1936 Philadelphia Athletics

53-100 • .346 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

53 Wins
100 Losses
.346 Win %
8th Rank
714 R 1045 RA
Diff -331

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714 Runs Scored
1045 Runs Allowed
-331 Run Diff
299K Attendance

📈 vs. 1936 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 7% below the 1936 league average (.289)
OBP .335 7% below the 1936 league average (.362)
SLG .375 11% below the 1936 league average (.421)
Team ERA 6.08 21% worse than the 1936 league average (5.04)
Runs Scored 714 19% below the 1936 league average (876 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 299,460
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Avg per Game 3,889

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1936

Batting Avg

1 Wally Moses 0.345 2 Lou Finney 0.302 3 Bob Johnson 0.292 4 Pinky Higgins 0.289 5 Chubby Dean 0.287

Home Runs

1 Bob Johnson 25 2 Pinky Higgins 12 3 George Puccinelli 11 4 Frankie Hayes 10 5 Wally Moses 7

RBI

1 Bob Johnson 121 2 Pinky Higgins 80 3 George Puccinelli 78 4 Frankie Hayes 67 5 Wally Moses 66
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Finney 151 653 100 197 26 10 1 41 47 22 7 0.302
Wally Moses 146 585 98 202 35 11 7 66 62 32 12 0.345
Bob Johnson 153 566 91 165 29 14 25 121 88 71 6 0.292
Pinky Higgins 146 550 89 159 32 2 12 80 67 61 7 0.289
Frankie Hayes 144 505 59 137 25 2 10 67 46 58 3 0.271
Skeeter Newsome 127 471 41 106 15 2 0 46 25 27 13 0.225
George Puccinelli 135 457 83 127 30 3 11 78 65 70 2 0.278
Chubby Dean 111 342 41 98 21 3 1 48 24 24 3 0.287
Rabbit Warstler 66 236 27 59 8 6 1 24 36 16 0 0.250
Al Niemiec 69 203 22 40 3 2 1 20 26 16 2 0.197
Rusty Peters 45 119 12 26 3 2 3 16 4 28 1 0.218
Harry Kelley 36 91 5 18 4 0 0 9 1 5 0 0.198
Gordon Rhodes 35 75 4 16 0 0 0 7 0 27 0 0.213
Buck Ross 30 71 4 12 4 0 0 4 2 30 0 0.169
Herman Fink 34 64 1 8 1 0 0 4 2 16 0 0.125
Charlie Moss 33 44 2 11 1 1 0 10 6 5 1 0.250
Dick Culler 9 38 3 9 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.237
Hal Luby 9 38 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 7 2 0.184
Jack Peerson 8 34 7 11 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 0.324
Bill Dietrich 21 27 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0.111
Horace Lisenbee 19 25 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 14 0 0.120
Randy Gumpert 22 22 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.273
Emil Mailho 21 18 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0.056
Charlie Berry 13 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 2 0 0.059
Fred Archer 6 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.267
Carl Doyle 8 15 2 4 0 1 0 3 1 8 0 0.267
Stu Flythe 17 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.267
George Turbeville 12 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.143
Bill Nicholson 11 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Jim Oglesby 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.182
Eddie Smith 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Woody Upchurch 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Pete Naktenis 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Red Bullock 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Hank Johnson 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Vernon Wilshere 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Dutch Lieber 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harry Matuzak 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Conroy 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1936

ERA

1 Harry Kelley 3.86 2 Randy Gumpert 4.76 3 Herman Fink 5.39 4 Gordon Rhodes 5.74 5 Buck Ross 5.83

Wins

1 Harry Kelley 15 2 Gordon Rhodes 9 3 Buck Ross 9 4 Herman Fink 8 5 Bill Dietrich 4

Strikeouts

1 Harry Kelley 82 2 Gordon Rhodes 61 3 Herman Fink 53 4 Buck Ross 47 5 Bill Dietrich 34
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Harry Kelley 15 12 3.86 35 27 3 235.1 250 101 75 82
Gordon Rhodes 9 20 5.74 35 28 1 216.1 266 138 102 61
Buck Ross 9 14 5.83 30 27 0 200.2 253 130 83 47
Herman Fink 8 16 5.39 34 24 3 188.2 222 113 78 53
Horace Lisenbee 1 7 6.20 19 7 0 85.2 115 59 24 17
Bill Dietrich 4 6 6.53 21 4 3 71.2 91 52 40 34
Randy Gumpert 1 2 4.76 22 3 2 62.1 74 33 32 9
George Turbeville 2 5 6.39 12 6 0 43.2 42 31 32 10
Stu Flythe 0 0 13.04 17 3 0 39.1 49 57 61 14
Carl Doyle 0 3 10.94 8 6 0 38.2 66 47 29 12
Fred Archer 2 3 6.38 6 5 0 36.2 41 26 15 9
Woody Upchurch 0 2 9.67 7 2 0 22.1 36 24 14 6
Eddie Smith 1 1 1.89 2 2 0 19.0 22 4 8 7
Pete Naktenis 0 1 12.54 7 1 0 18.2 24 26 27 18
Vernon Wilshere 1 2 6.87 5 3 0 18.1 21 14 19 4
Red Bullock 0 2 14.04 12 2 0 16.2 19 26 37 7
Harry Matuzak 0 1 7.20 6 1 0 15.0 21 12 4 8
Hank Johnson 0 2 7.71 3 3 0 11.2 16 10 10 6
Dutch Lieber 0 1 7.71 3 0 0 11.2 17 10 6 1

👥 Roster (39)

Fred Archer Charlie Berry Red Bullock Bill Conroy Dick Culler Chubby Dean Bill Dietrich Carl Doyle Herman Fink Lou Finney Stu Flythe Randy Gumpert +27 more

39 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics

What was the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics record?
The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics finished 53-100 (.346 win pct).
Who led the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics in home runs?
Bob Johnson led the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics with 25 home runs.
What was the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics team ERA?
The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics posted a team ERA of 6.08.
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