1936 Boston Red Sox season

The 1936 Boston Red Sox season was the 36th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, 28+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1936 World Series.

Offseason

December 10, 1935: Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum.^[1]

1936 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	9–13	13–9	15–7–1	13–9	12–10	8–14
Chicago	10–12	—	12–10–1	8–14	7–14	15–7	13–8–1	16–5
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	9–13	6–16–1	13–9	15–7–1	14–8
Detroit	9–13	14–8	13–9	—	8–14	17–5	11–11	11–11
New York	15–7–1	14–7	16–6–1	14–8	—	16–6	14–8	13–9
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	9–13	5–17	6–16	—	11–10–1	6–16
St. Louis	10–12	8–13–1	7–15–1	11–11	8–14	10–11–1	—	3–19
Washington	14–8	5–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	16–16	19–3	—

1936 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
C	Rick Ferrell	121	410	128	.312	8	55
1B	Jimmie Foxx	155	585	198	.338	41	143
2B	Ski Melillo	98	327	74	.226	0	32
SS	Eric McNair	128	494	141	.285	4	74
3B	Billy Werber	145	535	147	.275	10	67
OF	Doc Cramer	154	643	188	.292	0	41
OF	Mel Almada	96	320	81	.253	1	21
OF	Dusty Cooke	111	341	93	.273	6	47

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
Heinie Manush	82	313	91	.291	0	45
John Kroner	84	298	87	.292	4	62
Joe Cronin	81	295	83	.281	2	43
Moe Berg	39	125	30	.240	0	19
Babe Dahlgren	16	57	16	.281	1	7
Fabian Gaffke	15	55	7	.127	1	3
Bing Miller	30	47	14	.298	1	6
George Dickey	10	23	1	.043	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wes Ferrell	39	301.0	20	15	4.19	106
Lefty Grove	35	253.1	17	12	2.81	130
Johnny Marcum	31	174.0	8	13	4.81	57
Jennings Poindexter	3	10.2	0	2	6.75	2

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	43	180.2	10	16	4.88	90
Jack Wilson	43	136.1	6	8	4.42	74
Rube Walberg	24	100.1	5	4	4.40	49
Jim Henry	21	76.1	5	1	4.60	36
Johnny Welch	9	32.2	2	1	5.51	9
Mike Meola	6	21.1	0	2	5.48	8
Ted Olson	5	18.1	1	1	7.36	5

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Jack Russell	23	3	5.63	9
Joe Cascarella	10	2	6.97	7
Stew Bowers	5	0	5.93	0
Emerson Dickman	1	0	9.00	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Nemo Leibold and Mike Kelly
AA	San Diego Padres	Pacific Coast League	Frank Shellenback
A1	Little Rock Travelers	Southern Association	Doc Prothro
A	Elmira Colonels	New York–Pennsylvania League	Rabbit Maranville
B	Rocky Mount Red Sox	Piedmont League	Specs Toporcer
C	Helena Seaporters	Cotton States League	Rod Whitney
C	Canton Terriers	Middle Atlantic League	Floyd "Pat" Patterson
D	Danville-Schoolfield Leafs	Bi-State League	Herb Brett
D	Eau Claire Bears	Northern League	Johnny Mostil

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eau Claire^[2]

^ Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007