# 1936 Chicago White Sox season

The 1936 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 36th season in the major leagues, and their 37th season overall. They finished with a record of 81–70, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 20 games behind the first place New York Yankees. It was the team's first winning season in 16 years.

## Offseason

* December 10, 1935: Al Simmons was purchased from the White Sox by the Detroit Tigers 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 | Luke Sewell | 128 | 451 | 113 | .251 | 5 | 73 |
| 1B | Zeke Bonura | 148 | 587 | 194 | .330 | 12 | 138 |
| 2B | Jackie Hayes | 108 | 417 | 130 | .312 | 5 | 84 |
| SS | Luke Appling | 138 | 526 | 204 | .388 | 6 | 128 |
| 3B | Jimmy Dykes | 127 | 435 | 116 | .267 | 7 | 60 |
| OF | Mike Kreevich | 137 | 550 | 169 | .307 | 5 | 69 |
| OF | Rip Radcliff | 138 | 618 | 207 | .335 | 8 | 82 |
| OF | Mule Haas | 119 | 408 | 116 | .284 | 0 | 46 |

#### 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 Piet | 109 | 352 | 96 | .273 | 7 | 42 |
| Larry Rosenthal | 85 | 317 | 89 | .281 | 3 | 46 |
| Frank Grube | 33 | 93 | 15 | .161 | 0 | 11 |
| Dixie Walker | 26 | 70 | 19 | .271 | 0 | 11 |
| George Washington | 20 | 49 | 8 | .163 | 1 | 5 |
| Jo-Jo Morrissey | 17 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 6 |
| Merv Shea | 14 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| George Stumpf | 10 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 5 |
| Les Rock | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Vern Kennedy | 35 | 274.1 | 21 | 9 | 4.63 | 99 |
| John Whitehead | 34 | 230.2 | 13 | 13 | 4.64 | 70 |
| Sugar Cain | 30 | 195.1 | 14 | 10 | 4.75 | 42 |
| Ted Lyons | 26 | 182.0 | 10 | 13 | 5.14 | 48 |
| Monty Stratton | 16 | 95.0 | 5 | 7 | 5.21 | 37 |
| Bill Dietrich | 14 | 82.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.68 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Italo Chelini | 18 | 83.2 | 4 | 3 | 4.95 | 16 |
| Ray Phelps | 15 | 68.2 | 4 | 6 | 6.03 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Clint Brown | 38 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4.99 | 19 |
| Red Evans | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.61 | 19 |
| Bill Shores | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 5 |
| Whit Wyatt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Les Tietje | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A1 | Dallas Steers | Texas League | Alex Gaston |
| C | Longview Cannibals | East Texas League | Tex Jeanes |
| D | Cassville Blues | Arkansas–Missouri League | Gary Coker and Cliff Clay |
| D | Rayne Rice Birds | Evangeline League | Harold Funk |
| D | Crookston Pirates | Northern League | Ken Penner |