| 1936 MLB season | |
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| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
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| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Lou Gehrig (NYY) NL: Carl Hubbell (NYG) |
| AL champions | New York Yankees |
| AL runners-up | Detroit Tigers |
| NL champions | New York Giants |
| NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals & Chicago Cubs |
| World Series | |
| Champions | New York Yankees |
| Runners-up | New York Giants |
| MLB seasons | |
Locations of teams for the 1934–1939 American League seasons
American League
Locations of teams for the 1936–1937 National League seasons
National League
The 1936 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1936. The regular season ended on September 27, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 33rd World Series on September 30 and ended with Game 6 on October 6. In the fourth iteration of this World Series matchup, the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to two.
The fourth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 7, hosted by the Boston Bees at the National League ParkinBoston, Massachusetts, with the National League's first victory, 4–3.
The Boston Braves changed their nickname to "Bees" this season; they would revert to the Braves in 1941.
The 1936 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.
Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, the first since the 1934 season. The final day of the regular season was on September 27 and featured fourteen teams (the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns finished their season the day before). This was the first season which didn't feature all sixteen teams since the 1929 season. The World Series took place between September 30 and October 6.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 102 | 51 | .667 | — | 56–21 | 46–30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | .539 | 19½ | 44–33 | 39–38 |
| Washington Senators | 82 | 71 | .536 | 20 | 42–35 | 40–36 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 70 | .536 | 20 | 43–32 | 38–38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | .519 | 22½ | 49–30 | 31–44 |
| Boston Red Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 28½ | 47–29 | 27–51 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 95 | .375 | 44½ | 31–43 | 26–52 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 100 | .346 | 49 | 31–46 | 22–54 |
| 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 |
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| AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
| NL | New York Giants | 2 | ||
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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| Detroit Tigers | Mickey Cochrane | Del Baker |
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The New York Yankees set a Major League record for the most runs batted in during a season, with 995.[1]
| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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| New York Yankees[2] | 102 | 14.6% | 976,913 | 48.6% | 12,687 |
| Detroit Tigers[3] | 83 | -10.8% | 875,948 | -15.4% | 11,376 |
| New York Giants[4] | 92 | 1.1% | 837,952 | 11.9% | 10,743 |
| Chicago Cubs[5] | 87 | -13.0% | 699,370 | 1.0% | 9,083 |
| Boston Red Sox[6] | 74 | -5.1% | 626,895 | 12.2% | 8,141 |
| Cleveland Indians[7] | 80 | -2.4% | 500,391 | 25.8% | 6,178 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers[8] | 67 | -4.3% | 489,618 | 4.1% | 6,198 |
| Cincinnati Reds[9] | 74 | 8.8% | 466,345 | 4.0% | 6,136 |
| St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 87 | -9.4% | 448,078 | -11.5% | 5,819 |
| Chicago White Sox[11] | 81 | 9.5% | 440,810 | -6.3% | 5,877 |
| Washington Senators[12] | 82 | 22.4% | 379,525 | 48.8% | 4,929 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[13] | 84 | -2.3% | 372,524 | 5.6% | 4,902 |
| Boston Bees[14] | 71 | 86.8% | 340,585 | 46.3% | 4,311 |
| Philadelphia Athletics[15] | 53 | -8.6% | 285,173 | 22.3% | 3,704 |
| Philadelphia Phillies[16] | 54 | -15.6% | 249,219 | 21.3% | 3,195 |
| St. Louis Browns[17] | 57 | -12.3% | 93,267 | 15.3% | 1,211 |
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