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1936 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1936
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	74–80 (.481)
league_place	6th
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Eddie Collins
managers	Joe Cronin
radio	WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Fred Hoey) 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, 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1936 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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		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		145	535	147	.275	10	67
OF		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
	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
	39	301.0	20	15	4.19	106
Lefty Grove	35	253.1	17	12	2.81	130
	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
	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	L	ERA	SO
Jack Russell	23	3	5.63	9
	10	2	6.97	7
	5	0	5.93	0
	1	0	9.00	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eau Claire

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foxxji01.shtml Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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