1936 New York Yankees | ||
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World Series Champions American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert | |
General managers | Ed Barrow | |
Managers | Joe McCarthy | |
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The 1936 New York Yankees season was the team's 34th season. The team finished with a record of 102–51, winning their eighth pennant, finishing 19.5 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the New York Giants in 6 games. After a 20 year absents, the "NY" logo returned to the front of the home jerseys where it has remained ever since.
Offseason
[edit]- Prior to 1936 season: Billy Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]
Regular season
[edit]- May 3, 1936: Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut,[2] batting ahead of Lou Gehrig. The Yankees had not been to the World Series since 1932, but, thanks in large part to their sensational rookie, they won the 1936 World Series.
- May 24, 1936: Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees hit two grand slams in one game, the first time this had been accomplished in the major leagues.[3]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
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Player stats
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Bill Dickey | 112 | 423 | 153 | .362 | 22 | 107 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 155 | 579 | 205 | .354 | 49 | 152 |
2B | Tony Lazzeri | 150 | 537 | 154 | .287 | 14 | 109 |
3B | Red Rolfe | 135 | 568 | 181 | .319 | 10 | 70 |
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 151 | 632 | 182 | .288 | 15 | 78 |
OF | Joe DiMaggio | 138 | 637 | 206 | .323 | 29 | 125 |
OF | George Selkirk | 137 | 493 | 152 | .307 | 18 | 107 |
OF | Jake Powell | 87 | 328 | 99 | .302 | 7 | 48 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Myril Hoag | 45 | 156 | 47 | .301 | 3 | 34 |
Roy Johnson | 63 | 147 | 39 | .265 | 1 | 19 |
Ben Chapman | 36 | 139 | 37 | .266 | 1 | 21 |
Joe Glenn | 44 | 129 | 35 | .271 | 1 | 20 |
Jack Saltzgaver | 34 | 90 | 19 | .211 | 1 | 13 |
Art Jorgens | 31 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 5 |
Don Heffner | 19 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
Bob Seeds | 13 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 4 | 10 |
Dixie Walker | 6 | 20 | 7 | .350 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Ruffing | 33 | 271.0 | 20 | 12 | 3.85 | 102 |
Monte Pearson | 33 | 223.0 | 19 | 7 | 3.71 | 118 |
Johnny Broaca | 37 | 206.0 | 12 | 7 | 4.24 | 84 |
Lefty Gomez | 31 | 188.2 | 13 | 7 | 4.39 | 105 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bump Hadley | 31 | 173.2 | 14 | 4 | 4.35 | 74 |
Pat Malone | 35 | 134.2 | 12 | 4 | 3.81 | 72 |
Johnny Murphy | 27 | 88.0 | 9 | 3 | 3.38 | 34 |
Jumbo Brown | 20 | 64.0 | 1 | 4 | 5.91 | 19 |
Note: Pat Malone was team leader in saves with 9.
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ted Kleinhans | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.81 | 10 |
Kemp Wicker | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.65 | 5 |
Steve Sundra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
1936 World Series
[edit]Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
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Attendance | |
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1 | September 30 | New York Yankees | 1 | New York Giants | 6 | 0–1 | 39,419 | |
2 | October 2 | New York Yankees | 18 | New York Giants | 4 | 1–1 | 43,543 | |
3 | October 3 | New York Giants | 1 | New York Yankees | 2 | 2–1 | 64,482 | |
4 | October 4 | New York Giants | 2 | New York Yankees | 5 | 3–1 | 66,669 | |
5 | October 5 | New York Yankees | 4 | New York Giants | 5 | 3–2 | 50,024 | |
6 | October 6 | New York Yankees | 13 | New York Giants | 5 | 4–2 | 38,427 | |
New York Yankees win 4–2 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norfolk, Bassett[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Joe DiMaggio page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 2 Grand Slams In 1 Game by Baseball Almanac
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007