The 1936 New York Giants season was the franchise's 54th season. The Giants went 92–62, and won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to two.
1936 New York Giants | ||
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National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Record | 92–62 (.597) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
Managers | Bill Terry | |
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Regular season edit
Carl Hubbell became the first player to win two National League MVP Awards.[1]
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup edit
Roster edit
1936 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | Gus Mancuso | 139 | 519 | 156 | .301 | 9 | 63 |
1B | Sam Leslie | 117 | 417 | 123 | .295 | 6 | 54 |
2B | Burgess Whitehead | 154 | 632 | 176 | .278 | 4 | 47 |
SS | Dick Bartell | 145 | 510 | 152 | .298 | 8 | 42 |
3B | Travis Jackson | 126 | 465 | 107 | .230 | 7 | 53 |
OF | Mel Ott | 150 | 534 | 175 | .328 | 33 | 135 |
OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 152 | 649 | 205 | .316 | 7 | 63 |
OF | Hank Leiber | 101 | 337 | 94 | .279 | 9 | 67 |
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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Jimmy Ripple | 96 | 311 | 95 | .305 | 7 | 47 |
Bill Terry | 79 | 229 | 71 | .310 | 2 | 39 |
Eddie Mayo | 46 | 141 | 28 | .199 | 1 | 8 |
Harry Danning | 32 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 4 |
Kiddo Davis | 47 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 5 |
Mark Koenig | 42 | 58 | 16 | .276 | 1 | 7 |
Roy Spencer | 19 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
Johnny McCarthy | 4 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 1 | 2 |
Joe Martin | 7 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Sheehan | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie English | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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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Carl Hubbell | 42 | 304.0 | 26 | 6 | 2.31 | 123 |
Hal Schumacher | 35 | 215.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.47 | 75 |
Al Smith | 43 | 209.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.78 | 89 |
Freddie Fitzsimmons | 28 | 141.0 | 10 | 7 | 3.32 | 35 |
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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Frank Gabler | 43 | 161.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.12 | 46 |
Harry Gumbert | 39 | 140.2 | 11 | 3 | 3.90 | 52 |
Slick Castleman | 29 | 111.2 | 4 | 7 | 5.64 | 54 |
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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Dick Coffman | 24 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3.90 | 26 |
Firpo Marberry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1936 World Series edit
Game 1 edit
September 30, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | x | 6 | 9 | 1 |
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0) L: Red Ruffing (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY George Selkirk (1) – NYG – Dick Bartell (1) |
Game 2 edit
October 2, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
New York (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
W: Lefty Gomez (1–0) L: Hal Schumacher (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1) |
Game 3 edit
October 3, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
W: Bump Hadley (1–0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1) S: Pat Malone (1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYG – Jimmy Ripple (1) NYY – Lou Gehrig (1) |
Game 4 edit
October 4, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
W: Monte Pearson (1–0) L: Carl Hubbell (1–1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2) |
Game 5 edit
October 5, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
W: Hal Schumacher (1–1) L: Pat Malone (0–1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYY – George Selkirk (2) |
Game 6 edit
October 6, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
New York (N) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
W: Lefty Gomez (2–0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–2) S: Johnny Murphy (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Jake Powell (1) NYG – Mel Ott (1), Jo-Jo Moore (1) |
Award winners edit
- Carl Hubbell, National League MVP
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tallahassee
Portageville franchise transferred to Owensboro, July 17, 1936[2]
Notes edit
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007