1935 second place Yanks outspent first place Tigers maybe 2 to 1.

In 1935 the second place Yanks outspent the first place Tigers almost 3 to 1 for known salary.  Salaries are known for all but three Yankees: pitchers Johnny Allen (13-6, 167 innings), Jumbo Brown (6-5, 87 innings) and little used shortstop Blondy Ryan.  Salaries are missing for 13 Tigers, including 1935 All Star pitchers Tommy Bridges (21-10, 274 innings) and Schoolboy Rowe (19-13, 275 innings).  Bridges was paid $16,500 in both 1936 and 1937.  No salary figures on Rowe for any season.  1935 American League (AL) teams sorted by known salary.

Tm	Attendance	Attend/G	BatAge	PAge	BPF	PPF	#HOF	#A-S	#a-tA-S	Est. Payroll ▾	Managers
NYY	657,508	8,885	28.4	27.0	95	91	6	3	13	$303,800	McCarthy
BOS	558,568	7,070	28.6	29.3	106	106	3	3	5	$157,200	Cronin
CHW	470,281	6,108	30.3	29.5	102	103	4	1	10	$143,050	Dykes
DET	1,034,929	13,100	28.9	28.4	96	93	4	4	9	$109,900	Cochrane
SLB	80,922	1,065	28.1	28.2	103	107	1	2	5	$108,600	Hornsby
WSH	255,011	3,312	28.5	29.0	97	97	1	2	7	$101,600	Harris
CLE	397,615	5,164	26.4	27.9	102	101	1	3	6	$101,350	Johnson and O'Neill
PHA	233,173	3,239	27.1	25.7	99	102	1	3	7	$95,850	Mack

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Tigers won 154 game pennant in 1935 by two but Tigers played 151, Yanks 149. Wednesday, June 17, 2015

if the Yankees had any brains instead of waiting to get him in 1936 they would have paid off the San Francisco Seals and acquired Joe DiMaggio by mid May 1935 once he had demonstrated that he was healthy and the Yanks could have won the 1935 pennant outright.  There will be a major post on this very soon.
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Joe DiMaggio played in the Pacific Coast League in 1935

In 2010 Tampa finished first in the AL East, Yanks second.

Tm	Attendance	Attend/G	BatAge	PAge	BPF	PPF	#HOF	#A-S	#a-tA-S	Est. Payroll ▾	Time	Managers
NYY	3,765,807	46,491	30.2	30.3	106	104	0	8	18	$210,733,389	3:09	Girardi
BOS	3,046,445	37,610	30.8	29.6	106	105	0	6	19	$164,507,333	3:10	Francona
DET	2,461,237	30,386	28.8	26.5	102	101	0	3	11	$124,039,928	2:54	Leyland
CHW	2,194,378	27,091	30.6	29.0	103	103	0	2	16	$107,195,000	2:47	Guillen
LAA	3,250,814	40,134	29.6	28.3	96	96	0	2	15	$104,963,866	2:54	Scioscia
MIN	3,223,640	39,798	28.5	28.6	98	98	0	2	13	$97,559,166	2:51	Gardenhire
SEA	2,085,630	25,749	29.4	27.1	93	95	0	2	11	$86,510,000	2:43	Wakamatsu and Brown
BAL	1,733,019	21,395	28.7	28.4	99	100	0	1	11	$81,612,500	2:53	Trembley, Samuel and Showalter
KCR	1,615,327	19,942	28.8	27.5	99	101	0	1	8	$73,105,210	2:51	Hillman and Yost
TBR	1,864,999	23,025	27.7	28.0	95	94	0	4	13	$71,923,471	3:02	Maddon
TOR	1,495,482	19,173	29.3	28.0	102	101	0	3	8	$62,734,000	2:48	Gaston
CLE	1,391,644	17,181	27.2	26.6	94	95	0	1	10	$61,203,966	2:54	Acta
OAK	1,418,391	17,511	27.7	26.0	99	99	0	2	8	$57,904,900	2:44	Geren
TEX	2,505,171	30,928	28.3	27.6	109	108	0	5	13	$56,474,374	2:57	Washington

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Yanks outspent Tampa 3 to 1 in 2010.  The Yankees were paying big bucks to:

Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary ▾
Alex Rodriguez	34		R	R	6' 3"	225	Jul 27, 1975	17	137	134	137	124	0	0	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	4.1	$33,000,000	All-Star
CC Sabathia	29		L	L	6' 7"	285	Jul 21, 1980	10	34	34	2	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	$24,285,714	All-Star
Derek Jeter	36		R	R	6' 3"	195	Jun 26, 1974	16	157	155	157	151	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1.7	$22,600,000	All-Star
Mark Teixeira	30		B	R	6' 3"	225	Apr 11, 1980	8	158	157	158	149	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	4.1	$20,625,000
A.J. Burnett	33		R	R	6' 4"	230	Jan 3, 1977	12	33	33	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$16,500,000
Mariano Rivera	40		R	R	6' 2"	195	Nov 29, 1969	16	61	0	4	61	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	$15,000,000	All-Star
Jorge Posada	38		B	R	6' 2"	215	Aug 17, 1971	16	120	106	120	83	0	83	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	14	0	1.3	$13,100,000
Andy Pettitte	38		L	L	6' 5"	235	Jun 15, 1972	16	21	21	2	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	$11,750,000	All-Star
Javier Vazquez	33		R	R	6' 2"	210	Jul 25, 1976	13	31	26	4	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$11,500,000
Robinson Cano	27		L	R	6' 0"	210	Oct 22, 1982	6	160	159	160	158	0	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	8.1	$9,000,000	All-Star
Nick Swisher	29		B	L	6' 0"	195	Nov 25, 1980	7	150	143	150	135	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	134	135	11	7	0	3.7	$6,850,000	All-Star

Salaries are way to the right but A-Rod led with $33 million with Sabathia, Jeter, and Teixeira all over $20 million.

Who were the Yankees paying in 1935?  Babe Ruth was gone, Joe DiMaggio had not yet arrived and Lou Gehrig was underpaid.  Here are the 1935 Yankees getting at least $10,000:

Lou Gehrig HOF	32		L	L	6' 0"	200	Jun 19, 1903	13	149	149	149	149	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.6	$23,000	All-Star
Lefty Gomez HOF	26		L	L	6' 2"	173	Nov 26, 1908	6	34	30	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	$20,000	All-Star
Bill Dickey HOF	28		L	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 6, 1907	8	120	114	120	118	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2.7	$14,500
Ben Chapman	26		R	R	6' 0"	190	Dec 25, 1908	6	140	138	140	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	138	0	138	2	0	3.3	$12,000	All-Star
Tony Lazzeri HOF	31		R	R	5' 11"	170	Dec 6, 1903	10	130	124	130	125	0	0	0	118	0	9	0	0	0	0	6	0	2.7	$12,000
Red Ruffing HOF	30		R	R	6' 1"	205	May 3, 1905	12	50	29	50	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	5.1	$12,000
Earle Combs HOF	36		L	R	6' 0"	185	May 14, 1899	12	89	68	89	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	13	0	70	17	3	0.8	$10,000
Frankie Crosetti	24		R	R	5' 10"	165	Oct 4, 1910	4	87	87	87	87	0	0	0	0	0	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	$10,000

Gehrig led with $23,000, Gomez $20,000; they got the same money in 1936.  Both had achieved their respective triple crowns in 1934.  Gomez got a raise from $12,000 and Gehrig was reduced from $25,000.  Ruth was paid $80,000 in 1934.  DiMaggio received $8,500 in 1936.

In 1935 Yankees Hall of Fame manager Joe McCarthy had six Hall of Fame players even without Ruth or DiMaggio.  In his first Yankee season of 1931 McCarthy did even worse: NINE Hall of Fame players, the most on any team ever, and the Yanks finished 13 games back.  McCarthy could have been fired after one year.

Hall of Fame Teammates Saturday, October 12, 2013

The Yankees are the only team with nine: 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933.  Ironically, only the 1932 team finished first, also winning the World Series.
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So who were the Tigers paying at least $10,000 in 1935?

Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary ▾
Mickey Cochrane HOF	32		L	R	5' 10"	180	Apr 6, 1903	11	115	108	115	110	0	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5.0	$20,000	All-Star
Charlie Gehringer HOF	32		L	R	5' 11"	180	May 11, 1903	12	150	148	150	149	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7.8	$12,500	All-Star
General Crowder	36		L	R	5' 10"	170	Jan 11, 1899	10	33	32	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$10,500
Goose Goslin HOF	34		L	R	5' 11"	185	Oct 16, 1900	15	147	143	147	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	21	144	3	0	2.5	$10,000
Hank Greenberg HOF	24		R	R	6' 3"	210	Jan 1, 1911	4	152	152	152	152	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	$10,000
Billy Rogell	30		B	R	5' 10"	163	Nov 24, 1904	9	150	150	150	150	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	$10,000

Six to the Yankees eight.  Mickey Cochrane was player (catcher) manager of the Tigers in 1934 when the Tigers won the pennant and 1935 when they won the World Series, then parts of 1936 and 1937, then the first 98 games of 1938 just as manager.  In 1934 Cochrane was AL MVP.  Part of his salary would have been for managing.  Check the 1934 MVP voting and remember both Gomez and Gehrig had triple crowns:

Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Mickey Cochrane	DET	67.0		84%	4.0	129	437	74	140	2	75	8	78	.320	.428	.412	.840
2	Charlie Gehringer	DET	65.0		81%	8.4	154	601	135	214	11	127	11	99	.356	.450	.517	.967
3	Lefty Gomez	NYY	60.0		75%	7.7	38	99	8	13	0	4	0	6	.131	.189	.141	.330	26	5	2.33	1.133	38	33	2	281.2	223	12	96	158
4	Schoolboy Rowe	DET	59.0		74%	7.1	51	109	14	33	2	22	0	6	.303	.339	.450	.789	24	8	3.45	1.278	45	30	1	266.0	259	12	81	149
5	Lou Gehrig	NYY	54.0		68%	10.4	154	579	128	210	49	166	9	109	.363	.465	.706	1.172
6	Hank Greenberg	DET	29.0		36%	6.2	153	593	118	201	26	139	9	63	.339	.404	.600	1.005

Cochrane is also known for a future Hall of Fame Yankee being named after him October 20, 1931: Mickey Mantle.