1935 Cleveland Indians season

1935 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Billy Evans, Cy Slapnicka
Managers	Walter Johnson, Steve O'Neill
Radio	WHK (Jack Graney)
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The 1935 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place, 12 games behind league champion Detroit.

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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

1935 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

• August 12, 1935: Shanty Hogan was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[1]

1935 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 17 Belve Bean 16 Clint Brown 21 Lloyd Brown 15 Denny Galehouse 18 Mel Harder 19 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 22 Thornton Lee 33 Monte Pearson 24 Lefty Stewart 23 Ralph Winegarner		Catchers  8 Bill Brenzel  9 Bob Garbark 14 Greek George  9 Glenn Myatt 15,9 Eddie Phillips 11 Frankie Pytlak Infielders  2 Boze Berger 34 Odell Hale 29 Roy Hughes  5 Willie Kamm  4 Bill Knickerbocker  7 Hal Trosky		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill 35 Bruce Campbell  5 Kit Carson  1 Milt Galatzer  6 Joe Vosmik 31 Ab Wright		Manager 30 Steve O'Neill 10 Walter Johnson Coaches 20 Patsy Gharrity 30 Steve O'Neill -- Earl Wolgamot

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

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

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

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

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

All Star Game

Earl Averill, Outfielder (replaced due to injury)

Mel Harder, Pitcher

Joe Vosmik, Outfielder (Starter)

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

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• 1935 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference