1935 New York Yankees season

1935  New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Joe McCarthy
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The 1935 New York Yankees season was the team's 33rd season. The team finished with a record of 89–60, finishing 3 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

• February 26, 1935: Babe Ruth was released by the Yankees. ^[1]

Regular season

Once again, the Yankees finished second best in the American League, although they came within three games of the eventual world champions Detroit Tigers. This team was just a year away from starting a 4-year dominance of baseball greatness.

Although Lefty Gomez (12–15) fell off dramatically from his form from the previous four seasons, the Yanks still had the best pitching in the league. The New York staff led the AL in both ERA (3.60) and strikeouts (594). Red Ruffing was the top Yankee winner (16–11) for the first time in five years, followed by Johnny Broaca (15–7), a solid 25-year-old pitcher Johnny Allen (13–6), Johnny Murphy (10–5) and Vito Tamulis (10–5) were also consistent winners.

Before the season, the Yanks released legend Babe Ruth. Ruth, who never cared for Joe McCarthy, had asked Yankee owner Jake Ruppert, if he, Ruth, could manage the team. Ruppert steadfastly refused, and Ruth then asked to be set free. The Yanks worked out a deal with the Boston Braves in which Ruth would join the Braves in many capacities. So when Babe left the Yankees, it was more or less on amicable terms. His departure rendered the club, now Ruthless for the first time since 1919, short on color; home attendance sank to a partly 657,508. second lowest ever in Yankee Stadium.

Lou Gehrig (30 HRs, 119 RBIs, .329) was the only legitimate Yankees power hitter. He led the league in runs scored (125) and walks (132). That was the highest walk total of Gehrig's career-pitchers tended to work around Lou. Earle Combs known as both "The Kentucky Colonel" and "The Mail Carrier" wrapped up his great career. George Selkirk (11 HRs, 94 RBIs, .312) played Ruth's old right field position and performed splendidly. Another youngster Red Rolfe, became the third baseman and hit .300. This Yankee edition still had power, setting a major-league record for the most solo home runs in a single game – six. This was in a June 1 game with the Boston Red Sox (Dickey hit two, Frank Crosetti hit one, Ben Chapman hit one, Selkirk hit one and Rolfe hit one).

This young Yankee club showed real promise. But the team appeared to very much need another slugger to aid Gehrig and also to relieve some of the emotional emptiness that the team and the city of New York felt in Ruth's absence.

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	93	58	0.616	—	53–25	40–33
New York Yankees	89	60	0.597	3	41–33	48–27
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	12	48–29	34–42
Boston Red Sox	78	75	0.510	16	41–37	37–38
Chicago White Sox	74	78	0.487	19½	42–34	32–44
Washington Senators	67	86	0.438	27	37–39	30–47
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	28½	31–44	34–43
Philadelphia Athletics	58	91	0.389	34	30–42	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1935 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	9–13–1	9–13	9–12	16–6	10–12	12–10
Chicago	9–13	—	10–12	11–11	9–11	12–10	11–11–1	12–10
Cleveland	13–9–1	12–10	—	7–15–1	8–14	12–10	15–6–1	15–7
Detroit	13–9	11–11	15–7–1	—	11–11	14–5	17–5	12–10
New York	12–9	11–9	14–8	11–11	—	14–6	12–10	15–7
Philadelphia	6–16	10–12	10–12	5–14	6–14	—	11–11	10–12
St. Louis	12–10	11–11–1	6–15–1	5–17	10–12	11–11	—	10–11–1
Washington	10–12	10–12	7–15	10–12	7–15	12–10	11–10–1	—

Roster

1935 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 18 Johnny Allen 20 Johnny Broaca 17 Jumbo Brown 16 Jimmie DeShong 11 Lefty Gomez 21 Pat Malone 19 Johnny Murphy 15 Red Ruffing 22 Vito Tamulis 14 Russ Van Atta		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 26 Joe Glenn  9 Arndt Jorgens Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti  4 Lou Gehrig 10 Don Heffner  6 Tony Lazzeri  5 Nolen Richardson  2 Red Rolfe 27 Blondy Ryan 12 Jack Saltzgaver		Outfielders  7 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs 25 Jesse Hill 28 Myril Hoag  3 George Selkirk 27 Dixie Walker		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches  1 Earle Combs 29 Art Fletcher 31 Johnny Schulte 30 Joe Sewell

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Dickey	120	448	125	.279	14	81
1B	Lou Gehrig	149	535	176	.329	30	119
2B	Tony Lazzeri	130	477	130	.273	13	83
3B	Red Rolfe	149	639	192	.300	5	67
SS	Frankie Crosetti	87	305	78	.256	8	50
OF	Ben Chapman	140	553	160	.289	8	74
OF	George Selkirk	128	491	153	.312	11	94
OF	Jess Hill	107	392	115	.293	4	33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Earle Combs	89	298	84	.282	3	35
Jack Saltzgaver	61	149	39	.262	3	18
Myril Hoag	48	110	28	.255	1	13
Blondy Ryan	30	105	25	.238	0	11
Arndt Jorgens	36	84	20	.238	0	6
Nolen Richardson	12	46	10	.217	0	5
Joe Glenn	17	43	10	.233	0	6
Don Heffner	10	36	11	.306	0	8
Dixie Walker	8	13	2	.154	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lefty Gomez	34	246.0	12	15	3.18	138
Red Ruffing	30	222.0	16	11	3.12	81
Johnny Broaca	29	201.0	15	7	3.58	78
Johnny Allen	23	167.0	13	6	3.61	113
Vito Tamulis	30	160.2	10	5	4.09	57

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Johnny Murphy	40	117.0	10	5	4.08	28
Jumbo Brown	20	87.1	6	5	3.61	41

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jimmie DeShong	29	4	1	3	3.26	30
Pat Malone	29	3	5	3	5.43	25
Russ Van Atta	5	0	0	0	3.86	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Bob Shawkey
AA	Oakland Oaks	Pacific Coast League	Ossie Vitt
A	Binghamton Triplets	New York–Pennsylvania League	Billy Meyer
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Bill Skiff
C	Akron Yankees	Middle Atlantic League	Johnny Neun
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Runt Marr and Stanley Hino
D	Bassett Furniture Makers	Bi-State League	Lefty Jenkins
D	Washington Generals	Pennsylvania State Association	Benny Bengough

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton ^[2]

Notes

1. Babe Ruth page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1935 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1935 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com