1936 Major League Baseball season

The 1936 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1936. The regular season ended on September 27, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 33rd World Series on September 30 and ended with Game 6 on October 6. In the fourth iteration of this World Series matchup, the Yankees defeated the Giants, four games to two.

The fourth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 7, hosted by the Boston Bees at the National League Park in Boston, Massachusetts, with the National League's first victory, 4–3.

The Boston Braves changed their nickname to "Bees" this season; they would revert to the Braves in.

Schedule
The 1936 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until  in the American League and  in the National League.

Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, the first since the season. The final day of the regular season was on September 27 and featured fourteen teams (the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns finished their season the day before). This was the first season which didn't feature all sixteen teams since the season. The World Series took place between September 30 and October 6.

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Milestones
The New York Yankees set a Major League record for the most runs batted in during a season, with 995.

Awards and honors

 * Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Ty Cobb
 * Babe Ruth
 * Honus Wagner
 * Christy Mathewson
 * Walter Johnson
 * Most Valuable Player
 * American League: Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1B
 * National League: Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P
 * The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
 * Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, P
 * The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
 * Joe McCarthy, New York Yankees

Events

 * July 16 – The Cincinnati Reds – Brooklyn Dodgers game is cancelled due to extreme heat.
 * July 30 – The Boston Red Sox are the first Major League team to travel by aircraft to an away game, when they travel from St. Louis to play Chicago.