1936 Boston Bees season

The 1936 Boston Bees season was the 66th season of the franchise. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 71–83, 21 games behind the New York Giants. This was their first season under the nickname of Bees, which they would keep until 1940.

1936 Boston Bees
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
The Bee Hive (since 1915) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	71–83 (.461)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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Offseason

Near the end of the debacle of the 1935 season, Emil Fuchs gave up his share of the team and retired. Major League Baseball took control of the team to finish out the season and then sold it before the 1936 season began. The new owners put advertisements in the paper asking the public to come up with a new name for the team. Thus, the Boston Bees were born and the team's ballpark was renamed "The Bee Hive."

Notable transactions

• December 12, 1935: Ed Brandt and Randy Moore were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Tony Cuccinello, Ray Benge, Al López, and Bobby Reis.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	92	62	0.597	—	52–26	40–36
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	0.565	5	43–33	44–34
Chicago Cubs	87	67	0.565	5	50–27	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	0.545	8	46–30	38–40
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	0.481	18	42–34	32–46
Boston Bees	71	83	0.461	21	35–43	36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers	67	87	0.435	25	37–40	30–47
Philadelphia Phillies	54	100	0.351	38	30–48	24–52

Record vs. opponents

1936 National League Records 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	—

Roster

1936 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers 21 Johnny Babich 18 Ray Benge 36 Al Blanche 17 Bob Brown 25 Guy Bush 16 Ben Cantwell 15 Tiny Chaplin 29 Art Doll -- Bill Ford 25 Gene Ford -- Fabian Kowalik 17 Johnny Lanning 14 Danny MacFayden 40 Jim McCloskey 26 Amby Murray -- Wayne Osborne 24 Bobby Reis 32 Bob Smith 28 Ken Weafer  9 Roy Weir		Catchers  8 Bill Lewis  7 Al López 20 Ray Mueller Infielders 22 Joe Coscarart  3 Tony Cuccinello  6 Mickey Haslin  5 Buck Jordan 20 Swede Larsen  2 Billy Urbanski 30 Rabbit Warstler -- Pinky Whitney		Outfielders  4 Wally Berger 10 Hal Lee  1 Gene Moore 13 Tommy Thompson Other batters -- Ed Moriarty 19 Andy Pilney		Manager 33 Bill McKechnie Coach 31 Hank Gowdy

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	128	426	103	.242	7	50
2B	Tony Cuccinello	150	565	174	.308	7	86
OF	Gene Moore	151	637	185	.290	13	67
OF	Wally Berger	138	534	154	.288	25	91

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
Tommy Thompson	106	266	76	.286	4	36
Bill Lewis	29	62	19	.306	0	3
Swede Larsen	3	1	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
Ray Benge	21	115	7	9	5.79	32
Guy Bush	15	90.1	4	5	3.39	28
Bob Brown	2	8.1	0	2	5.40	5

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
Bobby Reis	35	138.2	6	5	4.48	25
Bob Smith	35	136	6	7	3.77	36
Ben Cantwell	34	133.1	9	9	3.04	42
Roy Weir	12	57.1	4	3	2.83	29

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
Al Blanche	11	0	1	1	6.19	4
Johnny Babich	3	0	0	0	10.50	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Gabby Street
A1	Knoxville Smokies	Southern Association	Jesse Petty and Neil Caldwell
D	McKeesport Tubers	Pennsylvania State Association	Ray Ryan

[2]

Notes

1. Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1936 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference