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.
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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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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 |
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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 | — |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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]