1936 Chicago White Sox season

The 1936 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 36th season in the major leagues, and their 37th season overall. They finished with a record of 81–70, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 20 games behind the first place New York Yankees. It was the team's first winning season in 16 years.

Offseason

December 10, 1935: Al Simmons was purchased from the White Sox by the Detroit Tigers for $75,000.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	102	51	.667	—	56‍–‍21	46‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers	83	71	.539	19½	44‍–‍33	39‍–‍38
Washington Senators	82	71	.536	20	42‍–‍35	40‍–‍36
Chicago White Sox	81	70	.536	20	43‍–‍32	38‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	22½	49‍–‍30	31‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox	74	80	.481	28½	47‍–‍29	27‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns	57	95	.375	44½	31‍–‍43	26‍–‍52
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	49	31‍–‍46	22‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1936 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	9–13	13–9	15–7–1	13–9	12–10	8–14
Chicago	10–12	—	12–10–1	8–14	7–14	15–7	13–8–1	16–5
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	9–13	6–16–1	13–9	15–7–1	14–8
Detroit	9–13	14–8	13–9	—	8–14	17–5	11–11	11–11
New York	15–7–1	14–7	16–6–1	14–8	—	16–6	14–8	13–9
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	9–13	5–17	6–16	—	11–10–1	6–16
St. Louis	10–12	8–13–1	7–15–1	11–11	8–14	10–11–1	—	3–19
Washington	14–8	5–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	16–16	19–3	—

Roster

1936 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 20,26 Clint Brown 17 Sugar Cain 30,47 Italo Chelini 18,20 Bill Dietrich 28 Red Evans 24 Vern Kennedy 16 Ted Lyons 29 Ray Phelps 29 Bill Shores 25 Monty Stratton 17 Les Tietje 34,20 John Whitehead 19 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 35 Frank Grube 14 Luke Sewell 15 Merv Shea Infielders 4 Luke Appling 3 Zeke Bonura 5 Jimmy Dykes 37 Jackie Hayes 27 Jo-Jo Morrissey 2 Tony Piet 19 Les Rock		Outfielders 6 Mule Haas 8 Mike Kreevich 9 Rip Radcliff 12 Larry Rosenthal 7 George Stumpf 32,45 Dixie Walker 12 George Washington		Manager 5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 33 Jimmy Austin 38 Muddy Ruel 22 Bill Webb

1936 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Jimmy Dykes

Coaches

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	Luke Sewell	128	451	113	.251	5	73
1B	Zeke Bonura	148	587	194	.330	12	138
2B	Jackie Hayes	108	417	130	.312	5	84
SS	Luke Appling	138	526	204	.388	6	128
3B	Jimmy Dykes	127	435	116	.267	7	60
OF	Mike Kreevich	137	550	169	.307	5	69
OF	Rip Radcliff	138	618	207	.335	8	82
OF	Mule Haas	119	408	116	.284	0	46

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
Tony Piet	109	352	96	.273	7	42
Larry Rosenthal	85	317	89	.281	3	46
Frank Grube	33	93	15	.161	0	11
Dixie Walker	26	70	19	.271	0	11
George Washington	20	49	8	.163	1	5
Jo-Jo Morrissey	17	38	7	.184	0	6
Merv Shea	14	24	3	.125	0	2
George Stumpf	10	22	6	.273	0	5
Les Rock	2	1	0	.000	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
Vern Kennedy	35	274.1	21	9	4.63	99
John Whitehead	34	230.2	13	13	4.64	70
Sugar Cain	30	195.1	14	10	4.75	42
Ted Lyons	26	182.0	10	13	5.14	48
Monty Stratton	16	95.0	5	7	5.21	37
Bill Dietrich	14	82.2	4	4	4.68	39

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
Italo Chelini	18	83.2	4	3	4.95	16
Ray Phelps	15	68.2	4	6	6.03	17

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
Clint Brown	38	6	2	5	4.99	19
Red Evans	17	0	3	1	7.61	19
Bill Shores	9	0	0	0	9.53	5
Whit Wyatt	3	0	0	1	0.00	0
Les Tietje	2	0	0	0	27.00	3

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Dallas Steers	Texas League	Alex Gaston
C	Longview Cannibals	East Texas League	Tex Jeanes
D	Cassville Blues	Arkansas–Missouri League	Gary Coker and Cliff Clay
D	Rayne Rice Birds	Evangeline League	Harold Funk
D	Crookston Pirates	Northern League	Ken Penner

Notes

Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1936 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1936 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro National League

Chicago White Sox

Established in 1900
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
General Manager: Chris Getz
Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
Manager: Will Venable

World Series
championships (3)

American League
championships (6)

Division championships (6)

West: 1983
1993
Central: 2000
2005
2008
2021

Wild Card berths (1)

2020

Minor league
affiliates

Charlotte Knights (Triple-A)
Birmingham Barons (Double-A)
Winston-Salem Dash (High-A)
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Single-A)
ACL White Sox (Rookie)
DSL White Sox (Rookie)

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