1936 Boston Bees season

The 1936 Boston Bees season was the 66th season of the franchise. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 71–83, 21 games behind the New York Giants. This was their first season under the nickname of Bees, which they would keep until 1940.

Offseason

Near the end of the debacle of the 1935 season, Emil Fuchs gave up his share of the team and retired. Major League Baseball took control of the team to finish out the season and then sold it before the 1936 season began. The new owners put advertisements in the paper asking the public to come up with a new name for the team. Thus, the Boston Bees were born and the team's ballpark was renamed "The Bee Hive."

Notable transactions

• December 12, 1935: Ed Brandt and Randy Moore were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Tony Cuccinello, Ray Benge, Al López, and Bobby Reis.

Regular season

Roster

1936 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers 21 Johnny Babich 18 Ray Benge 36 Al Blanche 17 Bob Brown 25 Guy Bush 16 Ben Cantwell 15 Tiny Chaplin 29 Art Doll -- Bill Ford 25 Gene Ford -- Fabian Kowalik 17 Johnny Lanning 14 Danny MacFayden 40 Jim McCloskey 26 Amby Murray -- Wayne Osborne 24 Bobby Reis 32 Bob Smith 28 Ken Weafer  9 Roy Weir		Catchers  8 Bill Lewis  7 Al López 20 Ray Mueller Infielders 22 Joe Coscarart  3 Tony Cuccinello  6 Mickey Haslin  5 Buck Jordan 20 Swede Larsen  2 Billy Urbanski 30 Rabbit Warstler -- Pinky Whitney		Outfielders  4 Wally Berger 10 Hal Lee  1 Gene Moore 13 Tommy Thompson Other batters -- Ed Moriarty 19 Andy Pilney		Manager 33 Bill McKechnie Coach 31 Hank Gowdy

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	426	103	.242	7	50
1B	Buck Jordan	138	555	179	.323	3	66
2B		150	565	174	.308	7	86
SS	Billy Urbanski	122	494	129	.261	0	26
3B	Joe Coscarart	104	367	90	.245	2	44
OF		151	637	185	.290	13	67
OF	Hal Lee	152	565	143	.253	3	64
OF		138	534	154	.288	25	91

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
Rabbit Warstler	74	304	64	.211	0	17
	106	266	76	.286	4	36
Mickey Haslin	36	104	29	.279	2	11
Ray Mueller	24	71	14	.197	0	5
	29	62	19	.306	0	3
Pinky Whitney	10	40	7	.175	0	5
Ed Moriarty	6	6	1	.167	0	0
Fabian Kowalik	2	5	2	.400	0	1
Andy Pilney	3	2	0	.000	0	0
	3	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Danny MacFayden	37	266.2	17	13	2.87	86
Tiny Chaplin	40	231.2	10	15	4.12	86
Johnny Lanning	28	153.0	7	11	3.65	33
	21	115.0	7	9	5.79	32
	15	90.1	4	5	3.39	28
Fabian Kowalik	1	9.0	0	1	8.00	0
	2	8.1	0	2	5.40	5
Art Doll	1	8.0	0	1	3.38	2
Bill Ford	1	0.0	0	0	inf	0

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
	35	138.2	6	5	4.48	25
	35	136.0	6	7	3.77	36
	34	133.1	9	9	3.04	42
	12	57.1	4	3	2.83	29
Wayne Osborne	5	20.0	1	1	5.85	8
Amby Murray	4	11.0	0	0	4.09	2
Jim McCloskey	4	8.0	0	0	11.25	2

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
	11	0	1	1	6.19	4
	3	0	0	0	10.50	1
Ken Weafer	1	0	0	0	12.00	0
Gene Ford	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1936 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

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