1935 Atlanta Braves
Record: 83-79
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 850
Runs Allowed: 879
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,396,940
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the NL
AA: 66-71, 5th in the NL
A: 67-70, 3rd in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B  Billy Herman 25 155 587 88 170 34 5 1 69 5 1 52 8 .290 .346 .370 .715 74.0 12.9 4.3
CF *Johnny Watwood 29 144 551 102 176 31 7 5 45 7 4 62 35 .319 .389 .428 .817 88.0 19.6 2.8
RF *Gene Moore 25 156 548 82 174 26 14 13 112 7 4 58 40 .318 .379 .487 .866 95.0 21.1 2.7
LF *Doug Taitt 32 157 557 87 158 36 8 6 90 3 6 47 49 .284 .339 .409 .748 71.2 12.1 2.4
C *Bill Dickey 28 148 527 80 137 24 3 8 81 1 1 58 44 .260 .331 .362 .694 61.3 8.0 4.1
SS  Travis Jackson 31 156 538 72 173 21 10 13 91 0 0 35 59 .322 .363 .470 .833 80.7 16.8 6.4
LF  Wattie Holm 33 144 509 70 143 29 6 2 67 7 2 42 34 .281 .333 .373 .707 61.7 9.9 4.6
1B *Lou Gehrig 32 119 411 76 127 23 5 19 77 0 0 78 60 .309 .419 .528 .947 86.3 21.0 1.9
C  Denny Sothern 31 115 239 39 68 3 2 5 49 2 0 22 29 .285 .345 .377 .721 31.5 5.0 1.1
3B  Randy Reese 31 104 205 32 62 8 4 1 22 1 0 10 15 .302 .335 .395 .730 25.1 4.5 1.5
1B *Joe Munson 35 103 179 24 51 5 1 4 27 0 0 11 10 .285 .325 .391 .716 22.0 3.4 0.5
1B *Joe Hauser 36 39 142 19 37 5 1 1 17 0 0 10 16 .261 .307 .331 .638 14.3 1.6 0.6
P  Johnny Murphy 26 36 87 8 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 27 .103 .124 .103 .227 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bobo Newsom 27 37 84 7 14 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 20 .167 .170 .167 .337 1.9 0.0 0.0
SS  Doc Farrell 33 66 89 14 27 5 1 0 7 0 0 7 5 .303 .361 .382 .743 11.3 2.0 0.8
P *Lefty Grove 35 31 87 6 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 25 .161 .170 .161 .331 1.0 0.0 0.0
CF  Kiki Cuyler 36 31 83 15 30 5 2 1 9 2 2 13 7 .361 .443 .506 .949 16.7 4.1 0.5
P  Si Johnson 28 36 68 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 21 .132 .145 .176 .321 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Mills 25 34 43 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .093 .114 .093 .207 -1.1 0.0 0.0
C *Johnny Moore 33 22 40 8 14 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 .350 .381 .475 .856 6.3 1.4 0.2
P  Dizzy Dean 25 11 32 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .313 .563 2.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Art Shires 27 23 29 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .172 .172 .310 .483 1.1 0.0 0.0
2B *Jack Saltzgaver 32 29 23 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 6 .087 .214 .217 .432 1.4 0.0 0.2
CF *Mel Almada 22 16 21 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .190 .418 0.8 0.0 0.1
P *George Hockette 27 43 11 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .364 .417 .364 .780 1.8 0.4 0.0
1B  Lyn Lary 29 7 13 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .462 .500 .692 1.192 3.4 1.0 0.1
2B  Burgess Whitehead 25 16 11 6 5 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 .455 .455 .455 .909 1.6 0.3 0.1
RF  Bob Meusel 38 4 6 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.2 0.0
P *Leon Pettit 33 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Sullivan 24 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Gil English 25 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Ed Walsh 30 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ad Liska 28 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2129 5726 850 1634 267 69 82 814 40 25 519 537 .285 .344 .399 .743 758.8 145.6 34.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 1 3 7 1 6 2 3 7 5 6 3 3 5 5 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Johnny Murphy 26 16 14 .533 36 36 0 274.0 340 148 10 91 67 4.86 9.8
 Bobo Newsom 27 15 14 .517 37 37 0 262.7 291 145 24 107 104 4.97 9.9
*Lefty Grove 35 12 14 .462 31 31 0 243.3 269 105 19 71 118 3.88 15.1
 Si Johnson 28 8 12 .400 36 27 0 193.3 233 119 12 88 82 5.54 3.5
*Lefty Mills 25 8 6 .571 34 16 0 144.0 140 70 13 66 76 4.38 8.1
 Dizzy Dean 25 4 6 .400 11 11 0 90.3 104 42 7 13 49 4.18 6.1
*George Hockette 27 6 2 .750 43 4 0 76.7 83 30 1 13 16 3.52 7.1
*Leon Pettit 33 3 2 .600 48 0 2 52.3 67 30 5 25 13 5.16 2.2
*Joe Sullivan 24 6 7 .462 44 0 22 42.7 49 24 1 25 15 5.06 5.5
 Ad Liska 28 4 2 .667 46 0 4 41.7 62 37 6 30 8 7.99 0.0
 Ed Walsh 30 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 9.0 10 4 2 3 3 4.00 0.9
*Joe Shaute 35 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.7 3 1 1 1 0 2.46 0.4
Team Totals 28.6 83 79 .512 373 162 28 1433.6 1651 755 101 533 551 4.74 68.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 7 4 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 38.7
B.Dickey 1150.0 128 143 480 43 4 2 .992 32.4
D.Sothern 283.7 34 36 105 5 1 1 .991 23.1
Team Total 1433.7 162 179 585 48 5 3 .992 30.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.56
L.Gehrig 942.7 107 116 1197 88 13 127 .990 12.27
J.Hauser 307.0 37 38 381 31 6 40 .986 12.08
J.Munson 111.0 13 17 140 13 0 15 1.000 12.41
D.Sothern 46.0 5 10 54 3 2 7 .966 11.15
J.Watwood 15.0 1 4 23 0 0 2 1.000 13.80
A.Shires 8.4 1 2 10 1 0 2 1.000 11.79
L.Lary 6.0 1 1 6 2 0 2 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1436.1 165 188 1811 138 21 195 .989 12.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.61
B.Herman 1244.0 145 154 315 586 32 138 .966 6.52
R.Reese 129.3 13 31 39 61 1 16 .990 6.96
D.Farrell 45.0 4 13 9 16 0 3 1.000 5.00
B.Whitehead 10.3 0 5 3 7 0 1 1.000 8.71
J.Saltzgaver 5.0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1433.7 162 207 368 671 33 158 .969 6.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.01
W.Holm 1148.3 136 137 80 300 25 23 .938 2.98
R.Reese 209.0 21 39 12 55 5 6 .931 2.89
J.Saltzgaver 54.3 3 17 4 11 1 0 .938 2.48
B.Whitehead 20.0 2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.25
K.Cuyler 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.English 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.9 162 200 97 371 31 30 .938 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.66
T.Jackson 1261.7 146 150 226 564 39 126 .953 5.64
D.Farrell 154.0 14 39 33 59 4 13 .958 5.38
L.Lary 16.0 2 2 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Saltzgaver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.English 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.7 162 193 260 630 43 139 .954 5.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
D.Taitt 1188.7 136 140 268 13 12 6 .959 2.13
J.Munson 113.0 10 19 27 1 1 1 .966 2.23
R.Reese 105.0 13 15 20 1 1 0 .955 1.80
J.Moore 21.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Almada 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Cuyler 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.2 162 182 324 15 14 7 .960 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.53
J.Watwood 1092.7 125 131 320 8 18 3 .948 2.70
K.Cuyler 168.6 15 18 54 2 2 0 .966 2.99
D.Sothern 104.3 11 14 28 0 2 0 .933 2.42
M.Almada 39.0 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Moore 36.0 4 6 10 1 1 0 .917 2.75
W.Holm 5.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1445.6 159 177 425 11 23 3 .950 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.03
G.Moore 1286.7 148 154 300 11 8 1 .975 2.18
J.Munson 72.0 9 12 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
D.Taitt 23.0 1 10 3 0 1 0 .750 1.17
J.Watwood 23.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78
J.Moore 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Meusel 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
M.Almada 5.0 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80
W.Holm 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Cuyler 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.4 162 189 320 11 10 1 .971 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.46
J.Murphy 274.0 36 36 19 74 7 8 .930 3.05
B.Newsom 262.7 37 37 15 55 4 9 .946 2.40
L.Grove 243.3 31 31 13 42 1 1 .982 2.03
S.Johnson 193.3 27 36 11 30 1 3 .976 1.91
L.Mills 144.0 16 34 2 29 4 4 .886 1.94
D.Dean 90.3 11 11 7 13 1 1 .952 1.99
G.Hockette 76.7 4 43 7 11 1 0 .947 2.11
L.Pettit 52.3 0 48 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.06
J.Sullivan 42.7 0 44 7 12 0 1 1.000 4.01
A.Liska 41.7 0 46 1 14 0 0 1.000 3.24
E.Walsh 9.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Shaute 3.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92
Team Total 1433.6 162 373 84 292 19 28 .952 2.36
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jackson .322
On-Base Pct Gehrig .413
Slugging Pct Gehrig .519
OPS Gehrig .932
XR Moore 95.0
Games Taitt 157
At-Bats Herman 587
Runs Watwood 102
Hits Watwood 176
Total Bases Moore 267
Singles Watwood 133
Doubles Taitt 36
Triples Moore 14
Homeruns Gehrig 19
RBIs Moore 112
Stolen Bases Holm, Moore, Watwood 7
Caught Stealing Taitt 6
Walks Gehrig 78
Strikeouts Gehrig 60
ERA Grove 3.88
Wins Murphy 16
Losses Grove, Murphy, Newsom 14
Winning Pct Murphy .533
Saves Sullivan 22
Games Pitched Pettit 48
Games Started Newsom 37
Complete Games Grove 14
Shutouts Murphy 2
Innings Pitched Murphy 274.0
Hits Allowed Murphy 340
Homeruns Allowed Newsom 24
Strikeouts Grove 118
Walks Allowed Newsom 107
Walks per 9IP Grove 2.6
Hits per 9IP Grove 9.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Grove 4.4
WHiP Grove 1.40
OAVG Grove .278
OOBP Grove .329
OSLG Grove .403
OOPS Grove .731
Team All-Stars
Billy Herman
George Hockette
Player Salaries
Lou Gehrig $ 12,010,000
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Lefty Grove $ 6,600,000
Wattie Holm $ 5,800,000
Joe Sewell $ 5,550,000
Bill Dickey $ 4,250,000
Doug Taitt $ 3,930,000
Si Johnson $ 3,500,000
Joe Munson $ 2,850,000
Johnny Watwood $ 2,565,000
Billy Herman $ 2,442,857
Randy Reese $ 1,880,000
Denny Sothern $ 1,648,937
Gene Moore $ 1,600,000
Johnny Moore $ 1,278,571
Johnny Murphy $ 1,125,000
Travis Jackson $ 1,060,000
Joe Shaute $ 500,000
Jakie May $ 480,000
Lyn Lary $ 350,000
Harry Smythe $ 350,000
George Susce $ 350,000
Jack Saltzgaver $ 350,000
Ad Liska $ 310,000
Lefty Mills $ 300,000
Mel Almada $ 300,000
Leon Pettit $ 300,000
Burgess Whitehead $ 300,000
George Hockette $ 300,000
Joe Sullivan $ 300,000
Doc Farrell $ 300,000
Gil English $ 300,000
Ed Walsh $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Signed     Bob Meusel
2/26 Signed     Randy Reese
2/26 Signed     Joe Shaute
2/27 Signed     Jakie May
3/2 Signed     Joe Munson
3/4 Signed     Ed Walsh
5/16 Traded Dizzy Dean
Joe Hauser
Art Shires
Kiki Cuyler
Round Draft Pick.
Tampa Bay Lefty Grove
Lou Gehrig
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Released Bob Meusel