# 1935 Cleveland Indians season

The 1935 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place, 12 games behind league champion Detroit.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 12, 1935: Shanty Hogan was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

### 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 | Eddie Phillips | 70 | 220 | 60 | .273 | 1 | 41 |
| 1B | Hal Trosky | 154 | 632 | 171 | .271 | 26 | 113 |
| 2B | Boze Berger | 124 | 461 | 119 | .258 | 5 | 43 |
| SS | Bill Knickerbocker | 132 | 540 | 161 | .298 | 0 | 55 |
| 3B | Odell Hale | 150 | 589 | 179 | .304 | 16 | 101 |
| OF | Joe Vosmik | 152 | 620 | 216 | .348 | 10 | 110 |
| OF | Bruce Campbell | 80 | 308 | 100 | .325 | 7 | 54 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 140 | 563 | 162 | .288 | 19 | 79 |

#### 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 |
| Roy Hughes | 82 | 266 | 78 | .293 | 0 | 14 |
| Milt Galatzer | 93 | 259 | 78 | .301 | 0 | 19 |
| Ab Wright | 67 | 160 | 38 | .238 | 2 | 18 |
| Frankie Pytlak | 55 | 149 | 44 | .295 | 1 | 12 |
| Bill Brenzel | 52 | 142 | 31 | .218 | 0 | 14 |
| Ralph Winegarner | 65 | 84 | 26 | .310 | 3 | 17 |
| Glenn Myatt | 10 | 36 | 3 | .083 | 0 | 2 |
| Kit Carson | 16 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Garbark | 6 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 4 |
| Willie Kamm | 6 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Greek George | 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 |
| Mel Harder | 42 | 287.1 | 22 | 11 | 3.29 | 95 |
| Willie Hudlin | 36 | 231.2 | 15 | 11 | 3.69 | 45 |
| Monte Pearson | 30 | 181.2 | 8 | 13 | 4.90 | 90 |
| Thornton Lee | 32 | 180.2 | 7 | 10 | 4.04 | 81 |
| Odell Hildebrand | 34 | 171.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.94 | 49 |

#### 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 |
| Denny Galehouse | 5 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 |
| Belve Bean | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Lloyd Brown | 42 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3.61 | 45 |
| Lefty Stewart | 24 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5.44 | 24 |
| Ralph Winegarner | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.75 | 41 |
| Clint Brown | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.14 | 20 |

## Awards and honors

All Star Game
Earl Averill, Outfielder (replaced due to injury)
Mel Harder, Pitcher
Joe Vosmik, Outfielder (Starter)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |
| C | Zanesville Grays | Middle Atlantic League | Earl Wolgamot |
| D | Opelousas Indians | Evangeline League | Jay Kirke and Milt Delmas |
| D | Fargo-Moorhead Twins | Northern League | Hal Irelan |
| D | Butler Indians | Pennsylvania State Association | Leo Mackey |