1936 Cleveland Indians season

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.

1936 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Cy Slapnicka
Managers	Steve O'Neill
Radio	WHK (Jack Graney)
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	102	51	.667	—	56‍–‍21	46‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers	83	71	.539	19½	44‍–‍33	39‍–‍38
Washington Senators	82	71	.536	20	42‍–‍35	40‍–‍36
Chicago White Sox	81	70	.536	20	43‍–‍32	38‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	22½	49‍–‍30	31‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox	74	80	.481	28½	47‍–‍29	27‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns	57	95	.375	44½	31‍–‍43	26‍–‍52
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	49	31‍–‍46	22‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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
1B	Hal Trosky	151	629	216	.343	42	162
2B	Roy Hughes	152	638	188	.295	0	63
SS	Bill Knickerbocker	155	618	182	.294	8	73
3B	Odell Hale	153	620	196	.316	14	87
OF	Joe Vosmik	138	506	145	.287	7	94
OF	Roy Weatherly	84	349	117	.335	8	53
OF	Earl Averill	152	682	136	.378	28	126

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
Frankie Pytlak	75	224	72	.321	0	31
Bruce Campbell	76	172	64	.372	6	30
Jim Gleeson	41	139	36	.259	4	12
Milt Galatzer	49	97	23	.237	0	6
Greek George	23	77	15	.195	0	5
Boze Berger	28	52	9	.173	0	3
Joe Becker	22	50	9	.180	1	11
Jeff Heath	12	41	14	.341	1	8

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	243.0	20	10	3.44	165
Mel Harder	36	224.2	15	15	5.17	84
Oral Hildebrand	36	174.2	10	11	4.90	65
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
Bob Feller	14	62.0	5	3	3.34	76
Al Milnar	4	22.0	1	2	7.36	9
Ralph Winegarner	9	14.2	0	0	4.91	3
Bill Zuber	2	13.2	1	1	6.59	5
George Uhle	7	12.2	0	1	8.53	5
Milt Galatzer	1	6.0	0	0	4.50	3
Paul Kardow	2	2.0	0	0	4.50	0

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
Thornton Lee	43	3	5	3	4.89	49
Denny Galehouse	36	8	7	1	4.85	71
George Blaeholder	35	8	4	0	5.09	30
Willis Hudlin	27	1	5	0	9.00	20

Awards and honors

All Star Game

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Mel Harder, pitcher

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