October 4, 1935 – Game 3 of the 1935 World Series at Wrigley Field, Frank Demaree’s leadoff home run in the second off of Elden Auker put Chicago on the board. A one-out single and subsequent error put runners on first and third before Bill Lee’s ground out made it 2–0 Cubs. They added a…
October 2, 1935 1:30 pm (ET) at Navin Field in Detroit, Game 1 of the World Series, A pitching duel between Lon Warneke and Schoolboy Rowe, both of whom went the distance, was decided by its leadoff batter, Augie Galan, doubling, and scoring on an error by Rowe that allowed Billy Herman to reach and…
1935 – The Cubs complete a four-game sweep of the Giants, beating Carl Hubbell for their 16th straight win, 6 – 1. Billy Herman has three hits and is 11 for 18 in the series with the Giants. The 16 wins in a row is most in the National League since the 1924 Brooklyn Robins won 15. Giants manager Bill Terry tells reporters that, “the Cubs will win … they are playing way over their heads.”
Pittsburgh reliever Mace Brown pitches five innings of shutout relief to beat Boston, 5 – 3. Wally Berger’s third double of the game in the 9th is the only hit he allows. The Bucs’ Gus Suhr plays 1B in the last inning to run his streak of consecutive games played to 619, a new National League record. The old mark was set by Eddie Brown from 1924 to 1928.
The Senators win their fifth straight, beating the Indians, 5 – 1. Bobo Newsom scatters 10 hits – 5 by Earl Averill, including two doubles and a triple – to go the route. Joe Vosmik, in the race for the batting championship at .345, breaks out of his recent slump going 1 for 4.
Washington’s Bobo Newsom scatters six hits to shut out the leading Tigers, 6 – 0. Schoolboy Rowe pitches six innings to take the loss.
The Cards’ Paul Dean tops the Braves, 8 – 5, as Joe Medwick and Frankie Frisch have three hits apiece.
Rookie Terry Moore of the Cardinals goes 6 for 6 and the rest of the Cards add another 12 hits to paste the Braves, 15 – 3.
The Cards score four in the 8th, then Dizzy Dean picks up a save in the 9th to beat the Braves, 5 – 3. Jesse Haines, who fails for the 11th time to win his 200th game, is lifted after seven for Bill Walker who promptly tees up Wally Berger’s 30th homer of the year. Walker gives up two hits but is the winning pitcher.
The 3rd-place Cubs get two home runs, including a grand slam from Augie Galan, to beat the Phillies at Wrigley Field. Larry French is the winner, 8 – 2, for his 13th victory.
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