1934 New York Yankees season

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1934  New York Yankees
League American League
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Owners Jacob Ruppert
General managers Ed Barrow
Managers Joe McCarthy
  1933 Seasons 1935  

The 1934 New York Yankees season was the team's 32nd season. The team finished with a record of 94–60, finishing 7 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This was the final year Babe Ruth played as a Yankee.

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Regular season

The 1934 season was Babe Ruth's last season in a Yankee uniform. He was released the following February.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 101530.65654–2647–27
New York Yankees 94600.610753–2441–36
Cleveland Indians 85690.5521647–3138–38
Boston Red Sox 76760.5002442–3534–41
Philadelphia Athletics 68820.4533134–4034–42
St. Louis Browns 67850.4413336–3931–46
Washington Senators 66860.4343434–4032–46
Chicago White Sox 53990.3494729–4624–53

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 11–107–158–1410–1212–914–814–8–1
Chicago 10–118–145–175–179–137–14–19–13
Cleveland 15–714–86–1611–1113–915–711–11
Detroit 14–817–516–612–1012–1015–715–7
New York 12–1017–511–1110–1215–717–512–10
Philadelphia 9–1213–99–1310–127–159–12–111–9–2
St. Louis 8–1414–7–17–157–155–1712–9–114–8
Washington 8–14–113–911–117–1510–129–11–28–14

Roster

1934 New York Yankees
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 Bill Dickey 104395127.3221272
1B Lou Gehrig 154579210.36349165
2B Tony Lazzeri 123438117.2671467
3B Jack Saltzgaver 9435095.271636
SS Frankie Crosetti 138554147.2651167
OF Ben Chapman 149588181.308586
OF Babe Ruth 125365105.2882284
OF Sammy Byrd 10619147.246323

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Red Rolfe 8927980.287018
Earle Combs 6325180.319225
Don Heffner 7224163.261025
Samuel Byrd 10619147.246323
Arndt Jorgens 5818338.208020
George Selkirk 4617655.313538
Dixie Walker 17172.11800
Zack Taylor 471.14300
Lyn Lary 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Lefty Gomez 38281.22652.33158
Red Ruffing 36256.119113.93149
Johnny Broaca 26177.11294.1674
Johnny Allen 1371.2522.8954
Charlie Devens 111.0101.644
Vito Tamulis 19.0100.005

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Johnny Murphy 40207.214103.1270
Jimmie DeShong 31133.2674.1140
Danny MacFayden 2296.0434.5041
Russ Van Atta 2888.0356.3439
George Uhle 1016.1249.9210

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Burleigh Grimes 101215.505
Harry Smythe 80217.807
Floyd Newkirk 10000.000

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Newark Bears International League Bob Shawkey
A Binghamton Triplets New York–Pennsylvania League Billy Meyer
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Bill Skiff
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Jack Sheehan
D Washington Generals Pennsylvania State Association Benny Bengough

LEAGUE CHAMPION: Norfolk [2]

Notes

  1. Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 71. ISBN   978-1-57243-990-0.
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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