1936 Chicago White Sox season

The 1936 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 36th season in the major leagues, and their 37th season overall. They finished with a record of 81–70, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 20 games behind the first place New York Yankees. It was the team's first winning season in 16 years.

Offseason

December 10, 1935: Al Simmons was purchased from the White Sox by the Detroit Tigers for $75,000.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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		128	451	113	.251	5	73
1B		148	587	194	.330	12	138
2B		108	417	130	.312	5	84
SS		138	526	204	.388	6	128
3B		127	435	116	.267	7	60
OF		137	550	169	.307	5	69
OF		138	618	207	.335	8	82
OF		119	408	116	.284	0	46

Other batters

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
	109	352	96	.273	7	42
	85	317	89	.281	3	46
	33	93	15	.161	0	11
	26	70	19	.271	0	11
	20	49	8	.163	1	5
	17	38	7	.184	0	6
	14	24	3	.125	0	2
	10	22	6	.273	0	5
	2	1	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	35	274.1	21	9	4.63	99
	34	230.2	13	13	4.64	70
	30	195.1	14	10	4.75	42
	26	182.0	10	13	5.14	48
	16	95.0	5	7	5.21	37
	14	82.2	4	4	4.68	39

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	18	83.2	4	3	4.95	16
	15	68.2	4	6	6.03	17

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	38	6	2	5	4.99	19
	17	0	3	1	7.61	19
	9	0	0	0	9.53	5
	3	0	0	1	0.00	0
	2	0	0	0	27.00	3