1936 Cleveland Indians season

1936 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1936)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Cy Slapnicka
Manager(s)	Steve O'Neill
Local radio	WHK
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The 1936 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 80–74, 22½ games behind the New York Yankees.

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

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 15 Johnny Allen 33,16 George Blaeholder 21 Lloyd Brown  9 Bob Feller 36,25 Denny Galehouse 18 Mel Harder 19 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 17 Paul Kardow 22 Thornton Lee 24,17 Al Milnar 10 George Uhle 23 Ralph Winegarner 31 Bill Zuber		Catchers  8 Joe Becker 29,17 Greek George 11 Frankie Pytlak 14 Billy Sullivan Infielders  2 Boze Berger 34 Odell Hale  5 Roy Hughes  4 Bill Knickerbocker  7 Hal Trosky		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill 35 Bruce Campbell  1 Milt Galatzer 31 Jim Gleeson 21 Jeff Heath  6 Joe Vosmik 23 Roy Weatherly		Manager 30 Steve O'Neill Coaches 20 Wally Schang 10 George Uhle

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	Billy Sullivan	93	319	112	.351	2	48
2B	Roy Hughes	152	638	188	.295	0	63

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
Joe Becker	22	50	9	.180	1	11

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
Johnny Allen	36	243	20	10	3.44	165
Lloyd Brown	24	140.1	8	10	4.17	34

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
George Blaeholder	35	134.1	8	4	5.09	30
Bob Feller	14	62	5	3	3.34	76

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Larry Gilbert
C	Zanesville Grays	Middle Atlantic League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Opelousas Indians	Evangeline League	Carlos Moore
D	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Hal Irelan
D	Monessen Indians	Pennsylvania State Association	John Hruska

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville

External links

• 1936 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference