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Detroit featured the best offense in baseball and held off a late charge from New York to win their second consecutive American League pennant. Led by NL MVP Gabby Hartnett (.344, 13 HR, 91 RBI) and strong pitching, the Chicago Cubs won 100 games and met the Tigers in the World Series. Detroit defeated the Cubs four games to two for their first Series championship as starter Tommy Bridges won two games for the Tigers. Hank Greenberg earned the American League Most Valuable Player award with a .328 average, 36 home runs, and 170 runs batted in. Pitcher Wes Ferrell was 25-14 for the fourth-place Red Sox while adding a .347 average with 7 homers at the plate. Pirates shortstop Arky Vaughan hit .385 to win the NL batting title at the age of 23. The first night game in history was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati on May 24th.

Players who debuted in 1935

Claude Passeau
Wally Moses
Buddy Lewis
Buck Leonard
Ival Goodman
Terry Moore
Harry Gumbert
Billy Myers
Ray Mueller

World Series – Detriot Tigers AL over Chicago Cubs NL 4 games to 2

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October 2, 1935

Game 1 1935 World Series – Rowe vs Warneke

October 4, 1935

Game 3 1935 World Series extra innings thriller Tigers beat Cubs in 11 innings

October 7, 1935

Goose Goslin drives in Mickey Cochrane to win 1935 World Series

December 24, 1935

History of the World Series – 1935

Awards –

MVP Awards –

NL Gabby Hartnett

AL Hank Greenberg

All-Star Game – July 8th – A.L. 4 over N.L. 1, played at Cleveland Stadium (AL)
AL Starter Lefty Gomez NL Starter B. Walker

National League All-Stars

American League All-Stars

All-Star Managers

All-Star Game Ball Park

The stories that shaped the year:

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January 14, 1935

Outfielder Bing Miller is purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.

January 15, 1935

New York Yankee slugger Babe Ruth signs a one-year contract worth $35,000

January 22, 1935

1935 – The Washington Senators receive pitcher Bump Hadley from the St. Louis Browns in a trade for catcher Luke Sewell, who is passed on to the Chicago White Sox.

February 5, 1935

At 39 years of age, home run king Babe Ruth is released by the New York Yankees

February 6, 1935

Demanding a yearly salary of $25,000, future Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean becomes a holdout

February 13, 1935

Gus Dugas signs a contract in french

February 19, 1935

Lou Gehrig signs a contract with the New York Yankees for $30,000, $7,000 less than he asked for, but still making him the highest-paid player

February 26, 1935

New York Yankees release longtime star outfielder Babe Ruth

February 27, 1935

Babe Ruth signs a contract with the Boston Braves

March 2, 1935

Stanley (Frenchy) Bordagaray Shows up with mustache and a beard

March 20, 1935

At Fort Myers, the Philadelphia Athletics defeat the House of David, 4 – 3.

March 20, 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.

March 24, 1935

Bill McKechnie and Babe Ruth at spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida – 1935.

March 25, 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.

March 27, 1935

Dizzy Dean and Paul Dean. Ray Doan’s All-Star Baseball School at spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas – 1935

March 29, 1935

The St. Louis Cardinals release Dazzy Vance

April 5, 1935

Collegiate southpaw Olney Ray Freeman strikes out a 40 year-old Babe Ruth on a two-strike curveball a feat the lefty would brag about until his death in 2008

April 15, 1935

Babe Ruth is presented with the “key to the city” from Worcester Mayor John Mahoney

April 16, 1935

With the band playing Jingle Bells at Boston’s Braves Field on a snowy day with near freezing temperatures, Babe Ruth makes his National league debut, hitting a homer and a single off Giants’ legend Carl Hubbell. The Braves beat New York, 4-2, but the team will go on to win only 37 more games this season.

May 5, 1935

At Braves Field future Hall of Famers Dizzy Dean face off Babe Ruth

May 8, 1935

Reds backstop Ernie Lombardi equals the major-league record with four straight doubles, all in consecutive innings (6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th) and each off a different pitcher: Syl Johnson, Orville Jorgens, Euel Moore and Frank Pearce. The slow-footed Lombardi also has a “long single” in the 23-hit, 15 – 4 win over the Phillies in the first game. The Reds collect seven doubles and two homers. In the nightcap, the Phils snap their nine-game losing streak with a 5 – 4 victory.

May 9, 1935

The Braves’ Rabbit Maranville sets a new record for National League service by appearing in his 23rd season. It is his first appearance since breaking his ankle in last year’s spring training. The Rabbit has a single but Tex Carleton is too much for the Braves and the Cubs win, 8 – 1.

May 9, 1935

At Philadelphia, Charlie Gelbert of the Cardinals plays his first game since a 1932 hunting accident almost severed his leg. Gelbert’s error in the 7th paves the way for the Phils’first run as they win, 2 – 1. The victory goes to Bucky Walters, the infielder whom manager Jimmy Wilson has been endeavoring to convert to a pitcher all spring. Bucky allows four hits and scores the winning run in the 9th to win his first major league game.

May 15, 1935

Lou Gehrig steals home in a 4 – 0 Yankee win over the Tigers. It is his 15th and last steal of home, all of which were double steals.

May 15, 1935

Lou Gehrig steals home during the New York Yankees’ 4-0 victory

May 18, 1935

Bucky Walters of the Philadelphia Phillies shuts out the Chicago Cubs for ten innings and bats a RBI single to win the game, 1 – 0.

May 21, 1935

Promising pitcher Bobo Newsom is sold by the Browns to the Senators for $40,000. It is the first of five Washington stints for Newsom, who will also return to St. Louis for a couple other turns.

May 22, 1935

The Albany Senators sign Alabama Pitts, legendary athletic star and parolee from Sing Sing prison.

May 23, 1935

Cleveland has an internal problem between manager Walter Johnson and two veterans‚ 3B Willie Kamm and Glenn Myatt. Judge Landis refuses to intervene‚ and Kamm is eventually made a scout while Myatt is released. Johnson continues his shaky tenure‚ which will not last the season.

May 24, 1935

First night game in major league history is played at Crosley Field

May 25, 1935

Babe Ruth hits his final three home runs

May 30, 1935

Babe Ruth makes his last major league appearance. He plays only the first inning of the opener of a doubleheader between the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies at the Baker Bowl. Phillies pitcher Jim Bivin retires Ruth on an infield grounder in the Babe’s final major league at-bat.

June 2, 1935

Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves announces his retirement

June 2, 1935

George Pipgras is released by the Boston Red Sox. He will later become an American League umpire.

June 4, 1935

1935 – Dizzy Dean‚ annoyed by what he perceives as poor fielding behind him‚ berates his teammates in the dugout in full view of the fans and writers. Rip Collins and Joe Medwick start arguing back and Frank Frisch and Pepper Martin step in before any fights start. Dean shows his frustration by lobbing the ball in to Pittsburgh batters and finally leaves in the 7th to a smattering of boos with the Cardinals down‚ 9 – 3. They score a pair to lose‚ 9 – 5.

June 5, 1935

1935 – Chicago White Sox rookie pitcher John Whitehead, who had won his first eight starts, loses to the St. Louis Browns, 2 – 0.

June 7, 1935

Behind pitcher Roy Parmelee, the Giants squeeze by the visiting Braves, 3 – 2, in 10 innings

June 8, 1935

1935 – Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds on a play at first base and leaves the game with arm and shoulder injuries. His consecutive games streak is preserved, in part, by a rainout of the next day’s game and an open date.

June 10, 1935

Paul Waner‚ Arky Vaughan‚ and Pep Young hit successive homers in the 8th inning off Benny Frey in the Pirates’ 14 – 1 win against the Reds. Vaughan’s homer is his second of the day as he continues to lead the National League in hitting with a .400+ average.

June 11, 1935

Despite a hostile home town crowd‚ Dizzy Dean tosses a six-hitter at the Cubs as the Cards win‚ 13 – 2.

June 11, 1935

White Sox veteran Al Simmons belts a grand slam off Washington’s Bobby Burke‚ but his 5 RBIs are not enough as Washington wins‚ 9 – 8

June 16, 1935

6/16/1935: Lou Gehrig and Frank Crosetti each lost a homer because of rain. As part of a seven-run fourth inning in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader, Crosetti hit his shot off Ted Lyons with one on. Gehrig’s drive came as the first batter to face Leslie Tietje, also with one man on base.

June 17, 1935

Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis rules that Alabama Pitts, a black player, may suit up for the Albany Senators of the International League

June 21, 1935

Babe Herman, on waivers from Pittsburgh, returns to Cincinnati.

June 23, 1935

Alabama Pitts, the celebrated ex-convict, makes his debut with Albany in a twinbill with Syracuse. He has two hits and makes two spectacular catches in CF in the opener, then goes hitless in the nitecap. Manager Johnny Evers enthuses, “I tell you he’s a sure shot for the big leagues.” Alas, Pitts will only play in the minor leagues.

June 23, 1935

At Chicago, the White and Red Sox divide a pair, the Pale Hose winning the opener, 4 – 2, then losing, 8 – 2. Ted Lyons takes the opener, beating Wes Ferrell, then Boston hands John Whitehead his fifth straight defeat. Whitehead had started his major league career with eight straight wins.

June 23, 1935

The league-leading Yanks (37-22) lose their third in a row, dropping a 6 – 5 decision to the second-place Indians. Red Rolfe’s error in the 8th allows the Tribe to tie and Lefty Gomez lets loose two wild pitches in a row in the 9th to allow Joe Vosmik to get to third base. Ab Wright’s single brings home the winner. Mel Harder, in relief in the 9th, wins his 11th.

June 23, 1935

The Giants’ Fred Fitzsimmons picks up his 4th victory of the year, stopping the Cubs on 11 hits and winning, 8 – 0. All of Freddie’s victories have been shutouts.

June 23, 1935

The Senators capitalize on 11 walks to defeat the Tigers, 12 – 7. Hank Greenberg makes it close with a 9th-inning grand slam off Bump Hadley.

June 25, 1935

Billy Herman cracks a first-inning home run off Carl Hubbell and the Cubs score seven runs in the first three innings to beat the first-place Giants, 10 – 5. Herman adds another three hits and Augie Galan has three hits, including two triples. Dick Bartell has four hits for the Giants. Al Smith takes the loss for New York, while Fabian Kowalik pitches the last inning for the win.

June 26, 1935

Pirate center fielder Lloyd Waner sets the major league mark, recording 18 putouts during a doubleheader played at Braves Field

June 28, 1935

Earl Averill’s consecutive game streak ends at 673 when he is injured in a pre-July 4th fireworks accident. Cleveland still wins, 6 – 5, over the visiting White Sox.

June 29, 1935

Cardinal outfielder Joe “Ducky” Medwick hits for the cycle

June 29, 1935

Gabby Hartnett goes 4 for 4 and drives home the game winner in the Cubs’ 2 – 1 victory over the Pirates

June 30, 1935

At Boston, the Phils unload on the Braves, winning 15 – 5 to give Syl Johnson his 8th straight win.

June 30, 1935

At St. Louis, leadoff hitter Pete Fox leads the Tigers to a twinbill drubbing of the Browns, as Detroit rolls, 18 – 1 and 11 – 6. Fox drives in 10 runs, six in the opener when he hits his second grand slam of the month. Fox has eight hits, five in the nitecap, and scores four runs in each game. Schoolboy Rowe coasts in the opener and Alvin Crowder is the nitecap winner.

July 1, 1935

Yankees OF George Selkirk suggests a cinder path, 6 feet wide, be installed in the outfield so a player knows when he is nearing the wall.

July 3, 1935

Giants SS Dick Bartell plays a 10-inning game with no fielding chances.

July 4, 1935

The Cardinals move into second place with a twin win over the Cubs, but the Giants hold a 9-game lead at the season’s midpoint.

July 4, 1935

Due to his ‘wandering’ ball, Iola hurler Harold Liell, a 5′ 6 1/2″, 155-pounder with pigeon-toed feet, is called up for a tryout with the Kansas City Blues. The K.C. manager Dutch Zwilling is impressed with the young southpaw’s performance, but advises the Greeley, Kansas lad to get more experience, suggesting he play in the Ban Johnson League.

July 5, 1935

Brothers Tony and Al Cuccinello hit home runs in the same game

July 7, 1935

Phillies 2B Lou Chiozza ties a National League record with 11 assists in a 9 – 1 win over Boston.

July 7, 1935

At a special meeting, the American League owners raise the waiver price to $7,500.

July 8, 1935

1935 Major League Baseball All Star Game

July 10, 1935

The Tigers’ win streak ends, despite a record-tying 10 doubles in a 12 – 11 loss in Washington.

July 10, 1935

Hal Schumacher wins his 11th consecutive game as the Giants beat the Pirates, 10 – 3.

July 10, 1935

Ed Cole throws the first perfect game in Texas League history

July 10, 1935

In the fourth evening game ever played in major league history, Babe Herman becomes the first player to hit a home run during a night game. The Reds’ cleanup hitter’s seventh-inning round-tripper off Dutch Leonard contributes to the 15-2 rout over the Brooklyn at Crosley Field.

July 11, 1935

Pete Fox’s hitting streak is stopped after 29 games.

July 13, 1935

The A’s Doc Cramer has a 6-for-6 game, tying the American League mark for the second time.

July 17, 1935

Bill Werber of the Red Sox ties the major-league record with 4 doubles in the opening game of a doubleheader with Cleveland. The Sox win the pair, 13 – 5 and 3 – 1.

July 18, 1935

The Cardinals extend their winning streak to 14 games, beating Boston, 13-3, behind the five-hitter tossed by Paul Dean, and the offensive output of Burgess Whitehead and Ripper Collins, who each collect four hits in the Redbirds’ 18-hit barrage at Sportsman’s Park. The fourteen victories mark the longest stretch of games without a loss in franchise history.

July 22, 1935

Pitcher Wes Ferrell hits back to back walk off homeruns at Fenway Park

July 22, 1935

Bob Feller signs for one dollar

July 23, 1935

1935 – Paul Dean puts the Cards in first place with a win in the opener of a doubleheader with the Giants. The Giants regain the lead in the nightcap with an 8 – 2 win.

July 26, 1935

Ed Linke starts a 1-2-6 double play when Yankees outfielder Jesse Hill’s line drive, that caroms of his head, is caught by catcher Jack Redmond, who relays the ball to shortstop Red Kress to double up Ben Chapman at second base. The Senator right-hander will be hospitalized for two days after being carried off the pitcher’s mound on a stretcher.

July 27, 1935

Reds bat out of order but Cub’s still win

July 28, 1935

Ted Lyons ties a major-league record with two doubles in the same inning while beating the Browns, 14 – 6.

July 31, 1935

Two American League pitchers each hit two home runs in a game. Wes Ferrell clouts a couple against Buck Newsom of the Browns and knocks in four runs in a 6 – 4 win for Boston. Mel Harder hits two for Cleveland but loses, 6 – 4, to the White Sox. No other hurlers will hit two homers this season.

July 31, 1935

Judge Emil Fuchs, president of the Boston Braves since 1925, forfeits his majority stock and retires.

July 31, 1935

Kitty Burkegrabs Babe Herman’s bat as he comes to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning and bats vs Paul Dean

August 2, 1935

Phillies 1B Dolph Camilli makes three errors in the 1st inning, a major-league record. He will lead the National League in fielding, however, in 1937.

August 4, 1935

Walter Johnson (46-48) resigns as manager of the Indians and will be replaced by Steve O’Neill (36-23). The Tribe has dropped 23 of its last 32 decisions.

August 5, 1935

In a rain-soaked game between the Yankees and the Red Sox, Lou Gehrig leaves in the fourth inning with another lumbago attack. The teams engage in stalling and hurry-up tactics, and American League President John Heydler fines managers Joe Cronin and Joe McCarthy $100 each.

August 10, 1935

1935 – George Selkirk drives in eight runs, one short of Jimmie Foxx’s American League record, with two home runs and a single.

August 11, 1935

The East-West Game is held at Comiskey Park. Mule Suttles’ 3-run homer off Sug Cornelius in the bottom of the 11th wins it, 11 – 8, for the West. Josh Gibson goes 4 for 5 with 3 runs.

August 11, 1935

Eddie Rose of the New Orleans Pelicans hits a high fly ball against the Birmingham Barons which strikes a pigeon, killing it instantly. Rose is credited with a hit.

August 11, 1935

Wally Berger hits a home run‚ 2 doubles‚ and a triple‚ to tie the modern major league record for extra-base hits in a game

August 14, 1935

The largest midweek crowd in National League history, 50,868, sees the Giants and Cards split at the Polo Grounds.

August 14, 1935

Schoolboy Rowe beats the Senators, 18 – 2, and also goes 5 for 5 at the plate

August 15, 1935

1935 – Phillies 3B Johnny Vergez starts four double plays to equal the major-league record set by Pie Traynor.

August 21, 1935

Cardinals’ first baseman Ripper Collins does not make a putout during the 13-3 nine-inning loss to Boston

August 23, 1935

1935 – National League President Ford Frick announces an undisclosed punishment of umpires Beans Reardon and Ziggy Sears for arguing with Cincinnati fans on July 11.

August 24, 1935

1935 – Giants OF Hank Leiber ties the major-league record with two home runs during an 8-run, second-inning assault on the Cubs.

August 25, 1935

Earle Combs collides with teammate Red Rolfe while chasing a fly ball

August 26, 1935

1935 – Lumbering 1B Zeke Bonura of the White Sox steals home with two outs in the 15th inning to beat the Yankees, 9 – 8.

August 27, 1935

1935 – The Yankees outslug the White Sox, 13 – 10, in the first game of 2. In the second game, Lou Gehrig ties an American League record with five walks as the Yanks lose, 4 – 3.

August 31, 1935

In addition to stroking a three-run triple, 28 year-old White Sox Vern Kennedy becomes the sixth rookie to throw a no-hitter. The right-hander’s 5-0 gem against the Indians is the first hitless game thrown in Comiskey Park.

September 1, 1935

1935 – In a rain-soaked game‚ the Senators take 14 innings to beat Lefty Grove and the Red Sox‚ 2 – 1. The Nats will win 4 of 5 decisions this year off Lefty. Grove will win his next four decisions to finish at 20-12‚ a big comeback from his 8-8 record in 1934.

September 2, 1935

With the Cubs splitting two with the 7th-place Reds at Wrigley Field, Chicago is just 2 1/2 back of the Cards. Chicago wins, 3 – 1, in the opener as Lon Warneke tops Tony Freitas, then lose, 4 – 2, to Gene Schott. Bill Leetakes the loss.

September 2, 1935

Veteran P Dick Coffman (5-11) and Browns manager Rogers Hornsby get into a shoving match shortly after their train leaves St. Louis for a road trip. Coffman is cut from the team and put off the train at Edwardsville, IL, and will not play again this year.

September 2, 1935

The first-place Cards open a 30-game home stand by sweeping a Labor Day doubleheader from the Pirates. Paul Dean wins his 16th game, 4 – 3, in the opener, then Dizzy cops his 23rd in the nitecap, 4 – 1. The Cards are two games up on the rained-out Giants.

September 3, 1935

1935 – Judge Landis rules against a $1,500 fine the Reds imposed on injured Chick Hafey, who had left the team for his home in California after asking to be placed on the voluntary disabled list. Hafey had chronic sinus and sight problems in addition to an injured shoulder. Landis grants Hafey’s request and places him on the list.

September 4, 1935

Jesse Haines fails for the 11th time to win his 200th game

September 4, 1935

Babe Ruth receives a lifetime pass for all National League games from NL President Ford Frick.

September 4, 1935

The 3rd-place Cubs get two home runs, including a grand slam from Augie Galan, to beat the Phillies 

September 4, 1935

Carl Hubbell subdues the Reds, 6 – 4, for his 20th win of the season

September 5, 1935

The Cubs keep the pressure on by edging the Phils in 11 innings, 3 – 2, on Frank Demaree’s single. Charlie Root picks up the win.

September 5, 1935

Trailing the St. Louis Browns, 5 – 1, Lefty Grove is lifted for pinch-hitter Wes Ferrell who hits an RBI single as the Red Sox score six runs in the 6th inning en route to 9 – 5 win. Grove is the winning pitcher.

September 5, 1935

Terry Moore has a perfect day, going 6-for-6 in consecutive trips to the plate. The Cardinal rookie has nearly a third of the Redbirds’ 19 hits in the team’s 15-3 rout against Boston at Sportsman’s Park.

September 5, 1935

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.

September 6, 1935

1935 – St. Louis Cardinals Terry Moore has a perfect day, going 6 for 6 against the Boston Braves.

September 7, 1935

Bill Lee shuts out the Phils, 4 – 0, for his 16th win of the season, as the Cubs move into second place ahead of the Giants. Augie Galan continues his hitting for the Cubs, driving in two runs.

September 7, 1935

Cleveland beats Boston thanks to an unusual triple play. With no outs and the bases loaded in game 1, and the Indians leading, 5 – 3, in the 9th, the Indians bring in Oral Hildebrand to pitch to Joe Cronin. Cronin lines his first pitch off the side of the head of Cleveland 3B Odell Hale. The ball caroms to SS Bill Knickerbocker, who throws to 2B Roy Hughes, who throws to 1B Hal Trosky to finish the triple play ending the game.

September 7, 1935

The Cards’ Paul Dean tops the Braves, 8 – 5, as Joe Medwick and Frankie Frisch have three hits apiece.

September 7, 1935

Red Sox infielder Joe Cronin hits into a 5-6-4-3 game-ending triple play when his line drive caroms off Indian third baseman Odell Hale’s head to Bill Knickerbocker. The Tribe’s shortstop starts the triple killing throwing the rebound to Roy Hughes covering second, who in turn relays the ball to first baseman Hal Trosky, giving Cleveland a 5-3 victory in the first game of a twin bill at Fenway Park.

September 8, 1935

The Cards fail to increase their lead as they split with the Phils. In the opener, Dizzy Dean wins his 25th game, but the Birds lose, 4 – 2, in the nightcap when they strand 16 runners. St. Louis outhits the Phils, 13 to 4. Rain washes out the Cubs game at Wrigley Field.

September 8, 1935

In the second game of a twinbill, the A’s Jimmie Foxx doubles in the 8th to break up Elden Auker’s no-hit bid. Detroit rolls, 15 – 1 collecting 20 hits. Foxx has a pair of homers in the opener, again in vain, as the Tigers win, 7 – 5. Mickey Cochrane has three hits in each game for Detroit.

September 9, 1935

1935 – With the Cardinals’ Phil Collins losing to Curt Davis and the Phils, 4 – 3, the Cubs win their 5th and 6th straight games. Chicago tops the Braves, 5 – 1 and 2 – 1, behind the pitching of Larry French and Tex Carleton, cutting the Cardinal lead to a single game.

September 10, 1935

Chicago beat the Braves, 4 – 0, behind Charlie Root for their 7th straight win. Freddie Lindstrom is the batting star with a double and single to drive home a pair as Chicago stays a game behind the Cardinals and 1 1/2 ahead of the Giants. The Giants win a pair today, 4 – 3 and 4 – 2, over the Pirates, while the Cards score three in the 8th to edge the Phils, 4 – 2.

September 10, 1935

The Browns triumph, 8 – 6, over the A’s, handing the Mackmen their 13th straight loss. Jimmie Foxx is 2 for 3 for the A’s.

September 10, 1935

Washington’s Bobo Newsom scatters six hits to shut out the leading Tigers, 6 – 0. Schoolboy Rowe pitches six innings to take the loss.

September 11, 1935

1935 – The rampaging Cubs beat the lowly Braves, 15 – 3. Bill Lee coasts to the win.

September 12, 1935

Charlie Grimm’s Cubs continue their hot hitting, trouncing the Dodgers, 13 – 3. Augie Galan has four hits and five RBIs for the “Grimm Reapers.”

September 12, 1935

Dizzy Dean wins his 26th, a 5 – 2 victory over New York’s Carl Hubbell, to keep the Cardinals in 1st place by a game. But the Cards’ Ducky Medwick has his hitting streak stopped at 28 games

September 13, 1935

1935 – Friday the 13th brings bad luck to the Cards. Trailing the Giants, 10 – 6, in the last of the 9th, the Cards tie it up and then give the ball to Dizzy Dean. But the Giants score three in the 10th against the tired star to win, 13 – 10. With Larry French and the Cubs beating the Dodgers, 4 – 1, St. Louis now leads the National League by four percentage points.

September 14, 1935

The Yankees split with the American League-leading Tigers, winning 2 – 1 and losing 5 – 1. Hank Greenberg, leading the AL in hitting at .346, is 0 for the afternoon, with five strikeouts. “The hooting and jeering which some of the fans turned loose against Hank wasn’t much of a tribute to the sportsmanship of his home town” (New York American).

September 14, 1935

Frank Crosetti returns to New York after an operation at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital to remove floating cartilage in his right knee. He’ll soon return to his home in California.

September 14, 1935

The Braves snap their 14-game losing streak by tipping the Reds, 6 – 4. The Braves drive Tony Freitas from the mound in the 6th inning with seven hits, four for extra bases.

September 14, 1935

The Cubs outlast the Dodgers, 18 – 14, for their 11th straight win and go into first place. In winning, the Cubs use a relief pitcher for the first time in 11 games. Chicago scores five in the 2nd and eight in the 6th in outhitting Brooklyn 18 hits to 15. Johnny Babich starts and goes a third of an inning to take the loss. Starter Charlie Root is the Chicago winner.

September 14, 1935

The Giants top the faltering Cards, 5 – 4 in 11 innings, to move into 3rd place, just 3 1/2 games in back of the Cubs. The Cards drop to 2nd place with the loss. Paul Dean was to start today’s game but he suffered what is called a severe heart attack while attending the Canzoneri-Ghnouly bout. The loss goes to Phil Collins, who comes on in the 11th.

September 14, 1935

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.

September 15, 1935

1935 – Before an overflow crowd of 41,284 in St. Louis, the Giants’ Carl Hubbell outpitches Dizzy Dean to give New York a 7 – 3 win. It is the second time in four days the two aces have matched up. The Giants, winners of 14 out of their last 22 games, are now just 1 1/2 games behind the Cardinals.

September 16, 1935

In the opener of a critical four-game series in Chicago, the Giants lose, 8 – 3, to Lon Warneke. The Cubs have now won 12 straight.

September 16, 1935

Gus Suhr plays 1B in the last inning to run his streak of consecutive games played to 619, a new National League record

September 17, 1935

Dodger OF Len Koenecke, dropped by the team, and put off an American Airline flight for drunkenness in Detroit, hires a private plane to fly him to Buffalo, where he had played previously. During the flight he tries to take over the controls and gets into a fight with the pilot. He dies after the co-pilot hits him over the head with a fire extinguisher.

September 17, 1935

Phils rookie Hal Kelleher makes his first major league start, shutting out the Reds, 1 – 0.

September 17, 1935

The Giants take a 2 – 1 lead against the Cubs, but when Hal Schumacher injures his arm in the 5th inning, the Cubs jump on reliever Allyn Stout to win, 5 – 3. Larry French is the victor.

September 17, 1935

With Terry Moore sidelined after fracturing his foot yesterday, the Cards top Brooklyn, 4 – 2, behind Jesse Haines. Paul Dean saves the game in relief. In the second game of the doubleheader in St. Louis, a tired Dizzy Dean again fails in relief, giving up three runs as Brooklyn wins, 8 – 7. The Cards are now trailing the Cubs by 2 1/2 games.

September 18, 1935

1935 – With 30,000 fans watching at Wrigley Field, first-place Chicago tallies 20 hits in thrashing the Giants, 15 – 3. Charlie Root picks up the win, Chicago’s 15th straight.

September 19, 1935

The Cubs beat Carl Hubbell for there 16th straight win

September 21, 1935

At Wrigley Field, lefty Roy Henshaw edges the Pirates, 4 – 3, to the delight of 39,000 fans.

September 21, 1935

Hal Trosky powers his 24th homer to lead the Indians to a 7 – 3 win over the White Sox. Joe Vosmik is 1 for 2 and continues to hold a slight lead at .348 in the American League batting race. After the Washington-Philadelphia twinbill today, Buddy Myer (0 for 4 today) is 2nd at .342 and Jimmie Foxx (0 for 9 today) is at .340, ending his 18-game hitting streak.

September 21, 1935

The Detroit Tigers clinch the pennant with a double win over the St. Louis Browns, winning 6 – 2 and 2 – 0. Elden Auker wins the nitecap with a complete game shutout, while Tommy Bridges takes the opener. The Tigers will coast the rest of the way, going 1-6, while the Yankees go 6-1.

September 21, 1935

The Reds knock Paul Dean out of the game and beat the Cards, 9 – 7. It is the Reds’ first win in St. Louis this year after eight losses. The Cards now trail the Cubs by 3 1/2.

September 23, 1935

1935 – With the Cubs idle, the Pirates beat up on the Cards and rookie Ed Heusser to win, 12 – 0. Big Jim Weaver allows four hits in the shutout.

September 24, 1935

The Indians whip the White Sox, 14 – 7, as Hal Trosky belts his 25th home run and Joe Vosmik (.349) is 2 for 5.

September 24, 1935

The Cards rebound to whip the Pirates, 11 – 2, behind Bill Hallahan to set up the critical five-game series with the leading Cubs.

September 25, 1935

1935 – In a showdown series with the 2nd-place Cardinals in St. Louis, the Cubs edge the Cardinals, 1 – 0. Paul Dean strikes out the first four Cub batters before young Phil Cavarretta drives a home run on top the roof in RF for the only score of the game. Lon Warneke gives up just two hits and walks none in winning his 20th game. It is the Cubs’ 19th straight win, and they are now assured of at least a tie for the pennant.

September 27, 1935

All American League games are rained out today.

September 27, 1935

The Cubs clinch the National League pennant in the first game of a doubleheader with the Cardinals, 6 – 2, besting Dizzy Dean, as Bill Lee wins his 20th. The Cubs tally 15 hits off Diz, led by Freddie Lindstrom’s 4. With Roy Henshaw’s victory, 5 – 3, in the nitecap, the Cubs extend their win streak to an incredible 21 games and reach the 100-win mark. Only once during the winning streak have the Cubs pitchers given up more than three runs. The streak ties the franchise mark set in 1880.

September 29, 1935

In his only major league game, Pirates rookie Aubrey Epps goes 3-for-4 in the Bucs’ season finale, a 9-6 loss to Cincinnati at Crosley Field. The 23 year-old catcher, known as Yo-Yo, will finish his one-game big league career with the same batting average (.750) and fielding percentage when he commits two errors in eight chances.

September 29, 1935

Augie Galan, who makes a league-leading 748 plate appearances while playing the full 154-game schedule, ends the season without hitting into a double play. The Cubs center fielder did line into an eleventh-inning triple play in the team’s 3-2 loss to the Reds in April at Wrigley Field.

October 2, 1935

Game 1 1935 World Series – Rowe vs Warneke

October 4, 1935

Game 3 1935 World Series extra innings thriller Tigers beat Cubs in 11 innings

October 7, 1935

Goose Goslin drives in Mickey Cochrane to win 1935 World Series

October 20, 1935

Hank Greenberg is named American League MVP. Wes Ferrell finishes second in the ballot.

October 23, 1935

1935 – Gabby Hartnett is selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America as the National League MVP, with Dizzy Dean the runner-up.

November 4, 1935

NFL standout Cal Hubbard becomes an American League umpire

November 6, 1935

Sam Jones finishes his major league career after 21 successive American League seasons

November 6, 1935

Famed evangelist Billy Sunday dies at the age of 72

November 9, 1935

Bob Gibson is born in Omaha, Nebraska

November 23, 1935

1935 – The New York Giants purchase veteran pitcher Dick Coffman from the St. Louis Browns. Coffman, who was on the outs with Rogers Hornsby, will go 24-14 over the next four years for New York.

November 26, 1935

1935 – The National League takes over the bankrupt last-place Boston Braves franchise after several failed attempts to buy the club. The league takes over only temporarily, until matters can be straightened out.

December 9, 1935

1935 – The Giants get 2B Burgess Whitehead from the Cardinals for Roy Parmelee, Phil Weintraub, and cash.

December 10, 1935

Philadelphia A’s trade American League home run king Jimmie Foxx

December 10, 1935

The Tigers of Osaka are officially formed to become Japan’s second professional team.

December 10, 1935

The National League accepts Bob Quinn, who had been general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, as president of the new ownership of the Boston Braves.

December 10, 1935

Ford Frick is reelected National League president for two years and given a raise. The American League votes down night ball and awards a $500 cash prize for batting leaders retroactive to include Buddy Myer in 1935.

December 10, 1935

After three years in Chicago, Al Simmons is sold by the White Sox to the Tigers for $75,000.

December 11, 1935

The 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland. Frank Frisch and Mickey Cochrane, rival managers in the St. Louis-Detroit World Series, will manage their respective league’s teams.

December 11, 1935

1935 – The Yankees trade the hot-tempered Johnny Allen to Cleveland for pitchers Monte Pearson and Steve Sundra, a minor leaguer.

December 14, 1935

1935 – Firpo Marberry resigns as American League umpire to sign with the New York Giants as a pitcher.

December 17, 1935

Boston Red Sox acquire future Hall of Famer Heinie Manush

December 21, 1935

The Pittsburgh Pirates send pitcher Claude Passeau and catcher Earl Grace to the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Al Todd. Passeau will have three decent seasons in Philadelphia before blossoming with the Cubs.

December 21, 1935

The Brooklyn Dodgers trade Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez and Bobby Reis to the Boston Bees for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore.

December 30, 1935

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax is born in Brooklyn, New York

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