1936 New York Yankees season

The 1936 New York Yankees season was the team's 34th season in New York and its 36th season overall. The team finished with a record of 102–51, winning their 8th pennant, finishing 19.5 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they beat the New York Giants in 6 games.

1936 New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio's Yankee Debut 1936 American League Champions 1936 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923) New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
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Offseason

• Prior to 1936 season: Billy Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]

Regular season

• May 3, 1936: Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut,[2] batting ahead of Lou Gehrig. The Yankees had not been to the World Series since 1932, but, thanks in large part to their sensational rookie, they won the 1936 World Series.
• May 24, 1936: Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees hit two grand slams in one game, the first time this had been accomplished in the major leagues.[3]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	102	51	0.667	—	56–21	46–30
Detroit Tigers	83	71	0.539	19½	44–33	39–38
Washington Senators	82	71	0.536	20	42–35	40–36
Chicago White Sox	81	70	0.536	20	43–32	38–38
Cleveland Indians	80	74	0.519	22½	49–30	31–44
Boston Red Sox	74	80	0.481	28½	47–29	27–51
St. Louis Browns	57	95	0.375	44½	31–43	26–52
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	0.346	49	31–46	22–54

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	9–13	13–9	15–7–1	13–9	12–10	8–14
Chicago	10–12	—	12–10–1	8–14	7–14	15–7	13–8–1	16–5
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	9–13	6–16–1	13–9	15–7–1	14–8
Detroit	9–13	14–8	13–9	—	8–14	17–5	11–11	11–11
New York	15–7–1	14–7	16–6–1	14–8	—	16–6	14–8	13–9
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	9–13	5–17	6–16	—	11–10–1	6–16
St. Louis	10–12	8–13–1	7–15–1	11–11	8–14	10–11–1	—	3–19
Washington	14–8	5–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	16–16	19–3	—

Roster

1936 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 20 Johnny Broaca 17 Jumbo Brown 11 Lefty Gomez 14 Bump Hadley 25 Ted Kleinhans 21 Pat Malone 19 Johnny Murphy 16 Monte Pearson 15 Red Ruffing 24 Steve Sundra 25 Kemp Wicker		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 26 Joe Glenn 18 Art Jorgens Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti  4 Lou Gehrig 10 Don Heffner  6 Tony Lazzeri  2 Red Rolfe 12 Jack Saltzgaver		Outfielders  7 Ben Chapman  9 Joe DiMaggio 28 Myril Hoag  1 Roy Johnson  7 Jake Powell 22 Bob Seeds  3 George Selkirk 27 Dixie Walker		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 30 Earle Combs 29 Art Fletcher 31 Johnny Schulte

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	Bill Dickey	112	423	153	.362	22	107
1B	Lou Gehrig	155	579	205	.354	49	152
2B	Tony Lazzeri	150	537	154	.287	14	109
3B	Red Rolfe	135	568	181	.319	10	70
SS	Frankie Crosetti	151	632	182	.288	15	78
OF	Joe DiMaggio	138	637	206	.323	29	125
OF	George Selkirk	137	493	152	.307	18	107
OF	Jake Powell	87	328	99	.302	7	48

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
Myril Hoag	45	156	47	.301	3	34
Roy Johnson	63	147	39	.265	1	19
Ben Chapman	36	139	37	.266	1	21
Joe Glenn	44	129	35	.271	1	20
Jack Saltzgaver	34	90	19	.211	1	13
Art Jorgens	31	66	18	.273	0	5
Don Heffner	19	48	11	.229	0	6
Bob Seeds	13	42	11	.462	4	10
Dixie Walker	6	20	7	.350	1	5

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
Red Ruffing	33	271	20	12	3.85	102
Monte Pearson	33	223	19	7	3.71	118
Lefty Gomez	31	188.2	13	7	4.39	105
Johnny Broaca	37	206	12	7	4.24	84

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
Bump Hadley	31	173.2	14	4	4.35	74
Pat Malone	35	134.2	12	4	3.81	72
Johnny Murphy	27	88	9	3	3.38	34
Jumbo Brown	20	64	1	4	5.91	19

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
Ted Kleinhans	19	1	1	1	5.81	10
Kemp Wicker	7	1	2	0	7.65	5
Steve Sundra	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

1936 World Series

Main article: 1936 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-NYG)	Attendance
1	September 30	New York Yankees	1	New York Giants	6	0–1	39,419
2	October 2	New York Yankees	18	New York Giants	4	1–1	43,543
3	October 3	New York Giants	1	New York Yankees	2	2–1	64,482
4	October 4	New York Giants	2	New York Yankees	5	3–1	66,669
5	October 5	New York Yankees	4	New York Giants	5	3–2	50,024
6	October 6	New York Yankees	13	New York Giants	5	4–2	38,427
New York Yankees win 4–2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Dutch Zwilling
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Ossie Vitt
AA	Oakland Oaks	Pacific Coast League	Billy Meyer
A	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Pennsylvania League	Bill Skiff
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Johnny Neun
C	Akron Yankees	Middle Atlantic League	Nick Allen
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Benny Bengough
D	Rogers Lions	Arkansas–Missouri League	Doc Ledbetter and Bud Stapleton
D	Bassett Furniture Makers	Bi-State League	Lefty Jenkins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norfolk, Bassett[4]

Notes

1. Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
2. Joe DiMaggio page at Baseball Reference
3. 2 Grand Slams In 1 Game by Baseball Almanac
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1936 New York Yankees
• 1936 World Series
• 1936 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com