1935 Chicago Cubs
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersPhilip K. Wrigley
General managersCharles Weber
ManagersCharlie Grimm
RadioWGN
(Bob Elson)
WBBM
(Pat Flanagan)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)
WIND
(Russ Hodges)
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The 1935 Chicago Cubs season was the 64th 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 would not win 100 games in another season until 2016. 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 Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 100 54 0.649 — 56–21 44–33
St. Louis Cardinals 96 58 0.623 4 53–24 43–34
New York Giants 91 62 0.595 8½ 50–27 41–35
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 67 0.562 13½ 46–31 40–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 70 83 0.458 29½ 38–38 32–45
Cincinnati Reds 68 85 0.444 31½ 41–35 27–50
Philadelphia Phillies 64 89 0.418 35½ 35–43 29–46
Boston Braves 38 115 0.248 61½ 25–50 13–65

Record vs. opponents

1935 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 6–16 3–19 10–12 5–16 8–14 2–20 4–18
Brooklyn 16–6 — 5–17 11–11 9–13 12–9–1 11–11 6–16
Chicago 19–3 17–5 — 14–8 14–8 13–9 15–7 8–14
Cincinnati 12–10 11–11 8–14 — 8–14–1 13–9 8–13 8–14
New York 16–5 13–9 8–14 14–8–1 — 12–10–2 14–8 14–8
Philadelphia 14–8 9–12–1 9–13 9–13 10–12–2 — 6–16 7–15
Pittsburgh 20–2 11–11 7–15 13–8 8–14 16–6 — 11–11
St. Louis 18–4 16–6 14–8 14–8 8–14 15–7 11–11 —


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 Gabby Hartnett 116 413 142 .344 13 91
1B Phil Cavarretta 146 589 162 .275 8 82
2B Billy Herman 154 666 227 .341 7 83
3B Stan Hack 124 427 133 .311 4 64
SS Billy Jurges 146 519 125 .241 1 59
OF Chuck Klein 119 434 127 .293 21 73
OF Augie Galan 154 646 203 .314 12 79
OF Frank Demaree 107 385 125 .325 2 66

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
Freddie Lindstrom 90 342 94 .275 3 62
Ken O'Dea 76 202 52 .257 6 38
Kiki Cuyler 45 157 42 .268 4 18
Tuck Stainback 47 94 24 .255 3 11
Woody English 34 84 17 .202 2 8
Walter Stephenson 16 26 10 .385 0 2
Charlie Grimm 2 8 0 .000 0 0
Johnny Gill 3 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
Lon Warneke 41 261.2 20 13 3.06 120
Bill Lee 39 252.0 20 6 2.96 100
Larry French 42 246.1 17 10 2.96 90
Tex Carleton 31 171.0 11 8 3.89 84
Roy Henshaw 31 142.2 13 5 3.28 53

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
Clyde Shoun 5 12.2 1 0 2.84 5

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
Charlie Root 38 15 8 2 3.08 94
Fabian Kowalik 20 2 2 1 4.42 20
Hugh Casey 13 0 0 0 3.86 10
Clay Bryant 9 1 2 2 5.16 13
Roy Joiner 2 0 0 0 5.40 0

1935 World Series

Main article: 1935 World Series

Game 1

October 2, 1935, at Navin Field in Detroit

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

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

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

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

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

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

See also: Minor League Baseball
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]

See also

Notes

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

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