1936 World Series

vs. 1936 World Series (4-2) New York Yankees (102-51, AL) vs. New York Giants (92-62, NL) BR 1936 World Series Summary

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 2006) 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 homerun with 5 runs batted in, and grab the Yankees' only stolen base.

Records: New York Yankees (W: 102, L: 51, Pct: .667, GA: 19 ½) - New York Giants (W: 92, L: 62, Pct: .597, GA: 5)

Managers: Joe McCarthy (New York Yankees), Bill Terry (New York Giants)

Umpires: Cy Pfirman (NL), Harry Geisel (AL), George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL)

Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (3)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-NYG)	Attendance
1	September 30	New York Yankees	1	New York Giants	6	0-1	39,419
2	October 2	New York Yankees	18	New York Giants	4	1-1	43,543
3	October 3	New York Giants	1	New York Yankees	2	2-1	64,482
4	October 4	New York Giants	2	New York Yankees	5	3-1	66,669
5	October 5	New York Yankees	4	New York Giants	5	3-2	50,024
6	October 6	New York Yankees	13	New York Giants	5	4-2	38,427
New York Yankees win 4-2

Matchups

Game 1

September 30, 1936 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	x	6	9	1
W: Carl Hubbell (1-0)   L: Red Ruffing (0-1)
HR: NYY – Dick Bartell (1)    NYG – George Selkirk (1)

Highlights of Game 1

Game 2

October 2, 1936 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	2	0	7	0	0	1	2	0	6	18	17	0
New York (N)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
W: Lefty Gomez (1-0)   L: Hal Schumacher (0-1)
HR: NYY – Tony Lazzeri (1), Bill Dickey (1)

Game 3

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	0
New York (A)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	x	2	4	0
W: Bump Hadley (1-0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0-1)   S: Pat Malone (1)
HR: NYG – Jimmy Ripple (1)    NYY – Lou Gehrig (1)

Game 4

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	1
New York (A)	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	x	5	10	1
W: Monte Pearson (1-0)  L: Carl Hubbell (1-1)
HR: NYY – Lou Gehrig (2)

Game 5

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York (N)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	8	3
New York (A)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
W: Hal Schumacher (1-1)  L: Pat Malone (0-1)
HR: NYY – George Selkirk (2)

Game 6

October 6, 1936 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	7	13	17	2
New York (N)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	9	1
W: Lefty Gomez (2-0)   L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0-2)   S: Johnny Murphy (1)
HR: 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

Reference(s)

• David S. Neft and Richard M. Cohen: The World Series, 1st ed., St Martins Press, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 162-166.

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

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