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The 1936 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 80–74, 22½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	102	51	0.667	—	56–21	46–30
Detroit Tigers	83	71	0.539	19½	44–33	39–38
Washington Senators	82	71	0.536	20	42–35	40–36
Chicago White Sox	81	70	0.536	20	43–32	38–38
Cleveland Indians	80	74	0.519	22½	49–30	31–44
Boston Red Sox	74	80	0.481	28½	47–29	27–51
St. Louis Browns	57	95	0.375	44½	31–43	26–52
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	0.346	49	31–46	22–54

1936 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	9–13	13–9	15–7–1	13–9	12–10	8–14
Chicago	10–12	—	12–10–1	8–14	7–14	15–7	13–8–1	16–5
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	9–13	6–16–1	13–9	15–7–1	14–8
Detroit	9–13	14–8	13–9	—	8–14	17–5	11–11	11–11
New York	15–7–1	14–7	16–6–1	14–8	—	16–6	14–8	13–9
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	9–13	5–17	6–16	—	11–10–1	6–16
St. Louis	10–12	8–13–1	7–15–1	11–11	8–14	10–11–1	—	3–19
Washington	14–8	5–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	16–16	19–3	—

1936 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Billy Sullivan	93	319	112	.351	2	48
1B	Hal Trosky	151	629	216	.343	42	162
2B	Roy Hughes	152	638	188	.295	0	63
SS	Bill Knickerbocker	155	618	182	.294	8	73
3B	Odell Hale	153	620	196	.316	14	87
OF	Joe Vosmik	138	506	145	.287	7	94
OF	Roy Weatherly	84	349	117	.335	8	53
OF	Earl Averill	152	682	136	.378	28	126

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Frankie Pytlak	75	224	72	.321	0	31
Bruce Campbell	76	172	64	.372	6	30
Jim Gleeson	41	139	36	.259	4	12
Milt Galatzer	49	97	23	.237	0	6
Greek George	23	77	15	.195	0	5
Boze Berger	28	52	9	.173	0	3
Joe Becker	22	50	9	.180	1	11
Jeff Heath	12	41	14	.341	1	8

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Johnny Allen	36	243.0	20	10	3.44	165
Mel Harder	36	224.2	15	15	5.17	84
Oral Hildebrand	36	174.2	10	11	4.90	65
Lloyd Brown	24	140.1	8	10	4.17	34

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Feller	14	62.0	5	3	3.34	76
Al Milnar	4	22.0	1	2	7.36	9
Ralph Winegarner	9	14.2	0	0	4.91	3
Bill Zuber	2	13.2	1	1	6.59	5
George Uhle	7	12.2	0	1	8.53	5
Milt Galatzer	1	6.0	0	0	4.50	3
Paul Kardow	2	2.0	0	0	4.50	0

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Thornton Lee	43	3	5	3	4.89	49
Denny Galehouse	36	8	7	1	4.85	71
George Blaeholder	35	8	4	0	5.09	30
Willis Hudlin	27	1	5	0	9.00	20

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Larry Gilbert
C	Zanesville Grays	Middle Atlantic League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Opelousas Indians	Evangeline League	Carlos Moore
D	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Hal Irelan
D	Monessen Indians	Pennsylvania State Association	John Hruska

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville^[1]

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1936 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1936 All-Star Game 1936 World Series