1936 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1936 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 74–80 (.481) 6th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Joe Cronin WNAC(Fred Hoey) bos BOS The 1936 Boston Red Sox season was the 36th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, 28 1 2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1936 World Series. 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.Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS 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 C24 Ski Melillo 2B12 Wes Ferrell P Roster 1936 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 16 Stew Bowers 19 Joe Cascarella 16 Emerson Dickman 12 Wes Ferrell 10 Lefty Grove 21 Jim Henry 11 Johnny Marcum 16 Mike Meola -- Ted Olson 14 Fritz Ostermueller -- Jennings Poindexter 17 Jack Russell 15 Rube Walberg 17 Johnny Welch 18 Jack Wilson Catchers 22 Moe Berg 23 George Dickey  2 Rick Ferrell Infielders  6 Joe Cronin 16 Babe Dahlgren  3 Jimmie Foxx 26 John Kroner  4 Eric McNair 24 Ski Melillo  5 Billy Werber Outfielders  1 Mel Almada  9 Dusty Cooke  8 Doc Cramer 25 Fabian Gaffke  7 Heinie Manush 27 Bing Miller Manager  6 Joe Cronin Coaches 30 Tom Daly 31 Herb Pennock (Pitching) 32 Al Schacht (Third base) 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 Rick Ferrell 121 410 128 .312 8 55 1B Jimmie Foxx 155 585 198 .338 41 143 2B Ski Melillo 98 327 74 .226 0 32 SS Eric McNair 128 494 141 .285 4 74 3B Billy Werber 145 535 147 .275 10 67 OF Doc Cramer 154 643 188 .292 0 41 OF Mel Almada 96 320 81 .253 1 21 OF Dusty Cooke 111 341 93 .273 6 47 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 Heinie Manush 82 313 91 .291 0 45 John Kroner 84 298 87 .292 4 62 Joe Cronin 81 295 83 .281 2 43 Moe Berg 39 125 30 .240 0 19 Babe Dahlgren 16 57 16 .281 1 7 Fabian Gaffke 15 55 7 .127 1 3 Bing Miller 30 47 14 .298 1 6 George Dickey 10 23 1 .043 0 0 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 Wes Ferrell 39 301.0 20 15 4.19 106 Lefty Grove 35 253.1 17 12 2.81 130 Johnny Marcum 31 174.0 8 13 4.81 57 Jennings Poindexter 3 10.2 0 2 6.75 2 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 Fritz Ostermueller 43 180.2 10 16 4.88 90 Jack Wilson 43 136.1 6 8 4.42 74 Rube Walberg 24 100.1 5 4 4.40 49 Jim Henry 21 76.1 5 1 4.60 36 Johnny Welch 9 32.2 2 1 5.51 9 Mike Meola 6 21.1 0 2 5.48 8 Ted Olson Ted Olson (baseball) 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 W L SV ERA SO Jack Russell 23 0 3 0 5.63 9 Joe Cascarella 10 0 2 0 6.97 7 Stew Bowers 5 0 0 0 5.93 0 Emerson Dickman 1 0 0 0 9.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Syracuse Chiefs International League Nemo Leibold and Mike Kelly AA San Diego Padres Pacific Coast League Frank Shellenback A1 Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Doc Prothro A Elmira Colonels New York–Pennsylvania League Rabbit Maranville B Rocky Mount Red Sox Piedmont League Specs Toporcer C Helena Seaporters Cotton States League Rod Whitney C Canton Terriers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson D Danville-Schoolfield Leafs Bi-State League Herb Brett D Eau Claire Bears Northern League Johnny Mostil LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eau ClaireJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1936 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1936 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston