1935 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1935 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 91 losses.

1935 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
← 1934 1936 →

Before 1935, 20th Street residents could see games for free over the 12-foot right-field fence of Shibe Park and fans could see the laundry lines on the roofs of 20th Street houses. Connie Mack lost a lawsuit to prevent this, so he built the high right-field 'spite' fence.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American 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 record v t e 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

1935 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 21 Al Benton 41 George Blaeholder 11 Sugar Cain 20 Joe Cascarella 15 George Caster 14 Bill Dietrich 15 Carl Doyle 20 Vallie Eaves -- Bill Ferrazzi -- Herman Fink 24 Earl Huckleberry 16 Dutch Lieber 17 Roy Mahaffey 12 Johnny Marcum 20 Wedo Martini 18 George Turbeville  9 Woody Upchurch -- Al Veach 24 Whitey Wilshere		Catchers 10 Charlie Berry -- Bill Conroy 27 Charlie Moss -- Jack Owens -- Bill Patton 27 Paul Richards Infielders  2 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  3 Alex Hooks  6 Eric McNair 28 Skeeter Newsome -- Jack Peerson -- Bernie Snyder 22 Rabbit Warstler  4 Dib Williams		Outfielders  9 Ed Coleman  8 Doc Cramer 23 Lou Finney  7 Bob Johnson 19 Wally Moses		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 31 Lena Blackburne 30 Earle Mack

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	Paul Richards	85	257	63	.245	4	29
1B	Jimmie Foxx	147	535	185	.346	36	115
2B	Rabbit Warstler	138	496	124	.250	3	59
3B	Pinky Higgins	133	524	155	.296	23	94
SS	Eric McNair	137	526	142	.270	4	57
OF	Doc Cramer	149	644	214	.332	3	70
OF	Bob Johnson	147	582	174	.299	28	109
OF	Wally Moses	85	345	112	.325	5	35

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
Lou Finney	109	410	112	.273	0	31
Charlie Berry	62	190	48	.253	3	29
Skeeter Newsome	59	145	30	.207	1	10
Alex Hooks	15	44	10	.227	0	4
Bernie Snyder	10	32	11	.344	0	3
Jack Peerson	10	19	6	.316	0	1
Ed Coleman	10	13	1	.077	0	0
Bill Patton	9	10	3	.300	0	2
Dib Williams	4	10	1	.100	0	0
Jack Owens	2	8	2	.250	0	1
Bill Conroy	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Charlie Moss	4	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
Johnny Marcum	39	242.2	17	12	4.08	99
George Blaeholder	23	149.0	6	10	3.99	22
Sugar Cain	6	26.0	0	5	6.58	5
Woody Upchurch	3	21.1	0	2	5.06	2
Vallie Eaves	3	14.0	1	2	5.14	6
Al Veach	2	10.0	0	2	11.70	3
Earl Huckleberry	1	6.2	1	0	9.45	2

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
Bill Dietrich	43	185.1	7	13	5.39	59
Whitey Wilshere	27	142.1	9	9	4.05	80
Roy Mahaffey	27	136.0	8	4	3.90	39
Carl Doyle	14	79.2	2	7	5.99	34
Al Benton	27	78.1	3	4	7.70	42
George Turbeville	19	63.2	0	3	7.63	20
Joe Cascarella	9	32.1	1	6	5.29	15
Herman Fink	5	15.2	0	3	9.19	2
Bill Ferrazzi	3	7.0	1	2	5.14	0
Wedo Martini	3	6.1	0	2	17.05	1

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
George Caster	25	1	4	1	6.25	24
Dutch Lieber	18	1	1	2	3.09	14

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Williamsport Grays	New York–Pennsylvania League	Mike McNally
B	Richmond Colts	Piedmont League	Eddie Rommel

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References

1. Shibe Park
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1935 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1935 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com