1936 St. Louis Browns season
1936 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 57–95 (.375) | |
League place | 7th | |
Owners | Estate of Phil Ball | |
Managers | Rogers Hornsby | |
Radio | KMOX (France Laux, Ray Schmidt) KWK (Johnny O'Hara) | |
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The 1936 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 95 losses.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[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
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager Coaches |
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 | Rollie Hemsley | 116 | 377 | 99 | .263 | 2 | 39 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 140 | 544 | 162 | .298 | 12 | 95 |
2B | Tom Carey | 134 | 488 | 133 | .273 | 1 | 57 |
SS | Lyn Lary | 155 | 619 | 179 | .289 | 2 | 52 |
3B | Harlond Clift | 152 | 576 | 174 | .302 | 20 | 73 |
OF | Beau Bell | 155 | 616 | 212 | .344 | 11 | 123 |
OF | Moose Solters | 152 | 628 | 183 | .291 | 17 | 134 |
OF | Sam West | 152 | 533 | 148 | .278 | 7 | 70 |
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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Tony Giuliani | 71 | 198 | 43 | .217 | 0 | 13 |
Ollie Bejma | 67 | 139 | 36 | .259 | 2 | 18 |
Ed Coleman | 92 | 137 | 40 | .292 | 2 | 34 |
Ray Pepper | 75 | 124 | 35 | .282 | 2 | 23 |
Jack Burns | 9 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Rogers Hornsby | 2 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
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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Elon Hogsett | 39 | 215.1 | 13 | 15 | 5.52 | 67 |
Ivy Andrews | 36 | 191.1 | 7 | 12 | 4.84 | 33 |
Sugar Cain | 4 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.61 | 8 |
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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Jack Knott | 47 | 192.2 | 9 | 17 | 7.29 | 60 |
Earl Caldwell | 41 | 189.0 | 7 | 16 | 6.00 | 59 |
Tommy Thomas | 36 | 179.2 | 11 | 9 | 5.26 | 40 |
Russ Van Atta | 52 | 122.2 | 4 | 7 | 6.60 | 59 |
Roy Mahaffey | 21 | 60.0 | 2 | 6 | 8.10 | 13 |
Les Tietje | 14 | 50.1 | 3 | 5 | 6.62 | 16 |
Sig Jakucki | 7 | 20.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.71 | 9 |
Jim Walkup | 5 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.04 | 5 |
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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Glenn Liebhardt | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.78 | 20 |
Harry Kimberlin | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 |
Mike Meola | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.31 | 6 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Fred Haney |
A1 | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Bob Coleman |
C | Palestine Pals | East Texas League | Bobby Goff |
D | Lafayette White Sox | Evangeline League | Leonard Mock and Don Motlow |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
[edit]- 1936 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1936 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com