| 1936 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | AL Lou Gehrig (NYY) |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Detroit Tigers |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | New York Giants |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | St. Louis Cardinals & Chicago Cubs |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1936 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Finals Runner-Up: | New York Giants |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1935 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1935 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1937 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1937 |
The 1936 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1936. The regular season ended on September 27, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 33rd World Series on September 30 and ended with Game 6 on October 6. In the fourth iteration of this World Series matchup, the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to two.
The fourth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 7, hosted by the Boston Bees at the National League Park in Boston, Massachusetts, with the National League's first victory, 4–3.
The Boston Braves changed their nickname to "Bees" this season; they would revert to the Braves in .
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1936 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, the first since the season. The final day of the regular season was on September 27 and featured fourteen teams (the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns finished their season the day before). This was the first season which didn't feature all sixteen teams since the season. The World Series took place between September 30 and October 6.
| Total | |||
| Luke Appling (CWS) | .388 | ||
| Lou Gehrig (NYY) | 49 | ||
| Hal Trosky (CLE) | 162 | ||
| Lou Gehrig (NYY) | 167 | ||
| Earl Averill (CLE) | 232 | ||
| Lyn Lary (SLB) | 37 |
| Total | |||
| Tommy Bridges (DET) | 23 | ||
| Gordon Rhodes (PHA) | 20 | ||
| Lefty Grove (BRS) | 2.81 | ||
| Tommy Bridges (DET) | 175 | ||
| Wes Ferrell (BRS) | 301.0 | ||
| Pat Malone (NYY) | 9 |
| Total | |||
| Paul Waner (PIT) | .373 | ||
| Mel Ott (NYG) | 33 | ||
| Joe Medwick (SLC) | 138 | ||
| Arky Vaughan (PIT) | 122 | ||
| Joe Medwick (SLC) | 223 | ||
| Pepper Martin (SLC) | 23 |
| Total | |||
| Carl Hubbell (NYG) | 26 | ||
| Bucky Walters (PHP) | 21 | ||
| Carl Hubbell (NYG) | 2.31 | ||
| Van Lingle Mungo (BKN) | 238 | ||
| Dizzy Dean (SLC) | 315.0 | ||
| Dizzy Dean (SLC) | 11 |
The New York Yankees set a Major League record for the most runs batted in during a season, with 995.[1]
Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1B
Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees[2] | 102 | 14.6% | 976,913 | 48.6% | 12,687 | |
| Detroit Tigers[3] | 83 | -10.8% | 875,948 | -15.4% | 11,376 | |
| New York Giants[4] | 92 | 1.1% | 837,952 | 11.9% | 10,743 | |
| Chicago Cubs[5] | 87 | -13.0% | 699,370 | 1.0% | 9,083 | |
| Boston Red Sox[6] | 74 | -5.1% | 626,895 | 12.2% | 8,141 | |
| Cleveland Indians[7] | 80 | -2.4% | 500,391 | 25.8% | 6,178 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers[8] | 67 | -4.3% | 489,618 | 4.1% | 6,198 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[9] | 74 | 8.8% | 466,345 | 4.0% | 6,136 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 87 | -9.4% | 448,078 | -11.5% | 5,819 | |
| Chicago White Sox[11] | 81 | 9.5% | 440,810 | -6.3% | 5,877 | |
| Washington Senators[12] | 82 | 22.4% | 379,525 | 48.8% | 4,929 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[13] | 84 | -2.3% | 372,524 | 5.6% | 4,902 | |
| Boston Bees[14] | 71 | 86.8% | 340,585 | 46.3% | 4,311 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[15] | 53 | -8.6% | 285,173 | 22.3% | 3,704 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[16] | 54 | -15.6% | 249,219 | 21.3% | 3,195 | |
| St. Louis Browns[17] | 57 | -12.3% | 93,267 | 15.3% | 1,211 |