# 1936 Boston Red Sox season

The 1936 Boston Red Sox season was the 36th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, 28+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1936 World Series.

## Offseason

* December 10, 1935: Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum.

## 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| 5 | Billy Werber | RF |
| 8 | Doc Cramer | CF |
| 7 | Heinie Manush | LF |
| 3 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B |
| 6 | Joe Cronin | SS |
| 4 | Eric McNair | 3B |
| 2 | Rick Ferrell | C |
| 24 | Ski Melillo | 2B |
| 12 | Wes Ferrell | P |

### 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 | Rick Ferrell | 121 | 410 | 128 | .312 | 8 | 55 |
| 1B | Jimmie Foxx | 155 | 585 | 198 | .338 | 41 | 143 |
| 2B | Ski Melillo | 98 | 327 | 74 | .226 | 0 | 32 |
| SS | Eric McNair | 128 | 494 | 141 | .285 | 4 | 74 |
| 3B | Billy Werber | 145 | 535 | 147 | .275 | 10 | 67 |
| OF | Doc Cramer | 154 | 643 | 188 | .292 | 0 | 41 |
| OF | Mel Almada | 96 | 320 | 81 | .253 | 1 | 21 |
| OF | Dusty Cooke | 111 | 341 | 93 | .273 | 6 | 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 |
| Heinie Manush | 82 | 313 | 91 | .291 | 0 | 45 |
| John Kroner | 84 | 298 | 87 | .292 | 4 | 62 |
| Joe Cronin | 81 | 295 | 83 | .281 | 2 | 43 |
| Moe Berg | 39 | 125 | 30 | .240 | 0 | 19 |
| Babe Dahlgren | 16 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 1 | 7 |
| Fabian Gaffke | 15 | 55 | 7 | .127 | 1 | 3 |
| Bing Miller | 30 | 47 | 14 | .298 | 1 | 6 |
| George Dickey | 10 | 23 | 1 | .043 | 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 |
| Wes Ferrell | 39 | 301.0 | 20 | 15 | 4.19 | 106 |
| Lefty Grove | 35 | 253.1 | 17 | 12 | 2.81 | 130 |
| Johnny Marcum | 31 | 174.0 | 8 | 13 | 4.81 | 57 |
| Jennings Poindexter | 3 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 43 | 180.2 | 10 | 16 | 4.88 | 90 |
| Jack Wilson | 43 | 136.1 | 6 | 8 | 4.42 | 74 |
| Rube Walberg | 24 | 100.1 | 5 | 4 | 4.40 | 49 |
| Jim Henry | 21 | 76.1 | 5 | 1 | 4.60 | 36 |
| Johnny Welch | 9 | 32.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.51 | 9 |
| Mike Meola | 6 | 21.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.48 | 8 |
| Ted Olson | 5 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.36 | 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 |
| Jack Russell | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.63 | 9 |
| Joe Cascarella | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.97 | 7 |
| Stew Bowers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 0 |
| Emerson Dickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Nemo Leibold and Mike Kelly |
| AA | San Diego Padres | Pacific Coast League | Frank Shellenback |
| A1 | Little Rock Travelers | Southern Association | Doc Prothro |
| A | Elmira Colonels | New York–Pennsylvania League | Rabbit Maranville |
| B | Rocky Mount Red Sox | Piedmont League | Specs Toporcer |
| C | Helena Seaporters | Cotton States League | Rod Whitney |
| C | Canton Terriers | Middle Atlantic League | Floyd "Pat" Patterson |
| D | Danville-Schoolfield Leafs | Bi-State League | Herb Brett |
| D | Eau Claire Bears | Northern League | Johnny Mostil |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Eau Claire