1936 St. Louis Browns season

1936 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	57–95 (.375)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Rogers Hornsby
Local radio	KMOX (France Laux, Ray Schmidt) KWK (John O'Hara)
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The 1936 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 95 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	102	51	.667	--
Detroit Tigers	83	71	.539	19½
Washington Senators	82	71	.536	20
Chicago White Sox	81	70	.536	20
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	22½
Boston Red Sox	74	80	.481	28½
St. Louis Browns	57	95	.375	44½
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	49

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 18 Ivy Andrews 19 Sugar Cain 20 Earl Caldwell 16 Chief Hogsett 23 Sig Jakucki 14 Harry Kimberlin 17 Jack Knott 22 Glenn Liebhardt 24 Mike Meola 25 Tommy Thomas 19 Les Tietje 21 Russ Van Atta 22 Jim Walkup		Catchers 12 Tony Giuliani 11 Rollie Hemsley Infielders 15 Ollie Bejma  2 Jim Bottomley  2 Jack Burns  3 Tom Carey  7 Harlond Clift  4 Rogers Hornsby  1 Lyn Lary		Outfielders 10 Beau Bell  9 Ed Coleman  8 Ray Pepper  5 Moose Solters  6 Sam West		Manager  4 Rogers Hornsby Coaches 27 Grover Hartley 26 Charley O'Leary

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
2B	Carey, TomTom Carey	134	488	133	.273	1	57

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
Pepper, RayRay Pepper	75	124	35	.282	2	23
Burns, JackJack Burns	9	14	3	.214	0	1
Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby	2	5	2	.400	0	2

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
Andrews, IvyIvy Andrews	36	191.1	7	12	4.84	33
Cain, SugarSugar Cain	4	16.1	1	1	6.61	8

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toledo Mud Hens	American Association	Fred Haney
A1	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Bob Coleman
C	Palestine Pals	East Texas League	Bobby Goff
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Leonard Mock and Don Motlow

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Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1936 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1936 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com