| 1935 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | AL |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | Detroit Tigers |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | New York Yankees |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | Chicago Cubs |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1935 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | Detroit Tigers |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Chicago Cubs |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1934 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1934 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1936 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1936 |
The 1935 major league baseball season began on April 16, 1935. The regular season ended on September 29, with the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 32nd World Series on October 2 and ended with Game 6 on October 7. The Tigers defeated the Cubs, four games to two.
The third Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 8, hosted by the Cleveland Indians at the Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, with the American League winning, 4–1.
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1935 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
Opening Day took place on April 16 and saw twelve teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on September 29 and featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which began with the season. The World Series took place between October 2 and October 7.
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | Bucky Harris | Joe Cronin | |
| Washington Senators | Joe Cronin | Bucky Harris |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Myer (WSH) | .349 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx (PHA) Hank Greenberg (DET) | 36 | ||
| Hank Greenberg (DET) | 168 | ||
| Lou Gehrig (NYY) | 125 | ||
| Joe Vosmik (CLE) | 216 | ||
| SB | Billy Werber (BRS) | 29 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | Wes Ferrell (BRS) | 25 | |
| Bobo Newsom (WSH/SLB) | 18 | ||
| Lefty Grove (BRS) | 2.70 | ||
| Tommy Bridges (DET) | 163 | ||
| Wes Ferrell (BRS) | 322.1 | ||
| Jack Knott (SLB) | 7 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arky Vaughan (PIT) | .385 | ||
| Wally Berger (BSB) | 34 | ||
| Wally Berger (BSB) | 130 | ||
| Augie Galan (CHC) | 133 | ||
| Billy Herman (CHC) | 227 | ||
| Augie Galan (CHC) | 22 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dizzy Dean (SLC) | 28 | ||
| Ben Cantwell (BSB) | 25 | ||
| Cy Blanton (PIT) | 2.58 | ||
| K | Dizzy Dean (SLC) | 190 | |
| Dizzy Dean (SLC) | 325.1 | ||
| Dutch Leonard (BKN) | 8 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers[1] | 93 | -7.9% | 1,034,929 | 12.6% | 13,100 | |
| New York Giants[2] | 91 | -2.2% | 748,748 | 2.4% | 9,478 | |
| Chicago Cubs[3] | 100 | 16.3% | 692,604 | -2.1% | 8,995 | |
| New York Yankees[4] | 89 | -5.3% | 657,508 | -23.1% | 8,885 | |
| Boston Red Sox[5] | 78 | 2.6% | 558,568 | -8.5% | 7,070 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[6] | 96 | 1.1% | 506,084 | 55.7% | 6,573 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers[7] | 70 | -1.4% | 470,517 | 8.4% | 6,111 | |
| Chicago White Sox[8] | 74 | 39.6% | 470,281 | 98.8% | 6,108 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[9] | 68 | 30.8% | 448,247 | 116.8% | 5,898 | |
| Cleveland Indians[10] | 82 | -3.5% | 397,615 | 1.6% | 5,164 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[11] | 86 | 16.2% | 352,885 | 9.4% | 4,583 | |
| Washington Senators[12] | 67 | 1.5% | 255,011 | -22.7% | 3,312 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[13] | 58 | -14.7% | 233,173 | -23.8% | 3,239 | |
| Boston Braves[14] | 38 | -51.3% | 232,754 | -23.2% | 3,103 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 64 | 14.3% | 205,470 | 20.9% | 2,601 | |
| St. Louis Browns[16] | 65 | -3.0% | 80,922 | -29.8% | 1,065 |