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Baseball History Day             

Oct 18, 2008

9:30 am - Exhibits Open
Soda, peanuts and Cracker Jacks available for purchase
Baseball memorabilia on display
Best Hits of Baseball audio
Baseball books for browsing

10:00 am and 2:00 pm
Re-broadcast of 1936 World Series Game 3 - NY Yankees vs. NY Giants!

11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm
Illustrated Lecture - Red Rolfe: The Pride of Penacook
by Ed Denmark and John Dristilaris of The Franklin Pierce University

11:00 - 2:00pm
Hot Dogs and drinks available for purchase

4:30 pm - Exhibits Close

ADMISSION
    $5 for Adults and children (12 and up)
    $3 for children (5 to 11)
    Children under 5 FREE

Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe and the New York Yankees

(October 17, 1908 – July 8, 1969) was and American third baseman, manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball. A native of Penacook, New Hampshire, he is one of the most prominent players to come from the Granite State. Rolfe also was an Ivy Leaguer: a graduate and then long-time athletic director of Dartmouth College, and (from 1943-46) baseball and basketball coach at Yale University.

During his playing career, Rolfe was the everyday third baseman on one of the most powerful teams in baseball history, the New York Yankees of the late 1930s. The "Bronx Bombers" of Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing won American League pennants from 1936-39 and took all four World Series in which they appeared, winning 16 games and losing only three in Fall Classic play over that span. Rolfe was not a slugger - he was a left-handed hitter with good speed - but he played 10 major league seasons, all with New York, batting .289 in 1,175 games. His finest season came in 1939, when he amassed 213 hits, 139 runs scored, and 46 doubles while hitting .329 with 14 home runs and 80 runs batted in. He retired following the 1942 season.

Did you know that Game 1 of the 1936 World Series was the first Fall Classic for future Hall of Famer Joe Dimaggio?

This was this first of four consecutive NY Yankees World Championships and the birth of what some experts believe is the best dynasty of all time.

No World Series MVP Award was given until 1955. Who do you believe would have won? How about Lefty Gomez who pitched two (2) of the club's four (4) wins? Perhaps Red Rolfe who batted .400 and had a record ten (10) singles?

 
1936 World Series

1936 World Series Program

1936 World Series Official Program

New York Yankees (4) vs New York Giants (2)
1936 World Series Fast Facts

Game 1

Date / Box Score

09-30-1936

Location

Polo Grounds

Attendance

39,419

Game 2

Date / Box Score

10-02-1936

Location

Polo Grounds

Attendance

43,543

Game 3

Date / Box Score

10-03-1936

Location

Yankee Stadium

Attendance

64,842

Game 4

Date / Box Score

10-04-1936

Location

Yankee Stadium

Attendance

66,669

Game 5

Date / Box Score

10-05-1936

Location

Yankee Stadium

Attendance

50,024

Game 6

Date / Box Score

10-06-1936

Location

Polo Grounds

Attendance

38,427
1936 World Series Fast Facts

 

 

1936 World Series
Game 1

Line Score / Box Score
1936 World Series Game 1 Capsule

Team

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York [AL]

 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2

New York [NL]

 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 x 6 9 1
NY Yankees Pitcher(s) NY Giants Pitcher(s)

Red Ruffing (L)

Carl Hubbell (W)
NY Yankees Home Runs NY Giants Home Runs

Dick Bartell (5th)

George Selkirk (3rd)

 

 

1936 World Series
Game 2

Line Score / Box Score
1936 World Series Game 2 Capsule

Team

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York [AL]

 2 0 7 0 0 1 2 0 6 18 17 0

New York [NL]

 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
NY Yankees Pitcher(s) NY Giants Pitcher(s)

Lefty Gomez (W)
   -
   -
   -
   -

Hal Schumacher (L)
   Al Smith (3rd)
   Dick Coffman (3rd)
   Frank Gabler (5th)
   Harry Gumbert (9th)
NY Yankees Home Runs NY Giants Home Runs

Tony Lazzeri (3rd)
Bill Dickey (9th)
 

None
-

 

 

1936 World Series
Game 3

Line Score / Box Score
1936 World Series Game 3 Capsule

Team

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York [NL]

 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0

New York [AL]

 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 2 4 0
NY Giants Pitcher(s) NY Yankees Pitcher(s)

Freddie Fitzsimmons (L)
   -

Bump Hadley (W)
   Pat Malone (S, 9th)
NY Giants Home Runs NY Yankees Home Runs

Jimmy Ripple (5th)

Lou Gehrig (2nd)

 

 

1936 World Series
Game 4

Line Score / Box Score
1936 World Series Game 4 Capsule

Team

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York [NL]

 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1

New York [AL]

 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 x 5 10 1
NY Giants Pitcher(s) NY Yankees Pitcher(s)

Carl Hubbell (L)
   Frank Gabler (8th)

Monte Pearson (W)
   -
NY Giants Home Runs NY Yankees Home Runs

None

Lou Gehrig (3rd)

 

 

1936 World Series
Game 5

Line Score / Box Score
1936 World Series Game 5 Capsule

Team

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

New York [NL]

 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 8 3

New York [AL]

 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
NY Giants Pitcher(s) NY Yankees Pitcher(s)

Hal Schumacher (W)
   -

Red Ruffing
   Pat Malone (L, 7th)
NY Giants Home Runs NY Yankees Home Runs

None

George Selkirk (2nd)

 

 

1936 World Series
Game 6

Line Score / Box Score
1936 World Series Game 6 Capsule

Team

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York [AL]

 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 7 13 17 2

New York [NL]

 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 9 1
NY Yankees Pitcher(s) NY Giants Pitcher(s)

Lefty Gomez (W)
   Johnny Murphy (S, 7th)
   -
   -

Freddie Fitzsimmons (L)
   Slick Castleman (4th)
   Dick Coffman (9th)
   Harry Gumbert (9th)
NY Yankees Home Runs NY Giants Home Runs

Jake Powell (2nd)
-

Mel Ott (5th)
Jo-Jo Moore (8th)

 

 

1936 World Series

Composite Hitting Statistics
Name Pos G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB

Frankie Crosetti
Bill Dickey
Joe DiMaggio
Lou Gehrig
Lefty Gomez
Bump Hadley
Roy Johnson
Tony Lazzeri
Pat Malone
Johnny Murphy
Monte Pearson
Jake Powell
Red Rolfe
Red Ruffing
 Bob Seeds
George Selkirk

 ss
c
of
1b
p
p
ph
2b
p
p
p
of
3b
p
pr
of

6
6
6
6
2
1
2
6
2
1
1
6
6
3
1
6

26
25
26
24
8
2
1
20
1
2
4
22
25
5
0
24

7
3
9
7
2
0
0
5
1
1
2
10
10
0
0
8

2
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2

5
5
3
5
1
0
0
4
0
1
0
8
5
0
0
6

3
5
3
7
3
0
0
7
0
1
0
5
4
0
0
3

.269
.120
.346
.292
.250
.000
.000
.250
1.000
.500
.500
.455
.400
.000
.000
.333

3
3
1
3
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
4
3
1
0
4

5
4
3
2
3
1
1
4
0
1
0
4
1
2
0
4

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Totals

215

65

8

1

7

43

41

.302

26

35

1
1936 World Series

Composite Hitting Statistics
Name Pos G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB

Dick Bartell
Slick Castleman
Dick Coffman
Harry Danning
Kiddo Davis
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Frank Gabler
Harry Gumbert
Carl Hubbell
Travis Jackson
Mark Koenig
Hank Leiber
Sam Leslie
Gus Mancuso
Eddie Mayo
Jo-Jo Moore
Mel Ott
Jimmy Ripple
Hal Schumacher
Al Smith
Bill Terry
Burgess Whitehead

 ss
p
p
c-1
ph
p
p
p
p
3b
2b-1
of
ph
c
3b
of
of
of
p
p
1b
2b

6
1
2
2
4
2
2
2
2
6
3
2
3
6
1
6
6
5
2
1
6
6

21
2
0
2
2
4
0
0
6
21
3
6
3
19
1
28
23
12
4
0
25
21

8
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
4
1
0
2
5
0
6
7
4
0
0
6
1

3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0

5
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
4
4
2
0
0
1
1

3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
3
0
0
5
2

.381
.500
.000
.000
.500
.500
.000
.000
.333
.190
.333
.000
.667
.263
.000
.214
.304
.333
.000
.000
.240
.048

4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
1
3
3
1
0
1
1

4
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
2
0
3
0
4
1
3
3
0
4
3

0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals

203

50

9

0

4

23

20

.246

21

33

0

 

 

1936 World Series

Composite Pitching Statistics
Name W L G GS CG S Sh IP ERA H SO ER BB

Lefty Gomez
 Bump Hadley
 Pat Malone
 Johnny Murphy
 Monte Pearson
 Red Ruffing
 

2
1
0
0
1
0

0
0
1
0
0
1

2
1
2
1
1
2

2
1
0
0
1
2

1
0
0
0
1
1

0
0
1
1
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0

15.1
8.0
5.0
2.2
9.0
14.0

4.70
1.13
1.80
3.38
2.00
5.14

14
10
2
1
7
16

9
2
2
1
7
12

8
1
1
1
2
8

11
1
1
1
2
5
Totals

4

2

9

6

3

2

0

54.0

3.50

50

33

21

21
1936 World Series

Composite Pitching Statistics
Name W L G GS CG S Sh IP ERA H SO ER BB

Slick Castleman
 Dick Coffman
 Freddie Fitzsimmons
 Frank Gabler
 Harry Gumbert
 Carl Hubbell
Hal Schumacher
 Al Smith

0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0

0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0

1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1

0
0
2
0
0
2
2
0

0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

4.1
1.2
11.2
5.0
2.0
16.0
12.0
0.1

2.08
32.40
5.40
7.20
36.00
2.25
5.25
81.00

3
5
13
7
7
15
13
2

5
1
6
0
2
10
11
0

1
6
7
4
8
4
7
3

2
1
2
4
4
2
10
1
Totals

2

4

14

6

3

0

0

53.0

6.79

65

35

40

26

 

1939 World Series

1939 World Series Program

1939 World Series Official Program

New York Yankees (4) vs Cincinnati Reds (0)
1939 World Series Fast Facts
Game 1

Date / Box Score

10-04-1939