1935 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersJacob Ruppert
General managersEd Barrow
ManagersJoe McCarthy
Seasons

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

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9358 0.616 53–25 40–33
New York Yankees 8960 0.597 3 41–33 48–27
Cleveland Indians 8271 0.536 12 48–29 34–42
Boston Red Sox 7875 0.510 16 41–37 37–38
Chicago White Sox 7478 0.487 19½ 42–34 32–44
Washington Senators 6786 0.438 27 37–39 30–47
St. Louis Browns 6587 0.428 28½ 31–44 34–43
Philadelphia Athletics 5891 0.389 34 30–42 28–49

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 13–99–13–19–139–1216–610–1212–10
Chicago 9–1310–1211–119–1112–1011–11–112–10
Cleveland 13–9–112–107–15–18–1412–1015–6–115–7
Detroit 13–911–1115–7–111–1114–517–512–10
New York 12–911–914–811–1114–612–1015–7
Philadelphia 6–1610–1210–125–146–1411–1110–12
St. Louis 12–1011–11–16–15–15–1710–1211–1110–11–1
Washington 10–1210–127–1510–127–1512–1011–10–1

Roster

1935 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CBill Dickey120448125.2791481
1BLou Gehrig149535176.32930119
2BTony Lazzeri130477130.2731383
3BRed Rolfe149639192.300567
SSFrankie Crosetti8730578.256850
OFBen Chapman140553160.289874
OFGeorge Selkirk128491153.3121194
OFJess Hill107392115.293433

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 Combs8929884.282335
Jack Saltzgaver6114939.262318
Myril Hoag4811028.255113
Blondy Ryan3010525.238011
Arndt Jorgens368420.23806
Nolen Richardson124610.21705
Joe Glenn174310.23306
Don Heffner103611.30608
Dixie Walker8132.15401

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 Gomez34246.012153.18138
Red Ruffing30222.016113.1281
Johnny Broaca29201.01573.5878
Johnny Allen23167.01363.61113
Vito Tamulis30160.21054.0957

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 Murphy40117.01054.0828
Jumbo Brown2087.1653.6141

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 DeShong294133.2630
Pat Malone293535.4325
Russ Van Atta50003.863

Farm system

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

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