Lou Gehrig: most home runs against a team in a season - 14 Cleveland 1936.

The previous post dealt with the 143 times batters have hit at least 10 home runs against a team in a season, including multiples by some batters.

Gleyber Torres could set a Home Run record for most against a team in a season. Monday, June 3, 2019

Most times hitting at least 10 home runs against a team:

Ruth 14    11 home runs four times, the rest 10

Gehrig 9    14 home runs, 12 twice, 11 three times

Mays 7 All before 1962 NL expansion; Dodgers 1954, 1955 (12), 1956, 1958 (12) (LA). 12 against Milwaukee Braves in 1961, including 4 in one game

Foxx/Williams 6

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1936 home runs Lou Gehrig hit against Cleveland sorted by Pitcher's first name, home run number:

1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat	At	Team	Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes
392	392	14	2	Tue, Jun 16, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	Denny Galehouse	behind 3-8	t 7	2	---	1	4	3	.022	5%
384	384	6	1	Tue, May 19, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	George Blaeholder	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	.135	63%
391	391	13	1	Tue, Jun 16, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	George Blaeholder	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	.063	25%
394	394	16	1	Thu, Jun 18, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	Johnny Allen	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	1	4	3	.138	43%
399	399	21	1	Thu, Jul 9, 1936	NYY		CLE	Johnny Allen	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	4	3	.120	77%
423	423	45	1	Thu, Sep 10, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	Johnny Allen	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	3	.084	73%
381	381	3	1	Tue, Apr 28, 1936	NYY		CLE	Lloyd Brown	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	4	3	.124	70%
387	387	9	1	Fri, Jun 5, 1936	NYY		CLE	Lloyd Brown	behind 0-1	b 6	2	---	1	4	3	.167	52%	IPHR
400	400	22	1	Fri, Jul 10, 1936	NYY		CLE	Lloyd Brown	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	2	4	3	.150	69%
401	401	23	2	Fri, Jul 10, 1936	NYY		CLE	Lloyd Brown	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	1--	2	4	3	.078	92%
388	388	10	1	Sat, Jun 6, 1936	NYY		CLE	Mel Harder	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	.096	56%
411	411	33	1	Fri, Jul 31, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	Mel Harder	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	1--	2	4	3	.135	85%
422	422	44	1	Wed, Sep 9, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	Oral Hildebrand	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	123	4	4	3	.120	92%
393	393	15	1	Wed, Jun 17, 1936	NYY	@	CLE	Thornton Lee	ahead 8-1	t 6	2	---	1	4	3	.012	98%

8 in Cleveland (League Park II), 6 in Yankee Stadium.

The Cleveland Indians used League Park II 1910-1946; capacity 21,000 expanded to 22,500 in 1939.

https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/league-park/

League Park’s playing field was shaped like a rectangle due to the configuration of the streets surrounding the ballpark. This made the right field fence very short at 290 ft. and creating a 40 feet high wall... By the late 1920s a new stadium was being built along the lakefront in Cleveland. The Indians decided to move to this new stadium, Cleveland Municipal Stadium on July 31, 1932. The team continued to play full time at Cleveland Municipal Stadium until the end of the 1933 season. However beginning in 1934, the Indians began playing at League Park on weekdays and on holidays until 1947. The team finally moved out of League Park because the ballpark never had lights.
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OK, right field was short but high. But why did Gehrig set the record and why in 1936? Why not Babe Ruth? Career home runs sorted by park for both Ruth and Gehrig:

Ruth:

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	NYY-Yankee Stad	851	834	3633	2835	759	988	140	35	259	779	46	49	750	423	.349	.487	.697	1.183	1975		13	11		22	31	.339	104
	NYG-Polo Grounds	227	222	963	754	233	275	58	18	85	218	20	18	195	130	.365	.497	.828	1.324	624	0	3	11		0	0	.353	125
	PHA-Shibe Pk	171	161	761	616	164	220	32	4	68	175	2	5	132	103	.357	.472	.753	1.225	464		2	3		2	6	.342	109
	DET-Navin Field	180	174	806	620	175	206	48	11	60	187	11	12	170	103	.332	.479	.735	1.215	456		5	6		1	3	.319	108
	STL-Sportsman Pk	178	170	782	622	156	213	26	10	58	180	7	4	144	124	.342	.470	.696	1.166	433	1	6	6		0	0	.352	100
	BOS-Fenway Pk	330	297	1266	1037	231	335	83	20	49	203	18	10	210	133	.323	.440	.583	1.024	605		7	10		1	5	.335	77
	League Pk II	173	162	724	541	147	201	33	11	46	144	4	1	177	78	.372	.528	.728	1.257	394		3	2		9	0	.372	117
	CHW-ComiskeyPk 1	179	172	786	627	147	194	36	9	45	158	7	9	147	100	.309	.442	.611	1.053	383		2	9		5	2	.309	82
	WSH-GriffithStad	171	163	725	603	132	200	46	18	34	135	9	10	107	105	.332	.435	.637	1.072	384		3	9		2	0	.358	84
	BSN-Braves Fld	22	22	89	69	19	22	2	0	6	20	0	0	18	14	.319	.460	.609	1.068	42	0	0	0		0	2	.327	85
	PIT-Forbes Fld	3	3	12	12	3	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	2	.417	.417	1.167	1.583	14	0	0	0		0	0	.286	157
	CHC-Cubs Park	2	2	7	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	4	0	0	0		0	0	.000	57
	PHI-Baker Bowl	2	2	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0				.000	-16
	CLE-ClevelandStd	10	10	48	42	4	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	6	8	.310	.396	.357	.753	15		0	0		1	0	.382	35
	BRO-Ebbets Fld	2	2	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	-47
	CIN-Redland Fld	3	2	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	-47

Gehrig:

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	NYY-Yankee Stad	1080	1065	4661	3861	882	1269	206	83	251	953	43	53	715	379	.329	.436	.620	1.056	2394	2	22	20		59	67	.315	95
	STL-Sportsman Pk	156	154	727	575	153	207	37	6	52	157	9	12	140	48	.360	.488	.717	1.205	412		4	4		8	5	.326	122
	PHA-Shibe Pk	150	149	691	583	137	195	37	11	45	152	6	3	101	74	.334	.434	.667	1.102	389		2	1		1	8	.323	102
	CHW-ComiskeyPk 1	151	150	716	595	149	226	50	11	37	154	10	9	112	47	.380	.480	.687	1.167	409		2	3		9	17	.370	116
	League Pk II	132	130	598	518	127	175	40	12	33	135	4	9	76	59	.338	.424	.653	1.076	338		1	1		7	11	.333	98
	BOS-Fenway Pk	148	146	686	552	140	193	45	13	27	152	12	7	117	58	.350	.468	.625	1.093	345		6	5		4	13	.355	103
	WSH-GriffithStad	158	157	710	596	129	190	41	10	22	117	10	5	108	57	.319	.426	.532	.958	317	0	3	2		6	6	.325	79
	DET-Navin Field	155	151	714	583	143	222	64	14	22	148	7	6	120	56	.381	.490	.652	1.142	380		5	2		5	8	.396	112
	BSN-Braves Fld	12	12	58	53	13	20	5	1	3	14	0	1	5	4	.377	.431	.679	1.110	36		0	0		1	0	.370	103
	CLE-ClevelandStd	22	22	104	85	16	24	9	3	1	15	1	0	18	11	.282	.413	.494	.908	42		1	0		3	0	.315	70

League Park II is in the middle for both Ruth and Gehrig, who hit 8 of his 33 there in 1936. Plus, Gehrig still had to hit 6 home runs in Yankee Stadium in 1936 to reach 14 for the season against Cleveland. Gehrig's career home run splits:

Gehrig	AB	HR	AB/HR
Yankee Stadium	3,861	251	15.38
Road	4,140	242	17.11

Gehrig was more proficient at hitting home runs in Yankee Stadium than on the road but it's not a huge difference.

All of Lou Gehrig's 1936 home runs in Cleveland were hit on weekdays. A check of the specific games confirms that all were hit in League Park II. Links are in the table above.

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
	WP of .500+	88	88	403	328	98	120	22	3	28	95	0	3	74	25	.366	.483	.707	1.190	232		0	1		3	5	.335	103	219
	WP lt .500	67	67	316	251	69	85	15	4	21	57	3	1	56	21	.339	.471	.681	1.153	171		7	2		5	0	.306	96	196
	Cleveland Indians	23	23	110	95	31	36	6	2	14	36	0	1	15	8	.379	.464	.926	1.390	88		0	0		0	1	.301	130	256
	St. Louis Browns	22	22	105	78	26	30	6	0	7	16	3	1	25	3	.385	.543	.731	1.274	57		2	0		3	0	.338	119	197
	Boston Red Sox	23	23	107	89	21	27	4	1	7	13	0	0	14	13	.303	.410	.607	1.016	54		2	2		1	0	.290	73	169
	Detroit Tigers	22	22	102	78	29	32	7	1	7	29	0	0	24	6	.410	.549	.795	1.344	62		0	0		0	1	.385	129	244
	Philadelphia Athletics	22	22	104	84	22	28	5	3	7	28	0	0	17	5	.333	.462	.714	1.176	60		3	0		1	0	.292	99	176
	Chicago White Sox	21	21	98	80	22	28	5	0	5	17	0	1	17	3	.350	.464	.600	1.064	48		0	1		3	3	.319	83	169
	Washington Senators	22	22	93	75	16	24	4	0	2	13	0	1	18	8	.320	.452	.453	.90

Gehrig had his most at bats (AB) and plate appearances (PA) against Cleveland. Gehrig hit twice as many home runs against Cleveland than any other team.

1936 AL standings:

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	NYY	102	51	.667	--		6.9	4.7	2.2	-0.3	1.9	102-51	0	56-21	46-30	9-3	22-17	72-41	30-10	57-30	45-21
2	DET	83	71	.539	19.5	19.5	6.0	5.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	81-73	2	44-33	39-38	4-6	20-16	66-54	17-17	46-42	37-29
3	WSH	82	71	.536	20.0	20.5	5.8	5.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	84-69	-2	42-35	40-36	4-5	18-23	59-44	23-27	33-54	49-17
4	CHW	81	70	.536	20.0	20.5	6.0	5.7	0.3	-0.1	0.3	79-72	2	43-32	38-38	8-6	17-14	73-63	8-7	43-43	38-27
5	CLE	80	74	.519	22.5	30.5	5.9	5.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	82-72	-2	49-30	31-44	7-3	16-13	58-54	22-20	39-49	41-25
6	BOS	74	80	.480	28.5	60.5	5.0	4.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	78-76	-4	47-29	27-51	1-10	19-24	69-73	5-7	49-61	25-19
7	SLB	57	95	.375	44.5	156.5	5.2	6.9	-1.7	0.2	-1.5	57-95	0	31-43	26-52	1-2	11-11	50-82	7-13	37-72	20-23
8	PHA	53	100	.346	49.0	188.0	4.6	6.8	-2.1	0.3	-1.9	51-102	2	31-46	22-54	6-5	18-23	45-90	8-10	33-77	20-23
	Avg	76	76	.500			5.7	5.7				76-76		42-33	33-42	5-5	17-17	61-62	15-13	42-53	3

Runs Against (RA) Cleveland were slightly less than AL average: 5.5 to 5.7.

1936 AL pitching sorted by HR allowed:

Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	LOB
PHA	19	25.6	6.79	53	100	.346	6.08	154	154	86	68	3	3	11	1352.1	1645	1045	913	131	696		405	24	7	67	6301	83	5.52	1.731	10.9	0.9	4.6	2.7	0.58	1199
SLB	14	30.5	6.86	57	95	.375	6.24	155	155	101	54	3	3	13	1348.1	1776	1064	935	115	609		399	47	5	44	6382	86	5.24	1.769	11.9	0.8	4.1	2.7	0.66	1272
CHW	13	28.8	5.71	81	70	.536	5.06	153	153	73	80	5	5	8	1365.0	1603	873	768	104	578		414	23	0	32	6143	103	4.97	1.598	10.6	0.7	3.8	2.7	0.72	1178
DET	11	28.1	5.65	83	71	.539	5.00	154	154	78	76	13	13	13	1360.0	1568	870	755	100	562		526	20	2	33	6085	99	4.73	1.566	10.4	0.7	3.7	3.5	0.94	1138
LgAvg	13	28.6	5.67	77	77	.500	5.04	155	155	81	73			13	1367	1582	876	765	95	607		504	24	4	41	6181	100	4.81	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	3.3	0.83	1205
NYY	11	28.9	4.72	102	51	.667	4.17	155	155	78	77	6	6	21	1400.1	1474	731	649	84	663		624	13	0	34	6199	111	4.60	1.526	9.5	0.5	4.3	4.0	0.94	1272
BOS	15	29.3	4.93	74	80	.481	4.39	155	155	77	78	11	11	9	1372.1	1501	764	669	78	552		584	18	3	30	6074	121	4.40	1.496	9.8	0.5	3.6	3.8	1.06	1191
CLE	15	28.1	5.49	80	74	.519	4.83	157	157	83	74	6	6	12	1389.1	1604	862	746	73	607		619	27	7	45	6267	107	4.43	1.591	10.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	1.02	1243
WSH	15	29.8	5.22	82	71	.536	4.58	153	153	75	78	8	8	13	1345.2	1484	799	685	73	588		462	22	4	40	5996	104	4.64	1.540	9.9	0.5	3.9	3.1	0.79	1148
	105	28.6	5.67	612	612	.500	5.04	1236	1236	651	585			100	10933.1	12655	7008	6120	758	4855		4033	194	28	325	49447	100	4.81	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	3.3	0.83	9641

Cleveland was tied with Washington for the fewest home runs allowed in 1936: 73. Four teams allowed more than 100, topped by the Philadelphia Athletics with 131. Gehrig hit 14 of Cleveland's 73 home runs: 19.2%.

1936 Cleveland pitchers:

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Johnny Allen	31	20	10	.667	3.44	36	31	4	19	4	1	243.0	234	108	93	5	97		165	1	0	13	1030	149	3.38	1.362	8.7	0.2	3.6	6.1	1.70
2	SP	Mel Harder	26	15	15	.500	5.17	36	30	6	13	0	1	224.2	294	155	129	13	71		84	6	0	4	1031	100	4.30	1.625	11.8	0.5	2.8	3.4	1.18
3	SP	Oral Hildebrand	29	10	11	.476	4.90	36	21	12	9	0	4	174.2	197	107	95	10	83		65	4	0	2	796	105	4.76	1.603	10.2	0.5	4.3	3.3	0.78
4	SP	Lloyd Brown*	31	8	10	.444	4.17	24	16	5	12	1	1	140.1	166	78	65	13	45		34	3	0	5	622	124	5.01	1.504	10.6	0.8	2.9	2.2	0.76
5	RP	Denny Galehouse	24	8	7	.533	4.85	36	15	11	5	0	1	148.1	161	86	80	5	68		71	2	1	4	654	106	4.16	1.544	9.8	0.3	4.1	4.3	1.04
6	RP	George Blaeholder	32	8	4	.667	5.09	35	16	8	6	1	0	134.1	158	83	76	21	47		30	3	0	2	595	101	5.97	1.526	10.6	1.4	3.1	2.0	0.64
7	RP	Thornton Lee*	29	3	5	.375	4.89	43	8	13	2	0	3	127.0	138	86	69	2	67		49	2	2	3	584	105	4.33	1.614	9.8	0.1	4.7	3.5	0.73
8	RP	Willis Hudlin	30	1	5	.167	9.00	27	7	5	1	0	0	64.0	112	74	64	1	31		20	2	0	3	325	57	4.39	2.234	15.8	0.1	4.4	2.8	0.65
9		Bob Feller	17	5	3	.625	3.34	14	8	5	5	0	1	62.0	52	29	23	1	47		76	4	3	8	279	155	3.49	1.597	7.5	0.1	6.8	11.0	1.62
10		Al Milnar*	22	1	2	.333	7.36	4	3	0	1	0	0	22.0	26	20	18	0	18		9	0	0	1	111	71	4.90	2.000	10.6	0.0	7.4	3.7	0.50
11		Ralph Winegarner	26	0	0		4.91	9	0	6	0	0	0	14.2	18	9	8	0	6		3	0	1	0	68	107	4.08	1.636	11.0	0.0	3.7	1.8	0.50
12		Bill Zuber	23	1	1	.500	6.59	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.2	14	11	10	0	15		5	0	0	0	67	80	5.83	2.122	9.2	0.0	9.9	3.3	0.33
13		George Uhle	37	0	1	.000	8.53	7	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	26	12	12	2	5		5	0	0	0	67	62	5.71	2.447	18.5	1.4	3.6	3.6	1.00
14		Milt Galatzer*	29	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	0	5		3	0	0	0	29	120	4.77	2.000	10.5	0.0	7.5	4.5	0.60
15		Paul Kardow	20	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	9	131	6.27	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.2	80	74	.519	4.83	157	157	83	74	6	12	1389.1	1604	862	746	73	607		619	27	7	45	6267	107	4.43	1.591	10.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	1.02
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		4				6	4	5	2	6	4	4	1	5		2

17 year old Bob Feller allowed one home run in 62 innings:

1936-09-18

Goose Goslin

Feller did not face Gehrig in 1936.

Most 1936 AL home runs allowed:

Rk	Player	HR	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	W	L	W-L%	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	FIP	K%	BB%	ERA+	BAbip	BF	AB	2B	3B	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	PO	BK	WP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Pit	Str
1	Gordon Rhodes	26	1936	28	PHA	AL	35	28	13	1	4	9	20	.310	0	216.1	266	162	138	102	61	5.74	5.71	6.1%	10.2%	88	.303	997	879	47	12		2	17	0	14	14	4	0	0	3	.303	.376	.472	.849	117
2	Tommy Thomas	25	1936	36	SLB	AL	36	21	8	1	7	11	9	.550	0	179.2	219	132	105	72	40	5.26	5.90	4.9%	8.7%	102	.288	824	738	33	10		4	10	0	7	2	1	0	1	4	.297	.362	.470	.833	109
3	Red Ruffing	22	1936	31	NYY	AL	33	33	25	3	0	20	12	.625	0	271.0	274	133	116	90	102	3.85	4.60	8.9%	7.8%	120	.274	1151	1043	49	7		3	15	0	14	5	7	1	0	7	.263	.323	.386	.709	82
4	Harry Kelley	21	1936	30	PHA	AL	35	27	20	1	8	15	12	.556	3	235.1	250	112	101	75	82	3.86	4.71	8.2%	7.5%	131	.284	1002	909	53	15		2	16	0	14	11	3	2	0	8	.275	.332	.436	.767	96
5	Tommy Bridges	21	1936	29	DET	AL	39	38	26	5	1	23	11	.676	0	294.2	289	141	118	115	175	3.60	4.23	13.8%	9.0%	137	.285	1272	1135	44	6		5	17	0	10	5	3	1	1	6	.255	.326	.359	.685	74
6	George Blaeholder	21	1936	32	CLE	AL	35	16	6	1	8	8	4	.667	0	134.1	158	83	76	47	30	5.09	5.97	5.0%	7.9%	101	.283	595	535	32	9		3	10	0	12	8	6	0	0	2	.295	.356	.507	.862	114
7	Ted Lyons	21	1936	35	CHW	AL	26	24	15	1	2	10	13	.435	0	182.0	227	115	104	45	48	5.14	5.03	6.0%	5.6%	101	.305	804	745	28	6		3	11	0	12	0	3	2	0	1	.305	.347	.443	.790	97
8	Ivy Andrews	19	1936	29	SLB	AL	36	25	11	0	5	7	12	.368	1	191.1	221	109	103	50	33	4.84	4.99	4.0%	6.0%	110	.280	835	773	31	7		0	12	0	3	1	2	0	1	2	.286	.329	.418	.747	87
9	Herman Fink	18	1936	24	PHA	AL	34	24	9	0	7	8	16	.333	3	188.2	222	126	113	78	53	5.39	5.18	6.2%	9.2%	94	.300	849	752	33	6		0	16	0	12	7	6	2	2	2	.295	.361	.427	.788	102
10	Sugar Cain	18	1936	29	TOT	AL	34	29	15	1	2	15	11	.577	0	211.2	248	125	115	84	50	4.89	5.16	5.3%	8.9%	107	.294	943	849	38	8		5	6	0	23	8	7	0	0	1	.292	.359	.419	.779	96

The seven 1936 Cleveland pitchers who allowed the record 14 home runs to Lou Gehrig:

Pitcher	Gehrig	Total	Gehrig %	AL rank
Denny Galehouse	1	5	20.0%	50
George Blaeholder	2	21	9.5%	4
Johnny Allen	3	5	60.0%	50
Lloyd Brown	4	13	30.8%	20
Mel Harder	2	13	15.4%	20
Oral Hildebrand	1	10	10.0%	32
Thornton Lee	1	2	50.0%	73
All 7 pitchers	14	69	20.3%

Johnny Allen had started with the Yankees. His career with his first two teams:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1932	27	NYY	AL	17	4	.810	3.70	33	21	6	13	3	2	192.0	162	86	79	10	76		109	5	1	5	804	110	3.83	1.240	7.6	0.5	3.6	5.1	1.43	MVP-14
1933	28	NYY	AL	15	7	.682	4.39	25	24	1	10	1	1	184.2	171	96	90	9	87		119	4	0	10	804	89	3.62	1.397	8.3	0.4	4.2	5.8	1.37
1934	29	NYY	AL	5	2	.714	2.89	13	10	2	4	0	0	71.2	62	30	23	3	32		54	2	0	5	309	142	3.58	1.312	7.8	0.4	4.0	6.8	1.69
1935	30	NYY	AL	13	6	.684	3.61	23	23	0	12	2	0	167.0	149	76	67	11	58		113	4	0	3	692	113	3.67	1.240	8.0	0.6	3.1	6.1	1.95	MVP-18
1936	31	CLE	AL	20	10	.667	3.44	36	31	4	19	4	1	243.0	234	108	93	5	97		165	1	0	13	1030	149	3.38	1.362	8.7	0.2	3.6	6.1	1.70
1937	32	CLE	AL	15	1	.938	2.55	24	20	4	14	0	0	173.0	157	55	49	4	60		87	5	0	2	713	176	3.46	1.254	8.2	0.2	3.1	4.5	1.45	MVP-13
1938	33	CLE	AL	14	8	.636	4.19	30	27	3	13	0	0	200.0	189	107	93	15	81		112	3	0	7	855	110	4.04	1.350	8.5	0.7	3.6	5.0	1.38	AS,MVP-28
1939	34	CLE	AL	9	7	.563	4.58	28	26	2	9	2	0	175.0	199	96	89	9	56		79	3	2	5	763	96	3.75	1.457	10.2	0.5	2.9	4.1	1.41
1940	35	CLE	AL	9	8	.529	3.44	32	17	12	5	3	5	138.2	126	61	53	3	48		62	3	0	0	576	124	3.33	1.255	8.2	0.2	3.1	4.0	1.29

In his 1932 rookie season Allen had been a starting pitcher on the previous Yankee team to win the World Series; Allen started game four but was knocked out in the first inning; the Yankees came back to win 13-6 and sweep the Cubs. The Yankees would win four consecutive World Series without Allen: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939. Allen would pitch three games in relief in the 1941 World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers who lost to the Yankees.

So why did Lou Gehrig hit a record number of home runs against Cleveland in 1936?