1934 Major League Baseball season

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1934 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 17 – September 30, 1934
World Series:
  • October 3–9, 1934
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Mickey Cochrane (DET)
NL: Dizzy Dean (SLC)
AL champions Detroit Tigers
  AL runners-up New York Yankees
NL champions St. Louis Cardinals
  NL runners-up New York Giants
World Series
Champions St. Louis Cardinals
  Runners-up Detroit Tigers
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1934–1939 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1932–1935 National League seasons
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The 1934 major league baseball season began on April 17, 1934. The regular season ended on September 30, with the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 31st World Series on October 3 and ended with Game 7 on October 9. The Cardinals then defeated the Tigers, four games to three.

Contents

The second Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 10, hosted by the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in New York City, New York, with the American League winning, 9–7.

Schedule

The 1934 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 17, featured all sixteen teams, the first since the 1931 season. The final day of the regular season was on September 30, which also saw all sixteen teams play, continued the trend which began with the 1930 season. This was the second time that both Opening Day and the final day of the season saw all sixteen teams play, the previous being in 1931. The World Series took place between October 3 and October 9.

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Bucky Harris
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 52,000 Lew Fonseca, Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio League Park 21,414 Walter Johnson
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Mickey Cochrane
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 62,000 Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 33,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Rogers Hornsby
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 32,000 Joe Cronin
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 46,500 Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers New York, New York Ebbets Field 32,000 Casey Stengel
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Wrigley Field 40,000 Charlie Grimm
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Crosley Field 26,060 Bob O'Farrell, Burt Shotton, Chuck Dressen
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 56,000 Bill Terry
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,800 Jimmie Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 41,000 George Gibson, Pie Traynor
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Frankie Frisch

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10153.656—54‍–‍2647‍–‍27
New York Yankees 9460.610753‍–‍2441‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians 8569.5521647‍–‍3138‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox 7676.5002442‍–‍3534‍–‍41
Philadelphia Athletics 6882.4533134‍–‍4034‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns 6785.4413336‍–‍3931‍–‍46
Washington Senators 6686.4343434‍–‍4032‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox 5399.3494729‍–‍4624‍–‍53

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9558.621—48‍–‍2947‍–‍29
New York Giants 9360.608249‍–‍2644‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs 8665.570847‍–‍3039‍–‍35
Boston Braves 7873.5171640‍–‍3538‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 7476.49319½45‍–‍3229‍–‍44
Brooklyn Dodgers 7181.46723½43‍–‍3328‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 5693.3763735‍–‍3621‍–‍57
Cincinnati Reds 5299.3444230‍–‍4722‍–‍52

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
         
AL Detroit Tigers 3 312*1 1033 0
NL St. Louis Cardinals 82 44 1 411

*Denotes walk-off

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Red Sox Marty McManus Bucky Harris
Brooklyn Dodgers Max Carey Casey Stengel
Cincinnati Reds Donie Bush Bob O'Farrell
Detroit Tigers Del Baker Mickey Cochrane
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton Jimmie Wilson

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Chicago White Sox Lew Fonseca Jimmy Dykes
Cincinnati Reds Bob O'Farrell Burt Shotton
Cincinnati Reds Burt Shotton Chuck Dressen
Pittsburgh Pirates George Gibson Pie Traynor

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Regular season

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA AwardNational LeagueAmerican League
Most Valuable Player Dizzy Dean (SLC) Mickey Cochrane (DET)

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Detroit Tigers [1] 10134.7%919,161186.4%11,490
New York Yankees [2] 943.3%854,68217.4%11,100
New York Giants [3] 932.2%730,85120.9%9,745
Chicago Cubs [4] 860.0%707,52519.1%9,189
Boston Red Sox [5] 7620.6%610,640127.2%7,930
Brooklyn Dodgers [6] 719.2%434,188−17.6%5,639
Cleveland Indians [7] 8513.3%391,3380.9%5,017
Washington Senators [8] 66−33.3%330,074−24.6%4,343
St. Louis Cardinals [9] 9515.9%325,05626.9%4,222
Pittsburgh Pirates [10] 74−14.9%322,62211.7%4,136
Philadelphia Athletics [11] 68−13.9%305,8472.9%4,024
Boston Braves [12] 78−6.0%303,205−41.4%4,043
Chicago White Sox [13] 53−20.9%236,559−40.5%3,154
Cincinnati Reds [14] 52−10.3%206,773−5.3%2,651
Philadelphia Phillies [15] 56−6.7%169,8858.6%2,393
St. Louis Browns [16] 6721.8%115,30530.9%1,517

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