1935 Boston Red Sox season

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.

1935 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	78–75 (.510)
League place	4th
Owners	Tom Yawkey
President	Tom Yawkey
General managers	Eddie Collins
Managers	Joe Cronin
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Regular season

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

1935 American League record v t e Sources:
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

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 (Third Base) 26 Al Schacht (Assistant)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
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

= Indicates league leader

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
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
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
Hy Vandenberg	3	0	0	0	20.25	2
Walt Ripley	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

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-Schoolfield Leafs	Bi-State League	Herb Brett

Shreveport franchise transferred to Gladewater and renamed, June 4, 1935^[1]