The 1936 New York Giants season was the franchise's 54th season. The Giants went 92–62, and won the National League pennant. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to two.

Regular season Carl Hubbell became the first player to win two National League MVP Awards.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster 1936 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 C 139 519 156 .301 9 63 1B 117 417 123 .295 6 54 2B 154 632 176 .278 4 47 SS 145 510 152 .298 8 42 3B 126 465 107 .230 7 53 OF 150 534 175 .328 33 135 OF 152 649 205 .316 7 63 OF 101 337 94 .279 9 67

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 96 311 95 .305 7 47 79 229 71 .310 2 39 46 141 28 .199 1 8 32 69 11 .159 0 4 47 67 16 .239 0 5 42 58 16 .276 1 7 19 18 5 .278 0 3 4 16 7 .438 1 2 7 15 4 .267 0 2 1 4 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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 42 304.0 26 6 2.31 123 35 215.1 11 13 3.47 75 43 209.1 14 13 3.78 89 28 141.0 10 7 3.32 35

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 43 161.2 9 8 3.12 46 39 140.2 11 3 3.90 52 29 111.2 4 7 5.64 54

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 24 7 5 7 3.90 26 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

1936 World Series

Game 1 September 30, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)001000000172New York (N)00001104x691W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Red Ruffing (0–1)HR:    NYY George Selkirk (1) – NYG – Dick Bartell (1)

Game 2 October 2, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)20700120618170New York (N)010300000461W: Lefty Gomez (1–0)   L: Hal Schumacher (0–1)HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1)

Game 3 October 3, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)0000100001110New York (A)01000001x240W: Bump Hadley (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Pat Malone (1)HR: NYG – Jimmy Ripple (1)    NYY – Lou Gehrig (1)

Game 4 October 4, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)000100010271New York (A)01300001x5101W: Monte Pearson (1–0)  L: Carl Hubbell (1–1)HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2)

Game 5 October 5, 1936, at Yankee Stadium in New York City Team12345678910RHENew York (N)3000010001583New York (A)01100200004101W: Hal Schumacher (1–1)  L: Pat Malone (0–1)HR: NYY – George Selkirk (2)

Game 6 October 6, 1936, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)02120001713172New York (N)200010110591W: Lefty Gomez (2–0)   L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–2)   S: Johnny Murphy (1)HR: NYY – Jake Powell (1)    NYG – Mel Ott (1), Jo-Jo Moore (1)

Award winners Carl Hubbell, National League MVP

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tallahassee

Portageville franchise transferred to Owensboro, July 17, 1936Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1936 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1936 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac