1935 Boston Red Sox season

1935 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Eddie Collins
Manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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The 1935 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses. This was the Red Sox’ first season with more wins than losses since 1918, when they won the World Series, and ended what was then the longest run of non-winning seasons in Major League Baseball. This has been since equalled by the Philadelphia Phillies between 1933 and 1948 and beaten by the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1993 and 2012, but remains a record for the American League.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	93	58	.616	--
New York Yankees	89	60	.597	3
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	12
Boston Red Sox	78	75	.510	16
Chicago White Sox	74	78	.487	19½
Washington Senators	67	86	.438	27
St. Louis Browns	65	87	.428	28½
Philadelphia Athletics	58	91	.389	34

Record vs. opponents

1935 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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	LF
12	Wes Ferrell	P

Roster

1935 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 23 Stew Bowers 66 Joe Cascarella 12 Wes Ferrell 10 Lefty Grove 28 George Hockette 16 Hank Johnson 14 Fritz Ostermueller 35 George Pipgras 11 Gordon Rhodes 18 Walt Ripley 23 Hy Vandenberg 15 Rube Walberg 17 Johnny Welch 16 Jack Wilson		Catchers 19 Moe Berg 28 George Dickey  7 Rick Ferrell Infielders  1 Max Bishop  4 Joe Cronin  8 Babe Dahlgren 22 Doc Farrell -- John Kroner 23 Ski Melillo  2 Billy Werber 27 Dib Williams		Outfielders 21 Mel Almada  9 Dusty Cooke 14 Skinny Graham  3 Roy Johnson 25 Bing Miller  6 Carl Reynolds  7 Moose Solters Other batters 22 Lou Legett		Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 30 Tom Daly 26 Al Schacht

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	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
Carl Reynolds	78	244	66	.270	6	35
Max Bishop	60	122	28	.230	1	14
Moose Solters	24	79	19	.241	0	8
Skinny Graham	8	10	3	.300	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
Wes Ferrell	41	322.1	25	14	3.22	110

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
Stew Bowers	10	23.2	2	1	3.42	5
Joe Cascarella	6	17	0	3	6.88	9

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Charlotte Hornets	Piedmont League	Frank O'Rourke
C	Shreveport Sports/Gladewater Bears	West Dixie League	Fred Nicholson and Neal Rabe
D	Danville-Scholfield Leafs	Bi-State League	Herb Brett

Shreveport franchise transferred to Gladewater and renamed, June 4, 1935

References

• 1935 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1935 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com