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.

1936 New York Yankees
World Series champions American League champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	102–51 (.667)
League place	1st
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Joe McCarthy
← 1935 Seasons 1937 →

The 1936 NY Yankees are the only team in the modern era (since 1901) to have 5 players (Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Joe DiMaggio, and George Selkirk) with over 100+ RBIs in their regular lineup.

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

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American 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1936 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

20 Johnny Broaca
17 Jumbo Brown
11 Lefty Gomez
14 Bump Hadley
25 Ted Kleinhans
21 Pat Malone
19 Johnny Murphy
16 Monte Pearson
15 Red Ruffing
24 Steve Sundra
25 Kemp Wicker

Catchers

8 Bill Dickey
26 Joe Glenn
18 Arndt Jorgens

Infielders

5 Frankie Crosetti
4 Lou Gehrig
10 Don Heffner
6 Tony Lazzeri
2 Red Rolfe
12 Jack Saltzgaver

Outfielders

7 Ben Chapman
9 Joe DiMaggio
28 Myril Hoag
1 Roy Johnson
7 Jake Powell
22 Bob Seeds
3 George Selkirk
27 Dixie Walker

Manager

-- Joe McCarthy

Coaches

30 Earle Combs
29 Art Fletcher
31 Johnny Schulte

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 / Bud Stapleton
D	Bassett Furniture Makers	Bi-State League	Lefty Jenkins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norfolk, Bassett