1935 NL

The 1935 season of the National League was the sixtieth season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago Cubs	154	100	54	0	.649	-.-	847 (5.50)	597 (3.88)	0.288	0.344	0.414	3.26	0.970
2	St. Louis Cardinals	154	96	58	0	.623	4.0	829 (5.38)	625 (4.06)	0.284	0.333	0.405	3.52	0.972
3	New York Giants	156	91	62	3	.583	8.5	770 (4.94)	675 (4.33)	0.286	0.333	0.416	3.78	0.972
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	153	86	67	0	.562	13.5	743 (4.86)	647 (4.23)	0.285	0.341	0.402	3.42	0.968
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	154	70	83	1	.455	29.5	711 (4.62)	767 (4.98)	0.277	0.330	0.376	4.22	0.969
6	Cincinnati Reds	154	68	85	1	.442	31.5	646 (4.19)	772 (5.01)	0.265	0.316	0.378	4.30	0.966
7	Philadelphia Phillies	156	64	89	3	.410	35.5	685 (4.39)	871 (5.58)	0.269	0.318	0.378	4.76	0.963
8	Boston Braves	153	38	115	0	.248	61.5	575 (3.76)	852 (5.57)	0.263	0.309	0.362	4.93	0.967

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ethan Allen Dolph Camilli	Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies	156
At Bats	Jo-Jo Moore	New York Giants	681
Runs Scored	Augie Galan	Chicago Cubs	133
Hits	Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	227
Doubles	Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	57
Triples	Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	18
Home Runs	Wally Berger	Boston Braves	34
Total Bases	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	365
Runs Batted In	Wally Berger	Boston Braves	130
Stolen Bases	Augie Galan	Chicago Cubs	22
Walks	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	97
Hit by Pitch	Hank Leiber	New York Giants	10
Strikeouts	Dolph Camilli	Philadelphia Phillies	113
Sacrifice Hits	Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	24
Grounded into Double Plays	Hank Leiber	New York Giants	20
Batting Average	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.385
On-Base Percentage	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.491
Slugging Percentage	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.607
On-Base plus Slugging	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.098
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	190

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	28
Losses	Ben Cantwell	Boston Braves	25
Win-Loss Percentage	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	0.769
Appearances	Orville Jorgens	Philadelphia Phillies	53
Games Started	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	36
Complete Games	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	29
Shutouts	Cy Blanton Freddie Fitzsimmons Larry French Van Mungo Jim Weaver	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants Chicago Cubs Brooklyn Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Games Finished	Bob Smith Allyn Stout	Boston Braves New York Giants	22
Saves	Dutch Leonard	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Innings Pitched	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	325.1
Batters Faced	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	1362
Hits Allowed	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	324
Home Runs Allowed	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	27
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Roy Parmelee	New York Giants	97
Hit Batsmen	Paul Dean Roy Parmelee	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	9
Strikeouts	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	190
Wild Pitches	Bill Hallahan Lon Warneke	St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs	10
Balks	Fred Frankhouse	Boston Braves	2
Runs Allowed	Fred Frankhouse	Boston Braves	147
Earned Runs Allowed	Fred Frankhouse	Boston Braves	122
Earned Run Average	Cy Blanton	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.58
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Cy Blanton	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.081

The National League lost the third midsummer classic at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, OH on Monday, July 8, 1935 by a score of 4 to 1. The league's manager was Frankie Frisch.

In the World Series, the National League champion Chicago Cubs were defeated by the American League's Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 2.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Gabby Hartnett, a catcher with the Chicago Cubs. In the award's voting, he had 75 out of a possible 80 points.