1936 NL

The 1936 season of the National League was the sixty-first 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 Giants	154	92	62	0	.597	-.-	742 (4.82)	621 (4.03)	0.281	0.333	0.395	3.46	0.974
2	Chicago Cubs	154	87	67	0	.565	5.0	755 (4.90)	603 (3.92)	0.286	0.345	0.392	3.54	0.976
2	St. Louis Cardinals	155	87	67	1	.561	0.0	795 (5.13)	794 (5.12)	0.281	0.334	0.410	4.47	0.974
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	156	84	70	2	.538	8.0	804 (5.15)	718 (4.60)	0.286	0.346	0.397	3.89	0.967
5	Cincinnati Reds	154	74	80	0	.481	18.0	722 (4.69)	760 (4.94)	0.274	0.325	0.388	4.22	0.969
6	Boston Bees	157	71	83	3	.452	21.0	631 (4.02)	715 (4.55)	0.265	0.319	0.356	3.94	0.971
7	Brooklyn Dodgers	156	67	87	2	.429	25.0	662 (4.24)	752 (4.82)	0.272	0.320	0.353	3.98	0.967
8	Philadelphia Phillies	154	54	100	0	.351	38.0	726 (4.71)	874 (5.68)	0.281	0.336	0.401	4.64	0.959

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Buddy Hassett Gus Suhr Arky Vaughan	Brooklyn Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates	156
At Bats	Woody Jensen	Pittsburgh Pirates	696
Runs Scored	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	122
Hits	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	223
Doubles	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	64
Triples	Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	14
Home Runs	Mel Ott	New York Giants	33
Total Bases	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	367
Runs Batted In	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	138
Stolen Bases	Pepper Martin	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Walks	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	118
Hit by Pitch	Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	9
Strikeouts	Bill Brubaker	Pittsburgh Pirates	96
Sacrifice Hits	Leo Norris	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Grounded into Double Plays	Hal Lee	Boston Bees	23
Batting Average	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.373
On-Base Percentage	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.453
Slugging Percentage	Mel Ott	New York Giants	0.588
On-Base plus Slugging	Mel Ott	New York Giants	1.036
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mel Ott	New York Giants	178

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	26
Losses	Bucky Walters	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	0.812
Appearances	Dizzy Dean Paul Derringer	St. Louis Cardinals Cincinnati Reds	51
Games Started	Paul Derringer Van Mungo	Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers	37
Complete Games	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	28
Shutouts	Cy Blanton Tex Carleton Larry French Bill Lee Al Smith Bucky Walters Lon Warneke	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	4
Games Finished	Dick Coffman Bobby Reis	New York Giants Boston Bees	24
Saves	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Innings Pitched	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	315.0
Batters Faced	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	1313
Hits Allowed	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	331
Home Runs Allowed	Tiny Chaplin Dizzy Dean	Boston Bees St. Louis Cardinals	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	118
Hit Batsmen	Roy Parmelee	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Strikeouts	Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	238
Wild Pitches	Bill Hallahan	St. Louis Cardinals/Cincinnati Reds	11
Balks	Paul Derringer George Jeffcoat	Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Runs Allowed	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	147
Earned Runs Allowed	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	126
Earned Run Average	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	2.31
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	1.059

The National League won 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 Charlie Grimm.

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

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Carl Hubbell, a pitcher with the New York Giants. In the award's voting, he had 60 out of a possible 80 points and 6 first place votes.