1935 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1935

Champions

Major League Baseball

*World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-2)
*All-Star Game, July 8 at Municipal Stadium: American League, 4-1

Other champions

*Negro League Baseball All-Star Game, August 11 at Comiskey Park: West, 11-8 (11 innings)

Awards and honors

*Most Valuable Player
**Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tigers (AL)
**Gabby Hartnett, Chicago Cubs (NL)

MLB Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

Post-season:
*Pittsburgh won one half, New York won one half.
*Pittsburgh beat New York 5 games to 2 games in a play-off.

Events

*May 24 - At Crosley Field in Cincinnati, the Reds and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies played the first night game, which Cincinnati won 2-1.
*May 25 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves goes 4 for 4 with 3 home runs and 6 runs batted in. It is the last home runs of Ruth's career, with the final home run being the first ball ever hit to clear the roof at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
*May 30 - Babe Ruth ends his playing career with the Boston Braves of the National League.
*July 8 - At Cleveland Municipal Stadium, home of the Cleveland Indians, the American League defeats the National League, 4-1, in the All-Star Game.
*August 31 - Vern Kennedy pitches a no-hitter as the Chicago White Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians, 5-0.
*October 7 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, in Game 6 of the World Series to win their first World Championship, four games to two. This was Detroit's first Series victory after failing to win four previous times.

Movies

*"Alibi Ike"

Births

January-April

*January 7 - Dick Schofield
*January 26 - Bob Uecker
*February 3 - Dick Tracewski
*February 19 - Russ Nixon
*March 22 - Gene Oliver
*April 19 - Don Gile
*April 28 - Pedro Ramos

May-August

*May 12 - Felipe Alou
*May 26 - Eddie Haas
*June 1 - Hal Kolstad
*June 1 - Jack Kralick
*June 25 - Don Demeter
*July 15 - Donn Clendenon
*July 21 - Moe Drabowsky
*July 25 - Larry Sherry
*August 12 - Ken McBride
*August 13 - Mudcat Grant
*August 15 - Joey Jay
*August 19 - Bobby Richardson
*August 27 - Ernie Broglio
*August 31 - Frank Robinson

eptember-December

*September 18 - Jerry Mallett
*September 27 - Dave Wickersham
*September 29 - Earl Battey
*October 28 - Bob Veale
*October 30 - Jim Perry
*November 9 - Bob Gibson
*December 7 - Don Cardwell
*December 13 - Joe Christopher
*December 13 - Lindy McDaniel
*December 19 - Tony Taylor
*December 25 - Al Jackson
*December 30 - Sandy Koufax

Deaths

*April 19 - Jim Donahue, 73, catcher for five seasons from 1886-1891.
*April 28 - Swede Carlstrom, 47, shortstop for the Boston Red Sox in 1911
*May 3 - Ted Breitenstein, 65, pitcher for the Browns and Reds whose 160 victories were the most by a 19th-century left-hander
*May 4 - Dory Dean, 82, Pitcher for by|1876 Cincinnati Reds
*July 2 - Hank O'Day, 72, National League umpire for 30 years between 1895 and 1927 who worked in ten World Series; won 22 games as pitcher in 1890 Players' League, and also managed the Reds and Cubs
*July 10 - Paul Hines, 83, center fielder who won the first Triple Crown in 1878, also led NL in doubles three times and ended career with lifetime average over .300; had more hits than any other player over NL's first five seasons, and was second player to collect 1500 hits
*October 22 - Tommy Tucker, 71, first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters, Washington Senators, Brooklyn Bridebrooms, St. Louis Browns, and Cleveland Spiders between 1887 and 1899, who led the American Association hitters in 1889 with a .372 average
*November 6 - Billy Sunday, 72, outfielder who ended his baseball career to become a renowned evangelist
*November 13 - Frank Navin, 64, owner of the Detroit Tigers since 1908 who assembled the pennant-winning teams of 1907-09 and 1934-35
*December 21 - Cy Rigler, 53, National League umpire since 1906 who worked in ten World Series and the first All-Star game; created arm signals for balls and strikes