1936 New York Giants (MLB) season
The 1936 New York Giants season was the franchise's 54th season. The Giants went 92-62, and won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1936 World Series, four games to two.
1936 New York Giants | |
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National League Champions | |
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Record | 92–62 (.597) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owners | Horace Stoneham |
Managers | Bill Terry |
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Regular season
Carl Hubbell became the first player to win two National League MVP Awards.[1]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 52–26 | 40–36 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 5 | 43–33 | 44–34 |
Chicago Cubs | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 5 | 50–27 | 37–40 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 8 | 46–30 | 38–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 18 | 42–34 | 32–46 |
Boston Bees | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 21 | 35–43 | 36–40 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 25 | 37–40 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 38 | 30–48 | 24–52 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–2 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–2 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 9–13 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–13 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 5–17 | — | 7–15 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 14–8–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 15–7 | — | 9–13–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–13 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Gus Mancuso | 139 | 519 | 156 | .301 | 9 | 63 |
1B | Sam Leslie | 117 | 417 | 123 | .295 | 6 | 54 |
2B | Burgess Whitehead | 154 | 632 | 176 | .278 | 4 | 47 |
SS | Dick Bartell | 145 | 510 | 152 | .298 | 8 | 42 |
3B | Travis Jackson | 126 | 465 | 107 | .230 | 7 | 53 |
OF | Mel Ott | 150 | 534 | 175 | .328 | 33 | 135 |
OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 152 | 649 | 205 | .316 | 7 | 63 |
OF | Hank Leiber | 101 | 337 | 94 | .279 | 9 | 67 |
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 |
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Jimmy Ripple | 96 | 311 | 95 | .305 | 7 | 47 |
Bill Terry | 79 | 229 | 71 | .310 | 2 | 39 |
Eddie Mayo | 46 | 141 | 28 | .199 | 1 | 8 |
Harry Danning | 32 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 4 |
Kiddo Davis | 47 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 5 |
Mark Koenig | 42 | 58 | 16 | .276 | 1 | 7 |
Roy Spencer | 19 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
Johnny McCarthy | 4 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 1 | 2 |
Joe Martin | 7 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Sheehan | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie English | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Carl Hubbell | 42 | 304.0 | 26 | 6 | 2.31 | 123 |
Hal Schumacher | 35 | 215.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.47 | 75 |
Al Smith | 43 | 209.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.78 | 89 |
Freddie Fitzsimmons | 28 | 141.0 | 10 | 7 | 3.32 | 35 |
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 |
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Frank Gabler | 43 | 161.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.12 | 46 |
Harry Gumbert | 39 | 140.2 | 11 | 3 | 3.90 | 52 |
Slick Castleman | 29 | 111.2 | 4 | 7 | 5.64 | 54 |
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 |
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Dick Coffman | 24 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3.90 | 26 |
Firpo Marberry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1936 World Series
Game 1
September 30, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | x | 6 | 9 | 1 |
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0) L: Red Ruffing (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY George Selkirk (1) – NYG – Dick Bartell (1) |
Game 2
October 2, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
New York (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
W: Lefty Gomez (1–0) L: Hal Schumacher (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1) |
Game 3
October 3, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
W: Bump Hadley (1–0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1) S: Pat Malone (1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYG – Jimmy Ripple (1) NYY – Lou Gehrig (1) |
Game 4
October 4, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
W: Monte Pearson (1–0) L: Carl Hubbell (1–1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2) |
Game 5
October 5, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
W: Hal Schumacher (1–1) L: Pat Malone (0–1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYY – George Selkirk (2) |
Game 6
October 6, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
New York (N) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
W: Lefty Gomez (2–0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–2) S: Johnny Murphy (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Jake Powell (1) NYG – Mel Ott (1), Jo-Jo Moore (1) |
Award winners
- Carl Hubbell, National League MVP
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | San Francisco Seals | Pacific Coast League | Lefty O'Doul |
C | Greenwood Giants | Cotton States League | Frank Brazill |
C | Tyler Trojans | West Dixie League | Wally Dashiell |
C | Muskogee Tigers | Western Association | David Miner and Carl Kentling |
D | Tallahassee Capitols | Georgia–Florida League | Dutch Hofmann |
D | Portageville-Owensboro Pirates | KITTY League | Hughie Wise |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tallahassee
Portageville franchise transferred to Owensboro, July 17, 1936[2]
Notes
- Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007