# 1936 Cleveland Indians season

The 1936 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 80–74, 22½ games behind the New York Yankees.

## 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 | Billy Sullivan | 93 | 319 | 112 | .351 | 2 | 48 |
| 1B | Hal Trosky | 151 | 629 | 216 | .343 | 42 | 162 |
| 2B | Roy Hughes | 152 | 638 | 188 | .295 | 0 | 63 |
| SS | Bill Knickerbocker | 155 | 618 | 182 | .294 | 8 | 73 |
| 3B | Odell Hale | 153 | 620 | 196 | .316 | 14 | 87 |
| OF | Joe Vosmik | 138 | 506 | 145 | .287 | 7 | 94 |
| OF | Roy Weatherly | 84 | 349 | 117 | .335 | 8 | 53 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 152 | 682 | 136 | .378 | 28 | 126 |

#### 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 Pytlak | 75 | 224 | 72 | .321 | 0 | 31 |
| Bruce Campbell | 76 | 172 | 64 | .372 | 6 | 30 |
| Jim Gleeson | 41 | 139 | 36 | .259 | 4 | 12 |
| Milt Galatzer | 49 | 97 | 23 | .237 | 0 | 6 |
| Greek George | 23 | 77 | 15 | .195 | 0 | 5 |
| Boze Berger | 28 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Becker | 22 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 1 | 11 |
| Jeff Heath | 12 | 41 | 14 | .341 | 1 | 8 |

### 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 |
| Johnny Allen | 36 | 243.0 | 20 | 10 | 3.44 | 165 |
| Mel Harder | 36 | 224.2 | 15 | 15 | 5.17 | 84 |
| Oral Hildebrand | 36 | 174.2 | 10 | 11 | 4.90 | 65 |
| Lloyd Brown | 24 | 140.1 | 8 | 10 | 4.17 | 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 |
| Bob Feller | 14 | 62.0 | 5 | 3 | 3.34 | 76 |
| Al Milnar | 4 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 7.36 | 9 |
| Ralph Winegarner | 9 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 3 |
| Bill Zuber | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.59 | 5 |
| George Uhle | 7 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 8.53 | 5 |
| Milt Galatzer | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Paul Kardow | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Thornton Lee | 43 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4.89 | 49 |
| Denny Galehouse | 36 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4.85 | 71 |
| George Blaeholder | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5.09 | 30 |
| Willis Hudlin | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.00 | 20 |

## Awards and honors

All Star Game
Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)
Mel Harder, pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A1 | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |
| C | Zanesville Grays | Middle Atlantic League | Earl Wolgamot |
| D | Opelousas Indians | Evangeline League | Carlos Moore |
| D | Fargo-Moorhead Twins | Northern League | Hal Irelan |
| D | Monessen Indians | Pennsylvania State Association | John Hruska |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville