Awards and honors
| 1935 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 16 – October 7, 1935 |
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Hank Greenberg (DET) NL: Gabby Hartnett (CHC) |
| AL champions | Detroit Tigers |
| AL runners-up | New York Yankees |
| NL champions | Chicago Cubs |
| NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Detroit Tigers |
| Runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
The 1935 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 16 to October 7, 1935. The Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Tigers then defeated the Cubs in the World Series, four games to two.
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American League
| National League
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| World Series | ||||
| AL | Detroit Tigers | 4 | ||
| NL | Chicago Cubs | 2 | ||
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | |
| Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
| Cleveland Indians | Walter Johnson and Steve O'Neill | Finished 3rd |
| Detroit Tigers | Mickey Cochrane | Won World Series |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Finished 2nd |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Rogers Hornsby | |
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris |
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Braves | Bill McKechnie | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Casey Stengel | |
| Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | Won NL pennant |
| Cincinnati Reds | Chuck Dressen | |
| New York Giants | Bill Terry | Finished 3rd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmie Wilson | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Pie Traynor | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Frankie Frisch | Finished 2nd |
| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers [1] | 93 | -7.9% | 1,034,929 | 12.6% | 13,100 |
| New York Giants [2] | 91 | -2.2% | 748,748 | 2.4% | 9,478 |
| Chicago Cubs [3] | 100 | 16.3% | 692,604 | -2.1% | 8,995 |
| New York Yankees [4] | 89 | -5.3% | 657,508 | -23.1% | 8,885 |
| Boston Red Sox [5] | 78 | 2.6% | 558,568 | -8.5% | 7,070 |
| St. Louis Cardinals [6] | 96 | 1.1% | 506,084 | 55.7% | 6,573 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers [7] | 70 | -1.4% | 470,517 | 8.4% | 6,111 |
| Chicago White Sox [8] | 74 | 39.6% | 470,281 | 98.8% | 6,108 |
| Cincinnati Reds [9] | 68 | 30.8% | 448,247 | 116.8% | 5,898 |
| Cleveland Indians [10] | 82 | -3.5% | 397,615 | 1.6% | 5,164 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates [11] | 86 | 16.2% | 352,885 | 9.4% | 4,583 |
| Washington Senators [12] | 67 | 1.5% | 255,011 | -22.7% | 3,312 |
| Philadelphia Athletics [13] | 58 | -14.7% | 233,173 | -23.8% | 3,239 |
| Boston Braves [14] | 38 | -51.3% | 232,754 | -23.2% | 3,103 |
| Philadelphia Phillies [15] | 64 | 14.3% | 205,470 | 20.9% | 2,601 |
| St. Louis Browns [16] | 65 | -3.0% | 80,922 | -29.8% | 1,065 |
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