1936 Boston Red Sox

74-80 • .481 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
80 Losses
.481 Win %
6th Rank
775 R 764 RA
Diff +11

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775 Runs Scored
764 Runs Allowed
+11 Run Diff
728K Attendance

📈 vs. 1936 AL Average

Batting Avg .275 5% below the 1936 league average (.289)
OBP .349 4% below the 1936 league average (.362)
SLG .400 5% below the 1936 league average (.421)
Team ERA 4.39 13% better than the 1936 league average (5.04)
Runs Scored 775 12% below the 1936 league average (876 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 728,196
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Avg per Game 9,457

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1936

Batting Avg

1 Jimmie Foxx 0.338 2 Rick Ferrell 0.312 3 Doc Cramer 0.292 4 John Kroner 0.292 5 Heinie Manush 0.291

Home Runs

1 Jimmie Foxx 41 2 Billy Werber 10 3 Rick Ferrell 8 4 Dusty Cooke 6 5 Wes Ferrell 5

RBI

1 Jimmie Foxx 143 2 Eric McNair 74 3 Billy Werber 67 4 John Kroner 62 5 Rick Ferrell 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Doc Cramer 154 643 99 188 31 7 0 41 49 20 4 0.292
Jimmie Foxx 155 585 130 198 32 8 41 143 105 119 13 0.338
Billy Werber 145 535 89 147 29 6 10 67 89 37 23 0.275
Eric McNair 128 494 68 141 36 2 4 74 27 34 3 0.285
Rick Ferrell 121 410 59 128 27 5 8 55 65 17 0 0.312
Dusty Cooke 111 341 58 93 20 3 6 47 72 48 4 0.273
Oscar Melillo 98 327 39 74 12 4 0 32 28 16 0 0.226
Mel Almada 96 320 40 81 16 4 1 21 24 15 2 0.253
Heinie Manush 82 313 43 91 15 5 0 45 17 11 1 0.291
John Kroner 84 298 40 87 17 8 4 62 26 24 2 0.292
Joe Cronin 81 295 36 83 22 4 2 43 32 21 1 0.281
Wes Ferrell 61 135 20 36 6 1 5 24 14 10 0 0.267
Moe Berg 39 125 9 30 4 1 0 19 2 6 0 0.240
Johnny Marcum 48 88 6 18 3 0 2 7 3 5 0 0.205
Lefty Grove 35 80 5 11 4 0 0 5 6 34 0 0.138
Fritz Ostermueller 43 64 3 15 2 1 0 7 0 10 0 0.234
Babe Dahlgren 16 57 6 16 3 1 1 7 7 1 2 0.281
Fabian Gaffke 15 55 5 7 2 0 1 3 4 5 0 0.127
Jack Wilson 44 50 4 11 2 0 0 5 1 5 0 0.220
Bing Miller 30 47 9 14 2 1 1 6 5 5 0 0.298
Rube Walberg 24 32 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0.156
Jim Henry 22 26 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 8 0 0.115
George Dickey 10 23 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.043
Johnny Welch 9 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.273
Mike Meola 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Ted Olson 5 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Jack Russell 23 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.286
Joe Cascarella 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jennings Poindexter 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Stew Bowers 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Emerson Dickman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1936

ERA

1 Lefty Grove 2.81 2 Wes Ferrell 4.19 3 Rube Walberg 4.40 4 Jack Wilson 4.42 5 Jim Henry 4.60

Wins

1 Wes Ferrell 20 2 Lefty Grove 17 3 Fritz Ostermueller 10 4 Johnny Marcum 8 5 Jack Wilson 6

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Grove 130 2 Wes Ferrell 106 3 Fritz Ostermueller 90 4 Jack Wilson 74 5 Johnny Marcum 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Wes Ferrell 20 15 4.19 39 38 0 301.0 330 140 119 106
Lefty Grove 17 12 2.81 35 30 2 253.1 237 79 65 130
Fritz Ostermueller 10 16 4.88 43 23 2 180.2 210 98 84 90
Johnny Marcum 8 13 4.81 31 23 1 174.0 194 93 52 57
Jack Wilson 6 8 4.42 43 9 3 136.1 152 67 86 74
Rube Walberg 5 4 4.40 24 9 0 100.1 98 49 36 49
Jim Henry 5 1 4.60 21 8 0 76.1 75 39 40 36
Jack Russell 0 3 5.63 23 2 0 40.0 57 25 16 9
Johnny Welch 2 1 5.51 9 3 0 32.2 43 20 8 9
Mike Meola 0 2 5.48 6 3 1 21.1 29 13 10 8
Joe Cascarella 0 2 6.97 10 1 0 20.2 27 16 9 7
Ted Olson 1 1 7.36 5 3 0 18.1 24 15 8 5
Jennings Poindexter 0 2 6.75 3 3 0 10.2 13 8 16 2
Stew Bowers 0 0 9.53 5 0 0 5.2 10 6 2 0
Emerson Dickman 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 2

👥 Roster (31)

Mel Almada Moe Berg Stew Bowers Joe Cascarella Dusty Cooke Doc Cramer Joe Cronin Babe Dahlgren George Dickey Emerson Dickman Rick Ferrell Wes Ferrell +19 more

31 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1936 Boston Red Sox

What was the 1936 Boston Red Sox record?
The 1936 Boston Red Sox finished 74-80 (.481 win pct).
Who led the 1936 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Jimmie Foxx led the 1936 Boston Red Sox with 41 home runs.
What was the 1936 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 1936 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.39.
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