1936 St. Louis Browns season

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1936 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record57–95 (.375)
League place7th
OwnersEstate of Phil Ball
ManagersRogers Hornsby
RadioKMOX
(France Laux, Ray Schmidt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara)
← 1935 Seasons 1937 →

The 1936 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 95 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Rollie Hemsley 116 377 99 .263 2 39
1B Jim Bottomley 140 544 162 .298 12 95
2B Tom Carey 134 488 133 .273 1 57
SS Lyn Lary 155 619 179 .289 2 52
3B Harlond Clift 152 576 174 .302 20 73
OF Beau Bell 155 616 212 .344 11 123
OF Moose Solters 152 628 183 .291 17 134
OF Sam West 152 533 148 .278 7 70

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
Tony Giuliani 71 198 43 .217 0 13
Ollie Bejma 67 139 36 .259 2 18
Ed Coleman 92 137 40 .292 2 34
Ray Pepper 75 124 35 .282 2 23
Jack Burns 9 14 3 .214 0 1
Rogers Hornsby 2 5 2 .400 0 2

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
Elon Hogsett 39 215.1 13 15 5.52 67
Ivy Andrews 36 191.1 7 12 4.84 33
Sugar Cain 4 16.1 1 1 6.61 8

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
Jack Knott 47 192.2 9 17 7.29 60
Earl Caldwell 41 189.0 7 16 6.00 59
Tommy Thomas 36 179.2 11 9 5.26 40
Russ Van Atta 52 122.2 4 7 6.60 59
Roy Mahaffey 21 60.0 2 6 8.10 13
Les Tietje 14 50.1 3 5 6.62 16
Sig Jakucki 7 20.2 0 3 8.71 9
Jim Walkup 5 15.2 0 3 8.04 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
Glenn Liebhardt 24 0 0 0 8.78 20
Harry Kimberlin 13 0 0 0 5.40 4
Mike Meola 9 0 1 0 9.31 6

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Fred Haney
A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Bob Coleman
C Palestine Pals East Texas League Bobby Goff
D Lafayette White Sox Evangeline League Leonard Mock and Don Motlow

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Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References