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Contents

   



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1 Regular season  


1.1  Season standings  




1.2  Record vs. opponents  




1.3  Notable transactions  




1.4  Roster  






2 Player stats  


2.1  Batting  


2.1.1  Starters by position  




2.1.2  Other batters  






2.2  Pitching  


2.2.1  Starting pitchers  




2.2.2  Other pitchers  




2.2.3  Relief pitchers  








3 Farm system  




4 Notes  




5 References  













1934 Washington Senators season






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1934 Washington Senators
President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium
President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out the first pitch on Opening DayatGriffith Stadium
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersJoe Cronin
RadioWJSV
(Arch McDonald)
← 1933 Seasons 1935 →

The 1934 Washington Senators played 154 games, won 68, lost 86, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. In the eighth inning of their game against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, the Washington Senators hit 5 consecutive doubles – the most ever hit consecutively during the same inning.[1]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • American League
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Detroit Tigers 101 53 .656 — 54‍–‍26 47‍–‍27
    New York Yankees 94 60 .610 7 53‍–‍24 41‍–‍36
    Cleveland Indians 85 69 .552 16 47‍–‍31 38‍–‍38
    Boston Red Sox 76 76 .500 24 42‍–‍35 34‍–‍41
    Philadelphia Athletics 68 82 .453 31 34‍–‍40 34‍–‍42
    St. Louis Browns 67 85 .441 33 36‍–‍39 31‍–‍46
    Washington Senators 66 86 .434 34 34‍–‍40 32‍–‍46
    Chicago White Sox 53 99 .349 47 29‍–‍46 24‍–‍53

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1934 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
    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 —


    Notable transactions[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1934 Washington Senators
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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
    C Eddie Phillips 56 169 33 .195 2 16
    1B Joe Kuhel 63 263 76 .289 3 25
    2B Buddy Myer 139 524 160 .305 3 57
    3B Cecil Travis 109 392 125 .319 1 53
    SS Joe Cronin 127 504 143 .284 7 101
    OF Fred Schulte 136 524 156 .298 3 73
    OF Heinie Manush 137 556 194 .349 11 89
    OF John Stone 113 419 132 .315 7 67

    Other batters[edit]

    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
    Ossie Bluege 99 285 70 .246 0 11
    Dave Harris 97 235 59 .251 2 37
    Pete Susko 58 224 64 .286 2 25
    Luke Sewell 72 207 49 .237 2 21
    Red Kress 56 171 39 .228 4 24
    Cliff Bolton 42 148 40 .270 1 17
    John Kerr 31 103 28 .272 0 12
    Moe Berg 33 86 21 .244 0 6
    Johnny Gill 13 53 13 .245 2 7
    Jake Powell 9 35 10 .286 0 1
    Fred Sington 9 35 10 .286 0 6
    Bob Boken 11 27 6 .222 0 6
    Gus Dugas 24 19 1 .053 0 1
    Elmer Klumpp 12 15 2 .133 0 0

    Pitching[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Earl Whitehill 32 235.0 14 11 4.52 96
    Monte Weaver 31 204.2 11 15 4.79 51
    Lefty Stewart 24 152.0 7 11 4.03 36
    Allen Benson 2 9.2 0 1 12.10 4

    Other pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Bobby Burke 37 168.0 8 8 3.21 52
    Tommy Thomas 33 133.1 8 9 5.47 42
    General Crowder 29 100.2 4 10 6.79 39
    Ed Linke 7 34.2 2 2 4.15 9
    Reese Diggs 4 21.1 1 2 6.75 2
    Syd Cohen 3 18.0 1 1 7.50 6
    Orville Armbrust 3 12.2 1 0 2.13 3

    Relief pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Jack Russell 54 5 10 8 4.17 38
    Alex McColl 42 3 4 2 3.86 29
    Ray Prim 8 0 2 0 6.75 3
    Bob Kline 6 1 0 0 15.75 1
    John Milligan 2 0 0 0 10.13 1
    Mark Filley 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ "Team Doubles Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  • ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference

    • References[edit]


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