1936 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 372,524, Avg. 7,056
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Pie Traynor (84-70)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 372,524, Avg. 7,056
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Pie Traynor (84-70)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1936 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pirates scored 804 runs, most in the league. Pittsburgh conceded 718 runs. Gus Suhr led the squad with 11 home runs and recorded 118 runs batted in. Paul Waner paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .373 clip. Bill Swift topped the team with 16 wins, while Red Lucas as well added 15 or more victories as well Red Lucas earned a 3.18 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Pie Traynor coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Swift | 16 | 16 | .500 | 4.01 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 262.3 | 275 | 132 | 117 | 18 | 63 | 0 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1123 |
| Red Lucas | 15 | 4 | .789 | 3.18 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 175.7 | 178 | 70 | 62 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 729 |
| Jim Weaver | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4.31 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 225.7 | 239 | 125 | 108 | 12 | 74 | 0 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 972 |
| Cy Blanton | 13 | 15 | .464 | 3.51 | 44 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 235.7 | 235 | 114 | 92 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 992 |
| Mace Brown | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.87 | 47 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 165.0 | 178 | 89 | 71 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 717 |
| Waite Hoyt | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.70 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 116.7 | 115 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 483 |
| Ralph Birkofer | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.69 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109.3 | 130 | 73 | 57 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 495 |
| Jack Tising | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 52 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 |
| Guy Bush | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.97 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.7 | 49 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 161 |
| Johnny Welch | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92 | |
| Russ Bauers | 0 | 0 | 33.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Totals | 84 | 70 | .545 | 3.89 | 293 | 156 | 89 | 67 | 5 | 12 | 1395.3 | 1475 | 718 | 603 | 74 | 379 | 0 | 559 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 5994 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Waner | 148 | 666 | 585 | 107 | 218 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 29 | .373 | .446 | .520 | .965 | 304 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Jensen | 153 | 731 | 696 | 98 | 197 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .283 | .305 | .404 | .709 | 281 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Arky Vaughan | 156 | 701 | 568 | 122 | 190 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 21 | .335 | .453 | .474 | .927 | 269 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Suhr | 156 | 685 | 583 | 111 | 182 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 34 | .312 | .410 | .467 | .877 | 272 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Brubaker | 145 | 620 | 554 | 77 | 160 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 96 | .289 | .352 | .384 | .736 | 213 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Waner | 106 | 446 | 414 | 67 | 133 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | .321 | .369 | .399 | .767 | 165 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pep Young | 125 | 514 | 475 | 47 | 118 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 52 | .248 | .293 | .377 | .670 | 179 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Todd | 76 | 280 | 267 | 28 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .273 | .307 | .371 | .678 | 99 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Padden | 88 | 311 | 281 | 22 | 70 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 41 | .249 | .304 | .306 | .610 | 86 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Schulte | 74 | 259 | 238 | 28 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | .261 | .320 | .328 | .648 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cookie Lavagetto | 60 | 213 | 197 | 21 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | .244 | .300 | .371 | .671 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Swift | 45 | 109 | 105 | 6 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .295 | .315 | .448 | .762 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Lucas | 69 | 119 | 108 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .241 | .293 | .296 | .589 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Hafey | 39 | 128 | 118 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 | .212 | .273 | .381 | .655 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Blanton | 44 | 92 | 84 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .155 | .184 | .179 | .362 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mace Brown | 47 | 65 | 60 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .167 | .194 | .183 | .377 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Birkofer | 34 | 42 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .220 | .238 | .244 | .482 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Weaver | 38 | 89 | 79 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .101 | .145 | .127 | .271 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Browne | 8 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .304 | .333 | .522 | .855 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waite Hoyt | 22 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .179 | .394 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Bush | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Tising | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Welch | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Dickshot | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Finney | 21 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Bauers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1699 | 6211 | 5586 | 804 | 1596 | 283 | 80 | 60 | 732 | 37 | 0 | 517 | 502 | .286 | .349 | .397 | .746 | 2219 | 122 | 26 | 82 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Suhr | 1B | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 1432 | 93 | 10 | 100 | .993 | 9.776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Browne | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pep Young | 2B | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 318 | 361 | 24 | 39 | .966 | 5.520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cookie Lavagetto | 2B | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 110 | 10 | 24 | .951 | 5.270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cookie Lavagetto | 3B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 2.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Brubaker | 3B | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 209 | 22 | 8 | .940 | 2.366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Todd | C | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 332 | 39 | 9 | 2 | .976 | 5.300 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Padden | C | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 342 | 62 | 10 | 6 | .976 | 4.644 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Finney | C | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 3.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Waner | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 15 | 14 | 7 | .960 | 2.331 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Waner | OF | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 245 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.685 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Schulte | OF | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 2.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Jensen | OF | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 338 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .975 | 2.248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Hafey | OF | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 2.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Dickshot | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earl Browne | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Welch | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Weaver | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 1.184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Tising | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Swift | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 3 | .952 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Lucas | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 1.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Waite Hoyt | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Bush | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mace Brown | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cy Blanton | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 50 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Birkofer | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .682 | .441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Bauers | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arky Vaughan | SS | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 327 | 477 | 47 | 86 | .945 | 5.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cookie Lavagetto | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .333 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1575 | 0 | 0.0 | 4186 | 1672 | 199 | 293 | .967 | 3.719 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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