1936 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Pie Traynor
Local television	none
Local radio	KDKA; Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 55th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 50th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 84–70.

Offseason[edit]

November 21, 1935: Claude Passeau and Earl Grace were traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Al Todd.^[2]
December 12, 1935: Tommy Thevenow was purchased from the Pirates by the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Regular season[edit]

July 10, 1936: Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies hit four home runs in a ten inning game against the Pirates at Forbes Field.^[4]

Season standings[edit]

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	92	62	0.597	—	52–26	40–36
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	0.565	5	43–33	44–34
Chicago Cubs	87	67	0.565	5	50–27	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	0.545	8	46–30	38–40
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	0.481	18	42–34	32–46
Boston Bees	71	83	0.461	21	35–43	36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers	67	87	0.435	25	37–40	30–47
Philadelphia Phillies	54	100	0.351	38	30–48	24–52

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1936 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Game log[edit]

1936 Game Log: 84–70 (Home: 46–30; Away: 38–40)

April: 6–6 (Home: 3–2; Away: 3–4)

May: 15–14 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
13	May 1	Bees	4–6	Osborne	Swift (1–2)	Smith	2,000	6–7
14	May 2	Bees	6–1	Tising (1–0)	Chaplin	—	5,000	7–7
15	May 3	Dodgers	6–5	Hoyt (2–0)	Mungo	—	10,000	8–7
16	May 5	Dodgers	4–0	Weaver (3–1)	Clark	—	1,600	9–7
17	May 6	Giants	5–6 (10)	Gabler	Hoyt (2–1)	—	—	9–8
18	May 7	Giants	6–2	Birkofer (2–1)	Castleman	—	10,000	10–8
19	May 8	Reds	9–6	Swift (2–2)	Stine	Blanton (1)	—	11–8
20	May 9	Reds	10–6	Blanton (1–1)	Brennan	—	—	12–8
21	May 10	Reds	0–6	Derringer	Tising (1–1)	—	13,955	12–9
22	May 12	@ Bees	6–6 (10)			—	2,000	12–9
23	May 13	@ Bees	3–4 (10)	MacFayden	Hoyt (2–2)	—	2,500	12–10
24	May 14	@ Bees	5–2	Bush (1–0)	Benge	—	1,600	13–10
25	May 15	@ Dodgers	6–2	Weaver (4–1)	Mungo	—	4,000	14–10
26	May 16	@ Dodgers	0–3	Clark	Blanton (1–2)	—	8,000	14–11
27	May 17	@ Giants	6–8	Castleman	Bush (1–1)	Gabler	29,000	14–12
28	May 18	@ Giants	2–4	Hubbell	Tising (1–2)	—	—	14–13
29	May 20	@ Phillies	9–3	Weaver (5–1)	Zachary	—	—	15–13
30	May 21	@ Phillies	7–4	Birkofer (3–1)	Jorgens	—	—	16–13
31	May 22	Cardinals	4–11	Dean	Tising (1–3)	—	—	16–14
32	May 23	@ Reds	3–4	Brennan	Blanton (1–3)	—	—	16–15
33	May 24	@ Reds	1–12	Hollingsworth	Weaver (5–2)	—	11,526	16–16
34	May 25	@ Reds	9–2	Lucas (2–1)	Schott	—	1,869	17–16
35	May 26	@ Cardinals	2–6	Dean	Blanton (1–4)	—	—	17–17
36	May 26	@ Cardinals	2–6	Winford	Birkofer (3–2)	—	—	17–18
37	May 27	@ Cardinals	11–2	Swift (3–2)	Hallahan	—	—	18–18
38	May 28	@ Cardinals	7–2	Weaver (6–2)	Walker	—	—	19–18
39	May 29	@ Cardinals	7–9	Dean	Bush (1–2)	—	—	19–19
40	May 30	@ Cubs	7–5	Swift (4–2)	Root	—	—	20–19
41	May 30	@ Cubs	11–7	Brown (1–1)	Bryant	Bush (1)	43,332	21–19
42	May 31	@ Cubs	7–8 (10)	Carleton	Bush (1–3)	—	—	21–20

June: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Away: 7–6)

July: 13–15 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–5)

August: 15–15 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
99	August 1	@ Giants	0–6	Smith	Blanton (7–10)	—	—	51–47
100	August 2	@ Giants	2–3	Hubbell	Swift (10–10)	—	15,000	51–48
101	August 5	@ Reds	4–6	Schott	Brown (7–8)	—	6,373	51–49
102	August 7	@ Reds	5–1	Lucas (9–2)	Hollingsworth	—	—	52–49
103	August 7	@ Reds	1–0	Blanton (8–10)	Hallahan	—	3,969	53–49
104	August 8	@ Cubs	2–3	French	Swift (10–11)	—	—	53–50
105	August 9	@ Cubs	2–9	Lee	Brown (7–9)	—	—	53–51
106	August 9	@ Cubs	1–10	Davis	Birkofer (5–4)	—	40,000	53–52
107	August 11	Reds	6–3	Lucas (10–2)	Derringer	—	—	54–52
108	August 11	Reds	3–7	Hallahan	Blanton (8–11)	—	—	54–53
109	August 12	Reds	6–1	Swift (11–11)	Schott	—	—	55–53
110	August 13	Reds	5–4	Hoyt (3–2)	Hollingsworth	—	—	56–53
111	August 15	Cardinals	7–1	Weaver (11–8)	Haines	—	—	57–53
112	August 16	Cardinals	3–4	Winford	Lucas (10–3)	Parmelee	—	57–54
113	August 16	Cardinals	2–7	Dean	Swift (11–12)	—	35,000	57–55
114	August 18	Cubs	4–5	French	Blanton (8–12)	—	—	57–56
115	August 18	Cubs	3–1	Hoyt (4–2)	Lee	—	—	58–56
116	August 19	Cubs	5–4	Swift (12–12)	Root	—	—	59–56
117	August 20	Cubs	8–7 (11)	Birkofer (6–4)	Warneke	—	—	60–56
118	August 21	@ Cardinals	5–4	Lucas (11–3)	Haines	—	—	61–56
119	August 22	@ Cardinals	3–4	Winford	Swift (12–13)	—	—	61–57
120	August 23	@ Cardinals	3–7	Heusser	Blanton (8–13)	—	—	61–58
121	August 23	@ Cardinals	6–6 (10)			—	—	61–58
122	August 24	@ Cardinals	17–5	Brown (8–9)	Heusser	—	—	62–58
123	August 25	Dodgers	1–4 (8)	Butcher	Birkofer (6–5)	—	—	62–59
124	August 26	Dodgers	3–10	Brandt	Swift (12–14)	—	—	62–60
125	August 27	Dodgers	6–3	Weaver (12–8)	Mungo	Blanton (2)	2,500	63–60
126	August 28	Giants	2–7 (14)	Fitzsimmons	Hoyt (4–3)	Gabler	5,000	63–61
127	August 29	Giants	7–4	Lucas (12–3)	Smith	—	—	64–61
128	August 30	Bees	4–2	Swift (13–14)	Chaplin	—	—	65–61
129	August 30	Bees	3–1	Blanton (9–13)	Smith	—	8,000	66–61

September: 18–9 (Home: 10–2; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
130	September 1	Bees	3–1	Weaver (13–8)	MacFayden	—	1,000	67–61
131	September 3	Phillies	3–4	Bowman	Lucas (12–4)	—	—	67–62
132	September 3	Phillies	5–1	Hoyt (5–3)	Passeau	—	5,000	68–62
133	September 4	Cubs	0–8	French	Swift (13–15)	—	—	68–63
134	September 5	Cubs	1–0	Blanton (10–13)	Henshaw	—	—	69–63
135	September 6	Cubs	5–4	Weaver (14–8)	Davis	Swift (2)	—	70–63
136	September 7	Cardinals	4–1	Hoyt (6–3)	Dean	—	—	71–63
137	September 7	Cardinals	14–1	Brown (9–9)	Parmelee	—	—	72–63
138	September 9	@ Dodgers	7–8	Brandt	Blanton (10–14)	—	—	72–64
139	September 10	@ Dodgers	11–5	Swift (14–15)	Frankhouse	—	5,000	73–64
140	September 11	@ Bees	10–3	Blanton (11–14)	Weir	—	1,594	74–64
141	September 12	@ Bees	2–3	Bush	Hoyt (6–4)	—	1,500	74–65
142	September 13	@ Phillies	5–3	Birkofer (7–5)	Sivess	Blanton (3)	—	75–65
143	September 13	@ Phillies	3–4	Jorgens	Brown (9–10)	—	—	75–66
144	September 14	@ Phillies	11–4	Swift (15–15)	Benge	—	—	76–66
145	September 14	@ Phillies	6–5 (10)	Lucas (13–4)	Bowman	—	—	77–66
146	September 16	@ Giants	1–2	Smith	Blanton (11–15)	Coffman	—	77–67
147	September 16	@ Giants	4–3	Hoyt (7–4)	Schumacher	—	22,000	78–67
148	September 17	Reds	14–10	Brown (10–10)	Hollingsworth	—	—	79–67
149	September 19	Reds	7–6 (11)	Swift (16–15)	Hallahan	—	—	80–67
150	September 20	Reds	5–1	Blanton (12–15)	Derringer	—	—	81–67
151	September 20	Reds	6–4	Lucas (14–4)	Davis	—	10,000	82–67
152	September 22	@ Cubs	4–11	Davis	Hoyt (7–5)	—	3,900	82–68
153	September 23	@ Cubs	7–6 (10)	Lucas (15–4)	Warneke	—	—	83–68
154	September 24	@ Cubs	4–0	Blanton (13–15)	French	—	13,000	84–68
155	September 26	@ Reds	1–5	Hallahan	Swift (16–16)	—	—	84–69
156	September 27	@ Reds	5–6	Moore	Brown (10–11)	Mooty	5,377	84–70

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup[edit]

Roster[edit]

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

20 Pie Traynor

Coaches

33 Jewel Ens
36 Honus Wagner

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Tom Padden	88	281	70	.249	1	31
1B	Gus Suhr	156	583	182	.312	11	118
2B	Pep Young	125	475	118	.248	6	77
3B	Bill Brubaker	145	554	160	.289	6	102
SS	Arky Vaughan	156	568	190	.335	9	78
LF	Woody Jensen
CF	Lloyd Waner
RF	Paul Waner

Other batters[edit]

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
Al Todd	76	267	73	.273	2	28
Hal Finney	21	35	0	.000	0	3

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bill Swift	45	262.1	16	16	4.01	92
Cy Blanton	44	235.2	13	15	3.51	127
Jim Weaver	38	225.2	14	8	4.31	108
Red Lucas	27	175.2	15	4	3.18	53
Russ Bauers	1	1.1	0	0	33.75	0

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mace Brown	47	165	10	11	3.87	56
Waite Hoyt	22	116.2	7	5	2.70	37
Ralph Birkofer	34	109.1	7	5	4.69	44

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Guy Bush	16	1	3	2	5.97	10

Awards and honors[edit]

1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Gus Suhr, reserve
Arky Vaughan, reserve

League top five finishers[edit]

Cy Blanton

#3 in NL in strikeouts (127)

Red Lucas

#5 in NL in ERA (3.18)

Gus Suhr

#3 in NL in RBI (118)
#5 in NL in runs scored (111)

Bill Swift

#5 in NL in losses (16)

Arky Vaughan

NL leader in runs scored (122)
NL leader in on-base percentage (.453)
#5 in NL in batting average (.335)

Paul Waner

NL leader in batting average (.373)
#2 in NL in hits (218)
#3 in NL in on-base percentage (.446)
#5 in NL in slugging percentage (.520)

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Scranton Miners	New York–Pennsylvania League	Elmer Yoter
B	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Bill Gould and Bob LaMotte
C	Hutchinson Larks	Western Association	Dick Goldberg
D	Jeannette Little Pirates	Pennsylvania State Association	Wilbur Cooper
D	Portageville-Owensboro Pirates	Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League	Hughie Wise
D	Winnipeg Maroons	Northern League	Wes Griffin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Scranton, Jeannette

Notes[edit]

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference
^ Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References[edit]

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference

[3] Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

[4] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

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Starters by position[edit]

Other batters[edit]

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Other pitchers[edit]

Relief pitchers[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

League top five finishers[edit]

Farm system[edit]

Notes[edit]

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1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909) Pittsburgh^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Pie Traynor
Local television	none
Local radio	KDKA Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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