# 1935 Chicago Cubs season

The 1935 Chicago Cubs season was the 64th season for the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 60th in the National League and the 20th at Wrigley Field. The season saw the Cubs finish with 100 wins for the first time in 25 years; they would not win 100 games in another season until 2016. The Cubs won their 14th National League pennant in team history and faced the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, but lost in six games.
The 1935 season is largely remembered for the Cubs' 21-game winning streak. The streak began on September 4 with the Cubs 2.5 games out of first place. They would not lose again until September 28. The streak propelled the Cubs to the National League pennant. The 21-game winning streak tied the franchise and major league record set in 1880 when they were known as the Chicago White Stockings.

## Regular season

Gabby Hartnett was the first National League catcher to win the MVP Award.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 56‍–‍21 | 44‍–‍33 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 58 | .623 | 4 | 53‍–‍24 | 43‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 91 | 62 | .595 | 8½ | 50‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 67 | .562 | 13½ | 46‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 70 | 83 | .458 | 29½ | 38‍–‍38 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 85 | .444 | 31½ | 41‍–‍35 | 27‍–‍50 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 89 | .418 | 35½ | 35‍–‍43 | 29‍–‍46 |
| Boston Braves | 38 | 115 | .248 | 61½ | 25‍–‍50 | 13‍–‍65 |

### Record vs. opponents

1935 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 6–16 | 3–19 | 10–12 | 5–16 | 8–14 | 2–20 | 4–18 |
| Brooklyn | 16–6 | — | 5–17 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 12–9–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 |
| Chicago | 19–3 | 17–5 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 8–14 |
| Cincinnati | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | — | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 8–13 | 8–14 |
| New York | 16–5 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | — | 12–10–2 | 14–8 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 14–8 | 9–12–1 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–12–2 | — | 6–16 | 7–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 20–2 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 13–8 | 8–14 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 18–4 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 11–11 | — |

### 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 | Gabby Hartnett | 116 | 413 | 142 | .344 | 13 | 91 |
| 1B | Phil Cavarretta | 146 | 589 | 162 | .275 | 8 | 82 |
| 2B | Billy Herman | 154 | 666 | 227 | .341 | 7 | 83 |
| 3B | Stan Hack | 124 | 427 | 133 | .311 | 4 | 64 |
| SS | Billy Jurges | 146 | 519 | 125 | .241 | 1 | 59 |
| OF | Chuck Klein | 119 | 434 | 127 | .293 | 21 | 73 |
| OF | Augie Galan | 154 | 646 | 203 | .314 | 12 | 79 |
| OF | Frank Demaree | 107 | 385 | 125 | .325 | 2 | 66 |

#### 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 |
| Freddie Lindstrom | 90 | 342 | 94 | .275 | 3 | 62 |
| Ken O'Dea | 76 | 202 | 52 | .257 | 6 | 38 |
| Kiki Cuyler | 45 | 157 | 42 | .268 | 4 | 18 |
| Tuck Stainback | 47 | 94 | 24 | .255 | 3 | 11 |
| Woody English | 34 | 84 | 17 | .202 | 2 | 8 |
| Walter Stephenson | 16 | 26 | 10 | .385 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Grimm | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gill | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Lon Warneke | 41 | 261.2 | 20 | 13 | 3.06 | 120 |
| Bill Lee | 39 | 252.0 | 20 | 6 | 2.96 | 100 |
| Larry French | 42 | 246.1 | 17 | 10 | 2.96 | 90 |
| Tex Carleton | 31 | 171.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.89 | 84 |
| Roy Henshaw | 31 | 142.2 | 13 | 5 | 3.28 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Clyde Shoun | 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Root | 38 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3.08 | 94 |
| Fabian Kowalik | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.42 | 20 |
| Hugh Casey | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 10 |
| Clay Bryant | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5.16 | 13 |
| Roy Joiner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |

## 1935 World Series
### Game 1

October 2, 1935, at Navin Field in Detroit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chicago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| WP: Lon Warneke (1–0) LP: Schoolboy Rowe (0–1) Home runs: CHI: Frank Demaree (1) DET: None |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 3, 1935, at Navin Field in Detroit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Detroit | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | × | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| WP: Tommy Bridges (1–0) LP: Charley Root (0–1) Home runs: CHI: None DET: Hank Greenberg (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 4, 1935, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Chicago | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| WP: Schoolboy Rowe (1–1) LP: Larry French (0–1) Home runs: DET: None CHI: Frank Demaree (2) |||||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 5, 1935, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| WP: Alvin Crowder (1–0) LP: Tex Carleton (0–1) Home runs: DET: None CHI: Gabby Hartnett (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 6, 1935, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | × | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Lon Warneke (2–0) LP: Schoolboy Rowe (1–2) Sv: Bill Lee Home runs: DET: None CHI: Chuck Klein (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 7, 1935, at Navin Field in Detroit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Tommy Bridges (2–0) LP: Larry French (0–2) Home runs: CHI: Billy Herman (1) DET: None |||||||||||||

## Awards and honors

* Gabby Hartnett, National League MVP

### League records

* Billy Herman, National League record, Most doubles in one season by a second baseman (57)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Jack Lelivelt |
| B | Peoria Tractors | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Jack Sheehan and Bill Rodgers |
| B | Portsmouth Truckers | Piedmont League | Pip Koehler |
| C | Ponca City Angels | Western Association | Mike Gazella |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ponca City