1934 St. Louis Browns season

1934  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	67–85 (.441)
League place	6th
Owners	Estate of Phil Ball
Managers	Rogers Hornsby
Radio	KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Bob Thomas, Ray Schmidt)
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The 1934 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

• December 15, 1933: Ray Pepper was purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1934 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 18 Ivy Andrews 12 George Blaeholder 16 Dick Coffman 17 Bump Hadley 24 Jack Knott 20 Bill McAfee 25 Lefty Mills 21 Bobo Newsom -- Jim Walkup 23 Jim Weaver 19 Ed Wells		Catchers  9 Frank Grube 27 Grover Hartley 10 Rollie Hemsley Infielders 22 Ollie Bejma  2 Jack Burns  7 Harlond Clift 11 Rogers Hornsby  5 Ski Melillo  1 Alan Strange		Outfielders  3 Bruce Campbell 14 Earl Clark 15 Debs Garms  8 Ray Pepper  4 George Puccinelli  6 Sam West Other batters 26 Charley O'Leary -- Art Scharein		Manager 11 Rogers Hornsby Coaches 27 Grover Hartley 26 Charley O'Leary

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	Rollie Hemsley	123	431	133	.309	2	52
1B	Jack Burns	154	612	157	.257	13	73
2B	Ski Melillo	144	552	133	.241	2	55
3B	Harlond Clift	147	572	149	.260	14	56
SS	Alan Strange	127	430	100	.233	1	45
OF	Ray Pepper	148	564	168	.298	7	101
OF	Bruce Campbell	138	481	134	.279	9	74
OF	Sam West	122	482	157	.326	9	55

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
Ollie Bejma	95	262	71	.271	2	29
Debs Garms	91	232	68	.293	0	31
Frank Grube	65	170	49	.288	0	11
Earl Clark	13	41	7	.171	0	1
George Puccinelli	10	26	6	.231	2	5
Rogers Hornsby	24	23	7	.304	1	11
Grover Hartley	5	3	1	.333	0	0
Art Scharein	1	2	1	.000	0	2
Charley O'Leary	1	1	1	1.000	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
Bobo Newsom	47	262.1	16	20	4.01	135
George Blaeholder	39	234.1	14	18	4.22	66
Bump Hadley	39	213.0	10	16	4.35	79
Jim Weaver	5	19.2	2	0	6.41	11

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
Dick Coffman	40	173.0	9	10	4.53	55
Ivy Andrews	43	139.0	4	11	4.66	51
Jack Knott	45	138.0	10	3	4.96	56
Ed Wells	33	92.0	1	7	4.79	27

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
Bill McAfee	28	1	0	0	5.84	11
Lefty Mills	4	0	0	0	4.15	2
Jim Walkup	3	0	0	0	2.16	6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Hank Severeid

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Notes

1. Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1934 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1934 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com