1936 New York Yankees season

The 1936 New York Yankees season was the team's 34th season in New York and its 36th season overall. The team finished with a record of 102–51, winning their 8th pennant, finishing 19.5 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they beat the New York Giants in 6 games.

1936 New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio's Yankee Debut
1936 American League Champions
1936 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)Ed Barrow
Manager(s)Joe McCarthy
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1936 season: Billy Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]

Regular season
  • May 3, 1936: Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut,[2] batting ahead of Lou Gehrig. The Yankees had not been to the World Series since 1932, but, thanks in large part to their sensational rookie, they won the 1936 World Series.
  • May 24, 1936: Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees hit two grand slams in one game, the first time this had been accomplished in the major leagues.[3]

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 Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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 New York Yankees
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
CBill Dickey112423153.36222107
1BLou Gehrig155579205.35449152
2BTony Lazzeri150537154.28714109
3BRed Rolfe135568181.3191070
SSFrankie Crosetti151632182.2881578
OFJoe DiMaggio138637206.32329125
OFGeorge Selkirk137493152.30718107
OFJake Powell8732899.302748

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
Myril Hoag4515647.301334
Roy Johnson6314739.265119
Ben Chapman3613937.266121
Joe Glenn4412935.271120
Jack Saltzgaver349019.211113
Art Jorgens316618.27305
Don Heffner194811.22906
Bob Seeds134211.462410
Dixie Walker6207.35015

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
Red Ruffing3327120123.85102
Monte Pearson332231973.71118
Lefty Gomez31188.21374.39105
Johnny Broaca372061274.2484

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
Bump Hadley31173.21444.3574
Pat Malone35134.21243.8172
Johnny Murphy2788933.3834
Jumbo Brown2064145.9119

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
Ted Kleinhans191115.8110
Kemp Wicker71207.655
Steve Sundra10000.001

1936 World Series
Main article: 1936 World Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-NYG)

 Attendance
1 September 30 New York Yankees 1 New York Giants 6 0–1 39,419
2 October 2 New York Yankees 18 New York Giants 4 1–1 43,543
3 October 3 New York Giants 1 New York Yankees 2 2–1 64,482
4 October 4 New York Giants 2 New York Yankees 5 3–1 66,669
5 October 5 New York Yankees 4 New York Giants 5 3–2 50,024
6 October 6 New York Yankees 13 New York Giants 5 4–2 38,427
New York Yankees win 4–2

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Dutch Zwilling
AA Newark Bears International League Ossie Vitt
AA Oakland Oaks Pacific Coast League Billy Meyer
A Binghamton Triplets New York–Pennsylvania League Bill Skiff
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Johnny Neun
C Akron Yankees Middle Atlantic League Nick Allen
C Joplin Miners Western Association Benny Bengough
D Rogers Lions Arkansas–Missouri League Doc Ledbetter and Bud Stapleton
D Bassett Furniture Makers Bi-State League Lefty Jenkins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norfolk, Bassett[4]

Notes
  1. Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  2. Joe DiMaggio page at Baseball Reference
  3. 2 Grand Slams In 1 Game by Baseball Almanac
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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