1936 World Series

1936 World Series

Team / Wins Manager Season New York Yankees (4) Joe McCarthy 102–51, .667, GA: 19½ New York Giants (2) Bill Terry (player/manager) 92–62, .597, GA: 5
Dates:	September 30–October 6
Radio network:	NBC Radio, CBS Radio, Mutual.
Radio announcers:	NBC: Tom Manning, Ty Tyson, Red Barber. CBS: France Laux, Boake Carter, Warren Brown. Mutual: Bob Elson, Gabriel Heatter, Bill Dyer.
Umpires:	Cy Pfirman (NL), Harry Geisel (AL), George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL)
Future Hall of Famers:	Yankees: Joe McCarthy (mgr.), Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Red Ruffing. Giants: Carl Hubbell, Travis Jackson, Mel Ott, Bill Terry.
World Series Program
The program for the 1936 World Series.
World Series  < 1935 1937 >

The 1936 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the New York Giants, with the Yankees winning in six games to earn their fifth championship.

The Yankees played their first World Series without Babe Ruth and their first with Joe DiMaggio, Ruth having retired from the Yankees after the 1934 season.

Carl Hubbell won Game 1 but it was mostly downhill after that for the Giants. The Yankees won Game 2 at the Polo Grounds by an 18–4 count, still a Series record (as of 2008) for lopsided scoring. DiMaggio made all three ninth inning outs in that game, the final a long fly off Hank Leiber that the smooth-fielding young Yankee Clipper snared and then kept running all the way up the clubhouse steps.

DiMaggio would go on to be the only person to play on four World Championship teams in his first four years in the big leagues, the 1936–39 Yankees.

Yankees left fielder Jake Powell started the year with the Washington Senators before coming over in the middle of the year in a trade for Ben Chapman. In this Series, the unheralded Powell would lead all hitters in hits (10), batting average (.455), runs (8), bases on balls (4), add a home run with five runs batted in, and grab the Yankees' only stolen base.

Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	New York Yankees – 1, New York Giants – 6	September 30	Polo Grounds (IV)	39,419
2	New York Yankees – 18, New York Giants – 4	October 2	Polo Grounds (IV)	43,543
3	New York Giants – 1, New York Yankees – 2	October 3	Yankee Stadium	64,842
4	New York Giants – 2, New York Yankees – 5	October 4	Yankee Stadium	66,669
5	New York Giants – 5, New York Yankees – 4 (10 innings)	October 5	Yankee Stadium	50,024
6	New York Yankees – 13, New York Giants – 5	October 6	Polo Grounds (IV)	38,427

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, September 30, 1936 at Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (AL)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
New York (NL)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	X	6	9	1

WP: Carl Hubbell (1–0)  LP: Red Ruffing (0–1)  
HRs:  NYY – George Selkirk (1)  NYG – Dick Bartell (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 2, 1936 at Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (AL)	2	0	7	0	0	1	2	0	6	18	17	0
New York (NL)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1

WP: Lefty Gomez (1–0)  LP: Hal Schumacher (0–1)  
HRs:  NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 3, 1936 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (NL)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	0
New York (AL)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	2	4	0

WP: Bump Hadley (1–0)  LP: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)  SV: Pat Malone (1)  
HRs:  NYG – Jimmy Ripple (1)  NYY – Lou Gehrig (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 4, 1936 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (NL)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	1
New York (AL)	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	X	5	10	1

WP: Monte Pearson (1–0)  LP: Carl Hubbell (1–1)  
HRs:  NYY – Lou Gehrig (2)

Game 5

Monday, October 5, 1936 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York (NL)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	8	3
New York (AL)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	10	1

WP: Hal Schumacher (1–1)  LP: Pat Malone (0–1)  
HRs:  NYY – George Selkirk (2)

Game 6

Tuesday, October 6, 1936 at Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (AL)	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	7	13	17	2
New York (NL)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	9	1

WP: Lefty Gomez (2–0)  LP: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–2)  SV: Johnny Murphy (1)  
HRs:  NYY – Jake Powell (1)  NYG – Mel Ott (1), Jo-Jo Moore (1)

Composite box

1936 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York Yankees	2	5	13	2	0	3	2	3	13	0	43	65	6
New York Giants	5	1	0	4	3	2	1	6	0	1	23	50	7
Total attendance: 302,924   Average attendance: 50,487
Winning player’s share: $6,431   Losing player’s share: $4,656

References

• Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 162–166)
• Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2144. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
• Forman, Sean L.. 1936 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.

External links

• 1936 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1936 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1936 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1936 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
• Audio: MovieTone News Reel of '36 World Series
• Audio: Bill Terry and Joe McCarthy Conversation before Game 1
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 1
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 2
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 3
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 4