# 1936 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1936 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 55th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 45th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–67 during the season and finished second in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 52‍–‍26 | 40‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 43‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Chicago Cubs | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 50‍–‍27 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | .545 | 8 | 46‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 80 | .481 | 18 | 42‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Boston Bees | 71 | 83 | .461 | 21 | 35‍–‍43 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 67 | 87 | .435 | 25 | 37‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | 100 | .351 | 38 | 30‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1936 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 10–12–2 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14–1 | 13–9 |
| Brooklyn | 12–10–2 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 |
| Chicago | 16–6 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 9–13 |
| Cincinnati | 9–13 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 10–12 |
| New York | 13–9 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 10–12 |
| Philadelphia | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 5–17 | — | 7–15 | 7–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 14–8–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 15–7 | — | 9–13–1 |
| St. Louis | 9–13 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 24, 1936: Johnny Vergez was purchased by the Cardinals from the Philadelphia Phillies.

### 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 | Spud Davis | 112 | 363 | 99 | .273 | 4 | 59 |
| 1B | Johnny Mize | 126 | 414 | 136 | .329 | 19 | 93 |
| 2B | Stu Martin | 92 | 332 | 99 | .298 | 6 | 41 |
| SS | Leo Durocher | 136 | 510 | 146 | .286 | 1 | 58 |
| 3B | Charlie Gelbert | 93 | 280 | 64 | .229 | 3 | 27 |
| OF | Joe Medwick | 155 | 636 | 223 | .351 | 18 | 138 |
| OF | Pepper Martin | 143 | 572 | 177 | .309 | 11 | 76 |
| OF | Terry Moore | 143 | 590 | 156 | .264 | 5 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Frankie Frisch | 93 | 303 | 83 | .274 | 1 | 26 |
| Ripper Collins | 103 | 277 | 81 | .292 | 13 | 48 |
| Bruce Ogrodowski | 94 | 237 | 54 | .228 | 1 | 20 |
| Art Garibaldi | 71 | 232 | 64 | .276 | 1 | 20 |
| Lynn King | 78 | 100 | 19 | .190 | 0 | 10 |
| Don Gutteridge | 23 | 91 | 29 | .319 | 3 | 16 |
| Chick Fullis | 47 | 89 | 25 | .281 | 0 | 6 |
| Eddie Morgan | 8 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 1 | 3 |
| Johnny Vergez | 8 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Scoffic | 4 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Ankenman | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Alston | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Schuble | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Dizzy Dean | 51 | 315.0 | 24 | 13 | 3.17 | 195 |
| Roy Parmelee | 37 | 221.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.56 | 79 |
| Paul Dean | 17 | 92.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.60 | 28 |
| Si Johnson | 12 | 61.2 | 5 | 3 | 4.38 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Winford | 39 | 192.0 | 11 | 10 | 3.80 | 72 |
| Jesse Haines | 25 | 99.1 | 7 | 5 | 3.90 | 19 |
| Bill Walker | 21 | 79.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.87 | 22 |
| Bill Hallahan | 9 | 37.0 | 2 | 2 | 6.32 | 16 |
| Flint Rhem | 10 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 6.75 | 7 |
| Les Munns | 7 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 4 |
| Cotton Pippen | 6 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 8 |
| Bill McGee | 7 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.88 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Heusser | 42 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5.43 | 26 |
| Mike Ryba | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 25 |
| Bill Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| Pepper Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Nels Potter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Columbus Red Birds | American Association | Burt Shotton |
| AA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Ray Blades |
| AA | Sacramento Solons | Pacific Coast League | Bill Killefer |
| A1 | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Ira Smith |
| A | Cedar Rapids Raiders | Western League | Cap Crossley |
| B | Asheville Tourists | Piedmont League | Billy Southworth |
| B | Columbus Red Birds | Sally League | Eddie Dyer |
| C | Pine Bluff Judges | Cotton States League | Leroy "Cowboy" Jones |
| C | Jacksonville Jax | East Texas League | Roy Flaskamper and Horace Simmons |
| C | Huntington Red Birds | Middle Atlantic League | Benny Borgmann |
| C | Springfield Cardinals | Western Association | Joe Brown |
| D | Union City Springers | Alabama–Florida League | Hap Bohl |
| D | Fayetteville Bears | Arkansas–Missouri League | Fred Hawn |
| D | Monett Red Birds | Arkansas–Missouri League | Buzz Arlitt and Ken Blackman |
| D | Martinsville Manufacturers | Bi-State League | Jimmie Sanders |
| D | New Iberia Cardinals | Evangeline League | Vernon Taylor |
| D | Daytona Beach Islanders | Florida State League | Arnold Anderson |
| D | Albany Travelers | Georgia–Florida League | Bob Rice |
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| D | Americus Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Joe Bonowitz, George Berry and Dixie Parker |
| D | Union City Greyhounds | KITTY League | Heinie Mueller, Bob Richards, Joe Sugden and Fred Hofmann |
| D | Mitchell Kernels | Nebraska State League | Bud Knox |
| D | Norfolk Elks | Nebraska State League | Joe McDermott |
| D | Newport Cardinals | Northeast Arkansas League | Thorpe Hamilton |
| D | Duluth Dukes | Northern League | Rip Wade |
| D | Jamestown Jimmies | Northern League | John Anderson, Ernie Olson and Rube Foster |
| D | Fostoria Cardinals | Ohio State League | Harry Aldrick and George Silvey |
| D | New Philadelphia Red Birds | Ohio State League | George Silvey |
| D | Greensburg Red Wings | Pennsylvania State Association | Clay Hopper |