# 1935 New York Yankees season

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.

## Regular season

Once again, the Yankees finished second best in the American League, although they came within three games of the eventual world champions Detroit Tigers. This team was just a year away from starting a 4-year dominance of baseball greatness.
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, 119 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).
This young Yankee club showed real promise. But the team appeared to very much need another slugger to aid Gehrig and also to relieve some of the emotional emptiness that the team and the city of New York felt in Ruth's absence.

### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | 119 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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: Binghamton