1936 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJ. Louis Comiskey
General managerHarry Grabiner
ManagersJimmy Dykes
RadioWCFL
(Hal Totten)
WGN
(Bob Elson)
WIND
(Russ Hodges)
WJJD
(John O'Hara)
← 1935 Seasons 1937 →

The 1936 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 36th season in the major leagues, and their 37th season overall. They finished with a record of 81–70, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 20 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 102 51 0.667 — 56–21 46–30
Detroit Tigers 83 71 0.539 19½ 44–33 39–38
Washington Senators 82 71 0.536 20 42–35 40–36
Chicago White Sox 81 70 0.536 20 43–32 38–38
Cleveland Indians 80 74 0.519 22½ 49–30 31–44
Boston Red Sox 74 80 0.481 28½ 47–29 27–51
St. Louis Browns 57 95 0.375 44½ 31–43 26–52
Philadelphia Athletics 53 100 0.346 49 31–46 22–54

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League record

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

1936 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Luke Sewell 128 451 113 .251 5 73
1B Zeke Bonura 148 587 194 .330 12 138
2B Jackie Hayes 108 417 130 .312 5 84
SS Luke Appling 138 526 204 .388 6 128
3B Jimmy Dykes 127 435 116 .267 7 60
OF Mike Kreevich 137 550 169 .307 5 69
OF Rip Radcliff 138 618 207 .335 8 82
OF Mule Haas 119 408 116 .284 0 46

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
Tony Piet 109 352 96 .273 7 42
Larry Rosenthal 85 317 89 .281 3 46
Frank Grube 33 93 15 .161 0 11
Dixie Walker 26 70 19 .271 0 11
George Washington 20 49 8 .163 1 5
Jo-Jo Morrissey 17 38 7 .184 0 6
Merv Shea 14 24 3 .125 0 2
George Stumpf 10 22 6 .273 0 5
Les Rock 2 1 0 .000 0 1

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
Vern Kennedy 35 274.1 21 9 4.63 99
John Whitehead 34 230.2 13 13 4.64 70
Sugar Cain 30 195.1 14 10 4.75 42
Ted Lyons 26 182.0 10 13 5.14 48
Monty Stratton 16 95.0 5 7 5.21 37
Bill Dietrich 14 82.2 4 4 4.68 39

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
Italo Chelini 18 83.2 4 3 4.95 16
Ray Phelps 15 68.2 4 6 6.03 17

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
Clint Brown 38 6 2 5 4.99 19
Red Evans 17 0 3 1 7.61 19
Bill Shores 9 0 0 0 9.53 5
Whit Wyatt 3 0 0 1 0.00 0
Les Tietje 2 0 0 0 27.00 3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 Dallas Steers Texas League Alex Gaston
C Longview Cannibals East Texas League Tex Jeanes
D Cassville Blues Arkansas–Missouri League Gary Coker and Cliff Clay
D Rayne Rice Birds Evangeline League Harold Funk
D Crookston Pirates Northern League Ken Penner

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Notes

  1. ^ Al Simmons 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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