1935 New York Giants (MLB) season

1935 New York Giants
1935 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Charles Stoneham
Managers	Bill Terry

The 1935 New York Giants season was the franchise's 53rd season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 91–62 record, 8½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Offseason

November 1, 1934: Johnny Vergez, Pretzel Pezzullo, Blondy Ryan, George Watkins and cash were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Bartell.^[1]
December 12, 1934: Jack Salveson was traded by the Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Leon Chagnon.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	100	54	.649	—	56‍–‍21	44‍–‍33
St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	.623	4	53‍–‍24	43‍–‍34
New York Giants	91	62	.595	8½	50‍–‍27	41‍–‍35
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	67	.562	13½	46‍–‍31	40‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers	70	83	.458	29½	38‍–‍38	32‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	68	85	.444	31½	41‍–‍35	27‍–‍50
Philadelphia Phillies	64	89	.418	35½	35‍–‍43	29‍–‍46
Boston Braves	38	115	.248	61½	25‍–‍50	13‍–‍65

Record vs. opponents

1935 National League record v t e 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	—

Notable transactions

June 22, 1935: Jimmy Ripple was purchased by the Giants from the Montreal Royals.^[3]

Roster

1935 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

22 Joe Malay

Manager

3 Bill Terry

Coaches

31 Tommy Clarke
32 Frank Snyder

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	Gus Mancuso	128	447	133	.298	5	56
1B	Bill Terry	145	596	203	.341	6	64
2B	Mark Koenig	107	396	112	.283	3	37
SS	Dick Bartell	137	539	141	.262	14	53
3B	Travis Jackson	128	511	154	.301	9	80
OF	Mel Ott	152	593	191	.322	31	114
OF	Jo-Jo Moore	155	681	201	.295	15	71
OF	Hank Leiber	154	613	203	.331	22	107

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
Hughie Critz	65	219	41	.187	2	14
Al Cuccinello	54	165	41	.248	4	20
Harry Danning	65	152	37	.243	2	20
Phil Weintraub	64	112	27	.241	1	6
Kiddo Davis	47	91	24	.264	2	6
Glenn Myatt	13	18	4	.222	1	6
Paul Richards	7	4	1	.250	0	0
Joe Malay	1	1	1	1.000	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
Carl Hubbell	42	302.2	23	12	3.27	150
Hal Schumacher	33	261.2	19	9	2.89	79
Roy Parmelee	34	226.0	14	10	4.22	79
Slick Castleman	29	173.2	15	6	4.09	64
Freddie Fitzsimmons	18	94.0	4	8	4.02	23

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
Al Smith	40	124.0	10	8	3.41	44
Harry Gumbert	6	23.2	1	2	6.08	11

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
Allyn Stout	40	1	4	5	4.91	29
Frank Gabler	26	2	1	0	5.70	24
Leon Chagnon	14	0	2	1	3.52	16
Euel Moore	6	1	0	0	5.63	3
Dolf Luque	2	1	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Nashville Vols	Southern Association	Frank Brazill and Johnny Butler
C	Tyler Trojans	West Dixie League	Wally Dashiell
D	Abbeville Athletics	Evangeline League	Jimmy Vorhoff
D	Tallahassee Capitols	Georgia–Florida League	Dutch Hoffman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tallahassee^[4]

Notes

^ Johnny Vergez page at Baseball Reference
^ Leon Chagnon page at Baseball Reference
^ Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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[1] Johnny Vergez page at Baseball Reference

[2] Leon Chagnon page at Baseball Reference

[3] Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball Reference

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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