1936 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

4 leagues · 152 team games · 78 ranking tables · 2 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Lou GehrigAmerican League
Carl HubbellNational League

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Lou Gehrig	167
2	Harlond Clift	145
3	Charlie Gehringer	144
4	Frankie Crosetti	137
5	Earl Averill	136
6	Joe DiMaggio	132
7	Jimmie Foxx	130
8	Odell Hale	126
9	Hal Trosky	124
10	Goose Goslin	122

HitsH

1	Earl Averill	232
2	Charlie Gehringer	227
3	Hal Trosky	216
4	Beau Bell	212
5	Rip Radcliff	207
6	Joe DiMaggio	206
7	Lou Gehrig	205
8	Luke Appling	204
9	Wally Moses	202
10	Jimmie Foxx	198

Doubles2B

1	Charlie Gehringer	60
2	Gee Walker	55
3	Ben Chapman	50
3	Odell Hale	50
5	Moose Solters	45
5	Hal Trosky	45
7	Joe DiMaggio	44
8	Joe Kuhel	42
9	Beau Bell	40
9	Harlond Clift	40

Triples3B

1	Earl Averill	15
1	Joe DiMaggio	15
1	Red Rolfe	15
4	Bob Johnson	14
5	Odell Hale	13
5	Buddy Lewis	13
7	Beau Bell	12
7	Charlie Gehringer	12
9	Jim Bottomley	11
9	Harlond Clift	11
9	Mike Kreevich	11
9	Wally Moses	11
9	John Stone	11

Home RunsHR

1	Lou Gehrig	49
2	Hal Trosky	42
3	Jimmie Foxx	41
4	Joe DiMaggio	29
5	Earl Averill	28
6	Bob Johnson	25
7	Goose Goslin	24
8	Bill Dickey	22
9	Harlond Clift	20
10	George Selkirk	18

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hal Trosky	162
2	Lou Gehrig	152
3	Jimmie Foxx	143
4	Zeke Bonura	138
5	Moose Solters	134
6	Luke Appling	128
7	Earl Averill	126
8	Joe DiMaggio	125
8	Goose Goslin	125
10	Beau Bell	123

WalksBB

1	Lou Gehrig	130
2	Lyn Lary	117
3	Harlond Clift	115
4	Jimmie Foxx	105
5	Tony Lazzeri	97
6	Zeke Bonura	94
6	George Selkirk	94
6	Sam West	94
9	Frankie Crosetti	90
10	Billy Werber	89

Stolen BasesSB

1	Lyn Lary	37
2	Jake Powell	26
3	Billy Werber	23
4	Ben Chapman	20
4	Roy Hughes	20
6	Frankie Crosetti	18
7	Gee Walker	17
8	Joe Kuhel	15
8	Tony Piet	15
10	Goose Goslin	14
10	Billy Rogell	14

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Lou Gehrig	9.9
2	Charlie Gehringer	9.4
3	Earl Averill	8.8
4	Luke Appling	8.6
5	Harlond Clift	7.3
6	Jimmie Foxx	7.2
7	Odell Hale	6.4
8	Bill Dickey	6.4
9	Joe DiMaggio	6.0
10	Wally Moses	6.0

Batting Averagemin 471 PA

1	Luke Appling	.388
2	Earl Averill	.378
3	Bill Dickey	.362
4	Charlie Gehringer	.354
4	Lou Gehrig	.354
6	Gee Walker	.353
7	Wally Moses	.345
8	Beau Bell	.344
9	Hal Trosky	.343
10	John Stone	.341

On-Base Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	.478
2	Luke Appling	.474
3	Jimmie Foxx	.440
4	Earl Averill	.438
5	Charlie Gehringer	.431
6	Bill Dickey	.428
7	Zeke Bonura	.426
8	Harlond Clift	.424
9	John Stone	.421
10	George Selkirk	.420

Slugging Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	.696
2	Hal Trosky	.644
3	Jimmie Foxx	.631
4	Earl Averill	.627
5	Bill Dickey	.617
6	Joe DiMaggio	.576
7	Charlie Gehringer	.555
8	John Stone	.545
9	Gee Walker	.536
10	Goose Goslin	.526

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 471 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	1.174
2	Jimmie Foxx	1.071
3	Earl Averill	1.065
4	Bill Dickey	1.045
5	Hal Trosky	1.026
6	Charlie Gehringer	.987
7	Luke Appling	.981
8	John Stone	.965
9	Harlond Clift	.938
10	George Selkirk	.931

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Tommy Bridges	23
2	Vern Kennedy	21
3	Johnny Allen	20
3	Wes Ferrell	20
3	Red Ruffing	20
6	Monte Pearson	19
6	Schoolboy Rowe	19
8	Jimmie DeShong	18
9	Lefty Grove	17
9	Bobo Newsom	17

SavesSV

1	Pat Malone	9
2	Jack Knott	6
3	Clint Brown	5
3	Johnny Murphy	5
5	Oral Hildebrand	4
6	Pete Appleton	3
6	Johnny Broaca	3
6	Bill Dietrich	3
6	Herman Fink	3
6	Harry Kelley	3
6	Chad Kimsey	3
6	Roxie Lawson	3
6	Thornton Lee	3
6	Schoolboy Rowe	3
6	Jack Russell	3
6	Vic Sorrell	3
6	Jack Wilson	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Tommy Bridges	175
2	Johnny Allen	165
3	Bobo Newsom	156
4	Lefty Grove	130
5	Monte Pearson	118
6	Schoolboy Rowe	115
7	Wes Ferrell	106
8	Lefty Gomez	105
9	Red Ruffing	102
10	Vern Kennedy	99

Innings PitchedIP

1	Wes Ferrell	301.0
2	Tommy Bridges	294.7
3	Bobo Newsom	285.7
4	Vern Kennedy	274.3
5	Red Ruffing	271.0
6	Lefty Grove	253.3
7	Schoolboy Rowe	245.3
8	Johnny Allen	243.0
9	Harry Kelley	235.3
10	John Whitehead	230.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Wes Ferrell	28
2	Tommy Bridges	26
3	Red Ruffing	25
4	Bobo Newsom	24
5	Lefty Grove	22
6	Harry Kelley	20
6	Vern Kennedy	20
8	Johnny Allen	19
8	Schoolboy Rowe	19
10	Jimmie DeShong	16

ShutoutsSHO

1	Lefty Grove	6
2	Tommy Bridges	5
3	Johnny Allen	4
3	Bobo Newsom	4
3	Schoolboy Rowe	4
6	Wes Ferrell	3
6	Red Ruffing	3
8	Elden Auker	2
8	Earl Caldwell	2
8	Jimmie DeShong	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Johnny Allen	5.6
2	Lefty Grove	5.0
3	Wes Ferrell	4.8
4	Tommy Bridges	4.3
5	Schoolboy Rowe	4.1
6	Bobo Newsom	3.5
7	Mel Harder	3.0
8	John Whitehead	2.9
9	Vern Kennedy	2.7
10	Red Ruffing	2.7

Earned Run Averagemin 152 IP

1	Lefty Grove	2.81
2	Johnny Allen	3.44
3	Pete Appleton	3.53
4	Tommy Bridges	3.60
5	Monte Pearson	3.71
6	Red Ruffing	3.85
7	Harry Kelley	3.86
8	Wes Ferrell	4.19
9	Johnny Broaca	4.24
10	Bobo Newsom	4.32

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 152 IP

1	Lefty Grove	1.19
2	Red Ruffing	1.34
3	Schoolboy Rowe	1.34
4	Johnny Allen	1.36
5	Pete Appleton	1.37
6	Tommy Bridges	1.37
7	Harry Kelley	1.38
8	Johnny Marcum	1.41
9	Ivy Andrews	1.42
10	Johnny Broaca	1.46

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 152 IP

1	Johnny Allen	3.48
2	Lefty Grove	3.87
3	Schoolboy Rowe	4.02
4	Pete Appleton	4.24
5	Tommy Bridges	4.32
6	Wes Ferrell	4.37
7	Fritz Ostermueller	4.38
8	Mel Harder	4.39
9	Bobo Newsom	4.42
10	Johnny Broaca	4.51

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Arky Vaughan	122
2	Pepper Martin	121
3	Mel Ott	120
4	Joe Medwick	115
5	Gus Suhr	111
6	Jo-Jo Moore	110
7	Paul Waner	107
8	Dolph Camilli	106
9	Stan Hack	102
9	Chuck Klein	102

HitsH

1	Joe Medwick	223
2	Paul Waner	218
3	Frank Demaree	212
4	Billy Herman	211
5	Jo-Jo Moore	205
6	Buddy Hassett	197
6	Woody Jensen	197
8	Arky Vaughan	190
9	Kiki Cuyler	185
9	Gene Moore	185

Doubles2B

1	Joe Medwick	64
2	Billy Herman	57
3	Paul Waner	53
4	Terry Moore	39
5	Gene Moore	38
6	Pepper Martin	36
7	Chuck Klein	35
8	Frank Demaree	34
8	Woody Jensen	34
10	Gus Suhr	33

Triples3B

1	Ival Goodman	14
2	Dolph Camilli	13
2	Joe Medwick	13
4	Gene Moore	12
4	Lew Riggs	12
4	Gus Suhr	12
7	Kiki Cuyler	11
7	Buddy Hassett	11
7	Pepper Martin	11
7	Arky Vaughan	11

Home RunsHR

1	Mel Ott	33
2	Dolph Camilli	28
3	Wally Berger	25
3	Chuck Klein	25
5	Johnny Mize	19
6	Joe Medwick	18
7	Ival Goodman	17
8	Frank Demaree	16
8	Johnny Moore	16
10	Ripper Collins	13
10	Babe Herman	13
10	Gene Moore	13

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Joe Medwick	138
2	Mel Ott	135
3	Gus Suhr	118
4	Chuck Klein	104
5	Bill Brubaker	102
5	Dolph Camilli	102
7	Frank Demaree	96
8	Paul Waner	94
9	Billy Herman	93
9	Johnny Mize	93

WalksBB

1	Arky Vaughan	118
2	Dolph Camilli	116
3	Mel Ott	111
4	Gus Suhr	95
5	Stan Hack	89
6	Paul Waner	74
7	Lonny Frey	71
8	Augie Galan	67
9	Billy Herman	59
10	Tony Cuccinello	58
10	Pepper Martin	58
10	Rabbit Warstler	58

Stolen BasesSB

1	Pepper Martin	23
2	Lou Chiozza	17
2	Stan Hack	17
2	Stu Martin	17
5	Ethan Allen	16
5	Kiki Cuyler	16
5	Augie Galan	16
8	Burgess Whitehead	14
9	Frenchy Bordagaray	12
10	Terry Moore	9

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Arky Vaughan	7.1
2	Billy Herman	6.8
3	Joe Medwick	6.5
4	Paul Waner	6.4
5	Mel Ott	6.3
6	Dolph Camilli	5.5
7	Tony Cuccinello	5.1
8	Wally Berger	5.0
9	Dick Bartell	4.9
10	Johnny Mize	3.9

Batting Averagemin 471 PA

1	Paul Waner	.373
2	Joe Medwick	.351
3	Frank Demaree	.350
4	Arky Vaughan	.335
5	Billy Herman	.334
6	Johnny Moore	.328
6	Mel Ott	.328
8	Kiki Cuyler	.326
9	Buck Jordan	.323
10	Joe Stripp	.317

On-Base Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Arky Vaughan	.453
2	Mel Ott	.448
3	Paul Waner	.446
4	Dolph Camilli	.441
5	Gus Suhr	.410
6	Frank Demaree	.400
7	Stan Hack	.396
8	Billy Herman	.392
9	Joe Medwick	.387
10	Kiki Cuyler	.380

Slugging Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Mel Ott	.588
2	Dolph Camilli	.577
2	Joe Medwick	.577
4	Paul Waner	.520
5	Chuck Klein	.512
6	Frank Demaree	.496
7	Johnny Moore	.494
8	Wally Berger	.483
9	Ival Goodman	.476
10	Arky Vaughan	.474

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 471 PA

1	Mel Ott	1.036
2	Dolph Camilli	1.018
3	Paul Waner	.965
4	Joe Medwick	.964
5	Arky Vaughan	.927
6	Frank Demaree	.896
7	Gus Suhr	.877
8	Chuck Klein	.871
9	Billy Herman	.862
10	Johnny Moore	.858

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Carl Hubbell	26
2	Dizzy Dean	24
3	Paul Derringer	19
4	Larry French	18
4	Bill Lee	18
4	Van Mungo	18
7	Danny MacFayden	17
8	Bill Swift	16
8	Lon Warneke	16
10	Red Lucas	15

SavesSV

1	Dizzy Dean	11
2	Don Brennan	9
3	Bob Smith	8
4	Dick Coffman	7
4	Syl Johnson	7
6	Frank Gabler	6
7	Peaches Davis	5
7	Paul Derringer	5
9	Cy Blanton	3
9	Mace Brown	3
9	Larry French	3
9	Ed Heusser	3
9	Carl Hubbell	3
9	George Jeffcoat	3
9	Van Mungo	3
9	Claude Passeau	3
9	Jim Winford	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Van Mungo	238
2	Dizzy Dean	195
3	Cy Blanton	127
4	Carl Hubbell	123
5	Paul Derringer	121
6	Lon Warneke	113
7	Jim Weaver	108
8	Ed Brandt	104
8	Larry French	104
10	Bill Lee	102

Innings PitchedIP

1	Dizzy Dean	315.0
2	Van Mungo	311.7
3	Carl Hubbell	304.0
4	Paul Derringer	282.3
5	Danny MacFayden	266.7
6	Bill Swift	262.3
7	Bill Lee	258.7
8	Bucky Walters	258.0
9	Larry French	252.3
10	Lon Warneke	240.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Dizzy Dean	28
2	Carl Hubbell	25
3	Van Mungo	22
4	Danny MacFayden	21
5	Bill Lee	20
6	Bill Swift	17
7	Larry French	16
8	Cy Blanton	15
8	Bucky Walters	15
10	Tiny Chaplin	14

ShutoutsSHO

1	Cy Blanton	4
1	Tex Carleton	4
1	Larry French	4
1	Bill Lee	4
1	Al Smith	4
1	Bucky Walters	4
1	Lon Warneke	4
8	Carl Hubbell	3
8	Hal Schumacher	3
10	Dizzy Dean	2
10	Paul Derringer	2
10	Bill Hallahan	2
10	Roy Henshaw	2
10	Danny MacFayden	2
10	Van Mungo	2
10	Claude Passeau	2
10	Bob Smith	2
10	Bill Weir	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Van Mungo	7.5
2	Carl Hubbell	6.6
3	Dizzy Dean	6.3
4	Paul Derringer	5.7
5	Cy Blanton	5.0
6	Danny MacFayden	5.0
7	Lon Warneke	3.9
8	Claude Passeau	3.9
9	Ed Brandt	3.7
10	Jim Weaver	3.7

Earned Run Averagemin 152 IP

1	Carl Hubbell	2.31
2	Danny MacFayden	2.87
3	Frank Gabler	3.12
4	Dizzy Dean	3.17
5	Red Lucas	3.18
6	Bill Lee	3.31
7	Van Mungo	3.35
8	Larry French	3.39
9	Lon Warneke	3.44
10	Curt Davis	3.46

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 152 IP

1	Carl Hubbell	1.06
2	Dizzy Dean	1.15
3	Red Lucas	1.16
4	Cy Blanton	1.23
5	Curt Davis	1.25
5	Larry French	1.25
7	Danny MacFayden	1.25
8	Van Mungo	1.26
9	Frank Gabler	1.26
10	Bill Lee	1.28

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 152 IP

1	Van Mungo	3.33
2	Carl Hubbell	3.46
3	Paul Derringer	3.50
4	Cy Blanton	3.51
5	Dizzy Dean	3.52
6	Danny MacFayden	3.75
7	Red Lucas	3.77
8	Claude Passeau	3.81
9	Lon Warneke	3.96
10	Al Hollingsworth	3.97

Negro Leagues and Independent Black clubs in 1936

32 more ranking tables from 1936. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro Leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1936 is 471 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 152-game schedule. The Negro Leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Josh Gibson	51
2	Jimmie Crutchfield	49
3	Turkey Stearnes	45
4	Jerry Benjamin	43
5	Goose Curry	40
6	Cool Papa Bell	39
7	Lázaro Salazar	38
8	Sam Bankhead	37
8	Jake Dunn	37
8	Johnny Washington	37
8	Wild Bill Wright	37

HitsH

1	Sam Bankhead	77
2	Turkey Stearnes	74
3	Jimmie Crutchfield	71
4	Josh Gibson	68
5	Roy Parnell	65
6	Jud Wilson	60
7	Jerry Benjamin	54
7	Clyde Spearman	54
9	Johnny Washington	53
9	Jim West	53

Doubles2B

1	Sam Bankhead	16
2	Alex Radcliff	12
2	Dave Thomas	12
4	Clyde Spearman	11
5	Jerry Benjamin	10
5	Judy Johnson	10
5	Lázaro Salazar	10
5	Chester Williams	10
5	Harry Williams	10
10	Roy Parnell	9
10	Henry Spearman	9
10	Jim Williams	9

Triples3B

1	Jerry Benjamin	5
1	Sammy Hughes	5
1	Clyde Spearman	5
1	Turkey Stearnes	5
1	Ed Stone	5
1	Johnny Washington	5
1	Wild Bill Wright	5
8	Sam Bankhead	4
8	Josh Gibson	4
8	Fats Jenkins	4
8	Buck Leonard	4
8	Jud Wilson	4

Home RunsHR

1	Josh Gibson	18
2	Mule Suttles	12
3	Turkey Stearnes	10
4	Martín Dihigo	9
5	Jud Wilson	8
6	Buck Leonard	6
7	Jabbo Andrews	5
7	Jerry Benjamin	5
7	Walter Cannady	5
7	George Scales	5
7	Jim West	5
7	Bill Yancey	5

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Josh Gibson	66
2	Turkey Stearnes	43
3	Jim West	40
3	Jud Wilson	40
5	Sam Bankhead	39
6	Mule Suttles	36
7	Buck Leonard	34
7	Clyde Spearman	34
7	Johnny Washington	34
10	Martín Dihigo	33

WalksBB

1	Goose Curry	32
2	Josh Gibson	30
3	Buck Leonard	29
4	Jimmie Crutchfield	24
5	Martín Dihigo	22
5	Lázaro Salazar	22
5	Jud Wilson	22
8	Jerry Benjamin	21
9	Sam Bankhead	20
9	Judy Johnson	20
9	Zollie Wright	20

Stolen BasesSB

1	Jerry Benjamin	10
2	Jimmie Crutchfield	9
3	Martín Dihigo	7
3	Fats Jenkins	7
3	Lázaro Salazar	7
6	Sam Bankhead	6
6	Cool Papa Bell	6
6	Walter Cannady	6
6	Ray Dandridge	6
6	Josh Gibson	6
6	George Giles	6
6	Clarence Palm	6
6	Jake Stephens	6

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Josh Gibson	4.1
2	Turkey Stearnes	2.8
3	Jerry Benjamin	2.3
4	Mule Suttles	2.1
5	Buck Leonard	1.7
6	Sam Bankhead	1.7
7	Martín Dihigo	1.7
8	Walter Cannady	1.6
9	Jud Wilson	1.5
10	Sammy Hughes	1.4

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Leroy Matlock	10
2	Bill Byrd	9
3	Satchel Paige	8
4	Ray Brown	6
4	Martín Dihigo	6
4	Bob Griffith	6
4	Bill Holland	6
8	Chet Brewer	5
8	Leon Day	5
8	Bert Hunter	5
8	Webster McDonald	5
8	Henry McHenry	5
8	Neck Stanley	5
8	Jim Willis	5
8	Laymon Yokely	5

SavesSV

1	Willie Gisentaner	3
2	Bob Griffith	2
2	Theolic Smith	2
2	Arnold Waites	2
5	Thomas Albright	1
5	Ray Brown	1
5	Bill Byrd	1
5	Roosevelt Davis	1
5	Bob Evans	1
5	Bert Hunter	1
5	Slim Jones	1
5	Webster McDonald	1
5	Satchel Paige	1
5	Andy Porter	1
5	Sam Streeter	1
5	Johnny Taylor	1
5	Roy Welmaker	1
5	Jim Willis	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Satchel Paige	72
2	Neck Stanley	62
3	Bert Hunter	60
4	Johnny Taylor	59
5	Martín Dihigo	56
6	Chet Brewer	54
6	Leon Day	54
8	Leroy Matlock	44
9	Bill Byrd	41
10	Barney Brown	39
10	Ray Brown	39

Innings PitchedIP

1	Leroy Matlock	114.0
2	Webster McDonald	108.3
3	Chet Brewer	105.0
4	Bert Hunter	97.7
5	Bill Byrd	96.0
6	Neck Stanley	89.7
7	Ray Brown	86.7
8	Theolic Smith	80.7
9	Bill Holland	79.3
10	Andy Porter	77.0
10	Laymon Yokely	77.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Chet Brewer	9
2	Ray Brown	7
2	Bill Holland	7
2	Leroy Matlock	7
2	Satchel Paige	7
6	Leon Day	6
6	Martín Dihigo	6
6	Bert Hunter	6
6	Henry McHenry	6
10	William Bell	5
10	Bill Byrd	5
10	Willie Foster	5
10	Bill Harvey	5
10	Tom Parker	5
10	Jim Willis	5

ShutoutsSHO

1	Bill Byrd	2
1	Satchel Paige	2
1	Theolic Smith	2
4	Roosevelt Davis	1
4	Leon Day	1
4	Bob Evans	1
4	Willie Foster	1
4	Neck Stanley	1
4	Johnny Taylor	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Leroy Matlock	1.9
2	Bill Byrd	1.8
3	Satchel Paige	1.7
4	Chet Brewer	1.5
5	Ray Brown	1.4
6	Martín Dihigo	1.4
7	Leon Day	1.3
8	Bob Griffith	1.3
9	Barney Brown	1.3
10	Henry McHenry	1.3

Independent Black clubs

Led the Independent Black clubs — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1936 is 471 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 152-game schedule. The Independent Black clubs played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Lou Dials	13
1	Pat Patterson	13
3	Herman Dunlap	12
3	Henry Milton	12
5	Newt Allen	11
5	Willard Brown	11
5	LeRoy Taylor	11
8	Curtis Harris	10
9	Subby Byas	9
10	Henry McCall	7

HitsH

1	Pat Patterson	22
2	Herman Dunlap	21
3	Lou Dials	20
4	Willard Brown	18
5	LeRoy Taylor	15
6	Curtis Harris	14
6	Henry Milton	14
8	Subby Byas	13
9	Newt Allen	11
9	Henry McCall	11

Doubles2B

1	Pat Patterson	5
2	Newt Allen	3
2	Lou Dials	3
2	LeRoy Taylor	3
5	Herman Dunlap	2
5	Eddie Dwight	2
5	Curtis Harris	2
5	Ted Strong	2
9	Willard Brown	1
9	Subby Byas	1
9	Willie Cornelius	1
9	Wilbert Labeaux	1
9	Emory Long	1
9	Henry McCall	1
9	Henry Milton	1
9	Barney Morris	1
9	John Henry Prince	1
9	Wilson Redus	1
9	Walter Thomas	1

Triples3B

1	Pat Patterson	3
2	Newt Allen	2
2	Willard Brown	2
2	LeRoy Taylor	2
5	Subby Byas	1
5	Lou Dials	1
5	Herman Dunlap	1
5	Eddie Dwight	1
5	Harry Else	1
5	K. B. Ivory	1
5	Henry McCall	1
5	Henry Milton	1
5	John Henry Prince	1
5	Ted Strong	1
5	Emmett Wilson	1

Home RunsHR

1	Willard Brown	1
1	Curtis Harris	1
1	Emory Long	1
1	Pat Patterson	1
1	Ted Strong	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Pat Patterson	19
2	Willard Brown	10
2	Herman Dunlap	10
4	Ted Strong	9
4	LeRoy Taylor	9
6	Lou Dials	8
6	Henry Milton	8
8	Newt Allen	7
8	Curtis Harris	7
10	Wilson Redus	6

WalksBB

1	Lou Dials	7
1	Herman Dunlap	7
3	Subby Byas	6
4	Willie Cornelius	5
4	Eddie Dwight	5
4	Henry McCall	5
4	Henry Milton	5
4	Quincy Trouppe	5
9	Wilson Redus	4
9	Ted Strong	4
9	LeRoy Taylor	4

Stolen BasesSB

1	Henry Milton	4
2	Willard Brown	3
2	Lou Dials	3
2	Eddie Dwight	3
2	LeRoy Taylor	3
6	Emmett Wilson	2
7	Newt Allen	1
7	Herman Dunlap	1
7	Curtis Harris	1
7	Pat Patterson	1
7	Quincy Trouppe	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Pat Patterson	0.8
2	Herman Dunlap	0.6
3	LeRoy Taylor	0.5
4	Willard Brown	0.5
5	Eddie Dwight	0.3
6	Emory Long	0.2
7	Newt Allen	0.2
8	Subby Byas	0.2
9	Henry Milton	0.2
10	Lou Dials	0.1

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Willie Cornelius	3
1	Floyd Kranson	3
1	Barney Morris	3
4	Andy Cooper	2
4	Ted Trent	2
6	K. B. Ivory	1
6	Malvin Powell	1
6	Bullet Rogan	1
6	Walter Thomas	1
6	Lefty Wilson	1

SavesSV

1	Norman Cross	1
1	Floyd Kranson	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Willie Cornelius	36
2	Floyd Kranson	24
2	Barney Morris	24
4	Ted Trent	22
5	Walter Thomas	13
6	Andy Cooper	11
7	Lefty Wilson	8
8	K. B. Ivory	6
9	Bob Madison	5
10	Norman Cross	4

Innings PitchedIP

1	Willie Cornelius	52.7
2	Walter Thomas	28.0
2	Ted Trent	28.0
4	Floyd Kranson	27.0
5	Barney Morris	23.0
6	Lefty Wilson	22.3
7	Malvin Powell	13.3
8	Andy Cooper	13.0
9	Norman Cross	12.0
10	K. B. Ivory	9.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Willie Cornelius	4
2	Floyd Kranson	2
2	Barney Morris	2
2	Walter Thomas	2
5	Andy Cooper	1
5	K. B. Ivory	1
5	Malvin Powell	1
5	Ted Trent	1
5	Lefty Wilson	1

ShutoutsSHO

1	Andy Cooper	1
1	Willie Cornelius	1
1	Barney Morris	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Willie Cornelius	1.2
2	Barney Morris	0.8
3	Floyd Kranson	0.6
4	Walter Thomas	0.5
5	Ted Trent	0.5
6	Andy Cooper	0.4
6	Lefty Wilson	0.4
8	Norman Cross	0.2
9	Bullet Rogan	0.2
10	K. B. Ivory	0.2

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1936 is 471 plate appearances and 152 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 152 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1936 is counted as 4 separate leagues — American League, National League, Negro Leagues and Independent Black clubs, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 78 ranking tables here, 19 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1936 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.