1934 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season
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 Day at Griffith Stadium
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersJoe Cronin
RadioWJSV
(Arch McDonald)
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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

Season standings

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1934 American League record
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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

Roster

1934 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
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

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

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
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

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

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

Level Team League Manager
A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Zinn Beck and Mule Shirley

Notes

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

References

  • 1934 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
  • 1934 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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