1936 Washington Senators season

1936 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersBucky Harris
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The 1936 Washington Senators won 82 games, lost 71, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 102 51 .667 — 56‍–‍21 46‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers 83 71 .539 19½ 44‍–‍33 39‍–‍38
Washington Senators 82 71 .536 20 42‍–‍35 40‍–‍36
Chicago White Sox 81 70 .536 20 43‍–‍32 38‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 80 74 .519 22½ 49‍–‍30 31‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox 74 80 .481 28½ 47‍–‍29 27‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns 57 95 .375 44½ 31‍–‍43 26‍–‍52
Philadelphia Athletics 53 100 .346 49 31‍–‍46 22‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Cliff Bolton 86 289 84 .291 2 51
1B Joe Kuhel 149 588 189 .321 16 118
2B Ossie Bluege 90 319 92 .288 1 55
SS Cecil Travis 138 517 164 .317 2 92
3B Buddy Lewis 143 601 175 .291 6 67
OF Carl Reynolds 89 293 81 .276 4 41
OF Ben Chapman 97 401 133 .332 4 60
OF John Stone 123 437 149 .341 15 90

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
Red Kress 109 391 111 .284 8 51
Jesse Hill 85 233 71 .305 0 34
Wally Millies 74 215 67 .312 0 25
Jake Powell 53 210 62 .295 1 30
Buddy Myer 51 156 42 .269 0 15
Fred Sington 25 94 30 .319 1 28
John Mihalic 25 88 21 .239 0 8
Shanty Hogan 19 65 21 .323 1 7
Dee Miles 25 59 14 .237 0 7
Bobby Estalella 13 9 2 .222 0 0
Alex Sabo 4 8 3 .375 0 1
Bill Starr 1 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
Bobo Newsom 43 285.2 17 15 4.32 156
Jimmie DeShong 34 223.2 18 10 4.63 59
Earl Whitehill 28 212.1 14 11 4.87 63
Joe Cascarella 22 139.1 9 8 4.07 34

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
Pete Appleton 38 201.2 14 9 3.53 77
Monte Weaver 26 91.0 6 4 4.35 15
Ed Linke 13 52.0 1 5 7.10 11
Jack Russell 18 49.2 3 2 6.34 6
Firpo Marberry 5 14.0 0 2 3.86 4
Joe Bokina 5 8.1 0 2 8.64 5
Bill Phebus 2 7.1 0 0 2.45 4

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
Syd Cohen 19 0 2 1 5.25 21
Henry Coppola 6 0 0 1 4.50 2
Bill Dietrich 5 0 1 0 9.72 4
Ken Chase 1 0 0 0 11.57 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Clyde Milan, John Mihalic, Alex McColl,
Joe Engel and Joe Bonowitz
D Sanford Lookouts Florida State League Stuffy McCrone and Bill Rodgers

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References

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007