1936 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season
1936 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record57–95 (.375)
League place7th
OwnersEstate of Phil Ball
ManagersRogers Hornsby
RadioKMOX
(France Laux, Ray Schmidt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara)
← 1935 Seasons 1937 →

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

Season standings

  • v
  • t
  • e
American League
W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 102 51 0.667 56–21 46–30
Detroit Tigers 83 71 0.539 19½ 44–33 39–38
Washington Senators 82 71 0.536 20 42–35 40–36
Chicago White Sox 81 70 0.536 20 43–32 38–38
Cleveland Indians 80 74 0.519 22½ 49–30 31–44
Boston Red Sox 74 80 0.481 28½ 47–29 27–51
St. Louis Browns 57 95 0.375 44½ 31–43 26–52
Philadelphia Athletics 53 100 0.346 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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
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

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
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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Level Team League Manager
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

[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

  • 1936 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1936 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
  • v
  • t
  • e
Baltimore Orioles
  • Established in 1901
  • Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
  • Based in Baltimore, Maryland
Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Lore
Rivalries
Key personnel
World Series
championships (3)
American League
pennants (7)
AL East
division titles (10)
AL Wild Card
(3)
Minor league
affiliates
Broadcasting
Seasons (121)
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
  • Category
  • Commons


BAL

This article relating to a Baltimore Orioles season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e

This article related to sports in St. Louis is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e