# 1935 Chicago White Sox season

The 1935 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 35th season in the major leagues, and its 36th season overall. They finished with a record of 74–78, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 19.5 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.

## Offseason

* November 21, 1934: Billy Sullivan, Phil Gallivan and $20,000 were traded by the White Sox to the Indianapolis Indians for George Washington.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Luke Sewell | 118 | 421 | 120 | .285 | 2 | 67 |
| 1B | Zeke Bonura | 138 | 550 | 162 | .295 | 21 | 92 |
| 2B | Jackie Hayes | 89 | 329 | 88 | .267 | 4 | 45 |
| 3B | Jimmy Dykes | 117 | 403 | 116 | .288 | 4 | 61 |
| SS | Luke Appling | 153 | 525 | 161 | .307 | 1 | 71 |
| OF | Rip Radcliff | 146 | 623 | 178 | .286 | 10 | 68 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 128 | 525 | 140 | .267 | 16 | 79 |
| OF | Mule Haas | 92 | 327 | 95 | .291 | 2 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| George Washington | 108 | 339 | 96 | .283 | 8 | 47 |
| Tony Piet | 77 | 292 | 87 | .298 | 3 | 27 |
| Marty Hopkins | 59 | 144 | 32 | .222 | 2 | 17 |
| Jocko Conlan | 65 | 140 | 40 | .286 | 0 | 15 |
| Merv Shea | 46 | 122 | 28 | .230 | 0 | 13 |
| Fred Tauby | 13 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Glenn Wright | 9 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Kreevich | 6 | 23 | 10 | .435 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Grube | 9 | 19 | 7 | .368 | 0 | 6 |
| Bud Hafey | 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 |
| John Whitehead | 28 | 222.1 | 13 | 13 | 3.72 | 72 |
| Vern Kennedy | 31 | 211.2 | 11 | 11 | 3.91 | 65 |
| Ted Lyons | 23 | 190.2 | 15 | 8 | 3.02 | 54 |
| Les Tietje | 30 | 169.2 | 9 | 15 | 4.30 | 64 |
| Sam Jones | 21 | 140.0 | 8 | 7 | 4.05 | 38 |
| Monty Stratton | 5 | 38.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.03 | 8 |
| George Earnshaw | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Ray Phelps | 27 | 125.0 | 4 | 8 | 4.82 | 38 |
| Carl Fischer | 24 | 88.2 | 5 | 5 | 6.19 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Whit Wyatt | 30 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6.75 | 22 |
| Jack Salveson | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.86 | 22 |
| Joe Vance | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.68 | 12 |
| Italo Chelini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 1 |
| Lee Stine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Dallas Steers | Texas League | Byrne James, Harry Faulkner and Alex Gaston |
| C | Longview Cannibals | West Dixie League | Tex Jeanes |
| D | Moultrie Steers | Georgia–Florida League | Bob Murray |