1936 Chicago Cubs season

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 Awards and honors
- 3.1 Records
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Regular season

April 14, 1936: Billy Herman became the last National League player to have five hits on Opening Day in the 20th century.^[1]

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	92	62	--	.597
Chicago Cubs	87	67	5	.565
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	5	.565
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	8	.545
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	18	.481
Boston Bees	71	83	21	.461
Brooklyn Dodgers	67	87	25	.435
Philadelphia Phillies	54	100	38	.351

Roster

1936 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Charlie Grimm

Coaches

56 Red Corriden
61 Roy Johnson

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
2B	Herman, BillyBilly Herman	153	632	211	.334	5	93
OF	Allen, EthanEthan Allen	93	373	110	.295	3	39
C	Hartnett, GabbyGabby Hartnett	121	424	130	.307	7	64

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
Gill, JohnnyJohnny Gill	70	174	44	.253	7	28
Grimm, CharlieCharlie Grimm	39	132	33	.250	1	16
Klein, ChuckChuck Klein	29	109	32	.294	5	18

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
Carleton, TexTex Carleton	35	197.1	14	10	3.65	88
Davis, CurtCurt Davis	24	153	11	9	3.00	52

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
French, LarryLarry French	43	252.1	18	9	3.39	104

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
Bryant, ClayClay Bryant	26	1	2	0	3.30	35
Kowalik, FabianFabian Kowalik	6	0	2	1	6.75	1

Awards and honors

Records

Billy Herman, National League record, most doubles in one season by a second baseman (Herman tied his own record that he set in 1935) (57)^[2]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Jack Lelivelt
B	Portsmouth Cubs	Piedmont League	Pip Koehler
C	Ponca City Angels	Western Association	Mike Gazella

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ponca City^[3]

Notes

References

1936 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1936 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1936 All-Star Game 1936 World Series

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Plant Field
Blair Field
HoHoKam Park

Lore

Culture

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein
General Manager: Jed Hoyer
Manager: Vacant

World Series
championships (4)

1882
1885
1907
1908

National League
championships (16)

Division
championships

Eastern	1984 1989

Central	2003 2007 2008

Wild Card	1998

Minor league
affiliates

Other assets

Seasons (142)

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