The St. Louis Cardinals release Dazzy Vance
1935 – The St. Louis Cardinals release Dazzy Vance. The future Hall of Fame pitcher will spend his last season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the team where he blossomed in 1922.
Dizzy Dean and Paul Dean. Ray Doan’s All-Star Baseball School at spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas – 1935
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The New York Yankees purchase starting pitcher Pat Malone, who led the National League in wins in 1929, with 22, and in 1930 with 21 (115 in a seven-year span). But Malone will only post a 19-13 record with the Yankees for the next three seasons.
1935 – The New York Yankees purchase starting pitcher Pat Malone, who led the National League in wins in 1929, with 22, and in 1930 with 21 (115 in a seven-year span). But Malone will only post a 19-13 record with the Yankees for the next three seasons.
Bill McKechnie and Babe Ruth at spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida – 1935.
Bill McKechnie and Babe Ruth at spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida – 1935.
At St. Petersburg, the St. Louis Cardinals set a spring training record, drawing 6,467 in a match against the Boston Braves. The big draw is Babe Ruth, who hits a towering fly against Dizzy Dean, then, after Dean departs, laces two doubles into the overflowing crowd. The Cardinals win, 5 – 4.
At St. Petersburg, the St. Louis Cardinals set a spring training record, drawing 6,467 in a match against the Boston Braves. The big draw is Babe Ruth, who hits a towering fly against Dizzy Dean, then, after Dean departs, laces two doubles into the overflowing crowd. The Cardinals win, 5 – 4.
At Fort Myers, the Philadelphia Athletics defeat the House of David, 4 – 3.
At Fort Myers, the Philadelphia Athletics defeat the House of David, 4 – 3.
Stanley (Frenchy) Bordagaray Shows up with mustache and a beard
On March 2, 1935 in Brooklyn Dodger rookie outfielder Stanley (Frenchy) Bordagaray arrives for spring training at Daytona Beach wearing a beret with Van Dyke beard and handlebar mustache causing manager Casey Stengel to comment “It looked like a little French waiter had joined the club.”
