The 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 55th season of the

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

franchise; the 50th in the

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. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 84–70.

Offseason

* November 21, 1935: Claude Passeau and

Earl Grace Robert Earl Grace (February 24, 1907 – December 22, 1980) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1929 through 1937 for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Phila ...

were traded by the Pirates to the

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for

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. * December 12, 1935:

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was purchased from the Pirates by the

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Regular season

* July 10, 1936: Chuck Klein of the

hit four

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s in a ten inning game against the Pirates at Forbes Field.''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

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, , 7–6 (11) , , Swift (16–15) , , Hallahan , , — , , — , , 80–67 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 150 , , September 20 , ,

, , 5–1 , , Blanton (12–15) , , Derringer , , — , , — , , 81–67 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 151 , , September 20 , ,

, , 6–4 , , Lucas (14–4) , , Davis , , — , , 10,000 , , 82–67 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 152 , , September 22 , , @ Cubs , , 4–11 , , Davis , , Hoyt (7–5) , , — , , 3,900 , , 82–68 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 153 , , September 23 , , @ Cubs , , 7–6 (10) , , Lucas (15–4) , , Warneke , , — , , — , , 83–68 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 154 , , September 24 , , @ Cubs , , 4–0 , , Blanton (13–15) , , French , , — , , 13,000 , , 84–68 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 155 , , September 26 , , @

, , 1–5 , , Hallahan , , Swift (16–16) , , — , , — , , 84–69 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 156 , , September 27 , , @

, , 5–6 , , Moore , , Brown (10–11) , , Mooty , , 5,377 , , 84–70 , - , - , ''Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member''

Opening Day lineup

Roster

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and honors

1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fourth playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July ...

Gus Suhr August Richard Suhr (January 3, 1906 – January 15, 2004) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Suhr was born in San Francisco, California. The fourth son of August H Suhr and Elise (Nobmann) Suhr, both of German descent. He batted lef ...

, reserve *

Arky Vaughan Joseph Floyd "Arky" Vaughan (March 9, 1912 – August 30, 1952) was an American professional baseball player. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1932 and 1948, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers, primarily as a sh ...

, reserve

League top five finishers

Cy Blanton * #3 in NL in strikeouts (127) Red Lucas * #5 in NL in ERA (3.18)

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

Bill Swift William Charles Swift (born October 27, 1961) is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. Swift played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, and Colorado Rockies. Scholastic career ...

* #5 in NL in losses (16)

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

Paul Waner Paul Glee Waner (April 16, 1903 – August 29, 1965), nicknamed "Big Poison", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams between 1926 and 1945, most notably playing his first 15 se ...

* 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Scranton, Jeannette

Notes

References

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference

1936 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
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