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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
American League
League ParkCleveland Municipal Stadium
Cleveland, Ohio
Alva Bradley
Cy Slapnicka
Steve O'Neill
WHK(Jack Graney)
Seasons

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.

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

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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	—

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 |

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

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

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

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

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

All Star Game

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Mel Harder, pitcher

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

1936 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

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