1936 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1936
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago, Illinois
Owners:	Philip K. Wrigley
General Managers:	Charles Weber
Managers:	Charlie Grimm
Radio:	WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (Pat Flanagan) WCFL (Hal Totten) WIND (Russ Hodges) WJJD (Johnny O'Hara)

The 1936 Chicago Cubs season was the 65th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 61st in the National League and the 21st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for second in the National League with a record of 87–67.

Regular season

• April 14, 1936: Billy Herman became the last National League player to have five hits on Opening Day in the 20th century.^[1]

Roster

1936 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		121	424	130	.307	7	64
1B		124	458	125	.273	9	56
2B		153	632	211	.334	5	93
SS		118	429	120	.280	1	42
3B		149	561	167	.298	6	78
OF		93	373	110	.295	3	39
OF		145	575	152	.264	8	81
OF		154	605	212	.350	16	96

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
	80	189	58	.307	2	38
	64	182	45	.247	0	20
	70	174	44	.253	7	28
	39	132	33	.250	1	16
	29	109	32	.294	5	18
	44	75	13	.173	1	5
	19	34	7	.206	0	2
	6	12	1	.083	0	1

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
	43	258.2	18	11	3.31	102
	24	153.0	11	9	3.00	52

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
	43	252.1	18	9	3.39	104
	40	240.1	16	13	3.45	113
	35	197.1	14	10	3.65	88
	39	129.1	6	5	3.97	69

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
	33	3	6	1	4.15	32
	26	1	2	0	3.30	35
	6	0	2	1	6.75	1
	4	0	0	0	12.46	1

Awards and honors

Records

• Billy Herman, National League record, most doubles in one season by a second baseman (Herman tied his own record that he set in 1935) (57)^[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ponca City^[3]

References

• 1936 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY,
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007