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

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.Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society

Notable transactions December 10, 1935: Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000.Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference

Regular season In August, John Shibe was forced to step down from his position as acting club president.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1936 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 144 507 137 .271 10 67 1B Lou Finney 151 653 197 .302 1 41 2B Rabbit Warstler 66 236 59 .250 1 24 SS Skeeter Newsome 127 471 106 .225 0 46 3B Pinky Higgins 146 550 159 .289 12 80 OF Wally Moses 146 585 202 .345 7 66 OF George Puccinelli 135 457 127 .278 11 78 OF 153 566 165 .292 25 121

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 Chubby Dean 111 342 98 .287 1 48 Al Niemiec 69 203 40 .197 1 20 Rusty Peters 45 119 26 .218 3 16 Charlie Moss 33 44 11 .250 0 10 Dick Culler 9 38 9 .237 0 1 Hal Luby 9 38 7 .184 0 3 Jack Peerson 8 34 11 .324 0 5 Emil Mailho 21 18 1 .056 0 0 Charlie Berry 13 17 1 .059 0 1 11 12 0 .000 0 0 Jim Oglesby 3 11 2 .182 0 2 1 2 1 .500 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 35 235.1 15 12 3.86 82 Gordon Rhodes 35 216.1 9 20 5.74 61 Buck Ross 30 200.2 9 14 5.83 47 34 188.2 8 16 5.39 53 8 38.2 0 3 10.94 12 6 36.2 2 3 6.38 9 Eddie Smith 2 19.0 1 1 1.89 7 3 11.2 0 2 7.71 6

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 Hod Lisenbee 19 85.2 1 7 6.20 17 George Turbeville 12 43.2 2 5 6.39 10 Woody Upchurch 7 22.1 0 2 9.67 6 Pete Naktenis 7 18.2 0 1 12.54 18 5 18.1 1 2 6.87 4 12 16.2 0 2 14.04 7 Harry Matuzak 6 15.0 0 1 7.20 8

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 Randy Gumpert 22 1 2 2 4.76 9 21 4 6 3 6.53 34 17 0 0 0 13.04 14 Dutch Lieber 3 0 1 0 7.71 1

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1936 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1936 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com