Playing for the old Washington Senators in his first full season, Goose Goslin hit .324, the first of seven straight years of batting over .300.

Goslin helped the Senators win their first-ever pennant in 1924 when he led the league with 125 RBIs. He was the batting star in the World Series against the Giants, hitting a two-run homer in a 4-3 win, then in Game 4, Goslin was 4-for-4 with a 3-run home run in a Senators' 7-4 victory. He hit another homer in Game 5. The Senators won the WS in 7 games. The next year, his hitting helped produce another AL pennant but even though he hit 3 homers in the Series, the Senators lost the Series to the Pirates.

Leon Goslin won the AL batting title in 1928 by hitting .379. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1930 and hit a career best 37 homers. Goose Goslin hit over .300 nine times in his career, three times hit over .297 and once .288. A line drive hitter, he struck out only 585 times in 8656 at bats.

Leon 'Goose' Goslin career: .316 BA, 2735 hits, 2287 games, .387 on-base-pct, hit 500 doubles, 173 Ts, 248 HRs, .500 slg/pct, scored 1483 runs, 1609 RBIs, 949 walks... baseballhistorian.com

Burleigh Grimes was the last of baseball's legal spit-ball pitchers.

Pitching for Brooklyn, Grimes' record from 1919-1924 was 19-9, 23-11, 22-13, 17-14, 21-18 and 22-13. In 1918 he posted a 2.14 ERA, started 30 games, completed 19 with 7 shutouts, pitched in relief 10 times in 269.7 innings.

In 1928 at age 35 while pitching for the Pirates, Grimes went 25-14, led the NL in wins, complete games - 28, innings pitched - 331, and shutouts with 4. From 1929-1931, he posted a 50-27 record while pitching for the Pirates, Boston Braves and St. Louis Cardinals.

Burleigh Grimes career stats: 270-212, .560 pct, 3,53 ERA, 616 Games, 497 GS, 314 GC, 35 shutouts in 4179.7 innings.

Waite Hoyt won 145 of the Yankees 750 regular season victories and 6 of their 18 World Series' games.

In the 1921 World Series, he pitched 27 innings without allowing an earned run, winning two and losing one. In 1927, he led the American League in wins (22-7) and winning percentage .759. In 1928 Hoyt went 23-7, pitched 237 innings and led the league in saves with 8.

Waite Hoyt stats: 237-182, .566 pct., 3.59 ERA, 674 games, 423 GS, 226 GC, 26 shutouts, 52 saves, 1206 Ks, 1003 Ws in 3762.3 innings, .276 opponents BA, .325 on-base-pct. In 1942, Hoyt began broadcasting Cincinnati Reds baseball, a post he held for 25 years.

Starred in baseball at the University of Alabama before entering professional ball. Born in Titus, Alabama in 1898, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 155 lbs. Bats left-handed, throws right. Last year hit .272 in 124 games. Baseballhistorian.com Archives

The White Sox finished in 5th place with a 74-78 record, 19 1/2 games out of first place. The team's pitching ranked 5th best in the AL with a 4.38 ERA and the Sox were 7th in batting with a .275 mark.

The pitching staff was led by Hall of Famer Ted Lyons who posted a 15-8 W/L record and his 3.02 ERA was second lowest in the American League, trailing only Lefty Grove's 2.70.

Hall of Famers, shortstop Luke Appling and outfielder Al Simmons were aided by long time veteran 2B/3B Jimmy Dykes, rookie outfielder Rip Radcliff and power-hitting first baseman Zeke Bonura.

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Chicago White Sox 1935 Pitching Stats:

Ted Lyons 15-8, 3.02 ERA in 23 Games... Vern Kennedy 11-11, 3.91 ERA in 31G... Les Tietje 9-15, 4.30 ERA in 30G... John Whitehead 13-13, 3.72 ERA in 28G... Whit Wyatt 4-3, 6.75 ERA in 30G... Sam Jones 8-7, 4.05 ERA in 21G... Jack Salveson 1-2, 4.86 ERA in 20G...

Joe Vance 2-2, 6.68 ERA in 10G... Carl Fischer 5-5, 6.19 ERA in 24G... Ray Phelps 4-8, 4.82 ERA in 27G... George Earnshaw 1-2, 9.00 ERA in 3G... Monty Stratton 1-2, 4.03 ERA in 5G... Italo Chelini 0-0, 12.60 ERA in 2G... Lee Stine 0-0, 9.00 ERA in 1G...

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Batting Average Statistics:

Luke Appling .307 BA, 1Hr, 71 RBIs in 153 Games... Zeke Bonura .295 BA, 21 Hr, 92 RBIs in 138G... Jocko Conlan .286 BA, 0Hr, 15 RBIs in 65G... Jimmy Dykes .288 BA, 4Hr, 61 RBIs in 117G... Luke Sewell .285 BA, 2Hr, 67 RBIs in 118G... Mule Haas .291, 2Hr, 40 RBIs in 92G...

Al Simmons .267, 16Hr, 79 RBIs in 128G... Tony Piet .298 BA, 3Hr, 27 RBIs in 77G... George Washington .283 BA, 8Hr, 47 RBIs in 108G... Jackie Hayes .267 BA, 4Hr, 45 RBIs in 89G... Fred Tauby .125 BA, 0Hr, 2 RBIs in 13G... Mike Kreevich .435 BA, 0Hr, 2 RBIs in 6G...

Rip Radcliff .286, 10Hr, 68 RBIs in 146G... Marty Hopkins .222 BA, 2Hr, 17 RBIs in 59G... Frank Grube .368 BA, 0Hr, 6 RBIs in 9G... Ted Lyons p, .220 BA, 0Hr, 6 RBIs in 29G... Merv Shea .230 BA, 0Hr, 13 RBIs in 46G... Glenn Wright .120 BA, 0Hr, 1 Rbi in 9G... Bud Hafey no at-bats in 2G...

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