1935 New York Giants (MLB) season

1935 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Stoneham
Manager(s)	Bill Terry
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The 1935 New York Giants season was the franchise's 53rd season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 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

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 Records Sources:
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 33 Slick Castleman 15 Leon Chagnon 12 Freddie Fitzsimmons 23 Frank Gabler  1 Harry Gumbert 11 Carl Hubbell 20 Dolf Luque 15 Euel Moore 18 Roy Parmelee 17 Hal Schumacher 21 Al Smith 14 Allyn Stout		Catchers 10 Harry Danning  8 Gus Mancuso  9 Glenn Myatt  9 Paul Richards Infielders  2 Dick Bartell  6 Hughie Critz 22 Al Cuccinello  5 Travis Jackson 23,29 Mark Koenig  3 Bill Terry 22 Phil Weintraub		Outfielders  7 Kiddo Davis 16 Hank Leiber  1 Jo-Jo Moore  4 Mel Ott Other batters 22 Joe Malay		Manager  3 Bill Terry Coaches Tommy Clarke 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
1B	Terry, BillBill Terry	145	596	203	.341	6	64

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
Richards, PaulPaul Richards	7	4	1	.250	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
Castleman, SlickSlick Castleman	29	173.2	15	6	4.09	64
Fitzsimmons, FreddieFreddie Fitzsimmons	18	94	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

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
Stout, AllynAllyn Stout	40	1	4	5	4.91	29
Chagnon, LeonLeon Chagnon	14	0	2	1	3.52	16

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

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

References

• 1935 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference