The 1936 Boston Bees season was the 66th season of the franchise. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 71–83, 21 games behind the New York Giants. This was their first season under the nickname of Bees, which they would keep until 1940.
Offseason Near the end of the debacle of the 1935 season, Emil Fuchs gave up his share of the team and retired. Major League Baseball took control of the team to finish out the season and then sold it before the 1936 season began. The new owners put advertisements in the paper asking the public to come up with a new name for the team. Thus, the Boston Bees were born and the team's ballpark was renamed "The Bee Hive."
Notable transactions December 12, 1935: Ed Brandt and Randy Moore were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Tony Cuccinello, Ray Benge, Al López, and Bobby Reis.Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1936 Boston Bees Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coach
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 128 426 103 .242 7 50 1B Buck Jordan 138 555 179 .323 3 66 2B 150 565 174 .308 7 86 SS Billy Urbanski 122 494 129 .261 0 26 3B Joe Coscarart 104 367 90 .245 2 44 OF 151 637 185 .290 13 67 OF Hal Lee 152 565 143 .253 3 64 OF 138 534 154 .288 25 91
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 Rabbit Warstler 74 304 64 .211 0 17 106 266 76 .286 4 36 Mickey Haslin 36 104 29 .279 2 11 Ray Mueller 24 71 14 .197 0 5 29 62 19 .306 0 3 Pinky Whitney 10 40 7 .175 0 5 Ed Moriarty 6 6 1 .167 0 0 Fabian Kowalik 2 5 2 .400 0 1 Andy Pilney 3 2 0 .000 0 0 3 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 Danny MacFayden 37 266.2 17 13 2.87 86 Tiny Chaplin 40 231.2 10 15 4.12 86 Johnny Lanning 28 153.0 7 11 3.65 33 21 115.0 7 9 5.79 32 15 90.1 4 5 3.39 28 Fabian Kowalik 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 0 2 8.1 0 2 5.40 5 Art Doll 1 8.0 0 1 3.38 2 Bill Ford 1 0.0 0 0 inf 0
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 35 138.2 6 5 4.48 25 35 136.0 6 7 3.77 36 34 133.1 9 9 3.04 42 12 57.1 4 3 2.83 29 Wayne Osborne 5 20.0 1 1 5.85 8 Amby Murray 4 11.0 0 0 4.09 2 Jim McCloskey 4 8.0 0 0 11.25 2
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 11 0 1 1 6.19 4 3 0 0 0 10.50 1 Ken Weafer 1 0 0 0 12.00 0 Gene Ford 1 0 0 0 4.50 0
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Notes
References 1936 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference