# 1936 Boston Bees season

The 1936 Boston Bees season was the 66th season of the franchise. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 71–83, 21 games behind the New York Giants. This was their first season under the nickname of Bees, which they would keep until 1940.

## Offseason

Near the end of the debacle of the 1935 season, Emil Fuchs gave up his share of the team and retired. Major League Baseball took control of the team to finish out the season and then sold it before the 1936 season began. The new owners put advertisements in the paper asking the public to come up with a new name for the team. Thus, the Boston Bees were born and the team's ballpark was renamed "The Bee Hive."

### Notable transactions

* December 12, 1935: Ed Brandt and Randy Moore were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Tony Cuccinello, Ray Benge, Al López, and Bobby Reis.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Al López | 128 | 426 | 103 | .242 | 7 | 50 |
| 1B | Buck Jordan | 138 | 555 | 179 | .323 | 3 | 66 |
| 2B | Tony Cuccinello | 150 | 565 | 174 | .308 | 7 | 86 |
| SS | Billy Urbanski | 122 | 494 | 129 | .261 | 0 | 26 |
| 3B | Joe Coscarart | 104 | 367 | 90 | .245 | 2 | 44 |
| OF | Gene Moore | 151 | 637 | 185 | .290 | 13 | 67 |
| OF | Hal Lee | 152 | 565 | 143 | .253 | 3 | 64 |
| OF | Wally Berger | 138 | 534 | 154 | .288 | 25 | 91 |

#### 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 |
| Rabbit Warstler | 74 | 304 | 64 | .211 | 0 | 17 |
| Tommy Thompson | 106 | 266 | 76 | .286 | 4 | 36 |
| Mickey Haslin | 36 | 104 | 29 | .279 | 2 | 11 |
| Ray Mueller | 24 | 71 | 14 | .197 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Lewis | 29 | 62 | 19 | .306 | 0 | 3 |
| Pinky Whitney | 10 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed Moriarty | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Kowalik | 2 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
| Andy Pilney | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Swede Larsen | 3 | 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 |
| Danny MacFayden | 37 | 266.2 | 17 | 13 | 2.87 | 86 |
| Tiny Chaplin | 40 | 231.2 | 10 | 15 | 4.12 | 86 |
| Johnny Lanning | 28 | 153.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.65 | 33 |
| Ray Benge | 21 | 115.0 | 7 | 9 | 5.79 | 32 |
| Guy Bush | 15 | 90.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.39 | 28 |
| Fabian Kowalik | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 5 |
| Art Doll | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 2 |
| Bill Ford | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Bobby Reis | 35 | 138.2 | 6 | 5 | 4.48 | 25 |
| Bob Smith | 35 | 136.0 | 6 | 7 | 3.77 | 36 |
| Ben Cantwell | 34 | 133.1 | 9 | 9 | 3.04 | 42 |
| Roy Weir | 12 | 57.1 | 4 | 3 | 2.83 | 29 |
| Wayne Osborne | 5 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.85 | 8 |
| Amby Murray | 4 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 2 |
| Jim McCloskey | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Al Blanche | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.19 | 4 |
| Johnny Babich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 1 |
| Ken Weafer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
| Gene Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Gabby Street |
| A1 | Knoxville Smokies | Southern Association | Jesse Petty and Neil Caldwell |
| D | McKeesport Tubers | Pennsylvania State Association | Ray Ryan |