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, 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.Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup 5 Billy Werber RF 8 Doc Cramer CF 7 Heinie Manush LF 3 Jimmie Foxx 1B 6 Joe Cronin SS 4 Eric McNair 3B 2 Rick Ferrell C24 Ski Melillo 2B12 Wes Ferrell P
Roster 1936 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
(Pitching) (Third base)
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 C Rick Ferrell 121 410 128 .312 8 55 1B 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 145 535 147 .275 10 67 OF 154 643 188 .292 0 41 OF Mel Almada 96 320 81 .253 1 21 OF Dusty Cooke 111 341 93 .273 6 47
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 Heinie Manush 82 313 91 .291 0 45 John Kroner 84 298 87 .292 4 62 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
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 39 301.0 20 15 4.19 106 Lefty Grove 35 253.1 17 12 2.81 130 31 174.0 8 13 4.81 57 Jennings Poindexter 3 10.2 0 2 6.75 2
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 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 5 18.1 1 1 7.36 5
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 Jack Russell 23 0 3 0 5.63 9 10 0 2 0 6.97 7 5 0 0 0 5.93 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 2
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eau ClaireJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1936 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1936 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com