1936 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Connie Mack and John Shibe |
Managers | Connie Mack |
Radio |
WCAU (Bill Dyer) WIP ( Dolly Stark) |
The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.
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. [1]
In August, John Shibe was forced to step down from his position as acting club president. [1]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 102 | 51 | 0.667 | — | 56–21 | 46–30 |
Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 19½ | 44–33 | 39–38 |
Washington Senators | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 20 | 42–35 | 40–36 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 70 | 0.536 | 20 | 43–32 | 38–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 22½ | 49–30 | 31–44 |
Boston Red Sox | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 28½ | 47–29 | 27–51 |
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 95 | 0.375 | 44½ | 31–43 | 26–52 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 100 | 0.346 | 49 | 31–46 | 22–54 |
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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 | — |
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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 | Frankie Hayes | 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 | Bob Johnson | 153 | 566 | 165 | .292 | 25 | 121 |
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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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 |
Bill Nicholson | 11 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Oglesby | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Conroy | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
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Harry Kelley | 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 |
Herman Fink | 34 | 188.2 | 8 | 16 | 5.39 | 53 |
Carl Doyle | 8 | 38.2 | 0 | 3 | 10.94 | 12 |
Fred Archer | 6 | 36.2 | 2 | 3 | 6.38 | 9 |
Eddie Smith | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.89 | 7 |
Hank Johnson | 3 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 6 |
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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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 |
Whitey Wilshere | 5 | 18.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.87 | 4 |
Red Bullock | 12 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 14.04 | 7 |
Harry Matuzak | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | 8 |
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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Randy Gumpert | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 9 |
Bill Dietrich | 21 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6.53 | 34 |
Stu Flythe | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.04 | 14 |
Dutch Lieber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 |