1936 Boston Bees
LeagueNational League
BallparkThe Bee Hive
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record71–83 (.461)
League place6th
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersBill McKechnie
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
← 1935
1937 →

The 1936 Boston Bees season was the 66th season of the franchise. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 71–83, 21 games behind the New York Giants. This was their first season under the nickname of Bees, which they would keep until 1940.

Offseason

Near the end of the debacle of the 1935 season, Emil Fuchs gave up his share of the team and retired. Major League Baseball took control of the team to finish out the season and then sold it before the 1936 season began. The new owners put advertisements in the paper asking the public to come up with a new name for the team. Thus, the Boston Bees were born and the team's ballpark was renamed "The Bee Hive."

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 92 62 0.597 — 52–26 40–36
St. Louis Cardinals 87 67 0.565 5 43–33 44–34
Chicago Cubs 87 67 0.565 5 50–27 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 84 70 0.545 8 46–30 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 74 80 0.481 18 42–34 32–46
Boston Bees 71 83 0.461 21 35–43 36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers 67 87 0.435 25 37–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 54 100 0.351 38 30–48 24–52

Record vs. opponents

1936 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

1936 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coach

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 Al López 128 426 103 .242 7 50
1B Buck Jordan 138 555 179 .323 3 66
2B Tony Cuccinello 150 565 174 .308 7 86
SS Billy Urbanski 122 494 129 .261 0 26
3B Joe Coscarart 104 367 90 .245 2 44
OF Gene Moore 151 637 185 .290 13 67
OF Hal Lee 152 565 143 .253 3 64
OF Wally Berger 138 534 154 .288 25 91

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
Rabbit Warstler 74 304 64 .211 0 17
Tommy Thompson 106 266 76 .286 4 36
Mickey Haslin 36 104 29 .279 2 11
Ray Mueller 24 71 14 .197 0 5
Bill Lewis 29 62 19 .306 0 3
Pinky Whitney 10 40 7 .175 0 5
Ed Moriarty 6 6 1 .167 0 0
Fabian Kowalik 2 5 2 .400 0 1
Andy Pilney 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Swede Larsen 3 1 0 .000 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
Danny MacFayden 37 266.2 17 13 2.87 86
Tiny Chaplin 40 231.2 10 15 4.12 86
Johnny Lanning 28 153.0 7 11 3.65 33
Ray Benge 21 115.0 7 9 5.79 32
Guy Bush 15 90.1 4 5 3.39 28
Fabian Kowalik 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 0
Bob Brown 2 8.1 0 2 5.40 5
Art Doll 1 8.0 0 1 3.38 2
Bill Ford 1 0.0 0 0 inf 0

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
Bobby Reis 35 138.2 6 5 4.48 25
Bob Smith 35 136.0 6 7 3.77 36
Ben Cantwell 34 133.1 9 9 3.04 42
Roy Weir 12 57.1 4 3 2.83 29
Wayne Osborne 5 20.0 1 1 5.85 8
Amby Murray 4 11.0 0 0 4.09 2
Jim McCloskey 4 8.0 0 0 11.25 2

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
Al Blanche 11 0 1 1 6.19 4
Johnny Babich 3 0 0 0 10.50 1
Ken Weafer 1 0 0 0 12.00 0
Gene Ford 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA St. Paul Saints American Association Gabby Street
A1 Knoxville Smokies Southern Association Jesse Petty and Neil Caldwell
D McKeesport Tubers Pennsylvania State Association Ray Ryan

[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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