1935 Vintage Baseball Magazine Highlights Top American League Players
The 1935 sports publication page features notable players from the American League, highlighting their achievements during that season. Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove, pitching for the Boston Red Sox, led in effectiveness by allowing an average of only 2.70 earned runs per nine innings. Lloyd Vernon Kennedy of the Chicago White Sox achieved notoriety for throwing the only no-hitter of 1935 against the Cleveland team at Comiskey Park, finishing with a strikeout count of 30 batters. Elden Auker, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, stood out as the leading hurler based on winning percentage, securing 18 victories. Joseph F. "Joe" Vosmik from Cleveland batted .348, narrowly missing the batting title, while Hank Greenberg, also from Detroit, was named the league's most valuable player after hitting .326 and leading in runs batted in with a total of 170.