1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh[1]
OwnersBill Benswanger
ManagersPie Traynor
RadioKDKA
Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
Seasons

The 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 55th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 50th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 84–70.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9262 0.597 — 52–26 40–36
St. Louis Cardinals 8767 0.565 5 43–33 44–34
Chicago Cubs 8767 0.565 5 50–27 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 8470 0.545 8 46–30 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 7480 0.481 18 42–34 32–46
Boston Bees 7183 0.461 21 35–43 36–40
Brooklyn Dodgers 6787 0.435 25 37–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 54100 0.351 38 30–48 24–52

Record vs. opponents

1936 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–12–26–1613–99–1312–108–14–113–9
Brooklyn 12–10–2—7–159–139–1312–109–139–13
Chicago 16–615–7—10–1211–1116–610–129–13
Cincinnati 9–1313–912–10—9–1313–98–1410–12
New York 13–913–911–1113–9—17–515–710–12
Philadelphia 10–1210–126–169–135–17—7–157–15
Pittsburgh 14–8–113–912–1014–87–1515–7—9–13–1
St. Louis 9–1313–913–912–1012–1015–713–9–1—

Game log

1936 Game Log: 84–70 (Home: 46–30; Away: 38–40)
April: 6–6 (Home: 3–2; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14@ Reds8–6Hoyt (1–0)Derringer—32,2431–0
2April 15@ Reds7–6Birkofer (1–0)Freitas—2,8682–0
3April 16@ Reds4–7HollingsworthWeaver (0–1)—1,8362–1
4April 19Cardinals3–7HallahanLucas (0–1)—17,5002–2
5April 20Cubs9–8Swift (1–0)Henshaw——3–2
6April 23@ Cubs1–2FrenchBirkofer (1–1)——3–3
7April 24@ Cubs1–6WarnekeBlanton (0–1)——3–4
8April 25@ Cardinals12–5Weaver (1–1)Hallahan——4–4
9April 26@ Cardinals2–3 (10)DeanSwift (1–1)—5,5004–5
10April 28Phillies7–9JohnsonBrown (0–1)——4–6
11April 29Phillies10–9 (11)Lucas (1–1)Walters——5–6
12April 30Phillies6–5Weaver (2–1)JorgensBrown (1)—6–6
May: 15–14 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
13May 1Bees4–6OsborneSwift (1–2)Smith2,0006–7
14May 2Bees6–1Tising (1–0)Chaplin—5,0007–7
15May 3Dodgers6–5Hoyt (2–0)Mungo—10,0008–7
16May 5Dodgers4–0Weaver (3–1)Clark—1,6009–7
17May 6Giants5–6 (10)GablerHoyt (2–1)——9–8
18May 7Giants6–2Birkofer (2–1)Castleman—10,00010–8
19May 8Reds9–6Swift (2–2)StineBlanton (1)—11–8
20May 9Reds10–6Blanton (1–1)Brennan——12–8
21May 10Reds0–6DerringerTising (1–1)—13,95512–9
22May 12@ Bees6–6 (10)—2,00012–9
23May 13@ Bees3–4 (10)MacFaydenHoyt (2–2)—2,50012–10
24May 14@ Bees5–2Bush (1–0)Benge—1,60013–10
25May 15@ Dodgers6–2Weaver (4–1)Mungo—4,00014–10
26May 16@ Dodgers0–3ClarkBlanton (1–2)—8,00014–11
27May 17@ Giants6–8CastlemanBush (1–1)Gabler29,00014–12
28May 18@ Giants2–4HubbellTising (1–2)——14–13
29May 20@ Phillies9–3Weaver (5–1)Zachary——15–13
30May 21@ Phillies7–4Birkofer (3–1)Jorgens——16–13
31May 22Cardinals4–11DeanTising (1–3)——16–14
32May 23@ Reds3–4BrennanBlanton (1–3)——16–15
33May 24@ Reds1–12HollingsworthWeaver (5–2)—11,52616–16
34May 25@ Reds9–2Lucas (2–1)Schott—1,86917–16
35May 26@ Cardinals2–6DeanBlanton (1–4)——17–17
36May 26@ Cardinals2–6WinfordBirkofer (3–2)——17–18
37May 27@ Cardinals11–2Swift (3–2)Hallahan——18–18
38May 28@ Cardinals7–2Weaver (6–2)Walker——19–18
39May 29@ Cardinals7–9DeanBush (1–2)——19–19
40May 30@ Cubs7–5Swift (4–2)Root——20–19
41May 30@ Cubs11–7Brown (1–1)BryantBush (1)43,33221–19
42May 31@ Cubs7–8 (10)CarletonBush (1–3)——21–20
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
43June 2Bees5–4Weaver (7–2)ChaplinBrown (2)2,50022–20
44June 3Bees3–4 (11)ReisSwift (4–3)—2,00022–21
45June 4Bees7–5Blanton (2–4)LanningBrown (3)—23–21
46June 5Phillies14–8Brown (2–1)Bowman——24–21
47June 6Phillies1–5JorgensWeaver (7–3)——24–22
48June 7Phillies6–2Swift (5–3)Moore——25–22
49June 8Dodgers2–1Blanton (3–4)Brandt——26–22
50June 9Dodgers4–1Weaver (8–3)Earnshaw——27–22
51June 9Dodgers7–5Brown (3–1)Mungo—8,00028–22
52June 10Dodgers6–3Lucas (3–1)ClarkBush (2)—29–22
53June 12Giants3–2Swift (6–3)Hubbell——30–22
54June 13Giants6–2Blanton (4–4)Smith——31–22
55June 14Giants0–8SchumacherWeaver (8–4)—32,00031–23
56June 16@ Dodgers9–2Lucas (4–1)Mungo—3,50032–23
57June 17@ Dodgers14–5Swift (7–3)Baker——33–23
58June 20@ Phillies6–0Blanton (5–4)Bowman——34–23
59June 20@ Phillies1–2JorgensWeaver (8–5)Johnson—34–24
60June 21@ Phillies7–6Lucas (5–1)Kowalik—5,00035–24
61June 22@ Giants5–11SchumacherSwift (7–4)—5,31435–25
62June 23@ Giants2–3GumbertBrown (3–2)Smith5,50035–26
63June 24@ Giants3–4HubbellBirkofer (3–3)——35–27
64June 24@ Giants4–1Weaver (9–5)Fitzsimmons—15,00036–27
65June 25@ Giants4–5CoffmanSwift (7–5)—5,00036–28
66June 26@ Bees2–1Lucas (6–1)MacFayden—5,35237–28
67June 28@ Bees11–2Blanton (6–4)Benge——38–28
68June 28@ Bees4–6CantwellWeaver (9–6)Smith18,13338–29
69June 30Cardinals1–2HainesBrown (3–3)——38–30
70June 30Cardinals3–4RhemBlanton (6–5)Dean20,00038–31
July: 13–15 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
71July 1Cardinals9–4Lucas (7–1)WalkerSwift (1)—39–31
72July 2Cardinals2–4DeanWeaver (9–7)——39–32
73July 4Cubs2–3 (10)FrenchBlanton (6–6)——39–33
74July 4Cubs7–4Brown (4–3)LeeWelch (1)33,00040–33
75July 5Cubs4–2Swift (8–5)Warneke——41–33
76July 9Phillies16–5Birkofer (4–3)Kowalik——42–33
77July 10Phillies6–9 (10)WaltersSwift (8–6)——42–34
78July 12Bees2–6 (10)CantwellBlanton (6–7)—5,00042–35
79July 13Bees1–4ChaplinSwift (8–7)—1,20042–36
80July 14Bees2–1Brown (5–3)MacFayden—2,00043–36
81July 15Giants5–4 (10)Birkofer (5–3)Fitzsimmons——44–36
82July 15Giants4–14SmithWeaver (9–8)—15,00044–37
83July 16Giants6–7CoffmanBrown (5–4)Schumacher6,00044–38
84July 17Giants0–6HubbellSwift (8–8)——44–39
85July 18Dodgers5–6JeffcoatBrown (5–5)Clark8,00044–40
86July 19Dodgers2–4ClarkBlanton (6–8)Mungo4,00044–41
87July 21@ Phillies17–6Swift (9–8)Moore——45–41
88July 22@ Phillies4–16BowmanBrown (5–6)——45–42
89July 23@ Phillies10–1Blanton (7–8)Passeau——46–42
90July 25@ Dodgers7–4Swift (10–8)Clark—4,70047–42
91July 26@ Dodgers0–1MungoLucas (7–2)——47–43
92July 26@ Dodgers3–4BrandtBrown (5–7)—15,00047–44
93July 27@ Dodgers3–6FrankhouseBlanton (7–9)—48547–45
94July 28@ Dodgers9–8 (10)Lucas (8–2)Brandt——48–45
95July 29@ Bees1–4MacFaydenSwift (10–9)—9,28448–46
96July 29@ Bees10–4Brown (6–7)Smith—9,28449–46
97July 30@ Bees5–3 (11)Brown (7–7)Cantwell—2,61250–46
98July 31@ Bees10–5Weaver (10–8)ChaplinHoyt (1)3,21651–46
August: 15–15 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
99August 1@ Giants0–6SmithBlanton (7–10)——51–47
100August 2@ Giants2–3HubbellSwift (10–10)—15,00051–48
101August 5@ Reds4–6SchottBrown (7–8)—6,37351–49
102August 7@ Reds5–1Lucas (9–2)Hollingsworth——52–49
103August 7@ Reds1–0Blanton (8–10)Hallahan—3,96953–49
104August 8@ Cubs2–3FrenchSwift (10–11)——53–50
105August 9@ Cubs2–9LeeBrown (7–9)——53–51
106August 9@ Cubs1–10DavisBirkofer (5–4)—40,00053–52
107August 11Reds6–3Lucas (10–2)Derringer——54–52
108August 11Reds3–7HallahanBlanton (8–11)——54–53
109August 12Reds6–1Swift (11–11)Schott——55–53
110August 13Reds5–4Hoyt (3–2)Hollingsworth——56–53
111August 15Cardinals7–1Weaver (11–8)Haines——57–53
112August 16Cardinals3–4WinfordLucas (10–3)Parmelee—57–54
113August 16Cardinals2–7DeanSwift (11–12)—35,00057–55
114August 18Cubs4–5FrenchBlanton (8–12)——57–56
115August 18Cubs3–1Hoyt (4–2)Lee——58–56
116August 19Cubs5–4Swift (12–12)Root——59–56
117August 20Cubs8–7 (11)Birkofer (6–4)Warneke——60–56
118August 21@ Cardinals5–4Lucas (11–3)Haines——61–56
119August 22@ Cardinals3–4WinfordSwift (12–13)——61–57
120August 23@ Cardinals3–7HeusserBlanton (8–13)——61–58
121August 23@ Cardinals6–6 (10)——61–58
122August 24@ Cardinals17–5Brown (8–9)Heusser——62–58
123August 25Dodgers1–4 (8)ButcherBirkofer (6–5)——62–59
124August 26Dodgers3–10BrandtSwift (12–14)——62–60
125August 27Dodgers6–3Weaver (12–8)MungoBlanton (2)2,50063–60
126August 28Giants2–7 (14)FitzsimmonsHoyt (4–3)Gabler5,00063–61
127August 29Giants7–4Lucas (12–3)Smith——64–61
128August 30Bees4–2Swift (13–14)Chaplin——65–61
129August 30Bees3–1Blanton (9–13)Smith—8,00066–61
September: 18–9 (Home: 10–2; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1Bees3–1Weaver (13–8)MacFayden—1,00067–61
131September 3Phillies3–4BowmanLucas (12–4)——67–62
132September 3Phillies5–1Hoyt (5–3)Passeau—5,00068–62
133September 4Cubs0–8FrenchSwift (13–15)——68–63
134September 5Cubs1–0Blanton (10–13)Henshaw——69–63
135September 6Cubs5–4Weaver (14–8)DavisSwift (2)—70–63
136September 7Cardinals4–1Hoyt (6–3)Dean——71–63
137September 7Cardinals14–1Brown (9–9)Parmelee——72–63
138September 9@ Dodgers7–8BrandtBlanton (10–14)——72–64
139September 10@ Dodgers11–5Swift (14–15)Frankhouse—5,00073–64
140September 11@ Bees10–3Blanton (11–14)Weir—1,59474–64
141September 12@ Bees2–3BushHoyt (6–4)—1,50074–65
142September 13@ Phillies5–3Birkofer (7–5)SivessBlanton (3)—75–65
143September 13@ Phillies3–4JorgensBrown (9–10)——75–66
144September 14@ Phillies11–4Swift (15–15)Benge——76–66
145September 14@ Phillies6–5 (10)Lucas (13–4)Bowman——77–66
146September 16@ Giants1–2SmithBlanton (11–15)Coffman—77–67
147September 16@ Giants4–3Hoyt (7–4)Schumacher—22,00078–67
148September 17Reds14–10Brown (10–10)Hollingsworth——79–67
149September 19Reds7–6 (11)Swift (16–15)Hallahan——80–67
150September 20Reds5–1Blanton (12–15)Derringer——81–67
151September 20Reds6–4Lucas (14–4)Davis—10,00082–67
152September 22@ Cubs4–11DavisHoyt (7–5)—3,90082–68
153September 23@ Cubs7–6 (10)Lucas (15–4)Warneke——83–68
154September 24@ Cubs4–0Blanton (13–15)French—13,00084–68
155September 26@ Reds1–5HallahanSwift (16–16)——84–69
156September 27@ Reds5–6MooreBrown (10–11)Mooty5,37784–70
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CTom Padden8828170.249131
1BGus Suhr156583182.31211118
2BPep Young125475118.248677
3BBill Brubaker145554160.2896102
SSArky Vaughan156568190.335978
LFWoody Jensen153696197.2831058
CFLloyd Waner106414133.321131
RFPaul Waner148585218.373594

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
Al Todd7626773.273228
Fred Schulte7423862.261117
Cookie Lavagetto6019748.244226
Bud Hafey3911825.212413
Hal Finney21350.00003
Earl Browne8237.30403
Johnny Dickshot992.22201

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
Bill Swift45262.116164.0192
Cy Blanton44235.213153.51127
Jim Weaver38225.21484.31108
Red Lucas27175.21543.1853
Russ Bauers11.10033.750

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
Mace Brown47165.010113.8756
Waite Hoyt22116.2752.7037
Ralph Birkofer34109.1754.6944
Jack Tising1047.0134.2127

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
Guy Bush161325.9710
Johnny Welch90014.505

Awards and honors

1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

League top five finishers

Cy Blanton

  • #3 in NL in strikeouts (127)

Red Lucas

  • #5 in NL in ERA (3.18)

Gus Suhr

  • #3 in NL in RBI (118)
  • #5 in NL in runs scored (111)

Bill Swift

  • #5 in NL in losses (16)

Arky Vaughan

  • NL leader in runs scored (122)
  • NL leader in on-base percentage (.453)
  • #5 in NL in batting average (.335)

Paul Waner

  • NL leader in batting average (.373)
  • #2 in NL in hits (218)
  • #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.446)
  • #5 in NL in slugging percentage (.520)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Scranton Miners New York–Pennsylvania League Elmer Yoter
B Savannah Indians Sally League Bill Gould and Bob LaMotte
C Hutchinson Larks Western Association Dick Goldberg
D Jeannette Little Pirates Pennsylvania State Association Wilbur Cooper
D Portageville-Owensboro Pirates Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League Hughie Wise
D Winnipeg Maroons Northern League Wes Griffin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Scranton, Jeannette

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References

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