# 1936 Washington Senators season

The 1936 Washington Senators won 82 games, lost 71, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## 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 | Cliff Bolton | 86 | 289 | 84 | .291 | 2 | 51 |
| 1B | Joe Kuhel | 149 | 588 | 189 | .321 | 16 | 118 |
| 2B | Ossie Bluege | 90 | 319 | 92 | .288 | 1 | 55 |
| SS | Cecil Travis | 138 | 517 | 164 | .317 | 2 | 92 |
| 3B | Buddy Lewis | 143 | 601 | 175 | .291 | 6 | 67 |
| OF | Carl Reynolds | 89 | 293 | 81 | .276 | 4 | 41 |
| OF | Ben Chapman | 97 | 401 | 133 | .332 | 4 | 60 |
| OF | John Stone | 123 | 437 | 149 | .341 | 15 | 90 |

#### 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 |
| Red Kress | 109 | 391 | 111 | .284 | 8 | 51 |
| Jesse Hill | 85 | 233 | 71 | .305 | 0 | 34 |
| Wally Millies | 74 | 215 | 67 | .312 | 0 | 25 |
| Jake Powell | 53 | 210 | 62 | .295 | 1 | 30 |
| Buddy Myer | 51 | 156 | 42 | .269 | 0 | 15 |
| Fred Sington | 25 | 94 | 30 | .319 | 1 | 28 |
| John Mihalic | 25 | 88 | 21 | .239 | 0 | 8 |
| Shanty Hogan | 19 | 65 | 21 | .323 | 1 | 7 |
| Dee Miles | 25 | 59 | 14 | .237 | 0 | 7 |
| Bobby Estalella | 13 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Sabo | 4 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Starr | 1 | 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 |
| Bobo Newsom | 43 | 285.2 | 17 | 15 | 4.32 | 156 |
| Jimmie DeShong | 34 | 223.2 | 18 | 10 | 4.63 | 59 |
| Earl Whitehill | 28 | 212.1 | 14 | 11 | 4.87 | 63 |
| Joe Cascarella | 22 | 139.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.07 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Pete Appleton | 38 | 201.2 | 14 | 9 | 3.53 | 77 |
| Monte Weaver | 26 | 91.0 | 6 | 4 | 4.35 | 15 |
| Ed Linke | 13 | 52.0 | 1 | 5 | 7.10 | 11 |
| Jack Russell | 18 | 49.2 | 3 | 2 | 6.34 | 6 |
| Firpo Marberry | 5 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.86 | 4 |
| Joe Bokina | 5 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.64 | 5 |
| Bill Phebus | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Syd Cohen | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.25 | 21 |
| Henry Coppola | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Bill Dietrich | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.72 | 4 |
| Ken Chase | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Clyde Milan, John Mihalic, Alex McColl, Joe Engel and Joe Bonowitz |
| D | Sanford Lookouts | Florida State League | Stuffy McCrone and Bill Rodgers |