1936 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 55th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 50th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 84–70.

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)Pie Traynor
Local televisionnone
Local radioKDKA
Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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Offseason

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 12–10–27–159–139–1312–109–139–13
Chicago 16–615–710–1211–1116–610–129–13
Cincinnati 9–1313–912–109–1313–98–1410–12
New York 13–913–911–1113–917–515–710–12
Philadelphia 10–1210–126–169–135–177–157–15
Pittsburgh 14–8–113–912–1014–87–1515–79–13–1
St. Louis 9–1313–913–912–1012–1015–713–9–1

Game log

1936 Game Log: 84–70 (Home: 46–30; Away: 38–40)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CTom Padden8828170.249131
1BGus Suhr156583182.31211118
2BPep Young125475118.248677
3BBill Brubaker145554160.2896102
SSArky Vaughan156568190.335978
LFWoody Jensen153696197.2831058
CFLloyd Waner106414133.321131
RFPaul Waner148585218.373594

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
Al Todd7626773.273228
Fred Schulte7423862.261117
Cookie Lavagetto6019748.244226
Bud Hafey3911825.212413
Hal Finney21350.00003
Earl Browne8237.30403
Johnny Dickshot992.22201

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 Swift45262.116164.0192
Cy Blanton44235.213153.51127
Jim Weaver38225.21484.31108
Red Lucas27175.21543.1853
Russ Bauers11.10033.750

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
Mace Brown4716510113.8756
Waite Hoyt22116.2752.7037
Ralph Birkofer34109.1754.6944
Jack Tising1047134.2127

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
Guy Bush161325.9710
Johnny Welch90014.505

Awards and honors

1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

League top five finishers

Cy Blanton

  • #3 in NL in strikeouts (127)

Red Lucas

  • #5 in NL in ERA (3.18)

Gus Suhr

  • #3 in NL in RBI (118)
  • #5 in NL in runs scored (111)

Bill Swift

  • #5 in NL in losses (16)

Arky Vaughan

  • NL leader in runs scored (122)
  • NL leader in on-base percentage (.453)
  • #5 in NL in batting average (.335)

Paul Waner

  • NL leader in batting average (.373)
  • #2 in NL in hits (218)
  • #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.446)
  • #5 in NL in slugging percentage (.520)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Scranton Miners New York–Pennsylvania League Elmer Yoter
B Savannah Indians Sally League Bill Gould and Bob LaMotte
C Hutchinson Larks Western Association Dick Goldberg
D Jeannette Little Pirates Pennsylvania State Association Wilbur Cooper
D Portageville-Owensboro Pirates Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League Hughie Wise
D Winnipeg Maroons Northern League Wes Griffin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Scranton, Jeannette

Notes

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
  2. Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference
  3. Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
  4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References

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