1936 Major League Baseball season
# 1936 Major League Baseball season

The 1936 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 6, 1936. The New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to two.

The Boston Braves changed their nickname to "Bees" this season; they would revert to the Braves in 1941.

## Awards and honors

* Baseball Hall of Fame
   * Ty Cobb
   * Babe Ruth
   * Honus Wagner
   * Christy Mathewson
   * Walter Johnson
* Most Valuable Player
   * American League: Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1B
   * National League: Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P
* The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
   * Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P
* The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
   * Joe McCarthy, New York Yankees

## Statistical leaders

| | American League | American League | National League |
| - | - | - | - |
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Luke Appling CHW | .388 | Paul Waner PIT | .373 |
| HR | Lou Gehrig NYY | 49 | Mel Ott NYG | 33 |
| RBI | Hal Trosky CLE | 162 | Joe Medwick SLC | 138 |
| Wins | Tommy Bridges DET | 23 | Carl Hubbell NYG | 26 |
| ERA | Lefty Grove BSR | 2.81 | Carl Hubbell NYG | 2.31 |
| SO | Tommy Bridges DET | 175 | Van Lingle Mungo BKN | 238 |
| SV | Pat Malone NYY | 9 | Dizzy Dean SLC | 11 |
| SB | Lyn Lary SLB | 37 | Pepper Martin SLC | 23 |

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | New York Yankees | 4 |
| NL | New York Giants | 2 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | |
| Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
| Cleveland Indians | Steve O'Neill | |
| Detroit Tigers | Mickey Cochrane | Finished 2nd |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Won World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Rogers Hornsby | |
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris | Finished 3rd |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Bees | Bill McKechnie | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Casey Stengel | |
| Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | Finished tied for 2nd |
| Cincinnati Reds | Chuck Dressen | |
| New York Giants | Bill Terry | Won NL pennant |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmie Wilson | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Pie Traynor | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Frankie Frisch | Finished tied for 2nd |

## Feats

The New York Yankees set a Major League record for the most runs batted in during a season, with 995.

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New York Yankees | 102 | 14.6% | 976,913 | 48.6% | 12,687 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | -10.8% | 875,948 | -15.4% | 11,376 |
| New York Giants | 92 | 1.1% | 837,952 | 11.9% | 10,743 |
| Chicago Cubs | 87 | -13.0% | 699,370 | 1.0% | 9,083 |
| Boston Red Sox | 74 | -5.1% | 626,895 | 12.2% | 8,141 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | -2.4% | 500,391 | 25.8% | 6,178 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 67 | -4.3% | 489,618 | 4.1% | 6,198 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 8.8% | 466,345 | 4.0% | 6,136 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | -9.4% | 448,078 | -11.5% | 5,819 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 9.5% | 440,810 | -6.3% | 5,877 |
| Washington Senators | 82 | 22.4% | 379,525 | 48.8% | 4,929 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | -2.3% | 372,524 | 5.6% | 4,902 |
| Boston Bees | 71 | 86.8% | 340,585 | 46.3% | 4,311 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | -8.6% | 285,173 | 22.3% | 3,704 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | -15.6% | 249,219 | 21.3% | 3,195 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | -12.3% | 93,267 | 15.3% | 1,211 |

## Events

* July 16 – The Cincinnati Reds – Brooklyn Dodgers game is cancelled due to extreme heat.
* July 30 – The Boston Red Sox are the first Major League team to travel by aircraft to an away game, when they travel from St. Louis to play Chicago.
