1936 Boston Red Sox season
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Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey |
General manager(s) | Eddie Collins |
Manager(s) | Joe Cronin |
Local radio |
WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
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The 1936 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses.
Offseason
- December 10, 1935: Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 102 | 51 | .667 | -- |
Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | .539 | 19½ |
Washington Senators | 82 | 71 | .536 | 20 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 70 | .536 | 20 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | .519 | 22½ |
Boston Red Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 28½ |
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 95 | .375 | 44½ |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 100 | .346 | 49 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
5 | Billy Werber | RF |
8 | Doc Cramer | CF |
7 | Heinie Manush | LF |
3 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B |
6 | Joe Cronin | SS |
4 | Eric McNair | 3B |
2 | Rick Ferrell | C |
24 | Ski Melillo | 2B |
12 | Wes Ferrell | P |
Roster
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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 |
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1B | Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx | 155 | 585 | 198 | .338 | 41 | 143 |
3B | Werber, BillyBilly Werber | 145 | 535 | 147 | .275 | 10 | 67 |
OF | Cramer, DocDoc Cramer | 154 | 643 | 188 | .292 | 0 | 41 |
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 |
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Cronin, JoeJoe Cronin | 81 | 295 | 83 | .281 | 2 | 43 |
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 |
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Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell | 39 | 301 | 20 | 15 | 4.19 | 106 |
Marcum, JohnnyJohnny Marcum | 31 | 174 | 8 | 13 | 4.81 | 57 |
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 |
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Olson, TedTed Olson | 5 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.36 | 5 |
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 |
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Cascarella, JoeJoe Cascarella | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.97 | 7 |
Bowers, StewStew Bowers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 0 |
Dickman, EmersonEmerson Dickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Nemo Leibold and Mike Kelly |
AA | San Diego Padres | Pacific Coast League | Frank Shellenback |
A1 | Little Rock Travelers | Southern Association | Doc Prothro |
A | Elmira Colonels | New York–Pennsylvania League | Rabbit Maranville |
B | Rocky Mount Red Sox | Piedmont League | Specs Toporcer |
C | Helena Seaporters | Cotton States League | Rod Whitney |
C | Canton Terriers | Middle Atlantic League | Floyd "Pat" Patterson |
D | Danville-Scholfield Leafs | Bi-State League | Herb Brett |
D | Eau Claire Bears | Northern League | Johnny Mostil |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eau Claire[2]
Notes
- ↑ Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
- 1936 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1936 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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