1935 St. Louis Browns season

1935 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	65–87 (.428)
League place	7th
Owners	Estate of Phil Ball
Managers	Rogers Hornsby
Radio	KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Bob Thomas) WIL (AM) (Neil Norman)
Seasons

The 1935 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	93	58	.616	—	53‍–‍25	40‍–‍33
New York Yankees	89	60	.597	3	41‍–‍33	48‍–‍27
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	12	48‍–‍29	34‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	78	75	.510	16	41‍–‍37	37‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	74	78	.487	19½	42‍–‍34	32‍–‍44
Washington Senators	67	86	.438	27	37‍–‍39	30‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns	65	87	.428	28½	31‍–‍44	34‍–‍43
Philadelphia Athletics	58	91	.389	34	30‍–‍42	28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1935 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

Notable transactions

• June 30, 1935: Heinie Mueller was released by the Browns.^[1]

Roster

1935 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 18 Ivy Andrews 12 George Blaeholder 12 Sugar Cain 16 Earl Caldwell 16 Dick Coffman 25 Snipe Hansen 24 Jack Knott 21 Bobo Newsom -- Bob Poser 17 Fay Thomas 19 Russ Van Atta 15 Jim Walkup 25 Bob Weiland		Catchers  9 Frank Grube  9 Tommy Heath 10 Rollie Hemsley Infielders 22 Ollie Bejma  4 Johnny Burnett  2 Jack Burns 14 Tom Carey  7 Harlond Clift 11 Rogers Hornsby  1 Lyn Lary  5 Ski Melillo 20 Heinie Mueller  1 Alan Strange		Outfielders  3 Beau Bell 21 Ed Coleman 15 Debs Garms 20 Mel Mazzera  8 Ray Pepper  5 Moose Solters 25 Hal Warnock  6 Sam West		Manager 11 Rogers Hornsby Coaches 27 Grover Hartley 26 Charley O'Leary

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	Rollie Hemsley	144	504	146	.290	0	48
1B	Jack Burns	143	549	157	.286	5	67
2B	Tom Carey	76	296	86	.291	0	42
3B	Harlond Clift	137	475	140	.295	11	69
SS	Lyn Lary	93	371	107	.288	2	35
OF	Sam West	138	527	158	.300	10	70
OF	Ed Coleman	108	397	114	.287	17	71
OF	Moose Solters	127	552	182	.330	18	104

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
Ray Pepper	92	261	66	.253	4	37
Beau Bell	76	220	55	.250	3	17
Johnny Burnett	70	206	46	.223	0	26
Ollie Bejma	64	198	38	.192	2	26
Alan Strange	49	147	34	.231	0	17
Tommy Heath	47	93	22	.237	0	9
Ski Melillo	19	62	13	.210	0	5
Mel Mazzera	12	30	7	.233	1	2
Heinie Mueller	16	27	5	.185	0	1
Rogers Hornsby	10	24	5	.208	0	3
Debs Garms	10	15	4	.267	0	0
Hal Warnock	6	7	2	.286	0	0
Frank Grube	3	6	2	.333	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
Sugar Cain	31	167.2	9	8	5.26	68
Bobo Newsom	7	42.2	0	6	4.85	22
Earl Caldwell	6	36.2	3	2	3.68	5

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
Ivy Andrews	50	213.1	13	7	3.54	43
Jack Knott	48	187.2	11	8	4.60	45
Jim Walkup	55	181.1	6	9	6.25	44
Russ Van Atta	53	170.1	9	16	5.34	87
Fay Thomas	49	147.0	7	15	4.78	67
Dick Coffman	41	143.2	5	11	6.14	34
Bob Weiland	14	32.0	0	2	9.56	11
George Blaeholder	6	17.2	1	1	7.13	0
Bob Poser	4	13.2	1	1	9.22	1

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
Snipe Hansen	10	0	1	0	8.78	8

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Hank Severeid
D	Palestine Pals	West Dixie League	Bobby Goff

^[2]

References

1. Heinie Mueller page on Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1935 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1935 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com