# 1935 Boston Red Sox season

The 1935 Boston Red Sox season was the 35th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses, 16 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1935 World Series. This was the Red Sox' first season with more wins than losses since 1918.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| 1 | Max Bishop | 2B |
| 5 | Billy Werber | 3B |
| 6 | Carl Reynolds | CF |
| 4 | Joe Cronin | SS |
| 7 | Rick Ferrell | C |
| 5 | Moose Solters | RF |
| 21 | Mel Almada | CF |
| 8 | Babe Dahlgren | 1B |
| 12 | Wes Ferrell | P |

### 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 | Rick Ferrell | 133 | 458 | 138 | .301 | 3 | 61 |
| 1B | Babe Dahlgren | 149 | 525 | 138 | .263 | 9 | 63 |
| 2B | Ski Melillo | 106 | 400 | 104 | .260 | 1 | 39 |
| 3B | Billy Werber | 124 | 462 | 118 | .255 | 14 | 61 |
| SS | Joe Cronin | 144 | 556 | 164 | .295 | 9 | 95 |
| OF | Mel Almada | 151 | 607 | 176 | .290 | 3 | 59 |
| OF | Roy Johnson | 145 | 553 | 174 | .315 | 3 | 66 |
| OF | Dusty Cooke | 100 | 294 | 90 | .306 | 3 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Dib Williams | 75 | 251 | 63 | .251 | 3 | 25 |
| Carl Reynolds | 78 | 244 | 66 | .270 | 6 | 35 |
| Bing Miller | 78 | 138 | 42 | .304 | 3 | 26 |
| Max Bishop | 60 | 122 | 28 | .230 | 1 | 14 |
| Moe Berg | 38 | 98 | 28 | .286 | 2 | 12 |
| Moose Solters | 24 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 0 | 8 |
| George Dickey | 5 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Skinny Graham | 8 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
| Doc Farrell | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| John Kroner | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Legett | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Wes Ferrell | 41 | 322.1 | 25 | 14 | 3.22 | 110 |
| Lefty Grove | 35 | 273.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.70 | 121 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 22 | 137.2 | 7 | 8 | 3.92 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Gordon Rhodes | 34 | 146.1 | 2 | 10 | 5.41 | 44 |
| Johnny Welch | 31 | 143.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.47 | 48 |
| Rube Walberg | 44 | 142.2 | 5 | 9 | 3.91 | 44 |
| Jack Wilson | 23 | 64.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.22 | 19 |
| George Hockette | 23 | 61.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.16 | 11 |
| Hank Johnson | 13 | 31.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.52 | 14 |
| Stew Bowers | 10 | 23.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.42 | 5 |
| Joe Cascarella | 6 | 17.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.88 | 9 |
| George Pipgras | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14.40 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Hy Vandenberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 |
| Walt Ripley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| B | Charlotte Hornets | Piedmont League | Frank O'Rourke |
| C | Shreveport Sports / Gladewater Bears | West Dixie League | Fred Nicholson and Neal Rabe |
| D | Danville-Schoolfield Leafs | Bi-State League | Herb Brett |
Shreveport franchise transferred to Gladewater and renamed, June 4, 1935