# 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

## Offseason

Tom Shibe, eldest son of former owner Ben Shibe, died on February 16, 1936. Connie Mack supported Tom's brother, John Shibe, as club president, and he was named to the position on February 24.

### Notable transactions

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

## Regular season

In August, John Shibe was forced to step down from his position as acting club president.

### 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 | Frankie Hayes | 144 | 507 | 137 | .271 | 10 | 67 |
| 1B | Lou Finney | 151 | 653 | 197 | .302 | 1 | 41 |
| 2B | Rabbit Warstler | 66 | 236 | 59 | .250 | 1 | 24 |
| SS | Skeeter Newsome | 127 | 471 | 106 | .225 | 0 | 46 |
| 3B | Pinky Higgins | 146 | 550 | 159 | .289 | 12 | 80 |
| OF | Wally Moses | 146 | 585 | 202 | .345 | 7 | 66 |
| OF | George Puccinelli | 135 | 457 | 127 | .278 | 11 | 78 |
| OF | Bob Johnson | 153 | 566 | 165 | .292 | 25 | 121 |

#### 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 |
| Chubby Dean | 111 | 342 | 98 | .287 | 1 | 48 |
| Al Niemiec | 69 | 203 | 40 | .197 | 1 | 20 |
| Rusty Peters | 45 | 119 | 26 | .218 | 3 | 16 |
| Charlie Moss | 33 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 10 |
| Dick Culler | 9 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 1 |
| Hal Luby | 9 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Peerson | 8 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 5 |
| Emil Mailho | 21 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Berry | 13 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Nicholson | 11 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Oglesby | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Conroy | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Harry Kelley | 35 | 235.1 | 15 | 12 | 3.86 | 82 |
| Gordon Rhodes | 35 | 216.1 | 9 | 20 | 5.74 | 61 |
| Buck Ross | 30 | 200.2 | 9 | 14 | 5.83 | 47 |
| Herman Fink | 34 | 188.2 | 8 | 16 | 5.39 | 53 |
| Carl Doyle | 8 | 38.2 | 0 | 3 | 10.94 | 12 |
| Fred Archer | 6 | 36.2 | 2 | 3 | 6.38 | 9 |
| Eddie Smith | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.89 | 7 |
| Hank Johnson | 3 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Hod Lisenbee | 19 | 85.2 | 1 | 7 | 6.20 | 17 |
| George Turbeville | 12 | 43.2 | 2 | 5 | 6.39 | 10 |
| Woody Upchurch | 7 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.67 | 6 |
| Pete Naktenis | 7 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.54 | 18 |
| Whitey Wilshere | 5 | 18.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.87 | 4 |
| Red Bullock | 12 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 14.04 | 7 |
| Harry Matuzak | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Randy Gumpert | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 9 |
| Bill Dietrich | 21 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6.53 | 34 |
| Stu Flythe | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.04 | 14 |
| Dutch Lieber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Williamsport Grays | New York–Pennsylvania League | Mike McNally |
| B | Columbia Senators | Sally League | Josh Billings and Blackie Carter |
| C | Cleveland A's | Cotton States League | Slim Brewer and Mays Copeland |
| D | Moultrie Packers | Georgia–Florida League | Grant Gillis |