The Philadelphia Athletics

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 season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League

American League

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 with a record of 58 wins and 91 losses.

Before 1935, 20th Street residents could see games for free over the 12-foot right-field fence of Shibe Park and fans could see the laundry lines on the roofs of 20th Street houses. Connie Mack

Connie Mack

Connie Mack may refer to:* Connie Mack I , Hall of Fame baseball manager, player, owner* Connie Mack III , U.S. Representative , U.S. Senator from Florida * Connie Mack IV , U.S...

 lost a lawsuit to prevent this, so he built the high right-field 'spite' fence.

Roster

1935 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		valign="top" | Manager

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
C		85	257	63	.245	4	29
1B		147	535	185	.346	36	115
2B		138	496	124	.250	3	59
3B		133	524	155	.296	23	94
SS		137	526	142	.270	4	57
OF		149	644	214	.332	3	70
OF		147	582	174	.299	28	109
OF		85	345	112	.325	5	35

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
	109	410	112	.273	0	31
	62	190	48	.253	3	29
	10	13	1	.077	0	0
	2	8	2	.250	0	1
	1	4	1	.250	0	0
	4	3	1	.333	0	1

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
	23	149	6	10	3.99	22
	6	26	0	5	6.58	5
	3	14	1	2	5.14	6
	1	6.2	1	0	9.45	2

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
	43	185.1	7	13	5.39	59
	27	142.1	9	9	4.05	80
	14	79.2	2	7	5.99	34
	27	78.1	3	4	7.70	42
	9	32.1	1	6	5.29	15
	5	15.2	0	3	9.19	2

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
	25	1	4	1	6.25	24
	18	1	1	2	3.09	14

Farm system