The 1936 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 6, 1936. The New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to two.
1936 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 14 – October 6, 1936 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Lou Gehrig (NYY) NL: Carl Hubbell (NYG) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Detroit Tigers |
NL champions | New York Giants |
NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals & Chicago Cubs |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | New York Giants |
The Boston Braves changed their nickname to "Bees" this season; they would revert to the Braves in 1941.
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World Series | ||||
AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
NL | New York Giants | 2 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | |
Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
Cleveland Indians | Steve O'Neill | |
Detroit Tigers | Mickey Cochrane | Finished 2nd |
New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Won World Series |
Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
St. Louis Browns | Rogers Hornsby | |
Washington Senators | Bucky Harris | Finished 3rd |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Boston Bees | Bill McKechnie | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | Casey Stengel | |
Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | Finished tied for 2nd |
Cincinnati Reds | Chuck Dressen | |
New York Giants | Bill Terry | Won NL pennant |
Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmie Wilson | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Pie Traynor | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Frankie Frisch | Finished tied for 2nd |
The New York Yankees set a Major League record for the most runs batted in during a season, with 995.[1]
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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New York Yankees[2] | 102 | 14.6% | 976,913 | 48.6% | 12,687 |
Detroit Tigers[3] | 83 | -10.8% | 875,948 | -15.4% | 11,376 |
New York Giants[4] | 92 | 1.1% | 837,952 | 11.9% | 10,743 |
Chicago Cubs[5] | 87 | -13.0% | 699,370 | 1.0% | 9,083 |
Boston Red Sox[6] | 74 | -5.1% | 626,895 | 12.2% | 8,141 |
Cleveland Indians[7] | 80 | -2.4% | 500,391 | 25.8% | 6,178 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[8] | 67 | -4.3% | 489,618 | 4.1% | 6,198 |
Cincinnati Reds[9] | 74 | 8.8% | 466,345 | 4.0% | 6,136 |
St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 87 | -9.4% | 448,078 | -11.5% | 5,819 |
Chicago White Sox[11] | 81 | 9.5% | 440,810 | -6.3% | 5,877 |
Washington Senators[12] | 82 | 22.4% | 379,525 | 48.8% | 4,929 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[13] | 84 | -2.3% | 372,524 | 5.6% | 4,902 |
Boston Bees[14] | 71 | 86.8% | 340,585 | 46.3% | 4,311 |
Philadelphia Athletics[15] | 53 | -8.6% | 285,173 | 22.3% | 3,704 |
Philadelphia Phillies[16] | 54 | -15.6% | 249,219 | 21.3% | 3,195 |
St. Louis Browns[17] | 57 | -12.3% | 93,267 | 15.3% | 1,211 |