1935 Chicago Cubs season

1935 Chicago Cubs
1935 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Chicago, Illinois (since 1871)
Other information
Owner(s) Philip K. Wrigley
Manager(s) Charlie Grimm
Local radio WGN
(Bob Elson)
WBBM
(Pat Flanagan)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)
WIND
(Russ Hodges)
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The 1935 Chicago Cubs season was the 63rd season for the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 60th in the National League and the 20th at Wrigley Field. The season saw the Cubs finish with 100 wins for the first time in 25 years (they have not won 100 games since.) The Cubs won their 14th National League pennant in team history and faced the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, but lost in six games.

The 1935 season is largely remembered for the Cubs' 21-game winning streak. The streak began on September 4 with the Cubs 2.5 games out of first place. They would not lose again until September 28. The streak propelled the Cubs to the National League pennant. The 21-game winning streak tied the franchise and major league record set in 1880 when they were known as the Chicago White Stockings.

Regular season

Gabby Hartnett was the first National League catcher to win the MVP Award.[1]

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Chicago Cubs 100 54 -- .649
St. Louis Cardinals 96 58 4 .623
New York Giants 91 62 8.5 .595
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 67 13.5 .562
Brooklyn Dodgers 70 83 29.5 .458
Cincinnati Reds 68 85 31.5 .444
Philadelphia Phillies 64 89 35.5 .418
Boston Braves 38 115 61.5 .248

Roster

1935 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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 Hartnett, GabbyGabby Hartnett 116 413 142 .344 13 91
1B Cavarretta, PhilPhil Cavarretta 146 589 162 .275 8 82
2B Herman, BillyBilly Herman 154 666 227 .341 7 83
3B Hack, StanStan Hack 124 427 133 .311 4 64
SS Jurges, BillyBilly Jurges 146 519 125 .241 1 59

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
Grimm, CharlieCharlie Grimm 2 8 0 .000 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
Warneke, LonLon Warneke 41 261.2 20 13 3.06 120
Lee, BillBill Lee 39 252 20 6 2.96 100
Carleton, TexTex Carleton 31 171 11 8 3.89 84

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

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
Bryant, ClayClay Bryant 9 1 2 2 5.16 13

1935 World Series

Main article: 1935 World Series

Game 1

October 2, 1935 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
WP: Lon Warneke (1–0)   LP: Schoolboy Rowe (0–1)
Home runs:
CHI: Frank Demaree (1)
DET: None

Game 2

October 3, 1935 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 1
Detroit 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 × 8 9 2
WP: Tommy Bridges (1–0)   LP: Charley Root (0–1)
Home runs:
CHI: None
DET: Hank Greenberg (1)

Game 3

October 4, 1935 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 6 12 2
Chicago 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 3
WP: Schoolboy Rowe (1–1)   LP: Larry French (0–1)
Home runs:
DET: None
CHI: Frank Demaree (2)

Game 4

October 5, 1935 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Chicago 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
WP: Alvin Crowder (1–0)   LP: Tex Carleton (0–1)
Home runs:
DET: None
CHI: Gabby Hartnett (1)

Game 5

October 6, 1935 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1
Chicago 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 × 3 8 0
WP: Lon Warneke (2–0)   LP: Schoolboy Rowe (1–2)   Sv: Bill Lee
Home runs:
DET: None
CHI: Chuck Klein (1)

Game 6

October 7, 1935 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 12 0
Detroit 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 12 1
WP: Tommy Bridges (2–0)   LP: Larry French (0–2)
Home runs:
CHI: Billy Herman (1)
DET: None

Awards and honors

League records

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Jack Lelivelt
B Peoria Tractors Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League Jack Sheehan and Bill Rodgers
B Portsmouth Truckers Piedmont League Pip Koehler
C Ponca City Angels Western Association Mike Gazella

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ponca City[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References