# 1936 New York Yankees season

The 1936 New York Yankees season was the team's 34th season. The team finished with a record of 102–51, winning their eighth pennant, finishing 19.5 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the New York Giants in 6 games. After a 20 year absence, the "NY" logo returned to the front of the home jerseys where it has remained ever since.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1936 season: Billy Johnson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.

## Regular season

* May 3, 1936: Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut, batting ahead of Lou Gehrig. The Yankees had not been to the World Series since 1932, but, thanks in large part to their sensational rookie, they won the 1936 World Series.
* May 24, 1936: Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees hit two grand slams in one game, the first time this had been accomplished in the major leagues.

### 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

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Bill Dickey | 112 | 423 | 153 | .362 | 22 | 107 |
| 1B | Lou Gehrig | 155 | 579 | 205 | .354 | 49 | 152 |
| 2B | Tony Lazzeri | 150 | 537 | 154 | .287 | 14 | 109 |
| 3B | Red Rolfe | 135 | 568 | 181 | .319 | 10 | 70 |
| SS | Frankie Crosetti | 151 | 632 | 182 | .288 | 15 | 78 |
| OF | Joe DiMaggio | 138 | 637 | 206 | .323 | 29 | 125 |
| OF | George Selkirk | 137 | 493 | 152 | .307 | 18 | 107 |
| OF | Jake Powell | 87 | 328 | 99 | .302 | 7 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Myril Hoag | 45 | 156 | 47 | .301 | 3 | 34 |
| Roy Johnson | 63 | 147 | 39 | .265 | 1 | 19 |
| Ben Chapman | 36 | 139 | 37 | .266 | 1 | 21 |
| Joe Glenn | 44 | 129 | 35 | .271 | 1 | 20 |
| Jack Saltzgaver | 34 | 90 | 19 | .211 | 1 | 13 |
| Art Jorgens | 31 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 5 |
| Don Heffner | 19 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Seeds | 13 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 4 | 10 |
| Dixie Walker | 6 | 20 | 7 | .350 | 1 | 5 |

### 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 |
| Red Ruffing | 33 | 271.0 | 20 | 12 | 3.85 | 102 |
| Monte Pearson | 33 | 223.0 | 19 | 7 | 3.71 | 118 |
| Johnny Broaca | 37 | 206.0 | 12 | 7 | 4.24 | 84 |
| Lefty Gomez | 31 | 188.2 | 13 | 7 | 4.39 | 105 |

#### 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 |
| Bump Hadley | 31 | 173.2 | 14 | 4 | 4.35 | 74 |
| Pat Malone | 35 | 134.2 | 12 | 4 | 3.81 | 72 |
| Johnny Murphy | 27 | 88.0 | 9 | 3 | 3.38 | 34 |
| Jumbo Brown | 20 | 64.0 | 1 | 4 | 5.91 | 19 |
Note: Pat Malone was team leader in saves with 9.

#### 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 |
| Ted Kleinhans | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.81 | 10 |
| Kemp Wicker | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.65 | 5 |
| Steve Sundra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## 1936 World Series

| Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record (NYY-NYG) | Attendance |
| 1 | September 30 | New York Yankees | 1 | New York Giants | 6 | 0–1 | 39,419 |
| 2 | October 2 | New York Yankees | 18 | New York Giants | 4 | 1–1 | 43,543 |
| 3 | October 3 | New York Giants | 1 | New York Yankees | 2 | 2–1 | 64,482 |
| 4 | October 4 | New York Giants | 2 | New York Yankees | 5 | 3–1 | 66,669 |
| 5 | October 5 | New York Yankees | 4 | New York Giants | 5 | 3–2 | 50,024 |
| 6 | October 6 | New York Yankees | 13 | New York Giants | 5 | 4–2 | 38,427 |
| New York Yankees win 4–2 ||||||||

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Kansas City Blues | American Association | Dutch Zwilling |
| AA | Newark Bears | International League | Ossie Vitt |
| AA | Oakland Oaks | Pacific Coast League | Billy Meyer |
| A | Binghamton Triplets | New York–Pennsylvania League | Bill Skiff |
| B | Norfolk Tars | Piedmont League | Johnny Neun |
| C | Akron Yankees | Middle Atlantic League | Nick Allen |
| C | Joplin Miners | Western Association | Benny Bengough |
| D | Rogers Lions | Arkansas–Missouri League | Doc Ledbetter and Bud Stapleton |
| D | Bassett Furniture Makers | Bi-State League | Lefty Jenkins |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norfolk, Bassett