1936 Major League Baseball season

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

The 1936 Major League Baseball season.

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 STL	138
Wins	Tommy Bridges DET	23	Carl Hubbell NYG	26
ERA	Lefty Grove BOS	2.81	Carl Hubbell NYG	2.31
SO	Tommy Bridges DET	175	Van Lingle Mungo BRO	238
SV	Pat Malone NYY	9	Dizzy Dean STL	11
SB	Lyn Lary SLB	37	Pepper Martin STL	23

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	102	51	.666	–
Detroit Tigers	83	71	.539	19.5
Chicago White Sox	81	70	.536	20
Washington Senators	82	71	.536	20
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	22.5
Boston Red Sox	74	80	.481	28.5
St. Louis Browns	57	95	.375	44.5
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	49

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Giants	92	62	.597	–
Chicago Cubs	87	67	.565	5
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	.565	5
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	.545	8
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	.481	18
Boston Bees	71	83	.461	21
Brooklyn Dodgers	67	87	.435	25
Philadelphia Phillies	54	100	.351	38

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

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

External links

1936 season at Baseball-reference.com

1936 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1936 All-Star Game 1936 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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