheson  6 Lefty O'Doul 25 Max Rosenfeld  9 Danny Taylor  4 Hack Wilson		Manager 33 Max Carey Coaches 32 Otto Miller 31 Casey Stengel

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 Lopez	126	372	112	.301	3	41
1B	Sam Leslie	96	361	104	.286	5	46
2B	Tony Cuccinello
3B	Joe Stripp
SS	Jimmy Jordan
OF	Johnny Frederick
OF	Danny Taylor
OF	Buzz Boyle

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
Hack Wilson
Jake Flowers	78	210	49	.233	2	22
Glenn Wright
Joe Hutcheson
Lefty O'Doul
Chink Outen
Lonny Frey
Del Bissonette
Joe Judge
Clyde Sukeforth
Bert Delmas
Max Rosenfeld
Val Picinich
Lu Blue

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
Boom-Boom Beck	43	257	12	20	3.54	89
Ray Benge	37	228.2	10	17	3.42	74
Ownie Carroll	33	226.1	13	15	3.78	45
Van Mungo
Watty Clark

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
Sloppy Thurston
Dutch Leonard
Fred Heimach

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
Joe Shaute
Rosy Ryan
Ray Lucas

Awards and honors

• 1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Tony Cuccinello reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	York White Roses	International League	Hans Lobert Charley Moore

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Retrosheet

External links

• 1933 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page