1936 Cleveland Indians season

The 1936 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 80–74, 22½ games behind the New York Yankees.

1936 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersCy Slapnicka
ManagersSteve O'Neill
Local radioWHK
(Jack Graney)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10251 0.667 — 56–21 46–30
Detroit Tigers 8371 0.539 19½ 44–33 39–38
Washington Senators 8271 0.536 20 42–35 40–36
Chicago White Sox 8170 0.536 20 43–32 38–38
Cleveland Indians 8074 0.519 22½ 49–30 31–44
Boston Red Sox 7480 0.481 28½ 47–29 27–51
St. Louis Browns 5795 0.375 44½ 31–43 26–52
Philadelphia Athletics 53100 0.346 49 31–46 22–54

Record vs. opponents
1936 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —12–109–1313–915–7–113–912–108–14
Chicago 10–12—12–10–18–147–1415–713–8–116–5
Cleveland 13–910–12–1—9–136–16–113–915–7–114–8
Detroit 9–1314–813–9—8–1417–511–1111–11
New York 15–7–114–716–6–114–8—16–614–813–9
Philadelphia 9–137–159–135–176–16—11–10–16–16
St. Louis 10–128–13–17–15–111–118–1410–11–1—3–19
Washington 14–85–168–1411–119–1316–1619–3—

Roster
1936 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBilly Sullivan93319112.351248
1B Hal Trosky 151 629 216 .343 42 162
2BRoy Hughes152638188.295063
SS Bill Knickerbocker 155 618 182 .294 8 73
3B Odell Hale 153 620 196 .316 14 87
OF Joe Vosmik 138 506 145 .287 7 94
OF Roy Weatherly 84 349 117 .335 8 53
OF Earl Averill 152 682 136 .378 28 126

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
Frankie Pytlak 75 224 72 .321 0 31
Bruce Campbell 76 172 64 .372 6 30
Jim Gleeson 41 139 36 .259 4 12
Milt Galatzer 49 97 23 .237 0 6
Greek George 23 77 15 .195 0 5
Boze Berger 28 52 9 .173 0 3
Joe Becker22509.180111
Jeff Heath 12 41 14 .341 1 8

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
Johnny Allen36243.020103.44165
Mel Harder 36 224.2 15 15 5.17 84
Oral Hildebrand 36 174.2 10 11 4.90 65
Lloyd Brown24140.18104.1734

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
Bob Feller1462.0533.3476
Al Milnar 4 22.0 1 2 7.36 9
Ralph Winegarner 9 14.2 0 0 4.91 3
Bill Zuber 2 13.2 1 1 6.59 5
George Uhle 7 12.2 0 1 8.53 5
Milt Galatzer 1 6.0 0 0 4.50 3
Paul Kardow 2 2.0 0 0 4.50 0

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
Thornton Lee 43 3 5 3 4.89 49
Denny Galehouse 36 8 7 1 4.85 71
George Blaeholder 35 8 4 0 5.09 30
Willis Hudlin 27 1 5 0 9.00 20

Awards and honors

All Star Game

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Mel Harder, pitcher

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Larry Gilbert
C Zanesville Grays Middle Atlantic League Earl Wolgamot
D Opelousas Indians Evangeline League Carlos Moore
D Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Hal Irelan
D Monessen Indians Pennsylvania State Association John Hruska

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville[1]

References
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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