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6 unusual facts about 1935 in baseball


Al Cuccinello

Alfred Edward Cuccinello (August 26, 1914 – March 29, 2004) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the New York Giants during the 1935 season.

Beaumont Exporters

Greenberg led the league with 39 home runs and 123 runs scored, while pitcher Schoolboy Rowe — a Texan who would star with Greenberg on the 19341935 Tiger pennant-winners — posted a league-best 2.34 earned run average.

Dick Lanahan

Dick Lanahan (September 27, 1911 – March 12, 1975) was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators in a four-year career varying from 1935 to 1941.

John Kroner

John Harold Kroner (November 13, 1908 – April 26, 1968) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1938 for the Boston Red Sox (1935–36) and Cleveland Indians (1937–38).

Red Marion

While Marty played 13 years in the Major Leagues, Red Marion played in only 18 big-league games — four in 1935 and the remainder in 1943 — all for the Washington Senators.

Steve Swetonic

Stephen Albert Swetonic (August 13, 1903 – April 22, 1974) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball, who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929 through 1935.



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