1936 Philadelphia Athletics season

1936  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WCAU (Bill Dyer) WIP (Dolly Stark)
←  1935 1937  →

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Regular season

In August, John Shibe was forced to step down from his position as acting club president. ^[1]

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1936 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers  3 Fred Archer 16 Red Bullock 14 Bill Dietrich 18 Carl Doyle 22 Herman Fink 46 Stu Flythe 14,20 Randy Gumpert -- Hank Johnson 19 Harry Kelley -- Dutch Lieber 29 Hod Lisenbee 37 Harry Matuzak 15 Pete Naktenis 11 Gordon Rhodes 17 Buck Ross -- Eddie Smith 20 George Turbeville 21 Woody Upchurch 24 Whitey Wilshere		Catchers 10 Charlie Berry 25 Bill Conroy  2 Frankie Hayes 12 Charlie Moss Infielders 45 Dick Culler 28 Chubby Dean 23 Lou Finney  5 Pinky Higgins 27 Hugh Luby  6 Skeeter Newsome 27 Al Niemiec  3 Jim Oglesby 45 Jack Peerson 24,29 Rusty Peters  4 Rabbit Warstler		Outfielders  7 Bob Johnson 26 Emil Mailho  9 Wally Moses 21 Bill Nicholson  8 George Puccinelli		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 10 Charlie Berry -- Lena Blackburne -- Earle Mack

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	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

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
Bill Nicholson	11	12	0	.000	0	0
Jim Oglesby	3	11	2	.182	0	2
Bill Conroy	1	2	1	.500	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
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

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
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

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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Williamsport Grays	New York–Pennsylvania League	Mike McNally
B	Columbia Senators	Sally League	Josh Billings and Blackie Carter
C	Cleveland A's	Cotton States League	Slim Brewer and Mays Copeland
D	Moultrie Packers	Georgia–Florida League	Grant Gillis

^[3]

References

1. Biography of John Shibe from the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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