1935 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 December 2017 New York Yankees 1935 American League Yankee Stadium New York City 89 60 y 2nd Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Joe McCarthy The 1935 New York Yankees season was the team's 33rd season. The team finished with a record of 89–60, finishing 3 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Offseason February 26, 1935: Babe Ruth was released by the Yankees.Babe Ruth page at Baseball Reference Regular season Once again, the Yankees finished second best in the American League, although they came within three games of the eventual world champions, the Detroit Tigers. They were just a season away from starting a four-year dynasty of baseball dominance. Although Lefty Gomez (12–15) fell off dramatically from his form from the previous four seasons, the Yanks still had the best pitching in the league. The New York staff led the AL in both ERA (3.60) and strikeouts (594). Red Ruffing was the top Yankee winner (16–11) for the first time in five years, followed by Johnny Broaca (15–7), a solid 25-year-old pitcher Johnny Allen (13–6), Johnny Murphy (10–5) and Vito Tamulis (10–5) were also consistent winners. Before the season, the Yanks released legend Babe Ruth. Ruth, who never cared for Joe McCarthy, had asked Yankee owner Jake Ruppert, if he, Ruth, could manage the team. Ruppert steadfastly refused, and Ruth then asked to be set free. The Yanks worked out a deal with the Boston Braves in which Ruth would join the Braves in many capacities. So when Babe left the Yankees, it was more or less on amicable terms. His departure rendered the club, now Ruthless for the first time since 1919, short on color; home attendance sank to a partly 657,508. second lowest ever in Yankee Stadium. Lou Gehrig (30 HRs, 120 RBIs, .329) was the only legitimate Yankees power hitter. He led the league in runs scored (125) and walks (132). That was the highest walk total of Gehrig's career-pitchers tended to work around Lou. Earle Combs known as both "The Kentucky Colonel" and "The Mail Carrier" wrapped up his great career. George Selkirk (11 HRs, 94 RBIs, .312) played Ruth's old right field position and performed splendidly. Another youngster Red Rolfe, became the third baseman and hit .300. This Yankee edition still had power, setting a major-league record for the most solo home runs in a single game – six. This was in a June 1 game with the Boston Red Sox (Dickey hit two, Frank Crosetti hit one, Ben Chapman hit one, Selkirk hit one and Rolfe hit one). Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1935 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 18 Johnny Allen 20 Johnny Broaca 17 Jumbo Brown 16 Jimmie DeShong 11 Lefty Gomez 21 Pat Malone 19 Johnny Murphy 15 Red Ruffing 22 Vito Tamulis 14 Russ Van Atta Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 26 Joe Glenn  9 Arndt Jorgens Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti  4 Lou Gehrig 10 Don Heffner  6 Tony Lazzeri  5 Nolen Richardson  2 Red Rolfe 27 Blondy Ryan 12 Jack Saltzgaver Outfielders  7 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs 25 Jesse Hill 28 Myril Hoag  3 George Selkirk 27 Dixie Walker Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches  1 Earle Combs 29 Art Fletcher 31 Johnny Schulte 30 Joe Sewell 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 Bill Dickey 120 448 125 .279 14 81 1B Lou Gehrig 149 535 176 .329 30 120 2B Tony Lazzeri 130 477 130 .273 13 83 3B Red Rolfe 149 639 192 .300 5 67 SS Frankie Crosetti 87 305 78 .256 8 50 OF Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 140 553 160 .289 8 74 OF George Selkirk 128 491 153 .312 11 94 OF Jess Hill 107 392 115 .293 4 33 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 Earle Combs 89 298 84 .282 3 35 Jack Saltzgaver 61 149 39 .262 3 18 Myril Hoag 48 110 28 .255 1 13 Blondy Ryan 30 105 25 .238 0 11 Arndt Jorgens 36 84 20 .238 0 6 Nolen Richardson 12 46 10 .217 0 5 Joe Glenn Joe Glenn (baseball) 17 43 10 .233 0 6 Don Heffner 10 36 11 .306 0 8 Dixie Walker 8 13 2 .154 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 Lefty Gomez 34 246.0 12 15 3.18 138 Red Ruffing 30 222.0 16 11 3.12 81 Johnny Broaca 29 201.0 15 7 3.58 78 Johnny Allen Johnny Allen (baseball) 23 167.0 13 6 3.61 113 Vito Tamulis 30 160.2 10 5 4.09 57 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 Johnny Murphy 40 117.0 10 5 4.08 28 Jumbo Brown 20 87.1 6 5 3.61 41 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 Jimmie DeShong 29 4 1 3 3.26 30 Pat Malone 29 3 5 3 5.43 25 Russ Van Atta 5 0 0 0 3.86 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Newark Bears International League Bob Shawkey AA Oakland Oaks Pacific Coast League Ossie Vitt A Binghamton Triplets New York–Pennsylvania League Billy Meyer B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Bill Skiff C Akron Yankees Middle Atlantic League Johnny Neun C Joplin Miners Western Association Runt Marr and Stanley Hino D Bassett Furniture Makers Bi-State League Lefty Jenkins D Washington Generals Pennsylvania State Association Benny Bengough LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BinghamtonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1935 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1935 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1930s in the Bronx