1936 Philadelphia Phillies season

1936 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Baker Bowl (since 1887)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gerald Nugent
Manager(s)	Jimmy Wilson
Local radio	WCAU WIP (Bill Dyer, Dolly Stark)
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The 1936 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

• November 21, 1935: Al Todd was traded by the Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Claude Passeau and Earl Grace.^[1]

Regular season

• July 10, 1936: Chuck Klein of the Phillies hit four home runs in a ten inning game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.^[2]

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1936 National League Records Sources:
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

• May 24, 1936: Johnny Vergez was purchased from the Phillies by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

Roster

1936 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 23 Ray Benge -- Lefty Bertrand 46 Joe Bowman -- Elmer Burkart 42 Curt Davis 43 Herb Harris 47 Syl Johnson 44 Orville Jorgens 43 Hal Kelleher 42 Fabian Kowalik 45 Euel Moore 42 Hugh Mulcahy 48 Claude Passeau -- Pretzel Pezzullo 41 Pete Sivess 40 Bucky Walters 41 Tom Zachary		Catchers 11 Bill Atwood 10 Earl Grace 12 Jimmy Wilson Infielders 24 Dolph Camilli 32 Gene Corbett 22 Chile Gómez 25 Mickey Haslin 21 Leo Norris 20 Chuck Sheerin 20 Stan Sperry 23 Johnny Vergez 25 Pinky Whitney		Outfielders 30 Ethan Allen 34 Morrie Arnovich 30 Walt Bashore 34 Lou Chiozza 32,36 Chuck Klein 33 Johnny Moore 37 Ernie Sulik -- George Watkins Other batters -- Joe Holden		Manager 12 Jimmy Wilson Coaches 50 Hans Lobert 51 Dick Spalding

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	Grace, EarlEarl Grace	86	221	55	.249	4	32
2B	Gómez, ChileChile Gómez	108	332	77	.232	0	28
OF	Klein, ChuckChuck Klein	117	492	152	.309	20	86
OF	Moore, JohnnyJohnny Moore	124	475	155	.328	16	68

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
Wilson, JimmieJimmie Wilson	85	230	64	.278	1	27
Allen, EthanEthan Allen	30	125	37	.296	1	9
Sheerin, ChuckChuck Sheerin	36	72	19	.264	0	4
Watkins, GeorgeGeorge Watkins	19	70	17	.243	2	5
Vergez, JohnnyJohnny Vergez	15	40	11	.275	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
Bowman, JoeJoe Bowman	40	203.2	9	20	5.04	80
Davis, CurtCurt Davis	10	60.1	2	4	4.62	18
Burkart, ElmerElmer Burkart	2	7.2	0	0	3.52	2

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
Passeau, ClaudeClaude Passeau	49	217.1	11	15	3.48	85
Sivess, PetePete Sivess	17	65	3	4	4.57	22
Benge, RayRay Benge	15	45.2	1	4	4.73	13

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
Bertrand, LeftyLefty Bertrand	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Hazleton Mountaineers	New York–Pennsylvania League	Andy High and Frank Uzmann

^[4]

Notes

1. Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
3. Johnny Vergez page at Baseball Reference
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 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference