1936 Oakland Athletics
Record: 85-77
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 811
Runs Allowed: 805
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,425,362
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the AL
AA: 65-72, 7th in the AL
A: 73-64, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *Stan Hack 26 157 586 108 172 38 7 10 69 0 0 73 29 .294 .372 .433 .805 92.3 19.3 4.6
CF  Hank Leiber 25 154 576 87 182 41 4 23 103 0 0 54 39 .316 .378 .521 .899 100.1 22.4 4.1
CF *Ernie Orsatti 33 152 543 90 168 33 8 0 66 2 1 31 48 .309 .346 .400 .746 66.0 12.1 3.4
2B  Bobby Reeves 32 133 490 62 135 26 5 1 66 0 0 44 51 .276 .335 .355 .690 56.3 8.6 4.0
3B  Mike Kreevich 28 137 458 58 140 27 6 5 71 1 4 32 21 .306 .351 .424 .775 58.2 11.0 4.2
2B #Billy Rogell 31 130 354 49 78 15 2 4 41 1 0 27 23 .220 .278 .308 .586 28.5 1.1 3.1
1B #Johnny Neun 35 120 327 55 96 13 3 1 42 0 5 52 35 .294 .393 .361 .754 45.3 8.4 1.9
RF *Showboat Fisher 37 93 322 36 74 9 5 1 28 0 0 27 61 .230 .289 .298 .588 27.2 1.9 1.8
C *Denny Williams 36 94 302 37 81 6 1 5 40 0 0 31 10 .268 .336 .344 .681 35.3 5.1 3.7
LF *Jeff Heath 21 75 261 55 92 18 3 15 57 0 0 44 37 .352 .443 .617 1.060 64.6 17.2 1.8
C  Harry Danning 24 79 252 29 61 10 1 6 51 0 0 16 18 .242 .283 .361 .644 22.5 1.3 3.6
RF  Dick Cox 38 90 239 24 55 9 0 3 26 0 0 15 31 .230 .276 .305 .581 18.5 0.6 0.8
1B *Bud Clancy 35 90 212 32 69 9 2 4 40 0 1 32 2 .325 .415 .443 .858 37.5 8.4 1.3
3B *Pat Crawford 34 60 130 15 38 10 1 1 14 0 0 10 5 .292 .345 .408 .753 16.3 2.8 1.2
P  Whit Wyatt 28 42 104 14 25 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 .240 .240 .240 .481 5.6 0.0 0.0
C  Joe Glenn 27 32 101 9 23 2 0 1 15 0 0 13 12 .228 .313 .277 .590 8.7 0.3 1.7
P  Monty Stratton 24 34 91 8 24 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 7 .264 .277 .286 .562 8.0 0.4 0.0
P  Paul Derringer 29 27 72 6 11 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 .153 .149 .181 .329 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Wes Ferrell 28 22 66 8 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 .197 .206 .197 .403 1.4 0.0 0.0
1B  Babe Dahlgren 24 20 63 9 18 3 1 2 7 0 0 4 2 .286 .328 .460 .789 7.5 1.3 0.8
3B  Tommy Thevenow 32 37 61 5 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .197 .222 .213 .435 2.5 0.0 0.6
3B  Chuck Dressen 37 36 41 7 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .195 .267 .244 .511 1.6 0.0 0.3
P  Tony Kaufmann 35 37 27 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .185 .241 .185 .427 1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 20 10 17 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .118 .118 .176 .294 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 23 8 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .176 .176 .235 .412 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bucky Walters 27 50 14 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .429 .643 1.5 0.3 0.0
P *Roy Joiner 29 31 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Mace Brown 27 44 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bunny Hearn 32 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Si Johnson 29 40 4 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 2.7 0.8 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2054 5751 811 1592 278 49 85 782 4 11 515 516 .277 .336 .387 .723 711.1 123.3 43.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 6 4 7 7 7 6 7 3 5 3 4 6 6 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Whit Wyatt 28 22 14 .611 42 42 0 310.3 353 146 16 126 129 4.23 20.8
 Monty Stratton 24 16 14 .533 34 34 0 265.7 327 138 11 72 77 4.68 16.1
 Paul Derringer 29 13 8 .619 27 27 0 206.0 199 92 15 87 118 4.02 14.6
 Wes Ferrell 28 9 7 .563 22 22 0 174.3 170 73 12 57 76 3.77 13.3
 Tony Kaufmann 35 4 9 .308 37 11 1 110.3 146 72 9 35 37 5.87 1.9
 Bucky Walters 27 3 6 .333 50 3 3 82.0 109 55 4 32 19 6.04 1.7
*Harry Eisenstat 20 3 2 .600 10 9 0 62.7 68 20 3 13 19 2.87 6.0
*Roy Joiner 29 2 3 .400 31 3 1 60.7 71 25 4 13 20 3.71 4.9
 Bill Zuber 23 3 4 .429 8 8 0 52.3 64 40 3 30 18 6.88 0.0
 Si Johnson 29 6 5 .545 40 1 1 52.0 58 31 5 31 17 5.37 2.7
 Mace Brown 27 3 4 .429 44 0 20 51.7 63 28 2 20 15 4.88 5.4
*Bunny Hearn 32 1 1 .500 20 2 0 28.7 28 17 2 17 11 5.34 1.2
*Roy Henshaw 24 0 0 .000 5 0 0 4.7 12 6 0 2 2 11.59 0.0
Team Totals 27.3 85 77 .525 370 162 26 1461.3 1668 743 86 535 558 4.58 88.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 5 5 2 8 3 6 4 3 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 37.7
D.Williams 689.0 78 83 274 30 9 0 .971 37.5
H.Danning 528.3 58 73 218 28 2 0 .992 52.6
J.Glenn 244.0 26 29 106 15 1 1 .992 37.5
Team Total 1461.3 162 185 598 73 12 1 .982 44.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.48
J.Neun 698.3 76 91 860 93 8 76 .992 12.28
B.Clancy 459.3 51 61 556 59 2 56 .997 12.05
M.Kreevich 249.0 29 35 301 31 3 38 .991 12.00
P.Crawford 43.7 5 8 60 6 0 3 1.000 13.61
C.Dressen 10.0 1 3 16 0 0 1 1.000 14.40
J.Glenn 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 199 1794 190 13 174 .993 12.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.51
B.Reeves 854.3 97 98 228 389 18 86 .972 6.50
S.Hack 395.0 42 46 103 181 7 34 .976 6.47
B.Rogell 81.0 10 11 21 41 0 9 1.000 6.89
T.Thevenow 58.0 5 12 14 20 1 4 .971 5.28
P.Crawford 53.0 6 8 12 32 5 7 .898 7.47
C.Dressen 20.0 2 5 5 14 0 2 1.000 8.55
Team Total 1461.3 162 180 383 677 31 142 .972 6.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 3.00
S.Hack 654.0 71 79 42 165 13 24 .941 2.85
M.Kreevich 520.0 59 63 56 141 5 12 .975 3.41
B.Dahlgren 136.3 16 16 14 40 0 3 1.000 3.56
P.Crawford 69.7 8 13 7 17 0 0 1.000 3.10
T.Thevenow 39.3 4 7 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.52
B.Rogell 20.0 2 5 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.15
C.Dressen 19.0 2 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Clancy 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 190 126 379 18 39 .966 3.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 5.69
B.Rogell 754.7 88 96 147 322 22 65 .955 5.59
B.Reeves 281.3 32 32 53 123 7 27 .962 5.63
S.Hack 200.7 22 28 40 87 0 16 1.000 5.70
P.Crawford 143.0 14 26 23 57 1 10 .988 5.03
T.Thevenow 56.7 5 15 13 28 1 8 .976 6.51
C.Dressen 24.0 1 9 5 7 0 1 1.000 4.50
B.Clancy 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 207 282 625 31 128 .967 5.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 2.08
J.Heath 597.0 66 68 129 9 1 1 .993 2.08
S.Fisher 582.7 67 68 123 3 5 2 .962 1.95
M.Kreevich 173.3 18 29 52 3 0 1 1.000 2.86
D.Cox 69.0 8 8 12 2 2 0 .875 1.83
E.Orsatti 27.0 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
H.Leiber 10.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Williams 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 181 324 17 8 4 .977 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.61
H.Leiber 735.3 81 92 226 6 4 3 .983 2.84
E.Orsatti 567.0 65 70 145 9 1 2 .994 2.44
S.Fisher 81.0 8 9 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.67
D.Cox 61.7 8 8 10 0 3 0 .769 1.46
D.Williams 10.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Heath 5.0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Kreevich 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 185 410 18 8 5 .982 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.17
E.Orsatti 532.0 59 72 124 3 1 0 .992 2.15
H.Leiber 493.0 54 62 110 5 3 1 .975 2.10
D.Cox 332.0 39 41 60 4 5 2 .928 1.73
M.Kreevich 60.0 6 9 9 0 1 0 .900 1.35
S.Fisher 30.3 4 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.97
J.Heath 8.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Clancy 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Crawford 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 199 316 13 10 3 .971 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.40
W.Wyatt 310.3 42 42 31 62 4 5 .959 2.70
M.Stratton 265.7 34 34 23 42 0 3 1.000 2.20
P.Derringer 206.0 27 27 20 37 1 2 .983 2.49
W.Ferrell 174.3 22 22 9 32 1 2 .976 2.12
T.Kaufmann 110.3 11 37 12 23 0 0 1.000 2.86
B.Walters 82.0 3 50 3 15 2 0 .900 1.98
H.Eisenstat 62.7 9 10 4 18 0 1 1.000 3.16
R.Joiner 60.7 3 31 6 12 0 0 1.000 2.67
B.Zuber 52.3 8 8 3 3 1 0 .857 1.03
S.Johnson 52.0 1 40 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Brown 51.7 0 44 9 12 0 1 1.000 3.66
B.Hearn 28.7 2 20 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.88
R.Henshaw 4.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1461.3 162 370 130 267 9 14 .978 2.45
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Leiber .316
On-Base Pct Leiber .378
Slugging Pct Leiber .521
OPS Leiber .899
XR Leiber 100.1
Games Hack 157
At-Bats Hack 586
Runs Hack 108
Hits Leiber 182
Total Bases Leiber 300
Singles Orsatti 127
Doubles Leiber 41
Triples Orsatti 8
Homeruns Leiber 23
RBIs Leiber 103
Stolen Bases Orsatti 2
Caught Stealing Neun 5
Walks Hack 73
Strikeouts Fisher 61
ERA Ferrell 3.77
Wins Wyatt 22
Losses Stratton, Wyatt 14
Winning Pct Derringer .619
Saves Brown 20
Games Pitched Walters 50
Games Started Wyatt 42
Complete Games Wyatt 15
Shutouts Derringer 2
Innings Pitched Wyatt 310.3
Hits Allowed Wyatt 353
Homeruns Allowed Wyatt 16
Strikeouts Wyatt 129
Walks Allowed Wyatt 126
Walks per 9IP Stratton 2.4
Hits per 9IP Derringer 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Derringer 5.2
WHiP Ferrell 1.30
OAVG Derringer .254
OOBP Ferrell .316
OSLG Ferrell .365
OOPS Ferrell .680
Team All-Stars
Paul Derringer
Stan Hack
Hank Leiber
Player Salaries
Whit Wyatt $ 7,000,001
Bobby Reeves $ 4,010,000
Harvey Hendrick $ 3,510,000
Paul Derringer $ 3,500,000
Si Johnson $ 3,500,000
Tony Kaufmann $ 2,500,000
Ernie Orsatti $ 2,000,001
Bunny Hearn $ 1,010,000
Bob Osborn $ 750,000
Denny Williams $ 750,000
Gordon Rhodes $ 570,000
Showboat Fisher $ 520,000
Dick Cox $ 500,000
Chuck Dressen $ 500,000
Bud Clancy $ 440,000
Bill Harris $ 370,000
Johnny Neun $ 350,000
Pat Crawford $ 350,000
Roy Joiner $ 300,000
Tommy Thevenow $ 300,000
Babe Dahlgren $ 300,000
Harry Danning $ 300,000
Hank Leiber $ 300,000
Jeff Heath $ 300,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 300,000
Bucky Walters $ 300,000
Joe Glenn $ 300,000
Stan Hack $ 300,000
Roy Henshaw $ 300,000
Bill Zuber $ 300,000
Monty Stratton $ 300,000
Mace Brown $ 300,000
Mike Kreevich $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Jimmy Moore
Round Draft Pick.
Atlanta Si Johnson
2/1 Traded Dick Lanahan
Bob Logan
St. Louis (C) Fritz Knothe
2/2 Signed     Johnny Neun
2/2 Signed     Bud Clancy
2/4 Signed     Ernie Orsatti
2/4 Signed     Tony Kaufmann
2/6 Signed     Wes Ferrell
2/7 Signed     Denny Williams
2/12 Signed     Chuck Dressen
2/20 Signed     Dick Cox
5/1 Signed     Tommy Thevenow
7/1 Traded Wes Ferrell Boston (A) Bill Zuber
Round Draft Pick.
10/1 Released Billy Rogell    
10/1 Released Luke Sewell