1936 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

1936 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack and John Shibe
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioWCAU
WIP
(Dolly Stark)
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Offseason

Tom Shibe, eldest son of former owner Ben Shibe, died on February 16, 1936. Connie Mack supported Tom's brother, John Shibe, as club president, and he was named to the position on February 24.[1]

Notable transactions

Regular season

In August, John Shibe was forced to step down from his position as acting club president.[1]

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 Philadelphia Athletics
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
CFrankie Hayes144507137.2711067
OFBob Johnson153566165.29225121

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
Bill Nicholson11120.00000
Bill Conroy121.50000

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
Gordon Rhodes35216.19205.7461
Harry Kelley35235.115123.8682
Herman Fink34188.28165.3953
Carl Doyle838.20310.9412
Fred Archer636.2236.389
Hank Johnson311.2027.716

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
Whitey Wilshere518.1126.874
Red Bullock1216.20214.047

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
Bill Dietrich214636.5334
Stu Flythe1700013.0414

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Williamsport Grays New York–Pennsylvania League Mike McNally
B Columbia Senators Sally League Josh Billings and Blackie Carter
C Cleveland A's Cotton States League Slim Brewer and Mays Copeland
D Moultrie Packers Georgia–Florida League Grant Gillis

[3]

References
  1. Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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