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1935 Washington Senators Season
The 1935 Washington Senators won 67 games, lost 86, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Other pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Relief pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Farm system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW. The site was once home to a wooden baseball park. Built in 1891, it was called Boundary Field, or National Park after the team that played there: the Washington Senators/Nationals. It was destroyed by a fire in 1911. It was replaced by a steel and concrete structure, at first called National Park and then American League Park; it was renamed for Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1923. The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960, and to an expansion team of the same name for their first season in 1961. The venue hosted the All-Star Game in 1937 and 1956 and World Series games in 1924, 1925, and 1933. It served as home for the Negro league Homestead Grays during the 1940s, when it hosted the 1943 and 1944 Negro World Series. It was home to the Washington Redskins of the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Pettit
Leon Arthur Pettit (June 23, 1902 – November 21, 1974) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies. References External links 1902 births 1974 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Philadelphia Phillies players Baseball players from Pennsylvania Waco Cubs players Dallas Steers players Beaumont Exporters players Memphis Chickasaws players Springfield Senators players Quincy Indians players Chattanooga Lookouts players Albany Senators players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Portsmouth Cubs players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Abbeville A's players Spartanburg Spartans players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Kress
Ralph "Red" Kress (January 2, 1905 – November 29, 1962) was an American shortstop, third baseman, first baseman and coach in Major League Baseball. From through , he played for the St. Louis Browns (1927–1932; 1938–1939), Chicago White Sox (1932–1934), Washington Senators (1934–1936), Detroit Tigers (1939–1940) and New York Giants (1946). Kress batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Columbia, California. Playing career Throughout his Major League career, Kress was known for his good disposition and perpetual motion. Although he played mostly at shortstop, he showed his versatility playing every position but catcher and center fielder. Kress broke in the majors with the Browns in the 1927 season. In 1929 he led American League shortstops in fielding percentage (.946) and double plays (94), and during three consecutive seasons he batted over .300 with over 100 runs batted in: .305 with 107 in 1929, .313 with 112 in 1930, and .311 with 114 in 1931, including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Estalella (outfielder)
Roberto Estalella Ventoza s-tah-LAY-yah(April 25, 1911 – January 6, 1991) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder and third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators (–, and ), St. Louis Browns (), and Philadelphia Athletics (– and ). He was selected to represent the American League (AL) in the ill-fated 1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which was scheduled for July 10 at Fenway Park but never played because of World War II restrictions on civilian domestic travel. Early life Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba, Estalella earned the nickname "Tarzan" by his medium-frame, stocky and compact body. Standing tall and weighing , he threw and batted right-handed. Professional career Estalella's organized baseball career began in the minor leagues in 1934. After two brief trials with the 1935–1936 Senators, Estalella led the Class B Piedmont League in home runs (33) and batting average (.349) in 1937, and in 1938 he won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossie Bluege
Oswald Louis Bluege (; October 24, 1900 – October 14, 1985) was an American third baseman, manager (baseball), manager, coach (baseball), coach and front-office executive in Major League Baseball who spent his entire playing career with the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators franchise from 1922 to 1939. He would remain on the team's payroll in key on- and off-field capacities until 1971, long after it became the Minnesota Twins. Bluege was the last surviving member of the Senators' 1924 World Series championship team, the franchise's only world champion before it relocated to Minnesota in 1961. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Early life Bluege was born in Chicago and raised in the city's Goose Island (Chicago), Goose Island area. A younger brother, Otto Bluege, Otto, an infielder, played in 109 games for the 1932–1933 Cincinnati Reds and had a 13-year playing career in professional baseball. Ossie Bluege apparently did not attend hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Starr
William "Chick" Starr (February 16, 1911 – August 12, 1991) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played in parts of two seasons, and , for the Washington Senators. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was Jewish. He attended James Medill High School in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name .... References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Starr, Bill Major League Baseball catchers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Lincoln Links players Norfolk Elks players St. Joseph Saints players Rock Island Islanders players Albany Senators players Harrisburg Senators players San Diego Padres (minor league) players Baseball players from New York (state) Baseball players from Brooklyn 1911 births 1991 deaths Jewish American baseball play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Redmond
John McKittrick Redmond (September 3, 1910 – July 27, 1968) was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season (1935) with the Washington Senators. For his career, he compiled a .176 batting average in 34 at-bat In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during their turn at bat, but a bat ...s, with one home run and seven runs batted in. An alumnus of the University of Arizona, he was born in Florence, Arizona and died in Garland, Texas at the age of 57. External links 1910 births 1968 deaths Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Major League Baseball catchers Baseball players from Arizona Bartlesville Broncos players Cedar Rapids Bunnies players Peoria Tractors players Rock Island Islanders players Birmingham Barons players Albany Senators players Jacksonville T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Holbrook
James Marbury "Sammy" Holbrook (July 17, 1910 - April 10, 1991) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played one season in the majors, in , for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators. That year, he served as the primary backup to starting catcher Cliff Bolton. Holbrook's minor league baseball career spanned 14 seasons, from until . In , he served as player-manager of the Federalsburg A's of the Eastern Shore League. Holbrook batted .361 in 98 games while leading the team to the league championship in his only season as manager. Sources Major League Baseball catchers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Talladega Indians players Columbus Foxes players Chattanooga Lookouts players Sanford Lookouts players Trenton Senators players Federalsburg A's players Meridian Scrappers players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Elmira Pioneers players Little Rock Travelers players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Minor league baseball managers Baseb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Bolton
William Clifton Bolton (April 10, 1907 – April 21, 1979) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers. The native of High Point, North Carolina, batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as tall and . Career Bolton started his professional baseball career in 1927 with High Point of the Piedmont League. The following season, he hit .403. He moved up to the class A Eastern League (1916), Eastern League in 1929 and hit .356. In 1930, he hit .380 for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association, and in 1931 he made his major league debut with the Washington Senators. Bolton spent the next few years with Washington. In 1933, he hit .410 coming off the bench; Washington won the American League pennant that season, and Bolton batted twice in the World Series. His only two years as a major league regular were 1935 and 1936. By 1940, Bolton had returned to the minor leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Whitehill
Earl Oliver Whitehill (February 7, 1899 – October 22, 1954) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Detroit Tigers for the most significant portion of his career (1923–1932), and later with the Washington Senators (1933–1936), Cleveland Indians (1937–38), and the Chicago Cubs (1939). Consistently winning in double digits for thirteen years (1924–1936), left-handed Whitehill went on to become one of the top winning pitchers of all time. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Major league career "The Earl", as many called him, was a handsome and often temperamental pitcher who often showed up in the top 10 in hit batsmen, leading the league in his first full year, 1924, when he hit 13 (tied with George Uhle). Whitehill averaged 14 wins each season and he never dipped below 11 wins in a full season (30 starts or more). Whitehill made his debut on September 15, 1923. He was a small left-handed pitcher, who weighed around . With Detroit, he came to be know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Weaver
Montie Morton Weaver (professionally known as Monte Weaver) (June 15, 1906 – June 14, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player who played as a pitcher from 1931 to 1939. Weaver was born June 15, 1906, in Helton, North Carolina. A 1927 graduate of Emory and Henry College, Weaver went on to earn a master’s degree and teach mathematics at the University of Virginia. He played in the Minor League Baseball, minor leagues for the Durham Bulls in Durham, North Carolina, and was called up by the Washington Senators (1901–1960), Washington Senators during the 1931 season. In 1932 Washington Senators season, 1932, Weaver went 22-10 as a rookie in his first full season, but never won more than 12 games in any subsequent season. In 1939, his final season in the big leagues, he played for the Boston Red Sox. In 1972, Emory and Henry College inducted him into its Sports Hall of Fame. Weaver died on June 14, 1994, one day before his 88th birthday. References External links *Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Thomas (pitcher)
Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas (December 23, 1899 – April 27, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox (1926–1932), Washington Senators (1932–1935), Philadelphia Phillies (1935), St. Louis Browns (1936–1937) and Boston Red Sox (1937). He batted and threw right-handed. Background Thomas was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the Baltimore City College high school. Career Thomas played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, and Boston Red Sox. From 1926 through 1929 with the White Sox, Thomas finished in the top 10 in the American League in earned run average three times and in wins three times. In 1927 he led the American League with 36 games started and tied for the American League lead with innings pitched, and in 1929 he led the league with 24 complete games. In 1926 he held opposing hitters to a .244 batting average, leading all American League pitchers. In 1928, he fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
