1936 Philadelphia Athletics season

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
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
RadioWCAU
(Bill Dyer)
WIP
(Dolly Stark)
← 1935
1937 →

Offseason

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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

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Regular season

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In August, John Shibe was forced to step down from his position as acting club president.[1]

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 102 51 .667 56‍–‍21 46‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers 83 71 .539 19½ 44‍–‍33 39‍–‍38
Washington Senators 82 71 .536 20 42‍–‍35 40‍–‍36
Chicago White Sox 81 70 .536 20 43‍–‍32 38‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 80 74 .519 22½ 49‍–‍30 31‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox 74 80 .481 28½ 47‍–‍29 27‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns 57 95 .375 44½ 31‍–‍43 26‍–‍52
Philadelphia Athletics 53 100 .346 49 31‍–‍46 22‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1936 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 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

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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
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

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

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Level Team League Manager
A Williamsport Grays New York–Pennsylvania League Mike McNally
B Columbia Senators Sally League Josh Billings and Blackie Carter
C Cleveland A's Cotton States League Slim Brewer and Mays Copeland
D Moultrie Packers Georgia–Florida League Grant Gillis

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References

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  1. ^ a b Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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