1935 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1935 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 91 losses.

1935 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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Before 1935, 20th Street residents could see games for free over the 12-foot right-field fence of Shibe Park and fans could see the laundry lines on the roofs of 20th Street houses. Connie Mack lost a lawsuit to prevent this, so he built the high right-field 'spite' fence.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 21 Al Benton 41 George Blaeholder 11 Sugar Cain 20 Joe Cascarella 15 George Caster 14 Bill Dietrich 15 Carl Doyle 20 Vallie Eaves -- Bill Ferrazzi -- Herman Fink 24 Earl Huckleberry 16 Dutch Lieber 17 Roy Mahaffey 12 Johnny Marcum 20 Wedo Martini 18 George Turbeville  9 Woody Upchurch -- Al Veach 24 Whitey Wilshere		Catchers 10 Charlie Berry -- Bill Conroy 27 Charlie Moss -- Jack Owens -- Bill Patton 27 Paul Richards Infielders  2 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  3 Alex Hooks  6 Eric McNair 28 Skeeter Newsome -- Jack Peerson -- Bernie Snyder 22 Rabbit Warstler  4 Dib Williams		Outfielders  9 Ed Coleman  8 Doc Cramer 23 Lou Finney  7 Bob Johnson 19 Wally Moses		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 31 Lena Blackburne 30 Earle Mack

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	Paul Richards	85	257	63	.245	4	29
1B	Jimmie Foxx	147	535	185	.346	36	115
2B	Rabbit Warstler	138	496	124	.250	3	59
3B	Pinky Higgins	133	524	155	.296	23	94
SS	Eric McNair	137	526	142	.270	4	57
OF	Doc Cramer	149	644	214	.332	3	70
OF	Bob Johnson	147	582	174	.299	28	109
OF	Wally Moses	85	345	112	.325	5	35

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
Lou Finney	109	410	112	.273	0	31
Charlie Berry	62	190	48	.253	3	29
Ed Coleman	10	13	1	.077	0	0
Jack Owens	2	8	2	.250	0	1
Bill Conroy	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Charlie Moss	4	3	1	.333	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
George Blaeholder	23	149	6	10	3.99	22
Sugar Cain	6	26	0	5	6.58	5
Vallie Eaves	3	14	1	2	5.14	6
Earl Huckleberry	1	6.2	1	0	9.45	2

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
Bill Dietrich	43	185.1	7	13	5.39	59
Whitey Wilshere	27	142.1	9	9	4.05	80
Carl Doyle	14	79.2	2	7	5.99	34
Al Benton	27	78.1	3	4	7.70	42
Joe Cascarella	9	32.1	1	6	5.29	15
Herman Fink	5	15.2	0	3	9.19	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
George Caster	25	1	4	1	6.25	24
Dutch Lieber	18	1	1	2	3.09	14

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Williamsport Grays	New York–Pennsylvania League	Mike McNally
B	Richmond Colts	Piedmont League	Eddie Rommel

[2]

References

1. Shibe Park
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

External links

• 1935 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1935 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com