1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1934  Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg
League National League
Ballpark Ebbets Field
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President Stephen McKeever
Managers Casey Stengel
  1933
1935  

Casey Stengel took over as manager for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team still finished in sixth place.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9558.62148294729
New York Giants 9360.608249264434
Chicago Cubs 8665.570847303935
Boston Braves 7873.5171640353838
Pittsburgh Pirates 7476.49319½45322944
Brooklyn Dodgers 7181.46723½43332848
Philadelphia Phillies 5693.3763735362157
Cincinnati Reds 5299.3444230472252

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 16–6–112–1015–77–1514–89–115–16
Brooklyn 6–16–18–1213–98–1413–916–67–15
Chicago 10–1212–814–811–1013–914–8–112–10
Cincinnati 7–159–138–146–169–107–156–16–1
New York 15–714–810–1116–615–714–89–13
Philadelphia 8–149–139–1310–97–157–136–16
Pittsburgh 11–96–168–14–115–78–1413–713–9
St. Louis 16–515–710–1216–6–113–916–69–13

Notable transactions

Roster

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Al López 140439120.273754
1B Sam Leslie 146546181.3329102
2B Tony Cuccinello 140528138.2611494
3B Joe Stripp 104384121.315140
SS Lonny Frey 125490139.284857
OF Buzz Boyle 128472144.305748
OF Len Koenecke 123460147.3201473
OF Danny Taylor 120405121.299757

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jimmy Jordan 9736998.266043
Johnny Frederick 10430791.296435
Hack Wilson 6717245.262627
Glenn Chapman 679326.280110
Jim Bucher 478419.22608
Ray Berres 397917.21503
Clyde Sukeforth 27437.16301
Johnny McCarthy 17397.17915
Nick Tremark 17287.25006
Wally Millies 270.00000
Bert Hogg 210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Van Mungo 45315.118163.37184
Ray Benge 36227.014124.3264
Johnny Babich 25135.07114.2062

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dutch Leonard 44183.214113.2858
Tom Zachary 22101.2564.4328
Les Munns 3399.1374.7141
Ownie Carroll 2674.1136.4217
Boom-Boom Beck 2257.0267.4224
Art Herring 1449.1246.2015
Ray Lucas 1030.2116.753
Charlie Perkins 1124.1038.515

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Watty Clark 172005.3310
Harry Smythe 81105.915
Phil Page 61005.404

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
C Dayton Ducks Middle Atlantic League Howard Holmes

Notes

  1. Art Herring at Baseball-Reference
  2. Joe Shaute at Baseball-Reference
  3. Marty McManus at Baseball-Reference
  4. Watty Clark at Baseball-Reference
  5. Johnny Vander Meer at Baseball-Reference

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