1936 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1936 throughout the world.  

Champions

Major League Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4–3)
• All-Star Game, July 7 at Braves Field: National League, 4–3

Other champions

• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 10–2

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • American League: Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1B
  • National League: Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P

• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P

• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Joe McCarthy, New York Yankees

MLB statistical leaders

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Events

January – April

• January 4 – The Philadelphia Athletics trade Doc Cramer and Eric McNair to the Boston Red Sox for Hank Johnson, Al Niemiec and $75,000.

• January 6 – New York Giants President Charles A. Stoneham dies of Bright's disease. He was the last surviving member of the trio that purchased the team in 1919. His son, Horace Stoneham, is elected the team's new president. Stoneham‚ 32‚ will remain president for the next 40 years before selling the team in 1976.

• January 15 – The Chunichi Dragons of Nagoya‚ Japan‚ are officially formed. Eight days later the Hankyu Braves of Nishinomiya joined them.

• February 2 – The baseball writers vote for the first players to be named to the new Baseball Hall of Fame. Ty Cobb‚ Babe Ruth‚ Honus Wagner‚ Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson each receive the requisite 75 percent of ballots cast. Active players also are eligible in this first election‚ with Rogers Hornsby finishing 9th‚ Mickey Cochrane 10th‚ Lou Gehrig 15th‚ and Jimmie Foxx 19th. Hal Chase receives 11 votes for 25th place‚ and Shoeless Joe Jackson has two votes to tie for 36th place.

• March 17 – Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his spring debut with the New York Yankees, collecting four hits‚ including a triple, in a 8–7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

• March 21 – The Cincinnati Reds trade Jim Bottomley to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Burnett.

• April 14 – Opening day, the New York Yankees are shut out, 1–0, by Bobo Newsom and the Washington Senators.
  • In St. Louis, the Cardinals' Eddie Morgan becomes the first to hit a pinch-hit home run in his first major league at bat. Morgan connects on the very first pitch he sees in the 7th inning. The Cubs win, 12-7.

• April 16 – Johnny Mize makes his major league debut. He strikes out pinch hitting for Daffy Dean in the Cards' 5–3 loss to the Chicago Cubs.

• April 26 – In the Brooklyn Dodgers' 10–7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Dodgers shortstop Ben Geraghty reaches base twice on two separate interference calls on Phillies catcher Earl Grace.

Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP

• April 29
  • Nagoya defeated Daitokyo 8–5 in the first professional baseball game in Japan.
  • Hank Greenberg breaks his wrist ending his season.
  • In St. Louis‚ Roy Parmelee‚ former New York Giants pitcher‚ beats Carl Hubbell, 2–1, in a seventeen inning duel. The game is scoreless until the 12th when the Giants score a run‚ but the Cardinals match it in the bottom of the 12th. Parmelee allows just six hits in 17 innings‚ while Hubbell gives up 11.

May – July

• May 3 – Joe DiMaggio makes his major league debut in left field in the New York Yankees' 14–5 victory over the St. Louis Browns. DiMaggio goes three-for-six- with a triple, an RBI and three runs scored.

• May 10 – The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 7–2. With a loss by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators, the Yankees take over first place in the American League. They remain in first place for the rest of the season, winning the pennant by 19.5 games over the Detroit Tigers.

• May 11 - At Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, the Giants' Mel Ott drives in 8 runs in a 13-12 victory over the Phillies.

• May 12 – The St. Louis Browns' Pat Malone pitches a six hit shut out against the New York Yankees to end St. Louis' thirteen game losing streak.

• May 21 - Chuck Klein goes home. The outfielder is traded back to philadelphia where he enjoyed his best years, along with pitcher Fabian Kowalik and $50,000. In return, the Cubs get outfielder Ethan Allen and pitcher Curt Davis.

• May 24 – The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 25–2. Second baseman Tony Lazzeri has eleven RBIs in the game via two grand slams and a third home run and a triple. With his last blast, Lazzeri amassed seven home runs in four successive games to set a Major League record.

• June 6 – St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Stu Martin ties a major league record with eleven assists in the first game of a doubleheader with the New York Giants.

• June 14 – The Washington Senators trade Jake Powell to the New York Yankees for Ben Chapman.

• June 24 – In the New York Yankees' 18–11 victory over the Chicago White Sox, Joe DiMaggio has five RBIs with two home runs and two doubles.

• July 1 – The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago White Sox 21–6. Right fielder Gee Walker has a home run and seven RBIs.

• July 5 – The Boston Red Sox sweep a double header from the Philadelphia Athletics, bringing the A's losing streak to twelve games.

• July 7 – The National League records its first All-Star Game victory over the American League, 4–3, at Braves Field, home of the Boston Bees.

• July 10 – Philadelphia Phillies right-fielder Chuck Klein becomes the fourth player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a game. His final home run came in the top of the tenth inning, leading Philadelphia to a 9–6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates The feat comes nearly 40 years to the day since it was last accomplished in the National League.

• July 18 – The Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics set an American League record for the most combined runs scored by two teams in Chicago's 21–14 victory. ChiSox outfielder Rip Radcliff ties an AL record with six hits in seven at-bats.

• July 19 – Bob Feller makes his major league debut on the mound for the Cleveland Indians.

• July 30 – In International League action, Buffalo pitcher Bill Harris tosses his second no-hitter of the season‚ stopping Newark.

August – December

• August 16 – The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Boston Bees 7–0 behind a three hitter by Claude Passeau. The win ends the team's fourteen game losing streak.

• August 23 – Bob Feller makes his first career start, defeating the St. Louis Browns 4–1.

• August 28 – The New York Giants defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7–2 to bring their winning streak to fifteen games.

• September 16 – Birdie Tebbetts makes his major league debut behind the plate for the Detroit Tigers in a 6–2 victory over the Philadelphia A's.

• September 23
  • Carl Hubbell logs his sixteenth victory in a row to improve his record to 26–6.
  • The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia A's 12–5 for their 100th win of the season.

• September 30 – A solo home run by George Selkirk is all the offense the Yankees can muster up against Carl Hubbell in game one of the 1936 World Series, as the New York Giants take game one of the Subway Series, 6–1.

• October 2 – A seven run third inning, high lighted by Tony Lazzeri's grand slam, carries the Yankees to a 18–4 victory in game two of the World Series.

• October 3 – Frankie Crosetti's eighth inning RBI single carries the Yankees to a 2–1 victory over the Giants in game three of the World Series.

• October 4 – The Yankees jump to an early 4–0 lead against Carl Hubbell, and win game four of the World Series, 5–2.

• October 5 – Jo-Jo Moore leads off the tenth with a double, and comes around to score, as the New York Giants take game five of the World Series, 5–4.

• October 6 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants, 13–5, in Game 6 of the World Series to win their fifth World Championship title, four games to two. During the six games, the Yankees score 43 runs and collect 65 hits.

• November 29 – Judge Landis declares Lee Handley and Johnny Peacock of the Cincinnati Reds free agents. They had been covered up on minor league teams by the Reds.

• December 4 – The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Ralph Birkofer and Cookie Lavagetto to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt, and sell Johnny Welch's contract to the Chicago White Sox.

• December 9 – The Philadelphia A's trade Pinky Higgins to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Werber.

• December 10 – In a three team trade, the Washington Senators send Earl Whitehill to the Cleveland Indians, Indians sent Thornton Lee to the Chicago White Sox, and the White Sox send Jack Salveson to the Senators.

Births

January–April

• January 5 - Bud Bloomfield
• January 6 – Rubén Amaro
• January 8 – Chuck Cottier
• January 9 – Julio Navarro
• January 9 – Ralph Terry
• January 23 – Don Nottebart
• January 24 – Dick Stigman
• February 5 – Lee Thomas
• March 2 – Don Schwall
• March 4 – Bob Johnson
• March 7 – Galen Cisco
• March 26 – Harry Kalas
• March 28 – Jimmie Coker
• April 1 – Ron Perranoski
• April 1 – Ted Sadowski
• April 24 – Glen Hobbie

May–August

• May 4 – John Tsitouris
• May 9 – Floyd Robinson
• May 14 – Dick Howser
• May 21 – Barry Latman
• June 28 – Fred Gladding
• June 29 – Harmon Killebrew
• June 30 - Al Barks
• July 1 – Dick Drott
• July 7 – Bill Kunkel
• July 16 – Eddie Fisher
• July 23 – Don Drysdale
• July 27 – Don Lock
• July 31 – Vic Davalillo
• August 7 – Jerry McNertney
• August 7 - Tex Nelson
• August 8 – Frank Howard
• August 9 – Julián Javier
• August 11 – Bill Monbouquette
• August 12 - Tom McAvoy
• August 15 - Mary Lou Graham
• August 17 – John Buzhardt
• August 28 – Don Denkinger
• August 28 – Tony González

September–December

• September 3 – Steve Boros
• September 3 – Lee Weyer
• September 5 – Bill Mazeroski
• September 14 – Stan Williams
• September 15 – Freddie Burdette
• September 22 – Doug Camilli
• September 29 – Hal Trosky, Jr.
• October 3 – Jack Lamabe
• October 12 – Tony Kubek
• October 16 – Jack Baldschun
• October 26 – Elio Chacón
• October 27 – Lee Stange
• November 12 – Joe Hoerner
• November 17 – Gary Bell
• November 18 – Jay Hook
• December 3 – Clay Dalrymple
• December 7 – Bo Belinsky
• December 10 – Doc Edwards
• December 13 – J. C. Martin
• December 17 – Jerry Adair
• December 17 – Rollie Sheldon
• December 26 – Wayne Causey

Deaths

• January 6 – Charles Stoneham, 59, owner of the New York Giants since 1919, during which period the team won five pennants and three World Series
• January 11 – Turkey Gross, 39, shortstop for the 1925 Boston Red Sox
• February 17 – Tom York, 85, played 15 season from 1871 to 1885, most prominately for the Providence Grays.
• March 25 – Art Hagan, 73, Pitcher for two season from 1883 through 1884.
• June 16 – Billy Shindle, 75, third baseman for the Detroit Wolverines, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics & Phillies, and Brooklyn Bridegrooms from 1886–98, and one of the first sluggers in the deadball era
• June 18 – Al Nichols, 84, third baseman from 1875–1877. Banned for life after 1877 season with three other teammates for throwings games.
• July 18 – Carl Stimson, 42, pitcher for the 1923 Boston Red Sox
• September 9 - William Betts, Umpire in the National League and American League
• October 4 – Hercules Burnett, 67, center fielder who played in two seasons for the Louisville Colonels in 1888 and 1895.
• October 8 – Red Ames, 54, pitcher for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1903–19, and recorded 183 wins with a 2.63 ERA
• October 27 – Dave Black, 44, pitcher for the Chicago ChiFeds/Whales, Baltimore Terrapins and Boston Red Sox
• October 31 – Deacon McGuire, 72, catcher for several teams over 26 seasons who set records with 1611 games, 1858 assists and 9291 chances at his position; batted .300 five times and was first catcher to hit 300 doubles; later a coach and manager
• November 9 – Bill Stellberger, 71, pitched one game for the 1885 Providence Grays.
• December 11 – Myron Grimshaw, 61, right fielder for the Boston Americans from 1905 through 1907
• December 26 – Bill Clymer, 63, shortstop for three games during the 1891 season.
• December 31 – Doc Casey, 66, third baseman for the Washington Senators, Brooklyn Superbas, Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs between 1898 and 1907