1934 Boston Red Sox season
Boston, Massachusetts | ||
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Record | 76–76 (.500) | |
League place | 4th (24 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Eddie Collins | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1934 Boston Red Sox season was the 34th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, 24 games behind the Detroit Tigers.
On January 5, 1934, during renovation work at
Offseason
- December 12, 1933: Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg.[2]
Regular season
In May, pitcher Wes Ferrell, the brother of catcher Rick Ferrell, was acquired for the Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.[3]
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 54–26 | 47–27 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 7 | 53–24 | 41–36 |
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 16 | 47–31 | 38–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 24 | 42–35 | 34–41 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 82 | 0.453 | 31 | 34–40 | 34–42 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 85 | 0.441 | 33 | 36–39 | 31–46 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 86 | 0.434 | 34 | 34–40 | 32–46 |
Chicago White Sox | 53 | 99 | 0.349 | 47 | 29–46 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–10 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 12–9 | 14–8 | 14–8–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–11 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 7–14–1 | 9–13 | |||||
Cleveland | 15–7 | 14–8 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 9–12–1 | 11–9–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14 | 14–7–1 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | — | 14–8 | |||||
Washington | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–11–2 | 8–14 | — |
Opening Day lineup
1 | Chalmer Cissell |
2B |
20 | Lyn Lary | SS |
25 | Eddie Morgan | 1B |
4 | Roy Johnson | LF |
5 | Carl Reynolds | CF |
7 | Rick Ferrell | C |
22 | Dick Porter | RF |
8 | Billy Werber | 3B |
11 | Gordon Rhodes | P |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Rick Ferrell | 132 | 437 | 130 | .297 | 1 | 48 |
1B | Ed Morgan | 138 | 528 | 141 | .267 | 3 | 79 |
2B | Bill Cissell | 102 | 416 | 111 | .267 | 4 | 44 |
3B | Billy Werber | 152 | 623 | 200 | .321 | 11 | 67 |
SS | Lyn Lary | 129 | 419 | 101 | .241 | 2 | 54 |
OF | Roy Johnson | 143 | 569 | 182 | .320 | 7 | 119 |
OF | Carl Reynolds | 113 | 413 | 125 | .303 | 4 | 86 |
OF | Moose Solters | 101 | 365 | 109 | .299 | 7 | 58 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Dick Porter | 79 | 264 | 80 | .303 | 0 | 56 |
Max Bishop | 97 | 253 | 66 | .261 | 1 | 22 |
Dusty Cooke | 74 | 168 | 41 | .244 | 1 | 26 |
Mel Almada | 23 | 90 | 21 | .233 | 0 | 10 |
Bucky Walters | 23 | 88 | 19 | .216 | 4 | 18 |
Gordie Hinkle | 27 | 75 | 13 | .173 | 0 | 9 |
Skinny Graham | 13 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 3 |
Lou Legett | 19 | 38 | 11 | .289 | 0 | 1 |
Al Niemiec | 9 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Judge | 10 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Red Kellett | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Seeds | 8 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Freddie Muller | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gordon Rhodes | 44 | 219.0 | 12 | 12 | 4.56 | 79 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 33 | 198.2 | 10 | 13 | 3.49 | 75 |
Wes Ferrell | 26 | 181.0 | 14 | 5 | 3.63 | 87 |
George Hockette | 3 | 27.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.65 | 14 |
Spike Merena | 4 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.92 | 7 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Welch | 41 | 206.1 | 13 | 15 | 4.49 | 91 |
Hank Johnson | 31 | 124.1 | 6 | 8 | 5.36 | 66 |
Lefty Grove | 22 | 109.1 | 8 | 8 | 6.50 | 43 |
Rube Walberg | 30 | 104.2 | 6 | 7 | 4.04 | 38 |
Bob Weiland | 11 | 55.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.50 | 29 |
George Pipgras | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Herb Pennock | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.05 | 16 |
Joe Mulligan | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 13 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Kansas City Blues | American Association
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Roger Peckinpaugh |
A | Reading Red Sox | New York–Pennsylvania League
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Nemo Leibold |
B | Columbia Sandlappers/Asheville Tourists
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Piedmont League | Bill Laval and Possum Whitted
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C | Joplin Miners | Western Association | Wally Schang |
Columbia franchise transferred and renamed, June 7, 1934[4]
References
- ^ Bird, Hayden (July 17, 2016). "The Green Monster emerged from the ashes of Fenway fires". Boston.com. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
- ISBN 978-1-62937-050-7.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1934 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1934 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com