1936 AL

The 1936 season of the American League was the thirty-sixth season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	155	102	51	2	.658	-.-	1065 (6.87)	731 (4.72)	0.300	0.378	0.483	4.17	0.973
2	Detroit Tigers	154	83	71	0	.539	19.5	921 (5.98)	871 (5.66)	0.300	0.373	0.431	5.00	0.974
3	Chicago White Sox	153	81	70	2	.529	20.0	920 (6.01)	873 (5.71)	0.292	0.371	0.397	5.06	0.973
4	Washington Senators	153	82	71	0	.536	20.0	889 (5.81)	799 (5.22)	0.295	0.362	0.414	4.58	0.970
5	Cleveland Indians	157	80	74	3	.510	22.5	921 (5.87)	862 (5.49)	0.304	0.362	0.461	4.83	0.970
6	Boston Red Sox	155	74	80	1	.477	28.5	775 (5.00)	764 (4.93)	0.276	0.347	0.400	4.39	0.973
7	St. Louis Browns	155	57	95	3	.368	44.5	804 (5.19)	1064 (6.86)	0.279	0.354	0.403	6.24	0.969
8	Philadelphia Athletics	154	53	100	1	.344	49.0	714 (4.64)	1045 (6.79)	0.269	0.334	0.376	6.08	0.966

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Beau Bell Jimmie Foxx Lou Gehrig Bill Knickerbocker Lyn Lary	St. Louis Browns Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Cleveland Indians St. Louis Browns	155
At Bats	Lou Finney	Philadelphia Athletics	653
Runs Scored	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	167
Hits	Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	232
Doubles	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	60
Triples	Earl Averill Joe DiMaggio Red Rolfe	Cleveland Indians New York Yankees New York Yankees	15
Home Runs	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	49
Total Bases	Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	405
Runs Batted In	Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	162
Stolen Bases	Lyn Lary	St. Louis Browns	37
Caught Stealing	Bill Knickerbocker	Cleveland Indians	14
Walks	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	130
Hit by Pitch	Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	12
Strikeouts	Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	119
Sacrifice Hits	Mule Haas	Chicago White Sox	23
Batting Average	Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	0.388
On-Base Percentage	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.478
Slugging Percentage	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.696
On-Base plus Slugging	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1.174
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	190

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	23
Losses	Gordon Rhodes	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Bump Hadley	New York Yankees	0.778
Appearances	Russ Van Atta	St. Louis Browns	52
Games Started	Tommy Bridges Wes Ferrell Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox Washington Senators	38
Complete Games	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	28
Shutouts	Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	6
Games Finished	Clint Brown	Chicago White Sox	29
Saves	Pat Malone	New York Yankees	9
Innings Pitched	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	301.0
Batters Faced	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	1341
Hits Allowed	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	330
Home Runs Allowed	Gordon Rhodes	Philadelphia Athletics	26
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Vern Kennedy	Chicago White Sox	147
Hit Batsmen	Earl Caldwell Chief Hogsett	St. Louis Browns Detroit Tigers/St. Louis Browns	15
Strikeouts	Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	175
Wild Pitches	Stu Flythe	Philadelphia Athletics	16
Balks	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	3
Runs Allowed	Jack Knott	St. Louis Browns	174
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Knott	St. Louis Browns	156
Earned Run Average	Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	2.81
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	1.192

The American League lost the fourth midsummer classic at Braves Field in Boston, MA on Tuesday, July 7, 1936 by a score of 4 to 3. The league's manager was Joe McCarthy.

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 2.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Lou Gehrig, a first baseman with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 73 out of a possible 80 points.