1935 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 78–75 (.510) | |
League place | 4th (16 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Eddie Collins | |
Managers | Joe Cronin | |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1935 Boston Red Sox season was the 35th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses, 16 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1935 World Series. This was the Red Sox' first season with more wins than losses since 1918.
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
1 | Max Bishop | 2B |
5 | Billy Werber | 3B |
6 | Carl Reynolds | CF |
4 | Joe Cronin | SS |
7 | Rick Ferrell | C |
5 | Moose Solters | RF |
21 | Mel Almada | CF |
8 | Babe Dahlgren | 1B |
12 | Wes Ferrell | P |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Rick Ferrell | 133 | 458 | 138 | .301 | 3 | 61 |
1B | Babe Dahlgren | 149 | 525 | 138 | .263 | 9 | 63 |
2B | Ski Melillo | 106 | 400 | 104 | .260 | 1 | 39 |
3B | Billy Werber | 124 | 462 | 118 | .255 | 14 | 61 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 144 | 556 | 164 | .295 | 9 | 95 |
OF | Mel Almada | 151 | 607 | 176 | .290 | 3 | 59 |
OF | Roy Johnson | 145 | 553 | 174 | .315 | 3 | 66 |
OF | Dusty Cooke | 100 | 294 | 90 | .306 | 3 | 34 |
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 |
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Dib Williams | 75 | 251 | 63 | .251 | 3 | 25 |
Carl Reynolds | 78 | 244 | 66 | .270 | 6 | 35 |
Bing Miller | 78 | 138 | 42 | .304 | 3 | 26 |
Max Bishop | 60 | 122 | 28 | .230 | 1 | 14 |
Moe Berg | 38 | 98 | 28 | .286 | 2 | 12 |
Moose Solters | 24 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 0 | 8 |
George Dickey | 5 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Skinny Graham | 8 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Doc Farrell | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
John Kroner | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Legett | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Wes Ferrell | 41 | 322.1 | 25 | 14 | 3.22 | 110 |
Lefty Grove | 35 | 273.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.70 | 121 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 22 | 137.2 | 7 | 8 | 3.92 | 41 |
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 |
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Gordon Rhodes | 34 | 146.1 | 2 | 10 | 5.41 | 44 |
Johnny Welch | 31 | 143.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.47 | 48 |
Rube Walberg | 44 | 142.2 | 5 | 9 | 3.91 | 44 |
Jack Wilson | 23 | 64.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.22 | 19 |
George Hockette | 23 | 61.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.16 | 11 |
Hank Johnson | 13 | 31.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.52 | 14 |
Stew Bowers | 10 | 23.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.42 | 5 |
Joe Cascarella | 6 | 17.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.88 | 9 |
George Pipgras | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14.40 | 2 |
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 |
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Hy Vandenberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 |
Walt Ripley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Charlotte Hornets | Piedmont League | Frank O'Rourke |
C | Shreveport Sports / Gladewater Bears | West Dixie League | Fred Nicholson and Neal Rabe |
D | Danville-Schoolfield Leafs | Bi-State League | Herb Brett |
Shreveport franchise transferred to Gladewater and renamed, June 4, 1935[1]
References
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1935 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1935 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com