1936 World Series

1936 World Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
New York Yankees (4) Joe McCarthy 102–51, .667, GA: 19 12
New York Giants (2) Bill Terry (player/manager) 92–62, .597, GA: 5
Dates: September 30–October 6
Radio: NBC, CBS, Mutual
Radio announcers: NBC: Tom Manning, Ty Tyson, Red Barber, Warren Brown
CBS: France Laux, Boake Carter, Bill Dyer
Mutual: Bob Elson, Gabriel Heatter, Tony Wakeman
Umpires: Cy Pfirman (NL), Harry Geisel (AL), George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL)
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
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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 2010) 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.

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Summary

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

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 September 30 New York Yankees – 1, New York Giants – 6 Polo Grounds (IV) 2:40 39,419[1]
2 October 2 New York Yankees – 18, New York Giants – 4 Polo Grounds (IV) 2:49 43,543[2] 
3 October 3 New York Giants – 1, New York Yankees – 2 Yankee Stadium (I) 2:01 64,842[3] 
4 October 4 New York Giants – 2, New York Yankees – 5 Yankee Stadium (I) 2:12 66,669[4] 
5 October 5 New York Giants – 5, New York Yankees – 4 (10 innings) Yankee Stadium (I) 2:45 50,024[5] 
6 October 6 New York Yankees – 13, New York Giants – 5 Polo Grounds (IV) 2:50 38,427[6]

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, September 30, 1936 at Polo Grounds (IV) in Manhattan, 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)
Home runs:
NYY: George Selkirk (1)
NYG: Dick Bartell (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 2, 1936 at Polo Grounds (IV) in Manhattan, 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)
Home runs:
NYY: Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1)
NYG: None

Yankees center fielder Joe DiMaggio made a tremendous play in Game 2. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Hank Leiber hit a ball 490 feet (150 m) dead center and Joe DiMaggio caught the ball running up the steps of the clubhouse.[7] This remarkable catch was at least 40 feet (12 m) further than when Willie Mays caught Vic Wertz's long hit ball in the 1954 World Series. After this game-ending catch, President Roosevelt who was in attendance, left the ballpark in a limo and saluted Joe DiMaggio for his great catch.[8]

Game 3

Saturday, October 3, 1936 at Yankee Stadium (I) 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)
Home runs:
NYG: Jimmy Ripple (1)
NYY: Lou Gehrig (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 4, 1936 at Yankee Stadium (I) 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)
Home runs:
NYG: None
NYY: Lou Gehrig (2)

Game 5

Monday, October 5, 1936 at Yankee Stadium (I) 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)
Home runs:
NYG: None
NYY: George Selkirk (2)

Game 6

Tuesday, October 6, 1936 at Polo Grounds (IV) in Manhattan, 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)
Home runs:
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[9]

Notes

  1. ^ "1936 World Series Game 1 - New York Yankees vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B09300NY11936.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  2. ^ "1936 World Series Game 2 - New York Yankees vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B10020NY11936.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  3. ^ "1936 World Series Game 3 - New York Giants vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B10030NYA1936.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  4. ^ "1936 World Series Game 4 - New York Giants vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B10040NYA1936.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  5. ^ "1936 World Series Game 5 - New York Giants vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B10050NYA1936.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  6. ^ "1936 World Series Game 6 - New York Yankees vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B10060NY11936.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  7. ^ Frank Stanley (July 1947). Diamonds Are Rough All Over. Books.Google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=ji4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA23&dq=frank+snyder+baseball+digest&source=bl&ots=54OIPYUpHq&sig=FMMJzukHoiR_QzfdsidHjUfcfH8&hl=en&ei=23BqTJ-BKoP6lwf9zYzFAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2 November 2010. 
  8. ^ Coffey, Wayne. "PART TWO: The Yankee Clipper Sails In". NYDailyNews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/features/thestadium/the_magazine/parttwo_01.html. Retrieved 2011-01-17. 
  9. ^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 

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