1936 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1936 New York Giants season was the franchise's 54th season. The Giants won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1936 World Series, four games to two.

1936 New York Giants
National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record92–62 (.597)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
Manager(s)Bill Terry
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Regular season

Carl Hubbell became the first player to win two National League MVP Awards.[1]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9262 0.597 — 52–26 40–36
St. Louis Cardinals 8767 0.565 5 43–33 44–34
Chicago Cubs 8767 0.565 5 50–27 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 8470 0.545 8 46–30 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 7480 0.481 18 42–34 32–46
Boston Bees 7183 0.461 21 35–43 36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers 6787 0.435 25 37–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 54100 0.351 38 30–48 24–52

Record vs. opponents
1936 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–12–26–1613–99–1312–108–14–113–9
Brooklyn 12–10–2—7–159–139–1312–109–139–13
Chicago 16–615–7—10–1211–1116–610–129–13
Cincinnati 9–1313–912–10—9–1313–98–1410–12
New York 13–913–911–1113–9—17–515–710–12
Philadelphia 10–1210–126–169–135–17—7–157–15
Pittsburgh 14–8–113–912–1014–87–1515–7—9–13–1
St. Louis 9–1313–913–912–1012–1015–713–9–1—

Roster
1936 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CGus Mancuso139519156.301963
1BSam Leslie117417123.295654
2BBurgess Whitehead154632176.278447
SSDick Bartell145510152.298842
3BTravis Jackson126465107.230753
OFMel Ott150534175.32833135
OFJo-Jo Moore152649205.316763
OFHank Leiber10133794.279967

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
Jimmy Ripple9631195.305747
Bill Terry7922971.310239
Eddie Mayo4614128.19918
Harry Danning326911.15904
Kiddo Davis476716.23905
Mark Koenig425816.27617
Roy Spencer19185.27803
Joe Martin7154.26702
Johnny McCarthy4167.43812
Jim Sheehan140.00000
Babe Young110.00000
Charlie English110.00000

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
Carl Hubbell423042662.31123
Hal Schumacher35215.111133.4775
Al Smith43209.114133.7889
Freddie Fitzsimmons281411073.3235

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
Frank Gabler43161.2983.1246
Harry Gumbert39140.21133.9052
Slick Castleman29111.2475.6454

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
Dick Coffman247573.9026
Firpo Marberry10000.000

1936 World Series
Main article: 1936 World Series

Game 1

September 30, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 001 000 000 172
New York (N) 000 011 04x 691
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Red Ruffing (0–1)
HR:    NYY George Selkirk (1) – NYG – Dick Bartell (1)

Game 2

October 2, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 207 001 206 18170
New York (N) 010 300 000 461
W: Lefty Gomez (1–0)   L: Hal Schumacher (0–1)
HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1)

Game 3

October 3, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (N) 000 010 000 1110
New York (A) 010 000 01x 240
W: Bump Hadley (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Pat Malone (1)
HR: NYG – Jimmy Ripple (1)    NYY – Lou Gehrig (1)

Game 4

October 4, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (N) 000 100 010 271
New York (A) 013 000 01x 5101
W: Monte Pearson (1–0)  L: Carl Hubbell (1–1)
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2)

Game 5

October 5, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York (N) 300 001 000 1 583
New York (A) 011 002 000 0 4101
W: Hal Schumacher (1–1)  L: Pat Malone (0–1)
HR: NYY – George Selkirk (2)

Game 6

October 6, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 021 200 017 13172
New York (N) 200 010 110 591
W: Lefty Gomez (2–0)   L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–2)   S: Johnny Murphy (1)
HR: NYY – Jake Powell (1)    NYG – Mel Ott (1), Jo-Jo Moore (1)

Award winners
  • Carl Hubbell, National League MVP

Farm system
See also: minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA San Francisco Seals Pacific Coast League Lefty O'Doul
C Greenwood Giants Cotton States League Frank Brazill
C Tyler Trojans West Dixie League Wally Dashiell
C Muskogee Tigers Western Association David Miner and Carl Kentling
D Tallahassee Capitols Georgia–Florida League Dutch Hofmann
D Portageville-Owensboro Pirates KITTY League Hughie Wise

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tallahassee

Portageville franchise transferred to Owensboro, July 17, 1936[2]

Notes
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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