1936 World Series
| 1936 World Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 30 – October 6 | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Cy Pfirman (NL), Harry Geisel (AL), George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL) | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers |
Yankees: Joe McCarthy (mgr.), Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Red Ruffing. Giants: Carl Hubbell, Travis Jackson, Mel Ott, Bill Terry. |
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| Radio | NBC, CBS, Mutual | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers |
NBC: Tom Manning, Ty Tyson, Red Barber, Warren Brown CBS: France Laux, Boake Carter, Bill Dyer Mutual: Bob Elson, Gabriel Heatter, Tony Wakeman |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (4) | Joe McCarthy | 102–51, .667, GA: 19 1⁄2 | |
| New York Giants (2) | Bill Terry (player/manager) | 92–62, .597, GA: 5 |
The 1936 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the New York Giants, with the Yankees winning in six games to earn their fifth championship.
The Yankees played their first World Series without Babe Ruth and their first with Joe DiMaggio, Ruth having been released by the Yankees after the 1934 season. He retired in 1935 as a member of the Boston Braves.
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)
†: postponed from October 1 due to rain
Carl Hubbell won Game 1, but it was mostly downhill after that for the Giants.
The Yankees won Game 2 at the Polo Grounds by an 18–4 count, setting Series records (as of 2012[update]) for the biggest margin of victory in a World Series game (14 runs) and the most runs scored in one game with 18.
DiMaggio made a tremendous play in Game 2. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Hank Leiber drove the ball 490 feet (150 m) deep into dead center, and Joe caught the ball running up the steps of the clubhouse. This remarkable catch was at least 40 feet (12 m) further than Willie Mays' far more celebrated catch of Vic Wertz's drive to deep straightaway center in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. After DiMaggio's game-ending grab, President Roosevelt, who was in attendance, saluted Joe for his great catch as he rode off in the presidential limousine. All three ninth-inning outs were made by DiMaggio.
Yankee second baseman Tony Lazzeri became only the second player ever to hit a grand slam home run in the World Series. Prior to that, Elmer Smith of the Cleveland Indians had been the sole achiever of that feat in World Series play, doing so in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series.
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