1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Pittsburgh Crawfords

| season = 1936

| image =

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| record = 48–33–2 ({{Winning percentage|48|33|2}})

| league = Negro National League (1933–1948){{!}}Negro National League

| ballpark = Greenlee Field

| city = Pittsburgh

| league_place = 1st

| managers= Oscar Charleston

| owners =

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The 1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1936 baseball season. The team compiled a 48–33–2 ({{Winning percentage|48|33|2}}) record and won the NNL pennant.{{cite web|title=1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1936&teamID=PC&LGOrd=1&tab=bat}}

The team featured six players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, including player/manager Oscar Charleston; center fielder Cool Papa Bell; catcher Josh Gibson; third baseman Judy Johnson; and pitcher Satchel Paige.

The team's leading batters were:

• Catcher Josh Gibson - .389 batting average, .783 slugging percentage, 18 home runs, and 66 RBIs in 50 games
• First baseman Johnny Washington - .344 batting average
• First baseman Oscar Charleston - .344 batting average and .559 slugging percentage
• Left fielder Sam Bankhead - .333 batting average

{{cite web|title=1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords Batting|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1936&teamID=PC&LGOrd=1&tab=bat&sort=H_a}}

The team's leading pitchers were Leroy Matlock (10–3, 3.55 ERA) and Satchel Paige (8–2, 3.64 ERA).{{cite web|title=1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords Pitching|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1936&teamID=PC&tab=pit}}