1935 Philadelphia Athletics season

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

1935 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1934
1936 →

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

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 93 58 .616 53‍–‍25 40‍–‍33
New York Yankees 89 60 .597 3 41‍–‍33 48‍–‍27
Cleveland Indians 82 71 .536 12 48‍–‍29 34‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 78 75 .510 16 41‍–‍37 37‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 74 78 .487 19½ 42‍–‍34 32‍–‍44
Washington Senators 67 86 .438 27 37‍–‍39 30‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns 65 87 .428 28½ 31‍–‍44 34‍–‍43
Philadelphia Athletics 58 91 .389 34 30‍–‍42 28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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1935 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
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

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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
Skeeter Newsome 59 145 30 .207 1 10
Alex Hooks 15 44 10 .227 0 4
Bernie Snyder 10 32 11 .344 0 3
Jack Peerson 10 19 6 .316 0 1
Ed Coleman 10 13 1 .077 0 0
Bill Patton 9 10 3 .300 0 2
Dib Williams 4 10 1 .100 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

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Starting pitchers

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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 Marcum 39 242.2 17 12 4.08 99
George Blaeholder 23 149.0 6 10 3.99 22
Sugar Cain 6 26.0 0 5 6.58 5
Woody Upchurch 3 21.1 0 2 5.06 2
Vallie Eaves 3 14.0 1 2 5.14 6
Al Veach 2 10.0 0 2 11.70 3
Earl Huckleberry 1 6.2 1 0 9.45 2

Other pitchers

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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
Roy Mahaffey 27 136.0 8 4 3.90 39
Carl Doyle 14 79.2 2 7 5.99 34
Al Benton 27 78.1 3 4 7.70 42
George Turbeville 19 63.2 0 3 7.63 20
Joe Cascarella 9 32.1 1 6 5.29 15
Herman Fink 5 15.2 0 3 9.19 2
Bill Ferrazzi 3 7.0 1 2 5.14 0
Wedo Martini 3 6.1 0 2 17.05 1

Relief pitchers

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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

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

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References

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  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
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