1936 Chicago Cubs season

The 1936 Chicago Cubs season was the 65th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 61st in the National League and the 21st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for second in the National League with a record of 87–67.

1936 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s)Charlie Grimm
Local radioWGN
(Bob Elson)
WBBM
WCFL
(Hal Totten)
WIND
(Russ Hodges)
WJJD
(John O'Hara)
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9262 0.597 — 52–26 40–36
St. Louis Cardinals 8767 0.565 5 43–33 44–34
Chicago Cubs 8767 0.565 5 50–27 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 8470 0.545 8 46–30 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 7480 0.481 18 42–34 32–46
Boston Bees 7183 0.461 21 35–43 36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers 6787 0.435 25 37–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 54100 0.351 38 30–48 24–52

Record vs. opponents
1936 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–12–26–1613–99–1312–108–14–113–9
Brooklyn 12–10–2—7–159–139–1312–109–139–13
Chicago 16–615–7—10–1211–1116–610–129–13
Cincinnati 9–1313–912–10—9–1313–98–1410–12
New York 13–913–911–1113–9—17–515–710–12
Philadelphia 10–1210–126–169–135–17—7–157–15
Pittsburgh 14–8–113–912–1014–87–1515–7—9–13–1
St. Louis 9–1313–913–912–1012–1015–713–9–1—

Roster
1936 Chicago Cubs
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
CGabby Hartnett121424130.307764
1BPhil Cavarretta124458125.273956
2BBilly Herman153632211.334593
SSBilly Jurges118429120.280142
3BStan Hack149561167.298678
OFEthan Allen93373110.295339
OFAugie Galan145575152.264881
OFFrank Demaree154605212.3501696

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
Ken O'Dea8018958.307238
Woody English6418245.247020
Johnny Gill7017444.253728
Charlie Grimm3913233.250116
Chuck Klein2910932.294518
Tuck Stainback447513.17315
Gene Lillard19347.20602
Walter Stephenson6121.08301

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
Bill Lee43258.218113.31102
Curt Davis241531193.0052

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
Larry French43252.11893.39104
Lon Warneke40240.116133.45113
Tex Carleton35197.114103.6588
Roy Henshaw39129.1653.9769

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
Charlie Root333614.1532
Clay Bryant261203.3035
Fabian Kowalik60216.751
Clyde Shoun400012.461

Awards and honors

Records
  • Billy Herman, National League record, most doubles in one season by a second baseman (Herman tied his own record that he set in 1935) (57)[2]

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Jack Lelivelt
B Portsmouth Cubs Piedmont League Pip Koehler
C Ponca City Angels Western Association Mike Gazella

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ponca City[3]

Notes
  1. SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References
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