1936 Boston Red Sox season

1936 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912);
	Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
Manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Local radio	WNAC; (Fred Hoey)
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The 1936 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses.

Offseason

December 10, 1935: Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	102	51	.667	--
Detroit Tigers	83	71	.539	19½
Washington Senators	82	71	.536	20
Chicago White Sox	81	70	.536	20
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	22½
Boston Red Sox	74	80	.481	28½
St. Louis Browns	57	95	.375	44½
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	49

Opening Day lineup

5	Billy Werber	RF
8	Doc Cramer	CF
7	Heinie Manush	LF
3	Jimmie Foxx	1B
6	Joe Cronin	SS
4	Eric McNair	3B
2	Rick Ferrell	C
24	Ski Melillo	2B
12	Wes Ferrell	P

Roster

1936 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6 Joe Cronin

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
1B	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx	155	585	198	.338	41	143
3B	Werber, BillyBilly Werber	145	535	147	.275	10	67
OF	Cramer, DocDoc Cramer	154	643	188	.292	0	41

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
Cronin, JoeJoe Cronin	81	295	83	.281	2	43

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
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell	39	301	20	15	4.19	106
Marcum, JohnnyJohnny Marcum	31	174	8	13	4.81	57

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
Olson, TedTed Olson	5	18.1	1	1	7.36	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Cascarella, JoeJoe Cascarella	10	2	6.97	7
Bowers, StewStew Bowers	5	0	5.93	0
Dickman, EmersonEmerson Dickman	1	0	9.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eau Claire^[2]

Notes

^ Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

[1] Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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