1936 St. Louis Browns season

1936 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	57–95 (.375)
League place	7th
Owners	Estate of Phil Ball
Managers	Rogers Hornsby
Radio	KMOX (France Laux, Ray Schmidt) KWK (Johnny O'Hara)
Seasons

The 1936 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 95 losses.

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 18 Ivy Andrews 19 Sugar Cain 20 Earl Caldwell 16 Elon Hogsett 23 Sig Jakucki 14 Harry Kimberlin 17 Jack Knott 22 Glenn Liebhardt 23 Roy Mahaffey 24 Mike Meola 25 Tommy Thomas 19 Les Tietje 21 Russ Van Atta 22 Jim Walkup		Catchers 12 Tony Giuliani 11 Rollie Hemsley Infielders 15 Ollie Bejma  2 Jim Bottomley  2 Jack Burns  3 Tom Carey  7 Harlond Clift  4 Rogers Hornsby  1 Lyn Lary		Outfielders 10 Beau Bell  9 Ed Coleman  8 Ray Pepper  5 Moose Solters  6 Sam West		Manager  4 Rogers Hornsby Coaches 27 Grover Hartley 26 Charley O'Leary

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	Rollie Hemsley	116	377	99	.263	2	39
1B	Jim Bottomley	140	544	162	.298	12	95
2B	Tom Carey	134	488	133	.273	1	57
SS	Lyn Lary	155	619	179	.289	2	52
3B	Harlond Clift	152	576	174	.302	20	73
OF	Beau Bell	155	616	212	.344	11	123
OF	Moose Solters	152	628	183	.291	17	134
OF	Sam West	152	533	148	.278	7	70

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
Tony Giuliani	71	198	43	.217	0	13
Ollie Bejma	67	139	36	.259	2	18
Ed Coleman	92	137	40	.292	2	34
Ray Pepper	75	124	35	.282	2	23
Jack Burns	9	14	3	.214	0	1
Rogers Hornsby	2	5	2	.400	0	2

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
Elon Hogsett	39	215.1	13	15	5.52	67
Ivy Andrews	36	191.1	7	12	4.84	33
Sugar Cain	4	16.1	1	1	6.61	8

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
Jack Knott	47	192.2	9	17	7.29	60
Earl Caldwell	41	189.0	7	16	6.00	59
Tommy Thomas	36	179.2	11	9	5.26	40
Russ Van Atta	52	122.2	4	7	6.60	59
Roy Mahaffey	21	60.0	2	6	8.10	13
Les Tietje	14	50.1	3	5	6.62	16
Sig Jakucki	7	20.2	0	3	8.71	9
Jim Walkup	5	15.2	0	3	8.04	5

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
Glenn Liebhardt	24	0	0	0	8.78	20
Harry Kimberlin	13	0	0	0	5.40	4
Mike Meola	9	0	1	0	9.31	6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toledo Mud Hens	American Association	Fred Haney
A1	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Bob Coleman
C	Palestine Pals	East Texas League	Bobby Goff
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Leonard Mock and Don Motlow

References

• 1936 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1936 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com