1936 Pittsburgh Pirates season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) 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

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

Regular season

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

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	92	62	--	.597
Chicago Cubs	87	67	5	.565
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	5	.565
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	8	.545
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	18	.481
Boston Bees	71	83	21	.461
Brooklyn Dodgers	67	87	25	.435
Philadelphia Phillies	54	100	38	.351

Record vs. opponents

1936 National League Records 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	—

Roster

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 27 Russ Bauers 49 Ralph Birkofer 46 Cy Blanton 47 Mace Brown 41 Guy Bush 48 Waite Hoyt 40 Red Lucas 45 Bill Swift 44 Jack Tising 43 Jim Weaver 51 Johnny Welch		Catchers 32 Hal Finney 31 Tom Padden 30 Al Todd Infielders 25 Bill Brubaker 22 Cookie Lavagetto 21,24 Gus Suhr 21 Arky Vaughan 26 Pep Young		Outfielders -- Earl Browne -- Johnny Dickshot 12 Bud Hafey 16 Woody Jensen 14 Fred Schulte 10 Lloyd Waner 11 Paul Waner		Manager 20 Pie Traynor Coaches 33 Jewel Ens 36 Honus Wagner

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	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

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

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
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

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

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

1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Gus Suhr, reserve
• Arky Vaughan, reserve

League top five finishers

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Scranton, Jeannette

References

• 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac