The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.
1936 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Connie Mack and John Shibe |
Managers | Connie Mack |
Radio | WCAU (Bill Dyer) WIP (Dolly Stark) |
Offseason edit
Tom Shibe, eldest son of former owner Ben Shibe, died on February 16, 1936. Connie Mack supported Tom's brother, John Shibe, as club president, and he was named to the position on February 24.[1]
Notable transactions edit
- December 10, 1935: Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000.[2]
Regular season edit
In August, John Shibe was forced to step down from his position as acting club president.[1]
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 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 edit
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Player stats edit
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 | Frankie Hayes | 144 | 507 | 137 | .271 | 10 | 67 |
1B | Lou Finney | 151 | 653 | 197 | .302 | 1 | 41 |
2B | Rabbit Warstler | 66 | 236 | 59 | .250 | 1 | 24 |
SS | Skeeter Newsome | 127 | 471 | 106 | .225 | 0 | 46 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 146 | 550 | 159 | .289 | 12 | 80 |
OF | Wally Moses | 146 | 585 | 202 | .345 | 7 | 66 |
OF | George Puccinelli | 135 | 457 | 127 | .278 | 11 | 78 |
OF | Bob Johnson | 153 | 566 | 165 | .292 | 25 | 121 |
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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Chubby Dean | 111 | 342 | 98 | .287 | 1 | 48 |
Al Niemiec | 69 | 203 | 40 | .197 | 1 | 20 |
Rusty Peters | 45 | 119 | 26 | .218 | 3 | 16 |
Charlie Moss | 33 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 10 |
Dick Culler | 9 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 1 |
Hal Luby | 9 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
Jack Peerson | 8 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 5 |
Emil Mailho | 21 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Berry | 13 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Nicholson | 11 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Oglesby | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Conroy | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
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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Harry Kelley | 35 | 235.1 | 15 | 12 | 3.86 | 82 |
Gordon Rhodes | 35 | 216.1 | 9 | 20 | 5.74 | 61 |
Buck Ross | 30 | 200.2 | 9 | 14 | 5.83 | 47 |
Herman Fink | 34 | 188.2 | 8 | 16 | 5.39 | 53 |
Carl Doyle | 8 | 38.2 | 0 | 3 | 10.94 | 12 |
Fred Archer | 6 | 36.2 | 2 | 3 | 6.38 | 9 |
Eddie Smith | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.89 | 7 |
Hank Johnson | 3 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 6 |
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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Hod Lisenbee | 19 | 85.2 | 1 | 7 | 6.20 | 17 |
George Turbeville | 12 | 43.2 | 2 | 5 | 6.39 | 10 |
Woody Upchurch | 7 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.67 | 6 |
Pete Naktenis | 7 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.54 | 18 |
Whitey Wilshere | 5 | 18.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.87 | 4 |
Red Bullock | 12 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 14.04 | 7 |
Harry Matuzak | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | 8 |
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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Randy Gumpert | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 9 |
Bill Dietrich | 21 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6.53 | 34 |
Stu Flythe | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.04 | 14 |
Dutch Lieber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 |
Farm system edit
References edit
- ^ a b Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links edit
- 1936 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1936 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com