# 1936 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1936 New York Giants season was the franchise's 54th season. The Giants went 92–62, and won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to two.

## Regular season

Carl Hubbell became the first player to win two National League MVP Awards.

### 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 | Gus Mancuso | 139 | 519 | 156 | .301 | 9 | 63 |
| 1B | Sam Leslie | 117 | 417 | 123 | .295 | 6 | 54 |
| 2B | Burgess Whitehead | 154 | 632 | 176 | .278 | 4 | 47 |
| SS | Dick Bartell | 145 | 510 | 152 | .298 | 8 | 42 |
| 3B | Travis Jackson | 126 | 465 | 107 | .230 | 7 | 53 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 150 | 534 | 175 | .328 | 33 | 135 |
| OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 152 | 649 | 205 | .316 | 7 | 63 |
| OF | Hank Leiber | 101 | 337 | 94 | .279 | 9 | 67 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Ripple | 96 | 311 | 95 | .305 | 7 | 47 |
| Bill Terry | 79 | 229 | 71 | .310 | 2 | 39 |
| Eddie Mayo | 46 | 141 | 28 | .199 | 1 | 8 |
| Harry Danning | 32 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 4 |
| Kiddo Davis | 47 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Koenig | 42 | 58 | 16 | .276 | 1 | 7 |
| Roy Spencer | 19 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny McCarthy | 4 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Martin | 7 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Sheehan | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie English | 1 | 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 |
| Carl Hubbell | 42 | 304.0 | 26 | 6 | 2.31 | 123 |
| Hal Schumacher | 35 | 215.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.47 | 75 |
| Al Smith | 43 | 209.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.78 | 89 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 28 | 141.0 | 10 | 7 | 3.32 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Gabler | 43 | 161.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.12 | 46 |
| Harry Gumbert | 39 | 140.2 | 11 | 3 | 3.90 | 52 |
| Slick Castleman | 29 | 111.2 | 4 | 7 | 5.64 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Coffman | 24 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3.90 | 26 |
| Firpo Marberry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## 1936 World Series
### Game 1

September 30, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | x | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Carl Hubbell (1–0) L: Red Ruffing (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY George Selkirk (1) – NYG – Dick Bartell (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 2, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| W: Lefty Gomez (1–0) L: Hal Schumacher (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 3, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| W: Bump Hadley (1–0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1) S: Pat Malone (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYG – Jimmy Ripple (1) NYY – Lou Gehrig (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 4, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Monte Pearson (1–0) L: Carl Hubbell (1–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 5, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Hal Schumacher (1–1) L: Pat Malone (0–1) ||||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – George Selkirk (2) ||||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 6, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
| New York (N) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Lefty Gomez (2–0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–2) S: Johnny Murphy (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Jake Powell (1) NYG – Mel Ott (1), Jo-Jo Moore (1) |||||||||||||

## Award winners

* Carl Hubbell, National League MVP

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | San Francisco Seals | Pacific Coast League | Lefty O'Doul |
| C | Greenwood Giants | Cotton States League | Frank Brazill |
| C | Tyler Trojans | West Dixie League | Wally Dashiell |
| C | Muskogee Tigers | Western Association | David Miner and Carl Kentling |
| D | Tallahassee Capitols | Georgia–Florida League | Dutch Hofmann |
| D | Portageville-Owensboro Pirates | KITTY League | Hughie Wise |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tallahassee
Portageville franchise transferred to Owensboro, July 17, 1936