The 1935 Chicago Cubs took hold of first place in the league at the halfway point of their season after taking three of four games from the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics. The Cubs (11-5) lead the 1937 Yankees by one game, while the Athletics fell to .500 at 6-6.
Frank Demaree continued his incredible season for the Cubs, hitting .533 (8-for-15) to raise his season average to .469. Mickey Cochrane batted .438 (7-for-16) to lead the Athletics.
Game #1: Chicago 6, Philadelphia 5
The Cubs looked to have this one well in hand as they built a 5-0 lead. Frank Demaree went 4-for-5 and had an RBI single in the first. Stan Hack had a two-run triple in the sixth and Billy Jurges and Augie Galan had RBI singles in the eighth. The Athletics made it a game once again in the bottom of the eighth. Philadelphia loaded the bases and with one out, Bing Miller hit a grand slam. A couple batters later, pinch-hitter Joe Boley tied it with an RBI triple. The Cubs recovered and retook the lead in the top of the ninth on a Demaree RBI triple.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Augie Galan 5 0 1 1 Max Bishop 5 0 0 0
Billy Herman 5 1 1 0 Mule Haas 4 0 1 0
Chuck Klein 5 0 1 0 Mickey Cochrane 5 1 4 0
Gabby Hartnett 4 1 2 0 Al Simmons 4 1 1 0
Frank Demaree 5 1 4 2 Jimmie Foxx 4 1 0 0
Phil Cavarretta 4 1 0 0 Bing Miller 4 1 1 4
Stan Hack 5 1 2 2 Jimmy Dykes 2 0 0 0
Billy Jurges 3 1 2 1 Dib Williams 4 1 0 0
Tex Carleton CX 3 0 0 0 George Earnshaw BXYZ 2 0 1 0
Eric McNair 1 0 0 0
Joe Boley 1 0 1 1
TOTALS 39 6 13 6 TOTALS 36 5 9 5
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 100 002 021 -- 6
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 000 050 -- 5
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 10, 1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 9.
2B--Frank Demaree, Billy Herman, George Earnshaw BXYZ,
Mickey Cochrane (2). 3B--Frank Demaree, Stan Hack, Joe
Boley. HR--Bing Miller. SACB--Tex Carleton CX. SB--Stan
Hack.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CX 7.33 7 4 4 4 3 1
Charlie Root BXZ [W] 1.67 2 1 1 1 0 0
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
George Earnshaw BXYZ 7.00 8 3 3 3 4 0
Waite Hoyt CR 1.00 3 2 2 0 1 0
Eddie Rommel BRZ [L] 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Chicago 6, Philadelphia 4
There were some big hits early and the Athletics had a 4-3 lead after three innings. For Philadelphia, Mickey Cochrane had a two-run double in the first and Al Simmons had a solo homer in the third. The Cubs got a two-run homer from Chuck Klein in the third. Chicago would finally tie it in the eighth on Gabby Hartnett’s second extra-base hit of the day. Then, in the ninth, Stan Hack put the Cubs on top with an RBI triple, and he would score on Lon Warneke’s single. Lefty Grove had a pair of one-hit shutouts in his first two starts of the season but he got roughed up in this one.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Augie Galan 5 0 0 0 Max Bishop 3 1 0 0
Billy Herman 4 3 2 0 Mule Haas 4 1 1 0
Chuck Klein 4 1 2 2 Mickey Cochrane 4 1 2 2
Gabby Hartnett 4 0 2 2 Al Simmons 4 1 2 1
Frank Demaree 4 0 1 0 Jimmie Foxx 4 0 1 1
Phil Cavarretta 4 1 0 0 Bing Miller 4 0 0 0
Stan Hack 4 1 1 1 Jimmy Dykes 3 0 0 0
Billy Jurges 4 0 1 0 Dib Williams 4 0 0 0
Lon Warneke BXZ 3 0 1 1 Lefty Grove ACKZ 3 0 1 0
Eric McNair 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 6 10 6 TOTALS 34 4 7 4
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 102 000 012 -- 6
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 301 000 000 -- 4
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 5, 1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5.
ERR--Frank Demaree, Max Bishop. 2B--Billy Jurges, Gabby
Hartnett, Mickey Cochrane (2), Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons.
3B--Stan Hack, Gabby Hartnett. HR--Chuck Klein, Al Simmons.
SACB--Lon Warneke BXZ.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lon Warneke BXZ [W] 9.00 7 4 4 2 7 1
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Lefty Grove ACKZ [L] 9.00 10 6 5 1 5 1
Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2
The Athletics scored two quick runs as Max Bishop doubled, Mule Haas tripled and Mickey Cochrane followed with a sacrifice fly. That would be it for Philadelphia, however. The Cubs got a two-out RBI single from Billy Jurges in the fourth to make it 2-1. They tied it in the sixth on Phil Cavaretta’s RBI double. They went ahead in the seventh when Billy Herman tripled and scored on Chuck Klein’s single.
1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Max Bishop 3 1 1 0 Augie Galan 4 0 1 0
Mule Haas 4 1 2 1 Billy Herman 4 1 2 0
Mickey Cochrane 3 0 0 1 Chuck Klein 4 0 2 1
Al Simmons 3 0 2 0 Gabby Hartnett 3 1 0 0
Jimmie Foxx 4 0 0 0 Frank Demaree 2 1 1 0
Bing Miller 4 0 1 0 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 1 1
Jimmy Dykes 4 0 0 0 Stan Hack 3 0 0 0
Dib Williams 3 0 0 0 Billy Jurges 4 0 1 1
Roy Mahaffey CYW 3 0 0 0 Larry French BYZ 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 32 3 8 3
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 200 000 000 -- 2
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 101 10x -- 3
LOB--1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 9.
ERR--Billy Jurges. 2B--Max Bishop, Phil Cavarretta. 3B--Mule
Haas, Billy Herman. SACF--Mickey Cochrane.
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roy Mahaffey CYW [L] 8.00 8 3 3 4 3 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Larry French BYZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 2 8 0
Philadelphia 8, Chicago 2
The Athletics avoided the sweep by scoring a bunch of runs and getting a good pitching performance from Rube Walberg, who improved to 3-0 after three starts. Jimmie Foxx and Bing Miller hit two-run home runs in the second and fourth innings, respectively. Max Bishop added an RBI double in the seventh.
1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Max Bishop 4 1 1 1 Augie Galan 3 0 0 0
Mule Haas 5 0 0 0 Billy Herman 4 1 2 0
Mickey Cochrane 4 0 1 0 Chuck Klein 4 0 1 0
Al Simmons 5 1 1 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 1 1 1
Jimmie Foxx 3 2 2 2 Frank Demaree 4 0 2 1
Bing Miller 3 1 1 2 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 1 0
Jimmy Dykes 3 0 0 0 Stan Hack 2 0 0 0
Dib Williams 2 2 0 0 Billy Jurges 4 0 0 0
Rube Walberg BY 2 1 0 0 Bill Lee BY 2 0 0 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0
Ken ODea 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 8 6 5 TOTALS 33 2 7 2
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 020 200 103 -- 8
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 100 001 000 -- 2
LOB--1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 7.
ERR--Billy Jurges (2). 2B--Al Simmons, Max Bishop.
HR--Jimmie Foxx, Bing Miller, Gabby Hartnett. SACB--Rube
Walberg BY.
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rube Walberg BY [W] 9.00 7 2 2 3 4 1
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Bill Lee BY [L] 7.00 6 5 5 3 0 2
Roy Henshaw BYW 2.00 0 3 1 5 1 0
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