1936 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1936 American League Comiskey Park Chicago J. Louis Comiskey Harry Grabiner Jimmy Dykes WCFL(Hal Totten)WGN(Bob Elson)WIND(Russ Hodges)WJJD(John O'Hara) The 1936 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 36th season in the major leagues, and their 37th season overall. They finished with a record of 81–70, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 20 games behind the first place New York Yankees. It was the team's first winning season in 10 years. Offseason December 10, 1935: Al Simmons was purchased from the White Sox by the Detroit Tigers for $75,000.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1936 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 20,26 Clint Brown 17 Sugar Cain 30,47 Italo Chelini 18,20 Bill Dietrich 28 Red Evans 24 Vern Kennedy 16 Ted Lyons 29 Ray Phelps 29 Bill Shores 25 Monty Stratton 17 Les Tietje 34,20 John Whitehead 19 Whit Wyatt Catchers 35 Frank Grube 14 Luke Sewell 15 Merv Shea Infielders  4 Luke Appling  3 Zeke Bonura  5 Jimmy Dykes 37 Jackie Hayes 27 Jo-Jo Morrissey  2 Tony Piet 19 Les Rock Outfielders  6 Mule Haas  8 Mike Kreevich  9 Rip Radcliff 12 Larry Rosenthal  7 George Stumpf 32,45 Dixie Walker 12 George Washington Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 33 Jimmy Austin 38 Muddy Ruel 22 Bill Webb 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 Luke Sewell 128 451 113 .251 5 73 1B Zeke Bonura 148 587 194 .330 12 138 2B Jackie Hayes Jackie Hayes (second baseman) 108 417 130 .312 5 84 SS Luke Appling 138 526 204 .388 6 128 3B Jimmy Dykes 127 435 116 .267 7 60 OF Mike Kreevich 137 550 169 .307 5 69 OF Rip Radcliff 138 618 207 .335 8 82 OF Mule Haas 119 408 116 .284 0 46 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 Piet 109 352 96 .273 7 42 Larry Rosenthal 85 317 89 .281 3 46 Frank Grube 33 93 15 .161 0 11 Dixie Walker 26 70 19 .271 0 11 George Washington George Washington (baseball) 20 49 8 .163 1 5 Jo-Jo Morrissey 17 38 7 .184 0 6 Merv Shea 14 24 3 .125 0 2 George Stumpf 10 22 6 .273 0 5 Les Rock 2 1 0 .000 0 1 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 Vern Kennedy 35 274.1 21 9 4.63 99 John Whitehead John Whitehead (baseball) 34 230.2 13 13 4.64 70 Sugar Cain 30 195.1 14 10 4.75 42 Ted Lyons 26 182.0 10 13 5.14 48 Monty Stratton 16 95.0 5 7 5.21 37 Bill Dietrich 14 82.2 4 4 4.68 39 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 Italo Chelini 18 83.2 4 3 4.95 16 Ray Phelps 15 68.2 4 6 6.03 17 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 Clint Brown Clint Brown (baseball) 38 6 2 5 4.99 19 Red Evans 17 0 3 1 7.61 19 Bill Shores 9 0 0 0 9.53 5 Whit Wyatt 3 0 0 1 0.00 0 Les Tietje 2 0 0 0 27.00 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball A1 Dallas Steers Texas League Alex Gaston C Longview Cannibals East Texas League Tex Jeanes D Cassville Blues Arkansas–Missouri League Gary Coker and Cliff Clay D Rayne Rice Birds Evangeline League Harold Funk D Crookston Pirates Northern League Ken Penner Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1936 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White