1936 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1936
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Navin Field
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General Managers:	Mickey Cochrane
Managers:	Mickey Cochrane
Radio:	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) WXYZ (Harry Heilmann)

The 1936 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 83–71, 19½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 10, 1935: Al Simmons was purchased by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox for $75,000.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1936 Detroit Tigers
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		81	250	60	.240	1	30
1B		138	558	158	.283	4	63
2B		154	641	227	.354	15	116
SS		146	585	160	.274	6	68
3B		154	583	172	.295	9	105
OF		143	568	186	.327	13	112
OF		134	550	194	.353	12	93
OF		147	572	180	.315	24	125

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
	73	220	67	.305	4	26
	44	126	34	.270	2	17
	27	78	17	.218	0	5
	20	55	15	.273	1	5
	58	51	14	.275	0	6
	12	46	16	.348	1	15
	10	33	10	.303	1	4
	13	26	5	.192	0	1
	11	25	7	.280	0	4
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
	39	294.2	23	11	3.60	175
	41	245.1	19	10	4.51	115
	35	215.1	13	16	4.89	66
	13	78.1	4	5	5.29	30
	9	44.0	4	3	8.39	10

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
	30	131.1	6	7	5.28	37
	41	128.0	8	6	5.48	34
	22	87.1	2	4	6.49	15

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
	26	2	5	1	6.78	32
	22	2	3	3	4.85	11
	3	0	1	0	9.00	1

Awards and honors

League records

• Charlie Gehringer, American League record, most doubles in one season by a second baseman (60)^[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Milwaukee, Alexandria, Tiffin^[3]

External links

• 1936 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007