1936 Washington Senators season

1936 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	Bucky 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	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 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 18 Pete Appleton 21 Joe Bokina 16 Joe Cascarella 20 Ken Chase 14 Syd Cohen 19 Henry Coppola 15 Jimmie DeShong -- Bill Dietrich 14 Ed Linke 20 Firpo Marberry 12 Bobo Newsom 20 Bill Phebus 16 Jack Russell 17 Monte Weaver 11 Earl Whitehill		Catchers  8 Cliff Bolton 31,66 Shanty Hogan 10 Wally Millies 22 Alex Sabo 22 Bill Starr Infielders 27 Ossie Bluege 25 Red Kress  7 Joe Kuhel  2 Buddy Lewis 24 John Mihalic  1 Buddy Myer  5 Cecil Travis		Outfielders  4 Ben Chapman  3 Jesse Hill 24 Dee Miles  4 Jake Powell  8 Carl Reynolds 19 Fred Sington  6 John Stone Other batters 19 Bobby Estalella		Manager 30 Bucky Harris Coaches 28 Nick Altrock 26 Earl McNeely

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	Bolton, CliffCliff Bolton	86	289	84	.291	2	51

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
Hill, JesseJesse Hill	85	233	71	.305	0	34
Estalella, BobbyBobby Estalella	13	9	2	.222	0	0
Starr, BillBill 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
Cascarella, JoeJoe 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
Appleton, PetePete Appleton	38	201.2	14	9	3.53	77
Linke, EdEd Linke	13	52	1	5	7.10	11
Bokina, JoeJoe Bokina	5	8.1	0	2	8.64	5
Phebus, BillBill 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
Cohen, SydSyd Cohen	19	0	2	1	5.25	21

Farm system

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

External links

• 1936 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1936 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com