1935 Chicago White Sox season

1935 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Louis Comiskey
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson) WMAQ (AM) (Hal Totten) WIND (AM) (Russ Hodges) WBBM (AM) (Pat Flanagan)
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The 1935 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 35th season in the major leagues, and its 36th season overall. They finished with a record 74–78, good enough for 5th place in the American League, 19.5 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.

Offseason[]

• November 21, 1934: Billy Sullivan, Phil Gallivan and $20,000 were traded by the White Sox to the Indianapolis Indians for George Washington.^[1]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	93	58	0.616	—	53–25	40–33
New York Yankees	89	60	0.597	3	41–33	48–27
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	12	48–29	34–42
Boston Red Sox	78	75	0.510	16	41–37	37–38
Chicago White Sox	74	78	0.487	19½	42–34	32–44
Washington Senators	67	86	0.438	27	37–39	30–47
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	28½	31–44	34–43
Philadelphia Athletics	58	91	0.389	34	30–42	28–49

Record vs. opponents[]

1935 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers -- Italo Chelini -- George Earnshaw 25,66 Carl Fischer 17 Sam Jones 24 Vern Kennedy 16 Ted Lyons 29 Ray Phelps 48 Jack Salveson 25 Lee Stine 36 Monty Stratton 19 Les Tietje 48 Joe Vance 34 John Whitehead 23 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 35 Frank Grube 14 Luke Sewell 15 Merv Shea Infielders  4 Luke Appling  3 Zeke Bonura  5 Jimmy Dykes  2 Jackie Hayes 27 Marty Hopkins -- Mike Kreevich 37 Tony Piet 28 Glenn Wright		Outfielders  8 Jocko Conlan  6 Mule Haas  9 Rip Radcliff  7 Al Simmons 45 Fred Tauby 12 George Washington Other batters -- Bud Hafey		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 33 Jimmy Austin 22 Bill Webb

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	Luke Sewell	118	421	120	.285	2	67
1B	Zeke Bonura	138	550	162	.295	21	92
2B	Jackie Hayes	89	329	88	.267	4	45
3B	Jimmy Dykes	117	403	116	.288	4	61
SS	Luke Appling	153	525	161	.307	1	71
OF	Rip Radcliff	146	623	178	.286	10	68
OF	Al Simmons	128	525	140	.267	16	79
OF	Mule Haas	92	327	95	.291	2	40

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
George Washington	108	339	96	.283	8	47
Tony Piet	77	292	87	.298	3	27
Marty Hopkins	59	144	32	.222	2	17
Jocko Conlan	65	140	40	.286	0	15
Merv Shea	46	122	28	.230	0	13
Fred Tauby	13	32	4	.125	0	2
Glenn Wright	9	25	3	.120	0	1
Mike Kreevich	6	23	10	.435	0	2
Frank Grube	9	19	7	.368	0	6
Bud Hafey	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
John Whitehead	28	222.1	13	13	3.72	72
Vern Kennedy	31	211.2	11	11	3.91	65
Ted Lyons	23	190.2	15	8	3.02	54
Les Tietje	30	169.2	9	15	4.30	64
Sam Jones	21	140	8	7	4.05	38
Monty Stratton	5	38	1	2	4.03	8
George Earnshaw	3	18	1	2	9.00	8

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
Ray Phelps	27	125	4	8	4.82	38
Carl Fischer	24	88.2	5	5	6.19	31

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
Whit Wyatt	30	4	3	5	6.75	22
Jack Salveson	20	1	2	1	4.86	22
Joe Vance	10	2	2	0	6.68	12
Italo Chelini	2	0	0	0	12.60	1
Lee Stine	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Dallas Steers	Texas League	, and Alex Gaston
C	Longview Cannibals	West Dixie League	Tex Jeanes
D	Moultrie Steers	Georgia–Florida League

^[2]

Notes[]

References[]

• 1935 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference