1936 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1936 St. Louis Cardinals

League| National League
Ballpark| Sportsman's Park
City| St. Louis, Missouri
Record| 87–67 (.565)
League place| 2nd
Owners| Sam Breadon
General managers| Branch Rickey
Managers| Frankie Frisch
Radio| KMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Ray Schmidt, Johnny O'Hara)
| <- 1935 | Seasons | 1937 ->

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The 1936 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 55th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 45th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–67 during the season and finished second in the National League.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Giants | 92 | 62  | .597  | —  | 52‍–‍26  | 40‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67  | .565  | 5  | 43‍–‍33  | 44‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs | 87 | 67  | .565  | 5  | 50‍–‍27  | 37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70  | .545  | 8  | 46‍–‍30  | 38‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 80  | .481  | 18  | 42‍–‍34  | 32‍–‍46
Boston Bees | 71 | 83  | .461  | 21  | 35‍–‍43  | 36‍–‍40
Brooklyn Dodgers | 67 | 87  | .435  | 25  | 37‍–‍40  | 30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | 100  | .351  | 38  | 30‍–‍48  | 24‍–‍52

### Record vs. opponents

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1936 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | BR  | CHC  | CIN  | NYG  | PHI  | PIT  | STL
Boston | — | 10–12–2 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14–1 | 13–9
Brooklyn | 12–10–2 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13
Chicago | 16–6 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 9–13
Cincinnati | 9–13 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 10–12
New York | 13–9 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 10–12
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 5–17 | — | 7–15 | 7–15
Pittsburgh | 14–8–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 15–7 | — | 9–13–1
St. Louis | 9–13 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | —

### Notable transactions

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* May 24, 1936: Johnny Vergez was purchased by the Cardinals from the Philadelphia Phillies.[1]

### Roster

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1936 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Roster
Pitchers

* 22 Bill Cox
* 17 Dizzy Dean
* 21 Paul Dean
* 33 George Earnshaw
* 16 Jesse Haines
* 22 Bill Hallahan
* 14 Ed Heusser
* 18 Si Johnson
* 24 Bill McGee
* 24 Les Munns
* 15 Roy Parmelee
* 20 Cotton Pippen
* 20 Nels Potter
* 19 Flint Rhem
* 19 Mike Ryba
* 18 Bill Walker
* 27 Jim Winford

|  | Catchers

* 8 Spud Davis
* 9 Bruce Ogrodowski

Infielders

* 21 Walter Alston
* 29 Pat Ankenman
* 12 Ripper Collins
* 2 Leo Durocher
* 3 Frankie Frisch
* 30 Art Garibaldi
* 4 Charlie Gelbert
* 22 Don Gutteridge
* 6 Stu Martin
* 10 Johnny Mize
* 30 Heinie Schuble
* 30 Johnny Vergez

|  | Outfielders

* 31 Chick Fullis
* 5 Lynn King
* 1 Pepper Martin
* 7 Joe Medwick
* 11 Terry Moore
* 30 Eddie Morgan
* 31 Lou Scoffic

|  | Manager

* 3 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

* 25 Mike González
* 26 Buzzy Wares

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Spud Davis | 112 | 363 | 99 | .273 | 4 | 59
1B | Johnny Mize | 126 | 414 | 136 | .329 | 19 | 93
2B | Stu Martin | 92 | 332 | 99 | .298 | 6 | 41
SS | Leo Durocher | 136 | 510 | 146 | .286 | 1 | 58
3B | Charlie Gelbert | 93 | 280 | 64 | .229 | 3 | 27
OF | Joe Medwick | 155 | 636 | 223 | .351 | 18 | 138
OF | Pepper Martin | 143 | 572 | 177 | .309 | 11 | 76
OF | Terry Moore | 143 | 590 | 156 | .264 | 5 | 47

#### Other batters

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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

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Frankie Frisch | 93 | 303 | 83 | .274 | 1 | 26
Ripper Collins | 103 | 277 | 81 | .292 | 13 | 48
Bruce Ogrodowski | 94 | 237 | 54 | .228 | 1 | 20
Art Garibaldi | 71 | 232 | 64 | .276 | 1 | 20
Lynn King | 78 | 100 | 19 | .190 | 0 | 10
Don Gutteridge | 23 | 91 | 29 | .319 | 3 | 16
Chick Fullis | 47 | 89 | 25 | .281 | 0 | 6
Eddie Morgan | 8 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 1 | 3
Johnny Vergez | 8 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1
Lou Scoffic | 4 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2
Pat Ankenman | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Walter Alston | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Heinie Schuble | 2 | 0 | 0 | \
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### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Dizzy Dean | 51 | 315.0 | 24 | 13 | 3.17 | 195
Roy Parmelee | 37 | 221.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.56 | 79
Paul Dean | 17 | 92.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.60 | 28
Si Johnson | 12 | 61.2 | 5 | 3 | 4.38 | 21

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Jim Winford | 39 | 192.0 | 11 | 10 | 3.80 | 72
Jesse Haines | 25 | 99.1 | 7 | 5 | 3.90 | 19
Bill Walker | 21 | 79.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.87 | 22
Bill Hallahan | 9 | 37.0 | 2 | 2 | 6.32 | 16
Flint Rhem | 10 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 6.75 | 7
Les Munns | 7 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 4
Cotton Pippen | 6 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 8
Bill McGee | 7 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.88 | 8

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Ed Heusser | 42 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5.43 | 26
Mike Ryba | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 25
Bill Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1
Pepper Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0
Nels Potter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

| Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AA  | Columbus Red Birds | American Association | Burt Shotton
AA  | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Ray Blades
AA  | Sacramento Solons | Pacific Coast League | Bill Killefer
A1  | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Ira Smith
A  | Cedar Rapids Raiders | Western League | Cap Crossley
B  | Asheville Tourists | Piedmont League | Billy Southworth
B  | Columbus Red Birds | Sally League | Eddie Dyer
C  | Pine Bluff Judges | Cotton States League | Leroy "Cowboy" Jones
C  | Jacksonville Jax | East Texas League | Roy Flaskamper and Horace Simmons
C  | Huntington Red Birds | Middle Atlantic League | Benny Borgmann
C  | Springfield Cardinals | Western Association | Joe Brown
D  | Union City Springers | Alabama–Florida League | Hap Bohl
D  | Fayetteville Bears | Arkansas–Missouri League | Fred Hawn
D  | Monett Red Birds | Arkansas–Missouri League | Buzz Arlitt and Ken Blackman
D  | Martinsville Manufacturers | Bi-State League | Jimmie Sanders
D  | New Iberia Cardinals | Evangeline League | Vernon Taylor
D  | Daytona Beach Islanders | Florida State League | Arnold Anderson
D  | Albany Travelers | Georgia–Florida League | Bob Rice
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D  | Americus Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Joe Bonowitz, George Berry and Dixie Parker
D  | Union City Greyhounds | KITTY League | Heinie Mueller, Bob Richards, Joe Sugden and Fred Hofmann
D  | Mitchell Kernels | Nebraska State League | Bud Knox
D  | Norfolk Elks | Nebraska State League | Joe McDermott
D  | Newport Cardinals | Northeast Arkansas League | Thorpe Hamilton
D  | Duluth Dukes | Northern League | Rip Wade
D  | Jamestown Jimmies | Northern League | John Anderson, Ernie Olson and Rube Foster
D  | Fostoria Cardinals | Ohio State League | Harry Aldrick and George Silvey
D  | New Philadelphia Red Birds | Ohio State League | George Silvey
D  | Greensburg Red Wings | Pennsylvania State Association | Clay Hopper

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (Sally), Union City
New Philadelphia club folded, May 25, 1936[2]

## References

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1. ^ Johnny Vergez at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links

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* 1936 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
* 1936 St. Louis Cardinals  at Baseball Almanac

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