1935 Boston Braves season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Boston Braves
season = 1935
misc = Babe Ruth's final season in majors

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
division = None
y2 = None
ballpark = Braves Field
y4 = 1915
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1871
owners = Emil Fuchs
managers =Bill McKechnie
television = none
radio = Yankee Network
(Fred Hoey)|

In an attempt to make his dream come true to manage, Babe Ruth came to the Braves in 1935. He was hired as vice president and assistant manager, and the team owner, Emil Fuchs promised Ruth a share of team profits.

Regular season

On opening day, Babe Ruth was part of all of the Braves' runs in a 4-2 win over the New York Giants. This was the only time the Braves were over .500 all year. Ruth was near the end of his career. He was unable to run, and his fielding was so terrible that three of the Braves' pitchers threatened to go on strike if Ruth were in the lineup. It soon became obvious that Ruth was part of the team because of the name recognition that he commanded. Ruth discovered that Fuchs expected him to invest some of his money in the team.cite book |last=Neyer |first=Rob |authorlink=Rob Neyer |coauthors= |title=Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders |year=2006 |publisher=Fireside |location=New York City |isbn=0743284917 ] Ruth retired on June 1, six days after he had what remains one of the most memorable afternoons in baseball history. It would be the last three home runs of his career in a game at Forbes Field while playing the Pittsburgh Pirates. He'd wanted to quit as early as May 12, but Fuchs wanted him to hang on so he could play in every National League park. The Braves finished 38-115, the worst season in franchise history. Their .248 winning percentage is the third-worst in baseball history, and the second-worst in National League history (behind only the 1899 Cleveland Spiders). During the season, Braves pitcher Ben Cantwell would be the last pitcher in the 20th Century to lose at least 25 games in one season. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.349, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

Transactions

*February 26, 1935: Babe Ruth was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruthba01.shtml]

*August 5, 1935: Shanty Hogan was released by the Boston Braves. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hogansh01.shtml]

Roster

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AA: Seattle Indians (Pacific Coast League; Dutch Ruether, manager)
* Class A: Harrisburg Senators (New York-Pennsylvania League; Art Shires, manager)
* Class D: McKeesport Braves (Pennsylvania State Association; Wilbur Cooper, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1935.shtml Boston Braves team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1935&t=BSN 1935 Boston Braves team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]