1935 American League

The 1935 season of the American League was the thirty-fifth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Detroit Tigers	152	93	58	1	.612	-.-	919 (6.05)	665 (4.38)	0.290	0.364	0.435	3.82	0.979
2	New York Yankees	149	89	60	0	.597	3.0	818 (5.49)	632 (4.24)	0.280	0.355	0.416	3.60	0.973
3	Cleveland Indians	156	82	71	3	.526	12.0	776 (4.97)	739 (4.74)	0.284	0.339	0.421	4.15	0.972
4	Boston Red Sox	154	78	75	1	.506	16.0	718 (4.66)	732 (4.75)	0.276	0.351	0.392	4.05	0.969
5	Chicago White Sox	153	74	78	1	.484	19.5	738 (4.82)	750 (4.90)	0.275	0.346	0.382	4.38	0.976
6	Washington Senators	154	67	86	1	.435	27.0	823 (5.34)	903 (5.86)	0.285	0.353	0.381	5.25	0.972
7	St. Louis Browns	155	65	87	3	.419	28.5	718 (4.63)	930 (6.00)	0.270	0.342	0.384	5.26	0.970
8	Philadelphia Athletics	149	58	91	0	.389	34.0	710 (4.77)	869 (5.83)	0.279	0.339	0.406	5.12	0.968

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	154
At Bats	Doc Cramer	Philadelphia Athletics	644
Runs Scored	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	125
Hits	Joe Vosmik	Cleveland Indians	216
Doubles	Joe Vosmik	Cleveland Indians	47
Triples	Joe Vosmik	Cleveland Indians	20
Home Runs	Jimmie Foxx Hank Greenberg	Philadelphia Athletics Detroit Tigers	36
Total Bases	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	389
Runs Batted In	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	170
Stolen Bases	Billy Werber	Boston Red Sox	29
Caught Stealing	Odell Hale	Cleveland Indians	13
Walks	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	132
Hit by Pitch	Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	9
Strikeouts	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	99
Sacrifice Hits	Jack Burns	St. Louis Browns	20
Batting Average	Buddy Myer	Washington Senators	0.349
On-Base Percentage	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	0.466
Slugging Percentage	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	0.636
On-Base plus Slugging	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	1.097
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	182

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	25
Losses	Bobo Newsom	St. Louis Browns/Washington Senators	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Elden Auker	Detroit Tigers	0.720
Appearances	Russ Van Atta	New York Yankees/St. Louis Browns	58
Games Started	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	38
Complete Games	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	31
Shutouts	Schoolboy Rowe	Detroit Tigers	6
Games Finished	Chief Hogsett	Detroit Tigers	30
Saves	Jack Knott	St. Louis Browns	7
Innings Pitched	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	322.1
Batters Faced	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	1391
Hits Allowed	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	336
Home Runs Allowed	Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	22
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Sugar Cain	Philadelphia Athletics/St. Louis Browns	123
Hit Batsmen	Whitey Wilshere	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Strikeouts	Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	163
Wild Pitches	Fay Thomas	St. Louis Browns	9
Balks	Whitey Wilshere	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Runs Allowed	Wes Ferrell Earl Whitehill	Boston Red Sox Washington Senators	149
Earned Runs Allowed	Earl Whitehill	Washington Senators	133
Earned Run Average	Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	2.70
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	1.223

The American League won the third midsummer classic at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, OH on Monday, July 8, 1935 by a score of 4 to 1. The league's manager was Mickey Cochrane.

In the World Series, the American League champion Detroit Tigers defeated the National League's Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Hank Greenberg, a first baseman with the Detroit Tigers. In the award's voting, he had 80 out of a possible 80 points and 8 first place votes.

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

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