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.Babe Ruth page at Baseball Reference
Regular season Once again, the Yankees finished second best in the American League, although they came within three games of the eventual world champions, the Detroit Tigers. They were just a season away from starting a four-year dynasty of baseball dominance.
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, 120 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).
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1935 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 120 448 125 .279 14 81 1B 149 535 176 .329 30 120 2B 130 477 130 .273 13 83 3B 149 639 192 .300 5 67 SS 87 305 78 .256 8 50 OF 140 553 160 .289 8 74 OF 128 491 153 .312 11 94 OF 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 89 298 84 .282 3 35 61 149 39 .262 3 18 48 110 28 .255 1 13 30 105 25 .238 0 11 36 84 20 .238 0 6 12 46 10 .217 0 5 17 43 10 .233 0 6 10 36 11 .306 0 8 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 34 246.0 12 15 3.18 138 30 222.0 16 11 3.12 81 29 201.0 15 7 3.58 78 23 167.0 13 6 3.61 113 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 40 117.0 10 5 4.08 28 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 29 4 1 3 3.26 30 29 3 5 3 5.43 25 5 0 0 0 3.86 3
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BinghamtonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1935 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1935 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com