1936 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersCy Slapnicka
ManagersSteve O'Neill
RadioWHK
(Jack Graney)
← 1935 Seasons 1937 →

The 1936 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 80–74, 22½ games behind the New York Yankees.

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 Cleveland Indians
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 Billy Sullivan 93 319 112 .351 2 48
1B Hal Trosky 151 629 216 .343 42 162
2B Roy Hughes 152 638 188 .295 0 63
SS Bill Knickerbocker 155 618 182 .294 8 73
3B Odell Hale 153 620 196 .316 14 87
OF Joe Vosmik 138 506 145 .287 7 94
OF Roy Weatherly 84 349 117 .335 8 53
OF Earl Averill 152 682 136 .378 28 126

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
Frankie Pytlak 75 224 72 .321 0 31
Bruce Campbell 76 172 64 .372 6 30
Jim Gleeson 41 139 36 .259 4 12
Milt Galatzer 49 97 23 .237 0 6
Greek George 23 77 15 .195 0 5
Boze Berger 28 52 9 .173 0 3
Joe Becker 22 50 9 .180 1 11
Jeff Heath 12 41 14 .341 1 8

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
Johnny Allen 36 243.0 20 10 3.44 165
Mel Harder 36 224.2 15 15 5.17 84
Oral Hildebrand 36 174.2 10 11 4.90 65
Lloyd Brown 24 140.1 8 10 4.17 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
Bob Feller 14 62.0 5 3 3.34 76
Al Milnar 4 22.0 1 2 7.36 9
Ralph Winegarner 9 14.2 0 0 4.91 3
Bill Zuber 2 13.2 1 1 6.59 5
George Uhle 7 12.2 0 1 8.53 5
Milt Galatzer 1 6.0 0 0 4.50 3
Paul Kardow 2 2.0 0 0 4.50 0

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
Thornton Lee 43 3 5 3 4.89 49
Denny Galehouse 36 8 7 1 4.85 71
George Blaeholder 35 8 4 0 5.09 30
Willis Hudlin 27 1 5 0 9.00 20

Awards and honors

All Star Game

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Mel Harder, pitcher

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Larry Gilbert
C Zanesville Grays Middle Atlantic League Earl Wolgamot
D Opelousas Indians Evangeline League Carlos Moore
D Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Hal Irelan
D Monessen Indians Pennsylvania State Association John Hruska

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville[1]

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 MLB season by team
Cleveland Guardians
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