1936 Philadelphia Athletics season

1936 Philadelphia Athletics
1936 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WCAU; (Bill Dyer); WIP; (Dolly Stark)
	← 1935 1937 →

The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

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

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

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

1936 American League record v t e 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 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Connie Mack

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	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

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

= Indicates league leader

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
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

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

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

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