# 1936 Detroit Tigers season

The 1936 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 83–71, 19½ games behind the New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* December 10, 1935: Al Simmons was purchased by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox for $75,000.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Ray Hayworth | 81 | 250 | 60 | .240 | 1 | 30 |
| 1B | Jack Burns | 138 | 558 | 158 | .283 | 4 | 63 |
| 2B | Charlie Gehringer | 154 | 641 | 227 | .354 | 15 | 116 |
| SS | Billy Rogell | 146 | 585 | 160 | .274 | 6 | 68 |
| 3B | Marv Owen | 154 | 583 | 172 | .295 | 9 | 105 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 143 | 568 | 186 | .327 | 13 | 112 |
| OF | Gee Walker | 134 | 550 | 194 | .353 | 12 | 93 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 147 | 572 | 180 | .315 | 24 | 125 |

#### 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 |
| Pete Fox | 73 | 220 | 67 | .305 | 4 | 26 |
| Mickey Cochrane | 44 | 126 | 34 | .270 | 2 | 17 |
| Glenn Myatt | 27 | 78 | 17 | .218 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Reiber | 20 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 1 | 5 |
| Jo-Jo White | 58 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 0 | 6 |
| Hank Greenberg | 12 | 46 | 16 | .348 | 1 | 15 |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 10 | 33 | 10 | .303 | 1 | 4 |
| Flea Clifton | 13 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 1 |
| Salty Parker | 11 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 4 |
| Gil English | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Tommy Bridges | 39 | 294.2 | 23 | 11 | 3.60 | 175 |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 41 | 245.1 | 19 | 10 | 4.51 | 115 |
| Elden Auker | 35 | 215.1 | 13 | 16 | 4.89 | 66 |
| Jake Wade | 13 | 78.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.29 | 30 |
| General Crowder | 9 | 44.0 | 4 | 3 | 8.39 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Vic Sorrell | 30 | 131.1 | 6 | 7 | 5.28 | 37 |
| Roxie Lawson | 41 | 128.0 | 8 | 6 | 5.48 | 34 |
| Red Phillips | 22 | 87.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.49 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Sullivan | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6.78 | 32 |
| Chad Kimsey | 22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4.85 | 11 |
| Elon Hogsett | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors
### League records

* Charlie Gehringer, American League record, most doubles in one season by a second baseman (60)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Milwaukee Brewers | American Association | Allen Sothoron |
| A1 | Beaumont Exporters | Texas League | Dutch Lorbeer |
| B | Augusta Tigers | Sally League | Dixie Parker, Pee-Wee Wanninger and Herb Thomas |
| C | Jackson Senators | Cotton States League | Guy Lacy |
| C | Charleston Senators | Middle Atlantic League | Ig Walters |
| D | Fieldale Towlers | Bi-State League | Joe Guyon and Red Smith |
| D | Alexandria Aces | Evangeline League | Art Phelan |
| D | Wausau Lumberjacks | Northern League | Lute Boone |
| D | Tiffin Mud Hens | Ohio State League | Myles Thomas |
| D | Charleroi Tigers | Pennsylvania State Association | Joe Klinger and John McIlvaine |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Milwaukee, Alexandria, Tiffin