1936 Major League Baseball season

The 1936 Major League Baseball season was the thirty-sixth season of modern Major League Baseball subsequent to the formation of the American League. The Boston Braves changed their name to the “Boston Bees” for this season, but would revert to the old name for 1941.

This article is about the 1936 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1936 in baseball.

1936 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 6, 1936
Regular season
Season champions	AL: New York Yankees NL: New York Giants
Season MVP	AL: Lou Gehrig (NYY) NL: Carl Hubbell (NYG)
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	New York Giants

Awards and honors

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Ty Cobb
  • Babe Ruth
  • Honus Wagner
  • Christy Mathewson
  • Walter Johnson
• Most Valuable Player
  • American League: Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1B
  • National League: Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Joe McCarthy, New York Yankees

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Luke Appling CHW .388 Paul Waner PIT .373 HR Lou Gehrig NYY 49 Mel Ott NYG 33 RBI Hal Trosky CLE 162 Joe Medwick SLC 138 Wins Tommy Bridges DET 23 Carl Hubbell NYG 26 ERA Lefty Grove BSR 2.81 Carl Hubbell NYG 2.31 SO Tommy Bridges DET 175 Van Lingle Mungo BKN 238 SV Pat Malone NYY 9 Dizzy Dean SLC 11 SB Lyn Lary SLB 37 Pepper Martin SLC 23

Major league baseball final standings

American League final 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

National League final 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

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox	Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians	Steve O'Neill
Detroit Tigers	Mickey Cochrane
New York Yankees	Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Rogers Hornsby
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Bees	Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers	Casey Stengel
Chicago Cubs	Charlie Grimm
Cincinnati Reds	Chuck Dressen
New York Giants	Bill Terry
Philadelphia Phillies	Jimmie Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates	Pie Traynor
St. Louis Cardinals	Frankie Frisch

Feats

The New York Yankees set a Major League record for the most runs batted in during a season, with 995.[1]

Events

• July 16 – The Cincinnati Reds – Brooklyn Dodgers game is cancelled due to extreme heat.[2]
• July 30 – The Boston Red Sox are the first Major League team to travel by aircraft to an away game, when they travel from St. Louis to play Chicago.[3]

References

1. "Runs Batted In – Single Season RBI Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
2. "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
3. Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links

• 1936 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference