1936 St. Louis Cardinals season

1936 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record87–67 (.565)
League place2nd
OwnersSam Breadon
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersFrankie Frisch
RadioKMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Ray Schmidt, Johnny O'Hara)
← 1935 Seasons 1937 →

The 1936 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 55th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 45th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–67 during the season and finished second in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 92 62 .597 — 52‍–‍26 40‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals 87 67 .565 5 43‍–‍33 44‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs 87 67 .565 5 50‍–‍27 37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 84 70 .545 8 46‍–‍30 38‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 74 80 .481 18 42‍–‍34 32‍–‍46
Boston Bees 71 83 .461 21 35‍–‍43 36‍–‍40
Brooklyn Dodgers 67 87 .435 25 37‍–‍40 30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies 54 100 .351 38 30‍–‍48 24‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1936 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1936 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Spud Davis 112 363 99 .273 4 59
1B Johnny Mize 126 414 136 .329 19 93
2B Stu Martin 92 332 99 .298 6 41
SS Leo Durocher 136 510 146 .286 1 58
3B Charlie Gelbert 93 280 64 .229 3 27
OF Joe Medwick 155 636 223 .351 18 138
OF Pepper Martin 143 572 177 .309 11 76
OF Terry Moore 143 590 156 .264 5 47

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
Frankie Frisch 93 303 83 .274 1 26
Ripper Collins 103 277 81 .292 13 48
Bruce Ogrodowski 94 237 54 .228 1 20
Art Garibaldi 71 232 64 .276 1 20
Lynn King 78 100 19 .190 0 10
Don Gutteridge 23 91 29 .319 3 16
Chick Fullis 47 89 25 .281 0 6
Eddie Morgan 8 18 5 .278 1 3
Johnny Vergez 8 18 3 .167 0 1
Lou Scoffic 4 7 3 .429 0 2
Pat Ankenman 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Walter Alston 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Heinie Schuble 2 0 0 ---- 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
Dizzy Dean 51 315.0 24 13 3.17 195
Roy Parmelee 37 221.0 11 11 4.56 79
Paul Dean 17 92.0 5 5 4.60 28
Si Johnson 12 61.2 5 3 4.38 21

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
Jim Winford 39 192.0 11 10 3.80 72
Jesse Haines 25 99.1 7 5 3.90 19
Bill Walker 21 79.2 5 6 5.87 22
Bill Hallahan 9 37.0 2 2 6.32 16
Flint Rhem 10 26.2 2 1 6.75 7
Les Munns 7 24.0 0 3 3.00 4
Cotton Pippen 6 21.0 0 2 7.71 8
Bill McGee 7 16.0 1 1 7.88 8

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
Ed Heusser 42 7 3 4 5.43 26
Mike Ryba 14 5 1 0 5.40 25
Bill Cox 2 0 0 0 6.75 1
Pepper Martin 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nels Potter 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

References

  1. ^ Johnny Vergez at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007